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Book Review: Ketamine: Dreams and Realities
Review of the book "Ketamine: Dreams and Realities" written by Karl L. R. Jansen, regarding clinical data about ketamine.
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The Death and Posthumous Life of Tom Sawyer: A Case Study of Apparent...
Article exploring the near-death experience of Tom Sawyer, as well as the question of whether he actually died in April of 2007.
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Similarities Between Near-Death Experiences and Multiple Personality Disorder
Abstract: In this paper I compare the phenomenology of near-death experiences to that of multiple personality disorder. The comparison reveals a number of similarities, including out-of-body...
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Commentary on Keith Augustine's Paper [#2]
Abstract: Keith Augustine has provided a useful survey of the psychological and neurological correlates of near-death experiences and out-of-body experiences. The empirical findings he cites may prove...
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A Contribution of Frankl's Logotherapy to the Interpretation of Near-Death...
Article discussing Viktor Frankl's logotherapy, which resolves potential conflicting sources of meaning by the application of the Laws of Dimensional Ontology, which validate apparently conflicting...
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A Comparison of UFO and Near-Death Experiences as Vehicles for the Evolution...
Abstract: This study compares unidentified flying object experiencers (UFOErs) with near-death experiencers (NDErs) in regard to changes in attitudes toward self, others, and life in general, toward...
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The Incidence of Out-Of-Body Experiences in Hospitalized Patients
Study exploring out-of-body experiences (OBEs), cultural differences in reporting those OBEs, and associations between OBEs and frequency of dream recall in 100 white and 100 black adults hospitalized...
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The Nature and Therapeutic Implications of the Extraordinary Experiences of...
Article highlighting the types of contacts from a deceased loved on or a divine being reported, messages claimants believe are received, changes in death perceptions, and the therapeutic potential of...
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A Philosopher's View of Near-Death Research
Article summarizing some trends and issues raised by a review of recent articles in the Journal of Near-Death Studies
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Expanding Grof's Concept of the Perinatal: Deepening the Inquiry into...
Study suggesting that in order to explain the phenomenology of perinatal experience, as described in the work of Stanislav Grof, we must hypothesize that the patient in these instances has expanded...
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Book Review: Gods Within: A Critical Guide to the New Age
Review of the book "Gods Within: A Critical Guide to the New Age" by archdeacon Michael Perry regarding Christianity and the New Age movement.
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Psychomanteum Research: A Pilot Study
Study of 57 persons who participated in 31 workshops seeking visionary and other reunion experiences with departed loved ones by means of a mirror-gazing procedure developed by Raymond Moody. The study...
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Who's Afraid of Life After Death?
Article discussing the academy's refusal to examine the evidence for an afterlife, and tendency to cling to materialism as if it were a priori true, instead of a posteriori false. The author suggests...
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Evolution and the Relationship between Brain and Mind States
Article discussing the phylogenetic basis of states of consciousness, and presenting the central theses of monism and dualism, in which near-death experiences (NDEs) enjoy very different ontological...
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Afterward: Making Meaning After a Frightening Near-Death Experience
Abstract: The routes by which individuals attribute meaning to a near-death experience (NDE) appear to be similar, whether the experience was radiant or terrifying. This article explores three such...
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The Near-Death Experience: A Theoretical Summarization
Abstract: This article (a) outlines a systematic theory of the near-death experience (NDE) based on accumulated research; (b) formulates 23 propositions that describe the NDE developmental process and...
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Book Review: We Live Forever: The Real Truth about Death
Review of the book "We Live Forever: The Real Truth about Death" by P. M. H. Atwater about her own near-death experiences.
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A Neurobiological Model for Near-Death Experiences. [Part] 2: The Problem of...
Article proposing a scientific approach to explain the fact that some near-death experiencers (NDErs) are able to recollect and verbalize real events occurring in the environment during the experience.
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Book Review: Coming Back to Life: The After-Effects of the Near Death Experience
Review of the book "Coming Back to Life: The After-Effects of the Near-Death Experience" written by P.M.H. Atwater regarding difficulties that near-death experiencers have adjusting to life during and...
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What Do Near-Death Experiencers and Jesus Have in Common? The Near-Death...
Article relating near-death phenomena to John Shelby Spong's argument for a more "authentic" view of Jesus, a more spiritual understanding of humanity, and a new, evolving Christianity. Near-death...
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Near-Death Experiences: Perception Is Reality
Article proposing three etiologies responsible for the near-death experience, which are referred to as an altered state of consciousness: physiologic, pharmacologic, and psychologic. It recommends...
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Letters to the Editor: Grosso's Review of Ring's Healing Toward Omega
Letter from Barbara Harris written to the editor of Anabiosis regarding "Grosso's Review of Ring's Heading Toward Omega."
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Is the Near-Death Experience Only N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Blocking?
Article examining Karl Jansen's hypothesis that near-death experiences (NDEs) result from blockade of the N-methyl-D-asparate receptor.
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Amazing Grace: The Healing Effects of Near-Death Experiences on Those Dying...
Study presenting evidence of seven categorical situations where participating in or knowledge of near-death experiences (NDEs) and nearing-death awareness experiences serve as healing agents in facing...
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ECT: TNT or TLC? A Near-Death Experience Triggered by Electroconvulsive Therapy
Article reporting an experience in the course of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) that was indistinguishable from a near-death experience (NDE). Aspects of the experience that had been terrifying for...
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Book Review: Otherworld Journeys: Accounts of Near-Death Experience in...
Review of the book "Otherworld Journeys: Accounts of Near-Death Experience in Medieval and Modern Times" by religion lecturer Carol Zaleski.
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Guest Editorial: Is There a Hell? Surprising Observations About the...
Article discussing current research into what are now termed "distressing" or "unpleasant" near-death experiences (NDEs) and the author's findings from interviews of over a hundred such cases.The...
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In a Sacred Manner We Died: Native American Near-Death Experiences
Article presenting 11 historical Native American near-death experiences from the 1600s to the early 20th century as they appeared in the accounts of early explorers, autobiographical records, and...
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A Projective Geometry for Separation Experiences
Article presenting a projective geometry for out-of-body "separation experiences," built up out of a series of higher space analogies and resulting diagrams.
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Death and Renewal in The Velveteen Rabbit: A Sociological Reading
Article providing a sociological interpretation of The Velveteen Rabbit critical of recent materialist and psychoanalytic readings, and arguing that this children's story exemplifies the use of a...
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Book Review: After the Beyond: Human Transformation and the Near-Death...
Review of the book "After the Beyond: Human Transformation and the Near-Death Experience" written by Charles P. Flynn, which contains a series of personal accounts from persons who had near-death...
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Book Review: The Journey Home: What Near-Death Experiences and Mysticism...
Review of the book "The Journey Home: What Near-Death Experiences and Mysticism Teach Us about the Gift of Life" written by theologian Phillip L. Berman about his personal experience and research.
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Validity and Reliability of the Near-Death Experience Scale-6 (NDE-6)
Research study reporting the development and psychometric properties of a 6-item Near-Death Experience Scale (NDE-6) drawn largely from the 16-item parent scale. This short form evidenced adequate...
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Book Review: Other Lives, Other Selves: A Jungian Psychotherapist Discovers...
Review of the book "Other Lives, Other Selves: A Jungian Psychotherapist Discovers Past Lives" by Jungian analyst Roger J. Woolger.
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Book Review: The Truth in the Light: An Investigation of Over 300 Near-Death...
Review of the book "The Truth in the Light: An Investigation of Over 300 Near-Death Experiences" by neuropsychiatrist Peter Fenwick and his wife, Elizabeth Fenwick.
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Letters to the Editor: "Vision" in NDEs or Expanded Consciousness?
Letter from Melvin Morse discussing how visions in near-death experiences could potentially be interpreted as expanded consciousness.
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Commentary on Allan Kellehear's "Near-Death Experiences and the Pursuit of...
Abstract: Allan Kellehear's article raised four questions for me: (1) whether the near-death experience (NDE) presents enough data about the nature of a transcendent society for it to be a useful model...
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The Deconstruction of Death: Postmodernism and Near Death
Article addressing the significance of near-death experiences (NDEs) as a deconstruction of the conventional view of death, by placing the discourse of the NDE within the context of postmodernism.
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Disclosure Habits After Near-Death Experiences: Influences, Obstacles, and...
Article describing habits of disclosure regarding near-death experiences (NDEs). Major influences and obstacles to disclosure are discussed, as well as issues involved in listener selection. Finally,...
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Community Attitudes Toward Near-Death Experiences: A Chinese Study
Abstract: In a survey of Chinese attitudes toward near-death experiences (NDEs), 197 respondents were read a hypothetical description of an NDE and asked to choose from a range of explanations and...
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Letter to the Editor: Shared NDEs
Letter from Leon S. Rhodes to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic: "Shared NDEs."
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A Critique of Kellehear's Transcendent Society
Article responding to Allen Kellehear's cultural analysis based on nine Mormon near-death experiences (NDEs) did not reflect the diversity of near-death visions from other cultures. It suggests that...
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Letters to the Editor: More on Kenneth Ring's "Swan Song" [#2]
Letter from Melvin L. Morse to editor discussing the influence of Kenneth Ring's work on his own work and research.
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Near-Death Experiences in Thailand
Study examining near-death experiences (NDEs) in Thailand, which do not demonstrate the episodes most noted in those collected in the West, but they do show consistent features. The article argues that...
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Three Near-Death Experiences with Premonitions of What Could Have Been
Abstract: We analyze three near-death experiences involving a unique type of prophetic vision that has not previously been reported in the literature. These visions involve a brief glimpse of what...
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Kundalini and the Near-Death Experience
Article exploring the relationship between near-death experiences (NDEs) and activation of the kundalini.
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Commentary on Keith Augustine's Paper [#1]
Abstract: Keith Augustine claims that near-death experiences are actually hallucinations. However, this proposition has several serious problems that I explicate in this commentary.
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Near-Death Experiences in India: Prevalence and New Features
Study seeking to learn about the prevalence rate in a larger Indian population and to explore new features of near-death experiences (NDEs).
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Response to Gracia Fay Ellwood's "Religious Experience, Religious Worldviews,...
Article responding to Gracia Fay Ellwood's commentary on Light & Death, in which she alleges serious problems with the discussion of Raymond Moody's research, views on the psychic and the occult,...
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Near-Death Experiences and Attitude Change
Article describing a study that used the Life Attitude Profile (LAP) questionnaire to evaluate positive changes in life attitudes reported by near-death experiencers.
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