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A Contribution of Tipler's Omega Point Theory to Near-Death Studies
Article presenting Frank Tipler's concepts and arguments, and highlighting the value of his orientation for near-death studies. Tipler's work takes the steam out of scientific rejection of religious, spiritual, or noetic phenomena, and makes it possible to accept these phenomena while maintaining a strictly scientific posture.
Date:
Autumn 1999
Creator:
Crumbaugh, James C.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Solving the Riddle of Frightening Near-Death Experiences: Some Testable Hypotheses and a Perspective Based on A Course in Miracles
Article discussing three varieties of frightening near-death experiences (NDEs), as distinguished in the typology of Bruce Greyson and Nancy Evans Bush.
Date:
Autumn 1994
Creator:
Ring, Kenneth
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Near-Death Experience of a Nonverbal Person with Congenital Quadriplegia
Abstract: This article describes the near-death experience (NDE) a 39-year-old man born with severe spastic quadriplegia had when he was two and one-half years old. Nonverbal because of cerebral palsy, the man was able to communicate about his experience after he heard a therapist talking to another person about NDEs. The man experienced a fairly typical NDE and has had seven subsequent out-of-body experiences, the latter hypothesized as temporary relief from his physical pain resulting from muscular spasticity.
Date:
Winter 1990
Creator:
Serdahely, William J. & Walker, Barbara A.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Near-Death Experience Among the Mapuche People
Abstract: This paper describes a possible near-death experience (NDE) among the Mapuche people of Chile. The individual reporting the experience was in a cataleptic-like state for two days, the experience itself occurring at the end of this period. Some common features of NDEs, such as encounters with deceased people and being sent back, are present, together with clear evidence that past and present cultural environment shape in part the content of mental experiences.
Date:
Summer 1993
Creator:
Gómez-Jeria, Juan S.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Letter to the Editor: Love and God in the Near-Death Experience
Letter from Leslee Morabito to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic "Love and God in the Near-Death Experience."
Date:
Autumn 1990
Creator:
Morabito, Leslee
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Near-Death Experiences and Kundalini Awakening: Exploring the Link
Article exploring the historical and research evidence that the awakening of latent spiritual energy is the biopsychospiritual basis of near-death experiences (NDEs).
Date:
Spring 1994
Creator:
Kason, Yvonne
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Guest Editorial: The Near-Death Experience: An Ancient Truth, a Modern Mystery
Article discussing the near-death experience (NDE) as an experience of wholeness, an adventure in consciousness, and a metaphoric encounter with light. It links theoretical physics with the occult, the Primordial Tradition, and various religious belief systems. Where science sees mystery, religion sees metaphoric truth; the NDE as spiritual quest and physical encounter beckons to both disciplines for explanation.
Date:
Spring 1990
Creator:
Fenske, Elizabeth W.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Lucid Dreams as One Method of Replicating Components of the Near-Death Experience in a Laboratory Setting
Article exploring a large phenomenological overlap among lucid dreams, out-of-body experiences, and near-death experiences, which suggests the possibility of developing a methodology of replicating components of the near-death experience using newly developed methods of inducing lucid dreams.
Date:
Autumn 1995
Creator:
Green, J. Timothy
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Letters to the Editor: Were Some Shamans Near-Death Experiencers First?
Letter from William J. Serdahely to the editor discussing how some people might have become shamans by virtue of a near-death experience.
Date:
Summer 1991
Creator:
Serdahely, William J.; Nichelson, Oliver; Vincent, Ken R. & Ring, Kenneth
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Near-Death Utopias: Now or Later?
Article suggesting that researchers look first for indications of ideal social order in near-death narratives, and only later compare them with types of utopias.
Date:
Winter 1991
Creator:
Charmaz, Kathy
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Near-Death Experiences, Shamanism, and the Scientific Method
Article discussing the overlap between shamanism and near-death experiences (NDEs) and suggesting that the study of shamanism would be helpful in more fully understanding this phenomena and beginning the development of an applied methodology. Although it may be difficult to verify subjective accounts of NDEs and shamanic journeys, from a clinical standpoint it may not be necessary to do so in order to develop a technique that passes the test of scientific scrutiny.
Date:
Spring 1998
Creator:
Green, J. Timothy
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Reincarnation Beliefs Among Near-Death Experiencers
Study designed to examine the factors underlying an increase in belief in reincarnation following near-death experiences, using a questionnaire to compare the tendency toward belief in reincarnation among NDErs, individuals merely interested in NDEs, and a non-experiencer, non-interest control group.
Date:
Autumn 1993
Creator:
Wells, Amber D.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Guest Editorial: Moses' "Revelation" on Mount Horeb as a Near-Death Experience
Article discussing Moses' revelation on Mount Horeb, which can be explained as a near-death or near-death-like experience. Following his revelation, he reached a higher level of consciousness, which enabled personality changes to occur. From being a simple shepherd of his father-in-law's flock, he turned into a prophet and charismatic leader of his people.
Date:
Summer 1993
Creator:
Steinmetz, Dov
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Angels in Near-Death Experiences
Abstract: The literature on near-death experiences (NDEs) contains no substantive discussion of angels in NDEs, even though there are references to angels in several studies of these experiences. In this article I identify angels in NDEs and describe their functions in the NDE based on published NDE accounts. I conclude that angels are personages with whom the NDEr does not usually recall having previous acquaintance. Angels serve as guides, messengers, or escorts in the NDE.
Date:
Autumn 1992
Creator:
Lundahl, Craig R.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Letter to the Editor: A New Life for Near-Death Studies
Letter Vincent Luciani to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic: "A New Life for Near-Death Studies."
Date:
Autumn 1993
Creator:
Luciani, Vincent
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Response to Commentaries on "Misidentified Flying Objects?"
Article responding to commentaries on the paper, "Misidentified Flying Objects?" elaborating a middle ground position regarding the question of what is "really real."
Date:
Summer 1994
Creator:
Twemlow, Stuart
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Guest Editorial: The Near-Death Experience: Private or Public?
Editorial contrasting the private, personal near-death experience with the public concept of the experience, and finding important messages for humanity that are common to both.
Date:
Winter 1990
Creator:
Rhodes, Leon
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Psychophysiologic Correlates of Unconsciousness and Near-Death Experiences
Article comparing the psychophysiologic symptoms of (+Gz)-induced loss of consciousness (G-LOC) episodes and NDEs, which may help identify those symptoms unique to near-death and the process of dying.
Date:
Summer 1997
Creator:
Whinnery, James E.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Response to "The Luminous Experience and the Scientific Method"
Abstract: Acknowledging the cultural shaping of near-death experiences makes possible a deeper and more sophisticated appreciation of their meaning and validity.
Date:
Summer 1990
Creator:
Zaleski, Carol
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Response to the Twemlow Paper
Article responding to Stuart Twemlow's discussion of UFO abduction experiences paralleled with near-death experiences.
Date:
Summer 1994
Creator:
Lawson, Alvin H.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Retrospective Accounts of Childhood Near-Death Experiences with Contemporary Pediatric Near-Death Experience Accounts
Study comparing five childhood near-death experiences (NDEs) reported by adults and another five NDEs reported by minors, in terms of Ring's five NDE stages, Greyson's four NDE components, Moody and Perry's 12 NDE traits, Sabom's 16 general characteristics, and Gallup and Proctor's 10 basic positive experiences.
Date:
Summer 1991
Creator:
Serdahely, William J.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Distressing Near-Death Experiences as Photographic Negatives
Article presenting various interpretative frameworks for painful near-death experiences (NDEs).
Date:
Winter 1996
Creator:
Ellwood, Gracia Fay
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library