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James G. Matlock

4 papers in the library · 1 citation · publishing 2017-2025

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Veridical Flashbacks and Dreams of a Pre-Christian Life in Norway, Following a Near-Death Experience in Adulthood

Journal of Scientific Exploration June 30, 2025 James G. Matlock

Following a near-death experience (NDE) at 28, a woman began to have visions of an apparent past life in the region of southern Norway where she lives presently but set toward the end of the pre-Christian era, in the 900s CE. Altogether, she had five flashbacks triggered by places or views, six memory dreams that may also have been triggered, and two related experiences, all pertaining to the...

Apparent Past-Life Memories in a Recurring Dream of the 1934 Los Angeles New Year’s Flood

Journal of Anomalous Experience and Cognition October 18, 2022 James G. Matlock

As with memories of the present life, memories of apparent previous lives may appear in dreams, sometimes in nightmarish dreams. This paper presents the case study of a dream of a traumatic event (a death) that transpired 36 years before the birth of the dreamer. The dream recurred several times a month from age 4 until the dreamer was in his 20s. The dream invariably caused waking in distress...

Historical near-death and reincarnation-intermission experiences of the Tlingit Indians: Case studies and theoretical reflections.

Journal of Near-Death Studies 2017 James G. Matlock

Six neardeath experiences (NDEs) and three reincarnationintermission experiences (IEs) recorded between the 1880s and the 1950s among the Tlingit Indians of the southeastern Alaskan panhandle are compared to NDEs and IEs reported from other Amerindian peoples and are shown to have many features in common with them. Tlingit and other Amerindian NDEs are also similar to NDEs from smallscale...