Seeing God in the Third Millennium
Oliver Sacks, MD, is a professor of neurology at NYU School of Medicine. His most recent book is
Hallucinations.
Dec 12, 2012
The Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/12/seeing-god-in-the-third-millennium/266134"Hallucinations, whether revelatory or banal, are not of supernatural origin; they are part of the normal range of human consciousness and experience. This is not to say that they cannot play a part in the spiritual life, or have great meaning for an individual. Yet while it is understandable that one might attribute value, ground beliefs, or construct narratives from them, hallucinations cannot provide evidence for the existence of any metaphysical beings or places. They provide evidence only of the brain's power to create them."
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