Letter to the Editor: Review of Parting Visions (open access)

Letter to the Editor: Review of Parting Visions

Letter from Thomas A. Angerpointner to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic "Review of Parting Visions."
Date: Autumn 1999
Creator: Angerpointner, Thomas A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gender and Trauma in the Near-Death Experience: An Epidemiological and Theoretical Analysis (open access)

Gender and Trauma in the Near-Death Experience: An Epidemiological and Theoretical Analysis

Article exploring the nature of the "fear-death experience" (FDE) by way of an epidemiological analysis, and discussing the FDE as one of several causal theories of the near-death experience (NDE).
Date: Autumn 1999
Creator: Audain, Linz
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Contribution of Tipler's Omega Point Theory to Near-Death Studies (open access)

A Contribution of Tipler's Omega Point Theory to Near-Death Studies

Article presenting Frank Tipler's concepts and arguments, and highlighting the value of his orientation for near-death studies. Tipler's work takes the steam out of scientific rejection of religious, spiritual, or noetic phenomena, and makes it possible to accept these phenomena while maintaining a strictly scientific posture.
Date: Autumn 1999
Creator: Crumbaugh, James C.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Book Review: Conscious Dreaming: A Spiritual Path for Everyday Life (open access)

Book Review: Conscious Dreaming: A Spiritual Path for Everyday Life

Review of the book "Conscious Dreaming: A Spiritual Path for Everyday Life" by Robert Moss, related to shamanic dreaming.
Date: Autumn 1999
Creator: Green, J. Timothy
Object Type: Review
System: The UNT Digital Library
Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 18, Number 1, Fall 1999 (open access)

Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 18, Number 1, Fall 1999

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 1999
Creator: Greyson, Bruce
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letter to the Editor: Response to Angerpointer (open access)

Letter to the Editor: Response to Angerpointer

Letter from Bruce J. Horacek to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic "Response to Angerpointner."
Date: Autumn 1999
Creator: Horacek, Bruce J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letters to the Editor: The Theory of Essence [#1] (open access)

Letters to the Editor: The Theory of Essence [#1]

Letter from V. Krishman to the editor questioning a previously published proposal by J. Kenneth Arnette (1995) aimed at solving the problem of mind/body interaction.
Date: Autumn 1999
Creator: Krishnan, V.; Angerpointner, Thomas A. & Horacek, Bruce J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Near-Death Experience: An Integration of Cultural, Spiritual, and Physical Perspectives (open access)

The Near-Death Experience: An Integration of Cultural, Spiritual, and Physical Perspectives

Article exploring two conflicting perspectives: that the near-death experience (NDE) is a glimpse into an after-death state and that it is the result of a dying brain, as well as a third perspective that NDEs are culturally determined. The author proposes an integrated model in which all three perspectives are viewed with equal weight.
Date: Autumn 1999
Creator: Paulson, Daryl S.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Claims of Near-Death Experiences, Gestalt Resistance Processes, and Measures of Optimal Functioning (open access)

Claims of Near-Death Experiences, Gestalt Resistance Processes, and Measures of Optimal Functioning

Abstract: The present study investigated the relationship between claims of near-death experiences (NDEs) and measures of self-actualization. Gestalt resistance processes transfluence, mystical experiences, and claims of peak life experiences in a sample of 155 individuals. As hypothesized, I found significant positive correlations between the claims of NDEs and transfluence and mystical experiences. I found no significant correlations between claims of NDEs and the seven Gestalt resistances, suggesting that NDErs are neither more nor less resistant than nonNDErs. I also found no significant relationship between claims of NDEs and self-actualization or claims of peak life experiences.
Date: Autumn 1999
Creator: Prosnick, Kevin P.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Book Review: The Eternal Journey: How Near-Death Experiences Illuminate our Earthly Lives (open access)

Book Review: The Eternal Journey: How Near-Death Experiences Illuminate our Earthly Lives

Review of the book "The Eternal Journey: How Near-Death Experiences Illuminate our Earthly Lives" by sociologists Craig R. Lundahl and Harold A. WIddison.
Date: Autumn 1999
Creator: Wade, Jenny
Object Type: Review
System: The UNT Digital Library