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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>

==Definition==

Ring (1980) classified NDE's on a 5 stage continuum:

# feelings of peace and contentment;

# a sense of detachment from the body;

# entering a transitional world of darkness (rapid movements through tunnels: 'the tunnel experience');

# emerging into bright light; and

# 'entering the light'.

==Substance-induced near-death experience==

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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>
+==Definition==
+Ring (1980) classified NDE's on a 5 stage continuum:
+# feelings of peace and contentment;
+# a sense of detachment from the body;
+# entering a transitional world of darkness (rapid movements through tunnels: 'the tunnel experience');
+# emerging into bright light; and
+# 'entering the light'.
 ==Substance-induced near-death experience==