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Letter to the Editor: Response to Review of The Big Book of Near-Death Experiences
Letter from Yvonne Kason to the editor responding to a review of a recently published book, and providing an explanation for its title.
Date:
Winter 2009
Creator:
Atwater, P. M. H.; Moore, Roberta & Kason, Yvonne
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Book Review: Near-Death Experiences: The Rest of the Story
Review of a book titled "Near-Death Experiences: The Rest of the Story" written by P. M. H. Atwater.
Date:
Summer 2011
Creator:
Turner, John L.
Object Type:
Review
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Three Ancient Reports of Near-Death Experiences: Bremmer Revisited
Abstract: In the modern literature, the so-called 'vision of Er,' told by Plato, and the 'vision of Thespesius,' recorded by Plutarch, have sometimes been cited as examples of ancient near-death experiences (NDEs). However, in a recent study, classicist Jan Bremmer (2002) impugned this interpretation. In this article, I offer a fresh analysis of these two texts that challenges Bremmer's stance and that vindicates the similarity between the ancient reports and modern NDEs. The vision of Er emerges as the oldest known direct account of an NDE. I add to these cases Plutarch's description of the 'vision of Timarchus' as an example of an ancient NDE provoked by extreme isolation. Comparison of these reports of NDEs from antiquity with modern analogues suggests a few additional characteristic traits of NDEs.
Date:
Summer 2009
Creator:
van der Sluijs, Marinus
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Book Review: The Handbook of Near-Death Experiences: Thirty Years of Investigation [#2]
Review of a book titled "The Handbook of Near-Death Experiences: Thirty Years of Investigation" written by Janice Miner Holden, Bruce Greyson, and Debbie James (Eds.)
Date:
Summer 2010
Creator:
Vincent, Ken R.
Object Type:
Review
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Rejoinder to "Response to 'Corroboration of the Dentures Anecdote Involving Veridical Perception in a Near-Death Experience'"
Abstract: In this article we rejoin Gerald Woerlee's response in this issue to Smit's (2008) article, "Corroboration of the Dentures Anecdote Involving Veridical Perception in a Near-Death Experience." We show the untenability of his claim that the man whose dentures were lost before his resuscitation in the hospital was initiated had been conscious virtually all the way from the moment he was found in the meadow up to his transport to the hospital's cardiac care unit. Also, we question Woerlee's claim that the patient constructed an accurate mental picture of objects and persons in the resuscitation room simply by listening to the sounds caused by the actions around his body. In all, we question Woerlee's materialistic explanations of the out-of-body experience that occurred in this patient's near-death experience. Our conclusion is straightforward: We consider Woerlee's claims to be wrong.
Date:
Summer 2010
Creator:
Smit, Rudolf H. & Rivas, Titus
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
"The Dying Mother:" Historical Citations of Mary Goffe's Seventeenth-Century Near-Death Apparition
Abstract: Traditionally, certain cases have been of particular importance to students of near-death phenomena. Such cases are more than mere examples or research data; they are resources that are generally used to defend particular theoretical ideas, such as the projection of the spirit or of some subtle body from the physical body around the time of death. One such case was that of Mary Goffe, a seventeenth-century apparition of a dying woman that Richard Baxter reported in his book "The Certainty of the Worlds of Spirits" (1691). This paper includes a reprint of the original case report and a discussion of how later writers used the case to defend the idea that something may leave the body during near-death states.
Date:
Autumn 2010
Creator:
Alvarado, Carlos S.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Book Review: Signs: A New Approach to Coincidence, Synchronicity, Guidance, Life Purpose, and God's Plan
Review of a book titled "Signs: A New Approach to Coincidence, Synchronicity, Guidance, Life Purpose, and God's Plan" written by Robert Perry.
Date:
Spring 2010
Creator:
Greyson, Bruce
Object Type:
Review
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Letters to the Editor: Was Jesus Christ's descent into hell a near-death experience?
Letter from Mahendra Perera to the editor discussing the deeds of Jesus Christ between his death and resurrection as near-death experiences.
Date:
Summer 2009
Creator:
van Wees, Ruud & Perera, Mahendra
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Essential Features of Eight Published Muslim Near-Death Experiences: An Addendum to Joel Ibrahim Krep's "The Search for Muslim Near-Death Experiences"
Abstract: Among other authors, Joel Ibrahim Kreps (2009) has recently published accounts of Muslim near-death experiences (NDEs). With the present paper, we aim to contribute to the growing number of non-Western NDE reports by providing summaries of eight additional Muslim NDEs, seven translated from the original Italian source (Giovetta, 2007) and one from an English source (Lerma, 2009), and to provide references for further reading. In addition, we highlighted noteworthy features of these eight summarized NDE accounts. Although the documentation standard of the available cases is generally low, these accounts indicate that the structure and contents of NDEs from many non-Western Muslim communities are largely similar to those reported in the Western NDE literature. In his report, Kreps concluded that Muslim NDEs are rare and that Muslims have fewer NDEs than do non-Muslim Westerners and non-Muslim non-Westerners such as the Chinese. However, we found that the number of Muslim NDE accounts available today seem to indicate that Muslim NDEs are not as rare as Kreps concluded.
Date:
Autumn 2010
Creator:
Nahm, Michael & Nicolay, Joachim
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Book Review: Consciousness Beyond Life: The Science of the Near-Death Experience
Review of a book titled "Consciousness Beyond Life: The Science of the Near-Death Experience" written by Pam van Lommel.
Date:
Winter 2010
Creator:
Punzak, Dan
Object Type:
Review
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Book Review: Evidence of the Afterlife: The Science of Near-Death Experiences
Review of a book titled "Evidence of the Afterlife: The Science of Near-Death Experiences" written by Jeffrey Long, M.D., with Paul Perry.
Date:
Autumn 2010
Creator:
Arnette, J. Kenneth
Object Type:
Review
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Book Review: The Handbook of Near-Death Experiences: Thirty Years of Investigation [#1]
Review of a book titled "The Handbook of Near-Death Experiences: Thirty Years of Investigation" written by Janice Miner Holden, Bruce Greyson, and Debbie James (Eds.).
Date:
Summer 2010
Creator:
Grossman, Neal
Object Type:
Review
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Brief Report: Psychologists' Knowledge of and Attitudes about Near-Death Experiences: Changes over Time and Relationship to Transpersonl Self-Concept
Results of a study to compare and extend Walker and Russell's (1989) study of psychologists' knowledge of and attitudes about near-death experiences (NDEs), using their Near-Death Phenomena Knowledge and Attitudes Questionnaire (NDPKAQ).
Date:
Autumn 2010
Creator:
Fracasso, Cheryl; Friedman, Harris & Young, M. Scott
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Exploring the Integration of Near-Death Experience Aftereffects: Summary of Findings
Abstract: Preliminary evidence suggests that both near-death experiencers (NDErs) and nonexperiencers who learn about near-death experiences (NDEs) show beneficial aftereffects. In this article I summarize the findings of an exploratory study to examine a small group process utilizing spiritual guidance and expressive arts for integrating NDE aftereffects. Eleven adult participants -- four NDErs and seven non-NDErs -- completed a pretest, initial posttest, and longitudinal posttest consisting of a revised version of the Omega Life Change Questionnaire (Rominger-LCQ) and the Human Spirituality Scale, as well as semistructured individual and group interviews. I also collected the expressive art participants created during sessions, photographed it, and used it to identify pictorial themes. Quantitative results included some significant differences and some nonsignificant trends indicating greater spirituality and life changes among NDErs compared to non-NDErs and, for all participants, from pre- to posttest. Qualitative interview material revealed participants had learned material on a number of topics of including a broader understanding of, and ability to communicate about, the NDE. Qualitative pictorial data revealed themes suggesting that both NDErs and non-NDErs had integrated positive aftereffects. The process described herein may benefit spiritual guides and directors, expressive art therapists, and therapists working with individuals who have had …
Date:
Autumn 2009
Creator:
Rominger, Ryan A.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Book Review: The Natural Soul
Review of a book titled "The Natural Soul" written by Barbara Harris Whitfield.
Date:
Winter 2009
Creator:
Greyson, Bruce
Object Type:
Review
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Terminal Lucidity in People with Mental Illness and Other Mental Disability: An Overview and Implications for Possible Explanatory Models
Abstract: The literature concerned with experiences of the dying contains numerous accounts reporting the sudden return of mental clarity shortly before death. These experiences can be described as Terminal Lucidity (TL). The most peculiar cases concern patients suffering from mental disability including mental illness or dementia. Despite the potential relevance of TL for developing new forms of therapies and for elaborating an improved understanding of the nature of human consciousness, very little has been published on this subject. In this paper I present a historical overview and selected case reports of TL of mentally ill or otherwise disabled patients, mainly drawing on the literature available in English and in German. Possible explanatory models of TL and their implications are discussed.
Date:
Winter 2009
Creator:
Nahm, Michael
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Brief Report: Near-Death Experiences among a Sample of Iranian Muslims
Brief report describing data collected about Iranian Muslims who had near-death experiences (NDEs). It outlines various information collected including demographics of participants and characteristics of the NDEs.
Date:
Autumn 2010
Creator:
Fracasso, Cheryl; Aleyasin, Seyed Ali; Friedman, Harris & Young, M. Scott
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Book Review: The Spiritual Doorway in the Brain: A Neurologist's Search for the God Experience
Review of a book titled "The Spiritual Doorway in the Brain: A Neurologist's Search for the God Experience" written by neurologist Kevin Nelson.
Date:
Winter 2011
Creator:
Smit, Rudolf H.
Object Type:
Review
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Hospice Nurses' Knowledge and Attitudes Toward the Near-Death Experience
Study surveying 60 hospice nurses regarding their knowledge and attitudes toward the near-death experience (NDE), using Thornburg's Near-Death Phenomena Knowledge and Attitudes Questionnaire.
Date:
Summer 1991
Creator:
Barnett, Linda
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Knowledge and Attitudes of Hospital Nurses in Italy Related to Near-Death Experiences
Study assessing the knowledge and attitudes of nurses in Italy toward near-death experiences (NDEs), through use of Nina Thornburg's Near-Death Phenomena Knowledge and Attitudes Questionnaire.
Date:
Autumn 2001
Creator:
Cunico, Laura
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Near-Death Experiences in Patients Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Article describing the results of a two-phase descriptive study intended to document the frequency of near-death experiences (NDEs) in a nonprobability convenience sample of patients undergoing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), to describe the types of NDE experienced most commonly during CPR, and to describe the types of NDE experienced most commonly during CPR, and to describe views of helpful nursing responses to reports of NDEs.
Date:
Summer 1991
Creator:
Schoenbeck, Susan Boykoff & Hocutt, Gerald D.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Reflections of Near-Death Experiences and Deathbed Visions: A Study of Nursing Faculty's Perceptions
Abstract: Nursing faculty across the United States were surveyed about their knowledge, attitudes, and perspectives of near-death experiences (NDEs) and deathbed visions (DBVs) through web-based administration of the Near-Death Phenomena Knowledge and Attitudes Questionnaire (Thornburg, 1988). Of the approximately 550 responses, 13% of respondents indicated that they personally had experiences an NDE, 48% that they have cared for a patient reporting an NDE, and 46% that they have cared for a patient reporting a DBV. Item-level ordinal logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate the two attitude components of the survey, revealing a complex set of relationships between attitudes, experience, and other individual-level characteristics. The results underscore the importance of ongoing research into near-death phenomena and inclusion of NDEs and DBVs as content areas in nursing curriculum.
Date:
Winter 2013
Creator:
Moore, Linda & Pate, Christopher L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Nature and Meaning of the Near-Death Experience for Patients and Critical Care Nurses
Study designed to develop a conceptual framework for the near-death experience (NDE), reflecting its nature and meaning for the patient and the critical care nurse. The study used naturalistic inquiry to examine the question: What is the nature and meaning of an NDE and how has it influenced the individual's view of the self, the future, and feelings and beliefs about life and death?
Date:
Spring 2003
Creator:
Morris, Linda L. & Knafl, Kathleen
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library