“Unfortunately, I have not examined nearly enough literature to know whether such studies exist or not. And in which worlds they may exist.” The IRIS database was infinitely impressive.

He fully expected that he would find something, even if it was only tangentially related - such as the shamanism or another pagan-like ritual experience. But for now, he didn’t know, and he admitted as much.

Minoru, meanwhile, snickered into his hot chocolate. The way these two got along was crazy.

“Which activities would be the most appropriate for measuring pagan religious experiences that induce an altered state of consciousness?”