Could Raba’s magic recipe for perceiving demons by placing ash in one’s eye create a condition like Charles Bonnet Syndrome? Could Rav Huna’s 10:1 ratio of ubiquitous albeit invisible demons indicate a left-brained dominance when perceiving/hallucinating these creatures? Curious minds wish to know the answer to these arcane questions.Doesn't sound terribly compelling to me - I'm not sure why ashes in the eye would simulate macular degeneration - but I suppose it's possible. Anyhow, an interesting and entertaining post.
(Via Boing Boing as pointed out to me by Michael Lyons.)