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Beyond (EMI-NDE)
What a happy discovery!
I have listened with passion to hundreds of near-death experience accounts, watched dozens of reports, available and ever more numerous on YouTube, and read the reference books on the subject.
My observation: with their words, the experiencers (a term designating those who have a near-death experience) express the very essence of the Christian message, stripped of its institutional and dogmatic dimension.
I thought of painting the main stages described by the experimenters and comparing their accounts with biblical texts.
I arranged my paintings on a black wall and used them to make a presentation.
Out-of-body experience/decomposition
Acrylic on paper, 40x50 cm
The person glimpses the physical body they have left behind, most often seen from above.
The person glimpses the physical body they have left behind, most often seen from above.
Ubiquity:
Acrylic on paper, 40 x 30 cm.
If the deceased thinks of someone, they are instantly near them, regardless of geographical location. They can pass through walls, bodies, and oceans.
If the deceased thinks of someone, they are instantly near them, regardless of geographical location. They can pass through walls, bodies, and oceans.
View of the exhibition at Alain Schaller's gallery (2015)
The tip of light
Acrylic on paper, 12 x 15 cm.
The deceased leaves the physical world and enters their spiritual reality.
The deceased leaves the physical world and enters their spiritual reality.
View of the exhibition at Alain Schaller's gallery (2015)
Tunnel to the light
Acrylic on paper, 30x21 cm
The vast majority claim to have been drawn to the light and to have passed through a kind of tunnel to reach it.
The vast majority claim to have been drawn to the light and to have passed through a kind of tunnel to reach it.
Towards the light
Acrylic on paper, 30 x 21 cm
As they approach, the experimenters see this light grow stronger and brighter, an extreme white. But while its intensity is incredible, it is not blinding.
As they approach, the experimenters see this light grow stronger and brighter, an extreme white. But while its intensity is incredible, it is not blinding.
View of the exhibition at Alain Schaller's gallery (2015)
The being of light
Acrylic on paper, 30x21 cm
Some experiencers claim to have communicated with light, but more often they say that a being of light appeared to them.
Some experiencers claim to have communicated with light, but more often they say that a being of light appeared to them.
View of the exhibition at Alain Schaller's gallery (2015)
The Life Review
Acrylic on paper, 40x30 cm
At that moment, the experiencer sees their entire life flash before their eyes like a film in reverse, going back to the most recent events and back to early childhood.
At that moment, the experiencer sees their entire life flash before their eyes like a film in reverse, going back to the most recent events and back to early childhood.
View of the exhibition at Alain Schaller's gallery (2015)
Reunion
Acrylic on paper, 40x50 cm
In many cases, the first person encountered is not the being of light, but one or more deceased persons known and loved by the experiencer.
In many cases, the first person encountered is not the being of light, but one or more deceased persons known and loved by the experiencer.
Celestial Garden
Acrylic on paper, 30 x 21 cm
Many experiencers report that upon arriving in the afterlife, they found themselves in a magnificent, verdant garden filled with lush flowers. Some say they perceived new colors not found on Earth.
Many experiencers report that upon arriving in the afterlife, they found themselves in a magnificent, verdant garden filled with lush flowers. Some say they perceived new colors not found on Earth.
The border
Acrylic on paper, 40 x 30 cm
Their progress through the garden was halted by an insurmountable obstacle: a gate, a white wall, a rock, overgrown vegetation. They knew that if they continued, if they crossed this obstacle, they would enter the afterlife forever and would never return.
Their progress through the garden was halted by an insurmountable obstacle: a gate, a white wall, a rock, overgrown vegetation. They knew that if they continued, if they crossed this obstacle, they would enter the afterlife forever and would never return.
You never existed
Acrylic on paper, 21x30cm
Some people, upon dying, arrive in a completely dark place. Some see moving abstract shapes appear, seemingly mocking them for not having understood the meaning of life.
Some people, upon dying, arrive in a completely dark place. Some see moving abstract shapes appear, seemingly mocking them for not having understood the meaning of life.
View of the exhibition at Alain Schaller's gallery (2015)
Fall into the void
Acrylic on paper, 21 x 30 cm
Some experiencers arrive in "the tunnel" and see the light. But instead of going there, they are pulled backward by a force that carries them away from that light.
Some experiencers arrive in "the tunnel" and see the light. But instead of going there, they are pulled backward by a force that carries them away from that light.
View of the exhibition at Alain Schaller's gallery (2015)
Fall of the Damned
Acrylic on paper, 40x50 cm
They feel themselves falling vertigo-inducingly and sinking into a dark and dirty corridor that grows ever darker.
They feel themselves falling vertigo-inducingly and sinking into a dark and dirty corridor that grows ever darker.
Hell
Acrylic on paper, 21x30cm
They see wandering, ugly beings amidst flames. Some see hideous humans imprisoned, moaning, screaming, and being tortured. They themselves are clawed, grabbed, and chased. Some see a pool of fire.
They see wandering, ugly beings amidst flames. Some see hideous humans imprisoned, moaning, screaming, and being tortured. They themselves are clawed, grabbed, and chased. Some see a pool of fire.
View of the exhibition at Alain Schaller's gallery (2015)
View of the exhibition at Alain Schaller's gallery (2015)
View of the exhibition at Alain Schaller's gallery (2015)
View of the exhibition at Alain Schaller's gallery (2015)
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