Page 145 - Pure Life 30
P. 145
(
/
144 International Multi. J. of PURE LIFE. 9 (30): 143-173, Spring 2022
Introduction each of these views tries to
Near-death experience (NDE) explain and analyze this
is known as a spiritual and phenomenon .
immaterial journey to a world The first scientific work on
beyond matter. Published reports near-death experience was
of these experiences have published by Raymond Modi
received much attention in the in 1975, Life after Life. Most
present century, and especially of the works that have been
in recent years. written so far about near-
The presence of transcendental death experiences have empirical
and immaterial elements and approaches and have been
perceptions in these experiences, presented mainly by Western
in addition to being attractive scientists.
and surprising to the audience, In these works, using new
also raises many questions in experimental sciences, various
the minds of readers. Readers explanations of physiology
of these experiences, regardless and biology about near-death
of their religion, try to answer experiences have been presented
the questions and ambiguities and several works have been
they have about death and the published in this regard.
afterlife in their minds by In contrast, less research
reading published reports of has been done on rational and
near-death experiences. philosophical approaches to
In recent years, different near-death experiences, and
views have been proposed in there is no comprehensive
relation to these experiences Work on this.
and their characteristics, and