Near-death experiences

personal experiences associated with impending death

A phenomenon in which the soul (astral body) is said to exit the physical body

"world's luckiest man"

American neurosurgeon

Comforting presence perceived during stress

writer

range of phenomena reported by dying people

Nonprofit organization

field of psychology

American writer

Dryhthelm (fl. c. 700), also known as Drithelm or Drythelm, was a monk associated with the monastery of Melrose known from the Historia Ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum of Bede. According to the latter, before entering the religious life he lived with his family in "a district of Northumbria which is called Incuneningum". Incuneningum is thought by some modern scholars to refer to Cunninghame, now part of Ayrshire.