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Lala NDE

Lala NDE Home Classification NDE 1103 Lala NDE 21555 Experience Description It was almost 4 am...

Out of BodyBright LightDeceased Relatives

Greyson 22/32Read the account

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Cynthia R NDE

Cynthia R NDE Home Classification NDE 1109 Cynthia R NDE 3097 Experience Description At first I heard what seemed to be a train going through my head - a brief darkness and I climbed up Golden stairs...

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Greyson 30/32Read the account

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Silvia NDE

Silvia NDE Home Classification NDE 1111 Silvia NDE 3086 Experience Description I was in a school trip to Buenos Aires, Argentina with all my schoolmates...

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Greyson 26/32Read the account

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Connie V NDE

Even though I was only five years of age when this NDE took place, I can still see the intensity of the bright light of the room...

Out of BodyBright LightTime Distortion

Greyson 12/32Read the account

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Dixie E NDE

Dixie E NDE Home Classification NDE 1121 Dixie E NDE 3125 Experience Description According to the registered nurse, an old lady visiting someone in the hospital (Darien) saw me sitting in my car, looking 'dead...

Out of BodyLife ReviewBorder / Boundary

Greyson 25/32Read the account

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Philippe R NDE

Philippe R NDE Home Classification NDE 1135 Philippe R NDE 3156 Experience Description I was spending my holidays with my parents at my mother's uncle and aunt's place, in Toulon...

Out of BodyBright LightLife Review

Greyson 30/32Read the account

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Felicity W NDE

I was almost eight months pregnant with my first child...

Out of BodyTunnelBright Light

Greyson 22/32Read the account

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Chuck K NDE

Chuck K NDE Home Classification NDE 1137 Chuck K NDE 3290 Experience Description Just another cold January day in 1998, receiving another series of allergy injections for wasps...

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James M NDE

My Uncle Carl (who had just returned from the Korean War) was living with us and offered to take us children swimming at Percy Quinn State Park, Pike County, Mississippi...

Out of BodyBright LightPeace, Joy or Love

Greyson 12/32Read the account

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