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		ggeorgovassilis 41 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: First recording of a dying human brain shows waves... > they areare mystical or part of their mental work. In ancient Greece, epilepsy was called the "holy disease" and it was believed that gods speak through the patient during a seizure.

scns 40 days ago [–]

Saulus fell off his horse when "god spoke to him". Afterwards he converted and became Paulus.

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