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Podcast: Midnight, On Earth
Episode: Episode 237 - Ancient NDE's & The Universal Afterlife Experience w/ Gregory Shushan
Description: In this episode, I talk with Gregory Shushan, Ph.D., the world’s leading authority on near-death experiences (NDEs) and afterlife beliefs across cultures and history.We dive into his incredible new book, Near-Death Experience in Ancient Civilizations: The Origins of the World’s Afterlife Beliefs, exploring how NDEs have shaped religious and spiritual traditions from the dawn of civilization.Shushan takes us on a journey through five ancient world regions—Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, China, and Mesoamerica—revealing striking similarities in their afterlife beliefs despite having developed independently. Could these parallels point to universal truths about wh...