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.

Study of firsthand accounts of near-death experiences (NDEs), which revealed a number of variations from the prototypic NDE description, including feeling judged during a life review, seeing a nondeceased friend in the tunnel, experiencing no pain upon returning to the physical body, and crossing a barrier before being sent back.

Review of the book "Beyond the Light: What Isn't Being Said About the Near-Death Experience" by P. M. H. Atwater.

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.

Letter V. Krishnan to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic: "Out-of-Body Vision in Darkness."

Article exploring a large phenomenological overlap among lucid dreams, out-of-body experiences, and near-death experiences, which suggests the possibility of developing a methodology of replicating components of the near-death experience using newly developed methods of inducing lucid dreams.

Review of the book "Glimpses of Eternity: New Near-Death Experiences Examines" by scientist Arvin S. Gibson.

Article exploring near-death experiences and attribution theory, which focuses on how information is used to create causal inferences and answer causal questions. The finding that near-death experiencers (NDErs) rarely describe unknown events, characters, or objects suggests that NDErs make attributions to answer why these experiences occurred. Examining various descriptions of NDEs demonstrates how attribution theory explains individuals' descriptions of their NDEs.

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.

Letter from Kenneth Ring to editor providing further explanation on his retirement.

Paper describing a thought experiment in which a hypothetical creature created by a computer program inhabits a simple universe consisting of itself, food, and predators. As this creature "dies" it "internally" experiences these environmental features independent of their actual presence. More evolved hypothetical creatures generate novel forms of "inner" experiences as they "die." Applying these results to humans suggests an "internal" genesis of near-death experiences.

Letter from Roger B. Cook to editor discussing a counter argument to Dov Steinmetz's suggestion (1993) that Moses' burning bush revelation was a near-death experience.

Abstract: Three informal surveys of college students enrolled in a semester-long course on near-death experiences (NDEs) suggest that exposure to information about the NDE may bring about substantial changes in beliefs about NDEs, life after death, and God, as well as reduce fear of death and increase one's level of spirituality. These surveys and previous research point to the importance of conducting more systematic and large-scale studies of the impact of NDE materials on the general population.

Review of the book "Raising the Dead: A Doctor's Encounter With His Own Mortality" written by retired professor of surgery Richard Selzer.

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. Table of contents for each issue in volume 13 on page 283.

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.

Article describing habits of disclosure regarding near-death experiences (NDEs). Major influences and obstacles to disclosure are discussed, as well as issues involved in listener selection. Finally, some comments about secrecy emphasize the importance of discerning between appropriate, nourishing choices of secrecy and choices of beneficial disclosure.

Article summarizing some trends and issues raised by a review of recent articles in the Journal of Near-Death Studies

Article analyzing the communication processes used by 50 near-death experiencers and discussing their disclosure needs and motives, as well as influences and obstacles that affect disclosure habits. The findings suggest that disclosure needs evolve through stages after an experience, and reveal five distinct disclosure motives.

Review of the book "Dying to Live: Science and Near-Death Experience" by English parapsychologist Susan Blackmore.

Review of the book "The Little Book of Life and Death" by architect D. E. Harding, which applies the concept of perspectival flexibility to consciousness.

Commentary taking remarks previously made about frightening near-death experiences and the possibility of near-death being a kundalini breakthrough as license to ask for a reconsideration of near-death research.

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.

Letter from Arvin S. Gibson to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic "Review of Melvin Morse's Transformed by the Light."