Near-Death Experiences, Deathbed Visions, and Past-Life Memories: A Convergence in Support of van Lommel's 'Consciousness Beyond Life' (open access)

Near-Death Experiences, Deathbed Visions, and Past-Life Memories: A Convergence in Support of van Lommel's 'Consciousness Beyond Life'

Abstract: This review supports cardiologist Pim van Lommel's continuity claim for human existence in his recently published book 'Consciousness Beyond Life: The Science of the Near-Death Experience' (2010). Van Lommel and colleagues (van Lommel, van Wees, Meyers, & Elfferich, 2001) studied NDEs among 344 Dutch hospital patients who had been resuscitated following cardiac arrest. From their and others' NDE research findings (e.g., accurate perceptions during the arrest period), van Lommel and colleagues concluded that mental activity can take place even in the absence of cerebral function. Extrapolating from this conclusion, van Lommel claimed in 'Consciousness Beyond Life' a fundamental continuity for individual human existence: that death and birth mark not final limits but instead the transition from one state of consciousness to another. In the course of making his continuity claim, van Lommel referred to other topics such as deathbed visions and past-life memories. In addition to reviewing NDE research, this article reviews research and illustrative responses pertaining to these related phenomena. A convergence of corroborative evidence is consistent with van Lommel's continuity claim.
Date: Winter 2010
Creator: Gibbs, John C.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letter to the Editor: Is it Rational to Extrapolate from the Presence of Consciousness During a Flat EEG to Survival of Consciousness After Death (open access)

Letter to the Editor: Is it Rational to Extrapolate from the Presence of Consciousness During a Flat EEG to Survival of Consciousness After Death

A letter from Titus Rivas to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic: "Is it Rational to Extrapolate from the Presence of Consciousness During a Flat EEG to Survival of Consciousness After Death?"
Date: Winter 2010
Creator: Rivas, Titus
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Book Review: Consciousness Beyond Life: The Science of the Near-Death Experience (open access)

Book Review: Consciousness Beyond Life: The Science of the Near-Death Experience

Review of a book titled "Consciousness Beyond Life: The Science of the Near-Death Experience" written by Pam van Lommel.
Date: Winter 2010
Creator: Punzak, Dan
Object Type: Review
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letter to the Editor: Response to "Is it Rational to Extrapolate from the Presence of Consciousness during a Flat EEG to Survival of Consciousness After Death?" (open access)

Letter to the Editor: Response to "Is it Rational to Extrapolate from the Presence of Consciousness during a Flat EEG to Survival of Consciousness After Death?"

A letter from Janice Miner Holden to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic: "Response to 'Is it Rational to Extrapolate from the Presence of Consciousness during a Flat EEG to Survival of Consciousness After Death?'"
Date: Winter 2010
Creator: Holden, Janice Miner
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Editor's Foreword [Winter 2010] (open access)

Editor's Foreword [Winter 2010]

Editorial statement introducing the contents of the journal issue and providing other relevant notes.
Date: Winter 2010
Creator: Holden, Janice Miner
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library