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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> Many of these sensations are attributable to the selective disconnection of the electrical impulses of neurons like NMDA and PCP2 which would also gradually or abruptly disconnect in the death of the human body. | ||
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==Classification== | ==Classification== | ||
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Ring Kenneth Ring] (1980) classified NDE's on a 5 stage continuum: | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Ring Kenneth Ring] (1980) classified NDE's on a 5 stage continuum: | ||
# feelings of peace and contentment; | |||
# a sense of detachment from the body; | #feelings of peace and contentment; | ||
# entering a transitional world of darkness (rapid movements through tunnels: 'the tunnel experience'); | #a sense of detachment from the body; | ||
# emerging into bright light; and | #entering a transitional world of darkness (rapid movements through tunnels: 'the tunnel experience'); | ||
# 'entering the light'. | #emerging into bright light; and | ||
#'entering the light'. | |||
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): | 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 | #an out-of-body experience (OBE) | ||
# communicating with a being of light | #seeing or moving through a tunnel | ||
# observing a celestial landscape | #communicating with a being of light | ||
# meeting with deceased persons | #observing a celestial landscape | ||
# a life review | #meeting with deceased persons | ||
# loss of sense of time and space and/or | #a life review | ||
# a conscious return to the body. | #loss of sense of time and space and/or | ||
#a conscious return to the body. | |||
==Practices== | ==Practices== | ||
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==Scales== | ==Scales== | ||
* Near Death Experience Scale (Greyson, 1983), 16-item | |||
* Near-Death Experience Scale-6 (NDE-6) (Prosnick & Evans, 2003), 6-item | *Near Death Experience Scale (Greyson, 1983), 16-item | ||
*Near-Death Experience Scale-6 (NDE-6) (Prosnick & Evans, 2003), 6-item | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [[wikipedia:Near-death experience|Near-death experience (Wikipedia)]] | |||
* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDgGTr25PGKQcbuyNLCsq-Cx9Lvot0UEC Music for Ayahuasca-Assisted Near-Death Experience Therapy (MAANDET)] by [[User:David Hedlund|David Hedlund]] | *[[wikipedia:Near-death experience|Near-death experience (Wikipedia)]] | ||
* [https://www.psypost.org/2018/12/study-of-advanced-buddhist-meditators-suggests-inducing-near-death-experiences-can-be-learned-and-perfected-52732 Study of advanced Buddhist meditators suggests inducing near-death experiences can be learned and perfected] | *[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDgGTr25PGKQcbuyNLCsq-Cx9Lvot0UEC Music for Ayahuasca-Assisted Near-Death Experience Therapy (MAANDET)] by [[User:David Hedlund|David Hedlund]] | ||
* [https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/out-the-darkness/201810/near-death-experiences-and-dmt Near-Death Experiences and DMT] | *[https://www.psypost.org/2018/12/study-of-advanced-buddhist-meditators-suggests-inducing-near-death-experiences-can-be-learned-and-perfected-52732 Study of advanced Buddhist meditators suggests inducing near-death experiences can be learned and perfected] | ||
*[https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/out-the-darkness/201810/near-death-experiences-and-dmt Near-Death Experiences and DMT] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||