Drummer of Hi Rhythm Section Says He Talked to God
Howard Grimes is an American drummer, best known as a member of the Hi Rhythm Section, one of the greatest house bands of all time, according to the portal Commercial…
Is it Possible to See the Future in a Near-Death Experience?
Many people who have experienced clinical death claim that their whole life flashed before their eyes. But is it possible at this stressful moment to look into the future as…
Near-Death Experiences in Science and Religion
In ancient Greek philosophy, there was a concept of “revenants” – people who returned after death to become a kind of bridge between the living and the dead. Plato, Heraclitus,…
Losing the Self in a Near-Death Experience
Many people who have experienced a near-death experience (NDE) have reported a loss of their sense of a “distinct self” in the process. Among the features of NDEs, a sense…
Out-of-Body Experiences and 360-Degree Vision
Out-of-body and near-death experiences are complex phenomena that have interested humanity since time immemorial. A group of researchers from Iran (Shakeri, Ebrahimi, Jahromi, Tabehi, and Naghi) tried to study these…
Onset of REM Sleep Phase as a Reaction to Danger
A group of scientists from Denmark and Belgium, in a recent study, proposed the hypothesis of thanatosis as the evolutionary basis of near-death experiences (NDE). Thanatosis is a simulation of…
A “Death Angel’s” Meeting with Satan
The American thrash metal band Death Angel from California was active from 1982 to 1991, and then revived in 2001. It is symbolic that one of the musicians from a…
From Beetle to Human: the Evolution of Near-Death Experiences
A group of scientists from Denmark and Belgium (Peinkhofer, Martial, Cassol, Laureys and Kondziella) suggested that near-death experiences (NDEs) have a biological origin and are associated with a natural reaction…
Meeting Jesus in a Near-Death Experience
Near-death experiences (NDEs) are still an under-researched field but evidence of such occurrences has been collected by scientists for some time now. One of the most extensive databases of such…
F9: Racing, Fighting, Near-Death Experiences
The Fast & Furious franchise is already 20 years old: the first movie was released in 2001. F9, the sequel to the action film (also known as F9: The Fast…
Near-Death Experience as a Philosophical Category
Evidence of near-death experiences often includes stories about a tunnel with a light at the end, or meetings with deceased relatives. Sometimes (and this is a subject that has attracted…
The Influence of Near-Death Experiences on Dreams
The term “phase states” combines states such as lucid dreams, out-of-body and near-death experiences, sleep paralysis, and false awakenings. The connection of these phenomena have interested a psychotherapist from the…
Out-of-Body and Near-Death Experiences: Facts and Philosophical Issues
The topic of life after death has always concerned theologians, philosophers, and truth seekers. Scholars from different countries, led by T. Ryan Byerly, have published a collection of scientific articles…
Near-Death Experience in Sharon Stone’s Memoir
Known for her roles in the 90s films Basic Instinct and Casino, the Hollywood star Sharon Stone experienced a brain hemorrhage and stroke in 2001. Now, twenty years later, the…
Maggie O’Farrell’s Near-death Experience: Borrowed Time
“On a summer’s day in 1596, a young girl in Stratford-upon-Avon takes to her bed with a fever. Her twin brother, Hamnet, searches everywhere for help. Why is nobody at…
Man Claims Gaining Knowledge of the Universe During Transition to the Afterlife
The International Association of Near-Death Studies IANDS was founded 40 years ago and has collected a huge number of stories told by the survivors of the near-death experiences. More recently,…
Man Glimpses Hell during a Near-Death Experience
During a near-death experience, people often see similar visions – light, flight, their own unconscious bodies, God, angels, as well as loved ones or animals that they lost during their…
Greyson’s Book on Near-Death Experiences Released
Bruce Greyson first encountered the phenomenon of near-death experiences about 50 years ago. Back then, while still a trainee in the field of psychiatry, he was working at a hospital…
Is Science Using the Right Approach to Study Near-Death Experiences?
Does the study of clinical death fulfill the scientific criteria? Is there such a phenomenon as near-death experiences at all, and how can it be scientifically proven? Such questions are…
Lexical Analysis of Near-Death Experiences
While science and religion argue about what near-death experiences (NDEs) are, even the term itself and the identification of those who survived it are yet to be fully defined. Descriptions…
