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Community Attitudes Toward Near-Death Experiences: A Chinese Study
Abstract: In a survey of Chinese attitudes toward near-death experiences (NDEs), 197 respondents were read a hypothetical description of an NDE and asked to choose from a range of explanations and social reactions that might approximate their own. Fifty-eight percent of respondents believed that NDEs were probably hallucinations or dreams. Less than nine percent believed the NDE was evidence of life after death. Rural and younger persons were more likely to react positively to NDErs. The results are discussed with reference to an earlier Australian study by Kellehear and Heaven (1989).
Date:
Spring 1990
Creator:
Kellehear, Allan; Heaven, Patrick & Gao, Jia
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
Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 8, Number 3, Spring 1990
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 1990
Creator:
Greyson, Bruce
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Letter to the Editor: Prophetic visions and the "Inner Self Helper"
Letter from Dan Punzak to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic "Prophetic visions and the 'Inner Self Helper'."
Date:
Spring 1990
Creator:
Punzak, Dan
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Letters to the Editor: Near-Death Experiences and Homo noeticus
Letter from John White to editor discussing the meaning of near-death experiences and the concept of Homo noeticus.
Date:
Spring 1990
Creator:
White, John & Punzak, Dan
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Near-Death Encounters with and without Near-Death Experiences: Comparative NDE Scale Profiles
Abstract: In a retrospective study contrasting the near-death encounters of 183 persons who reported near-death experiences and 63 persons who reported no near-death experience, the two groups did not differ in age, gender, or time elapsed since the near-death encounter. Near-death experiencers reported all 16 items of the NDE Scale significantly more often than did nonexperiencers.
Date:
Spring 1990
Creator:
Greyson, Bruce
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Near-Death Experience and the Taoism of Chuang Tzu
Article comparing excerpts from Chuang Tzu's writings and the descriptions of near-death experiencers (NDErs). Similarities between the beliefs of NDErs and those of Taoist patriarch Chuang Tzu suggest that NDErs have experienced a kind of awakening that leads them to reject conventional attitudes toward life and death.
Date:
Spring 1990
Creator:
Hermann, E. J.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Book Review: Full Circle: The Near-Death Experience and Beyond
Review of the book "Full Circle: The Near-Death Experience and Beyond" written by Barbara Harris and Lionel Bascom.
Date:
Summer 1990
Creator:
Miller, Judith S.
Object Type:
Review
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Guest Editorial: The Luminous Experience and the Scientific Method
Article purporting that an encounter with the Light during a state of altered consciousness is a direct experience of God. The question of scientific proof is discussed.
Date:
Summer 1990
Creator:
Nichelson, Oliver
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 8, Number 4, Summer 1990
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. Table of contents for each issue of volume 8 are included on page 267.
Date:
Summer 1990
Creator:
Greyson, Bruce
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Letter to the Editor: More on Prophetic Visions and the Inner Self Helper
Letter from Susan C. Litton to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic "More on Prophetic Visions and the Inner Self Helper."
Date:
Summer 1990
Creator:
Litton, Susan C.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Letters to the Editor: An Experimentally Induced NDE
Letter from D. Scott Rogo to editor discussing the process of an experimentally induced near-death experience.
Date:
Summer 1990
Creator:
Rogo, D. Scott & Litton, Susan C.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Near-Death Experience by Proxy: A Case Study
Abstract: A recent interview with a 34-year-old man, currently serving a life sentence for murder, revealed a remarkable case of "near-death experience by proxy." The phenomenological features of the experience unfolded typically, with some slight variation in content. The immediate drastic changes in attitude and belief following the experience are described.
Date:
Summer 1990
Creator:
Sutherland, Cherie
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Omega Project: An Empirical Study of the NDE-Prone Personality
Article discussing a questionnaire given to near-death experiencers (NDErs) and persons interested in NDEs, assessing the role of psychological factors in influencing susceptibility to NDEs and to measure aftereffects stemming from such events.
Date:
Summer 1990
Creator:
Ring, Kenneth & Rosing, Christopher J.
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
Book Review: Other Lives, Other Selves: A Jungian Psychotherapist Discovers Past Lives [#1]
Review of the book "Other Lives, Other Selves: A Jungian Psychotherapist Discovers Past Lives" by Jungian analyst Roger J. Woolger.
Date:
Autumn 1990
Creator:
Stevenson, Ian
Object Type:
Review
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Book Review: Other Lives, Other Selves: A Jungian Psychotherapist Discovers Past Lives [#2]
Review of the book "Other Lives, Other Selves: A Jungian Psychotherapist Discovers Past Lives" by Jungian analyst Roger J. Woolger.
Date:
Autumn 1990
Creator:
Hastings, Arthur
Object Type:
Review
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Changes in Religious Beliefs, Attitudes, and Practices Following Near-Death Experiences: An Australian Study
Abstract: This study examined changes in religious beliefs, attitudes, and practices in the lives of 50 near-death experiencers. I attempted to clarify whether these changes were to greater religiousness or to a deeper spirituality. I found that before the near-death experience (NDE), my respondents were no more religious or spiritually inclined than the general Australian population. Following the NDE there was a statistically significant shift towards spirituality on most items investigated.
Date:
Autumn 1990
Creator:
Sutherland, Cherie
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Extrasensory Perception, Near-Death Experiences, and the Limits of Scientific Knowledge
Article discussing the following issue: If mental state can influence the external world, or if alternate dimensions of reality are accessible only in certain mental states, then important aspects of the universe are unknowable with current scientific tools. Near-death studies suggest that both those conditions may occur. Thus the exploration of NDE-like phenomena requires a radically new scientific paradigm.
Date:
Autumn 1990
Creator:
Becker, Carl B.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Guest Editorial: Thomas Kuhn Revisited: Near Death Studies and Paradigm Shifts
Article purporting that near-death studies can be viewed within a theoretical framework of "paradigms" and "paradigm shifts" as explicated by Thomas Kuhn. Assuming the validity of Kuhn's model, it hypothesizes that the paradigm of today's "normal science" is shifting to a new paradigm to accommodate data from near-death studies.
Date:
Autumn 1990
Creator:
Serdahely, William J.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 9, Number 1, Fall 1990
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 1990
Creator:
Greyson, Bruce
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
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 the Measurement of Blood Gases
Abstract: Although cerebral anoxia is not thought to be responsible for triggering near-death experiences (NDEs), the issue is not so clear in the case of hypercapnia. Detection of normal blood gases in Michael Sabom's (1982) case study seems to be the major reply to suggest that hypercapnia may have a causal role in NDEs. We argue, however, that routine arterial measures of blood gases are not a reliable indicator of cerebral levels.
Date:
Autumn 1990
Creator:
Gliksman, Michael D. & Kellehear, Allan
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Near-Death Verdicality Research in the Hospital Setting: Problems and Promise
Study of near-death verdicality in the hospital setting. The paper describes problems, both anticipated and unanticipated, that were encountered. Based on the successes and failures of this undertaking, recommendations for future research of this type are presented.
Date:
Autumn 1990
Creator:
Holden, Janice Miner & Joesten, Leroy
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library