Depression and the Divine (ePub)

Although originally trained as an industrial chemist, David Wilson read theology and pastoral studies upon his return to academia in 1995. After graduation, he completed an MA, before submitting a multidisciplinary thesis in selected passages of the Hebrew Bible to the University of Manchester in 2006. This preliminary research initiated a ten-year quest to produce a more definitive work on prophecy in both testaments of the Christian Bible from a psychophysiological perspective.


My early training and background lies in the physical sciences, and I have spent a considerable period at Manchester University, where I was involved in both dental and pharmacological research. I did not, however, remain in science, but became an insurance agent, and eventually set up an insurance brokerage in partnership with my wife. After 11 years this business was discontinued when Mrs Wilson became ill, resulting in the commencement of a long period of non-remunerated employment as a full-time Carer for Mrs Wilson, who suffered from Resistive Depression and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. It was during this period that I became interested in various forms of mental illness including schizophrenia (from which my sister had suffered) and depression (which in my wife's case was initially co-morbid with anorexia). I eventually became motivated to return to academia, and proceeded to complete a BA in Theology & Pastoral Studies, followed by an MA in Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies.

During the later stages of my role as a full-time carer, I researched and submitted a multidisciplinary thesis to the University of Manchester, which essentially related modern sleep research to depression in the Hebrew Bible and other ancient cultures. In essence my thesis made use of polysomnography (modern sleep research), oneirology and cross-cultural methodologies to confirm that certain passages in the Hebrew Bible were in fact taking place in altered states of consciousness (ASCs). This has

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