Week 1- Marisa Gee

            The readings assigned for this week attempted to explain NDE through a series of mathematical equations (Paul, Devnath & Islam) and through quantum physics theory (Pereira and Reddy). Despite the use of specific case studies, these articles felt void of any spiritual content, which may have been the point of the authors. This is a theme I’ve noticed, where NDE and by extension the spirit realm are explained either from just a spiritual basis or a purely science one. However, I wonder if the two are more interconnected than what the separated literature would suggest. What if science and spirit together account for NDE and the experiences of the spirit realm, instead of being one or the other?

            I think even in the medical field there is an assumption that doctors and health care providers do not truly believe that a spirit realm exists relying solely on science education and training. On the flipside, people who are highly spiritual and have gone through NDE’s will often times reject any “science based explanation” for their experiences and in favor of the idea that no medical explanation could account for their experiences. In this light, I think it would be beneficial and interesting to find articles or personal accounts that attempt to explore the interconnectedness of both science and spirit.  

References

Contzen Pereira and Shashi Kiran Reddy. (2016). “Near Death Cases Desegregating Non – Locality/Disembodiment via Quantum Mediated Consciousness: An Extended Version of the Cell- Soul Pathway.” Journal of Consciousness Exploration & Research, 7(11), 951- 968.

Arindam Kimar Paul, Liton Devnath and Md. Rafiqul Islam. (2016). “An Approach to Prove the Existence of After Life by Analyzing Near Death Experience’s Data with Mathematical Logic.” Academic Research International, 7(4), 1-8.

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