By Ben Brumfield — 2013
You’re about to go to “heaven” and live to tell about it. And your story will become the subject of scientific research.
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This question is more than a mind-bender. For thousands of years, certain people have claimed to have actually visited the place that, Saint Paul promised, “no eye has seen … and no human mind has conceived,” and their stories very often follow the same narrative arc.
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When Gregg Nome was 24 years old, he slipped into the churn beneath a waterfall and began to drown, his body pummeled against the sandy riverbed. What he saw there surprised him.
A neurological explanation of NDEs remains elusive.
Despite parallels, there are profound differences between DMT and NDEs.
Research shows hallucinogen found in traditional medicine ayahuasca produces similar feelings to those felt by people during near-death experiences.
They cannot prove the existence of heaven or hell, but they can give us hope.