Rainboe, no one but you has mentioned the "spiritual element". You bring it up for the first time in post #18. You then go an mention "spiritual" again in posts #21, #30 and #32.
Only in post #48 does 'Final 3 Greens' mention "
This sounds to me to be something less of "spiritual" and more a case of the amazing capability of the human brain." which in essence agrees with you that it is nothing to do with anything "spiritual" and then you bring up the "spiritual" issue in post #57.
That's four times you bring up any "spiritual" question before anyone else even mentions it, and then in agreement, and then you mention "spiritual" again! So, by my calculations, you have mentioned "spiritual" 5 times out the 6 references to it.
Methinks, he who doth protest too much... and all that!
PS. It's another fairly quiet news day... as you can probably tell! 