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According to Michael Grosso Carl Jung's theory of archetype is psychological versions of Kant's Philosophy Similar Phenomena such as being of light found to be repeated from person to person; culture to culture & religion to religion Path of repeating phenomena reveals unconscious collective archetype are rooted in Kant's noumena or underlying structures of mind similar or underlying structures of mind similar to Augustuss store house of eternal ideas. Plato's forms, Jung's archetypal perspective enables one to see one's own visionary & religious symbols in light of similar meaning patterns in other world religions.
Robert Kasterbaum explores empirical & phenomenological method. Bulk of N.D.E. texts are self reports lacking empirical verification & allowing elaboration NDE literature should be accepted as description or phenomena as given to consciousness but not assume that they are empirically verifiable by sense data replication matter is seen as form of energy body alternative to the material body could explain the NDE. All language carries social evaluation & exhortation Scientific theories are presented as logical factual objective credible & progressive possibilities as opposed to the allegedly subjective, superstitious, abnormal or dysfunctional view of mystics. Roman catholic theologian Hans Kung argues that people having NDEs don't actually die so the NDE is not proof of eternal life. Recurrence in NDE
1. Ineffability - Survivors of NDE often say ordinary language is : too restrictive to express the power & mystery of experience.
2. Hearing news often NDEs hear someone to pronounce he is
dead.
3. Feeling of peace & quiet instead of intolerable pain - NDE reports surprising feelings of calm relief, relaxed, peace, & quiet.
4. Noise - they often hear noises such as buzzing roaring handing whistling beautiful music of flute, trumpet, drums etc. . .
5. dark tunnel - frequently survivors are pulled rapidly through a dark space like a tunnel, á well or a funnel, a sewer, a valley or cylinder.
6. out of body experience - Many NDEs find themselves rising up above their dead bodies & able to see below, hear conversation & move elsewhere at will.
7. Meeting others - Survivors see other beings who died before them who may aid in their transition to death or send them back to their life.
No two people have exactly same experience peace no pain buzzing rushing sound view body, award of other reality Christ, floaring in space blinding light of great beauty_omniscient God.
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