Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Study examining relationships between three near-death experiencers' (NDErs) levels of moral, ego, and faith development, as measured by standardized instruments, and extensive qualitative data describing their NDEs and personal attributes. The results suggest that currently available instruments, designed to measure the lower self, may not reflect the awakening to a transpersonal plane of functioning that follows an NDE.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Lisa Wett sits with her parents Marge and Richard Wetts."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Richard Lee, center, of Oklahoma City, discusses mission priorities with American Lutheran Church president David W. Preus, left, and the Rev. Arden Dorn of Lawrence, Kan. Lee and Dorn are reps of the church's central district who met in Minneapolis with the church's council."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Daniel Prins, president of Minneapolis-base Jefferson Lines Inc., which bought OTC and MK&O last fall, announced the program Friday and presented details to officials of the state Corporation Commission."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Minnesota Twins pitcher Bert Blyleven"