We are often caught between religious orthodoxies that claim exclusive truth and a materialist science that dismisses extraordinary human experiences as mere hallucinations. This creates a gap where profound aspects of our nature are ignored or marginalized because they do not fit into standard categories.

In this discussion, Professor Jeff Kripal explains his theory of the "New Comparativism." He suggests that the "superhuman" experiences reported throughout history are not external interventions but communications from a deeper, un-split reality. By examining patterns across different cultures, we can begin to see the "unus mundus"—the one world from which both mind and matter emerge.

• Redefining miracles as "humanist" events rather than external divine interventions.
• Why the social ego struggles to process information f ...