Prologue
How can we explain the existence of near-death experience & the mind?
We are embodied souls. A body without a soul is a corpse. A soul without a body is a spirit. Human beings are embodied souls. Angels are spirits. The soul (anima) animated the body.
The quickest answer for the existence of a soul is near-death experiences.
According to a Gallup survey done in 19821, here are some characteristics of a near-death experience:
• out of body experience
• accurate visual perception (while out of body)
• accurate auditory perception (while out of body)
• feelings of peace and painlessness
• light phenomena (encounter with loving white light)
• life review
• being in another world
• encountering other beings
• tunnel experience
• precognition
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Recommended books
- J. P. Moreland – “The Soul : how we know it’s real and why it matters”
- Magis Center‘s research papers by Robert J. Spitzer, SJ, PhD (on their website)