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Naturalism is a metaphysical theory which holds that all phenomena can be explained mechanistically in terms of natural (as opposed to supernatural) causes and laws. Naturalism posits that the universe is a vast machine or organism, devoid of general purpose and indifferent to human needs and desires.
Near-death experiences (NDEs) is a term used by parapsychologists to describe a wide array of experiences reported by some people who have nearly died or who have thought they were going to die. There is no single experience shared by all those near death. Nor do all those reporting near-death experiences share a single identical experience. Even those experiences of most interest to parapsychologists--such as the "mystical experience," the "light at the end of the tunnel" experience, the "life review" experience, and the "out-of-body" experience--rarely occur together in near-death experiences.
Numerology is the study of the occult meanings of numbers and their influence on human life.