The spiritual doesn't control the physical - Obi Onukogu

The spiritual doesn’t control the physical: The assumption that the spiritual controls the physical is challenged by philosophical materialism, neuroscience, and physics, which suggest the opposite: the spiritual is an emergent property of the physical.

Scientific evidence shows that spiritual experiences are rooted in the brain’s neurochemical processes. Temporal lobe damage can induce mystical experiences, hallucinogens can trigger “spiritual” states, and meditation alters brain structure. If spirituality were independent, it wouldn’t be so affected by physical conditions.

Entropy and energy principles show that consciousness requires physical energy, meaning spiritual states are constrained by thermodynamics. Information theory also suggests that information cannot exist without a physical medium, meaning spirituality relies on physical substrates.

Ontology suggests that higher-order realities, including the spiritual, depend on the physical. Aristotle’s hylomorphism states that form (soul) needs matter, while Kant showed that our perception of the spiritual is shaped by our physical senses.

Claims of independent spiritual influence lack empirical evidence. The causal closure of physics prevents non-physical interference, and neuroscience shows decision-making is neurobiological, not spiritual.

All evidence suggests the physical governs and gives rise to the spiritual, not the other way around. Consciousness, spirituality, and religious experiences are products of physical processes, making the spiritual entirely dependent on the material world.
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