At theย Daily Mailย …,ย Wiliam Hunterย [reported] onย a recentย studyย of 48 near-death experiences:
Some participants described seeing heavenly beings, while one even said they experienced a terrifying journey into a black hole.
Others, meanwhile, described grand visions featuring religious figures and profound emotional experiences.
For example, one participant told scientists: โThere were stone stairs on the left in front of me, and Jesus was toward the top, wearing a white robe,โ while another described how โGod appeared as a great light in the distanceโ.
Yet some peopleโs visions of the afterlife were far more fantastical, featuring bizarre elements that you wouldnโt find anywhere in the Bible.
The variety is what we might expect. People try to describe things they never experienced before in terms they themselves understand.
… Ken Drinkwater,ย a Manchester Metropolitan University doctor of psychology,ย toldย Neil Shawย at theย Mirror,
Ken said neuroscientists Olaf Blanke and Sebastian Dieguez have proposed two types of near-death experiences. Type one, which is associated with the brainโs left hemisphere, features an altered sense of time and impressions of flying. Type two, involving the right hemisphere, is characterised by seeing or communicating with spirits, and hearing voices, sounds and music.
He said: โWhile itโs unclear why there are different types of near-death experiences, the different interactions between brain regions produce these distinct experiences. The temporal lobes also play an important role in near-death experiences. This area of the brain is involved with processing sensory information and memory, so abnormal activity in these lobes can produce strange sensations and perceptions.โ
The difficulty with this sort of explanation is that when many near-death experiences occur, the brain is clinically dead. These parts of the brain are not functioning.ย
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