Mosher C NDE

Experience Description

I was three weeks overdue for my baby and given one cubic centimeter of a drug - which did not work in inducing labor. The next day they upped it to one and a half cubic centimeters and within ten minutes, I was in terrible labor. I was rushed to the emergency room and from then on, all I can recall is as follows:

Rushing down (or up) a passageway of sound and lights finally coming to the end of the passage, to the light, where I was met by three beautiful people who informed me that they had come to help me over. Behind them, I could see great beauty, glorious flowers and green pastures. I replied that I could not go in there. They smiled and said that everybody came there - to which I replied, even me? If that is the case, I must go back and tell everyone! To which they smiled and said but no one will believe you. My answer was, 'Oh yes they will.'

My husband was an air force officer so I got lucky (!) and a bishop came to visit me. I told him of my experience and to my utter amazement, all he did was smile and tell me that I had been under drugs and this was all imagination. After that, I gave up trying to tell people - so you see my wonderful friends in white were right, they did not believe me. Nowadays it is different; people are more ready to listen.

Background Information:

Gender: Female

Date NDE Occurred: May 23, 1957

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes Childbirth My uterus would not contract and I was bleeding heavily so much so that when I was in recovering the nurses told me they thought that they had lost me.

How do you consider the content of your experience? Positive

The experience included: Out of body experience

Did you feel separated from your body? Yes I felt that I had become part of the universe for as I was traveling the passage to the light I learned many things. Which, of course, I have forgotten.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? I was unconscious.

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? No

Did your hearing differ in any way from normal? A sort of yunk, yung, yung sound.

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? Yes Psychedelic lights (spell).

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased (or alive) beings? Yes This I have already explained. I did not know them and the communication was telepathic.

The experience included: Light

Did you see an unearthly light? Yes I saw many different colored lights.

The experience included: A landscape or city

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? A clearly mystical or unearthly realm Beauty, peace and love.

The experience included: Strong emotional tone

The experience included: Special Knowledge

Did you suddenly seem to understand everything? Everything about the universe Only what I have previously described.

Did scenes from your past come back to you? My past flashed before me, out of my control

Did scenes from the future come to you? No

Did you come to a border or point of no return? I came to a barrier that I was not permitted to cross; or was sent back against my will I felt I had to return to tell people what I knew and what I had seen. Emotionally I was elated.

God, Spiritual and Religion:

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes My belief in humanity was much stronger.

The experience included: Presence of unearthly beings

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? Yes No one would believe me, not even an Anglican bishop who visited me whilst I was in hospital.

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? No

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? It was all a very wonderful experience - I wanted to go back.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes Most scoffed - save my husband, but even he said not to tell people for they would think me mad.

At any time in your life, has anything ever reproduced any part of the experience? No

Are there any other questions that we could ask to help you communicate your experience? No, I think it is well covered.