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The Theory of Essence. [Part] 3: Neuroanatomical and Neurophysiological Aspects of Interactionism
Article continuing the construction of a dualistic interactionist theory of the near-death experience (NDE), the theory of essence, which was begun in two previous articles. The present work represents an extension of the theory to the microscopic level of analysis, in order to specify in detail the mechanism of essence-brain interaction and to address some general and specific objections to interactionism and the theory of essence.
Date:
Winter 1999
Creator:
Arnette, J. Kenneth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Contribution of Tipler's Omega Point Theory to Near-Death Studies
Article presenting Frank Tipler's concepts and arguments, and highlighting the value of his orientation for near-death studies. Tipler's work takes the steam out of scientific rejection of religious, spiritual, or noetic phenomena, and makes it possible to accept these phenomena while maintaining a strictly scientific posture.
Date:
Autumn 1999
Creator:
Crumbaugh, James C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Gender and Trauma in the Near-Death Experience: An Epidemiological and Theoretical Analysis
Article exploring the nature of the "fear-death experience" (FDE) by way of an epidemiological analysis, and discussing the FDE as one of several causal theories of the near-death experience (NDE).
Date:
Autumn 1999
Creator:
Audain, Linz
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Near-Death Experience: An Integration of Cultural, Spiritual, and Physical Perspectives
Article exploring two conflicting perspectives: that the near-death experience (NDE) is a glimpse into an after-death state and that it is the result of a dying brain, as well as a third perspective that NDEs are culturally determined. The author proposes an integrated model in which all three perspectives are viewed with equal weight.
Date:
Autumn 1999
Creator:
Paulson, Daryl S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
God, Tragedy, and the Near-Death Experience: Evaluating Kushner's Perspectives on Theodicy
Article evaluating Harold Kushner's original and reconstructed perspectives on God and the theodicic problem on the basis of research on the near-death experience (NDE) and related phenomena.
Date:
Summer 1999
Creator:
Gibbs, John C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Parallels Between Near-Death Experience Prophetic Visions and Prophecies from the Bible and Mormon Holy Writ
Article discussing a phenomenon identified by Kenneth Ring where some near-death experiencers (NDErs) were permitted to see a picture of the Earth's future as a "prophetic vision" (PV). A comparison of the events of NDE PVs of the Earth's future and prophecies from the Bible and the Mormons' "Doctrine and Covenants" shows nearly complete agreement.
Date:
Spring 1999
Creator:
Lundahl, Craig R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Projective Geometry for Separation Experiences
Article presenting a projective geometry for out-of-body "separation experiences," built up out of a series of higher space analogies and resulting diagrams.
Date:
Spring 1999
Creator:
Greene, F. Gordon
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Meaning and Intensity of the Near-Death Experience
Article exploring the hypothesis that near-death experiencers (NDErs) assign the meaning of the NDE by using causal (effect) and semantic (affect) attributions. To test this hypothesis, 32 spontaneous verbal accounts of NDEs were analyzed.
Date:
Winter 1998
Creator:
Sahlman, James M. & Norton, Max C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Six Studies of Out-of-Body Experiences
Article reviewing six studies of a basic component of the near-death experience (NDE), the out-of body experience (OBE).
Date:
Winter 1998
Creator:
Tart, Charles T.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Phenomenology of Near-Death Consciousness in Past-Life Regression Therapy: A Pilot Study
Article reporting the results of a pilot study exploring similarities between the phenomenology of post-death awareness reported by regressed subjects and the phenomenology of near-death experiences (NDE), as far as the therapeutic modality normally accommodates post-death phenomena. Similarities and differences between NDEs and post-death regression phenomena suggest new avenues of research.
Date:
Autumn 1998
Creator:
Wade, Jenny
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Inner Communications Following the Near-Death Experience
Article describing three individuals who reported experiencing inner communications subsequent to their near-death experiences (NDEs), and suggesting that these inner messages may be a form of intuition, encouraging further research into this phenomena.
Date:
Summer 1998
Creator:
Liester, Mitchell B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Physically Transcendent Awareness: A Comparison of the Phenomenology of Consciousness Before Birth and After Death
Article discussing veridical evidence of a physically transcendent source of consciousness, which comes from both extremes of the life span when central nervous system functioning is compromised, suggesting that some form of personhood can exist independently of known cellular processes associated with the body.
Date:
Summer 1998
Creator:
Wade, Jenny
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Near-Death Experiences, Shamanism, and the Scientific Method
Article discussing the overlap between shamanism and near-death experiences (NDEs) and suggesting that the study of shamanism would be helpful in more fully understanding this phenomena and beginning the development of an applied methodology. Although it may be difficult to verify subjective accounts of NDEs and shamanic journeys, from a clinical standpoint it may not be necessary to do so in order to develop a technique that passes the test of scientific scrutiny.
Date:
Spring 1998
Creator:
Green, J. Timothy
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Near-Death and Out-of-Body Experiences in the Blind: A Study of Apparent Eyeless Vision
Article reporting the results of an investigation into near-death and out-of-body experiences in 31 blind respondents. The study sought to address three main questions: (1) whether blind individuals have near-death experiences (NDEs) and, if so, whether they are the same as or different from those of sighted persons; (2) whether blind persons ever claim to see during NDEs and out-of-body experiences (OBEs); and (3) if such claims are made, whether they can ever be corroborated by reference to independent evidence.
Date:
Winter 1997
Creator:
Ring, Kenneth & Cooper, Sharon
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Psychophysiologic Correlates of Unconsciousness and Near-Death Experiences
Article comparing the psychophysiologic symptoms of (+Gz)-induced loss of consciousness (G-LOC) episodes and NDEs, which may help identify those symptoms unique to near-death and the process of dying.
Date:
Summer 1997
Creator:
Whinnery, James E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Surprise - and Discovery? - in the Near-Death Experience
Article exploring expressions of surprise and puzzlement that lend a ring of authenticity to self-reports of near-death experiences (NDEs). Surprise typically indicates the discovery of novel features of reality during the cognition-reality interplay that makes learning possible. If at least some NDE surprises are discoveries in a nonsubjective sense, then that cognition-reality interplay can continue during moments near death as subject learn that self and reality must be understood to include a nonmaterial realm.
Date:
Summer 1997
Creator:
Gibbs, John C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Contribution of Frankl's Logotherapy to the Interpretation of Near-Death Experiences
Article discussing Viktor Frankl's logotherapy, which resolves potential conflicting sources of meaning by the application of the Laws of Dimensional Ontology, which validate apparently conflicting viewpoints. The application of these laws to the interpretation of near-death experiences (NDEs) resolves the conflict between the orthodox scientific view of NDEs as hallucination and the experiential view of them as experiences of the afterlife to come.
Date:
Spring 1997
Creator:
Crumbaugh, James C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Distressing Near-Death Experiences as Photographic Negatives
Article presenting various interpretative frameworks for painful near-death experiences (NDEs).
Date:
Winter 1996
Creator:
Ellwood, Gracia Fay
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Effect on Emotional Well-Being of Hypnotic Recall of the Near-Death Experience
Article reporting the preliminary finding of overwhelming psychological benefit of hypnotic recall of near-death experiences, and discussing implications for future research.
Date:
Summer 1996
Creator:
Holden, Janice Miner
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Homer's Odysseus as an Ecstatic Voyager
Article examining the events of Homer's Odyssey chronologically, identifying and analyzing specific instances where Homer's imagery suggests such a multifaceted relationship. In accounting for this relationship, the article introduces a psychospiritual evolutionary theory of symbolism and inspiration based upon the higher dimensional existence of the supernatural.
Date:
Summer 1996
Creator:
Greene, F. Gordon
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Near-Death Prophecies of Disaster and the New Age: Are They True?
Article examining long-range data and finding trend reversals in 1987-88: increases in religiosity, service, and United Nations peacekeeping efforts, and decreases in chlorofluorocarbon production, nuclear warhead stockpiles, arms exports, and interest in economic well-being.
Date:
Spring 1996
Creator:
Alschuler, Alfred S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Physical Basis of Subtle Bodies and Near-Death Experiences
Article discussing "dark matter," the discovery of which may provide the key to an age-old mystery concerning the nature of humanity. The author suggests that "dark matter" is the matter of mysticism, which constitutes the subtle bodies and was present before (and responsible for) the Big Bang that created visible matter.
Date:
Winter 1995
Creator:
Kazanis, Deno
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Theory of Essence. [Part] 2. An Electromagnetic-Quantum Mechanical Model of Interactionism
Article discussing the theory of essence, based on the physics of electromagnetism and quantum mechanics, which solves the problem of interaction resulting from Descartes's dualistic conception of human nature. The theory is empirically based in phenomena consistently reported by near-death experiencers.
Date:
Winter 1995
Creator:
Arnette, J. Kenneth
System:
The UNT Digital Library