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Neuroscientists developed a trans cranial magnetic helmet that when focused on the right part of the brain, induces religious visions typical of those described by Catholic saints. Suggests that some religious visionaries may have had brain damage or a brain parasite.
I think more likely that they had techniques and a way of life that caused this part of the brain to fire. Typically, visionary saints lived lives of extreme deprivation and constant meditative states, which probably led to a very specific kind of brain chemistry.
Indeed, many religions specifically induce these effects. For example, Dark retreat.