Mack describes how certain experiencers slip into emotional surges when recalling encounters. The emotional intensity surfaces before clear imagery, resembling the structure of vivid dreams where feeling forms the core of experience.
These waves of emotion include awe, terror, tenderness, or grief, arriving with a sense of direct contact. The lack of visual coherence reinforces the dreamlike texture of the recall.
Mack interprets these emotional floods as indicators of symbolic content emerging from altered consciousness, blending memory with dream processes.
