For as long as humans have observed death, we still don't know a lot about what happens cognitively in our final days and hours. Anecdotes of dying loved ones seeing visions of deceased relatives or having moments of lucidity despite battling degenerative neurological diseases have been shared for centuries. What are deathbed visions and terminal (paradoxical) lucidity? Why do these phenomena occur as someone is about to pass? Is there a veil that opens between the human consciousness and a world beyond us? And if so, are these visions actually spirit guides, angels, ghosts, or something else? Megan talks about the empirical data that has been gathered so far about terminal lucidity and deathbed visions. But there are many questions that science has yet to answer...and, to us, that's pretty spooky. 

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In this episode:

• The Consciousness Podcast with Stuart Preston - Episode 14: Terminal Lucidity and Consciousness with Dr. Michael Nahm
• The Seeking I Life Exploration Podcast - Episode 27: Terminal Lucidity, Death Bed Visions and More with Dr. Marilyn Mendoza
• Shift Your Spirits with Slade Roberson - Deathbed Visions: Signposts of Dying with Dr. Martha Jo Atkins

Episode Sources: 

• https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/about-dementia/symptoms-and-diagnosis/hallucinations
• https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-end-of-life-seeing-ghosts-20170724-story.html
• https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/bering-in-mind/one-last-goodbye-the-strange-case-of-terminal-lucidity/
• https://journals.lww.com/jonmd/Abstract/2009/12000/Terminal_Lucidity_in_Patients_With_Chronic.12.aspx
• https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/users/michael-nahm
• http://marthajoatkins.com/about-3
• https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260250637_The_Death_of_Anna_Katharina_Ehmer_A_Case_Study_in_Terminal_Lucidity

 

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