Near death experience of Howard Storm

[Angrboda]

People who have consumed ayahuasca report having spiritual revelations regarding their purpose on earth, the true nature of the universe as well as deep insight into how to be the best person they possibly can. This is viewed by many as a spiritual awakening and what is often described as a rebirth.

The brain can make anything it wants "seem real." That people who have NDEs describe them as life changing suggests that the brain treats them as real experiences. Given that, I don't find it implausible that a staunch atheist might be moved by such an experience. However, like Paul's conversion on the road to Damascus, the sincerity of the conversion tells us nothing about whether the experience in question was of something real. We're still left with a choice of deciding that the content of the experience did or did not point to something real. That there is no proof that these experiences actually occur outside the body, I'm inclined to shrug them off as real seeming experiences akin to those people have on hallucinogenic drugs. Hallucinogenic drug experience is also credited with life changing effects. That doesn't make the trip one takes on hallucinogenic drugs any more real.