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Dr. Gregory Shushan | Near Death Experience in Indigenous Religion, Afterlife Journeys, & Resurrection
The Story of Lebed and Resuscitation in Indigenous Contexts
A 19th-century narrative describes a man named Lebed who was presumed dead for three days in the freezing snow before reviving. During his experience, a great shaman named Nalukumi vomited a quartz crystal into his sternum and commanded him to return to Earth to cure the sick. This account highlights the difference between indigenous NDEs, which often involve prolonged apparent death, and modern Western NDEs typically occurring in hospital cardiac arrest wards.