Article comparing near-death experiences (NDEs) to the philosophy described in the spiritual text A Course in Miracles (1976). It provides an overview of the text's philosophy, previous literature comparing the text to NDEs, and an analysis of how the philosophies are similar and different, with references to specific cases.

Letter from Neil Helm to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic "Did Edgar Cayce Have a Near-Death Experience?".

Letter from Ivan Andreev Manev written to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic "A Hypothesis Regarding the Mechanism of Telepathy."

Editorial statement introducing the contents of the journal issue and providing other relevant notes.

Abstract: Decades of studies on near-death experiences (NDEs) have reveals both cross-cultural and culture-specific features (Kellehear, 2009) and that it is important to determine which aspects are attributed to the physiological, biological, or psychological mechanisms shared by all humans and which aspects are of cultural origin. In this article, we examine Japanese NDEs and compare their features with generalizations based on observations of Western NDEs. The main differences between Japanese and Western NDEs are the interpretation of the light and the concomitant lack of interaction with it, the image of heaven, and the absence of the life review. We suggest that these characteristics are accounted for in terms of cultural differences.

Review of a book titled "Opening Heaven's Door: Investigating Stories of Life, Death and What Comes After" written by author and journalist Patricia Pearson