
Rising Rapidly into the Heavens: Instead of a tunnel, some people report rising suddenly into the heavens and seeing the Earth and the celestial sphere as they would be seen by astronauts in space.į. Also, although they sometimes report feeling scared, they do not sense that they were on the way to hell or that they fell into it.Į. The Tunnel Experience: The next experience is that of being drawn into darkness through a tunnel, at an extremely high speed, until reaching a realm of radiant golden-white light. They experience the feeling of being in a spiritual body that appears to be a sort of living energy field.ĭ. Out-of-Body Experience: The dying often have the sensation of rising up and floating above their own body while it is surrounded by a medical team, and watching it down below, while feeling comfortable.

Peace and Painlessness: While people are dying, they may be in intense pain, but as soon as they leave the body the pain vanishes and they experience peace.Ĭ.

A Strange Sound: A buzzing, or ringing noise, while having a sense of being dead.ī. Raymond Moody’s Nine Elements of the NDEĪ. He outlines nine elements that generally occur during NDEs. His research describes the results of decades of inquiry into the NDE phenomenon. Moody recorded and compared the experiences of 150 persons who died, or almost died, and then recovered. It was Moody who actually coined the term “near-death experience.” Moody is also the author of the following books, Reflections on Life After Life (1978), The Light Beyond (1989), Reunions (1994), The Last Laugh (1999), Life After Loss (2002), Paranormal (2013), Glimpses of Eternity (2016), Coming Back (2017), Making Sense of Nonsense (2020). Raymond Moody released his best-selling book, Life After Life (1975) which focused public attention on the near-death experience like never before.
