Sudden Religious Conversions in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
- 1 November 1970
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 117 (540), 497-507
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.117.540.497
Abstract
Six cases of religious conversion experiences occurring in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy are described. The conversion experiences of various mystics and saints, who were probably epileptic, are reviewed. Some theological and psychiatric aspects of religion are discussed.Keywords
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