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Dr. Gregory Shushan | Near Death Experience in Indigenous Religion, Afterlife Journeys, & Resurrection
Autonomy of Spirit Beings and Historical Context
The variation in advice given by spirit beings—such as whether to fight colonizers or assimilate—suggests that these entities may have their own autonomous opinions rather than universal wisdom. Dr. Shushan notes that it would be valuable to research the specific historical conditions of tribes at the time of these NDEs to see if the advice was pragmatically sound. This perspective treats the "other world" as a complex environment with its own internal logic and hierarchies.