Reply to Terhune and Jamieson: the Nature of Absorption.

We are deeply grateful for Terhune and Jamieson’s interest in our work (1, 2). We take seriously their concern that the observed relationships between absorption and spiritual presence events could be inflated by two items referring to sensed presences in the absorption scale (“I can often somehow sense the presence of another person before I actually see or hear her/him”; “At times I somehow feel the presence of someone who is not physically there”). We reran our key analyses (study 1: ref. 2, SI Appendix, tables S20 and S21; study 3: ref. 2, SI Appendix, tables S32−S35; study 4: ref. 2, SI Appendix, tables S40−S43), omitting these two items, … [↵][1]2To whom correspondence may be addressed. Email: luhrmann{at}stanford.edu or kgweisman{at}gmail.com. [1]: #xref-corresp-1-1