lucidity

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Third is the persistence of unusual experiences, such as near-death experiences, mystical states, or episodes of terminal lucidity, which do not fit neatly into existing scientific frameworks.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

I wrote that explaining terminal lucidity through an unknown brain capability “would be akin to finding a way that blood can circulate when the heart stops pumping.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

By expressing disapproval in concrete ways, helpful protests can likely sear ethical lucidity into each of us more effectively and more often.

From Salon • Jul. 5, 2025

As mother to Spike, Isla is clearly sick but still desperately trying to care for him, even while slipping in and out of lucidity - apparently ravaged with confusion from decades under siege.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2025

In that state of hallucinated lucidity, not only did they see the images of their own dreams, but some saw the images dreamed by others.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez