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This mimics Rind's (1980) temporal model of prototypical NDE unfolding in stages of peace out of body experience entering tunnel seeing light entering heavenly environment.
Atwater (1988) noted heavenly pattern to peaceful prototypical NDE elements as lifeless apparitions, Barren expanses, threats or silence danger of violence sense of hell coldness are contrast to peaceful experience. Beautiful environment, conversation, acceptance, overwhelming love, feeling of heaven & love warmth are peaceful experience.
Flymn - peaceful NDE are profound, durable with long term values & attitudes.
3 types of distressing NDE differing substantially in phenomenology. Similar features to protolypical peaceful NDE but interpreted terrifying Paradoxical experience of nothingness; or existing in an eternal featureless void, blatant hellish images begins with a sense of falling down a dark pit. . Phenomenological prototypical NDE terrify bright light tunnel out of body experience life review but these are interpreted by individual as terrifying rather than comforting.
e.g. case 1. I was taken to emergency for reaction to black fly bites with eyes swollen shut & difficulty in breathing. I was given injection of Benadryl & I. V. of adrenalin after few minutes my body began to shake, I saw myself on table, doctor & nurse whom I had never seen before & my husband. I became frightened. I shouted, I don't like this but was not heard by those in room. I then started to breathe easily & eye apened, people were there exactly as I had seen during floating sensation.
Case 2. Man reported during surgery for aneurysm at age 64 - saying wind was pulling into funnel shaped opened at both end I was flying at the end of light were blinding & crystal flashing was unbearable. I was trying to stop myself from falling into flashing crystal I felt I don't want to go on I remember screaming to God I am not ready please help me when I screamed an arm shot out of the sky & grabbed my hand & I was kept from falling off the end.
Another example phenomenologically protolypical but distressing convert to peaceful ones.
e.g. A nurse had temp. 1050 F & pelvic abscess after hysterectomy she respected, after a week my body began to shake next moment I was not in my bed but I was not in solid human form but energy, mind was surrounded by a misty gray cloud then began to see light flashing in circular shape advancing towards me at a rapid speed repeatedly I
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