Editor's Foreword [Spring 2021]

Editorial statement introducing the contents of the journal issue and providing other relevant notes.
Date: Spring 2021
Creator: Holden, Janice Miner
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to the Editor: Response to "A New Scale to Assess Near-Death Experiences"

Letter written to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies discussing a proposed scale for assessing near-death experiences (NDEs), which was proposed by the authors of the letter, and also comments on a previous letter in which others reviewed the original proposal.
Date: Spring 2021
Creator: Martial, Charlotte; Greyson, Bruce; Simon, Jessica; Puttaert, Ninon; Gosseries, Olivia; Charland-Verville, Vanessa et al.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Near-Death Experiencers' Beliefs and Aftereffects: Problems for the Fischer and Mitchell-Yellin Naturalist Explanation (open access)

Near-Death Experiencers' Beliefs and Aftereffects: Problems for the Fischer and Mitchell-Yellin Naturalist Explanation

Article arguing against the naturalist theory put forth by John Martin Fisher and Benjamin Mitchell-Yellin that near-death experiences (NDEs) could be metaphorical, compared to the supernaturalist theory that NDEs are real experiences.
Date: Summer 2021
Creator: Brissey, Patrick
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Editor's Foreword [Fall 2021] (open access)

Editor's Foreword [Fall 2021]

Editorial statement introducing the contents of the journal issue and providing other relevant notes.
Date: Autumn 2021
Creator: Holden, Janice Miner
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Book Review: After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal About Life and Beyond (open access)

Book Review: After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal About Life and Beyond

Review of a book titled "After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal About Life and Beyond" by Bruce Greyson and discusses the research and observations related to near-death experiences from the perspective of a clinical psychiatrist.
Date: Autumn 2021
Creator: Valla, Rebecca S.
Object Type: Review
System: The UNT Digital Library
Commentary on After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal About Life and Beyond, by Bruce Greyson, MD (open access)

Commentary on After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal About Life and Beyond, by Bruce Greyson, MD

Article outlining the ways that near-death experiences (NDEs) may be described in a psychedelic framework in terms of neurobiology, within the context of a book written by Dr. Bruce Greyson, which does not use this framework.
Date: Autumn 2021
Creator: Michael, Pascal
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Response to Pascal Michael's Commentary on "After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal About Life and Beyond" (open access)

Response to Pascal Michael's Commentary on "After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal About Life and Beyond"

Article responding to criticism of the author's book regarding research in near-death experiences (NDEs) and clarifying that psychedelic molecules may be a factor in some NDEs but is only one factor and not relevant to all NDEs.
Date: Autumn 2021
Creator: Greyson, Bruce
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rejoinder to Bruce Greyson's "Response to Pascal Michael's Commentary on After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal About Life and Beyond" (open access)

Rejoinder to Bruce Greyson's "Response to Pascal Michael's Commentary on After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal About Life and Beyond"

Statement responding to the arguments in Bruce Grayson's article which addressed this author's criticism about Grayson's book on near-death experience (NDE) research and the lack of reference to psychedlic frameworks.
Date: Autumn 2021
Creator: Michael, Pascal
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Near-Death Experiences and Claims of Past-Life Memories (open access)

Near-Death Experiences and Claims of Past-Life Memories

Article discussing the role of life reviews during near-death experiences (NDEs) and situations in which those experiences have included memories that appear to be from a previous lifetime. It also addresses the apparent contradiction that some NDErs report meeting deceased persons in a non-Earthly realm.
Date: Autumn 2021
Creator: Greyson, Bruce
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Book Review: Waiting to Die: A Near-Death Researcher's (Mostly Humorous) Reflections on His Own Endgame (open access)

Book Review: Waiting to Die: A Near-Death Researcher's (Mostly Humorous) Reflections on His Own Endgame

Review of a book titled "Waiting to Die: A Near-Death Researcher's (Mostly Humorous) Reflections on His Own Endgame" by Kenneth Ring, a long-time near-death researcher who provides reflections based on this experience, around the theme "waiting to die."
Date: Autumn 2021
Creator: Grosso, Michael
Object Type: Review
System: The UNT Digital Library

Self-Location Kinematics Influence the Generation of Near-Death Experience Cognitive and Affective Perceptions

Article discussing research related to personal feelings of self-location and movement during near-death experiences (NDEs). It also describes the use of "Archi-Textures" to more clearly define spatio-temporal experiences during NDEs.
Date: Spring 2021
Creator: Lerner, France; Laureys, Steven; Charland-Verville, Vanessa & Botbol-Baum, Mylene
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to the Editor: More Comments on the New NDE-C Scale

Letter written to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies discussing concerns about a proposed new assessment tool for near-death experiences (NDEs), particularly regarding changes in language from the original scale, and also commenting on a previous review of the proposal.
Date: Spring 2021
Creator: Bush, Nancy Evans
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Editor's Foreword [Summer 2021] (open access)

Editor's Foreword [Summer 2021]

Editorial statement introducing the contents of the journal issue and providing other relevant notes.
Date: Summer 2021
Creator: Holden, Janice Miner
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Survival Psi and Somatic Psi: Exploratory Quantitative Phenomenological Analyses of Blinded Mediums' Experiences of Communication with the Deceased and Psychic Readings for the Living (open access)

Survival Psi and Somatic Psi: Exploratory Quantitative Phenomenological Analyses of Blinded Mediums' Experiences of Communication with the Deceased and Psychic Readings for the Living

Article describing the results of a quantitative assessment regarding the phenomenology of mediums using "survival psi" to telepathically communicate with physically deceased targets and also psychic readings for living targets.
Date: Summer 2021
Creator: Beischel, Julie; Rock, Adam J.; Pekala, Ronald J. & Boccuzzi, Mark
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Book Review: Beyond Surviving: Cancer and Your Spiritual Journey (open access)

Book Review: Beyond Surviving: Cancer and Your Spiritual Journey

Review of a book titled "Beyond Surviving: Cancer and Your Spiritual Journey" written by Canadian minister David Maginley, describing his work with patients and his personal experiences with cancer.
Date: Summer 2021
Creator: Valla, Rebecca S.
Object Type: Review
System: The UNT Digital Library
Book Review: The Human Story Behind Scientific Discovery (open access)

Book Review: The Human Story Behind Scientific Discovery

Review of a book titled "The Human Story Behind Scientific Discovery" by Joseph Jordania, discussing the reasons that people choose scientific inquiry, particularly in less conventional fields, such as near-death studies.
Date: Summer 2021
Creator: Wade, Jenny
Object Type: Review
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letter to the Editor: Brief Dispatch From the Hospice Field: Transpersonal End-of-Life Experiences in the COVID-19 Era (open access)

Letter to the Editor: Brief Dispatch From the Hospice Field: Transpersonal End-of-Life Experiences in the COVID-19 Era

Letter written to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies by a hospice social worker, describing the experiences of patients and their families during the pandemic and relaying a particular experience from a patient's daughter.
Date: Summer 2021
Creator: Janssen, Scott
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letter to the Editor: Exciting New Prospective NDE Study: Proyecto Luz--The Light Project (open access)

Letter to the Editor: Exciting New Prospective NDE Study: Proyecto Luz--The Light Project

Letter written to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies discussing the organization of a new multi-country study called "Proyecto Luz" to evaluate NDEs among native Spanish speakers who survive cardiac arrest in hospitals.
Date: Spring 2021
Creator: Klaunig, Norman
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library