Overload
Being in extremely inhospitable surroundings
Category: Events
Type
Involuntary
Introduction and description
There are a number of places on this planet which are extremely inhospitable – threatening to human life. Places like the Antarctic or Arctic or the desert, or isolated mountain ranges can provoke a spiritual experience from the sheer inhospitability of the conditions in which the person there has to live – battling against winds, cold or heat, and both the physical and mental exhaustion resulting from the effort to simply survive. Many of the people who have experiences in these conditions are not alone, they have companions, so it is not true sensory deprivation that causes the experiences. It is usually exhaustion.
Sleep deprivation, which itself may have been caused by the need to physically work for long hours to provide a safe place in which to sleep or rest, or get out of danger, is common. And all this is exacerbated by fear – emotional overload – so like many of the examples we have seen in this section, it is very often a combination of factors working together that are the final deciding point that tips the balance.
How it works
A person in these surroundings may suffer from
Related observations
Hallucination
- After months of sharks, storms, and hallucinations, Sarah Outen lands in Alaska after rowing from Japan 029546
- Arctic and Antarctic 001362
- Brunton, Dr Paul - A Search in Secret Egypt - A night inside the Great Pyramid 1 010054
- Brunton, Dr Paul - A Search in Secret Egypt - A night inside the Great Pyramid 3 010057
- Chrysostom John - Murders a princess 000532
- Cornwall - The Miners who saw the Pixies 014021
- Evagrius Ponticus - A study into his asceticism 000570
- George Randell and Oli Glanville - We faced storms, hallucinations and loss of cutlery 029547
- Moses - Exodus 34 000528
- On hallucinations, bizarre sensations, phantom phenomena and body-image disturbances 029523
- Ritter, Christiane - The black figure rises out of the water and, stooping, slowly and inexorably approaches its victim 021200
- Ritter, Christiane - The Trolls of Bock Bay 004978
- Saint Jerome - from Letter 22 001293
- Saint-Exupery, Antoine de - Wind, Sand and Stars 003934
- Saint-Exupery, Antoine de - Wind, Sand and Stars 003933
- Saved by a disembodied voice - If the vessel had continued her original course for a few more minutes all would have been over for both ship and crew 025281
- Single handed transatlantic yacht race 001050
- The Dyatlov Pass incident 006796
Wisdom, Inspiration, Divine love & Bliss
- Cellini, Benvenuto – The Capitolo to Luca Martin 028899
- Dr Alexander King - Walking the tundra 001281
- Jochelson - Living in the taiga 001282
- Kristofferson, Kris - 1970 Sunday morning coming down 025087
- London, Jack 001275
- Ritter, Christiane - How quiet it is here 021195
- Ritter, Christiane - Seventy-eight days of darkness have already passed 021198
- Saint-Exupery, Antoine de - Le Petit Prince 003935
- Saint-Exupery, Antoine de - Le Petit Prince 004400
- Sam Willetts - New Light for the Old Dark - Desert humming and rocking 001389
Out of time
- Arctic and Antarctic 001362
- Brunton, Dr Paul - A Search in Secret Egypt - A night inside the Great Pyramid 2 010055
- Brunton, Dr Paul - A Search in Secret Egypt - A night inside the Great Pyramid 3 010057
- Brunton, Dr Paul - A Search in Secret Egypt - A night inside the Great Pyramid 4 010058
- Expansion of self in the Antarctic 010927
- Jesus - Luke 4 - And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost 000529
- Ritter, Christiane - Seventy-eight days of darkness have already passed 021198
Enlightenment
- Ritter, Christiane - How quiet it is here 021195
- Ritter, Christiane - Moonstruck 021199
- Saint-Exupery, Antoine de - Wind, Sand and Stars 003932
- Shackleton, Sir Ernest 001081
- Shackleton, Sir Ernest 000431
In time
- Brunton, Dr Paul - A Search in Secret Egypt - A night inside the Great Pyramid 2 010055
- Brunton, Dr Paul - A Search in Secret Egypt - A night inside the Great Pyramid 3 010057
- Brunton, Dr Paul - A Search in Secret Egypt - A night inside the Great Pyramid 4 010058
- Chrysostom John - Murders a princess 000532
- Evagrius Ponticus - A study into his asceticism 000570
- Fiennes, Sir Ranulph and Virginia - Ginnie meets a presence 000430
- Jesus - Luke 4 - And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost 000529
- Moses - Exodus 34 000528
- Ritter, Christiane - I cannot get it out of my head that the men are coming 021201
- Ritter, Christiane - I hear a voice quite close to my ear, but there is not a soul to be seen 021197
- Ritter, Christiane - I saw the green water under the ice and felt its power to entice 021196
- Ritter, Christiane - Seventy-eight days of darkness have already passed 021198
- Saint-Exupery, Antoine de - Wind, Sand and Stars 003932
- Saved by a disembodied voice - If the vessel had continued her original course for a few more minutes all would have been over for both ship and crew 025281
- Shackleton, Sir Ernest 000431
- Tibetan Buddhism - Disciples and hermitages 003645
- Wilfrid Thesinger - Arabian Sands and the Seer 011405