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Dr. Gregory Shushan | Near Death Experience in Indigenous Religion, Afterlife Journeys, & Resurrection
Shamanic NDEs and the Lack of Spontaneous Experience
Dr. Shushan distinguishes between spontaneous NDEs and "shamanic NDEs," which are deliberately induced through drugs, meditation, or physical trauma to access the afterlife. In cultures with strong shamanic traditions, such as indigenous Australia, spontaneous NDEs may be less common because the community already has established methods for spiritual interaction. The host suggests that modern Western "high strangeness" may be a mechanism of the universe forcing a materialistic society to acknowledge non-physical realities.