A detailed case study of a physician who had a near-death experience during childbirth provides evidence that some aspects of NDEs cannot be explained by materialist theories that attribute consciousness solely to brain activity. The subject reported sensory perceptions that would be impossible under that framework. The experience also led to a lasting shift in her understanding of consciousness and the role of the sacred in her life.
This essay argues that religions can be understood as groups of people who collectively hold a worldview, similar to Thomas Kuhn's concept of a scientific paradigm. The author, a consciousness experimentalist, sets aside specific dogmas and beliefs to note that all religions center on the nonlocal aspect of consciousness, which science now investigates through near-death studies, therapeutic intention, and remote viewing. The most interesting point is that religion and science are converging, finding common ground and reaching the same conclusions about consciousness.