FWIW, there is also a thread in culture and literature associating prophecy and epilepsy. Examples here and here, among others. Some cultures have called epilepsy a "sacred disease," and and some have associated it with shamanism. Not disparaging the prophetic/intuitive aspect, just pointing out the connections…
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What are some well-written, readily-available books about, for want of a better term, ‘the unexplained:’ apparently psychic phenomena, apparitions, telepathy, and the like? I have a pen-pal who is at college studying electrical engineering in north-eastern Africa. He has a great curiosity about philosophy, literature, and the arts, but books of all kinds are hard [...]
Time-Life Books has a really interesting (and well-written/researched) series on the unexplained… I’ll try to find a link.
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