The ability to perceive into the supernatural realm may be related to brain chemistry surrounding the pineal gland. The pineal gland is small and shaped like a pine cone, and is in the deep recesses of the brain. It produces various hormones related to sleep, sex, and growth.
Many religions consider it the gateway to spiritual awareness and it’s been called the “third eye” and the “seat of the soul.” Much mysticism surrounds it. The hype is probably overblown and frankly, its functioning and total purposes aren’t completely understood by modern science.
Peer-reviewed research demonstrates that manipulating the pineal gland in certain ways can impact the development of the sex organs while producing giantism.
It is one of the few parts of the brain that is not isolated from the blood stream. Both spinal fluid and blood flow strongly through the pineal gland.
Abusing the Pineal Glad
Western diet, fluoridated water, and constant visual attacks (e.g., television programming) might tend to calcify or numb the pineal gland’s ability to function. Speculatively, maybe this is why some people can “see” as children, but as they age, they lose their ability: their pineal gland has been so blunted by pollutants generated by Western society.
A drawing of the Pineal Gland
Some drugs seem to act on the pineal gland, instantly shutting it down. This is why when some seers go to “get help” with something like depression, and a doctor prescribes anti-depressants, the “seeing” stops. But when they go off the drugs (to deal with the depression in other ways), the “seeing” returns.
But then, maybe the drugs aren’t affecting the pineal gland specifically, but brain chemistry in general.
I know a seer who was afflicted with migraines, and took certain migraine medication, only to find her ability to see in the spirit realm stopped. The questions she had to answer was simply: is it worth not seeing into the spirit realm to live pain free? It was, although she felt some fear never knowing if a room was “safe” or not, because she couldn’t perceive into the spirit realm anymore.
Eventually, her doctor switched medications, and a few weeks later, her ability to perceive the spirit realm returned, while the migraines stayed away. I haven’t been able to locate research to indicate if some of these drugs impact the pineal gland, but I suspect they impact brain chemistry generally.
Speculatively, some drugs radically “open” the pineal gland in negative ways. People on LSD and other drugs (such as potent, refined marijuana) report seeing very frightening things. It’s difficult to know if the hallucinations are just hallucinations or if they are really seeing something in the spirit realm. It’s difficult to know if the reason they see things is because of the pineal glad or because the drugs impact various parts of brain chemistry.
Activating the Pineal Gland
Much mysticism abounds relating to “activating the pineal gland.” Perhaps the pineal gland is stimulated when people pray to God or other spirit beings, when they use certain drugs, when they meditate, and for other reasons.
Perhaps it metaphorically opens a window or portal into the spirit world. It enables all of us to have mystical experiences (without drugs).
Cleansing the Pineal Gland
There is much advice on the Internet about the need to “cleanse” the pineal gland. I saw one image shared on social media with 15 herbs that “decalcify” (or remove calcium buildup) from the pineal gland. Ostensibly, you’d want to “decalcify” the pineal gland to have better spiritual experiences.
I’m reminded of a passage from the Book of Enoch, which describes the Watchers who came to earth in the days of Enoch. A Watcher is a powerful guardian spirit who was supposed to watch over a territory in protection. These particular Watchers “saw and lusted after” the “beautiful and comely (human) daughters”[ref]Enoch 6:1-2, translated by R.H. Charles, 1917 [/ref]. They came to earth and made a deal with men: in exchange to sexually use the women they wanted, the Watchers would teach men, among other things, “charms and enchantments, and the cutting of roots, and made them acquainted with plants.” [ref]Enoch 7:1[/ref]
For what purpose did they teach about the cutting of roots and use of plants?
Witchcraft. In other words, a short-cut, a hack, into having easier spiritual experience. People smoke or consume herbs to control a spiritual experience, or attempt to control God – or other spirits. And this is the heart of witchcraft.
This event, in which humans were taught occultism (as well as how to turn women into sex objects, and how to create weapons of war) were, in the views of the Biblical writers, one of the principal causes of wickedness in the world.
So let me ask this; Is it God’s plan to use herbs to create a spiritual experience?
If not, then what is God’s plan?
Oh, sure, repenting is not as easy as consuming or smoking herbs. Repenting is an all-consuming experience… (but isn’t that what happens with drug use or dieting or cleansing fads… they control us…?)… because God is an all-consuming fire.
Instead of doing drugs to control your spiritual experience, draw closer to God through repentance and spiritual disciplines so God can control your spiritual experience.
Turning away from your old life to pursue the life of purity God wants so God can rule and reign in our bodies, our thinking, and our hearts might very well mean changing your diet, and treating your body like it’s a temple God wants to live in. It might even mean exercising. It certainly means stop sinning. It means setting our thoughts on things above and submitting your will to God’s will.
But it certainly does not mean taking herbs or drugs to shortcut God’s plan into a spiritual experience. That was the plan of the Watchers, which after all led to great human wickedness. And in case you missed it, Jesus defeated the Watchers on the Cross.
Steward Your Body, Mind and Spirit
It’s important to not overblow the importance of the pineal gland, or any other part of the body..
It’s not in the pineal gland that we move and live and have our being. If you are a Christian, it’s in Christ.
The pineal gland is not the gate and stairway to heaven. Jesus is.
Your body -not just the pineal gland – is a gift. Steward it. Your mind -not just the pineal gland – is a gift. Hone it.
Focus our thoughts on things above and not things below, and seek first the rule and reign of God in our lives. In other words, keep the knowledge of this gland in perspective.
Revised 11/12/2020