Pam Reynolds in 1991 experienced a near-death encounter which has been one of the most significant examples of consciousness functioning while the body and brain were shut down. Reynolds, an Atlanta-based singer and songwriter, began feeling extremely dizzy, lost her…
science and ndes
Before leaving our discussion of the NDE literature, a recap of what scientifically oriented critics have to say will be informative. Some of these criticisms apply equally to other types of spirit related experiences. Perhaps most obvious is that because…
Eben Alexander nde
Eben Alexander, a neurosurgeon, wrote a 2012 bestselling book, Proof of Heaven, in which he described his remarkable near-death experience. This account is highly significant for several reasons, primarily because it occurred to a neurosurgeon. Alexander’s background was described in…
Howard Storm nde
Howard’s NDE has personal significance for me because at the time it occurred he and I were both professors at Northern Kentucky University, and we talked a good deal about it, in the process becoming friends. In the summer of…
George Ritchie nde
George Ritchie, who was later to become a psychiatrist, experienced a profound NDE in 1943 which he later described in his 1978 book “Return from Tomorrow”. Ritchie’s encounter with spirit occurred three decades before Moody coined the term NDE and…
negative ndes
Recall that in Gallup’s 1982 survey five percent of his sample or around 7.7 million in the total adult population reported having had an NDE. One percent of those described very negative or even hellish elements, quite different from anything…
nde’s and cardiac arrest patients
The studies discussed thus far that included people reporting NDEs during cardiac arrest were retrospective in design. They involved questioning people about their experience and looking at their medical records some time after they actually happened. A much better research…
near-death experiences – early research
Interest in what came to be known as near death experiences (NDEs) pretty much began with the publication in 1975 of” “Life After Life ” by psychiatrist Raymond Moody. Moody, described some 150 accounts of what he called the “near-death…