Pam Reynolds (1956–2010) was the subject of one of the most scientifically significant near-death experiences ever documented, which occurred during a standstill operation to remove a brain aneurysm while her brain was clinically inactive. On Art Bell's programs, her detailed and verifiable perceptions during a period of no measurable brain activity became a landmark case in NDE research and a powerful challenge to materialist theories of consciousness.
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Art Bell interviews Pam Reynolds, a musician and mother of three who underwent one of the most extraordinary surgical procedures ever performed. In 1991, surgeons at Phoenix's Barrow Institute cooled her body to 58 degrees Fahrenheit, stopped her heart, drained her blood, and achieved zero brain wave activity in ord...