{"id":10422,"date":"2014-07-18T15:49:05","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T20:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/2014\/07\/15\/"},"modified":"2014-07-18T15:49:36","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T20:49:36","slug":"10-questions-with-dr-penny-sartori","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=10422","title":{"rendered":"10 Questions with Dr. Penny Sartori"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. How do you define a near death experience?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is an experience that some people report following a close brush with death. The experience follows a pattern of common components that were originally defined by Dr Raymond Moody in his book Life After Life in 1975. Common components include hearing the news of being close to death, travelling down a dark tunnel towards a bright light, a panoramic life review, an out of body experience, meeting deceased relatives \/ friends, meeting a \u2018Being of Light\u2019, being sent back to life, a barrier or a point of no return.
\nEach NDE is unique and not all components occur in every NDE.<\/p>\n

2. What inspired you to study near death experiences (NDEs)?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was an encounter with a dying patient I was looking after when I worked as a nurse in the ICU that inspired me to study NDEs. That encounter made me realize that we really do not understand death so I wanted to have a greater understanding of the dying process to that no other patient would have to undergo such a prolonged and undignified death as that patient who inspired my studies.<\/p>\n

3. How has the medical establishment responded to your work studying NDEs?<\/strong><\/p>\n

At first the medical establishment was a little skeptical but as my research progressed they could see that it was ultimately going to benefit patients so they became very interested and supportive of my research. When my research had completed my medical colleagues were very interested and I was asked to present papers at medical conferences to disseminate my research findings.<\/p>\n

4. Have you found that age affects the NDE?<\/strong><\/p>\n

No, NDEs can occur in people of all ages even young children who have no concept of death.<\/p>\n

5. Do varying cultures affect the NDE?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes, the NDEs are influenced by the person\u2019s culture. For example people in the West are more likely to report images of Jesus whereas people from India are more likely to report images of Yamdoots, messengers of Yama the god of the dead or Chitragupta the man with the book of deeds.<\/p>\n

6. How are deathbed visions (end of life experiences) different from NDEs?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The deathbed visions are more of a chronic phenomenon and can occur over a few days. As the person gets closer to death so the visions may increase in frequency. Deathbed visions usually begin within a week or a few days before the person dies. NDEs occur spontaneously and occur in a matter of seconds.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>7. How do NDEs affect the people who have them?<\/strong><\/p>\n