Descartes described the pineal gland as the "seat of the soul" as
have Eastern mediators. It is where you as spirit can reside in your body
and take control of your reality to create whatever you wish to create in this
lifetime.
Psychiatry is finally exploring the areas of the brain that are in use during
meditation. Someday medical science will universally accept reincarnation,
as many in the field already do. There are numerous well documented cases
of both children and adults remembering past lives where places, people, and
events from those past life memories have been verified.
Julius Cesar was an epileptic (as was Napoleon) and the Romans considered him
to be a god. Epilepsy could also explain the apostle Paul's
"vision" of Jesus.
Science and theology will some day merge back together. They were
originally together as one with the tribal shaman.