NDE: I Died And Was Reincarnated As A Witch
What Researchers Found
The Story
Renee Mendes, an 18-year-old student, had her near-death experience in spring 2014 after her board exam. At home around 12:50 PM, she felt a sharp pain in her head like something dug into her brain and lost consciousness. She woke up tied up, facing a horrendous woman with blood on her face whispering in an unknown language. The woman lit a fire and chanted spells. A group of women appeared and danced around the fire. Renee felt compelled to join them and was flung into the fire but felt no harm. The woman threw red powder on her face and said she had been called as one of them. Renee transformed into a witch with black, curly, ankle-length hair and rags for clothes. She felt reincarnated from a previous life where she was killed. Trapped in a dark world, she was forced to chant spells against enemy witches and drink crow's blood to grow powers. She tried to escape but failed. Renee then chanted holy verses to God for help. Witches gathered to scare her, taking ugly forms. She realized they could not harm her since she was already dead. She kept reciting until her voice faded and she fainted again. She woke up on her house stairs at 1 PM, only 10 minutes later. No wound or pain remained. She called her father, who sent family friends. They took her to France to join her family. Her father explained it as a near-death experience involving reincarnation as a witch. He urged her to do good to avoid curses in the afterlife. Renee became a better person, strengthened her faith in God, and received family support. The dark experience brought positive changes to her life.
“years of my life trapped in a world where I knew no one I was having a hard time accepting the facts I searched for a method to return home while I was forced to travel through the other side's”
This account features no veridical perception claims, consisting entirely of a fantastical visionary experience involving witches, fire, and reincarnation with no ties to observable real-world events. The experiencer only verifies the absence of a physical wound, but no specific details from the vision are corroborated. Medical severity is moderate (fainting), but all other criteria score low due to lack of impossible access, verifiable specifics, or confirmations.
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
This account features no veridical perception claims, consisting entirely of a fantastical visionary experience involving witches, fire, and reincarnation with no ties to observable real-world events. The experiencer only verifies the absence of a physical wound, but no specific details from the vision are corroborated. Medical severity is moderate (fainting), but all other criteria score low due to lack of impossible access, verifiable specifics, or confirmations.
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.