Puzzling cases of Epilepsy

[jesusisonthefountain]

Hi: This is probably the wrong place to put this but I stumbled across this today. It is from google books and it is called "Puzzling cases of Epilepsy" second addition. I can't copy the link because it will not let me. It is written by Dieter Schmidt and Steven Schachter.

[Meetz1064]

link. It looks like a really good book

http://books.google.com/books?id=lu0...age&q=&f=false

[jesusisonthefountain]

Thanks Meetz1064. I loved the fact that you can see so many pages of the book.

[Cinnabar]

Meetz, thanks for the link but I was surprised that no category, that I could find, specifically addressed Temporal Lobe Epilepsy and its mystical elements. I have temporal lobe epilepsy and after having had my first seizure I experienced auditory hallucinations. Never having had them before, I suspected that there might be a possible correlation of my instances to temporal lobe epilepsy. I discussed the matter with my neurologist and he confirmed that what I was experiencing was in fact symptomatic. Naturally, I followed up with some reading. Here's one of many researchers who's written extensive articles on the subject of temporal lobe epilepsy as it relates to the paranormal and mystical, exploring auditory hallucination as well.

I quote neuroscience researcher, Michael Persinger. He asserts "that increases in the electrical charges in the brain triggering the temporal lobe can stimulate Temporal Lobe Epilepsy and tigger hallucinations (inculding auditory), paranormal phenomena and religious apparitions.". He goes into more depth and while I don't have a link to provide, all one has to do is simply search temporal lobe epilepsy & The Paranormal.

Indeed, there are puzzling cases of Epilepsy and the questions are never exhausted.

[vapour]

I dont know if Ive posted about this before, but if you go on youtube you will find an awesome documentary called "The temporal lobes and God"

[Cinnabar]

Thanks, vapour. I will go look into it. The title is intriqueing.