Near-Death Experiences in India
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease March 1, 1986 Satwant Pasricha, Ian Stevenson 94 citations
Near-death experiences reported in India share core features with those in the United States, but also show culture-specific differences. Analysis of 16 Indian cases, with four detailed accounts, reveals variations in content that may reflect cultural beliefs. However, the authors caution that these differences do not prove the experiences are merely products of cultural conditioning. Some variations could stem from how a person's beliefs influence what actually occurs after death, and other differences may, upon closer scrutiny, prove fundamentally similar across cultures despite surface contrasts.