Near-Death-Like Experiences without Life-Threatening Conditions or Brain Disorders

I have sometimes wondered if perhaps NDEs are just a particular type of Out Of Body experience. I can’t see why, if NDEs are what they appear to be, the mechanism cannot be triggered by other means.

Well, NDEs often include an out-of-body experience as one part of what happens, but there are other aspects which would seem outside the scope. I used to study in a practical, first-hand way, how to achieve the OOBE state, but my experiences didn't particularly replicate typical NDE phenomena such as bright lights, spiritual beings and so on.

When one adds into the picture certain shared experiences among those present at the death of someone, there may be visions or perceptions among the witnesses but not necessarily any OOBE - though some do.