A community, not a mystery box

A community, not a mystery box

The Near Death Experience Research Foundation says it has received over 6,000 firsthand accounts of near-death and related experiences over more than two decades, and that its database is the largest publicly accessible NDE narrative collection in the world. This analysis looks at 5,731 English-language submissions to build a demographic portrait of the NDE community. The findings point to a diverse community spanning continents, generations, and belief systems.

Women account for 55% of all submissions, while men represent 44%, a gap of about 10 points that holds steady across classifications and geographic regions. The counts are 2,826 female experiencers and 2,262 male experiencers.

Gobble's Take: The headline here is the shape of the community itself. Source: Perplexity Search

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