near-death experiences

Wikipedia------ A near-death experience (NDE) refers to personal experiences associated with impending death, encompassing multiple possible sensations including detachment from the body, feelings of levitation, total serenity, security, warmth, the experience of absolute dissolution, and the...

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/29/us/to-heaven-and-back/ The trouble with these is that there seems to be no objective way to either confirm or disprove the experience itself. You can choose to believe this woman's story, or not, but it is essentially unfalsifiable. However, one thing about...

My book review for the book by Pim van Lommel on Near Death Experiences.

"A mother and her newborn infant both apparently died during childbirth -- but came back to life on Christmas Eve in what the tearful dad declared 'an absolute miracle.' "'I had everything taken away and given back to me in two hours,' new dad Mike Hermanstorfer , 37, said. "The Denver truck...

Apparently these seven youths claim God sent them to Hell and that while in Hell they saw John Lennon being tortured among other things all of which can be read here and here. I find this very curious; not just that they saw John Lennon who seems to be a favorite target of Theists, but that God...

And who accurately report what they saw while out of body, such as medical tools, conversations, doctor movements, people in the hallway walking, etc, later confirming to be true, how do you guys explain that? http://www.near-death.com/experiences/research11.html Thanks. :)

Jari Iivanainen's article about NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES AND DAMNATION http://koti.phnet.fi/elohim/Border_of_death_experiences Most people are probably curious of what is after death, and beyond the border of death. This many be a reason why they seek knowledge from spiritism-sessions or books...

According to a recent study, NDEs are most likely the result of "REM intrusion" -- activation of the part of the brain responsible for dreams. US team explains near death experiences Excerpt: "Sixty per cent of those who claimed a near death experience said they'd also suffered a "REM state of...

Most of what I have read concerning this subject seems to point to a purely neurological explanation concerning glutamate, NMDA receptor blockers, and agmatine,with the work being done by Dr. Karl Jansen. Yet it seems there are still critics who feel that this doesn't discount the validity of...