The Self Does Not Die: Verified Paranormal Phenomena from Near-Death Experiences

SECOND EDITION: 24 New Cases, 128 Total Cases! Each of the nine chapters with veridical paranormal cases has at least one new case added! There are seven new cases occurring during cardiac arrest or similar conditions! Some of the new cases are among the most evidential NDE cases to date. For example, Stephanie Arnold’s account (Case 3.39) has at least nine elements that were idiosyncratic and purely visual in nature–occurring when she was physically unable to see them, yet they were corroborated by eyewitnesses, frequently by the person whom Arnold perceived. Four of the witnesses were the principal members of her medical team, whose corroborative testimonies were video recorded. The question of the relationship of brain activity to consciousness in Chapter 3 is expanded and brought up to date, including a critique of the recently released AWARE II Study by Dr. Sam Parnia. One of Parnia’s critics noted that none of the subjects from the two AWARE studies who reported conscious recollections had any EEG data: “It is entirely false to say there is an association of brain activity with NDEs.” The book is indexed and has extensive references. If the reference is available online, a link is given. The references and links are also available online at: iands.org/theself-references _____________________ Are near-death experiences (NDEs) just elaborate hallucinations produced by a dying brain? Or the exuberant fantasies of attention-seeking narcissists? As the accounts in this book abundantly demonstrate: Neither! This book contains over 100 reliable, often firsthand accounts of perceptions during NDEs that were later verified as accurate by independent sources. These near-death experiencers were everyday people from all over the world–many of whom were clinically dead, unable to see or hear, and yet able to perceive new vistas of a world beyond the senses and even beyond death. The Self Does Not Die is a trailblazing effort to present the most confirmed cases of consciousness beyond death ever compiled. In these cases, the authors have gone back to the original sources, the people involved in each case, whenever possible, rather than relying on secondhand sources. In so doing, they have assembled a unique collection of empirical data that any scholar worthy of the name must take into account. By carefully studying and describing many convincing and corroborated cases, during cardiac arrest and other cases, the authors conclude that there are good reasons to assume that our consciousness does not always coincide with the functioning of our brain: Enhanced consciousness can sometimes be experienced separately from the body. This book is a must read for anyone wanting to know more about this fascinating subject with its implications about the very nature of human consciousness and its survival of physical death. It has the potential to radically change the currently still widely accepted materialist paradigm in science.