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Quantum Misuse in Psychic Literature: A Rejoinder
Abstract: We provide a rejoinder to the responses of Chopra, Goswami, Kastrup, Radin, and van Lommel to our article "Quantum Misuse in Psychic Literature" that opens this journal issue. Our comments may be summarized in two main themes: These authors failed to recognize (a) how and why the von Neumann concept that only consciousness can collapse the quantum wavefunction has been largely rejected by physicists today and that quantum collapse is now understood to be able to occur without a conscious human observer, and (b) that their efforts to justify a universal consciousness on the basis of presently understood nonlocality are flawed. Also, in our view, from a quantum physics perspective the universe may be much less entangled and holistic than psi authors often assume. In conclusion, we contend that quantum misuse by psi authors remains a serious problem, undermining the credibility of psi research. We provide suggestions to help psi authors avoid this problem in the future.
Date:
Spring 2019
Creator:
Malozemoff, Alexis P. & Mroczkowski, Jack A.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Don't Look at My Hand: A Response to "Quantum Misuse in Psychic Literature"
Abstract: In this invited response to the article "Quantum Misuse in Psychic Literature" by Jack A. Mroczkowski and Alexis P. Malozemoff, appearing in this issue of the Journal of Near-Death Studies, I agree that the term "quantum" can be misused if it is used as an explanation for psychic phenomena. What quantum mechanics does provide, whereas classical mechanics does not, is evidence that the physical world is compatible with psychic phenomena. That is, the core mystery about psychic experiences is that they transcend the everyday constraints of space and time. The same mystery is true of quantum phenomena. Some authors claim that this shared mystery is a mere coincidence. If so, that is an astonishing coincidence.
Date:
Spring 2019
Creator:
Radin, Dean
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Rejoinder to Shushan's Response to Book Review
This statement addresses the critiques made by the author of a book (titled Near-Death Experience in Indigenous Religions) that had been reviewed by this article's author.
Date:
Spring 2019
Creator:
Matlock, James G.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Editor's Foreword [Spring 2019]
Editorial statement introducing the contents of the journal issue and providing other relevant notes.
Date:
Spring 2019
Creator:
Holden, Janice Miner
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Letter to the Editor: Mediumship Not a Near-Death Experience Aftereffect
Letter written to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies discussing the article, "Spontaneous Mediumship Experiences Among Near-Death Experiencers: A Qualitative Study" by Ryan D. Foster, Bethany M. Kahoe, and Danijela H. Nardelli.
Date:
Spring 2019
Creator:
Atwater, P. M. H.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Revelations from Near-Death Experiences of Two Ancient Chinese Coma Patients
Article analyzing ancient medical accounts of near-death experiences in China, with discussion of religious influences and context, as well as the significance of the documentation.
Date:
Spring 2019
Creator:
Richardson, Matthew
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Does Cultural Context Influence Descriptions of Change After a Near-Death Experience? Exploratory Findings from an Aotearoa New Zealand Sample
Abstract: A host of literature accumulated over the past 40 years attests to the powerfully transformative nature of near-death experiences (NDEs) through a consistently reported pattern of aftereffects. Many of the qualitative and quantitative studies of post-NDE changes have been conducted in the United States and in Western European nations. Although examining the cultural diversity of NDEs was recently highlighted as a research priority, no researchers to date have examined how near-death experiencers (NDErs) from Aotearoa New Zealand describe any changes they experience after their NDEs, whether these descriptions are similar to those in previous research with samples from other Western nations, and, if not, whether culturally-specific explanations might account for those cross-cultural differences. In this exploratory study, our aim was to examine these questions. Participants were 28 individuals who self-identified as NDErs. Four participants were interviewed about their NDEs, whereas a further 24 provided written accounts. All 28 accounts were thematically analyzed, with findings overall indicating that many of the NDE aftereffects reported in previous literature were also evident in our sample. In cases in which participants did not describe typical aftereffects identified in previous literature, possibly culturally specific explanations are provided.
Date:
Summer 2018
Creator:
Tassell-Matamua, Natasha; Steadman, Kate L. & Frewin, Karen E.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Book Review: Illusory Souls
Review of a book titled Illusory Souls written by Gerald M. Woerlee, an anesthesiologist who is skeptical of near-death experiences. This review addresses Woerlee's ideas regarding the philosophy of the mind and the effect of pharmaceuticals on the function of the mind.
Date:
Summer 2018
Creator:
Rivas, Titus
Object Type:
Review
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Book Review: Near-Death Experience in Indigenous Religions
Review of a book titled "Near-Death Experience in Indigenous Religions" written by Gregory Shushan, which is a study of near-death experiences in the indigenous societies of North America, Africa, and Oceania. The review points out the weaknesses in the methodologies used by Shushan and discusses the study's conclusions regarding near-death experiences.
Date:
Summer 2018
Creator:
Matlock, James
Object Type:
Review
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Mystical Experience and Its Neural Correlates
Abstract: Despite their different etiologies, three types of spiritually transformative experiences (STEs)--near-death experiences, psilocybin experiences, and meditative experiences of cosmic consciousness--appear to have attributes that are common to a broad range of mystical experiences, including an experience of expanded awareness. In addition, all three appear to be associated with profound and lasting transformations in the lives of experiencers. Finally, these three experiences appear to share some common neural correlates. In this article, we discuss similarities in case studies of these STEs, in data from controlled clinical research studies on their transformative effects, as well as from neurophysiological data correlated with the occurrence of STEs themselves. In all three STEs, research shows a reduction in neural activity in the major centers of the brain, including the Default Mode Network, the foundation of egoic stories involving the narrative related to oneself and the world in which one lives. It is proposed that during these STEs, reduced neural activity in areas of the brain that normally act as a filter or reducing valve mechanism opens the capacity to expanded awareness, which is associated with lasting transformation in the lives of experiencers.
Date:
Spring 2020
Creator:
Woollacott, Marjorie & Shumway-Cook, Anne
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Book Review: Out-of-Body and Near-Death Experiences: Brain-State Phenomena or Glimpses of Immortality? [#2]
Review of a book titled "Out-of-Body and Near-Death Experiences: Brain State Phenomena or Glimpses of Immortality" written by Michael N. Marsh. Marsh's book discusses out of body and near death experiences through a Christian perspective.
Date:
Spring 2020
Creator:
Rivas, Titus
Object Type:
Review
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Letter to the Editor: Comment on Raymond Moody's Interpretation of Past-Life Memories
Letter written to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies discussing Raymond Moody's book, "Coming Back: A Psychiatrist Explores Past-Life Journeys."
Date:
Spring 2020
Creator:
Gibbs, John C.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Subjective Sleep Quality After a Near-Death Experience
Abstract: Findings from several studies suggest near-death experiences (NDEs) may influence sleep quality. In this study, we examined self-reported duration, latency, and quality of sleep in those who had experienced a life-threatening event and who had and had not reported an associated NDE. Participants were 154 members of the general New Zealand population who completed an online quantitative questionnaire that included the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Near-Death Experience Scale, Impact of Event Scale-Revised, and Life Changes Inventory-Revised. Both the NDE and non-NDE groups indicated sleep habits had changed after their close encounter with death. Participants slept less, took longer to fall asleep, and experienced more sleep disturbances. However, we found no differences between the groups, suggesting sleep alterations occurred in response to the near-death event rather than specifically to the NDE.
Date:
Summer 2020
Creator:
Lindsay, Nicole & Tassell-Matamua, Natasha
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Book Review: What is it Like to be Dead? Near-Death Experiences, Christianity, and the Occult
Review of a book titled "What is it Like to be Dead? Near-Death Experiences, Christianity, and the Occult" written by Jens Schlieter, which discusses near-death experiences in Western Christian and occult traditions between 1580 and 1975. The review discusses Schlieter's methodology and conclusions.
Date:
Summer 2020
Creator:
Shushan, Gregory
Object Type:
Review
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Letter to the Editor: Response to "Did Emanuel Swedenborg Have Near-Death Experiences?"
Letter written to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies responding to the article, "Did Emanuel Swedenborg Have Near-Death Experiences? Envisioning a Developmental Account of NDEs" by Jones and Ferneyhough.
Date:
Winter 2009
Creator:
Moore, Roberta
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Letter to the Editor: Response to "Some Basic Problems with the Term 'Near-Death Experience'"
Letter written to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies discussing the problems with the phrase "Near-Death Experience."
Date:
Summer 2011
Creator:
Greyson, Bruce
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Letter to the Editor: Why Do Near-death Experiences Seem So Real?
Letter written to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies discussing the perceived realness of near-death experiences.
Date:
Summer 2011
Creator:
Perry, Robert
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Letter to the Editor: Near-Death Experiences and EEG Surges at End of Life
Letter written to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies discussing near death experiences and EEG surges at the end of life, referencing a report by Lakhmir Chawla.
Date:
Summer 2011
Creator:
Mays, Robert G. & Mays, Suzanne B.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Distressing Near-Death Experience: An Iranian Shia Muslim Case
Abstract: In this article we present a distressing near-death experience (NDE) that a 23-year-old Iranian Shi'ite Muslim man described having experienced five years previously, during coma following a serious car accident. Given that very few Muslims, especially Iranians, have reported NDEs, one of our aims in presenting this case was to begin to fill this void in the near-death studies literature. We provide extensive quotations from our 40-minute interview with this experiencer, in which he describes the NDE itself as well as aftereffects of it, including experiences of disclosing it to others. We conclude with a discussion about the relationship between his NDE and Islamic beliefs as well as what his case can offer regarding an understanding of the role of culture in NDEs.
Date:
Spring 2018
Creator:
Jahromi, Alinaghi Ghasemiannejad & Imaninasab, Ali
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Book Review: Near Death in the ICU: Stories From Patients Near Death and Why We Should Listen to Them
Review of a book titled "Near Death in the ICU: Stories from Patients Near Death and Why We Should Listen to Them" written by Laurin Bellg, a critical care physician. The book includes various stories about near-death experiences and discusses how being open about them could improve patient's health.
Date:
Spring 2018
Creator:
Valla, Rebecca S.
Object Type:
Review
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Near-Death Experiencers' Beliefs and Aftereffects: Problems for the Fischer and Mitchell-Yellin Naturalist Explanation
Article arguing against the naturalist theory put forth by John Martin Fisher and Benjamin Mitchell-Yellin that near-death experiences (NDEs) could be metaphorical, compared to the supernaturalist theory that NDEs are real experiences.
Date:
Summer 2021
Creator:
Brissey, Patrick
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 7, Number 3, Spring 1989
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 1989
Creator:
Greyson, Bruce
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 26, Number 3, Spring 2008
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 2008
Creator:
Greyson, Bruce
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 27, Number 2, Winter 2008
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 2008
Creator:
Holden, Janice Miner
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The UNT Digital Library