Archways is one of the strongest memories I have during my death experience. After the birth of my son I experienced two clinical deaths. It was the first I vividly remember a series of archways, some containing memories throughout my life, some containing moments I don’t recall ever happening.
Archways is one of the strongest memories I have during my death experience. After the birth of my son I experienced two clinical deaths. It was the first I vividly remember a series of archways, some containing memories throughout my life, some containing moments I don’t recall ever happening.
I recently read an article from The Guardian called, The New Science of Death based around a case study of Patient Zero that experienced clinical death due to a heart condition and was revived with minimal brain activity. After months on life support her family released her from this realm and it’s the first time increased brain activity in areas of the brain that had been dormant was recorded. These areas are known for REM sleep and dreaming, which I find quite interesting as I recall it feeling similar to a dream even though I was fully aware what situation I was in and that I was dying. I can’t say I recall I’ve ever had a dream with an archway prior to this experience and haven’t since, but I think about those archways, their lighting, feel, magnificence, on a weekly basis since.
Wow, that's incredible. It reminds me of other NDE, including one that Jung talks about in his autobiography. It's amazing how there seems to be a similar thread of experience for many individuals who have these. Seeing archways makes sense from a symbolic/archetypal POV. Each like a portal to some part of self (or something greater perhaps).
That article sounds fascinating, I'm gonna have to find it and give it a read.
Archways is one of the strongest memories I have during my death experience. After the birth of my son I experienced two clinical deaths. It was the first I vividly remember a series of archways, some containing memories throughout my life, some containing moments I don’t recall ever happening.
I recently read an article from The Guardian called, The New Science of Death based around a case study of Patient Zero that experienced clinical death due to a heart condition and was revived with minimal brain activity. After months on life support her family released her from this realm and it’s the first time increased brain activity in areas of the brain that had been dormant was recorded. These areas are known for REM sleep and dreaming, which I find quite interesting as I recall it feeling similar to a dream even though I was fully aware what situation I was in and that I was dying. I can’t say I recall I’ve ever had a dream with an archway prior to this experience and haven’t since, but I think about those archways, their lighting, feel, magnificence, on a weekly basis since.
Wow, that's incredible. It reminds me of other NDE, including one that Jung talks about in his autobiography. It's amazing how there seems to be a similar thread of experience for many individuals who have these. Seeing archways makes sense from a symbolic/archetypal POV. Each like a portal to some part of self (or something greater perhaps).
That article sounds fascinating, I'm gonna have to find it and give it a read.