Psychophysiologic Correlates of Unconsciousness and Near-Death Experiences (open access)

Psychophysiologic Correlates of Unconsciousness and Near-Death Experiences

Article comparing the psychophysiologic symptoms of (+Gz)-induced loss of consciousness (G-LOC) episodes and NDEs, which may help identify those symptoms unique to near-death and the process of dying.
Date: Summer 1997
Creator: Whinnery, James E.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiences of Anoxia: Do Reflex Anoxic Seizures Resemble Near-Death Experiences? (open access)

Experiences of Anoxia: Do Reflex Anoxic Seizures Resemble Near-Death Experiences?

Article exploring the role of anoxia in near-death experiences (NDEs) through the use of a questionnaire.
Date: Winter 1998
Creator: Blackmore, Susan
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 15, Number 4, Summer 1997 (open access)

Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 15, Number 4, Summer 1997

Quarterly journal publishing papers related to near-death experiences, including research reports; theoretical or conceptual statements; expressions of a scientific, philosophic, religious, or historical perspective on the study of near-death experiences; cross-cultural studies; individual case histories; and personal accounts of experiences or related phenomena. Table of contents for all issues in volume 15 on page 279.
Date: Summer 1997
Creator: Greyson, Bruce
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Endogenous Ketamine-Like Compounds and the NDE: If So, So What? (open access)

Endogenous Ketamine-Like Compounds and the NDE: If So, So What?

Article offering commentary on Karl Jansen's ketamine model for the near-death experience, expanding upon and raising additional questions about several issues and hypotheses.
Date: Autumn 1997
Creator: Strassman, Rick J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reincarnation Beliefs Among Near-Death Experiencers (open access)

Reincarnation Beliefs Among Near-Death Experiencers

Study designed to examine the factors underlying an increase in belief in reincarnation following near-death experiences, using a questionnaire to compare the tendency toward belief in reincarnation among NDErs, individuals merely interested in NDEs, and a non-experiencer, non-interest control group.
Date: Autumn 1993
Creator: Wells, Amber D.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Misidentified Flying Objects? An Integrated Psychodynamic Perspective on Near-Death Experiences and UFO Abductions (open access)

Misidentified Flying Objects? An Integrated Psychodynamic Perspective on Near-Death Experiences and UFO Abductions

Article proposing an integrated psychodynamic perspective to account in part for a variety of similarities between near-death experiences and UFO abductions. The psychodynamic psychology of these experiences implies that their "realness" is mainly a function of that psychology, rather than primarily of an objectifiable external reality. Clinical and research examples highlight the theoretical and practical usefulness of this model.
Date: Summer 1994
Creator: Twemlow, Stuart W.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 16, Number 1, Fall 1997 (open access)

Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 16, Number 1, Fall 1997

Quarterly journal publishing papers related to near-death experiences, including research reports; theoretical or conceptual statements; expressions of a scientific, philosophic, religious, or historical perspective on the study of near-death experiences; cross-cultural studies; individual case histories; and personal accounts of experiences or related phenomena.
Date: Autumn 1997
Creator: Greyson, Bruce
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Similarities Between Near-Death Experiences and Multiple Personality Disorder (open access)

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 experiences, the transcendental environment, encounter with the higher self, possible temporal lobe involvement, and antecedent child abuse. Rather than being disparate and unrelated experiences, I suggest that the near-death experience and multiple personality disorder may be variants of the same basic phenomenological pattern.
Date: Autumn 1992
Creator: Serdahely, William J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letter to the Editor: Tunnel Vision and Tunnel Experiences (open access)

Letter to the Editor: Tunnel Vision and Tunnel Experiences

Letter from Susan Blackmore to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic "Tunnel Vision and Tunnel Experiences."
Date: Summer 1999
Creator: Blackmore, Susan
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 12, Number 1, Fall 1993 (open access)

Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 12, Number 1, Fall 1993

Quarterly journal publishing papers related to near-death experiences, including research reports; theoretical or conceptual statements; expressions of a scientific, philosophic, religious, or historical perspective on the study of near-death experiences; cross-cultural studies; individual case histories; and personal accounts of experiences or related phenomena.
Date: Autumn 1993
Creator: Greyson, Bruce
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 12, Number 3, Spring 1994 (open access)

Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 12, Number 3, Spring 1994

Quarterly journal publishing papers related to near-death experiences, including research reports; theoretical or conceptual statements; expressions of a scientific, philosophic, religious, or historical perspective on the study of near-death experiences; cross-cultural studies; individual case histories; and personal accounts of experiences or related phenomena.
Date: Spring 1994
Creator: Greyson, Bruce
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 11, Number 1, Fall 1992 (open access)

Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 11, Number 1, Fall 1992

Quarterly journal publishing papers related to near-death experiences, including research reports; theoretical or conceptual statements; expressions of a scientific, philosophic, religious, or historical perspective on the study of near-death experiences; cross-cultural studies; individual case histories; and personal accounts of experiences or related phenomena.
Date: Autumn 1992
Creator: Greyson, Bruce
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Guest Editorial: Is Ten Years a Life Review? (open access)

Guest Editorial: Is Ten Years a Life Review?

Article looking back on the author's ten years of involvement with near-death studies and with the International Association for Near-Death Studies, reviewing some of the major questions and accomplishments of that decade both in understanding of the near-death experience and in service as an organization.
Date: Autumn 1991
Creator: Bush, Nancy Evans
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 17, Number 2, Winter 1998 (open access)

Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 17, Number 2, Winter 1998

Quarterly journal publishing papers related to near-death experiences, including research reports; theoretical or conceptual statements; expressions of a scientific, philosophic, religious, or historical perspective on the study of near-death experiences; cross-cultural studies; individual case histories; and personal accounts of experiences or related phenomena.
Date: Winter 1998
Creator: Greyson, Bruce
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 12, Number 4, Summer 1994 (open access)

Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 12, Number 4, Summer 1994

Quarterly journal publishing papers related to near-death experiences, including research reports; theoretical or conceptual statements; expressions of a scientific, philosophic, religious, or historical perspective on the study of near-death experiences; cross-cultural studies; individual case histories; and personal accounts of experiences or related phenomena. Table of contents for each issue of volume 12 starts on page 285.
Date: Summer 1994
Creator: Greyson, Bruce
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Guest Editorial: Near-Death Experiences: A Speculative Neural Model (open access)

Guest Editorial: Near-Death Experiences: A Speculative Neural Model

Article detailing a personal mystical experience that led the author to the belief that a little known structure in the center of the spinal cord, Reissner's fiber, is identical with the anatomical entity described by kundalini yoga. The author's struggles to understand the meaning of that experience have led him to believe that an understanding of the deeper realities underlying quantum phenomena can be integrated with an understanding of the mysterious realities of near-death and other mystical experiences, and that Reissner's fiber can serve as an empirical basis for a scientific investigation of these phenomena.
Date: Spring 1994
Creator: Wile, Lawrence C.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Changes in Religious Beliefs, Attitudes, and Practices Following Near-Death Experiences: An Australian Study (open access)

Changes in Religious Beliefs, Attitudes, and Practices Following Near-Death Experiences: An Australian Study

Abstract: This study examined changes in religious beliefs, attitudes, and practices in the lives of 50 near-death experiencers. I attempted to clarify whether these changes were to greater religiousness or to a deeper spirituality. I found that before the near-death experience (NDE), my respondents were no more religious or spiritually inclined than the general Australian population. Following the NDE there was a statistically significant shift towards spirituality on most items investigated.
Date: Autumn 1990
Creator: Sutherland, Cherie
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dissociation: Normal or Abnormal? (open access)

Dissociation: Normal or Abnormal?

Abstract: Recent articles have addressed the question of whether or not the out-of-body experience reported by many people near death is a form of dissociative behavior. If so, is it related to other mental or emotional pathologies or is it a normal protective response to stress? This paper explores the history of dissociation and related terms, uncovering a multiplicity of uses and connotations. New orientations in physics and the rise of the New Science in the form of Chaos Theory allow a plethora of additional interpretations.
Date: Spring 1996
Creator: Spencer, Marlene
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 9, Number 1, Fall 1990 (open access)

Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 9, Number 1, Fall 1990

Quarterly journal publishing papers related to near-death experiences, including research reports; theoretical or conceptual statements; expressions of a scientific, philosophic, religious, or historical perspective on the study of near-death experiences; cross-cultural studies; individual case histories; and personal accounts of experiences or related phenomena.
Date: Autumn 1990
Creator: Greyson, Bruce
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 14, Number 3, Spring 1996 (open access)

Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 14, Number 3, Spring 1996

Quarterly journal publishing papers related to near-death experiences, including research reports; theoretical or conceptual statements; expressions of a scientific, philosophic, religious, or historical perspective on the study of near-death experiences; cross-cultural studies; individual case histories; and personal accounts of experiences or related phenomena.
Date: Spring 1996
Creator: Greyson, Bruce
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 8, Number 4, Summer 1990 (open access)

Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 8, Number 4, Summer 1990

Quarterly journal publishing papers related to near-death experiences, including research reports; theoretical or conceptual statements; expressions of a scientific, philosophic, religious, or historical perspective on the study of near-death experiences; cross-cultural studies; individual case histories; and personal accounts of experiences or related phenomena. Table of contents for each issue of volume 8 are included on page 267.
Date: Summer 1990
Creator: Greyson, Bruce
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 17, Number 4, Summer 1999 (open access)

Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 17, Number 4, Summer 1999

Quarterly journal publishing papers related to near-death experiences, including research reports; theoretical or conceptual statements; expressions of a scientific, philosophic, religious, or historical perspective on the study of near-death experiences; cross-cultural studies; individual case histories; and personal accounts of experiences or related phenomena. Table of contents for each issue of volume 17 on page 275.
Date: Summer 1999
Creator: Greyson, Bruce
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Response to Commentaries on "The Ketamine Model of the Near-Death Experience..." (open access)

Response to Commentaries on "The Ketamine Model of the Near-Death Experience..."

Article responding to commentaries on a paper discussing the ketamine model of the near-death experience.
Date: Autumn 1997
Creator: Jansen, Karl L. R.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 15, Number 2, Winter 1996 (open access)

Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 15, Number 2, Winter 1996

Quarterly journal publishing papers related to near-death experiences, including research reports; theoretical or conceptual statements; expressions of a scientific, philosophic, religious, or historical perspective on the study of near-death experiences; cross-cultural studies; individual case histories; and personal accounts of experiences or related phenomena.
Date: Winter 1996
Creator: Greyson, Bruce
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library