IANDS Press and Media Kit

International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS)

Mission Statement
The mission of IANDS is to be the most reliable source of information in the field of near-death studies, encouraging scholarly study and the exchange of ideas about near-death, at-death and related experiences; disseminating educational information about them; serving as a common forum and community for experiencers and interested others; and facilitating the spread of knowledge to professional settings and people of all walks of life, religions, and cultures.

 
What is a Near-Death Experience?
A near-death experience (NDE) is a profound psychological and spiritual event which can occur during a physical or emotional trauma, health crisis or actual clinical death. Nearly identical experiences may happen in non-life-threatening situations.

An NDE typically includes one or more of the following: a sense of leaving the body; movement, often through a tunnel; being engulfed in light or darkness; feelings of intense and indescribable love, peace and sometimes terror;  encounters with deceased loved ones, unfamiliar entities and/or spiritual presences; a life review; a landscape; an overpowering sense of knowledge and purpose. The effects of an NDE or related experience are often powerful, enduring, and may be life-altering.

See Key NDE Facts for more background information about NDEs and IANDS.

Contacts
Click here to contact the IANDS office to connect with board members, researchers and experiencers for additional information.

 
Leadership of IANDS
Click here for the key people involved in the International Association for Near-Death Studies.

 
Examples of NDEs
Click here for the archive of NDE accounts submitted to the IANDS website.

 
Funding
IANDS is a nonprofit organization which receives its funding through membership dues, programs and contributions.