This brief excerpt from the psychotic experience of a doctor may also offer some insight...
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Mania, in my experience of it, is a process of giving birth to hope in the soul. It is opposed from within by an equally intense nihilism and fear that the entire creation is nothing more than a cesspool of doom. Inner conflict can make a person labile. The cosmic grandiosity comes from trying to answer the question "Is the universe a friendly place or a hostile place?" This is ultimately a religious question, hence the preoccupation with spiritual and religious issues.
Source: Dr. Edward Whitney: Mania as Spiritual Emergency
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See also: Be Not Afraid of the Universe
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