Has anyone been to heaven lately? Near death experiences by medical researchers’ report that one in 10 people who have been near death experience a spiritual, out-of-the-body experience. Hundreds of ...

The new book “Proof of Heaven” by neurosurgeon Eben Alexander describes a near death experience he had while he lay in a coma induced by a meningitis infection. He saw and experienced a world with ...

Near-death experiences (NDEs) are a widely reported yet poorly understood phenomenon. Though there is no agreed-upon definition of an NDE, it has been described as “profound psychological events with ...

We've all heard the stories about the bright light, your life flashing before your eyes, or maybe even a mysterious figure/voice telling you it's not your time yet. But what really happens after a ...

Dax Shepard shared the story of a harrowing near-death experience he had in his youth, which he admits inspired an odd sense ...

The man sitting across from me introduces himself as a house painter. His near-death experience followed a severe fall from a ladder: fractured ribs, internal bleeding, loss of consciousness before ...

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In his special 'Live & Alive,' Sickler uses comedy to explore mortality and near-death experiences, asking audiences about their own brushes with death during his performances.

After she dropped to her knees outside her home in Midlothian, Virginia, suffocating, after she was lifted into the ambulance and told herself, “I can’t die this way,” and after emergency workers at ...