カーゴ・カルト部族の一員の臨死体験: 死後は工場に至った

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Anthony Peake が臨死体験絡みの面白い逸話を語っている。

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このように、体外離脱や臨死体験を調べている非常に興味深い研究者がたくさんいます。文化的な側面も深い。でも、あなたが言うように、すべての人が持っている内なる核となる体験があります。つまり、私は2つか3つの特別なケースを見つけました。エレン・カウンツという女性で、オンタリオ州のある大学の人類学者でした。1980年代、彼女はニューブリテン島（ニューギニア沖の島）に滞在した。彼女はそこで先住民の文化に携わりました。 (0:31:55)

そこで彼らが体験した臨死体験は並外れたものだった。ご存知のように、人類学的にニューブリテン島とニューギニア島は、第二次世界大戦中、貨物カルトの発達によって特に影響を受けた。地元の先住民たちは、ある手順を呼び起こすことで、空から貨物を満載した飛行機を出現させることができると信じていた。 (0:32:22)

そしてその飛行機を真似て、貨物が送られてくるように何らかの方法で崇拝するのだ。今、こうした先住民の文化に属する人々が臨死体験をすると、貨物カルトと平行するようになる。ある興味深い事例があります。ある男が死んだとき、彼は工場の中にいました。工場の中では、ニューブリテン島では手に入りにくい消費財を作る人たちが働いていた。つまり彼の考える天国とは、人々が物を作っている消費社会だったのだ。 (0:32:47)

So there are a lot of very interesting researchers that are looking into outer body experiences and near-death experiences in this way. And the cultural aspects are profound. But as you say, there's an inner core experience that they all have. I mean, I found, came across two or three cases that were extraordinary. There was a lady called Ellen Counts, who was an anthropologist based at one of the universities in Ontario. And in the 1980s, she spent time in New Britain, which is an island off New Guinea. And she worked with the indigenous cultures there. (0:31:55)

And the near-death experiences they had there were extraordinary because, as you know, anthropologically, New Britain and New Guinea were particularly affected in the Second World War by the development of cargo cults, because the Americans were fighting the Japanese. And the local indigenous community believed that by evoking certain procedures, you could make planes come out of the sky, which would be full of cargo. (0:32:22)

And then you'd imitate the aircraft and you'd worship them in some way that you'd get cargo sent to you. Now, when individuals from these indigenous cultures have near-death experiences, they parallel the cargo cults. There was one fascinating case where this guy, when he died, he was in a factory. And inside the factory were people making things, which were the kind of consumer commodities that are difficult to get to in New Britain. So his idea of heaven was this consumer society where people were making things. (0:32:47)

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Anthony Peake discusses his new book, Near-Death Experiences with Dr Matt Colborn

(2025-04-06)