Dr. Pim van Lommel, M.D., born in 1943, graduated in 1971 at the University of Utrecht, and finished his specialization in cardiology in 1976. He worked from 1977-2003 as a cardiologist in Hospital Rijnstate, a 800 beds Teaching Hospital in Arnhem, the Netherlands, and is now doing full-time research on the mind-brain relation.
He published several articles on cardiology, but since he started his research on near-death experiences (NDE) in survivors of cardiac arrest in 1986 he is the author of over 20 articles (most of them in Dutch), one book and many chapters about NDE. He was co-founder of the Dutch IANDS in 1988.
In 2005 he was granted with the Dr. Bruce Greyson Research Award of the International Association of Near-Death Studies (IANDS). In 2006, the President of India rewarded him the Life Time Achievement Award at the World Congress on Clinical and Preventive Cardiology in New Dehli.
His Dutch book ‘Endless Consciousness’ was nominated for the ‘Book of the Year 2008’ in the Netherlands. In 2010 he received the 2010 Book Award van de Scientific and Medical Network, and in 2017 he received the Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Award by the Dutch Society of Volunteers in Palliative and Terminal Care (VPTZ).
Continue reading on the website Science & Wisdom LIVE or read the biography of Pim van Lommel on his website in Dutch, German or English.
See also:
Interview with Dr. Pim van Lommel: Returning from death
By: Sebastian Penraeth
Published: 1 October, 2020
In: Open Sciences
The book: Consciousness beyond Life. The science of the near-death Experience
For more than twenty years cardiologist Pim van Lommel has studied near-death experiences (NDEs) in patients who survived a cardiac arrest. In 2001, he and his fellow researchers published a study on Near Death Experiences in the renowned medical journal The Lancet. He, then, wrote the Dutch bestseller Endless Consciousness in 2007; over 100.000 copies were sold in the first year.
The NDE is an authentic experience which cannot be attributed to imagination, psychosis or oxygen deprivation. After such an profound experience, patient’s personalities underwent a permanent change. In Van Lommel’s opinion, the current views on the relationship between the brain and consciousness held by most physicians, philosophers and psychologists is too narrow for a proper understanding of the NDE phenomenon. The author provides examples and ways that our consciousness does not always coincide with brain functions; that consciousness can even be experienced separate from the body. (Read more here…)
Nederlands:
Cardioloog Pim van Lommel deed gedurende 30 jaren onderzoek naar bijna-dood ervaringen bij patiënten die een hartstilstand hadden overleefd. Hij publiceerde er over in het gerenommeerde tijdschrift The Lancet in 2001 en schreef de bestseller Eindeloos Bewustzijn. De Nederlandse uitgave beleeft inmiddels al de 28e druk. In totaal werden inmiddels meer dan 400.000 exemplaren verkocht.
Een ‘bijna-dood ervaring’ is een authentieke ervaring die niet is te herleiden tot fantasie, psychose of zuurstoftekort. Het verandert mensen blijvend. Volgens Van Lommel is de heersende, materialistische visie van artsen, filosofen en psychologen op de relatie tussen hersenen en bewustzijn te beperkt om het verschijnsel te kunnen duiden. Er zijn goede redenen om aan te nemen dat ons bewustzijn niet altijd samenvalt met het functioneren van onze hersenen: het kan ook los van ons lichaam ervaren worden. (Lees hier verder…)
Deutsch:
Das Herz steht still, die Atmung ist ausgefallen. Die Diagnose lautet: klinisch tot. Kann man in einem solchen Zustand noch etwas wahrnehmen? Ja – sagt der Kardiologe Pim van Lommel. Denn Millionen von Menschen, die eine solche Phase überlebten, berichten von Nahtoderfahrungen. Van Lommel illustriert seine Untersuchungen mit vielen eindringlichen Erfahrungsberichten. Seine Erkenntnisse sind spektakulär und stellen die bisher üblichen Erklärungsmodelle in Frage: Denn selbst wenn das Gehirn nachweislich nicht mehr funktioniert, können Menschen ein klares Bewusstsein erfahren – eine Erkenntnis, die uns zwingt, über Leben und Tod neu nachzudenken. (Lesen sie hier weiter… )
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