Source Authors: Kenneth Ring
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Sudden Realization Upon Awakening
An experiencer awakens with the sudden conviction that a meaningful event occurred, though only dreamlike fragments remain.
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Shared Structural Pattern: Tunnel, Light, Presence
Ring finds a structural pattern shared between NDE tunnels and abduction corridors, both dreamlike and symbolic.
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Childhood Lucid Crisis Dream
An experiencer recalls a lucid childhood crisis dream involving symbolic danger and rescue.
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Visual Imagery of Lights and Beings
Some respondents describe dreamlike imagery of glowing beings or amorphous lights during altered states.
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Dreamlike Inner Space and Expanded Awareness
Ring reports that both abductees and NDErs describe entering an ‘inner space’ of heightened consciousness.
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OBE During Postpartum Hemorrhage
A woman describes leaving her body and observing the room before entering a bright region.
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Tunnel Vision During Near-Death Experience
An engineer describes entering a dark tunnel with a radiant presence during an NDE.
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Voice Telling Her to “Remember the Light”
An Alaskan experiencer encounters a craft, colored lights, and a telepathic message urging her to remember.
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Childhood Flying and UFO Dreams
Ring cites research showing that abductees often report childhood UFO or flying dreams with symbolic qualities.
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Dreamlike Beginning of an Encounter
An experiencer reports that the event seemed to begin as a dream before becoming fully vivid and physical.