Near-death experience
Near-death experience
A Near-death experience (NDE) is a personal experience associated with impending death, encompassing multiple possible sensations including detachment from the body, feelings of levitation, total serenity, security, warmth, the experience of absolute dissolution, and the presence of a light. These phenomena are usually reported after an individual has been pronounced clinically dead or has been very close to death.
Pronunciation
Near-death experience: /nɪər dɛθ ɪkˈspɪəriəns/
Etymology
The term "Near-death experience" is attributed to Dr. Raymond Moody, a psychologist and researcher, who coined it in his 1975 book, Life After Life.
Related Terms
- Clinical death: The medical term for cessation of blood circulation and breathing, the two necessary criteria to sustain human and many other organisms' lives.
- Out-of-body experience: An experience that typically involves a sensation of floating outside one's body and, in some cases, perceiving one's physical body from a place outside one's body.
- Life review: A phenomenon widely reported as occurring during near-death experiences, in which a person rapidly sees much or the totality of their life history.
- Afterlife: The concept of a realm, or the realm itself (whether physical or transcendental), in which an essential part of an individual's identity or consciousness continues to exist after the death of the body.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Near-death experience
- Wikipedia's article - Near-death experience
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