![]() ![]() The “darkness” stage seems to be experienced exclusively through the conscious half of the psyche, while the “light” stage seems to be experienced exclusively through the unconscious, as if the two were operating independently during these episodes. The two stages of near-death experiences, a detached, objective, and dispassionate “black void” followed by a subjective, relationship-oriented, and emotionally intense “realm of light,” reflect the distinctions between the conscious mind and the unconscious mind. Some believed that this division could be prevented or reversed, while others saw the division as being inevitable. ![]() Many cultures held that one soul would go on to reincarnate, while the other would become trapped in a dreamlike netherworld. Many other cultures all over the globe believed in two souls, one like the conscious, the other like the unconscious, which separated at death. Egyptian descriptions of the ba and ka are strikingly similar to modern scientists' descriptions of the conscious and unconscious halves of the human psyche. Ancient Egyptians believed that each individual had two souls, a ba and a ka, which separated at death unless steps were taken to prevent this division. ![]()
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