An exploration of Near-Death and Out-of-Body Experiences

Let’s switch gears this month away from ghosts and the like, and take a look at another huge area of paranormal research- the Near-Death (NDE) and Out-of-Body Experience (OBE).  Hollywood likes to toy with the notion of Life after Death and the Out-of-Body Experience; sometimes in a beautiful way, such as in 1998’s What Dreams May Come, and the 1980 classic Resurrection.  I’d like to note that Resurrection was the first movie to base its screenplay not on superstition and cultural references, but on the research and ideas of Raymond Moody, whose 1975 book Life After Life led to the foundation of the International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS) in 1981.  Stories of NDEs go back as far as recorded history, but today, according to a Gallup poll, as many as eight million Americans claim to have had an NDE.  Some researchers believe that number to be underestimated due to many individuals being hesitant to talk about their experiences for fear of ridicule and rejection.

Read on at: http://paganpages.org/content/2011/01/across-the-great-divide-13/