reply to post by shansen
Have you ever heard of or read Julian Jaynes? He wrote a somewhat famous book called "The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral
Mind".
While the most controversial argument Jaynes makes is that humans weren't always self-conscious or self-aware, and that this development was fairly
recent (as late as 1200 BC), he also theorizes that large groups of people can be controlled by or witness the same types of auditory or visual
hallucinations.
A quote:
" Archaic humans were ordered and moved by the gods through both auditory hallucinations and visual hallucinations. The gods mainly "talked" to
them--but sometimes "appeared," such as Athene appeared to Achilles. And "when visual hallucinations occur with voices, they are merely shining
light or cloudy fog, as Thetis came to Achilles or Yahwey to Moses." [Ibid, p. 93] "
How does this apply to what you are experiencing? I read your post and the part where you say other people are feeling it, too - if you look at it
from a purely scientific view, this would may be applicable.