‘My’ God Versus ‘Your’ God
The experience for a “psychotic” is an overwhelming one. It’s like being thrown into a turbulent river of change and not being able to swim or being in an alien […]
Being Positive About Voices
INTERVOICE has always considered the importance of accepting peoples’ own explanations for their voice experiences as paramount. Many people believe their voices to have spiritual or other significance. In this […]
Voice Hearing in History & Religion
The experience of hearing voices unheard by others is probably as old as mankind and well known to the ancient Greeks, we also know it was commonly experienced in Egyptian […]
Lessons on Voices from St John of the Cross
Today we live in a world where the experiences of hearing voices and seeing visions are very often viewed by psychiatry through a biological/medical lens. This approach encourages psychiatry to […]
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