Five Minutes after Death: A Study of Beliefs and Expectations

Allan Kellehear; Harvey Irwin

doi:10.17514/JNDS-1990-9-2-p77-90.

Five Minutes after Death: A Study of Beliefs and Expectations

Allan Kellehear^*, Harvey Irwin

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Abstract

This paper examines the beliefs and expectations that a sample of 508 people hold about the first five minutes after death. A substantial minority believed that they will experience the main elements of the near-death experience (NDE). In general these elements were cited more frequently than were Biblical images. Six percent of the sample said that postmortem survival for them will be a negative and disturbing experience. We discuss these results in terms of their methodological implications for other survey work and their theoretical contribution toward our understanding of negative NDEs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	77-90
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Near-Death Studies
Volume	9
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.17514/JNDS-1990-9-2-p77-90.
Publication status	Published - 1990
Externally published	Yes

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