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Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 15, Number 3, Spring 1997 (open access)

Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 15, Number 3, Spring 1997

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: Spring 1997
Creator: Greyson, Bruce
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Near-Death Experience: A Study of Spiritual Transformation (open access)

The Near-Death Experience: A Study of Spiritual Transformation

Abstract: Fifty-one near-death experiencers (NDErs) were surveyed in person and through the mail to discover if and how their lives were changed as a result of their NDEs. Results showed major changes in participants' lives, especially in the areas of religious belief and practice, lifestyle, career, and relationships.
Date: Spring 1997
Creator: Musgrave, Cassandra
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letters to the Editor: Electrical Sensitivity of Near-Death Experiences (open access)

Letters to the Editor: Electrical Sensitivity of Near-Death Experiences

Letter from Jim W. Knittweis to the editor discussing the potential for detectable differences between electrical fields of Near-Dearth Experiencers and nonexperiencers.
Date: Spring 1997
Creator: Knittweis, Jim W.; Guevara, Patricia & Sotelo, Julio
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Anatomy of a Transformation: An Analysis of the Psychological Structure of Four Near-Death Experiences (open access)

The Anatomy of a Transformation: An Analysis of the Psychological Structure of Four Near-Death Experiences

Abstract: In this paper, I discuss the general psychological structure of four near-death experiences and the evolutionary nature of the mental processes that occur. I suggest that the transformational aspect of each near-death experience comes at the culmination of the mental processes through archetypal imagery drawn from the context of the experiencer's life.
Date: Spring 1997
Creator: White, Patti R.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Thought Communication, Speed of Movement, and the Spirit's Ability to Absorb Knowledge: Near-Death Experiences and Early Mormon Thought (open access)

Thought Communication, Speed of Movement, and the Spirit's Ability to Absorb Knowledge: Near-Death Experiences and Early Mormon Thought

Abstract: Three of Charles Flynn's (1986) "core elements" of near-death experiences (NDEs) have special interest to members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) because of their striking similarity to the doctrinal teachings of the 19th-century Mormon leaders and theologians. This article illustrates these three NDE characteristics--thought communication, speed of movement, and the ability to "absorb" knowledge--by comparing contemporary NDE accounts with both the religious teachings of 19th-century Mormon church leaders and the accepted doctrines of modern Mormonism.
Date: Spring 1997
Creator: Top, Brent L.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Book Review: After the Light: What I Discovered on the Other Side of Life That Can Change Your World (open access)

Book Review: After the Light: What I Discovered on the Other Side of Life That Can Change Your World

Review of the book "After the Light: What I Discovered on the Other Side of Life That Can Change Your World" by former Northwest Regional Coordinator of the International Association for Near-Death Studies Kimberly Clark Sharp discussing her own near-death experience and its effect on her life.
Date: Spring 1997
Creator: Greyson, Bruce
Object Type: Review
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Contribution of Frankl's Logotherapy to the Interpretation of Near-Death Experiences (open access)

A Contribution of Frankl's Logotherapy to the Interpretation of Near-Death Experiences

Article discussing Viktor Frankl's logotherapy, which resolves potential conflicting sources of meaning by the application of the Laws of Dimensional Ontology, which validate apparently conflicting viewpoints. The application of these laws to the interpretation of near-death experiences (NDEs) resolves the conflict between the orthodox scientific view of NDEs as hallucination and the experiential view of them as experiences of the afterlife to come.
Date: Spring 1997
Creator: Crumbaugh, James C.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letter to the Editor: Could Endorphins Participate in the Limbic Pathways Responsible for NDEs After Acute Cerebral Hypoxia? (open access)

Letter to the Editor: Could Endorphins Participate in the Limbic Pathways Responsible for NDEs After Acute Cerebral Hypoxia?

Letter from Patricia Guevara to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic "Could Endorphins Participate in the Limbic Pathways Responsible for NDEs after Acute Cerebral Hypoxia?"
Date: Spring 1997
Creator: Guevara, Patricia
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library