Dr. Raymond Moody

One of the most well known researchers on Near Death Experiences is Dr. Raymond Moody who has spent years studying and writing on the topic of NDE's.

M.D. from the Medical College of Georgia, 1976
Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Virginia, 1969
M.A. in philosophy from the University of Virginia, 1967
B.A. with Honors in philosophy from the University of Virginia, 1966

Dr. Raymond Moody is credited with coining the phrase “Near Death Experience”
based on the work he did researching 150 people that claimed to have died and
returned to life. Additionally, he is credited with the nine most common traits
experienced when a person has had a near death experience. Not all of the subjects
spoke of each item on the list but the consensus from his study was that people
experienced from two to six of the following.

1. hearing sounds such as buzzing
2. a feeling of peace and painlessness
3. having an out-of-body experience
4. a feeling of traveling through a tunnel
5. a feeling of rising into the heavens
6. seeing people, often dead relatives
7. meeting a spiritual being such as God
8. seeing a review of one's life
9. feeling a reluctance to return to life

Dr. Moody has several books of interest on the subject of NDE. Life After Life was
his best known book where he discusses the phenomenon from a clinical point of
view without the religious undertones.

Dr. Raymond Moody discusses some of his latest work in this video on researching Near Death Experiences and Shared Death Experience in an interview with Paul Perry.

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You can visit Dr. Raymond Moody’s website by clicking HERE. Below are a few of his books that might be of interest to you as well.

Near Death Experience

When it comes to experts on Near Death Experience there is only one criteria or qualifying degree to be an expert and that is to of had an actual Near Death Experience (NDE). In an NDE the person is clinically dead or honestly believes themselves to have been actually dead for a brief amount of time. It is in this brief period of time that the stories of near death are born. Some people call this widespread phenomenon a simple chemical reaction as parts of the brain are starved of oxygen and are shutting down. People that have lived through the experience call it a life changing event.

It would be fairly easy to brush NDE’s off as hogwash but how can so many people have the same or similar experience? Rising up out of their body, viewing from above, a sense of calm, no feeling of pain or suffering, meeting or sensing a higher being, and a need to express their experience.

Some people would like to lay claim that having a Near Death Experience is the result of years of religious brainwashing and yet there are people from all walks of life, religion, and non religious atheist that have had a NDE.

If you find yourself intrigued by this topic then we have some interesting links to authors from all walks of life that have written some great books on the subject of Near Death Experience.
A Guideposts 2 in 1 Selection: Return From Tommorow, My Glimpse of Eternity
My Descent Into Death: A Second Chance at Life
Life After Life: The Investigation of a Phenomenon--Survival of Bodily Death