The near-death experience of Jane Thompson
What Researchers Found
The Story
Jane was a 34-year-old real estate agent. She suffered a high fever of 106 degrees Fahrenheit from a kidney stone that caused septic shock. This led to her near-death experience in the hospital on August 22, 2009. She felt excruciating pain and convulsed. She detached from her body and scanned it internally like watching a movie. She popped out to the ceiling and saw her lifeless body below. She floated up and backward, viewing souls connected by iridescent energy lines. She entered a dark tunnel quickly and emerged into a bright white light, which she knew as heaven. She felt overwhelming unconditional love, peace, and healing as wounds in her soul filled with love. She realized she was part of the light. A firm voice told her to return, and despite protesting, she was sent back through the tunnel into her body. After recovering from three months of illness and surgeries, Jane developed heightened empathy and intuition, sensing others' thoughts and feelings. She lost many relationships as she changed. She left real estate for a career in healing, including hospice work and energy healing with Reiki. She became collaborative and loving, practicing meditation, gratitude, and ego-quieting to live from her heart.
“It felt so much like home to be in that light that there was no other place I wanted to be at that point.”
The account describes a severe medical crisis with high fever, convulsions, and septic shock, providing strong evidence of compromised brain function. However, veridical perception claims are absent; the OBE observation from the ceiling is vague with no specific, unpredictable details or attempts at verification, limiting evidential strength.
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.
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What Researchers Found
The account describes a severe medical crisis with high fever, convulsions, and septic shock, providing strong evidence of compromised brain function. However, veridical perception claims are absent; the OBE observation from the ceiling is vague with no specific, unpredictable details or attempts at verification, limiting evidential strength.
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.