It was obvious: these things happen to us, as they have always happened to others around the world and throughout human history. They obviously have everything to do with “religion,” and yet we mostly dismiss these events, ignore them, do not speak about them, as if we somehow cannot. We certainly do not integrate them into our thinking and public culture. Basically, we keep them secret because they violate pretty much everything that we are supposed to think about ourselves and the physical world. They are not supposed to happen. But they do.
