I was fascinated that one could have such perceptual changes, and also…

Oliver Sacks
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I was fascinated that one could have such perceptual changes, and also that they went with a certain feeling of significance, an almost numinous feeling. I'm strongly atheist by disposition, but nonetheless when this happened, I couldn't help thinking, 'That must be what the hand of God is like.' ✨ Oliver Sacks, Exploring How Hallucinations Happen. Fresh Air with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. November 6, 2012.
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