Eye diseases - reports of beings from parallel universes

[ghostman]

I find this very interesting. An eye condition that causes people to see what sounds very similar to accounts of hyperspace and hyperspacial beings. I have not done any further research into the validity of Bonnet Syndrome (wikipedia link)

People suffering from CBS may experience a wide variety of hallucinations. Images of complex colored patterns and images of people are most common, followed by animals, plants or trees and inanimate objects. The hallucinations also often fit into the person's surroundings.[2]

Taken from an online article I found here

People afflicted with Charles Bonnet Syndrome see beings from another world. Many scientists would call these beings hallucinations. Others call this syndrome a portal to a parallel reality.

People with Charles Bonnet Syndrome (or "Bonnet-people") are otherwise mentally sound. The beings appear when the Bonnet-people's vision deteriorates as a result of eye diseases such as age-related macular degeneration -- or when patients have had both eyes removed. Charles Bonnet Syndrome is more common in older people with a high level of education.

Bonnet-people report that they see apparitions resembling distorted faces, costumed figures, ghosts, and little people.

Fifty percent of Bonnet-people see a disembodied or distorted face of a stranger with staring eyes and prominent teeth. Sometimes the strangers are seen only in an outline or cartoon-type form, which reminds me of the images seen by people taking the psychedelic drug DMT. The faces "are often described as being grotesque, or like gargoyles".

Bonnet-people also see serene landscapes and vortices. Many Bonnet-people will see entire new worlds, such as landscapes or groups of people, which are either life size or tiny (ref 3.)

Interesting.

 

[ismokecrystals]

I like how the Bonnet syndrome was occurring most often in highly-educated.

This is interesting...

 

[jbark]

Wow - crazy that. I had outlined a screenplay a few years ago in which an elderly man with cataracts undergoes a new surgical procedure. Upon wakening, he is surrounded by his family and friends - none of whom are the same people! They all claim to be his immediate family and closest friends, but despite all the houses and cars and geographies remaining the same, the people have utterly changed in physical looks and demeanor. It gets dark and scary from there, a little along the lines of Jacob's ladder.

Curiously, during the operation i had described an other-wordly journey he undertook which later becomes one of the folds in the mystery.

Maybe I'll dust it off and make it about CBS (wonder if the network is aware of the name of this phenomena!).

Thanks for the stimulating info and the link.

JBArk

 

[970Codfert]

That's crazy stuff