[Letter to the editor]. Measuring biomagnetic effects of NDEs.
David Wiener
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1996 DOI: 10.17514/jnds-1996-15-1-p71-75 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Commentary Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Near-death experience |
| Key points | The letter argues that lay-on-hands healers, including fraudulent ones, and the healing attributed to them, may be explainable through scientific mechanisms rather than supernatural ones, in response to Atwater's chapter on physiological aftereffects of near-death experiences. |
Abstract
Letter written to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies about P.M.H. Atwater devoting "an entire chapter of her book to the physiological aftereffects of near-death experiences (NDEs)" (abstract). This letter discusses healers that use lay-on-hands, as well as fraudulent healers, and how healers might be explained through science.