Gary Lachman notes that today Bucke's experience would most likely be "explained" by the so-called "God spot", or more generally as a case of temporal lobe epilepsy, but he is skeptical of these and other "organic" explanations.
Gary Lachman believes that today Bucke's experience could be explained by the "God spot" or temporal lobe epilepsy, yet he remains unconvinced of these and other organic interpretations.