‘Mormon Land’: How near-death accounts became apocalyptic and why they attract Latter-day Saints

All kinds of believers and nonbelievers have described brushes with death in which they briefly left their bodies to see and feel otherworldly elements. While most scientists say these “near-death experiences” are the product of neurons firing in particular ways under particular stress, many who are religious view them as objective encounters, occurring in space and time.Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints seem particularly intrigued by the way such experiences