Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 10, Number 1, Fall 1991 (open access)

Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 10, Number 1, Fall 1991

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.
Date: Autumn 1991
Creator: Greyson, Bruce
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Amazing Grace: The Near-Death Experience as a Compensatory Gift (open access)

Amazing Grace: The Near-Death Experience as a Compensatory Gift

Paper illustrating the apparently providential timing and the healing character of near-death experiences (NDEs) and NDE-like episodes, through four case histories of persons whose lives, prior to their experiences, were marked by deep anguish and a sense of hopelessness.
Date: Autumn 1991
Creator: Ring, Kenneth
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letter to the Editor: Premonitions of What Could Have Been (open access)

Letter to the Editor: Premonitions of What Could Have Been

Letter from Kenneth Ring to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic "Premonitions of What Could Have Been."
Date: Autumn 1991
Creator: Ring, Kenneth
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Guest Editorial: Is Ten Years a Life Review? (open access)

Guest Editorial: Is Ten Years a Life Review?

Article looking back on the author's ten years of involvement with near-death studies and with the International Association for Near-Death Studies, reviewing some of the major questions and accomplishments of that decade both in understanding of the near-death experience and in service as an organization.
Date: Autumn 1991
Creator: Bush, Nancy Evans
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Popular Appeal of the Near-Death Experience (open access)

The Popular Appeal of the Near-Death Experience

Article arguing that as scientific research provides an ever-more-complete physiological explanation of the near-death experience (NDE), popular interest in NDEs will wane, because the transcendental interpretation, which holds that the NDE provides proof of an immaterial soul, an afterlife, and assorted paranormal phenomena, has always been the magnet that has attracted widespread attention to the subject.
Date: Autumn 1991
Creator: Basil, Robert
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Do "Near-Death Experiences" Occur Only Near-Death? -- Revisited (open access)

Do "Near-Death Experiences" Occur Only Near-Death? -- Revisited

Abstract: Ten years ago our research on out-of-body experiences suggested that the elements of the near-death experience (NDE) were not necessarily limited to situations in which survival was threatened. A decade of continued study has confirmed that the perception of being near death, independent of the actual reality of the situation, is the key determinant of the classical NDE. From early in life, the infant's dread of catastrophe leads to the elaboration of extensive psychological defenses against the possibility of extinction. The NDE is simultaneously a manifestation of faith and a catalyst for the development of faith.
Date: Autumn 1991
Creator: Gabbard, Glen O. & Twemlow, Stuart W.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Myth of the Near-Death Journey (open access)

The Myth of the Near-Death Journey

Article examining the meaning and developmental potential of the near-death experience (NDE) as a stimulus to inner exploration. The NDE as a prototype of the transcendent contact encounter offers a model for an evolutionary theory of religion. The author's experiences and contemporary portrayals of NDEs suggest that the experience is a vehicle for the mythic renewal of our idea of death as a journey rather than as a termination, and may be a stimulus for spiritual revolution.
Date: Autumn 1991
Creator: Grosso, Michael
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library