Visions in the Void: Hallucinations, Dopamine, and the Neuroscience of Spiritual Awakening

from Before Breakfast · host Kathlene Herberger

Hallucinations, long stigmatized as symptoms of psychosis, are increasingly being reexamined through the lens of spiritual transformation. From ancient mystics to modern seekers, altered states of consciousness have often been accompanied by vivid auditory and visual phenomena. But what causes these experiences? And why do they so often coincide with moments of profound personal awakening?

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