Where does a person's soul go after the death of his physical body? Does her existence end here? Or are some other worlds waiting for a person after death? These questions, which have long interested humanity, again excited the minds of Europe with the publication of R. Moody’s book “Life after Life,” which initiated a bunch of publications: doctors, psychologists, historians, clergy - everyone wanted to contribute their point of view to the study of the issue of life after death.
Stories of people who have experienced clinical death, esoteric knowledge of different peoples, religious experience - everything suggests that death is not just the cessation of the biological functions of a living being, but also the fact of the separation of the soul from the physical body. All kinds of teachings interpret differently even the very process of separation of a person’s soul and his body, the further path and fate of the soul, but on one point they all agree: after the death of a person, the soul does not immediately leave the body. The connection lasts for some time, the soul must make sure of the fact of death, that it is no longer possible to return back. Religious practice and traditions have been organized on these judgments in all sorts of places on the globe for many centuries. However, today such a formulation of the question is no longer sufficient. To be convinced of something, we need to look at it and touch it with our hands, which is why now the oldest ideological problem about the Life of the human soul after Death appears in a new light: is it possible to register the course of Life after Life using the technologies of current science within the framework of the Western scientific paradigm? To resolve this issue, objective, reproducible experimental techniques are needed. The method of organizing such a technique and the first results obtained are described below.
The work is based on the author’s fifteen years of experience in studying and using the Kirlian effect, which makes it possible to notice and record the radiance of biological objects in high-intensity electromagnetic fields.
The parameters of the radiance of a person’s hands depend on his physical condition and the state of his energy. The more health and strength there is in the body, the brighter and stronger the radiance. Any pathological processes create gaps and heterogeneities in the radiance. An approaching illness, not yet detected, makes itself known with a fading, uneven radiance. The experience of using the Kirlian effect to study patients, as well as a huge series of works on the study of physical processes leading to the creation of images, allowed us to get very close to the study of Life after Life. The idea was elementary: if we record the distribution of energy in a living body, then we are obliged to notice how this energy extinguishes after the death of a person, how it is transformed, how the transition from living to inert matter takes place.
A lot of effort was spent on preparing the technology, instruments and organizing the experiment itself. The problem immediately arose of choosing where to start first - with the immediate transition from life to death, while the human soul is on the border, or at further stages, when death has already fully come into its own - a few days after the death of a person. There was no chance to combine these studies due to the moral and legal difficulties of conducting such experiments. The processes that occur with a person during death are worthy of the most scrupulous study. Nevertheless, our task at first was to approve the technique and prove its validity, as a result of which we began to study the flow of energy in the body for several days after the onset of death. The open physical and chemical processes occurring in the body of the deceased during this period under stable environmental conditions are calm in nature and consist of slow transformations of cellular structures as a result of decomposition. Jumps in parameters are observed only at the moment of death or immediately after it. We expected to obtain uneven curves showing energy transformations 3-4 days after death, which could be associated with esoteric interpretations of the slow separation of the human soul from the body.
Physico-chemical processes are essentially calm, uniform processes that cause a smooth change in the characteristics of the tissues of the human body. This means that a sharp, abrupt change in them will mean the occurrence of some acute changes in the corpse. This is a general law of experimental science: the presence of sharp changes in the graph of a process proves the presence of any changes or transformations in the subject of research.
Research methodology.
When setting up the experimental work, the following methodological positions were taken as the main ones:
— the truth of the data;
— impartiality;
— the ability to freely reproduce the results.
The experiment consisted of three steps:
— the preparation stage, which includes adjustment and testing of devices;
— stage of implementation of the experiment, containing the direct obtaining of experimental material;
— the stage of processing the data obtained during the experiment.
The essence of the technique was as follows. A person was brought to study black within 1-3 hours after death. The hand was fixed in a special device that ensured its stationary position during the entire experiment. Gas-discharge images of fingers were displayed hourly on photographic paper. After the experiment, the resulting images were processed by a computer with specially developed software, which generated graphs based on a variety of characteristics that changed over time. Special measures were taken to ensure the reproducibility and reliability of the information, its independence from the experience and condition of the operators, and comparisons were made with environmental data, especially the electromagnetic background.
All stages of the research did not influence each other, the instruments were stabilized and metrologically tested, different operators took part in processing the readings, each of whom was responsible for only a small part of the overall work. The course of the experiment and analysis of the readings were largely automated and consisted of reproducing established sequences of operations.
Main results.
A total of 10 series of experiments were carried out, lasting from 3 to 5 days each. Among the deceased were representatives of both sexes aged 20-70 years.
The first studies showed that corpses are characterized by a certain brightness of the glow, which changes with certain patterns, but no truly noticeable difference was found between the glow of the living and the dead. It turned out that different types of glow are observed, and over time there is a transition from one type to another. The total radiation force decreases, but not to zero, but to a certain stationary value.
Analysis of the graphs led to several interesting conclusions. First of all, it turned out that according to the type of gas-discharge curves, all data were divided into three groups:
1. Curves with a relatively imperceptible vibration amplitude;
2. Curves with a relatively imperceptible amplitude, containing one sharp jump in the parameter;
3. Curves with large amplitude changes that persist for a long time.
But after we examined these indications in their entirety, another important feature emerged - all groups belong to certain types of death:
Group 1: “silent” death under natural circumstances determined by the state of the body (from old age);
Group 2: “lightning” death as a result of an accident with a traumatic brain injury;
Group 3: “sudden” death as a result of a combination of a number of causes that could have been avoided (suicide, medical error, pulmonary thrombus).
I would like to note that such sorting is very approximate due to the insufficient amount of data. It is very possible that this classification will undergo minor changes in the future. Surely the instant of death depended on many reasons, often random: whether the patient had the right medicine, what stress the person experienced, etc. Moreover, at this stage there is undoubtedly little data to carry out the final systematization, which is why the selected groups should be regarded as preliminary, however, even such an analysis often gives grounds to take a completely different look at the results obtained, to reveal previously invisible facets in them and to prepare the basis for subsequent experiments.
Let us identify the main features of the graphs that are similar for all groups.
1 group. You can notice two points on the graph - fluctuations that exceed the background level and are comparable to the background; The duration of the first section is from 16 to 55 hours; it is hardly rational to look for any outstanding features in the area of these sections.
2nd group. A pronounced peak occurs in the first experiment in the first 8 hours of death, in the second - at sunset of the first day after the death of a person; the unrest subsides after approximately two days.
3rd group. Here are the most clearly manifested features, similar to all episodes:
— considerable amplitude and duration of unrest relative to other groups;
— cumulative decrease in amplitude from the beginning to the end of the experiment;
— increase in intensity at night;
— a local decline in the brightness of the aurora at the end of the first day and a steep decline at the end of the second day.
The selected groups also differ in the general nature of the gas-discharge glow, which is revealed in a variety of spatial types of images. However, in all cases, the radiance is of a dejected, defective nature, characteristic, most often, of living people with severely upset energy. A striking example is people with cancer.
Analysis of experimental data.
The findings raise many questions. What could all this mean? What can the analyzed changes be associated with? What conclusions should follow from all this? And, of course, the main question that needs to be answered is: how valid is the recorded information, can it be caused by experimental errors or registration of elementary bodily processes.
The answer here, most likely, is the very nature of the information, in particular, the overall decline in radiance from the beginning of the experience to the end, but the decline is individual for each episode. If the reason lay, for example, in the exhaustion of the developer, then the decline would have a more or less soft envelope, identical for all cases. We often even recorded an increase in activity at the end of the experiment! In addition, along with photographing the glow of the fingers, photographing of a reference point - a vessel with a physiological substance - took place. The graph of changes in the radiance of this benchmark is essentially the most direct indicator of a technology error. As all measurements have shown, the coverage of fluctuations in the reference curve is noticeably below the range even for very “mild” cases. Correlation with meteorological indicators shows the absence of significant impacts of this factor on experimental data. Therefore, we see no reason not to trust the results obtained. Maybe in the future critics will find a lot of shortcomings in the way the experiments were carried out, but at the initial stage it looks quite convincing.
It is no secret that electrophysiological parameters recorded after the death of a person change greatly in the first hours, and then either remain at the same level or change slowly in the form of calm curves. In no work did we notice any recording of oscillatory processes, and even more so processes with specificities similar to those described above. At this stage, it is too early to draw conclusions, but usually oscillatory processes with periodic ups and downs over the course of several hours are characteristic of systems with active life activity.
So how can you interpret the information received? Considering ancient sacred writings, like the Tibetan “Book of the Dead” and Toltec myths about the Kingdom of Death, correlating them with Christian or occult judgments, we observe that everywhere it is said that for several days after the death of a person, the soul “hangs” in the intermediate a state when the higher Mind determines its future path. This place is called Chenid Bardo in the Tibetan “Book of the Dead”, Purgatory for Catholics, Circles of Ordeal for Orthodox, or separation of astral bodies for mystics. All this time the soul is attached to the body of the deceased. According to various opinions, the stage lasts from 3 to 49 days.
The gas-discharge visualization method makes it possible to record jumps in the energy field of the deceased. Numerous studies prove that this field is directly related to the psycho-emotional sphere, which acts as a “worldly” projection of the human soul or astral body. Hence the idea follows that even after death, changes in Kirlian photographs somehow interact with the transformation of the state of the soul or astral body. Of course, this hypothesis awaits testing, but it can be used as a starting theory. Therefore, it is possible that the graphs we see indicate a change in the relationship between the subtle and physical bodies, speak of the final stages of their separation, quiet and rather short-lived in those who died their own death, or violent and long-term in those who passed away in an unnatural way. Doesn't this explain the Christian Church's rejection of suicides and the ban on burying them in consecrated ground? A restless spirit upsets the calm atmosphere of the final refuge.
By the way, during the research process we sometimes felt the presence of an “entity” in the laboratory. Here are fragments from a work diary that most fully depict the impressions of one of the first night shifts:
“I get to the middle of the basement, when suddenly I begin to feel a gaze fixed on me. Everyone knows this feeling when you feel a gaze resting on your back, and this gaze disturbs, confuses, suffocates with some kind of intangible influence. However, the basement is empty, and in the entire building, besides me, there are hardly more than five employees. And yet the presence of something is felt quite clearly. I reach the object and turn on the equipment. It feels like someone is nearby, watching all my manipulations, but in this presence there is no aggressiveness, it is just a contemplator, a spectator quietly observing what is happening. In the evening, before duty, I wanted to sit in the basement for an hour, from one measurement to another, but now this desire has completely disappeared. There is no fear, but there is a feeling that I am superfluous here. Having finished the experiments, I turn off the devices and immediately go to the door. Only after closing it behind me do I realize how “exhausted” I was in just 20 minutes.”
Later we exchanged impressions, which for the most part agreed. The presence was felt especially strongly the first night. As a rule, it was possible to mark the area in the room where it was felt most intensely, but the place never coincided with the location of the corpse, but turned out to be about three meters from it. During the day, no one felt anything, although the room was similarly darkened and we deliberately listened to our own feelings. Over time, everyone got used to this phenomenon and simply no longer concentrated on it. High activity at night, in all likelihood, has some meaning, because... it cannot be attributed solely to exposure to daylight or more people. Our windowless basement is in twilight around the clock, and we never go in there with more than three people at a time. But, nevertheless, I feel properties, and experimental graphs indicate high nocturnal activity. To get your bearings on this issue, you need to collect a lot of all kinds of material.
Outflow of energy.
Like I said, just 20 minutes in the workroom took a toll on my energy. And this phenomenon, as practice has shown, was unchanged. After each visit I felt exhausted and needed some time to recover. The same thing happened to my colleagues. The Kirlian photographs that we took of each other before and after the working day also revealed a powerful drop in energy.
But what about people who regularly work in such conditions? We deliberately measured energy levels by taking gas-discharge photographs of doctors and orderlies. No deviations could be found in the three doctors examined - ordinary images of almost healthy people with their own fluctuations and ailments. But all the orderlies turned out to be people with completely broken energy. They blamed countless disorders and illnesses. True, they all turned out to be drinkers, which is why it is difficult to conclude what has a more destructive effect on them—work or “leisure.”
I don’t want to think that the dead forcibly drain the energy of living people. Rather, being in a transitional phase, they open a channel connecting the world we are familiar with with another reality. Energy is sucked through this channel, and when a person is within its radius of action, he comes under the influence of powerful universal forces. Laws begin to work that have a significant impact on our condition and our lives, but which we are again extremely far from comprehending. There is no doubt that this is a very serious and entertaining problem that cannot be ignored.
Let's summarize.
In conceiving and organizing the work presented above, we intended to monitor changes in aurora patterns over time associated with changes in body activity after death. Of course, it was assumed that the radiance of the deceased stands out significantly next to the radiance of a living person, and I was even afraid whether we would have the strength to register it appropriately. However, the first experiments showed that there is no big difference between the Kirlian effect of a living person and a dead person. It turned out that various types of glow are observed, and with the passage of time, migration from one type to another occurs. The radiation strength drops, but not to zero, but to a certain stationary level. Consequently, the received information, on the one hand, did not agree with our assumptions, but on the other hand, it significantly exceeded them.
It seems to us that the most significant fact is the experimental discovery of the interaction between the type and circumstances of death and the nature of the modification of gas-discharge parameters. This fact can be interpreted as experimental proof of the point of view that the afterlife is a continuation of earthly life and fate. Until now, these beliefs, shared by a significant number of religious denominations, doctrines and philosophies, have been unquestioningly taken on faith or unconditionally denied. The problem of their experimental testing was not raised due to the lack of adequate methods, and all existing facts were associated with changes in some data through human perception. The method proposed and experimentally tested by us fully satisfies the criteria of the current scientific paradigm: it allows us to obtain correct, impartial, reproducible data, completely independent of the personality of the experimenter. All theses used are based on judgments about the essence of the physical processes leading to the appearance of radiance; on the basis of these judgments, the best parameters were found that formed the basis for the development of research equipment; the entire complex has been repeatedly and successfully tested in the rapid diagnosis and treatment of patients.
We consider another significant result to be the recorded absence of a clear difference between the radiance of dead and living people. This fact can be interpreted as experimental evidence of the absence of a boundary between the living and dead states, that is, as confirmation of the smoothness and softness of the transition. It also agrees with countless mystical views and reports that after death there is a gradual separation of the subtle body (the human soul) from the material body. Another question is how limited this transition is and after what point these entities separate for good. If we can try to find a solution to the last question in the data we recorded, then to the first it is necessary to look for approaches for a long time.
And, in the end, it is extremely interesting that even on the basis of such a small amount of information, it was possible to discover some specific features and create the basis for systematization. The described groups - “natural”, “abrupt” and “sudden” death, of course, are preliminary and can be edited during further study.
However, they show the fundamental probability of using such a systematization, and therefore the probability of the presence of some “standard” ways of saying goodbye to the human soul after death with the physical body. Not cr Is there a solution to the ancient sacred scriptures and a radical change in modern judgments about the afterlife of man?
Similarly, it is necessary to check the detected cardinal points: night hours around midnight, the expiration of the first and second days after the death of a person. Are they a reproduction of the general biological cycle, depending on the solar day, or do they conceal some other meaning? Why are they clearly revealed only in experiments of the third type, and in the first two are they only outlined, or are they completely absent?
A fact unconditionally revealed during the experiments is the lack of connection between fluctuations of atmospheric phenomena and transformations of gas-discharge parameters. Over a very long period of experiments, atmospheric characteristics changed over a wide range, but no effect on the Kirlian effect was ever noted. This fact is of great importance in justifying the validity of the gas discharge imaging method.
