The Near Death Experience of Mr. Josef Seifried
What Researchers Found
The Story
Joseph was a plant fitter who had a near-death experience in 2007 during a work accident in Salzburg. While installing an elevator, the scaffold broke as he and a colleague lifted a heavy motor, causing him to fall and sustain injuries. During the experience, Joseph left his body and viewed it from above without emotional attachment. He had 360-degree vision, saw through walls, perceived vibrant colors, and heard distant words and thoughts clearly despite construction noise. Time felt relative and nonexistent. He felt an intense, inexpressible love. He returned to his body suddenly without explanation. After the NDE, Joseph suffered spinal sprains, broken ribs, a compressed pelvis, and severe leg injuries requiring surgeries and leading to disability. His worldview transformed from skeptical and materialistic to spiritual. He overcame depression and yearning to return through meditation and a guiding voice, losing fear of death and embracing spiritual guidance, consequences of actions, and living ethically.
“love may I go back to this outof body State you were in how did you get back”
This NDE lacks any specific, verifiable veridical perceptions, with claims limited to general enhanced senses like 360-degree vision and hearing distant words without details. No medical crisis beyond a fall with injuries post-experience, and perceptions were from a plausible same-location vantage. The account was processed privately for years without verification attempts or prompt reporting.
Score reflects verifiable perceptions reported. A low score indicates the experience was primarily spiritual or subjective, not that it didn't occur.
Score reflects transformation as described. Domains scored 0 indicate the topic was not discussed, not that no change occurred.
Are you here because someone you love has died?
These accounts were gathered because death may not be the end. Thousands of people have experienced something beyond — and come back to tell us about it.
What Researchers Found
This NDE lacks any specific, verifiable veridical perceptions, with claims limited to general enhanced senses like 360-degree vision and hearing distant words without details. No medical crisis beyond a fall with injuries post-experience, and perceptions were from a plausible same-location vantage. The account was processed privately for years without verification attempts or prompt reporting.
Score reflects verifiable perceptions reported. A low score indicates the experience was primarily spiritual or subjective, not that it didn't occur.
Score reflects transformation as described. Domains scored 0 indicate the topic was not discussed, not that no change occurred.