"What More Do I Need?"

The first big magazine feature we ever wrote was about near-death experiences (NDEs). We have vivid memories of taking a prop plane from Washington D.C. to Charlottesville, Virginia, in order to interview a pair of psychologists who specialize in studying the effects of NDEs. What struck us most about their research was how the whole "walking down the long tunnel of light" experience changed folks' priorities once they healed up. True, there was a tiny subset of NDE survivors who fell into deep