Dr. Bruce Greyson

So they're describing the same phenomenon, but using different metaphors for it. And in fact, they will tell you it's a metaphor. I've had many people say to me, and then I was in the presence of God. Now I'm using God because I don't know what else to call it that you'll understand me, but it wasn't the God I was taught about in church. It was much bigger than that.

So they're describing the same phenomenon, but using different metaphors for it. And in fact, they will tell you it's a metaphor. I've had many people say to me, and then I was in the presence of God. Now I'm using God because I don't know what else to call it that you'll understand me, but it wasn't the God I was taught about in church. It was much bigger than that.

Right, right. Well, you know, many people report... a sort of an afterlife or a different environment that contradicts what they were taught to believe. You know, if they were in a religion that teaches about a typical heaven, and they describe something very different, like a featureless void, they come back very surprising. This wasn't what I was expecting at all.

Right, right. Well, you know, many people report... a sort of an afterlife or a different environment that contradicts what they were taught to believe. You know, if they were in a religion that teaches about a typical heaven, and they describe something very different, like a featureless void, they come back very surprising. This wasn't what I was expecting at all.

Right, right. Well, you know, many people report... a sort of an afterlife or a different environment that contradicts what they were taught to believe. You know, if they were in a religion that teaches about a typical heaven, and they describe something very different, like a featureless void, they come back very surprising. This wasn't what I was expecting at all.

We also have a lot of well-documented cases where someone claims to have left their body in a near-death experience and seen things that they shouldn't have been able to see, either because they've been totally unconscious or because it was outside of their range of vision, maybe in a different room. And we have lots of good examples of this.

We also have a lot of well-documented cases where someone claims to have left their body in a near-death experience and seen things that they shouldn't have been able to see, either because they've been totally unconscious or because it was outside of their range of vision, maybe in a different room. And we have lots of good examples of this.

We also have a lot of well-documented cases where someone claims to have left their body in a near-death experience and seen things that they shouldn't have been able to see, either because they've been totally unconscious or because it was outside of their range of vision, maybe in a different room. And we have lots of good examples of this.

Jan Holden at the University of North Texas studied almost 100 of these, and she found in 92%, their description was perfectly right. In 6%, there were some right and some wrong things in it, and only 2% were they totally wrong. So the vast majority seems to be accurate, and hallucinations can't do that. Furthermore, many, many people describe hallucinations

Jan Holden at the University of North Texas studied almost 100 of these, and she found in 92%, their description was perfectly right. In 6%, there were some right and some wrong things in it, and only 2% were they totally wrong. So the vast majority seems to be accurate, and hallucinations can't do that. Furthermore, many, many people describe hallucinations

Jan Holden at the University of North Texas studied almost 100 of these, and she found in 92%, their description was perfectly right. In 6%, there were some right and some wrong things in it, and only 2% were they totally wrong. So the vast majority seems to be accurate, and hallucinations can't do that. Furthermore, many, many people describe hallucinations

being encountered by deceased loved ones in a near-death experience. And that's very easy to dismiss as wishful thinking expectation. Of course, when you're dying and you want to see your deceased grandmother to greet you, you imagine her, sure. But there are a number of cases where people have encountered deceased individuals that were not yet known to be dead.

being encountered by deceased loved ones in a near-death experience. And that's very easy to dismiss as wishful thinking expectation. Of course, when you're dying and you want to see your deceased grandmother to greet you, you imagine her, sure. But there are a number of cases where people have encountered deceased individuals that were not yet known to be dead.

being encountered by deceased loved ones in a near-death experience. And that's very easy to dismiss as wishful thinking expectation. Of course, when you're dying and you want to see your deceased grandmother to greet you, you imagine her, sure. But there are a number of cases where people have encountered deceased individuals that were not yet known to be dead.

So there's no reason to think they had died and no way they could have known about it. This is not a new phenomenon. Pliny the Elder wrote about a case like this in the first century. And we have them today, quite probably 10 years ago, 12 years ago now. I published a paper with 30 recent cases like this.

So there's no reason to think they had died and no way they could have known about it. This is not a new phenomenon. Pliny the Elder wrote about a case like this in the first century. And we have them today, quite probably 10 years ago, 12 years ago now. I published a paper with 30 recent cases like this.

So there's no reason to think they had died and no way they could have known about it. This is not a new phenomenon. Pliny the Elder wrote about a case like this in the first century. And we have them today, quite probably 10 years ago, 12 years ago now. I published a paper with 30 recent cases like this.

Yeah. One that I investigated was a 25-year-old fellow. This was back in South Africa in the 70s. And he was hospitalized with severe pneumonia. And in the hospital, he was cared for by one particular nurse, Anita, who was about his age, in her late teens, early 20s. And he was kind of flirting with her when he could.

Yeah. One that I investigated was a 25-year-old fellow. This was back in South Africa in the 70s. And he was hospitalized with severe pneumonia. And in the hospital, he was cared for by one particular nurse, Anita, who was about his age, in her late teens, early 20s. And he was kind of flirting with her when he could.

Yeah. One that I investigated was a 25-year-old fellow. This was back in South Africa in the 70s. And he was hospitalized with severe pneumonia. And in the hospital, he was cared for by one particular nurse, Anita, who was about his age, in her late teens, early 20s. And he was kind of flirting with her when he could.