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of depper sense when the veil is lifted? Does soul lift gracefully above physical world into majestic? What is death or NDE? Neurologist Ernst Rodin offers cerebral anoxia or lack of 02 supply to brain.
Cause of dying brains near death experience such as anoxia produces a confusing dream like state of delusions & hallucinations. Cardiologist Michael sabom report that N.D.E. involves a clear awareness & more mystical content also occurs in people without anoxia. It is possible that anoxia could be one of several physical component of N.D.E. Brain produced narcotics such as endorphin when body's near death bring incredible pain & terror, N.D.E. surprises us with pleasure, calm, & peace. But Dr. Melvin Morse say patient receiving narcotics similar to endorphins experience no,N.D.E.s He argues that opioid peptide in brain explain less than serotonin in the brain. Alteration of this chemical could activate certain temporal lobe areas that accompany mystial vision, out of body sensation, panaromic memories & vivid hallueination (Morse 1989) Neurologist Michael Persinger argue instability & activity in the brain's right temporal lobe above right ear is responsible for religious experiences of deep meaningfulness, early memories & out of body experiences. Psychologist Susan 'Blackmore builds on his argument that instability in temporal lobe which show epileptic signs is responsible for paranormal, mystical & possibly many other NDE elements. Melwin Morse agrees that right temporal lobe shows N.D.E. like activity but it is mediating bridge for spiritual experience is physical cause. Blackmore interprets dark tunnel with light at the end as an optical illusion, created by the effects of anoxia & drugs creating cortical disinhibition with the effect of random light sports radiating from the centre of a dark internal visual field she also interprets the out of body experience as a drug induced illusion based on experimentation with Ketamine. Michael Sebom - brain neurology is part of N.D.E. soul does leave the body at death, he is not convinced of after life. N.D.E. is mystical experience & indeed every thing encountered on spiritual path are products of brain & the universe of which it is a part. It is our longing for something more that leads us astray. Noyes argues, that psychiatric analysis of N.D.E. was depersonalization stays off merital disorganization during the death crisis, vivid, and accelerated thoughts, a sense of detachment, unreality, & revival of memories. Psychiatrist Ronald Siegel interprets NDE & imaginative visions of after life as hallucination similar to the effects of psychedelic drugs or anesthesia. Both offer vivid ineffable states where one may hear sounds or voices see lights & tunnels or a life review or mystical illumination. Otto Rank proposed birth trauma is behind all neuroses for all anxiety producing experiences of separation reactivates
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