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| − | '''Near death experiences''' are personal experiences in situations of physical [[Wikipedia:Death|death]] and return to [[Wikipedia:Life|life]]. A early describer of respective phenomena was [[Wikipedia:Raymond Moody|Raymond Moody]]. In his 1981 book "[[Wikipedia:Life | + | '''Near death experiences''' are personal experiences in situations of physical [[Wikipedia:Death|death]] and return to [[Wikipedia:Life|life]]. A early describer of respective phenomena was [[Wikipedia:Raymond Moody|Raymond Moody]]. In his 1981 book "[[Wikipedia:Life After Life (Moody book)|life after life]]" Moody assembled a list of characteristics common to near death experiences. These include: an overwhelming feeling of peace and well-being, including freedom from pain; the impression of being located outside one's physical body; floating or drifting through darkness, sometimes described as a tunnel; becoming aware of a golden light; encountering and perhaps communicating with a "being of light"; having a rapid succession of visual images of one's past; experiencing another world of much beauty.<ref>{{Cite book| publisher = Mockingbird Books| last = Moody| first = Raymond A.| title = Life After Life: The Investigation of a Phenomenon-Survival of Bodily Death| date = June 1981}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 13:14, 24 June 2023
Near death experiences are personal experiences in situations of physical death and return to life. A early describer of respective phenomena was Raymond Moody. In his 1981 book "life after life" Moody assembled a list of characteristics common to near death experiences. These include: an overwhelming feeling of peace and well-being, including freedom from pain; the impression of being located outside one's physical body; floating or drifting through darkness, sometimes described as a tunnel; becoming aware of a golden light; encountering and perhaps communicating with a "being of light"; having a rapid succession of visual images of one's past; experiencing another world of much beauty.[1]
Literature
- Moody, Raymond A. (June 1981). Life After Life: The Investigation of a Phenomenon-Survival of Bodily Death. Mockingbird Books.
References
- ↑ Moody, Raymond A. (June 1981). Life After Life: The Investigation of a Phenomenon-Survival of Bodily Death. Mockingbird Books.