Although it took Moody's 1975 book "Life After Life" to
turn near death experiences into a legitimate subject for study by both scientific and paranormal researchers, the NDE has been documented and acknowledged as a part of the life/death experience for thousands of years.  The "Tibetan Book of the Dead"'s description of the soul's passage from the physical to the spiritual world is uncannily echoed in the accounts given by modern NDE survivors.  In these pages you will find research documents, NDE survivor accounts, possible explanations for the NDE phenomenon, and organizations devoted to NDE research.