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Posts matching tags 'epilepsy'

2002/7/24

Ever wonder what it feels like to have an epileptic fit? Here is a very vivid description of the experience, and the altered state of consciousness beforehand. (via Lukelog)

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2001/10/11

Hey Mr. Taliban: A piece in the Hindustan Times claims that Mullah Omar, the chief of the Taliban, suffers from brain seizures, locking himself away for days at a time, with the official line being that he is having visions. He is also said to suffer from bouts of depression alternating with childlike behaviour. Then again, there's a good precedent for that kind of thing among Holy Men; St. Paul, the founder of the Christian church, apparently suffered from similar seizures, and doesn't the Bible tell believers to be like a child? (Not to mention the Borges story in which a madman is used as a judge in a religious court, on the grounds that the insane are in touch with the Godhead.) (via Follow Me Here)

afghanistan epilepsy jorge luis borges neurology neurotheology religion religiots taliban terrorism 0

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