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size=2>From: "Moshe Feldman" <A
href="mailto:moshe.feldman@gmail.com">moshe.feldman@gmail.com</A><BR><BR><A
href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/992347.html">http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/992347.html</A><BR></FONT></DIV>
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size=2>"A study of reports of patients suffering from lesions in the junction of
the<BR>brain's temporal and parietal lobes (temporoparietal junction), as well
as<BR>of people whose brains are electrically stimulated during
surgical<BR>procedures, reveal experiences that challenge the ordinary
perception of the<BR>body and the self, experiences that are similar to the
reports of various<BR>mystics...."</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>>>>><BR>Some scientists think that all prophets were actually
epileptics, but I don't buy it. Coming out of an epileptic seizure and
then writing the seforim written by Yeshayahu, Yirmiyahu and so on would be like
a modern-day person coming out of a seizure speaking in iambic pentameter with
rhyming couplets.</DIV>
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<DIV>OTOH the evidence that Mohammed had epilepsy is strong, and the Koran
wouldn't be too hard for any modern-day teenager in a trance to write.</DIV>
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<DIV>As for whether kabbalists somehow alter their own brave waves -- well,
maybe. </DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10"><B><BR></B><BR><B>--Toby
Katz<BR>=============<BR></B><BR></FONT></DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Vote for your city's best dining and nightlife. <A title="http://citysbest.aol.com?ncid=aolacg00050000000102" href="http://citysbest.aol.com?ncid=aolacg00050000000102" target="_blank">City's Best 2008</A>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>