Book Review: Many Lives, Many Masters (open access)

Book Review: Many Lives, Many Masters

Review of the book "Many Lives, Many Masters" by psychiatrist Brian L. Weiss about past life therapy.
Date: Autumn 1992
Creator: Holden, Janice Miner
Object Type: Review
System: The UNT Digital Library
Near-Death Experiences Among Survivors of the 1976 Tangshan Earthquake (open access)

Near-Death Experiences Among Survivors of the 1976 Tangshan Earthquake

Abstract: We interviewed 81 survivors of the severe earthquake in Tangshan in 1976 and found that 32 (40 percent) reported near-death experiences (NDEs) as measured by Greyson's (1983) NDE Scale. The great majority of these NDEs were of the cognitive and transcendental types, and our observations were somewhat different from those of Greyson (1985) in the United States and of Pasricha and Stevenson (1986) in India. These differences suggest that the components, sequences, and types of NDE might differ with race, religion, psychological and cultural background, and kind of near-death event.
Date: Autumn 1992
Creator: Zhi-ying, Feng & Jian-xun, Liu
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 11, Number 1, Fall 1992 (open access)

Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 11, Number 1, Fall 1992

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 1992
Creator: Greyson, Bruce
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Angels in Near-Death Experiences (open access)

Angels in Near-Death Experiences

Abstract: The literature on near-death experiences (NDEs) contains no substantive discussion of angels in NDEs, even though there are references to angels in several studies of these experiences. In this article I identify angels in NDEs and describe their functions in the NDE based on published NDE accounts. I conclude that angels are personages with whom the NDEr does not usually recall having previous acquaintance. Angels serve as guides, messengers, or escorts in the NDE.
Date: Autumn 1992
Creator: Lundahl, Craig R.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
On the Mind/Body Problem: The Theory of Essence (open access)

On the Mind/Body Problem: The Theory of Essence

Article exploring the classical mind/body problem using instances of the near-death experience (NDE) as experimental data. Comparison of the details of the NDE with predictions from theoretical cosmology shows strong similarities between the two and further strengthens the case for dualism. A theory of human nature is proposed that incorporates these similarities.
Date: Autumn 1992
Creator: Arnette, J. Kenneth
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letters to the Editor: NDEs and the Pursuit of the Ideal Society (open access)

Letters to the Editor: NDEs and the Pursuit of the Ideal Society

Letter from Leon Rhodes responding to the idea that near-death experiences might provide a pattern for the ideal society.
Date: Autumn 1992
Creator: Rhodes, Leon; Luciani, Vincent & Drumm, Deborah L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Similarities Between Near-Death Experiences and Multiple Personality Disorder (open access)

Similarities Between Near-Death Experiences and Multiple Personality Disorder

Abstract: In this paper I compare the phenomenology of near-death experiences to that of multiple personality disorder. The comparison reveals a number of similarities, including out-of-body experiences, the transcendental environment, encounter with the higher self, possible temporal lobe involvement, and antecedent child abuse. Rather than being disparate and unrelated experiences, I suggest that the near-death experience and multiple personality disorder may be variants of the same basic phenomenological pattern.
Date: Autumn 1992
Creator: Serdahely, William J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letter to the Editor: Near-Death Accounts as Therapy (open access)

Letter to the Editor: Near-Death Accounts as Therapy

Letter from Deborah L. Drumm to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic "Near-Death Accounts as Therapy."
Date: Autumn 1992
Creator: Drumm, Deborah L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letter to the Editor: Kenneth Ring's Swan Song (open access)

Letter to the Editor: Kenneth Ring's Swan Song

Letter Vincent Luciani to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic of life after a near-death experience, inspired by "Kenneth Ring's Swan Song."
Date: Autumn 1992
Creator: Luciani, Vincent
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library