"everything this guy describes has been turned up time and time again in researches relating to near-death experiences."

I agree.

I had an experience of that nature when I died(?) on an operating table when I was about ten. I recall a long journey into a whiteness, waiting in another white area and next thing I knew I was waking up in post op. I don't recall much more.

However, as soon as I see 'bible' anything connected with this kind of book, I begin to think someone somewhere is protecting a vested interest.