Journal of Scientific Exploration
December 28, 2023
Bruce Greyson
5 citations
Modern research on near-death experiences (NDEs), powerful spiritual experiences triggered by a close brush with death, has focused on experiences characterized by profound positive feelings, ranging from incredible peace and calmness to bliss and ecstasy. However, throughout history there have been accounts of frightening deathbed visions and terrifying journeys to a hellish realm peopled by...
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
November 1, 2023
Nicole Lindsay, Laura O'Sullivan, Rosemary Gibson et al.
Near-death experiences (NDEs) are nonordinary states of consciousness typically occurring on the brink of death. Sleep changes after NDEs have been described, including shorter sleep duration, longer sleep latency, and more sleep disturbances; however, objective verification is lacking. In this exploratory research, 57 participants took part in a 14-day actigraphy study and were assigned to...
Qeios
October 7, 2023
Patrizio Tressoldi, Jeffrey Long
preprint
The aim of this study is to replicate Long & Perry’s[1] God study using a more updated database and different inclusion criteria. The descriptions of God’s and Jesus’ characteristics as observed by 303 Near-death or Near-death-like experiencers were analyzed for their frequency both in the whole sample and divided by the participants’ religious experience. Both in the whole sample and in the...
European Journal of Neurology
October 1, 2023
Bianca Raffaelli, Pia Kull, Jasper Mecklenburg et al.
6 citations
Migraine aura, near-death experiences (NDEs), and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep intrusions might share common mechanisms. Here, we investigated the prevalence of NDEs and REM sleep intrusions in people with migraine. We hypothesized that NDEs and REM sleep intrusions are more prevalent in migraine patients with aura than in those without. We conducted a prospective cross-sectional cohort study...
OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying
September 19, 2023
Robert A. King
3 citations
The typical near-death experience (NDE) is generally understood as an altered state of consciousness in which the experient has the impression of existing as an extrapersonal self out of and/or away from their physical body during real or presumed life-threatening and/or near-death circumstances. This presumed extrapersonal self can sometimes have a perception of being located within the...
British Journal of Nursing Studies
September 10, 2023
Regie de Jesus, Hansel Gadon
This study aims to construct a model that elucidates the process by which nurses acquire an understanding of near-death experiences (NDE) in intensive care units (ICU). The researcher utilized a classic Glaserian grounded theory inquiry design approach. Employing theoretical sampling, twenty-one ICU nurses with clinical experience ranging from five to fifteen years were recruited. Subsequently,...
Journal of Loss and Trauma
September 5, 2023
Azeem Kaleem, Abel Jacobus Pienaar, Bushra Sultan et al.
Dear Editor,I thoroughly enjoyed the article published in the journal namely “Eternal Connection: An Exploratory Study of the Effects of Learning About Near-Death Experiences on Adult Grief.” The a...
Qeios
September 1, 2023
Patrizio Tressoldi, Jeffrey Long
preprint
The aim of this study is to replicate Long & Perry’s (2016) God study using a more updated database and different inclusion criteria. The descriptions of God’s and Jesus’ characteristics as observed by 303 Near-death or Near-death-like experiencers were analyzed for their frequency both in the whole sample and divided by the participants’ religious experience. Both in the whole group and in the...
OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying
July 26, 2023
Alinaghi Ghasemiannejad Jahromi, Kaveh Qaderi Bagajan, B. Jamshidi et al.
Background and Objective: Near-death experiences (NDEs) greatly change the lives of Near-death experiencers (NDErs); however, the influence of the knowledge of these experiences on other people is unclear. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the effects of knowledge of NDEs on various aspects of life and the sleep quality of those without NDEs. Methods: The research population...
June 29, 2023
David Luke, Pascal Michael, Oliver Robinson
Introduction: Much research has focused on the modeling of the near-death experience (NDE) by classical and atypical psychedelics; however, to date, no study has reported on the relationship between the NDE and the experience induced by the highly potent, endogenous psychedelic drug 5-Methoxy-DMT (5MeO-DMT). This article presents a case study of an individual who is popularly documented to have...
Nursing Practice Today
June 19, 2023
Azeem Kaleem
Background & Aim: The incidence of near-death experience is not a novel phenomenon since human history. However, with healthcare technological advancement, near-death narratives have been reported in a greater number of critically ill patients as well as in the general community. Therefore, healthcare professionals must recognize the concept of near-death experiences and provide relevant care...
Teosofia
June 7, 2023
Izza Himawanti, Muhammad Faiq
Near-death experiences (NDEs) are closely related to emotional and spiritual dimensions, even though they are subjective. This study aims to reveal the mystical experiences of individuals suffering from COVID-19 after NDEs. This article is qualitative research with a phenomenological approach. With purposive sampling, the data were collected from individuals suffering from COVID-19 who...
OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying
May 26, 2023
N Sai Sameera, P Aishwarya Lakshmi, B Sangeetha Lakshmi et al.
The near-death experiences (NDE) in dialysis patients of our country have not been previously studied. The objective of this study is to investigate the characteristics of NDEs in patients on dialysis. We performed a cross sectional study of the adult patients of chronic kidney disease stage 5 without dialysis and on dialysis who survived cardiac arrest by cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) as...
Problemos
April 25, 2023
Márk Losoncz
6 citations
This article analyzes the experience of heightened reality, whereby subjects feel or think that what they are facing is reality itself, or somehow a ‘more real reality’, a hyperreality. My main examples for this specific kind of metacognitive supervision are from reports about the near-death experience, the psychedelic experience and the mystical experience. I will interpret accounts of such...
Religious Inquiries
April 4, 2023
Mojtaba Etemadinia, Alinaghi Ghasemiannejad Jahromi
Although most philosophers and theologians have simply disregarded the results of more than forty years of scholarly endeavor in near-death experiences (NDEs), many scholars believe that religious teachings have great potentials for explaining different dimensions of such experiences. Using a descriptive-analytical design, the results of the present study indicate that if NDEs are considered...
Journal of Anomalous Experience and Cognition
April 3, 2023
Helané Wahbeh, Arnaud Delorme, Dean Radin
Objective. Throughout history and across all cultures, many people have believed in some form of afterlife. Recent surveys show that most people worldwide believe they will survive after bodily death. Those who do not believe would require substantial empirical evidence to influence their skepticism. This study’s objective was to evaluate what types of evidence might persuade academic...
OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying
March 10, 2023
Robert A. King
4 citations
The near-death experience (NDE) most generally refers to a state of altered consciousness with various features that can occur during real or presumed near-death circumstances and/or life-threatening incidents. Some NDEs are associated with a nonfatal suicide attempt. This paper discusses how a belief by suicide attempters that their NDEs are a true portrayal of objective spiritual reality can...
Critical Care
February 27, 2023
A. Rousseau, Laurence Dams, Quentin Massart et al.
26 citations
Background So far, the few prospective studies on near-death experience (NDE) were carried out only in intensive care unit (ICU) patients with homogeneous aetiologies, such as cardiac arrest or trauma survivors. The aims of this 1-year prospective and monocentric study were to investigate the incidence of NDE in ICU survivors (all aetiologies) as well as factors that may affect its frequency,...
Frontiers in Public Health
February 13, 2023
Wan Shu, QunFang Miao, JieHui Feng et al.
BackgroundPromoting reflection about death may support better living, and how to carry out death education is an important issue to be addressed across the world. The purpose of the current study was to explore the attitude of heart transplant recipients toward death and their inner real experience to provide information for the development of death education strategies.MethodsA...
Nursing for women's health
February 1, 2023
Mary Ellen Doherty, Elizabeth Scannell-Desch
To describe the experiences of women who have had a close brush with death and the elements of posttraumatic growth as a result of their experiences. Using a theoretical framework of posttraumatic growth, we conducted a qualitative descriptive study with interviews of women who have had a close brush with death. Women were interviewed in the environment of their choosing: in their home, at a...