Researcher Jeffrey Long & NDERF
Jeffrey Long is a medical doctor specializing in radiation oncology (using radiation to treat cancer). He practices medicine in Houma, Louisiana. As a scientist, Long founded The Near-Death Experience Research Foundation (NDERF) in 1998 with his wife, Jody, who is an attorney. Dr. Long wanted to know if NDEs were real by directly asking the NDErs themselves. The NDERF website, which currently has over 4,600 NDEs in 23 languages, is the largest NDE database in the world. Dr. Long’s first book, which detailed his discovers, is called Evidence of the Afterlife: The Science of Near-Death Experiences. It became a New York Times best-seller. Dr. Long’s second book, God and the Afterlife: The Groundbreaking New Evidence for God and Near-Death Experience, presents evidence that a Supreme Being exists. As a leading NDE researcher and a medical doctor, Dr. Long has appeared on national media including O’Rielly Factor, NBC today, ABC with Peter Jennings, the Dr. Oz Show, the History Channel, the Learning Channel, and National Geographic. He has also appeared on Fox News Houston and at the New York Academy of Sciences.
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Chapter 8 – Watering A Tree – Mohammad Z
This is an excerpt from the near-death experience of Mohammad Z. His near-death experience took place in 1977 when he was 26 years old. Originally from the city of Isfahan in central Iran, Mohammad died in an operating room due to fatal injuries from a head-on car crash. To read the full account on the Near-Death Experience Research Foundation’s website, go here.
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Chapter 9 – Plants & Animals Too – Justin U
This is an excerpt from the near-death experience of Justin U. His near-death experience happened as the result of an unidentified accident. To read the full account on the Near-Death Experience Research Foundation’s website, go here.
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Chapter 14 – The Funniest Thought In The World – John K
This is an excerpt from the near-death-like experience of Justin U. His experience happened during a dark part of his life when he was contemplating suicide. To read the full account on the Near-Death Experience Research Foundation’s website, go here.
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Chapter 25 – A Place To Test Ourselves Under Pressure – Jean R
This is an excerpt from a near-death experience reported by Jean R. Jean describes having two near-death experiences when her heart failed while she was hospitalized. The experience recounted in Chapter 25 comes from her second NDE. To read Jean’s complete account, go here.
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Chapter 26 – The Ultimate Theme Park – Duane S
This is an excerpt from the near-death experience of Duane S. His near-death experience happened as the result of an unidentified illness. To read the full account on the Near-Death Experience Research Foundation’s website, go here.
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Chapter 29 – It’s All Good – Amy Call
This is an excerpt from a longer account that Amy Call has posted on the Near-Death Experience Research Foundation’s website. To read her complete account, go here.
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Chapter 32 – Our Job On Earth Is Important – Heather V
Heather V reports that she was in a hospital when her near-death experience took place. An intravenous drip accidentally flooded her body with drugs which caused her heart to go into extreme tachycardia. To read her complete account, go here.
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Chapter 44 – Anything Is Possible – Anita Moorjani
This is an excerpt from the near-death experience of Anita Moorjani. To read the full account on the Near-Death Experience Research Foundation’s website, go here.
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Chapter 47 – NDE Aftereffects – Jeffrey Long
A list of NDE aftereffects that are identified by Dr. Jeffrey Long in his best-selling book Evidence of the Afterlife.
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Chapter 55 – I Knew Their Story – Ana Cecilia G
This is an excerpt from the near-death experience of Ana Cecilia G. To read the full account on the Near-Death Experience Research Foundation’s website, go here.
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Chapter 72 – The Most Frightening Things I Have Encountered – Jeffrey Long
From Chapter 9, Hellish Encounters, God and the Afterlife, by Dr. Jeffrey Long.
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Chapter 76 – The Same Level Of Transformation – Jeffrey Long
From Chapter 9, Hellish Encounters, God and the Afterlife, by Dr. Jeffrey Long.
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Chapter 82 – God, Help Me! – Cathleen C
This is an excerpt from the near-death experience of Cathleen C who died as the result of being poisoned. To read the full account on the Near-Death Experience Research Foundation’s website, go here.
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Chapter 83 – Heaven Is A Frequency – Teri R
A complete account of Teri R’s near-death experience is posted on the NDERF website. Her account also appears in Dr. Jeffrey Long in his best-selling book God and the Afterlife.
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Links:
• The Near-Death Experience Research Foundation (NDERF) Website
• NDERF on Facebook
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NDERF Philosophy/Mission Statement
If enough people read about love, peace and hope; maybe they can change to become more loving, compassionate people who truly live their lives without fear. We can then change the world to become a better place like heaven on earth — as above, so below.
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Books:
God and the Afterlife: The Groundbreaking New Evidence for God and Near-Death Experience
By Jeffrey Long, Paul Perry
Amazon Description:
Based on the largest near-death experience study in history, involving 3,000 people from diverse backgrounds and religious traditions, including nonbelievers, God and the Afterlife presents startling evidence that a Supreme Being exists — and there is amazing consistency about what he is like.
In his bestselling book Evidence of the Afterlife, Dr. Jefferey Long showed us that there is a strong scientific case for life after death. Now, he goes further, revealing evidence that God is real. At the Near Death Experience Research Foundation, Dr. Long studied the stories of thousands of people who have journeyed to the afterlife. Though there are a wide variety of differences in how people experience NDEs — some see a bright light, others go through a tunnel, still others experience a review of their life — he discovered that many of the accounts shared a remarkably similar description of God; a Supreme Being who radiated love and grace.
Expanding on his analysis begun in Evidence of the Afterlife, God and the Afterlife is the first intensive exploration of the people who have reported going to the frontier of heaven, met God, and have returned to share their journey. Groundbreaking and profound, it provides new insight into the human experience and expands our notions of mortality, offering possibility, hope, and comfort.
Excerpts from God and the Afterlife
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Evidence of the Afterlife: The Science of Near-Death Experiences
By Jeffrey Long, Paul Perry
Amazon Description:
There is currently more scientific evidence to the reality of near death experience (NDE) than there is for how to effectively treat certain forms of cancer,” states radiation oncologist Dr. Jeffrey Long is his groundbreaking new book Evidence of the Afterlife. In 1998 Dr. Long and his wife, Jody, began the Near Death Experience Research Foundation with the goal of creating a forum for near death “experiencers” to share their stories. Grounded in first-hand evidence culled from over 1,600 verified NDE accounts,Evidence of the Afterlife presents the strongest argument yet for the underlying truth of those who have died and returned to share their tales.
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“Evidence of the Afterlife” Handout (pdf)