For more than twenty years cardiologist Pim van Lommel has studied near-death experiences (NDEs) in patients who survived a cardiac arrest. In 2001, he and his fellow researchers published a study on Near Death Experiences in the renowned medical journal The Lancet. He, then, wrote the Dutch bestseller Endless Consciousness in 2007; over 100.000 copies were sold in the first year.
The NDE is an authentic experience which cannot be attributed to imagination, psychosis or oxygen deprivation. After such an profound experience, patient’s personalities underwent a permanent change. In Van Lommel’s opinion, the current views on the relationship between the brain and consciousness held by most physicians, philosophers and psychologists is too narrow for a proper understanding of the NDE phenomenon. The author provides examples and ways that our consciousness does not always coincide with brain functions; that consciousness can even be experienced separate from the body.
THE BOOK
In Consciousness beyond Life, The Science of the Near-Death Experience, Van Lommel explains how people, who are clinically dead, can have verifiable, transformational experiences. He illustrates this concept vividly using stories from his practice.
Translations:
2009: German. Patmos Verlag, Düsseldorf: ‘Endloses Bewusstsein. Neue medizinische Fakten zur Nahtoderfahrung’.
2010: Standard English: Harper Collins, New York: ‘Consciousness beyond Life’, The Science of the Near-Death Experience.
2010: French: Éditions Robert Laffont, Parijs.
2010: Polish: Artvitae, Warschau.
In Consciousness beyond Life, The Science of the Near-Death Experience, Van Lommel explains how people, who are clinically dead, can have verifiable, transformational experiences. He illustrates this concept vividly using stories from his practice.
Translations:
2009: German. Patmos Verlag, Düsseldorf: ‘Endloses Bewusstsein. Neue medizinische Fakten zur Nahtoderfahrung’.
2010: Standard English: Harper Collins, New York: ‘Consciousness beyond Life’, The Science of the Near-Death Experience.
2010: French: Éditions Robert Laffont, Parijs.
2010: Polish: Artvitae, Warschau.
NEWS
Since the Lancet article and Endless Consciousness have been published, Dr. van Lommel has emerged as an expert in the field. He has been invited to speak on television and radio in the Netherlands.
Since the Lancet article and Endless Consciousness have been published, Dr. van Lommel has emerged as an expert in the field. He has been invited to speak on television and radio in the Netherlands.