Seeing is believing… or is it?
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Sceptics often dismiss ghosts, fairies and UFOs as people “just seeing things”. If you hear a poltergeist knocking, you’re “just hearing things”. The sulphurous smell of a demonic presence is “just” an olfactory hallucination. Some neurologists even ascribe the mystical experiences of, among other Christian saints, Catherine of Ricci, Teresa of Avila and Catherine of Genoa to hallucinations. The mystics, these neurologists argue, experienced “ecstatic epilepsy”, which produces a profound sense of wellbeing, serenity, bliss and increased self-awareness. But can
