Evidence of the Afterlife: The Science of Near-Death Experiences »

A nationally recognized expert whose work has been featured in Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, and Coast to Coast, Jeffrey Long, MD, is a radiation oncologist in Houma, Louisiana. Long has served on the board of directors of The International Association for Near-Death Studies and is actively involved in NDE research. Dr. Long and his wife, Jody, established the nonprofit Near Death Experience Research Foundation and a website as a forum for people to share their NDEs and to collect scientific data on this phenomenon.

Evidence of the Afterlife shares the firsthand accounts of people who have died and lived to tell about it. Through their work at the Near Death Experience Research Foundation, radiation oncologist Jeffrey Long and his wife, Jody, have gathered thousands of accounts of near-death experiences (NDEs) from all over the world. In addition to sharing the personal narrative of their experiences, visitors to the website are asked to fill out a one hundred–item questionnaire designed to isolate specific elements of the experience and to flag counterfeit accounts.

The website has become the largest NDE research database in the world, containing over 1,600 NDE accounts. The people whose stories are captured in the database span all age groups, races, and religious affiliations and come from all over the world, yet the similarities in their stories are as awe-inspiring as they are revealing. Using this treasure trove of data, Dr. Long explains how medical evidence fails to explain these reports and why there is only one plausible explanation—that people have survived death and traveled to another dimension.

Spirituality and Practice

“Long answers skeptics . . . [and] does a fine job of summarizing some of the transformative changes from NDEs such as increased love for others, psychic events, inexplicable healings, and decreased fear of death.”

Introduction 1

1 First Encounters 21

2 Journey Toward Understanding 31

3 Proof #1: Lucid Death 53

4 Proof #2: Out of Body 69

5 Proof #3: Blind Sight 83

4 Proof #4: Impossibly Conscious 93

7 Proof #5: Perfect Playback 107

8 Proof #6: Family Reunion 121

9 Proof #7: From The Mouths of Babes 135

10 Proof #8: Worldwide Consistency 149

11 Proof #9: Changed Lives 173

Conclusion 199

Notes 203