I found this yesterday while reading an article from Relevant Magazine, about connecting with God.

“Sometimes I just know that I am going to come down with an attack of atheism again. It’s like the flu. Spiritual flu, I call it. I get ready to endure three or four days of doubt and deep distance from God. Then, through the grace of God, I find myself spiritually well again.” Madeleine L’Engle

I guess months or years would be a spiritual coma?

Or death…?