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Anabiosis: The Journal for Near-Death Studies, Volume 1, Number 1, July 1981 (open access)

Anabiosis: The Journal for Near-Death Studies, Volume 1, Number 1, July 1981

Semi-annual 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: July 1981
Creator: Ring, Kenneth
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Near-Death Experience: Myth or Reality? A Methodological Approach (open access)

The Near-Death Experience: Myth or Reality? A Methodological Approach

This paper discusses the effort to find an objective means of evaluating near-death experiences (NDEs). A study of "one hundred and sixteen near-death survivors have been interviewed in this study" (abstract). The author's mechanism for determining the authenticity of out-of-body experiences (OBEs) requires that individuals recall details that are specific to the events that surrounded their physical body during the duration of their OBE, and the individual must have no physical means of gaining sensory information about their surroundings.
Date: July 1981
Creator: Sabom, Michael B.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Near-Death Experiences and the Mind-Body Problem (open access)

Near-Death Experiences and the Mind-Body Problem

This paper talks about near-death experiences and their nature causing conflicts with the current view of the body and mind. The paper discusses different views about the nature of the human mind and body.
Date: July 1981
Creator: Woodhouse, Mark B.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Near-Death Experiences: Some Logical Problems and Questions for Further Study (open access)

Near-Death Experiences: Some Logical Problems and Questions for Further Study

This paper assesses the logical status of near-death experiences (NDEs), and proposes questions and problems that discuss the process of forming a coherent interpretation of NDEs.
Date: July 1981
Creator: Vicchio, Stephen
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Toward an Explanation of Near-Death Phenomena (open access)

Toward an Explanation of Near-Death Phenomena

This paper discusses different kinds of near-death experiences (NDEs) and the conditions that general elicit them. Their nature is elaborated upon, as well as their effects on the people that experience them.
Date: July 1981
Creator: Grosso, Michael
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unresolved Problems in the Study of Near-Death Experiences: Some Suggestions for Research and Theory (open access)

Unresolved Problems in the Study of Near-Death Experiences: Some Suggestions for Research and Theory

This paper means to progress the research of near-death experiences (NDEs) by analyzing potential methodology and addressing assumptions. It also analyzes different kinds of NDEs and the limitations that restrict the deriving of strong conclusions from data. The author makes it clear that their own assumption leans towards the existence of NDEs as a cognitive phenomenon until further research can be conducted.
Date: July 1981
Creator: Drab, Kevin J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Anabiosis: The Journal for Near-Death Studies, Volume 1, Number 2, December 1981 (open access)

Anabiosis: The Journal for Near-Death Studies, Volume 1, Number 2, December 1981

Semi-annual 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: December 1981
Creator: Ring, Kenneth
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Book Review: Recollections of Death: A Medical Perspective (open access)

Book Review: Recollections of Death: A Medical Perspective

Review of a book titled "Recollections of Death: A Medical Perspective" written by Michael Sabom, a cardiologist and professor of medicine at Emory University in Georgia.
Date: December 1981
Creator: Grosso, Michael
Object Type: Review
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Centrality of Near-Death Experiences in Chinese Pure Land Buddhism (open access)

The Centrality of Near-Death Experiences in Chinese Pure Land Buddhism

From introduction: "One of the commonest reactions to the visionary experiences of heaven by the critical observer has been to argue that these are nothing more than the projections of the expectations of the dying person, who was either consciously or subconsciously trained to expect heavenly scenery (etc.) by his cultural upbringing. [...] This paper is a preliminary report on the status of NDEs in Pure Land Buddhism in China, and is an important contribution to cross-cultural research for several reasons" (pp. 154-155).
Date: December 1981
Creator: Becker, Carl B.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Near Death Experiences in a Pacific Northwest American Population: The Evergreen Study (open access)

Near Death Experiences in a Pacific Northwest American Population: The Evergreen Study

From introduction: "With the refinement of modern resuscitation procedures increasing numbers of people have 'died' and then returned to life. Many individuals report that during the time of clinical death extraordinary phenomena occur, which challenge accepted ideas of what happens when we die. A remarkable degree of correlation in these reports demands serious consideration. This paper will address pertinent questions raised by these reports."
Date: December 1981
Creator: Lindley, James H.; Bryan, Sethyn & Conley, Bob
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Toward a Psychological Explanation of Near-Death Experiences: A Response to Dr. Grosso's Paper (open access)

Toward a Psychological Explanation of Near-Death Experiences: A Response to Dr. Grosso's Paper

From introduction: "Michael Grosso, in his elegant review of various hypotheses intended to explain near-death experiences as reductionistic and unable to account adequately for the NDE. The present paper is a restatement of the case for psychological interpretations of the NDE; it is intended to forestall the premature rejection of psychodynamic approaches to the study of NDEs."
Date: December 1981
Creator: Greyson, Bruce
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Tunnel Experience: Reality or Hallucination? (open access)

The Tunnel Experience: Reality or Hallucination?

Paper analyzing near-death experiences that involve a "tunnel experience" (TE) as a specific aspect of the phenomena.
Date: December 1981
Creator: Drab, Kevin J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Anabiosis: The Journal for Near-Death Studies, Volume 2, Number 1, June 1982 (open access)

Anabiosis: The Journal for Near-Death Studies, Volume 2, Number 1, June 1982

Semi-annual 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: June 1982
Creator: Ring, Kenneth
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Book on Life Beyond by Bô Yin Râ: Death and Afterlife in Spiritual Perspective (open access)

The Book on Life Beyond by Bô Yin Râ: Death and Afterlife in Spiritual Perspective

"This paper seeks to draw attention to a comprehensive work on death-related questions, first published in 1920, that sheds light on crucial problems still discussed today. The author speaks from his extensive observations of the dying process and near-death phenomena, seen from a spiritual point of view, but, more importantly, discusses the inherent structure of nonphysical existence, where life no longer is perceived by mortal senses but rather, as he states, by virtue of a spiritual organism and its faculties" (abstract).
Date: June 1982
Creator: Reichenbach, Bodo
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Changes in Spirituality as Reported By Death-Workshop Attendees (open access)

Changes in Spirituality as Reported By Death-Workshop Attendees

This paper assesses the reliability of The Life, Death, and Transition Workshop conducted by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross with the Alexander Spirituality Change Survey. "Significant positive change in spirituality by attendees was reported and appeared to be sustained over time" (abstract).
Date: June 1982
Creator: Alexander, John B. & Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Meanings and Implications of NDEr Transformations: Some Preliminary Findings and Implications (open access)

Meanings and Implications of NDEr Transformations: Some Preliminary Findings and Implications

This paper discusses the positive implications of experiencing NDEs. "The available evidence shows, in decreasing order of saliency: greatly increased concern for others; lessened fear of death and increased belief in an afterlife; increased religious interest and feeling, both non-institutionalized and institutionalized; and lessened desires for material success and approval of others" (abstract). "NDErs might be harbingers of a more humane future" (abstract).
Date: June 1982
Creator: Flynn, Charles P.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The NDE Enlarged by Swedenborg's Vision (open access)

The NDE Enlarged by Swedenborg's Vision

This paper describes Emanuel Swedenborg and his out-of-body experiences that have been documented. It also describes Swedenborg's ceasing of his work in the natural sciences and commencing with the publishing of spiritual books.
Date: June 1982
Creator: Rhodes, Leon S.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pathophysiology of Stress-Induced Limbic Lobe Dysfunction: A Hypothesis for NDEs (open access)

Pathophysiology of Stress-Induced Limbic Lobe Dysfunction: A Hypothesis for NDEs

This paper discusses the strong resemblance of near-death experiences (NDEs) to complex hallucinations associated with limbic lobe dysfunction. The paper presents the hypothesis that neurohormones with the capacity to influence hippocampal activity may also cause characteristics of NDE limbic lobe syndrome.
Date: June 1982
Creator: Carr, Daniel
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Precognitive and Prophetic Visions in Near-Death Experiences (open access)

Precognitive and Prophetic Visions in Near-Death Experiences

This paper describes deep near-death experiences (NDEs). Personal flashforwards (PFFs) and prophetic visions (PVs) involve seeing events subsequent to the NDE, and seeing planetary-wide events, respectively. The paper describes PVs that depict major global changes.
Date: June 1982
Creator: Ring, Kenneth
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Anabiosis: The Journal for Near-Death Studies, Volume 2, Number 2, December 1982 (open access)

Anabiosis: The Journal for Near-Death Studies, Volume 2, Number 2, December 1982

Semi-annual 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: December 1982
Creator: Greyson, Bruce
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Book Review: Adventures in Immortality: A Look Beyond the Threshold of Death (open access)

Book Review: Adventures in Immortality: A Look Beyond the Threshold of Death

This article summarizes and conveys the significance of the book Adventures in Immortality: A Look Beyond the Threshold of Death by George Gallup, Jr. with William Proctor. The author focuses on the book's strengths, its implications, and important findings.
Date: December 1982
Creator: Ring, Kenneth
Object Type: Review
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Failure of Saganomics: Why Birth Models Cannot Explain Near-Death Phenomena (open access)

The Failure of Saganomics: Why Birth Models Cannot Explain Near-Death Phenomena

This article refutes Carl Sagan's theory that near-death experiences (NDEs) are recollections of birth experiences based on three major reasons including the inability of newborn babies to perceive experiences and that there are differences between births and NDEs.
Date: December 1982
Creator: Becker, Carl B.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Multivariate Method for the Classification of Preexisting Near-Death Conditions (open access)

A Multivariate Method for the Classification of Preexisting Near-Death Conditions

Abstract: This study reports the results of a multivariate analysis of data from 33 subjects who had near-death experiences. The analysis examined the relationship between the phenomenology of the experience and preexisting conditions. Five clusters were derived: Low Stress, Emotional Stress, Intoxicant, Cardiac Arrest, and Anesthetic. The heuristic value of these clusters is discussed. The statistical technique used is also discussed in some detail since it is particularly suitable for category data of this type where small numbers of subjects and large numbers of variables are involved in the analysis.
Date: December 1982
Creator: Twemlow, Stuart W.; Gabbard, Glen O. & Coyne, Lolafayne
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Near-Death Studies, 1981-82: A Review (open access)

Near-Death Studies, 1981-82: A Review

Abstract: Near-death studies published in major scientific journals during 1981-82 are grouped by subject matter and briefly reviewed.
Date: December 1982
Creator: Greyson, Bruce
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library