From Alpha to Omega: Ancient Mysteries and the Near-Death Experience (open access)

From Alpha to Omega: Ancient Mysteries and the Near-Death Experience

Article discussing Osirian temple rites of ancient Egypt, which may have involved ceremonial procedures deliberately calculated to induce an experience that was functionally identical to modern near-death experiences.
Date: 1986~
Creator: Ring, Kenneth
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Paradox of Jonah: Response to "Solving the Riddle of Frightening Near-Death Experiences" (open access)

The Paradox of Jonah: Response to "Solving the Riddle of Frightening Near-Death Experiences"

Article contending that Kenneth Ring's arguments are the same that have been used by skeptics to question the validity of the radiant near-death experience (NDE); that as they have been found inadequate there, so they do not adequately address the meaning or value of the terrifying experience; and that experiences of the depths may be equally productive and as worthy of serious study as are experiences of radiance.
Date: Autumn 1994
Creator: Bush, Nancy Evans
System: The UNT Digital Library
Kundalini and the Near-Death Experience (open access)

Kundalini and the Near-Death Experience

Article exploring the relationship between near-death experiences (NDEs) and activation of the kundalini.
Date: Spring 1994
Creator: Kieffer, Gene
System: The UNT Digital Library