I. INTRODUCTION & OVERVIEW

Start with this section to get a good overview about NDE's and inform yourself about the basics:

• Near-Death Experience: An Introductory Sampler
• FAQ on Near-Death Experience
• Characteristics of a Near Death Experience
• NDEs Overview
• Do Near Death Experiences Happen? (Introduction)
• A nineteenth century explanatory scheme for the interpretation of near-death-experience: The transpersonal model of death as presented in Madame Blavatsky's Theosophy
• Life After Life: Understanding Near-Death Experience - Interview with Raymond Moody, M.D.
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II. NDE ACCOUNTS AND SITES

Especially interesting and mandatory is to read some of the account stories. We have collected the best links to them:

• The International Association for Near-Death Studies
• Near Death Experience Research Foundation
• The Natural Death Handbook (Near-Death Experiences - Accounts from past centuries)
• Near-Death Experiences and the Afterlife (Many personnel and interesting NDE's stories. Great to read.)
• Death Related Visions and Healing Grief - Using Spiritual Visions to Understand Death and Heal Grief
• Atlantis Rising - Near-Death Experience: The Untold Story
• Dream Lucidity and Near-Death Experience: A Personal Report
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III. NDE & SCIENCE

The near-death experience is very controversy. See here what the science has to say about it:

• Using Ketamine to Induce the Near-Death Experience - Mechanism of Action and Therapeutic Potential (Very detailed)
• Ketamine: Trick or treat? (Article)
• Hallucinogenic & near-death experiences (discussion board)
• What The Near-Death Experience Reveals About Consciousness - Talk given at the Transpersonal Psychiatrists Conference of the Netherlands (A very interesting report/study. Read it, highly recommend!)
• Near-Death Experiences Vary Widely, According to MSU Researcher
• Near-Death Experiences May Be Responses to Stress
• What Can Elementary Particles Tell Us About the World in Which We Live? (Article)
• Experiences of Previously Unconscious Patients (Includes NDE's)
• Ketamine: A Fact Sheet
• Near Death Experiences and the Afterlife, OBE (Out of Body Experience) - Near-death experience in survivors of cardiac arrest: a prospective study in the Netherlands.("..Summary Conclusions: A near-death experience is the reported memory of all impressions during a special state of consciousness, including specific elements such as out-of-body experience, pleasant feelings, and seeing a tunnel, a light, deceased relatives, or a life review...")
• UK NDE study ("..Doctors who found the first scientific evidence supporting the possible existence of an afterlife have launched a charitable foundation to further the study of the human mind at the end of life. University of Southampton researchers have just published a paper detailing their pioneering study into near death experiences (or near-death experiences) that suggests consciousness and the mind may continue to exist after the brain has ceased to function and the body is clinically dead...")
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IV. NEAR DEATH-EXPERIENCE (NDE)-NEWS & ARTICLES

There are many interesting articles and essays about the Near-Death experience. They are worth to read as they help to complete the current picture about NDE's:

• Is there life after death? Near-death experiences may be physiological. Or they may be peepholes into a world beyond (cover Story)
• The Skeptic's Corner - Researchers answer the skeptical questions (about NDE, that is. Several interesting onside articles on this page)
• A Real Near-Death Experience? The Case of Kimberly Clark & "Maria," Critically Examined, Shown to Not Support NDE Claims.
• Survivors tell of life after death (The first scientific study of near-death experiences seems to support them)
• Is There a Hell? Surprising Observations About the Near-Death Experience (Article)
• Near-Death Experiences: In or out of the body? (Detailed article)
• Who's Who in NDE Research ("..An attempt is being made to identify some of the more well renowned contributors to the field of near death studies. This initial effort is primarily based upon the information provided by book publishers and does not reflect a scholarly attempt to delineate the major contributions of the individuals..")
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V. RELIGION, THEOSOPHY, PHILOSOPHY

A great deal about NDE's interpretation is in the are of religion or just philosophical. Here are some of the articles:

• Religious Interpretations of Near-Death Experiences (A Doctoral Candidacy Essay)
• Near Death Experiences confirm Theosophy (Article)
• Who is the being of light encountered in near-death- experiences?
• The Near-Death Experience Part I. and II. (from the Christian Research Journal)
• Embraced by the Light of Deception. The Popularity of Betty Eadie's Book ("..A growing number of Christians are embracing the light of Betty Eadie, the author of Embraced by the Light. Ms. Eadie's book, along with several other new-age bestsellers, are influencing the Christian church in a negative way...")
• Near Death Experiences: A spiritual phenomenon or is it just biology? ("..Near-death experiences have been defined as, 'profound psychological events with transcendental or mystical elements typically occurring to individuals close to death or in situations of intense physical or emotional danger.'..")
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VI. FORUMS & DISCUSSION BOARDS

Forums or discussion boards are a great way to place some of your questions and to exchange your experience:

• Forum (Some Q&A)
• Near Death Experiences
• Permanent board, for NDEs ("..Most of the personal accounts listed below, first appeared on the Near Death Experiences Message Board...')
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