A Near-Death Experience Among the Mapuche People

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Abstract: This paper describes a possible near-death experience (NDE) among the Mapuche people of Chile. The individual reporting the experience was in a cataleptic-like state for two days, the experience itself occurring at the end of this period. Some common features of NDEs, such as encounters with deceased people and being sent back, are present, together with clear evidence that past and present cultural environment shape in part the content of mental experiences.

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Gómez-Jeria, Juan S. Summer 1993.

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Abstract: This paper describes a possible near-death experience (NDE) among the Mapuche people of Chile. The individual reporting the experience was in a cataleptic-like state for two days, the experience itself occurring at the end of this period. Some common features of NDEs, such as encounters with deceased people and being sent back, are present, together with clear evidence that past and present cultural environment shape in part the content of mental experiences.

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219-222 p. ; 23 cm.

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  • Journal of Near-Death Studies, 11(4), Human Sciences Press, Summer 1993, pp. 219-222

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  • Publication Title: Journal of Near-Death Studies
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 4
  • Page Start: 219
  • Page End: 222
  • Pages: 4

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The Journal of Near-Death Studies is a scholarly peer-reviewed journal devoted to the field of near-death studies. It is published on a quarterly basis by the International Association for Near-Death Studies. The Journal began publication in 1982 under the name Anabiosis which was changed to its current title in 1986 with the start of Volume 6.

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Quarterly journal publishing papers related to near-death experiences, including research reports; theoretical or conceptual statements; expressions of a scientific, philosophic, religious, or historical perspective on the study of near-death experiences; cross-cultural studies; individual case histories; and personal accounts of experiences or related phenomena.

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Gómez-Jeria, Juan S. A Near-Death Experience Among the Mapuche People, article, Summer 1993; New York, New York. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc798972/: accessed January 25, 2022), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .

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