Back from Hell? Negative Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

Many reports of near-death experiences sound positive and uplifting and blissful. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss those that are reported as distinctly negative and distressing. What happens in them, what do they mean, and what are their implications?

https://mysterious.fm/292

Further Resources:
• Raymond Moody’s book Life After Life: https://amzn.to/3NPgnOJ
• Nancy Evans Bush’s book Dancing Past the Dark: https://amzn.to/3NPZFP3
• Bruce Greyson et al.’s book The Handbook of Near-Death Experiences: Thirty Years of Investigation: https://amzn.to/3tHzzHi
• Barbara Rommer’s book Blessing in Disguise: Another Side of the Near-Death Experience: https://amzn.to/3NQDloD
• The Life of St. Teresa of Avila by Herself: https://amzn.to/3TJ25D2
• Nancy Bush’s Psi-Encyclopedia article on Distressing Near-Death Experiences: https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/distressing-near-death-experience
• Bruce Greyson and Nancy Bush’s 1993 article Distressing Near-Death Experiences: https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/360/2017/01/NDE21_distressingfNDE-Psych.pdf
• International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS) page on Distressing Near-Death Experiences: https://www.iands.org/ndes/about-ndes/distressing-ndes.html
• Benedict XVI’s encyclical Spe Salvi: https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20071130_spe-salvi.html
• Avery Dulles’s article The Population of Hell: https://www.firstthings.com/article/2003/05/the-population-of-hell