Serial/Series Title

Guest Editorial: Beginnings and Endings (open access)

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
Superjective Ontology: A Post-Cartesian Tool for the Near-Death Experience (open access)

Superjective Ontology: A Post-Cartesian Tool for the Near-Death Experience

Abstract: This study questions the validity of subjective and objective categories, and suggests a new approach, which I call "superjective ontology," as a tool for resolving archaic difficulties. In the first section, I present evidence that a deeply ingrained problem of "ontological disparity" really does exist, along with the extent to which this conditions our thought patterns. I then summarize monism and dualism, and present the core thesis advancing the argument from superjective ontology. Finally I suggest evidence that might be sought for the core thesis, with special emphasis on the near-death experience.
Date: Autumn 2004
Creator: Carmen, A. Ashanen
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 23, Number 1, Fall 2004 (open access)

Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 23, Number 1, Fall 2004

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 2004
Creator: Greyson, Bruce
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Life Changes Inventory - Revised (open access)

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
Book Review: Alterations of Consciousness: An Empirical Analysis for Social Scientists (open access)

Book Review: Alterations of Consciousness: An Empirical Analysis for Social Scientists

Review of the book "Alterations of Consciousness: An Empirical Analysis for Social Scientists" by Imants Barušs, discussing different perspectives and definitions of consciousness or "altered states."
Date: Autumn 2004
Creator: Krippner, Stanley
Object Type: Review
System: The UNT Digital Library
Obituaries: Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (open access)

Obituaries: Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Obituary of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, psychiatrist and author of "On Death and Dying."
Date: Autumn 2004
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Obituary: Robert Morris, Ph.D. (open access)

Obituary: Robert Morris, Ph.D.

Obituary for Robert Morris, the first Koestler Chair of Parapsychology at Edinburgh. The text describes his professional career and publications.
Date: Autumn 2004
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library