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Donation Match: How to Double Your Special Gift to IANDS

Does your employer offer a donation match program? You can find out quickly and easily for free, right here.

Did you know many employers have donation match programs that can double your gifts to IANDS? Learn more about matching donations from employers here!

  • Matt Terzi
  • December 23, 2025
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The Winter 2025 Issue of Vital Signs is Here!

The winter 2025 issue of vital signs features fascinating interviews and intriguing stories.

The Winter 2025 issue of Vital Signs Magazine features fascinating interviews, in-depth explorations, and more. Find our incredible (and free) magazine here!

  • Matt Terzi
  • December 22, 2025
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A New IANDS Office, and a New Look for our Website, too!

The new iands office is a more modernized and comfortable setting and the team is excited to get to work

We've moved into a new IANDS office, so be sure to make note of our new physical address. Our website just had another big update, too!

  • Matt Terzi
  • December 5, 2025
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IANDS Q&A: Are Near-Death Experiences Just Hallucinations?

Are near-death just hallucinations? And how do we know for sure if they're not?

Are near-death experiences just hallucinations? Or are they something else entirely? Let's explore the popular hallucination theory in our latest IANDS Q&A.

  • Matt Terzi
  • November 14, 2025
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IANDS Q&A: Can Anyone Have an NDE? Are Certain People More or Less Prone?

Can anyone have an nde? Are there certain people who are more or less prone to having a near-death experience?

 Can anyone have an NDE? Are there certain people who are more or less prone to having a near-death experience? Find out in our latest IANDS Q&A.

  • Matt Terzi
  • October 6, 2025
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IANDS Q&A: Did I Have a Near-Death Experience? Here’s How to Know

Did i have a near-death experience or was my close brush with death something else?

The phrase “near-death experience” is often used lightly in conversation. You’ll hear people use it in reference to any situation where death, or even just potential injury, seems probable. “That car almost hit me! Did I have a near-death experience…

  • Matt Terzi
  • September 24, 2025
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IANDS Glossary: What is Absorption in Psychology?

What is absorption in psychology and how is the concept related to near-death experiences?

What is absorption in the realm of psychology? And what does absorption have to do with near-death experiences? Find out in our newest IANDS glossary entry!

  • Matt Terzi
  • September 17, 2025
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IANDS Q&A: What Percentage of the Population has Had an NDE?

What percentage of the population has had an nde? Let's find out in our latest iands q and a.

What percentage of the population has had an nde? And just how many people alive today have had them? Let's find out in our latest IANDS Q&A.

  • Matt Terzi
  • September 16, 2025
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IANDS Q&A: Who Coined the Term ‘Near-Death Experience’?

Raymond moody coined the phrase 'near-death experience' in his groundbreaking book 'life after life'

The phrase 'Near-Death Experience' was first used in Raymond Moody's important 1975 book 'Life after Life. But NDEs themselves date back to antiquity.

  • Matt Terzi
  • September 12, 2025
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