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1. Common Criteria for NDEs

2. Three Types of Subjective Light

3. Four Types of NDEs

4. Major Characteristics of a Brain Shift

5. Phases of Integration

6. Tips on What to Look for with Child Experiencers

7. Faculty Extensions

8. Subjective Voices (Voice of Ego, Voice of Spirit)

9. The Pattern of Physiological and Psychological Aftereffects

10. CLUSTERING OF AGES FOUND IN REPORTED CASES OF A NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE


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Chart #1


IN SEARCH OF A COMMON CRITERIA FOR IDENTIFYING NEAR-DEATH STATES
©1998 P.M.H. Atwater, L.H.D., Ph.D. (Hon.) Prototype suggested by others in the field of near-death studies:

   I.  Context of experience:  either A or B must be met -

      A.  Symptoms or signs suggesting serious medical illness or
          injury; OR,

      B.  Experiencer's expectation of imminent death.

     II.  Content of experience:  either A or B or C must be met -

      A.  Out-of-body experience with visualization of the physical
          body from another location; OR, 

      B.  Encounter with an identified deceased person; OR, 

      C.  At least two of the following features:

          1.  Sudden strong emotional change;

          2.  General sense of being out-of-body (without neces-
           sarily visualizing it);

          3.  Encounter with an apparently nonphysical entity (other
           than an identified deceased person);

          4.  Greatly enhanced cognition (thoughts very clear, ra-
           pid, hyperlucid);

          5.  Life review;

          6.  Encounter with an anomalous brilliant light.
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Prototype suggested by near-death research of P.M.H.Atwater, L.H.D., Ph.D. (Hon.) :


   I.  Context of experience:  either A or B must be met - 

      A.  Symptoms or signs suggesting serious medical illness or
          injury, or physiological crisis/accident of some kind; OR,

      B.  Experiencer's expectation or sense of imminent death.         


  II.  Content of experience:  an intense awareness, sense, or experi-
         ence of "otherworldliness" - whether pleasant or unpleasant,
         strange or ecstatic.  Episode can be brief and consist of only
      	 one or two elements, or can be more involved, even lengthy, and
         consist of multiple elements.  Elements commonly experienced are:

      *  Visualizing or experiencing being apart from the physical
         body, perhaps with the ability to change locations.

      *  Greatly enhanced cognition (thoughts very clear, rapid, and
         hyperlucid).

      *  A darkness or light that is perceived as alive and intelli-
         gent and powerful.

      *  Sensations of movement and/or a sense of presence (hyper-
         alert faculties).

      *  Sudden overwhelming floods of emotion or feelings.

      *  Encounter with an identified deceased person or animal, or
         an encounter with an apparently nonphysical entity.

      *  Life review (like a movie or in segments, or a reliving).

      *  Information can be imparted, perhaps dialogue.

 III.  Typical to the experience:

      a.  Near-death states can occur to anyone at any time, including   
          newborns and infants, and remain vivid and coherent life-
          long (unless societal or family pressure weakens memory
          clusters - repression more common with child experiencers
          than with teenagers or adults).

      b.  Children's episodes are usually brief and encompass few
          elements.  The closer the child is to puberty, the greater
          the possibility of longer, more complicated scenarios.

      c.  The pattern of psychological and physiological aftereffects
          seems more dependent on the intensity of the experience,
          than on any particular imagery or length of exposure to
          darkness or light.

      d.  Attitudes and feelings significant others display after the
          experiencer revives directly influence how readily he or
          she can integrate the experience.  Episode content is sec-
          ondary to that initial climate of interest or disinterest.

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Chart #2

©1998 P.M.H. Atwater, L.H.D., Ph.D. (Hon.) Excerpt from "CHILDREN OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM," Three Rivers Press (an
imprint of Harmony Books), New York City

Experiencers of near-death and near-death-like states have described the
"light" they encountered in terms suggestive that there may be three very
different types of light existent beyond conscious awareness and the
realms of earthlife:

         THE THREE TYPES OF SUBJECTIVE LIGHT

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Type           Color           Function
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Primary Light  Colorless       A pulsating presence or 
                    		   luminosity usually perceived as
                   			   frighteningly awesome, a  
                               piercing power, raw essence; the
                               origin of all origins.

Dark Light     Pure black      A shimmering peaceful depth
               yet often       usually perceived as "The
               with velvety    Darkness That Knows," a source 
               tinges of       source of strength and knowing,
               dark purple     sanctuary; the womb of creation.
                      

Bright Light   The range of    A brilliant radiance usually
               yellow-gold-    perceived as an almost blinding
               white hues      glow that emanates unconditional
                               love, a warm inviting
                               intelligence, union; the 
                               activity of Truth.
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   Each of these three lights is consistently referred to, 
regardless of person, age, or background, as more real than
manifest light on earth and more powerful than any source
humankind could harness - including the sun's rays and
"zero-point" energy (the "stuff" of the universe; untapped
electromagnetic energy).
Symbolically: Primary - God Light, Dark - Mother Light, Bright - Father Light. ___________________________________________________________________________ Chart #3 ©2006 P.M.H. Atwater, L.H.D., Ph.D. (Hon.) Statistics based on the research of P.M.H. Atwater, includes four
major types of near-death scenarios and percentage of occurrence
with 3,000 adult experiencers of near-death states, and 277 child experiencers.
         THE FOUR TYPES OF NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES
 
1.  Initial Experience ­ sometimes referred to as the “non-experience” (an awakening).  Involves only one…maybe two or three…elements, such as a  loving nothingness, the living dark, a friendly voice, a brief out-of-body experience, or a manifestation of some type.  Usually experienced by those who seem to need the least amount of evidence for proof of survival, or who need the least amount of shakeup in their lives at that point in time.  Often, this becomes a “seed” experience or an introduction to other ways of perceiving and recognizing reality.  Rarely is any other element present.         
 
    Incident rate:     76% with child experiencers
                     20% with adult experiencers
 
2.  Unpleasant and/or Hell-Like Experience ­ sometimes referred to as “distressing” (inner cleansing and self-confrontational).  Encounter with a threatening void, stark limbo, or hellish purgatory, or scenes of a startling and unexpected indifference (like being shunned), even “hauntings” from one’s own past.  Scenarios usually experienced by those who seem to have deeply suppressed or repressed guilt, fear, and anger, and/or those who expect some kind of punishment or discomfort after death.  Life reviews common. Some have life previews.         
 
    Incident rate:     3% with child experiencers
                     15% with adult experiencers
 
3.  Pleasant and/or Heaven-Like Experience ­ sometimes referred to as radiant” (reassurance and self-validation).  Heaven-like scenarios of loving family reunions with those who have died previously, reassuring religious figures or light beings, validation that life counts, affirmative and inspiring dialogue. Scenarios usually experienced by those who most need to know how loved they are and how important life is and how every effort has a purpose in the overall scheme of things. Life reviews common. Some have life previews.     
 
    Incident rate:    19% with child experiencers
                     47% with adult experiencers
 
4.  Transcendent Experience ­ sometimes referred to as “collective universality” (expansive revelations, alternate realities).  Exposure to otherworldly dimensions and scenes beyond the individual’s frame of reference; sometimes includes revelations of greater truths.  Seldom personal in content. Scenarios usually experienced by those who are ready for a “mind stretching” challenge and/or individuals who are more apt to use (to whatever degree) the truths that are revealed to them.  Life reviews rare.  Collective previews common (the world’s future, evolutionary changes, etc.).         
 
    Incident rate:         2% with child experiencers
                         18% with adult experiencers
 
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Chart #4

©1996 P.M.H. Atwater, L.H.D., Ph.D. (Hon.) 
A transformation of consciousness is more than just a change of atti-
tude.  By combining three ongoing research projects of mine, I can now state
and with confidence, that a transformation of consciousness engenders
structural and chemical changes in the brain that affect experiencers both
psychologically and physiologically.  Five books of mine speak to this, and
there is now movement within clinical research settings to test the perva-
siveness of such aftereffects.  More research is needed and encouraged.

   A transformation of consciousness, what I call a brain shift, can re-
sult from any manner of otherworldly occurrences.  I would include here 
those of a more turbulent nature, such as:  religious conversions, near-
death episodes, kundalini breakthroughs, shamanistic rituals, sudden spir-
itual transformations, certain types of head trauma or having been hit by
lightning.  I would also include those more tranquil in how they're experi-
enced:  from the slow, steady application of spiritual disciplines, mindful-
ness techniques, meditation, vision quests, or because, in a prayerful state
of mind, an individual simply desires to become a better person.

   Aftereffects from a brain shift are universally similar, regardless of
what type of otherworldly occurrence is involved; and you can use the near-
death experience as a model to identify the pattern:


             MAJOR CHARACTERISTICS
        DISPLAYED BY PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH A BRAIN SHIFT

                 Physiological

   Changes in thought-processing (switch from sequential/selective
   thinking to clustered thinking and an acceptance of ambiguity),
   insatiable curiosity, heightened intelligence, more creative
   and inventive, unusual sensitivity to light and sound, substan-
   tially more or less energy (even energy surges, ofttimes more
   sexual), reversal of body clock, lower blood pressure, acceler-
   ated metabolic and substance absorption rates (decreased toler-
   ance of pharmaceuticals and chemically treated products), elec-
   trical sensitivity, synesthesia (multiple sensing), increased
   allergies or sensitivities, a preference for more vegetables
   and grains (less of meat), physically younger looking (before
   and after photos can differ).

                  Psychological

   Loss of the fear of death, more spiritual/less religious, ab-
   stract easily, philosophical, can go through bouts of depres-
   sion, disregard for time, more generous and charitable, form ex-
   pansive concepts of love while at the same time challenged to
   initiate and maintain satisfying relationships, "inner child"
   issues exaggerate, less competitive, convinced of a life pur-
   pose, rejection of previous limitations and norms, heightened
   sensations of taste-touch-texture-smell, increased psychic abil-
   ity and future memory episodes, charismatic, childlike sense of
   wonder and joy, less stressed, more detached and objective (dis-
   sociation), "merge" easily (absorption), hunger for knowledge
   and learning.

   Note:  Characteristics can be positive or negative, depending
   on how applied.  With my research of near-death experiencers, I
   found the spread of impact that appeared to occur to be as fol-
   lows (1994 figures) - 21% claimed no discernible changes after-
   ward, 60% reported significant changes, and 19% said changes
   were so radical they felt as if they had become another person.
   Based on my previous investigations of spiritual awakenings/en-
   lightenment done in the 1960s and '70s, these percentages seem
   to fit across the board with the universal experience of a brain
   shift, no matter how caused.  (For more information about the
   methodology I used to conduct over 3,000 interview sessions with
   near-death experiencers, 700 of them indepth, refer to Appendix
   II in "BEYOND THE LIGHT.")

   Considering the scope of aftereffects, it could well be that as the 
brain is restructured from the impact of the otherworldly experience, neural
pathways are "rewired" or somehow rerouted or maybe revitalized.  How the
brain alters, though, suggests that we may be programmed as a species to 
ever evolve and that we possess the apparatus we need, which, when trig-
gered, will advance that growth.

   Brain shifts, partial or radical, are accelerating in number, global-
ly.  High technology and new resuscitation techniques are returning more
people to life who would have died previously - and many of these people re-
port having had a near-death experience, especially children.  No longer re-
legated to the fringes of society, such otherworldly journeys are now com-
monplace.  Thus, it behooves all of us to recognize this, and seek to under-
stand the mechanism which seems to cause such episodes - plus the pattern of aftereffects and what is implied by them. ____________________________________________________________________________ P.M.H.Atwater, L.H.D., Ph.D. (Hon.) - Her books that address the topic of brain shift: "COMING BACK TO LIFE" (now in paperback, Ballantine Books, New York City, 1989); "BEYOND THE LIGHT" (also out now in paperback, Avon Books, New York City, 1995); "FUTURE MEMORY" (reissued as a soft cover by Hampton Roads Publishing, Charlottesville, VA 1999); "CHILDREN OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM" (a soft cover through Three Rivers Press, New York City, 1999), and "THE COMPLETE IDIOT'S GUIDE TO NEAR-DEATH EXPERI- ENCES (a soft cover from Macmillan, New York City, 2lly). She has also written "THE MAGICAL LANGUAGE OF RUNES" and "GODDESS RUNES," along with four other self-published books - check her website for more information. Business address and website address on front sheet of this flier. ___________________________________________________________________________ Chart #5 ©1998 P.M.H. Atwater, L.H.D., Ph.D. (Hon.)

INTEGRATION PHASES NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCERS “GROW” THROUGH:


Phase One First 3 years –

Impersonal, detached from ego identity/personality traits.
Caught up in desire to express unconditional love and oneness
with all life. Fearless, knowing, vivid psychic displays, substan-
tially more or less energy, more or less sexual, spontaneous
surges of energy, a hunger to learn more and do more. Child-
like mannerisms with adults/adult-like behaviors with children,
a heightened sense of curiosity and wonder, IQ enhancements,
much confusion, challenged with communication. REBIRTHING.

Phase Two* Next 4 years –

Rediscovery of and concerned with relationships, family, and
community. Service and healing oriented. Interested in pro-
jects development and work environment. Tend to realign or
alter life roles; seek to reconnect with one’s fellows, especially
in a moral or spiritual way. Unusually more or less active/con-
templative. Can resume former lifestyle, but more desirous of
carrying out “mission.” RETRAINING.

Phase Three After the 7th year –

More practical and discerning, often back-to-work but with a
broader worldview and a confident attitude. Aware of self-worth
and of “real” identity (soul). Tend toward self-governance and
self-responsibility. Spiritual development an ongoing priority,
along with sharing one’s story and its meaning. Dedicated.
Strong sense of spiritual values. REBORN.

Phase Four** Around 15th year (with some 12th or 20th year) –

Immense fluctuations in mood and hormonal levels. Often dis-
couraged or depressed while go through a period of “grieving” –
reassessing gains and losses from the experience, while fearful
that effects are fading. Many problems with relationships,
money, and debts. A crisis of “self.” If can negotiate “the dark-
ness light can bring,” a depth of spiritual maturity and confi-
dence emerges that is unique to the long-term effects of a
transformation of consciousness. BORN AGAIN.

NOTE: * Child experiencers in my study who turned to alcohol for solace (1/3),
began drinking during this phase.
** Child experiencers who attempted suicide (21%), did so in this phase.
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Chart #6

©1999 P.M.H. Atwater, L.H.D., Ph.D. (Hon.) TIPS ON WHAT TO LOOK FOR WITH CHILD EXPERIENCERS

Supportive parents, although important, are not enough. Child experiencers
need more than that - they need freedom "with a fence around it" so they
can safely test the multiple realities they know exist. With this in mind,
here are some suggestions for parents:

* Sleep patterns for the young abruptly change afterwards - less nap time,
increased flow states, and restlessness. Some may fear sleep and suffer
nightmares; others seem exhausted on waking, as if they had "toured the
universe" or attended some type of school while asleep. Reliving the
episode in the dreamstate is commonplace. Encourage the child to share
this. Listen.

* Love changes for child experiencers. It is normal for them to lose the
parent/child bonding. That doesn't mean they cease to be loving and
thoughtful, but it does mean they tend to act more distant than before.
The child switches gears and begins to mature faster; becomes independent.
Interests change.

* After their experience, most kids have a marked decrease in their
ability to express themselves and socialize. Since language is the most
critical skill anyone has, stimulate the child's speech with your own.
Promote dialogue with question/answer games, group storytelling, reading
out loud, speaking on "pretend" microphones. Encourage the child to
participate in community projects as a volunteer.

* Writing and drawing are just as important as dialogue. Ask the child to
make a special book about his or her near-death experience. Have lots of
paper handy for pages that cover: newspaper account of death event (if
any), drawings of each aspect of near-death experience, description of
what happened, information about dreams afterward, sketches of any
"beings" that continue to appear, poems, ideas, thoughts, and extra room
to record more things later on. Choose a title; bind the book with ribbon.
A project such as this validates the near-death episode - as well as the
child's feelings. The parent should keep a journal of the whole affair,
too. This helps to restimulate parent/child bonding, and can serve as an
invaluable resource once the child matures.

Child experiencers tend to withdraw; can even reject hugs and cuddles.
Recenter them in their bodies through touch - pat their shoulder when you
pass by, touch their hand if you speak to them, nudge a knee from time to
time,   rub their back. Smile. Teach them to pat and nudge YOU like you 
do for them. Pets are wonderful for touch therapy, as are plants. Bake
cookies that the child can help prepare, then turn him or her loose
shaping the cookies hy hand into imaginative designs. Do food sculptures
(inspirations in books like "PLAY WITH YOUR FOOD, " Joost Elffers. New
York City; Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1997).

* Speaking of food, watch the sugar levels. Child experiencers are more
sensitive than the average child to chemicals and excessive sweets,
especially refined sugars and "replacement" products. Practice good
nutrition; use veggies and fruit for snacks. Full-spectrum lights are
preferred to florescent; avoid over-exposure to electrical items (es-
pecialy electric blankets); cottons usually work best for clothes and
bedding. At meals, have a burning candle for a centerpiece, and say
the type of Grace where each person in turn can offer his or her own
prayer. Flowers put children at ease. Let them pick and arrange the
flowers. Be careful of too much exposure to bright sun (mid-after-
noon), and music turned too high (loud sounds are often painful to
them). Recheck former medication as it may now be too potent.

* Ideally, child experiencers and adult experiencers should get together
once in awhile, for each can help the other. Adults can provide that
special atmosphere for "talking about it" amongst fellow experiencers,
socializing within a peer group. Children can inspire confidence and
stability in adults, as kids are much more understanding and open than
their elders. Above all, parents who were experiencers when young
should be encouraged to speak of their episode and what they went
through in front of their child experiencer (most don't). Such a
sharing has a positive "ripple effect" for years afterward.

By joining IANDS, child and adult experiencers can avail themselves of
many opportunities to share and learn. If under eighteen, must have paren-
taI permission. Contact: International Association For Near-Death Studies 
2741 Campus Walk Avenue, #500 Durham, NC 27705-8878 (919) 383-7940 voice/fax;
website - www.iands.org These Tips are excerpted f "CHILDREN OF THE NEW MILLEN- NIUM," (published by Three Rivers Press, New York City, 1999). These "missing" Appendices cover: TIPS FOR THE "CHILD" IN ALL OF US, Tips on Counseling and Therapy Tips on Education, Music, and The Arts Tips on Being in Spirit Tips on Coping with Spirit Tips on Soulmaking RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Includes questionnaire used in study RESOURCE SECTION/BIBLIOGRAPHY Cost: $10 if downloaded from Atwater website (pay with a "paypal"). $15 if printed copy obtained from author: 8 1/2 x 11, 125 pages, 3-hole punched left. Add $3 s/h U.S., or $4.50 Canada, or $9. other countries. Address of author on flip side, upper left. US dollars only; check or money order. Will not be In stores. _____________________________________________________________________________ Chart #7 ©1998 P.M.H. Atwater, L.H.D., Ph.D. (Hon.) It is possible to extend and broaden our five faculties of sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell, to embrace psychic dimensions (beyond reliance on physical forms) and collective/spiritual realms (grander realities, the larger view). The following chart clarifies what I mean by faculty extensions. Notice what happens to intuition and percep- tion once our faculties extend and broaden: FACULTY EXTENSIONS _______________________________________________________ Physical Collective and/or Faculty Psychic Extension Spiritual Extension

See/Sight See without use of eyes; Vision research term - "clair- voyance."
Hear/Sound Hear without presence of Music sound; research term - "clairaudience."
Feel/Touch Feel, or have an effect on Art an object, without touch- ing; research term - "psychokinesis."
Taste/ Flavor without use of Discernment Flavor tastebuds; research term - "clairgustation."
Smell/ Odor without use of nose; Integrity Scent research term - "clair- olfaction.
Sense/ Aware without or in advance Grace Intuition of recognition; research term - "clairsentience."
Perceive/ Apprehend without or in Knowing Perception advance of physical stimuli; research term - "precognition." ___________________________________________________________________________ Chart #8 ©1998 P.M.H. Atwater, L.H.D., Ph.D. (Hon.) Confident, enthusiastic people, child or adult, rarely have any problem with the manifestation of spirit beings. It is wise, however, to have some way to discriminate between those beings who are basically helpful and sup- portive (like a Guide or Guardian Angel), and those who seek to confuse or possess (like a mixed-up or angry disincarnate). Hesitation is healthy, especially if "channeling" is involved (where voices or thoughts other than your own seek attention or try to express themselves through you). "Gifts of the spirit" are not always what they seem, neither are they necessarily posi- tive. The following chart highlights the real source of power behind spirit manifestations, and gives you comparisons to use as an aid in cross-checking motive: SUBJECTIVE VOICES/VISITORS DISCERNING THEIR TRUE SOURCE _________________________________________________________________ LESSER MIND GREATER MIND _________________________________________________________________ The Voice of Ego The Voice of Spirit Personality Level Soul Level _________________________________________________________________ flatters informs commands suggests demands guides tests nudges chooses for you leaves choice to you imprisons empowers promotes dependency promotes independence intrudes respects pushes supports excludes includes is status oriented is free and open insists on obedience encourages growth and development often claims ultimate recognizes a greater power authority or God offers shortcuts offers integration seeks personal affirms Divine Order along gratification with the good of the whole ________________________________________________________________ Excerpted from "GODDESS RUNES," published by Avon Books, New York City, 1996. ___________________________________________________________________________ Chart #9 From: Beyond the Light (Avon Books, New York City, 1994)
PHYSIOLOGICAL AFTEREFFECTS OF NEAR-DEATH STATES:
Most Common (between 80 to 95%) – more sensitive to light, especially sun-
light, and to sound (tastes in music change); look younger/act younger/more
playful (with adults) – look older/act and seem more mature (with children);
substantial change in energy levels (can have energy surges); changes in
thought processing (switch from sequential/selective thinking to clustered/
abstracting, with an acceptance of ambiguity); insatiable curiosity; lower
blood pressure; bright skin and eyes; reversal of brain hemisphere dominance
commonplace; heal quicker.
Quite Common (50 to 79%) – reversal of body clock, electrical sensitivity,
heightened intelligence, metabolic changes (doesn't take as long to process
food, bowel movements can increase); assimilate substances into blood-
stream quicker (takes less of something for full effect); loss of pharmaceutical
tolerance (many turn to alternative/complimentary healing modalities);
heightened response to taste/touch/texture/smell/pressure; more creative
and inventive; synesthesia (multiple sensing); increased allergies; preference
for more vegetables, less meat (with adults) – more meat, less vegetables
(with children); latent talents surface; indications of brain structure/function
changes (also to nervous and digestive systems, skin sensitivity).
PSYCHOLOGICAL AFTEREFFECTS OF NEAR-DEATH STATES:
Most Common (between 80 to 99%) – loss of the fear of death; become more
spiritual/less religious; more generous and charitable; handle stress easier;
philosophical; more open and accepting of the new and different; disregard
for time and schedules; regard things as new even when they're not (boredom
levels decrease); form expansive concepts of love while at the same
time challenged to initiate and maintain satisfying relationships; become
psychic/intuitive; know things (closer connection to Deity/God, prayerful);
deal with bouts of depression; less competitive.
Quite Common (50 to 79%) – displays of psychic phenomena; vivid dreams and
visions; "inner child" issues exaggerate; convinced of life purpose/mission;
rejection of previous limitations/norms; episodes of future knowing common;
more detached and objective (dissociation); "merge" easily (absorption);
hunger for knowledge; difficulty communicating and with language; can go
through deep periods of depression and feelings of alienation from others;
synchronicity commonplace; more or less sexual; less desire for possessions
and money; service oriented; healing ability; attract animals (good with
plants); aware of invisible energy fields/auras; preference for open doors
and open windows/shades; drawn to crystals; laugh more; adults lighter
afterwards – children wiser, more serious, bonding to parents lessens.
Figures based on sessions with 3,000 plus adult and 277 child experiencers ___________________________________________________________________________ Chart #10

CLUSTERING OF AGES
FOUND IN REPORTED CASES OF
A NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE

Age Clusters and Correlations

CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS:

* Birth to 15 months

When the actual wiring of the brain is
determined and synapse formation
increases 20-fold; utilizes twice the
energy of an adult brain.

* 3 to 5 years

Time of temporal lobe development;
explore and experiment with possible
roles, future patterns, and continuity
of environment.

* 10 to 14 years

Time of puberty; hormone fluctuations,
sexuality questioned, identity crisis.

MATURE ADULTS:

* 27 to 32 years

Cross-over time between adherence
to values of friends, family, and the
pressures of the workplace – and the
urge to establish self as an indepen-
dent and mature ego; social crisis.


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Note: Other clusters not as tight with mature adults, but did notice
slight clusterings around the ages of 39, 49, and 59. Kids data based
on 1997 analysis; adults, on 1994 analysis. Asterisks with children
show where the largest clusters were with the near-death research I
conducted; same is true with adults. Strongest evidence for genius
with experiencers was from birth to 15 months. Most alien, fairy,
and monster sightings with typical children usually occur between 3
to 5 years of age (same timeframe for most NDE reports from kids).

This chart appears in several books, among them Children of the New Millennium
(Three Rivers Press, NYC 1999); and Children's Near-Death Experiences and the
Evolution of Humankind (Inner Traditions, Rochester, VT 2003).


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