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An 18th Century Near-Death Experience: The Case of George de Benneville (open access)

An 18th Century Near-Death Experience: The Case of George de Benneville

Article discussing the near-death experience (NDE) of George de Benneville during the 18th century, regarding his autobiographical account of the religious vision he had during his experience. It also compares the account to other ancient and modern NDEs.
Date: Autumn 2006
Creator: Vincent, Ken R. & Morgan, John C.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Absence of Tunnel Sensations in Near-Death Experiences from India (open access)

The Absence of Tunnel Sensations in Near-Death Experiences from India

Abstract: This article questions the recent report by Susan Blackmore (1993) of tunnel sensations in near-death experiences in India, and presents anthropological and methodological reasons for doubting the validity of that finding.
Date: Winter 1994
Creator: Kellehear, Allan; Stevenson, Ian; Pasricha, Satwant & Cook, Emily
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Acute Dying Experience (open access)

The Acute Dying Experience

Article discussing the acute dying experience (ADE), which incorporates peritraumatic dissociation and hyperarousal into an experiential continuum lasting seconds to minutes. It is instantly triggered by the sudden, clear perception of threat of significant injury and/or death and followed, at times, by physical trauma, physiological derangement, and loss of consciousness. Results from this and other studies show that paradoxically the more terrifying and traumatic an accident may appear, the more peaceful and painless it may actually be experienced.
Date: Spring 2008
Creator: Sabom, Michael B.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Adjustment and the Near-Death Experience: A Conceptual and Therapeutic Model (open access)

Adjustment and the Near-Death Experience: A Conceptual and Therapeutic Model

Abstract: Most mental health practitioners, and counseling psychologists in particular, possess skills for helping near-death experiencers. What is needed is a conceptual framework that is both familiar to practitioners and highly relevant to that client group. Cross-cultural counseling in general, and the consideration of world views more specifically, are suggested. Using that framework, the world view assimilated during the near-death experience (NDE) is viewed as being in contrast to that of the "old self," significant others, and the majority culture. The difficulties reported by NDErs are considered analogous to those associated with culture shock. The world views of the practitioner, NDEr, and relevant others should be taken into account in the formulation of psychoeducational and therapeutic interventions.
Date: Autumn 1987
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Adults' Reports of the Role of Psychotherapy in Integrating Their Childhood Near-Death Experiences: A Preliminary Investigation (open access)

Adults' Reports of the Role of Psychotherapy in Integrating Their Childhood Near-Death Experiences: A Preliminary Investigation

Abstract: The Purpose of the exploratory research was to learn if adults who had childhood near-death experiences (NDEs) sometime between pre-birth to age 17 years had psychotherapy and if they believed it helped them achieve psychological integration of their NDEs. Participants completed three instruments: the NDE Scale (Greyson, 1990), the author-developed Childhood NDE and Psychotherapy Questionnaire, and the three Subjective and Psychological Well-Being Scales (Diener & Biswas-Diener, 2008). Of 29 respondents, 23 met the NDE Scale criteria for an NDE. Results for the 15 (67%) who had engaged in psychological integration of NDE's and more positive emotional feelings (r = .77, p < .01) and fewer negative emotions (r = -.84, p < .01). The correlation between psychological integration of NDE and success with a small effect (r = .16, p > .10). The psychotherapy factors identified by participants as successful i helping them process and integrate their NDE's included having a therapist who accepted the NDE as real and validated the experience and who helped the NDEr express thoughts and feelings about, explore the meaning of, and resolve any guilt around the NDE. Results supported the idea that psychological integration of NDEs is related to subjective and psychological wellbeing, …
Date: Spring 2013
Creator: Moores, Jenny R. & Ammen, Sue
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

After-Death Communication: A Typology of Therapeutic Benefits

Using semi-structured interviews, the article assesses the nature of after-death communication (ADC) experience, how participants felt about it, and how it impacted their bereavement. Results revealed that participants were unanimous in believing ADC to be beneficial, and participants experienced three themes: comfort, personal and relational continuation, and personal development.
Date: Spring 2016
Creator: McCormick, B. M. E. & Tassell-Matamua, Natasha A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
After-math: Counting the Aftereffects of Potentially Spiritually Transformative Experiences (open access)

After-math: Counting the Aftereffects of Potentially Spiritually Transformative Experiences

Abstract: This article provides a summary of current literature regarding the nature of spiritual development, types of potentially spiritually transformative experiences (pSTEs), and both short- and long-term aftereffects of pSTEs— biological, psychological, spiritual, and social. The author concludes that in the aftermath of pSTEs, experiencers, their intimates and associates, and their healthcare providers should be prepared to experience integration that can be manageable or be deeply challenging and that can be relatively brief or can last for years.
Date: Winter 2012
Creator: Holden, Janice Miner
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Afterlife Research and the Shamanic Turn (open access)

Afterlife Research and the Shamanic Turn

Abstract: In Western culture, approaches to the afterlife have mutated throughout history, from shamanism and mythology to philosophy, spiritualism, and psychical research. For conceptual reasons, however, survival research seems to many to be languishing, despite some remarkable recent advances. I urge a return to a more experience-based approach, modeled after features of the near-death experience, for its practical benefits; I intend that approach to complement other forms of research, not displace them. Finally, I underscore the unique status of survival research as a scientific pursuit.
Date: Autumn 2001
Creator: Grosso, Michael
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Afterward: Making Meaning After a Frightening Near-Death Experience (open access)

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 avenues in relation to frightening experiences. I argue that resisting a terrifying NDE is likely to intensify fearfulness in an individual, and also that a similar effect occurs within society when this type of experience is resisted and misunderstood. The article concludes with an approach to synthesis and suggested techniques that may be useful in integrating the experience.
Date: Winter 2002
Creator: Bush, Nancy Evans
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Am I Crazy or Spiritually Transforming? Beyond the Differentiation of Psychiatric and Spiritually Transformative Experiences

Abstract: Spiritually transformative experiences (STEs) may sometimes present with the symptomatology of psychiatric disorders. Transformational crisis may even occur within the context of a psychiatric hospitalization. Such STEs are at odds with the medical model of Western psychiatry that emphasizes pathology. Yet a coherent approach yields no absolute differentiation between spiritual emergence and what health professionals diagnose as mental illness. A historical perspective begins with the presumed differentiation between authentic spiritual experience and psychiatric illness. A more functional approach to spiritual emergency takes into account the perspective of experiencers, their communication and meta-communication skills, and the integration process itself. One case from the popular literature and two cases from the author's psychotherapy practice are presented to demonstrate that the list of causative experiences for STEs can include what is diagnosable as a psychiatric condition, specifically, bipolar disorder.
Date: Winter 2016
Creator: Colli, Janet Elizabeth
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Amazing Grace: The Healing Effects of Near-Death Experiences on Those Dying and Grieving (open access)

Amazing Grace: The Healing Effects of Near-Death Experiences on Those Dying and Grieving

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 one's own death or the death of a significant other.
Date: Winter 1997
Creator: Horacek, Bruce J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Amazing Grace: The Near-Death Experience as a Compensatory Gift (open access)

Amazing Grace: The Near-Death Experience as a Compensatory Gift

Paper illustrating the apparently providential timing and the healing character of near-death experiences (NDEs) and NDE-like episodes, through four case histories of persons whose lives, prior to their experiences, were marked by deep anguish and a sense of hopelessness.
Date: Autumn 1991
Creator: Ring, Kenneth
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
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
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
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
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
Anabiosis: The Journal for Near-Death Studies, Volume 3, Number 1, June 1983 (open access)

Anabiosis: The Journal for Near-Death Studies, Volume 3, Number 1, June 1983

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 1983
Creator: Greyson, Bruce
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Anabiosis: The Journal for Near-Death Studies, Volume 3, Number 2, December 1983 (open access)

Anabiosis: The Journal for Near-Death Studies, Volume 3, Number 2, December 1983

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 1983
Creator: Greyson, Bruce
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Anabiosis: The Journal for Near-Death Studies, Volume 4, Number 1, Spring 1984 (open access)

Anabiosis: The Journal for Near-Death Studies, Volume 4, Number 1, Spring 1984

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: Spring 1984
Creator: Greyson, Bruce
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Anabiosis: The Journal for Near-Death Studies, Volume 4, Number 2, Fall 1984 (open access)

Anabiosis: The Journal for Near-Death Studies, Volume 4, Number 2, Fall 1984

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: Autumn 1984
Creator: Greyson, Bruce
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Anabiosis: The Journal for Near-Death Studies, Volume 5, Number 1, Spring 1985 (open access)

Anabiosis: The Journal for Near-Death Studies, Volume 5, Number 1, Spring 1985

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: Spring 1985
Creator: Greyson, Bruce
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Anabiosis: The Journal for Near-Death Studies, Volume 5, Number 2, [Fall 1985] (open access)

Anabiosis: The Journal for Near-Death Studies, Volume 5, Number 2, [Fall 1985]

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. An index to volumes 1-5 starts on page 89.
Date: 1986~
Creator: Greyson, Bruce
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Anatomy of a Transformation: An Analysis of the Psychological Structure of Four Near-Death Experiences (open access)

The Anatomy of a Transformation: An Analysis of the Psychological Structure of Four Near-Death Experiences

Abstract: In this paper, I discuss the general psychological structure of four near-death experiences and the evolutionary nature of the mental processes that occur. I suggest that the transformational aspect of each near-death experience comes at the culmination of the mental processes through archetypal imagery drawn from the context of the experiencer's life.
Date: Spring 1997
Creator: White, Patti R.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Angels in Near-Death Experiences (open access)

Angels in Near-Death Experiences

Abstract: The literature on near-death experiences (NDEs) contains no substantive discussion of angels in NDEs, even though there are references to angels in several studies of these experiences. In this article I identify angels in NDEs and describe their functions in the NDE based on published NDE accounts. I conclude that angels are personages with whom the NDEr does not usually recall having previous acquaintance. Angels serve as guides, messengers, or escorts in the NDE.
Date: Autumn 1992
Creator: Lundahl, Craig R.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library