Near-Death Experiences: Exploring the Mind-Body Connection by Ornella Corazza
Near-Death Experiences: Exploring the Mind-Body Connection by Ornella Corazza
English | Aug 16, 2008 | ISBN: 0415455200, 0415455197 | 183 Pages | PDF | 3 MB
English | Aug 16, 2008 | ISBN: 0415455200, 0415455197 | 183 Pages | PDF | 3 MB
Near death experiences fascinate everyone, from theologians to sociologists and neuroscientists. This groundbreaking book introduces the phenomenon of NDEs, their personal impact and the dominant scientific explanations. Taking a strikingly original cross-cultural approach and incorporating new medical research, it combines new theories of mind and body with contemporary research into how the brain functions.
Ornella Corazza analyses dualist models of mind and body, discussing the main features of NDEs as reported by many people who have experienced them. She studies the use of ketamine to reveal how characteristics of NDEs can be chemically induced without being close to death. This evidence challenges the conventional ‘survivalist hypothesis’, according to which the near death experience is a proof of the existence of an afterlife.