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  • Chapter 2.2 - A Short Historical Review of Observations of NDE-Like Phenomena

  • from Part II - Near-Death Experiences
  • Raymond Romand, University of Strasbourg, Günter Ehret, University of Ulm
  • Edited by Steven Laureys, Liège University, Belgium
  • Book:
    Near-Death Experiences
    Published online:
    30 August 2025
    Print publication:
    04 September 2025, pp 60-66

  • Summary

    NDE-like phenomena have been reported in human societies all over the world. NDE narratives are often embedded in people’s cultural and religious backgrounds. In Europe, the earliest NDE reports were published in the eighteenth century. With the publication of Moody’s book (1975), NDEs became part of a popular esoteric culture in the USA. Even professionals in the medical field such as physicians, psychiatrists, and psychologists adopted Moody’s view about NDEs as evidence of a temporary separation of non-material consciousness/mind/soul from the material body/brain. This belief in paranormal explanations of NDEs then spread to other Western countries.