When I turn my attention to the last minutes of dying, I was impressed by just how many people displayed a depth of life even here, so close to death. Instead of ‘nothing’ or ‘unconsciousness’ or disturbing and disorientating hallucinations, I often found a significant prevalence of positive self-reports of comforting experiences and visions that displayed remarkable clarity and a surprising but comforting array of social relations with unseen beings.
The description of these experiences – and there are thousands of well-documented cases world-wide – is often accompanied by a set of hurried scientific explanations. The lack of academic humility in these often dismissive explanations is commonly eclipsed only by their parallel lack of plausibility and precision. [Professor Allan Kellehear, pp. 86-88]
From the book, “A matter of life and death: 60 voices share their wisdom”. Rosalind Bradley, 2016, Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Comments are closed.