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Carter, Chris. Science and the Near-Death Experience: How Consciousness Survives Death. Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions, 2010. Chapter 7, p. 122. Case: Woman with hemorrhage
Science and the Near-Death Experience - Woman with hemorrhage - Chapter 7, p. 122 - 2010
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This case involves a woman who was hospitalized and recovering from a hemorrhage when she had a near-death experience. The medical details of her condition are minimal, with no specific information provided about the severity of the hemorrhage, vital signs, or level of consciousness during the experience.
The woman recalled traveling through a tunnel that she described as "very, very dark" and "very, very black." When asked if the tunnel felt vast, she confirmed it was "very, very" vast. The tunnel started at a narrow point and became progressively wider as she moved through it. Despite the complete darkness, she reported feeling no fear because she somehow knew that something good was waiting for her at the other end. She described feeling very pleasant during the experience, with no fear attached to it at all. She felt very light, as if she was floating through the tunnel. This brief account contains only the tunnel experience without any other NDE elements such as encountering beings, life review, or out-of-body observations. No veridical observations were reported that could be independently verified, and no corroborating witnesses are mentioned. The experience appears to have been entirely subjective. While this case lacks the evidential elements found in stronger NDE accounts, it demonstrates that even minimal near-death experiences can involve the classic tunnel phenomenon with its characteristic features of darkness, movement, and paradoxical peace despite the darkness.
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Hospitalized for hemorrhage. No specific medical details provided about severity or vital signs.
No veridical observations reported. Entirely subjective tunnel experience.
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