In 1975, Dr. Raymond Moody learned that those who came close to death had experienced similar visions and sensations before returning to their bodies. He called these moments, Near Death Experiences or NDEs – where subjects spoke of travelling through a tunnel, being greeted by deceased loved ones… even encountering spiritual entities. The consistency of the reports, including such vivid details and emotions, have led many to wonder if this is validation of an afterlife.
Episode Source Material
BOOKS
- Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife (paperback edition) by Mary Roach. 2005. Norton.
- In My Time of Dying (overdrive edition) by Sebastian Junger. 2024. Simon & Schuster.
- Life After Life (hoopla edition) by Raymond Moody. 2015. Harper One.
- My Descent into Death: A Second Chance at Life (internet archive version) by Howard Storm. 2005. Doubleday.
- After the Beyond: Human Transformation and the Near-Death Experience (internet archive version) by Charles P Flynn. 1985. Prentice-Hall.
ACADEMIC PAPERS
- Mo Med (Volume 111 issue 6): Distressing near-death experiences: the basics by Nancy Evans Bush and Bruce Greyson.
- Mo Med (volume 110 issue 5): Getting comfortable with death & dear-death experiences: near-death experiences: an essay in medicine & philosophy by Raymond Moody.
- Frontiers in Psychology (volume 20, issue 14): explanation of near-death experiences: a systematic analysis of case reports and qualitative research by Amirhossein Hashemi, Ali Akbar Oroojan, Maryam Rassouli, and Hadis Ashrafizadeh.
WEB/SOCIAL MEDIA/MESSAGE BOARDS
- What is it like to die? The reassuring science of near-death experiences. (online article).
- Near-death experiences. (website).
- The science of near-death experiences. (online article).
- Sebastian Junger. (Wikipedia article).
- Howard Storm (author). (Wikipedia article).
- Emergency center at Cape Cod hospital + trauma center. (website).
- Raymond Moody. (Wikipedia article).
- Potent Psychedelic DMT mimics near-death experience in the brain. (online article).
- A conversation with a near-death experience expert. (online article).