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A '''near-death experience''' ('''NDE''') is a personal experience associated with death or impending [[death]]. Such experiences may encompass a variety of sensations including detachment from the body, feelings of levitation, total serenity, security, warmth, the experience of absolute dissolution, and the presence of a light.<ref name=Sleutjes2014rev>{{cite journal | pmid = 25357254 | doi=10.1097/NMD.0000000000000205 | volume=202 | title=Almost 40 years investigating near-death experiences: an overview of mainstream scientific journals | year=2014 | journal=J. Nerv. Ment. Dis. | pages=833–6 | last1 = Sleutjes | first1 = A | last2 = Moreira-Almeida | first2 = A | last3 = Greyson | first3 = B}}</ref> | A '''near-death experience''' ('''NDE''') is a personal experience associated with death or impending [[death]]. Such experiences may encompass a variety of sensations including detachment from the body, feelings of levitation, total serenity, security, warmth, the experience of absolute dissolution, and the presence of a light.<ref name="Sleutjes2014rev">{{cite journal | pmid = 25357254 | doi=10.1097/NMD.0000000000000205 | volume=202 | title=Almost 40 years investigating near-death experiences: an overview of mainstream scientific journals | year=2014 | journal=J. Nerv. Ment. Dis. | pages=833–6 | last1 = Sleutjes | first1 = A | last2 = Moreira-Almeida | first2 = A | last3 = Greyson | first3 = B}}</ref> Many of these sensations are attributable to the selective disconnection of the electrical impulses of neurons like NMDA and PCP2 which would also gradually or abruptly disconnect in the death of the human body. | ||
===Psychoactive substances=== | ===Psychoactive substances=== | ||
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==Classification== | ==Classification== | ||
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Ring Kenneth Ring] (1980) classified NDE's on a 5 stage continuum: | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Ring Kenneth Ring] (1980) classified NDE's on a 5 stage continuum: | ||
# feelings of peace and contentment; | |||
# a sense of detachment from the body; | #feelings of peace and contentment; | ||
# entering a transitional world of darkness (rapid movements through tunnels: 'the tunnel experience'); | #a sense of detachment from the body; | ||
# emerging into bright light; and | #entering a transitional world of darkness (rapid movements through tunnels: 'the tunnel experience'); | ||
# 'entering the light'. | #emerging into bright light; and | ||
#'entering the light'. | |||
In Ken Ring's studies, 60% experienced stage 1, but only 10% attained stage 5. | In Ken Ring's studies, 60% experienced stage 1, but only 10% attained stage 5. | ||
NDEs are understood to involve one or a combination of the following features (Schwaninger et al. 2002; van Lommel 2011): | NDEs are understood to involve one or a combination of the following features (Schwaninger et al. 2002; van Lommel 2011): | ||
# an out-of-body experience (OBE) | |||
# seeing or moving through a tunnel | #an out-of-body experience (OBE) | ||
# communicating with a being of light | #seeing or moving through a tunnel | ||
# observing a celestial landscape | #communicating with a being of light | ||
# meeting with deceased persons | #observing a celestial landscape | ||
# a life review | #meeting with deceased persons | ||
# loss of sense of time and space and/or | #a life review | ||
# a conscious return to the body. | #loss of sense of time and space and/or | ||
#a conscious return to the body. | |||
==Practices== | ==Practices== | ||
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==Scales== | ==Scales== | ||
* Near Death Experience Scale (Greyson, 1983), 16-item | |||
* Near-Death Experience Scale-6 (NDE-6) (Prosnick & Evans, 2003), 6-item | *Near Death Experience Scale (Greyson, 1983), 16-item | ||
*Near-Death Experience Scale-6 (NDE-6) (Prosnick & Evans, 2003), 6-item | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [[wikipedia:Near-death experience|Near-death experience (Wikipedia)]] | |||
* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDgGTr25PGKQcbuyNLCsq-Cx9Lvot0UEC Music for Ayahuasca-Assisted Near-Death Experience Therapy (MAANDET)] by [[User:David Hedlund|David Hedlund]] | *[[wikipedia:Near-death experience|Near-death experience (Wikipedia)]] | ||
* [https://www.psypost.org/2018/12/study-of-advanced-buddhist-meditators-suggests-inducing-near-death-experiences-can-be-learned-and-perfected-52732 Study of advanced Buddhist meditators suggests inducing near-death experiences can be learned and perfected] | *[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDgGTr25PGKQcbuyNLCsq-Cx9Lvot0UEC Music for Ayahuasca-Assisted Near-Death Experience Therapy (MAANDET)] by [[User:David Hedlund|David Hedlund]] | ||
* [https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/out-the-darkness/201810/near-death-experiences-and-dmt Near-Death Experiences and DMT] | *[https://www.psypost.org/2018/12/study-of-advanced-buddhist-meditators-suggests-inducing-near-death-experiences-can-be-learned-and-perfected-52732 Study of advanced Buddhist meditators suggests inducing near-death experiences can be learned and perfected] | ||
*[https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/out-the-darkness/201810/near-death-experiences-and-dmt Near-Death Experiences and DMT] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
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This page describes how to induce near-death experiences (NDE's) with psychonautics, not NDE's caused by life-threatening accidents. |
A near-death experience (NDE) is a personal experience associated with death or impending death. Such experiences may encompass a variety of sensations including detachment from the body, feelings of levitation, total serenity, security, warmth, the experience of absolute dissolution, and the presence of a light.[1] Many of these sensations are attributable to the selective disconnection of the electrical impulses of neurons like NMDA and PCP2 which would also gradually or abruptly disconnect in the death of the human body.
Psychoactive substances
Compounds within our psychoactive substance index which may cause this effect include:
Classification
Kenneth Ring (1980) classified NDE's on a 5 stage continuum:
- feelings of peace and contentment;
- a sense of detachment from the body;
- entering a transitional world of darkness (rapid movements through tunnels: 'the tunnel experience');
- emerging into bright light; and
- 'entering the light'.
In Ken Ring's studies, 60% experienced stage 1, but only 10% attained stage 5.
NDEs are understood to involve one or a combination of the following features (Schwaninger et al. 2002; van Lommel 2011):
- an out-of-body experience (OBE)
- seeing or moving through a tunnel
- communicating with a being of light
- observing a celestial landscape
- meeting with deceased persons
- a life review
- loss of sense of time and space and/or
- a conscious return to the body.
Practices
From https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1mXWo6uco/wiki/Near-death_experience.html
"Some sleep researchers, such as Timothy J. Green, Lynne Levitan and Stephen LaBerge, have noted that NDEs are similar to many reports of lucid dreaming, in which the individual realizes he is in a dream. Often these states are so realistic as to be barely distinguishable from reality.
In a study of fourteen lucid dreamers performed in 1991, people who perform wake-initiated lucid dreams (WILD) reported experiences consistent with aspects of out-of-body experiences such as floating above their beds and the feeling of leaving their bodies. Due to the phenomenological overlap between lucid dreams, near-death experiences, and out-of-body experiences, researchers say they believe a protocol could be developed to induce a lucid dream similar to a near-death experience in the laboratory."
Meditation-induced near-death experience (MI-NDE), 2018 study: Meditation-Induced Near-Death Experiences: a 3-Year Longitudinal Study -- "compared to regular forms of meditation, the meditation-induced NDE led to a five-fold increase in mystical experiences and a four-fold increase in feelings of non-attachment,” Van Gordon explained."
Scales
- Near Death Experience Scale (Greyson, 1983), 16-item
- Near-Death Experience Scale-6 (NDE-6) (Prosnick & Evans, 2003), 6-item
External links
- Near-death experience (Wikipedia)
- Music for Ayahuasca-Assisted Near-Death Experience Therapy (MAANDET) by David Hedlund
- Study of advanced Buddhist meditators suggests inducing near-death experiences can be learned and perfected
- Near-Death Experiences and DMT
References
- ↑ Sleutjes, A; Moreira-Almeida, A; Greyson, B (2014). "Almost 40 years investigating near-death experiences: an overview of mainstream scientific journals". J. Nerv. Ment. Dis. 202: 833–6. doi:10.1097/NMD.0000000000000205. PMID 25357254.