A Tribute to the OA and Allison Wilke Gryphon

Another post about the show “The OA” — finished watching it, and was very moved by the scope of this series. The best word I can use to describe it is “Transcendant.”

Zal and Brit from their series “The OA”

As noted, the show is loosely based on the NDE experiences. It’s genesis was Brit running into a woman who had a near death experience, and told her about it. Zal credits Dr. Ray Moody’s book (“Life After Death”) with background info on these events. I’d also recommend people check into Dr. Bruce Greyson’s work (considered the godfather of the science involved, he’s at UVA and is featured in my book “It’s a Wonderful Afterlife.”) Also Dr. Sam Parnia’s “Awareness” project is extensive.

But “the OA” is the first show I’m aware of that has dealt with these events from the perspective of what happens to people during and as a result from them, instead of adding some form of “it’s all an illusion” skepticism. People tend to argue the “god spot” argument, although it was proven inaccurate by Mario Beauregard’s MRI studies showing transcendent experiences aren’t found in any one particular spot in the brain. His most recent studies show that “past life memories” are also not activated by any particular spot of the brain.