Jeffery Olsen experienced a profound NDE following a car accident in which his wife and one of their two children died while he was at the wheel. In his book Knowing, he recounts what he experienced and the magnificent path of reconstruction and healing – physical, psychological and spiritual – that he has followed. How
In her magnificent book 45 secondes d’éternité – Mes souvenirs de l’au-delà, Nicole Dron gives a detailed account of her NDE. Her brain only stopped working for 45 seconds, but her experience filled his whole life. Here are a few nuggets, and I urge you to read the rest. He can give you many answers,
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Are you suffering from the death of a loved one? Has this loss taken all the meaning out of your life? Does the Universe seem profoundly unfair to you? Are you seriously ill and afraid of dying and losing your loved ones? Or is someone close to you in this situation and you’re afraid they’ll
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Penny Sartory and Kelly Walsh interviewed many people who had experienced an NDE about the changes it had brought to their lives. The short answer is: it changes everything! On the general conception of life, the meaning given to it, as well as on their most concrete daily lives. NDErs return transformed. After integrating their
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I’m a palliative care physician,” explains Christopher Kerr, “and all my patients are dying. Yet there is a strong light in this darkness of death. Indeed, many patients have end-of-life experiences: dreams or visions. They help them stay or reconnect with the love they have given and received, and with the relationships they cherished. End-of-life
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For 12 years, Dr Patrick Theillier was in charge of the Lourdes Medical Examinations Office. In his book “Lourdes, Terre de guérisons”, he testifies that healings do indeed take place at Lourdes, and in large numbers. The international medical committee responsible for examining healings reported by pilgrims has recognized that over 7,200 cases in total
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Are we judged after we die? Will we be punished if the balance of our actions isn’t right? Accounts of near-death experiences are unanimous in their answer: “No, under no circumstances.” We accept this fairly easily when it comes to “ordinary” people. But it’s harder to believe when we think of those we consider “truly”
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Mary C. Neal is a surgeon. She had an NDE while her body was drowning in a kayaking accident in Chile. She detailed her experience in her first book, To Heaven and Back. In her second book, 7 Lessons from Heaven, she explores the implications of NDEs for our daily lives. Here’s a selection. Mary
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In her book Contactsspontanésavec undéfunt, Swiss psychiatrist Evelyn Elsaesser shares hundreds of accounts of subjective experience of contact with the deceased, or VSCD. For me, this is further proof that death is not the end of life, but the passage into another state. Here are a few extracts from his book. What is a VSCD?
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Nancy Rynes had a particularly rich Near-Death Experience. She had many exchanges on the meaning of life – the present and the next – with the spiritual being who accompanied her throughout her NDE. Here are some extracts from his book Awakenings from the Light. Love is the very structure of the universe. I didn’t
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