Raymond Moody, a philosopher, psychologist, and psychiatrist, first described and investigated the so-called near-death experience, or near-death experiences. He analyzed more than a hundred patient reports, Survivors of Clinical Death , and shared the same motivations, Repeated in their stories , such as loud hum, bright light, Tunnel , Getting out of the physical body , Meeting with deceased loved ones , Waiting "on the other side" , and with some beautiful luminous beings , retrospective review of all life and unwillingness to return back to our world … First published in 1975, this book immediately became a world bestseller and forever changed the attitude of society not only to death and dying, but also to life. This edition includes a classic preface by psychiatrist Elizabeth Kbler-Ross the creator of the concept of hospice care for the dying and a new preface by neurosurgeon Eben Alexander, as well as an anniversary afterword by the author, written 40 years after the first publication of the book.