Afterlife Research and the Shamanic Turn (open access)

Afterlife Research and the Shamanic Turn

Abstract: In Western culture, approaches to the afterlife have mutated throughout history, from shamanism and mythology to philosophy, spiritualism, and psychical research. For conceptual reasons, however, survival research seems to many to be languishing, despite some remarkable recent advances. I urge a return to a more experience-based approach, modeled after features of the near-death experience, for its practical benefits; I intend that approach to complement other forms of research, not displace them. Finally, I underscore the unique status of survival research as a scientific pursuit.
Date: Autumn 2001
Creator: Grosso, Michael
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Different Kinds of Near-Death Experience: A Report on a Survey of Near-Death Experiences in Germany (open access)

Different Kinds of Near-Death Experience: A Report on a Survey of Near-Death Experiences in Germany

Article providing a short summary of a representative survey on near-death experiences (NDEs) in Germany, which is the first of its kind in Europe. The researchers tested several assumptions derived from previous research on NDEs, including the assumptions of a unified pattern of experience, the universality of the pattern, and the necessary link between NDEs and clinical death.
Date: Autumn 2001
Creator: Knoblauch, Hubert; Schmied, Ina & Schnettler, Bernt
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Essay Review: Interrupting, Talking Back, and Making Tracks Through the Middle: A Feminist Review of The Last Laugh (open access)

Essay Review: Interrupting, Talking Back, and Making Tracks Through the Middle: A Feminist Review of The Last Laugh

Article offering a feminist perspective of an article entitled "The Last Laugh: A New Philosophy of Near-Death Experiences, Apparitions, and the Paranormal," by Raymond A. Moody, Jr.
Date: Autumn 2001
Creator: Gunn, Susan C.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Hawaiian Near-Death Experience (open access)

An Hawaiian Near-Death Experience

Article presenting a case report of an Hawaiian near-death experience (NDE) from the early 1900s, which was uncovered in a turn-of-the-century monograph of Hawaiian folk tales. The account differs from others in the same volume because it appears to be a real-life account rather than a folk tale. The article describes similarities and differences from other Polynesian NDE account in the literature, a Maori NDE reported by Michael King in 1985.
Date: Autumn 2001
Creator: Kellehear, Allan
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 20, Number 1, Fall 2001 (open access)

Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 20, Number 1, Fall 2001

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 2001
Creator: Greyson, Bruce
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Knowledge and Attitudes of Hospital Nurses in Italy Related to Near-Death Experiences (open access)

Knowledge and Attitudes of Hospital Nurses in Italy Related to Near-Death Experiences

Study assessing the knowledge and attitudes of nurses in Italy toward near-death experiences (NDEs), through use of Nina Thornburg's Near-Death Phenomena Knowledge and Attitudes Questionnaire.
Date: Autumn 2001
Creator: Cunico, Laura
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letter to the Editor: Did NDEs Plays a Seminal Role in the Formulation of Einstein's Theory of Relativity? (open access)

Letter to the Editor: Did NDEs Plays a Seminal Role in the Formulation of Einstein's Theory of Relativity?

Letter from J. Timothy Green to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic "Did NDEs Play a Seminal Role in the Formulation of Einstein's Theory of Relativity?"
Date: Autumn 2001
Creator: Green, J. Timothy
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letter to the Editor: Forgiveness and the Near-Death Experience (open access)

Letter to the Editor: Forgiveness and the Near-Death Experience

Letter from Neal Grossman to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic "Forgiveness and the Near-Death Experience."
Date: Autumn 2001
Creator: Grossman, Neal
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letters to the Editor: "Real" and "Unreal" NDEs (open access)

Letters to the Editor: "Real" and "Unreal" NDEs

Letter from Barbro Österman to editor discussing what constitutes as a real and unreal Near-Death Experience.
Date: Autumn 2001
Creator: Osterman, Barbro; Grossman, Neal & Green, J. Timothy
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library