As we navigate the complexities of life, the concept of cause and effect is often a source of deep contemplation. A forensic expert with decades of experience unraveling the mysteries behind life’s final curtain call shares a profound perspective that illuminates the intricate web of causality that binds our actions to their outcomes. Understanding death ...
Some embark on extraordinary journeys to seek answers in a world filled with questions about what happens after people leave this earthly realm. Marie Johanne Croteau-Meurois, the author of the book Souls Who Leave Us, yearned for a life filled with purpose and authenticity that went beyond the ordinary. Her quest for an actual existence ...
Reincarnation is a fascinating idea that has fascinated people for a long time, no matter where they come from or what they believe. It’s the belief that souls can be born again in new bodies, such as the story of Dorothy Eady. This mysterious concept has interested scholars, religious thinkers, and philosophers who have tried ...
In Hubei, China, a man suddenly died in the prime of his life. He miraculously returned to life three days later and said that at death, he was taken away by a ghost in the underworld because he had the same name and birth date as a man who killed someone. From ancient times to ...
Our world can sometimes show us mysteries that either surprise or shock us. The following are two such stories about mysterious retribution. Thief meets retribution: dies half an hour after stealing a motorbike Recently, a delivery driver reported a stolen motorbike to the police. Within 20 minutes of the phone call, a train ran over ...
Twenty-one grams is an experiment by Dr. Duncan MacDougall based on the hypothesis that human souls have physical weight. He tried to measure the mass change of six dying patients. One of the six patients lost three-quarters of an ounce or 21.3 grams. While MacDougall’s experiment was rejected within the scientific community, it popularized the ...
A near-death experience can leave a lasting impact on a person’s life. But, even if you’ve never experienced a close brush with death, you’ve probably seen or read about it in popular media. In movies, we usually see a scene where the star is bleeding out or lost at sea or in a desert. Then ...
The day of my father’s funeral was met with an unusual encounter, as well as an unusual love letter. At the end of all the official funeral proceedings, I noticed an elderly lady in her seventies. Her grey hair was neatly styled, and she wore a hand-knitted black sweater with a small white flower corsage ...
When stars like our Sun die, all that remains is an exposed core — a white dwarf. A planet orbiting a white dwarf presents a promising opportunity to determine if life can survive the death of its star, according to Cornell researchers. In a study published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, they show how NASA’s ...
It’s surprising how most existential questions hit you at the most random moments. These are questions that you find yourself facing more frequently than you would imagine. Yet, at some point, we always whisk them away under the rug of our everyday routine. We’re too busy “doing life” to face the truth of death. How ...