The Tunnel

Clinically dead patients returning with the same itinerary: tunnel, light, review, reluctant return.

Raymond Moody's 1975 'Life After Life' assembled the pattern: tunnel, light, review, reluctant return. The clinical literature since is substantial — van Lommel's Lancet study (2001, 344 cardiac arrests, prospective), the AWARE studies' attempted veridical targets, and the Pam Reynolds case (standstill surgery, core temperature 60°F, EEG flat, later reporting operating-theater details her surgeons confirmed). Materialist models (anoxia, DMT surge, temporal lobe) each explain components; the composed, structured character of experiences during documented flat EEG remains the contested core. Connects the God-helmet file, reincarnation research, and the tunnel every tradition already had.