Caminhando pela vida e transitando pela morte: Experiência de Quase Morte (EQM) como uma experiência mística

Beatriz F. Carunchio

doi:10.23925/1677-1222.2017vol17i2a2

Walking through life and travelling through death: Near-Death Experience (NDE) as a mystical experience

Authors

Beatriz F. Carunchio Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em Ciência da Religião da PUC-SP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/1677-1222.2017vol17i2a2

Keywords:

near-death experience (NDE), mystical experince, anomalous phenomena, spirituality, mental health.

Abstract

This paper aims to present a bibliographic review on near-death experience (NDE) and discuss its consequences, considering it as a mystical experience. NDE is an anomalous phenomenon which happens to some patients, generally, during or close to clinical death. When reanimated and conscious, the patient usually reports out-of-body experience, contact with deceased loved ones, a trip through a tunnel towards transcendent planes, find a light that radiates love... After this intense experience, the person starts to re-evaluate his life and this can promote intense transformations in his beliefs, values and lifestyle. We conclude that the study of NDEs can be fruitful both for the science of religion in its interface with the health area and for a better understanding of NDEs in the psychological clinic.

Author Biography

Beatriz F. Carunchio, Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em Ciência da Religião da PUC-SP

Neuropsicóloga, doutoranda do Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em Ciência da Religião da PUC-SP.

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Published

2017-08-24

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 2 (2017): Psicologia da Religião: Demandas e Aplicação

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Seção Temática

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