International Association for Near-Death Studies
IANDS · 2024 · IANDS
Summary
Organisation collecting, archiving, and supporting research on near-death experiences.
Why it matters here
Standard reference body for NDE-related claims; archives many first-person accounts and links to peer-reviewed work.
Linked claims
A panoramic, often empathic re-experiencing of one's life — common in NDE samples, with strong moral aftereffects.
A handful of veridical NDE cases are striking. The leap from 'unexplained by current models' to 'proof of afterlife' is large.
A consistent core experience — peace, light, life review, OBE — reported across cultures and prospective hospital studies.
Caregivers and family occasionally report sharing imagery, light, or peace at the moment of someone's death.
Related evidence hubs
Evidence around dying, near-death experience, and what (if anything) continues.
The nature of subjective experience.
Whether anything of mind continues.
Structured experiences during cardiac arrest and crisis.