Death and the meaning of life are inseparable questions, deeply connected within the human experience. While they have always drawn the attention of the scientific community, in recent years public interest in understanding them has grown significantly.

Each year, Pim van Lommel visits Barcelona as a guest of Fundación ICLOBY to share his knowledge and experience—and this year was no exception.

Mari Carmen’s near-death experience left a profound mark on her life. At 90 years old, she feels at peace as she awaits what she calls “true life.”

A rare illness led Dr. Pilar Muñoz Calero to undergo what she describes as a near-life experience. Her early love for the cell became a key factor in awakening her love for life. How did this journey lead her to a new vision of the medicine she once studied?

Ongoing research continues to suggest that a purely materialist approach to near-death experiences (NDEs), and to the relationship between the brain and consciousness, is insufficient to explain them.

Living with the awareness that we will eventually die can help us better understand death—and, in turn, live more fully.

Just as science has opened itself to studying non-visible phenomena—embracing new perspectives in understanding them—education is now following a similar path.

Dr. Juan Carlos Gimenez is, in every sense of the word, a man of science. After experiencing cardiac arrest, he lived through death firsthand—an event that led him to understand both life and death from an entirely new perspective.

The rise in suicide rates is an issue that cannot be ignored. As painful as it may be, we must strive to understand it and broaden our perspective toward new approaches beyond pharmacology and a purely materialist view of the human being, in order to identify more effective tools for prevention.

This study by Michael Pascal provides a deeper understanding of Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) by comparing them with psychedelic-induced experiences. While both share certain phenomenological features, the research identifies key differences that help distinguish NDEs from experiences associated with substances such as DMT.