Religious ecstasy and TLE. Are prophecies better examined by medical science ?

CrossMartyr

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Here are some of the symptoms people with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy exhibit:

# Hallucinations or illusions such as hearing voices when no one has spoken, seeing patterns, lights, beings or objects that aren't there
# Rhythmic muscle contraction Muscle cramps are involuntary and often painful contractions of the muscles which produce a hard, bulging muscle
# Abdominal pain or discomfort.
# Sudden, intense emotion such as fear.
# Muscle twitching (fasciculation) is the result of spontaneous local muscle contractions that are involuntary and typically only affect individual muscle groups. This twitching does not cause pain.
# Abnormal mouth behaviors
# Abnormal head movements
# Sweating
# Flushed face
# Rapid heart rate/pulse
# Changes in vision, speech, thought, awareness, personality
# Loss of memory (amnesia) regarding events around the seizure (partial complex seizure)

Is it possible that the phenomenon known to the ancients as prophesy was really just untreated epilepsy?
 
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