PSYCH 169: Psychiatry and Spirituality
The Sanctuary of the Unseen
A peculiar case brought Medlock Holmes to an ancient sanctuary on the outskirts of London.
Its visitors had arrived seeking answers to questions that medicine could not always resolve. Some had experienced visions. Others had lost their faith. A few had found extraordinary comfort in prayer, meditation, music or acts of compassion.
The superintendent was perplexed.
“Holmes, how are we to distinguish spiritual experience from psychiatric illness?”
Holmes examined the sanctuary’s great stained-glass window.
“By remembering that an unusual belief is not necessarily a…
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