Reflections on Gackenbach's Conception of Pure Consciousness as Related to OBE's and NDE's

Abstract

I recently finished Gackenbach's article in 06/89 issue of Lucidity Letter(re: your linkings of OBE's/NDE's/UFO abductions/lucidity) and am now excitedly playing with viewing various of my own experiences through her proposed framework. I had my first OBE (that I remember) when I was 10. My grandmother (who lived with us and to whom I was very close) was dying (cancer) in our home."Something" drew me to her and I crawled up onto her as she died. She began chanting in Cherokee (I'm 1/2 Indian) and I had the sensation of both our bodies slowly floating up to the ceiling. At this point, she "spoke to" me ("passing on a legacy"), then drew her hands away from me at which point I found myself "back in my body", lying on her corpse in the bed. I didn't feel as if I were asleep/dreaming, as I was so acutely attending to what was happening to my grandmother.