‘While I was alone playing in the backyard a small butterfly came to land on my foot, soon after it was followed by a dragonfly I began to feel an instant surge of happiness and relief in my being they flew away after a few minutes, but the stop where they were left with a light heat warming feeling.’ ‘A dragonfly and a butterfly.’
§413
US
1990s
Female: Age 0-10
occasional supernatural experiences
in a garden
9 am-12 pm
two to ten minutes
on my own
you were undertaking a repetitive task (e.g. picking blackberries), you were extremely happy
joyful
profound silence before the experience, hair prickling or tingling before or during the experience, a sense that the experience was a display put on specially for you, unusually vivid memories of the experience, a sense that the experience marked a turning point in your life, a sudden warmth before the experience, a sudden chill before the experience