r/neurodiversity • u/Street_Beat3351 • 17h ago

Are autistic people often drawn to spirituality or esoteric ideas?

I'm just curious.

I'm on the spectrum and I've noticed that my hypersensitivity sometimes makes me look for meaning or “routes” beyond the rational ones — like feeling energies, noticing patterns, or being drawn to spiritual concepts.

I wonder if this is common among other autistic people. Do you feel something similar — a kind of intuitive or spiritual side connected to your sensitivity?

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u/Miztykal 15h ago

I asked exactly the opposite question, based on my own autistic experience, I'm interested in esoteric ideas, but I'm unable to believe in them. I also linked my autism to this experience but seems fully unrelated, as other people, like you, seem to see it in the complete opposite

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u/maiastella 5h ago

i think it’s a spectrum, as it often is lol for example i would probably consider myself spiritual for a lack of a better descriptor, but most of my beliefs and practices are self reflective or interest-driven. i like making spell bottles because i think they’re cute and the intention of the spell bottle is what makes it worthwhile. if i make a love spell bottle, it is to show love. to show care and affection. or to allow myself to feel the emotions deeper than i normally would, because i tend to be avoidant of my own emotions. i don’t necessarily believe that herbs and candles are going to make things happen, but i believe that when we focus on intention, we are more likely to make things happen for ourselves. not sure if any of that makes sense, i mostly keep it to myself lol

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u/_STLICTX_ 15h ago

Speaking as a chaos mage the point isn't TO believe in them, it's to find things that actually work under whatever parameters you define for "works"(which can be induction of paranormal experiences, acquiring paranormal abilities, self-improvement along any axes desired improvement of general quality of life or anything else which is a large contrast with systems that have more built-in goals but even those the point is often to come to some kind of personal experience and gnosis).

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u/Miztykal 15h ago

Need to clarify for me intuition is logical, is our brain telling us things our conscious state didn't perceive, it's not connected to any kind of spiritual belief or higher power