"...so your assertion, Bill, is that no experience of reality is to be trusted? "

Hmm? I don't think I even came close to such an idea. I don't suggest "mass delusion" in my caution about how one might attribute status to certain 'experiences'. People HAVE the experiences they have... even IF they turn out to be no more than 'misplaced dreams'.

I have read many anecdotes about OOBs...etc., some of which are very...umm.. interesting. But because it is VERY difficult to replicate such experiences and/or study them under controlled conditions, they remain anecdotes.

   "...uber-Newtonian perspective of space-time as a safe, stable external box is a bit outdated..."

I been called worse that by guys biggern' you! How 'bout we just agree I'm a skeptic?