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.

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.

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.

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?"

Letter from Neal Grossman to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic "Forgiveness and the Near-Death Experience."

Letter from Barbro Österman to editor discussing what constitutes as a real and unreal Near-Death Experience.

Review of the book "Experiences Near Death: Beyond Medicine and Religion" by Australian sociologist Allan Kellehear.

Review of the book "Visitations from the Afterlife: True Stories of Love and Healing" by Lee Lawson, regarding accounts of after-death communications.

Abstract: I describe the near-death experience (NDE) of a 6-year-old boy who encountered both the devil and God following a near-fatal car accident, and compare recent recollections of the event with those made four years earlier. I discuss the aftereffects of this experience, and review the findings of earlier studies of frightening NDEs.

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.

Letter from J. Kenneth Arnette to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic "Response to Krishnan."

Letter from Evelyn Elsaesser-Valarino to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic "Review of On the Other Side of Life."

Letter from V. Krishnan to the editor responding to commentary on their previous article (Krishnan, 1999) discussing the theory of essence.

Article discussing the key social features in shared journeys into near-death experiences (NDEs) and related illness experiences of other people.

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.