NDE Case Histories
Example Case Histories
Veridical NDE: Dr. Lloyd Ruby
A cardiac surgeon describes his patient’s veridical (near) death
experience.
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Individual Case Examples
Veridical NDE, Instant Recovery: Dr. Eben Alexander III
Duke trained and Harvard neurosurgeon Dr. Eben Alexander III’s
near-death experience currently represents one of the most
scientifically, evidentiary cases that life extends beyond our physical
world.
To view Dr.
Eben Alexanders website click here
Links to Dr. Alexander’s videos:
Dr Eden
Alexander III Video Interview
Dr. Eben Alexander III video #2
Veridical NDE: Pam Reynolds
Pam Reynolds underwent a rare and dangerous surgical procedure called
“Operation Standstill” in order to remove a life threatening aneurysm
deep in her brain. The procedure requires the blood be drained
from the body, stopping all brain, heart and organ activity. After
this was accomplished, while fully anesthetized and wearing
sound-emitting earplugs to determine brain response and function, Pam
suddenly heard the surgeon’s saw as he carved into her skull. She
observed the surgical procedure from over the surgeon’s shoulder. She
also heard what the surgeon’s nurse said that was later verified.
Upon returning to consciousness, she was able to accurately describe the
unique surgical instrument used and report the statements made by the
nurse. Her account is described in detail in Dr. Michael Sabom’s
book, Light and Death.
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Pam Reynolds’ videos:
Veridical NDE: Dr. Mary Neal
Mary Neal M.D., an Orthopedic Surgeon, died after being pinned
underwater in a water kayaking accident in South America. She felt her
spirit release from her body, and she was greeted by several loving
beings who brought her to a great hall where she was told it was not her
time to die. She also saw, from above, her family rescuing her and
administering CPR.
Read about Dr. Mary
Neal
Click here to Link to Dr. Mary Neal video interview
NDEs in the Blind: Vicki Noratuk
Vicki Noratuk has been completely blind from birth.
Nevertheless, she was able to view things as any sighted person would in
her near-death experience triggered by a car accident. During her
NDE, she observed her hair, body and wedding ring. She realized
she was viewing her own body.
Read her story here.
Vicki Noratuk’s video:
Childhood NDE: Crystal Merzlock
Eight-year-old Crystal Merzlock nearly drowned and was without a
heartbeat for 19 minutes. She told her pediatrician Dr. Melvin
Morse that she was told she must return to help with her baby brother
who was born months after the incident.
Sudden Talents following an NDE: Dr. Tony Cicoria
Dr. Tony Cicoria was (and still is) a renown orthopedic surgeon with
a very busy practice. He reported that he had no interest,
time or talent for music. Soon after his NDE in 1994 which
occurred after being struck by lightning, Dr. Cicoria developed a sudden
craving for listening to classical piano – Chopin, in particular.
After weeks of listening, he developed an intense desire for playing the
piano himself, but he had no piano. Just as he thought about this,
their babysitter called to offer him a piano. He began to
teach himself piano. After weeks of intensive practice, he
developed an obsession to begin composing himself. He now
performs in concerts, while keeping us his practice as a surgeon.
His story was written up in the New Yorker magazine and in Musicophilia:
Tales of Music and the Brain by Dr. Oliver Sacks who attempts to see
this phenomenon from a materialist view. He has been featured in
NOVA and BBC broadcasts.
Read
about Dr. Tony Cicoria by clicking here
Documentary about Tony Cicoria:
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Historical NDE/OBE: Dr. Carl G. Jung (1875-1961)
In Memories, Dreams, Reflections, psychoanalyst Dr. Carl G. Jung
describes a near death experience he underwent after he had broken a
foot and suffered a heart attack.
"It seemed to me that I was high up in space…Far below I saw the
globe of Earth, bathed in a gloriously blue light…Below my feet lay
Ceylon, and in the distance ahead… the subcontinent of India. My field
of vision did not include the whole Earth, but its global shape was
plainly distinguishable."
The psychoanalyst described the reddish-yellow desert of Arabia, the
Red Sea, and the Mediterranean. "The sight of the Earth from this height
was the most glorious thing I had ever seen," Jung said, estimating that
his consciousness would have had to have been at least a thousand miles
up to have perceived such a panoramic view of the planet. He was most
emphatic in stressing his belief that the experiences he had during his
heart attack were not the products of imagination or a fevered brain.
"The visions and experiences were utterly real," he wrote. "There was
nothing subjective about them; they all had a quality of absolute
objectivity."
Historical/NDE in Literature: Plato’s Er, from The Republic
One of the oldest NDE-type reports is found in the Greek philosopher
Plato’s book, The Republic. In it, he relates the story of Er, a soldier
who awoke from being dead and described the account of his journey into
the afterlife. Whether myth or a story based on reality, the account
echoes many of the experiences reported in NDEs.
"..a warrior bold, Er, the son of Armenious, by race a Pamphylian. He
once upon a time was slain in battle, and... after coming to life…said
that when his soul went forth from his body he journeyed with a great
company and that they came to a mysterious region where there were two
openings side by side in the Earth, and above and over against them in
the heaven two others, and that judges were sitting between these, and
that after every judgment they bade the righteous journey to the right
and upward through the heaven with tokens attached to them in front of
the judgment passed upon them, and the unjust to take the road to the
left and downward, they too wearing behind signs of all that had
befallen them, and that when he himself drew near they told him that he
must be the messenger to humanity to tell them of that other world, and
they charged him to give ear and to observe everything in the place."
(Rep. X,614 b,c,d) "..[He also saw] extended from above throughout
the heaven and the Earth, a straight light like a pillar, most nearly
resembling the rainbow, but brighter and purer ... and they saw there at
the middle of the light the extremities of its fastenings stretched from
heaven, for this light was the girdle of the heavens like the
undergirders of triremes, holding together in like manner the entire
revolving vault." (Rep. X, 616 b,c)
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