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Dr. Gregory Shushan | Near Death Experience in Indigenous Religion, Afterlife Journeys, & Resurrection
Cross-Cultural Commonalities and Variations in NDE Narratives
While Raymond Moody identified fifteen common elements in Western NDEs, Dr. Shushan highlights significant variations in indigenous accounts, such as the absence of a "dark tunnel." In many small-scale societies, the deceased walk a visible path where they see the footprints or ghosts of others. Common themes across cultures include meeting deceased relatives, reaching a symbolic border, and experiencing an idealized mirror image of the physical world.
