Seeing dead people not known to have died: "Peak in Darien" experiences

Anthropology and Humanism

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 159-171

  Greyson, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

After death communication; Deathbed vision; Near death experience; Spirit; Survival of death

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953172654     PISSN: 15599167     EISSN: 15481409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1409.2010.01064.x     Document Type: Article

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