The materialist argument that consciousness ends with the brain has a serious problem: the evidence.

In this episode, I sit down with Simon Bown — clinical hypnotherapist, past life regression guide, and author of Verified Near-Death Experiences: Proof of an Afterlife — to examine the cases that no materialist theory can explain.

Simon has interviewed hundreds of NDE experiencers across more than 900 podcast episodes. His book focuses on 30 verified cases — people who witnessed real, confirmable events while clinically dead. The details were checked. The witnesses were interviewed. The evidence holds up.

We dig into the Pamela Reynolds case, Tibor's astonishing out-of-body journey 7 kilometers from the hospital, and Barbara Bartolome's resuscitation — plus the bigger picture of what NDEs tell us about consciousness, reincarnation, remote viewing, and what it means to be human.

Topics covered in this episode:

What "verified" (veridical) means and why it matters
The Pamela Reynolds case — the gold standard of NDE evidence
Barbara Bartolome — killed by a medical error and back to describe it
Tibor Rudnicki — consciousness traveling 7km from a hospital while in cardiac arrest
The brain-as-receiver model of consciousness
Common NDE themes: tunnels, life reviews, barriers, deceased loved ones
NDE aftereffects — returning with new abilities and gifts
Past life regression and its connection to NDEs

About Simon Bown: Simon Bown is a clinical hypnotherapist, past life regression facilitator, and host of the Paranormal Afterlife and Alien UFO Podcast — with over 900 combined episodes exploring NDEs, reincarnation, and consciousness. His new book, Verified Near-Death Experiences: Proof of an Afterlife, brings together 30 rigorously documented cases, each confirmed by the experiencers themselves.

🌐 Simon's website: pastliveshypnosis.co.uk 🎙️ Paranormal Afterlife Podcast 🎙️ Alien UFO Podcast

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