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A '''near-death experience''' ('''NDE''') is a personal experience associated with death or impending [[death]]. Such experiences may encompass a variety of sensations including detachment from the body, feelings of levitation, total serenity, security, warmth, the experience of absolute dissolution, and the presence of a light.<ref name=Sleutjes2014rev>{{cite journal | pmid = 25357254 | doi=10.1097/NMD.0000000000000205 | volume=202 | title=Almost 40 years investigating near-death experiences: an overview of mainstream scientific journals | year=2014 | journal=J. Nerv. Ment. Dis. | pages=833–6 | last1 = Sleutjes | first1 = A | last2 = Moreira-Almeida | first2 = A | last3 = Greyson | first3 = B}}</ref> | A '''near-death experience''' ('''NDE''') is a personal experience associated with death or impending [[death]]. Such experiences may encompass a variety of sensations including detachment from the body, feelings of levitation, total serenity, security, warmth, the experience of absolute dissolution, and the presence of a light.<ref name=Sleutjes2014rev>{{cite journal | pmid = 25357254 | doi=10.1097/NMD.0000000000000205 | volume=202 | title=Almost 40 years investigating near-death experiences: an overview of mainstream scientific journals | year=2014 | journal=J. Nerv. Ment. Dis. | pages=833–6 | last1 = Sleutjes | first1 = A | last2 = Moreira-Almeida | first2 = A | last3 = Greyson | first3 = B}}</ref> | ||
===Psychoactive substances=== | |||
Compounds within our [[psychoactive substance index]] which may cause this effect include: | |||
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==Classification== | ==Classification== | ||
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In Ken Ring's studies, 60% experienced stage 1, but only 10% attained stage 5. | In Ken Ring's studies, 60% experienced stage 1, but only 10% attained stage 5. | ||
NDEs are understood to involve one or a combination of the following features (Schwaninger et al. 2002; van Lommel 2011): | |||
# an out-of-body experience (OBE) | |||
# seeing or moving through a tunnel | |||
# communicating with a being of light | |||
# observing a celestial landscape | |||
# meeting with deceased persons | |||
# a life review | |||
# loss of sense of time and space and/or | |||
# a conscious return to the body. | |||
==Practices== | ==Practices== | ||
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===[[Meditation]]=== | ===[[Meditation]]=== | ||
Meditation-induced near-death experience (MI-NDE), 2018 study: [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12671-018-0922-3 Meditation-Induced Near-Death Experiences: a 3-Year Longitudinal Study] -- "compared to regular forms of meditation, the meditation-induced NDE led to a five-fold increase in mystical experiences and a four-fold increase in feelings of non-attachment,” Van Gordon explained." | Meditation-induced near-death experience (MI-NDE), 2018 study: [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12671-018-0922-3 Meditation-Induced Near-Death Experiences: a 3-Year Longitudinal Study] -- "compared to regular forms of meditation, the meditation-induced NDE led to a five-fold increase in mystical experiences and a four-fold increase in feelings of non-attachment,” Van Gordon explained." | ||
==Scales== | |||
* Near Death Experience Scale (Greyson, 1983), 16-item | |||
* Near-Death Experience Scale-6 (NDE-6) (Prosnick & Evans, 2003), 6-item | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||