The Near Death Experience as a Product of Isolated Subcortical Brain Function (open access)

The Near Death Experience as a Product of Isolated Subcortical Brain Function

Article attempting to show that the sequence of a typical near-death experience (NDE) is predictable and reproducible, enough to suggest that the NDE is a symptom of a specific altered mental state seen in a large number of medical and surgical conditions.
Date: Winter 2000
Creator: Wettach, George E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Structure and Function of Near-Death Experiences: An Algorithmic Reincarnation Hypothesis (open access)

The Structure and Function of Near-Death Experiences: An Algorithmic Reincarnation Hypothesis

Article examining a modification of the traditional doctrine of reincarnation that takes into account biological and cultural evolution. This allows an understanding of how the attributes of NDEs could have undergone selection even though all opportunities for mating have already passed at the time of death.
Date: Winter 2001
Creator: Murphy, Todd
System: The UNT Digital Library
At the Edge of Eternity's Shadows: Scaling the Fractal Continuum from Lower into Higher Space (open access)

At the Edge of Eternity's Shadows: Scaling the Fractal Continuum from Lower into Higher Space

Article addressing the hyperspatial implications of the fractal-scaling scheme, including several case studies.
Date: Summer 2003
Creator: Greene, F. Gordon
System: The UNT Digital Library
Six Major Challenges Faced by Near-Death Experiencers (open access)

Six Major Challenges Faced by Near-Death Experiencers

Article shedding light on some of the unique personal and spiritual challenges that people face following near-death experiences (NDEs).
Date: Autumn 2006
Creator: Stout, Yolaine M.; Jacquin, Linda A. & Atwater, P. M. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Religious Experience, Religious Worldviews, and Near-Death Studies (open access)

Religious Experience, Religious Worldviews, and Near-Death Studies

Article sketching the place of the themes of meaningfulness of the world, spiritual experience, and salvation in the Great Religions.
Date: Autumn 2000
Creator: Ellwood, Gracia Fay
System: The UNT Digital Library
Jung's Synchronistic Interpretation of the Near-Death Experience: An Unnecessary Mystification (open access)

Jung's Synchronistic Interpretation of the Near-Death Experience: An Unnecessary Mystification

Article developing and defending an alternative epistemology involving causality: While paranormal knowledge is hard to explain, there is no good reason to remove it from cause-and-effect discourse.
Date: Summer 2004
Creator: Betty, L. Stafford
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Death Journey of a Hopi Indian: A Case Study (open access)

The Death Journey of a Hopi Indian: A Case Study

Article presenting the case study of the "death journey" or near-death experience (NDE) of Don Talayesva, a Hopi Indian, whose experience occurred between 1900 and 1910. The article compares and contrasts his experience with 11 accounts of Native American NDEs reported by Jenny Wade, as well as with modern day NDEs.
Date: Summer 2008
Creator: Green, J. Timothy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Near-Death Experiences in Thailand (open access)

Near-Death Experiences in Thailand

Study examining near-death experiences (NDEs) in Thailand, which do not demonstrate the episodes most noted in those collected in the West, but they do show consistent features. The article argues that these features, including harbingers of death, visions of hell, the Lord of the underworld, and the benefits of making donations to Buddhist monks and temples, can be understood within the framework of beliefs and customs unique to Southeast Asia.
Date: Spring 2001
Creator: Murphy, Todd
System: The UNT Digital Library
In a Sacred Manner We Died: Native American Near-Death Experiences (open access)

In a Sacred Manner We Died: Native American Near-Death Experiences

Article presenting 11 historical Native American near-death experiences from the 1600s to the early 20th century as they appeared in the accounts of early explorers, autobiographical records, and ethnographic accounts.
Date: Winter 2003
Creator: Wade, Jenny
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Death and Posthumous Life of Tom Sawyer: A Case Study of Apparent After-Death Communication (open access)

The Death and Posthumous Life of Tom Sawyer: A Case Study of Apparent After-Death Communication

Article exploring the near-death experience of Tom Sawyer, as well as the question of whether he actually died in April of 2007.
Date: Winter 2008
Creator: Ring, Kenneth
System: The UNT Digital Library
Religious Wars in the NDE Movement: Some Personal Reflections on Michael Sabom's Light & Death (open access)

Religious Wars in the NDE Movement: Some Personal Reflections on Michael Sabom's Light & Death

Open letter to Michael Sabom in response to his book, Light & Death.
Date: Summer 2000
Creator: Ring, Kenneth
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Resistance to Belief (open access)

The Resistance to Belief

Article exploring situations, using a recent near-death experience (NDE) example, in which there are reasonable evidence and logic, and yet belief seems to be withheld. The author postulates and discusses nonrational influences producing resistance to belief, including the fear of being in error, the fear of rejection from the scientific community, irrational requirements of logicality, avoidance of consequences, and paradigm fixation, as well as discussing issues in philosophy of science and epistemology in regard to proof.
Date: Winter 2002
Creator: Hastings, Arthur
System: The UNT Digital Library