Spontaneous Awakening Following Near-Death Experience: A Longitudinal Case Study with Consumer EEG Documentation

This longitudinal case study documents the phenomenological and neurophysiological trajectory of a single subject following spontaneous awakening subsequent to a near-death experience in June 2022. Data sources include structured phenomenological self-report, longitudinal consumer-grade EEG recordings obtained via Muse S headband and Mind Monitor application, and theoretical analysis drawing on NDE literature, Kundalini and spiritual emergency frameworks, and Jeffrey Martin's Persistent Non-Symbolic Experience Locations Model. The case presents anomalous features relative to standard PNSE location descriptions, including preserved emotional range and intensity at advanced stabilization markers, which are examined through a proposed distinction between conditioned emotional reactivity and unconditioned affect. Consumer EEG methodology is evaluated as a longitudinal documentation instrument. Findings are discussed in relation to existing consciousness research literature and their implications for clinical differentiation of spiritual emergence from pathological presentations.