The physical environment in the City of Light

Widdison, Harold A.; Lundahl, Craig R.

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“…To the Editor: I have just read two articles in the Summer 1993 issue of the Journal on the hierarchies in and physical aspects of the City of Light, so often referred to by near-death experiencers (NDErs) when recounting their experiences. The first is "Social Positions in the City of Light," by Craig Lundahl and Harold Widdison (1993); the second, "The Physical Environment in the City of Light," by Widdison and Lundahl (1993). I must admit to having difficulty understanding the points of both, especially as they each seemed to indicate that NDEs are physical rather than symbolic experiences, that they happen in a physical place ordered with physical rules.…”

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Descriptions of the city of light

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“…Melvin Morse has attempted to address this last point in his most recent book (Morse and Perry, 1992), and Lundahl and I have ana lyzed the existing Mormon literature for what the afterlife is like (Widdison and Lundahl, 1993) and for activities and relationships in the afterlife (Lundahl and Widdison, 1993). The other areas of study listed above have been mentioned by various researchers but mainly as side issues.…”

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Review of the book Glimpses of eternity: New near-death experiences examined, by A. S. Gibson

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The near-death experience (NDE) is gaining increasing scientific respectability and some scientists are beginning to study near-death accounts seriously. Arvin Gibson is one of these individuals. His sci entific credentials are impressive and have conditioned him to ap proach any problem with an open and questioning mind. He has an engineering degree from the University of California at Berkeley and has worked for many years as a nuclear engineer. He has also done postgraduate work at the International School of Nuclear Science and Engineering, the University of California at Los Angeles, General Electric, and the Edison Electric Institute.Gibson's book follows in the footsteps of the work Craig Lundahl and I published on Mormon NDEs a decade ago Wid dison, 1983a, 1983b). Given the author's stated objectives, it is sur prising that he made no attempt to integrate this earlier research into his book. Though Glimpses of Eternity is written primarily for a Mormon or Latter Day Saints (LDS) audience, it is a rich source of NDE cases. In reading this book, it appears that the author was attempting to write to both an LDS lay audience and a scientific or professional audience. It is difficult to write for both in the same volume.

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“…Other researchers who had documented NDE ac counts that gave some information on the physical environment in the City of Light included Ray Canning (Lundahl, 1981-82), Karlis Osis and Erlendur Haraldsson (1977), Kenneth Ring (1980), and Michael Sabom and Sarah Kreutziger (Sabom, 1982). In 1993, Harold Widdison and I described the social positions of inhabitants in the City of Light as reported by a limited number of Mormon NDErs and provided more detail about the physical environment in the City of Light (Lundahl and Widdison, 1993;Widdison and Lundahl, 1993). The most detailed description of the social and physical aspects of the City of Light put forth to date was published in our book The Eternal Journey (Lundahl and Widdison, 1997).…”

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A comparison of other world perceptions by near-death experiencers and by the Marian visionaries of Medjugorje.

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Near-death research has identified another world that consists of two divisions: Cities of Light and a Realm of Bewildered Spirits. In 1981, the apparition of Mary, the mother of Jesus, appeared to six young people in the village of Medjugorje, Croatia. These young visionaries were shown Heaven, Purgatory, and Hell in visions that were like watching a movie. Two of the visionaries were also physically transported to see these realms. A comparison of their observations of the other world with those of near-death experiencers (NDErs) shows a close similarity between them. The visionaries' observations provide some corroboration for the City of Light and Realm of the Bewildered Spirits elements of the NDE and suggest the possibility of a third division called Hell. Further study of frightening NDEs may reveal whether or not those NDErs who travel to a less than heavenly realm may be going to two separate places instead of one. In 1977, Raymond Moody, the founder of modern near-death studies, identified "cities of light" and "a realm of bewildered spirits" as less common elements of the near-death experience (NDE) that normally occur in near-death encounters of extreme duration. Moody found that his subjects described the City of Light as a "heavenly" realm (1977, p. 15). The Realm of Bewildered Spirits appeared to contain dulled beings who were trapped in an unfortunate state of existence (Moody, 1977, p. 18).

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The physical environment in the City of Light

Cited by 4 publications

References 2 publications

Descriptions of the city of light

Descriptions of the city of light

Review of the book Glimpses of eternity: New near-death experiences examined, by A. S. Gibson

A comparison of other world perceptions by near-death experiencers and by the Marian visionaries of Medjugorje.

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