Near Death Experiences and Gnostic Christianity: Parallels in Antiquity (open access)

Near Death Experiences and Gnostic Christianity: Parallels in Antiquity

Article examining ancient Gnostic Christian texts which display compelling similarities between Gnostic conceptions of life and death and modern NDEs.
Date: Spring 1999
Creator: Bain, Brian A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
ECT: TNT or TLC? A Near-Death Experience Triggered by Electroconvulsive Therapy (open access)

ECT: TNT or TLC? A Near-Death Experience Triggered by Electroconvulsive Therapy

Article reporting an experience in the course of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) that was indistinguishable from a near-death experience (NDE). Aspects of the experience that had been terrifying for the individual were counterbalanced by her immediate and complete recovery from a suicidal depression. Beyond the transpersonal aspects of her NDE-like experience, the ECT triggered a precognitive vision that materialized two years later.
Date: Spring 1996
Creator: Floyd, Keith
System: The UNT Digital Library
Near-Death Experiences and Kundalini Awakening: Exploring the Link (open access)

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
System: The UNT Digital Library
Endogenous Ketamine-Like Compounds and the NDE: If So, So What? (open access)

Endogenous Ketamine-Like Compounds and the NDE: If So, So What?

Article offering commentary on Karl Jansen's ketamine model for the near-death experience, expanding upon and raising additional questions about several issues and hypotheses.
Date: Autumn 1997
Creator: Strassman, Rick J.
System: The UNT Digital Library