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[Guest editorial].The near-death experience: Private or public?

Leon Rhodes

The Journal of near-death studies 1990 DOI: 10.17514/jnds-1990-9-2-p71-75 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Commentary Peer reviewed
Topics Near-death experience
Key points Argues that the private, personal near-death experience and its public conception, though distinct, share important messages for humanity. The authors contend that common themes across both the personal and public dimensions carry broader significance beyond the individual experiencer.

Abstract

Editorial contrasting the private, personal near-death experience with the public concept of the experience, and finding important messages for humanity that are common to both.