TIME: Beyond Death: The Science of the Afterlife

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TIME: Beyond Death: The Science of the Afterlife

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Beyond Death: The Science of the Afterlife
Lisa Miller
April 20, 2014
TIME
http://time.com/68381/life-beyond-death-the-science-of-the-afterlife-2

"science has posited a number of theories about the connection between visions of heaven and the chemical and physical processes that occur at death"

"For some scientists, however, purely scientific explanations of heavenly visions do not suffice. Emily Williams Kelly is a psychologist who works at the University of Virginia’s Division of Perceptual Studies...believes the experiences of people who have had near-death visions demonstrate that consciousness exists even after normal brain function ceases."