Psychiatry Accepting of Spiritual Phenomena?

Psychiatry: Accepting of Spiritual Phenomena?

“Western civilization is unique in history in its failure to recognize each human being as a subtle energy system in constant relationship to a vast sea of energies in the surrounding cosmos”. –Dr. Edward E. Mann. Psychiatry's theories around diagnosing psychosis have changed radically since 2013. It’s time now to put practical feet on these theories and update the way we identify and treat individuals who are in extreme states.

Psychiatry: Perceptions of Voices and Visions

Just because someone is hearing voices, seeing things others don’t see, or out of touch with consensual reality (i.e., restricted to the perceptions of the 5 senses)—doesn’t mean they are crazy. Instead, that person may be in a process of awakening, aka “spiritual emergence”, and breaking through limitations that have held them in bondage to a small sense of self.