Jane Seymour is a British actress, known for her roles in the television series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and the film Live and Let Die, where she played a Bond girl. A multiple Emmy and Golden Globe winner, the actress also received the title of Officer of the Order of the British Empire from Queen Elizabeth II.
In a recent show The Meaning of Life on RTÉ One, the actress spoke about her near-death experience (NDE), which occured during the filming of the movie Onassis: The Richest Man in the World. She was playing the role of Maria Callas in Madrid, Spain, when she became ill. The doctor advised a two-week rest, but the studio said that Seymour was needed on set in two days. It was therefore decided to give her an antibiotic injection.
As soon as the actress got the shot she began to feel strange. Her heart began to beat very fast, and then stopped. Then, Jane describes feeling a sense of peace, “the most amazing peace, like in a full meditation.” A white light surrounded her, she looked down and saw herself lying there. At that moment, she had only one thought left: the desire to return to her body in order to continue raising her children.
Now, when asked if she is afraid of death, Seymour replies that “it doesn’t hurt.” “It hurts those you leave behind,” the actress says and adds that, of course, she does not want to die and does everything she can to get the most out of life’s every moment.
We should add that such experiences may indicate being in a phase state (this term combines near-death and out-of-body experiences, lucid dreams, etc.). In one of the Phase Research Center studies, twenty volunteers reproduced the classic NDE scenario of flying through a tunnel toward the light. When a person feels the approach of death, they intuitively expect certain popular narratives—flying through a tunnel, meeting with deceased relatives, white light, leaving the body, etc.—to manifest themselves.
