What are Near Death Experiences (NDEs)?
A Near-death experience is a profound psychological subjective experience that typically occurs to individuals who are close to death or in situations of intense physical or emotional danger. These experiences can also include transcendental and mystical elements. NDEs usually include a person who is either clinically dead, near death, or in a situation where death is likely or expected. The term near-death experience (NDE) was coined in 1975 in the book Life After Life by Raymond Moody, MD. Moody describes the common characteristics generally associated with NDEs to include: Hearing the news – Hearing doctors or others pronounce one dead Feeling extremely pleasant feelings/sensations during the early stages. The noise – Various auditory sensations such as bells tingling, majestic music, loud ringing, buzzing noise, whirling noise, clicking, roaring, banging, swooshing sounds etc. The dark tunnel – Encountering some kind of darkness, passing through a black tunnel, black hole or void o