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The Field of Near-Death Studies Through 2001: An Analysis of the Periodical Literature
Article analyzing literature of the first quarter century of the field of near-death studies.
Date:
Autumn 2005
Creator:
Holden, Janice Miner & Christian, Rozan
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Nature and Therapeutic Implications of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Bereaved
Article highlighting the types of contacts from a deceased loved on or a divine being reported, messages claimants believe are received, changes in death perceptions, and the therapeutic potential of the experience for coping with the death of a loved one. Much of the material is based on a workshop given by the author throughout the United States.
Date:
Autumn 2005
Creator:
LaGrand, Louis E.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Ernesto Bozzano and the Phenomena of Bilocation
Italian psychical researcher Ernesto Bozzano was a well-known student of parapsychological phenomena and a strong defender of the concept of survival of bodily death. This paper includes an excerpt of what Bozzano referred to as the phenomena of bilocation.
Date:
Summer 2005
Creator:
Alvarado, Carlos S.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Teaching Near Death Experiences to Medical Students
Article discussing the inclusion of near-death experiences in medical school curriculum.
Date:
Summer 2005
Creator:
Sheeler, Robert D.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Content Analysis of a Predominately African-American Near-Death Experience Collection: Evaluation the Ritual Healing Theory
Study analyzing a sample of twenty-eight near-death experience (NDE) narratives from predominately African-American respondents in northeastern North Carolina, in order to test hypotheses regarding NDEs and the ritual healing theory.
Date:
Spring 2005
Creator:
McClenon, James
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cases of the Reincarnation Type with Memories from the Intermission Between Lives
Article analyzing reports from Burmese subjects which indicate that intermission memories can be broken down into three parts, and comparing these reports to reports of near-death experiences (NDEs), indicating that they show features similar to the transcendental component of Western NDEs and have significant areas of overlap with Asian NDEs.
Date:
Winter 2004
Creator:
Sharma, Poonam & Tucker, Jim B.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Guest Editorial: Beginnings and Endings
Article asserting that the field of near-death studies needs to embrace other models and groups of professionals if it hopes to understand the near-death phenomenon. According to the author, no one can validate a near-death experience (NDE) except the experiencer; it is the aftereffects that impart real meaning to the experience and give it greater impact, and the "classical NDE model" that guides most near-death research can be limiting and misleading.
Date:
Autumn 2004
Creator:
Atwater, P. M. H.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Life Changes Inventory - Revised
Article presenting the Life Changes Inventory-Revised, a standardized version of the scale that embodies the accumulated knowledge culled from previous drafts of the LCI administered to disparate samples and from qualitative research into attitudinal changes reported by near-death experiencers.
Date:
Autumn 2004
Creator:
Greyson, Bruce & Ring, Kenneth
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Introducing Near-Death Research Findings Into Psychotherapy
Article discussing the rationale for introducing issues of spirituality or religion into a psychotherapy session in cases of bereavement.
Date:
Summer 2004
Creator:
Mcdonagh, John M.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Psychomanteum Research: A Pilot Study
Study of 57 persons who participated in 31 workshops seeking visionary and other reunion experiences with departed loved ones by means of a mirror-gazing procedure developed by Raymond Moody. The study was an attempt to repeat Moody's findings, to alleviate the grief of the participants, and to explore psychological factors related to their experiences.
Date:
Summer 2004
Creator:
Roll, William G.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Validity and Reliability of the Near-Death Experience Scale-6 (NDE-6)
Research study reporting the development and psychometric properties of a 6-item Near-Death Experience Scale (NDE-6) drawn largely from the 16-item parent scale. This short form evidenced adequate test-retest reliability and internal consistency, as well as construct validity. The index shows promise for use in research and as a screening scale in clinical contexts.
Date:
Winter 2003
Creator:
Prosnick, Kevin P. & Evans, William J.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Near-Death Experience and Christian Universalism
Article exploring the near-death experience (NDE) in the context of the theology of Christian Universalism. The article provides data on various models of Christian theology, and presents the model of Restorative Universalism as the one most compatible with reports of afterlife in the NDE.
Date:
Autumn 2003
Creator:
Vincent, Ken R.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Recovery From Bulimia Nervosa Through Near-Death Experience: A Case Study
Article presenting one woman's story as a paradigmatic healing process that illustrates an attempted suicide, her near-death experience (NDE), and subsequent recovery from bulimia nervosa.
Date:
Autumn 2003
Creator:
Colli, Janet E. & Beck, Thomas E.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Response to "A New Perspective on the Afterlife Issue"
Article responding to V. Krishnan's argument that the phenomenon of children who claim to remember previous lives indicates that an inanimate recording of a person's mental activity at the time of death persists in the local area after he or she dies. According to the author, several areas of empirical evidence conflict with this hypothesis.
Date:
Autumn 2003
Creator:
Tucker, Jim B.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Hyperdimensional Perspectives in Out-of-Body and Near-Death Experiences
Article examining the possibility of additional dimensions (hyperdimensions), what they would seem like, and whether they seem to be described by the unusual visual perspectives found in out-of-body and near-death experience accounts, as well as examining some implications of a hyperdimensional model of the universe.
Date:
Summer 2003
Creator:
Brumblay, Robert J.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Nature and Meaning of the Near-Death Experience for Patients and Critical Care Nurses
Study designed to develop a conceptual framework for the near-death experience (NDE), reflecting its nature and meaning for the patient and the critical care nurse. The study used naturalistic inquiry to examine the question: What is the nature and meaning of an NDE and how has it influenced the individual's view of the self, the future, and feelings and beliefs about life and death?
Date:
Spring 2003
Creator:
Morris, Linda L. & Knafl, Kathleen
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Quantum Biomechanical Basis for Near-Death Life Reviews
Article introducing the unifying paradigm of the quantum hologram as a non-local carrier of information, and investigating the interrelated phenomena of non-local communications and the electromagnetic zero-point field.
Date:
Spring 2003
Creator:
Beck, Thomas E. & Colli, Janet E.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Post Mortem Contact by Fatal Injury Victims with Emergency Service Workers at the Scenes of Their Death
Study of ninety selected emergency service workers, which were interviewed or completed questionnaires to determine if they had experienced a sense or feeling of "communication, presence, or attachment" from victims of fatal injury whom they had attended at death.
Date:
Autumn 2002
Creator:
Kelly, Richard E.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Who's Afraid of Life After Death?
Article discussing the academy's refusal to examine the evidence for an afterlife, and tendency to cling to materialism as if it were a priori true, instead of a posteriori false. The author suggests several explanations for the monumental failure of curiosity on the part of academia.
Date:
Autumn 2002
Creator:
Grossman, Neal
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Evidential Value of Near-Death Experiences for Belief in Life After Death
Article exploring the issue of what evidential value near-death experiences (NDEs) offer for belief in life and death, including a survey of major positions on the issue.
Date:
Summer 2002
Creator:
Potts, Michael
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library