Experiences of spiritual visitation and impregnation: potential induction by frequency-modulated transients from an adjacent clock.
A left-handed Roman Catholic female adolescent with a history of early brain trauma reported nightly visitations by a sentient being. During one episode she experienced vibrations of the bed, an external presence along the left side that moved into her body, inner vaginal (not clitoral) and uterine sensations, and the sense of being impregnated by a force she attributed to the Holy Spirit. After the latter experience she felt an invisible baby superimposed upon her left shoulder. Analyses of the measurements for magnetic anomalies within her bedroom indicated an electric clock about 20 cm from her head while she slept. The complex form of the 4 microT magnetic pulses generated by the clock was similar to shapes that evoke electrical seizures in epileptic rats and sensitive humans.
Persinger
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MA
Department of Psychology, Laurentian University, Ontario, Canada.
Koren
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SA
D000293:Adolescent; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000523:psychology*; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D029181:Spirituality