The science of near-death experiences, 1979
by Emma Beddington from Science | The Guardian on (#6AMB3)
More and more people were glimpsing light at the end of the tunnel
In April 1979, the Observer peeped behind the veil at near-death experiences. Improved cardiac care and the fact that even boy scouts are now taught cardio-pulmonary resuscitation' meant more people were glimpsing a bright light at the end of a tunnel - or something else - before being dragged back into this realm by medical science.
NDEs fell into two broad categories, the article explained. First, transcendence', described as the passage of consciousness into a foreign region or dimension', but also encompassing that life flashing before your eyes' phenomenon. The other was autoscopy': feeling as if you were outside, and viewing, your own body.
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