Stories from the Files of IANDS
What Researchers Found
The Story
Alex, a 28-year-old woman, experienced a near-death event during opiate withdrawal in drug detox. She suffered intense physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual pain, with her heart rate at 157 beats per minute and fluctuating temperature. She lay in bed for days, convinced she would die. A figure resembling Jesus appeared at her bedside in a white suit and sandals. He glided to her bed and communicated telepathically. Alex left her body and viewed it from above, seeing herself pale and motionless. The figure conveyed that her pain was noticed and showed her a place without pain. She saw a gray tunnel with rings leading to darkness. Then she entered a warm, comforting light realm where time and space did not apply. An orb of flickering white light, fading to yellow and orange, held all knowledge. She felt acceptance, becoming everything and nothing, with no fear. Something pulled her back to her body. After returning, all her anxiety and fear vanished. She and her boyfriend noticed many subtle and obvious positive changes in her life.
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This NDE features a severe medical crisis with unconsciousness but lacks any veridical perceptions of real-world events, relying instead on internal visionary elements like a Jesus figure, tunnel, and orb of light. No specific, verifiable details from the physical environment, no verification attempts, and no timing of report relative to potential checks.
Score reflects verifiable perceptions reported. A low score indicates the experience was primarily spiritual or subjective, not that it didn't occur.
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What Researchers Found
This NDE features a severe medical crisis with unconsciousness but lacks any veridical perceptions of real-world events, relying instead on internal visionary elements like a Jesus figure, tunnel, and orb of light. No specific, verifiable details from the physical environment, no verification attempts, and no timing of report relative to potential checks.
Score reflects verifiable perceptions reported. A low score indicates the experience was primarily spiritual or subjective, not that it didn't occur.
Was this Evidence Strength score useful?
Was this Experience Depth score useful?
Score reflects transformation as described. Domains scored 0 indicate the topic was not discussed, not that no change occurred.
Was this Life Impact score useful?