Development of the Near-Death Phenomena Knowledge and Attitudes Questionnaire (open access)

Development of the Near-Death Phenomena Knowledge and Attitudes Questionnaire

Article explaining a questionnaire used to study nurses' knowledge of and attitudes toward near-death phenomena and patients who have experienced them, as well as the development of a revised questionnaire that is more valid and reliable.
Date: Summer 1988
Creator: Thornburg, Nina R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluating Near-Death Testimony: A Challenge for Theology (open access)

Evaluating Near-Death Testimony: A Challenge for Theology

Article proposing a nonreductionist interpretation of near-death experiences (NDEs), showing that it is possible to give credit to individual testimony while still taking into account the physiological, psychological, and cultural conditions that influence visionary experience in the face of death.
Date: 1986~
Creator: Zaleski, Carol G.
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.
System: The UNT Digital Library