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Gregory Shushan
May 26, 20228 min read
Native American Near-Death Experiences, Shamanism, and the Afterlife
This month I’d like to share with you an extended excerpt from a newly reprinted classic in this rarefied field: The North American...
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Gregory Shushan
Oct 14, 20213 min read
New Patreon Benefit: E-Book of "Conceptions of the Afterlife in Early Civilizations"
My first book, Conceptions of the Afterlife in Early Civilizations, has recently gone out of print. This means that for the first time...
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Gregory Shushan
Feb 3, 20211 min read
New on YouTube: NDEs, Reincarnation, and After-Death Communication
A great event in which I joined other scholars in a free, open-access online event for anyone curious about near-death experiences,...
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Gregory Shushan
Jan 8, 20211 min read
A 19th Century Mormon Near-Death Experience (Phoebe Carter Woodruff)
In 1838 a Mormon pioneer woman named Phoebe Carter Woodruff had an NDE as a result of "brain fever." Her illness was brought on by a...
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Gregory Shushan
Nov 25, 20201 min read
First Article for Medium: "What Exactly is a Near-Death Experience?"
Seems like a pretty straightforward question, but you might be surprised at the misuses and misconceptions out there - which at least...
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Gregory Shushan
Oct 26, 20201 min read
Near-Death Experiences from Ancient China
The earliest known account of a near-death experience from an actual documentary source (as opposed to a religious or mythological one)...
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Gregory Shushan
Sep 8, 20203 min read
The NDE of "America's Hitler": William Dudley Pelley (1928)
In 1928, this American fascist, fraudster, and occultist wrote an article about his NDE. Was it a genuine account or just propaganda?
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Gregory Shushan
Aug 20, 20202 min read
One More Copy of "Near-Death Experience in Indigenous Religions" - for a Pledge of $10 or More!
I have good news and bad news. The bad news is that because of the pandemic, Oxford University Press has temporarily suspended issuing...
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Gregory Shushan
Jun 24, 20201 min read
No, NDEs are not a "purely a Western phenomenon.”
I was recently invited by by the Religious Studies Project to respond to an interview with another scholar of near-death experiences who...
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Gregory Shushan
Aug 6, 20192 min read
Skeptiko Interview and Discussion Now Live!
Cross-Cultural Near-Death Experiences: Skeptiko Interview and Discussion Now Live!
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