# Different kinds of near-death experience: A report on a survey of near-death experiences in germany #### (2001) - Hubert Knoblauch, Ina Schmied, Bernt Schnettler **Link**:: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011112727078 **DOI**:: 10.1023/A:1011112727078 **Links**:: **Tags**:: #paper **Cite Key**:: [@Knoblauch2001-un] ### Abstract ``` This article provides a short summary of a representative survey on near-death experiences (NDEs) in Germany, which is the first of its kind in Europe. We tested several assumptions derived from previous research on NDEs, including the assumptions of a unified pattern of experience, the universality of the pattern, and the necessary link between NDEs and clinical death. We received replies from more than 2,000 persons, 4 percent of whom reported NDEs. The patterns of the NDEs did not seem to correspond to earlier findings: aside from being much more diverse, they also differed with respect to cultural variables, particularly the difference between religious interpretations and the differences between post-socialist East Germany and West Germany. ``` ### Notes