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Perceptual phenomena associated with spontaneous experiences of after-death communication: Analysis of visual, tactile, auditory and olfactory sensations
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The purpose of this study was to create a detailed characterization of the nature of the sensory perceptions associated with after-death communication. A primary aim was to determine if perceptions of after-death communication (ADC) support one or more of three hypotheses: (1) they are the result of hallucinations or day-to-day thoughts about the deceased; (2) they are subjective phenomena reflecting the extrasensory per-ception of remote events; or (3) they constitute objective phenomena, perceived more solidly, as if within the physical world. Methods: The study included a quantitative analysis and qualitative first-person narrative description of part of the data set from a detailed questionnaire study (991 viable cases) investigating the phenomenology of spontaneous ADCs. Results and Conclusions: A majority of respondents reported that ADCs were distinctly different from simple thoughts about the deceased. Specifically, relative distribution of ADCs across the senses was 46% visual, 44% auditory, 48% touch, and 28% olfactory, with 34% sensing the presence of the deceased without input from the five senses. ADCs often were perceived as external and hav-ing properties of the material world (e.g., solidity, tactile qualities). Even the more nebulous 'sense of pres-ence' cases were perceived as having a distinct location in space and as being identifiable as a specific deceased presence despite the lack of sensory cues. These elements are more compatible with hypotheses 2 and 3 than hypothesis 1. (c) 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
After -death communicationADCBereavementTelepathyAnomalous experienceSensed-presenceHALLUCINATIONSBEREAVEMENTGRIEF
Woollacott, Marjorie、Roe, Chris A.、Cooper, Callum E.、Lorimer, David、Elsaesser, Evelyn
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Univ Oregon
Univ Northampton
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10 Pre Croix, CH-1279 Chavannes De Bogis, Switzerland
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