This is really bizarre, to say the least.

I find the fact that meditation can contribute to such bizarre behavior, and facilitate such strong experiences (he was allegedly experiencing intense OBE's after only a few months of meditation), to be really quite interesting. I know meditation is powerful, but I had never considered it could catalyze episodes like this.

What do you all think the odds are that there could have been an underlying mental affliction, maybe exacerbated by high levels of stress and introspective awareness?