S001 · ArchivesArchives
NDERF — research archive
Major testimony discovery source; counts across related archives are not counts of independently verified NDEs.
Source & provenanceThe eternity library / Sources
Every source has a story.
A traceable register of 76 references: Scripture, research, testimony, theology, rights, and discovery tools. Inclusion is not endorsement, verification, or permission to reproduce.
76 of 76 reference/catalog entries · Researched 2026-10-10
S002 · RightsRights
NDERF — data access and copyright policy
Currently declines new outside data-use requests and restricts copying and scraping. Plan around links, original commentary, and separately cleared material.
Source & provenanceS003 · ArchivesArchives
IANDS — personal NDE accounts
Anonymously published testimony collection; seek specific cooperation before importing accounts.
Source & provenanceS004 · ArchivesArchives
IANDS — research and registry
Research hub and potential institutional relationship; qualified-researcher access is not an automatic reuse license.
Source & provenanceS005 · ArchivesArchives
IANDS — index to NDE literature
Useful specialist bibliography for discovering older literature, dissenting papers, and thematic research.
Source & provenanceS006 · ArchivesArchives
UNT Digital Library — Journal of Near-Death Studies
Regional research resource in North Texas; scholarly journal archive with persistent identifiers. Examine item-level rights.
Source & provenanceS007 · ArchivesArchives
UVA Division of Perceptual Studies — NDE research
University research program and entry point to investigators, publications, and research definitions.
Source & provenanceS008 · LandscapeLandscape
Noeticmap — experience explorer
Existing searchable experience platform. Study navigation and taxonomy; distinguish shared source records from independent corroboration.
Source & provenanceS009 · RightsRights
Noeticmap — terms
Review platform and underlying source restrictions separately before any proposed partnership.
Source & provenanceS010 · LandscapeLandscape
NDE Archive — project description
Another aggregation and analysis project. Its verification claims require examination; do not inherit them as your own.
Source & provenanceS011 · ScienceResearch reference
Greyson — The Near-Death Experience Scale (1983)
Foundational research instrument. A score classifies reported phenomenology; it does not establish heaven, hell, or honesty.
Source & provenanceS012 · ScienceResearch reference
Martial et al. — NDE-C scale (2020)
Expanded research instrument for experience content. Preserve instrument version and distinguish researcher-scored from inferred data.
Source & provenanceS013 · ScienceResearch reference
van Lommel et al. — prospective Netherlands study (2001)
Foundational prospective cardiac-arrest study. Read methods and limitations before extracting quantitative claims.
Source & provenanceS014 · ScienceResearch reference
Parnia et al. — AWARE I (2014)
Prospective awareness-during-resuscitation research; track interview stages and denominators.
Source & provenanceS015 · ScienceResearch reference
Parnia et al. — AWARE II (2023)
Prospective resuscitation research; report test results and denominators together.
Source & provenanceS016 · ScienceResearch reference
Xu et al. — dying human brain gamma activity (2023)
Physiological research relevant to possible mechanisms; neural findings alone do not reveal the content of an experience.
Source & provenanceS017 · ScienceResearch reference
Kovoor et al. — cardiac-arrest NDE scoping review (2024)
Evidence synthesis useful for locating primary studies and examining methodological variation.
Source & provenanceS018 · ScienceResearch reference
Martial et al. — NEPTUNE model (2025)
Neuroscientific explanatory model; label as a model with testable claims, not a settled explanation of every case.
Source & provenanceS019 · ScienceResearch reference
O’Grady and Varghese — critique of neurocentric models (2025)
Published correspondence questioning explanatory scope. Pair with the model and reply.
Source & provenanceS020 · ScienceResearch reference
Reply to limitations of neurocentric models (2025)
Authors’ reply in the same debate; preserve article relationships and disagreements.
Source & provenanceS021 · ScienceResearch reference
IANDS — pleasurable and distressing experiences
Helps separate reported emotional tone from theological claims about destination.
Source & provenanceS022 · Books & testimonyAuthor / testimony reference
Nancy Evans Bush — distressing-experience work
Lists Dancing Past the Dark and related work. Important research lead for distressing experiences, not Christian doctrine.
Source & provenanceS023 · Books & testimonyAuthor / testimony reference
John Burke — Imagine Heaven ministry and podcast
Christian synthesis, books, and interviews. Strong partnership prospect; assess each borrowed case at its earliest source.
Source & provenanceS024 · Books & testimonyAuthor / testimony reference
Don Piper — 90 Minutes in Heaven interview
Interview record for a widely known Christian testimony. Separate personal narrative from corroborated medical facts.
Source & provenanceS025 · Books & testimonyPublisher record
Mary C. Neal — To Heaven and Back
Publisher record for memoir; useful acquisition and rights lead. Publisher description is not independent verification.
Source & provenanceS026 · Books & testimonyPublisher record
Howard Storm — My Descent Into Death
Publisher record for a distressing-to-positive testimony. One reported event may appear in many later interviews.
Source & provenanceS027 · Books & testimonyAuthor / testimony reference
Bill Wiese — Soul Choice Ministries
Author calls his experience a vision. Catalog 23 Minutes in Hell as a claimed vision rather than a medical NDE.
Source & provenanceS028 · Books & testimonyPublisher record
Mary K. Baxter — A Divine Revelation of Hell
Publisher describes claimed visions; separate visionary literature from cardiac-arrest studies.
Source & provenanceS029 · Books & testimonyPublisher record
Mary K. Baxter — A Divine Revelation of Heaven
Companion visionary literature; theological and claim-level review needed.
Source & provenanceS030 · Books & testimonyAuthor / testimony reference
Bruce Greyson — After
Researcher’s popular account; distinguish book exposition from individual peer-reviewed findings.
Source & provenanceS031 · Books & testimonyAuthor / testimony reference
Raymond Moody — Life After Life and related books
Foundational popular literature and historical development of the field.
Source & provenanceS032 · Books & testimonyAuthor / testimony reference
Jeffrey Long and Paul Perry — Evidence of the Afterlife
Author-associated book resource; arguments must be traced to study design and original cases.
Source & provenanceS033 · Books & testimonyPublisher record
Eben Alexander — Proof of Heaven
Publisher record for a prominent memoir. The title is a title, not an evidentiary grade.
Source & provenanceS034 · Books & testimonyAuthor / testimony reference
Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent — Heaven Is for Real
Publisher-issued announcement identifying the book; obtain the source edition and account before assessing claims.
Source & provenanceS035 · MediaMedia
CBN — testimony collection
Christian interviews and story discovery. Media prominence and production quality do not establish independent corroboration.
Source & provenanceS036 · MediaMedia
After Death — documentary
Documentary source to catalog and critique; license clips or link to official viewing rather than rehosting.
Source & provenanceS037 · CorrectionsCorrections
Alex Malarkey — account retraction
Reported retraction of The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven. Retain correction context; do not confuse it with Heaven Is for Real.
Source & provenanceS038 · TheologyTheology
Randy Alcorn — Heaven
Christian exposition and questions about the New Earth. Label author inference separately from cited biblical text.
Source & provenanceS039 · TheologyTheology
BibleProject — Heaven and Earth
Visual biblical-theology resource and potential educational partner; attribution alone does not authorize reuse.
Source & provenanceS040 · TheologyTheology
BibleProject — Heaven and Hell series
Thematic teaching and podcast source; document speaker, episode, date, and individual interpretive claims.
Source & provenanceS041 · TheologyTheology
Four Views on Hell — second edition
Comparative theological source with contrasting positions; helps represent disagreement fairly.
Source & provenanceS042 · TheologyTheology
Rethinking Hell — statement on conditionalism
Primary statement of evangelical conditionalism; comparison material, not automatically the ministry’s position.
Source & provenanceS043 · TheologyTheology
Catholic Catechism — Heaven
Official Catholic doctrinal source for accurately attributed comparison.
Source & provenanceS044 · TheologyTheology
Catholic Catechism — Hell
Official Catholic doctrinal source; distinguish shared convictions from tradition-specific teaching.
Source & provenanceS045 · TheologyTheology
Orthodox Church in America — Heaven and Hell
Primary Orthodox presentation to consult when comparing Christian traditions.
Source & provenanceS046 · TheologyPublisher record
David Bentley Hart — That All Shall Be Saved
Publisher record for a universalist argument. Cataloging a position does not endorse it or imply consensus.
Source & provenanceS047 · HistoricalHistorical
Augustine — City of God, Book XXI
Historical Christian arguments about final punishment; preserve translation and edition details.
Source & provenanceS048 · HistoricalHistorical
Augustine — City of God, Book XXII
Historical treatment of resurrection and eternal happiness; source for reception history.
Source & provenanceS049 · Discovery toolsDiscovery tools
Crossref — REST API
Bibliographic discovery, DOI matching, license fields, and publication relationships. Metadata access is not a full-text license.
Source & provenanceS050 · Discovery toolsDiscovery tools
Crossref — Retraction Watch
Correction and retraction signals for scholarly works; editorial review still required.
Source & provenanceS051 · Discovery toolsDiscovery tools
OpenAlex — documentation
Broader citation discovery and linked research. Check current authentication, pricing, and dataset terms.
Source & provenanceS052 · Discovery toolsDiscovery tools
PMC — article datasets
Approved full-text access routes for eligible scholarly material; retain per-article license.
Source & provenanceS053 · RightsRights
PMC — copyright notice
Free-to-read does not mean unrestricted copying; approved bulk retrieval routes matter.
Source & provenanceS054 · Scripture toolsScripture tools
World English Bible Updated — copyright
Public-domain English base candidate. Keep the translation name, edition, and verse wording intact.
Source & provenanceS055 · Scripture toolsScripture tools
STEPBible Data
Original-language lexical and morphological datasets; useful for word studies and reference mapping.
Source & provenanceS056 · RightsRights
ESV API — conditions
API and quotation conditions for an optional licensed translation; display permission does not automatically resolve every AI use.
Source & provenanceS057 · RightsRights
API.Bible — terms
Bible-provider conditions include restrictions on training with copyrighted material. Assess retrieval, storage, and display separately.
Source & provenanceS058 · RightsRights
Biblica — publisher AI policy
Translation-owner AI terms illustrate why the project must check each provider and contract before ingestion.
Source & provenanceS059 · TechnologyTechnology
YouTube — captions download API
Authorized caption retrieval requires appropriate permissions; public watch access does not create a universal transcript-download API.
Source & provenanceS060 · TechnologyTechnology
Supabase — hybrid search
Keyword and semantic retrieval in Postgres; recommended starting point for verses and testimony passages.
Source & provenanceS061 · TechnologyTechnology
Supabase — RAG with permissions
Apply access controls to retrieval, including vector search; protect private submissions and records.
Source & provenanceS062 · TechnologyTechnology
Lovable — Supabase integration
Official docs warn that multiple Lovable projects sharing one Supabase project can overwrite shared secrets. Give backend ownership to one project.
Source & provenanceS063 · TechnologyTechnology
Cloudflare Stream — pricing
Video budgeting basis: storage in 1,000-minute capacity blocks and delivery by watched minutes. Verify again before purchase.
Source & provenanceS064 · TechnologyTechnology
Google — canonical URLs
Give each shared case one preferred canonical page, with distinct topic context on the sister site.
Source & provenanceS065 · ScriptureBible passage
Revelation 21 — WEB Updated
New creation, God with his people, the New Jerusalem, and the end of sorrow; attend to apocalyptic genre.
Source & provenanceS066 · ScriptureBible passage
Revelation 22 — WEB Updated
River, tree of life, worship, and invitation; imagery supports textual illustration, not verified photography.
Source & provenanceS067 · ScriptureBible passage
Revelation 20 — WEB Updated
Judgment, the lake of fire, and the devil’s punishment; relevant to claims that Satan rules hell.
Source & provenanceS068 · ScriptureBible passage
Matthew 25 — WEB Updated
Jesus’ teaching on judgment and eternal destiny; interpret within the full discourse.
Source & provenanceS069 · ScriptureBible passage
Luke 16 — WEB Updated
Rich man and Lazarus; preserve context and note debate over how to read narrative details.
Source & provenanceS070 · ScriptureBible passage
John 14 — WEB Updated
Jesus, the Father’s house, and the way to the Father; distinguish translation choices from architectural speculation.
Source & provenanceS071 · ScriptureBible passage
1 Corinthians 15 — WEB Updated
Christ’s resurrection, the gospel, and bodily resurrection; essential to the site’s account of Christian hope.
Source & provenanceS072 · ScriptureBible passage
2 Corinthians 12 — WEB Updated
Paul’s heavenly experience and explicit limits on what is reported; do not invent a modern clinical diagnosis.
Source & provenanceS073 · ScriptureBible passage
Hebrews 12 — WEB Updated
Reverence and awe in worship; a foundation for a careful treatment of holy fear.
Source & provenanceS074 · ScriptureBible passage
1 John 4 — WEB Updated
Testing spiritual claims and the relationship between love and fear; keep both themes in context.
Source & provenanceS075 · ScriptureBible passage
Ephesians 2 — WEB Updated
Grace, faith, and good works; grounding for the proposed evangelical gospel invitation.
Source & provenanceS076 · ScriptureBible passage
Acts 17 — WEB Updated
Examination of Scripture, proclamation, resurrection, and judgment; useful editorial principles.
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