as terminal lucidity
and deathbed visions;
after-death communication; and mediumship”. This suggests a
blurred haze over the
true extent of the existence of the afterlife.
Whether it be ‘’the void’
suggested by Dr Kevin
Williams or the theory in recent news that
Professor Robert Lanza
‘claims the theory of
biocentrism [the theory of everything or life
centre] teaches that
death as we know it is
an illusion created by
our consciousness’. We
must attach the existence of the afterlife
with Near Death experiences as we pause to
question where exactly
our minds visit, if it is
not simply a hallucination as previously discussed.
The five phase theory of Near
Death Experiences
The five phase theory of Near Death
Experiences presented
by Maureen Venselaar
also suggests a neurological occurrence in
a near death
experience
is the most
dominant
over
other
spiritual
or
religious happenings. The
theory suggests the five
stages to be;
“Separation
from
the
p h y s i c a l
body, a journey through
a tunnel to
a
heavenly
light, being in
the presence
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of light [near a border],
the return through a
tunnel to the physical body and unification with the physical
body”7 This suggests