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International Multi. J. of PURE LIFE. 10(35), Serial Number 3, Summer. 2023, 57-88

PAPER DERIVED FROM THESIS
The Nature of Experiencing of Returning to Life Near-Death
and its Explanation based on Religious Foundations

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Somayeh Mohammadsadeghipour , Prof. Abbasali Rostaminasab ,
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Prof. Hamidreza Alavi , Dr. Morad Yari Dehnavi , Abbas Mowzoun
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1.* PhD Student in Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Literature and Humanities,

Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran (Corresponding Author)

2. Prof. in Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Shahid Bahonar
University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran, (rostaminasab@uk.ac.ir), (hralavi@uk.ac.ir)

3. Associate Prof. in Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Shahid
Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran, myaridehnavi@uk.ac.ir

4. PhD Student in Department of Information Technology Management, Faculty of Management, University
of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, abbasmowzoun@yahoo.com

ARTICL INFO ABSTRACT
Article History: SU BJECT AND OBJECTIVES: Those individuals who temporarily
Received: 28 April 2023 experience death, for some reasons, merely experience clinical
Revised: 23 June 2023 death that is different from biological death. In the latter one it is
not possible for their spirits to return to life while in the clinical
Accepted: 02 July 2023
death there is a possibility to return to the bodies and the material
Key Words: world. Thus, the present research attempts to explore clinical
death incidents as a qualitative phenomenological study.

Near-Death Experiences METHOD AND FINDING: Among those who participated in
(NDE) producing the “Life After Life TV Series” of the 2020-2022
seasons, 41 participants were selected and interviewed using the
R e t u r n i n g t o L i f e purposeful sampling method. In addition to television interviews,
the complementary data were gathered using conducting semi-
Religious Foundations structured interviews. Implementing Colaizzi’s seven analysis
steps, the data were analyzed using MAXQDA, the 2021 version.
DOI: CONCLUSION: Findings show 14 extracted codes identified as the
10.22034/imjpl.2023.15993.1097 “the nature of returning to life”. The codes were categorized into four
main themes: 1) Negotiation and being convinced, 2) Having a
DOR: choice and a discretion to return to the body, 3) Asking to return
20.1001.1.26767619.2023.10.35.2.6 to compensate indemnifications in the world, and 4) Pleading for
intercessions. Overall, it is concluded that in comparison to the

other world’s experiencers, Iranian experiencers’ cultural factor and
their religious beliefs are different from their counterparts in the world.

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REFERENCES AUTHORS AUTHOR
38 5 (Iran)

* Corresponding Author: Article Address Published on the Journal Site:

Email: smohamadsadeghi@ens.uk.ac.ir

ORCID: 0000-0002-0291-9841 http://p-l.journals.miu.ac.ir/article_8283.html