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Book Review: Near-Death Experiences: Exploring the Mind-Body Connection (open access)

Book Review: Near-Death Experiences: Exploring the Mind-Body Connection

Review of a book titled "Near-Death Experiences: Exploring the Mind-Body Connection" written by neurologist Ornella Corazza.
Date: Summer 2011
Creator: McLuhan, Robert
Object Type: Review
System: The UNT Digital Library
Guest Editorial: NDE as a Threshold Experience (open access)

Guest Editorial: NDE as a Threshold Experience

Abstract: My investigation has shown me that near-death experiences (NDEs) are not some kind of anomaly but, rather, are part of the larger genre of transformations of consciousness. The clue I believe most researchers have missed is stress -- specifically, the intensity that comes from that stress (known in shamanism as "high stress"). I believe the entire pattern of aftereffects and the degree to which people change can be traced to that factor. It's the intensity that shifts experiencers into what I call a "threshold experience" -- one that straddles the boundary between this world and other worlds, between brain and that which lies beyond what the brain can access, between reality and miracles, mind and spirit, life and death, heaven and hell, sanity and insanity. Once we humans understand this shift, we can begin to unravel how the transformation process works. At the threshold of who we think we are and what lies beyond body and brain is the core of ancient mysteries. We are transformed by the Oneness we find there.
Date: Summer 2011
Creator: Atwater, P. M. H.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letters to the Editor: Some Basic Problems with the Term "Near-Death Experience" (open access)

Letters to the Editor: Some Basic Problems with the Term "Near-Death Experience"

Letter from Robert G. Mays to the editor discussing the semantic criteria for the application of the term "near-death experience."
Date: Summer 2011
Creator: Greyson, Bruce
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Book Review: Near-Death Experiences: The Rest of the Story (open access)

Book Review: Near-Death Experiences: The Rest of the Story

Review of a book titled "Near-Death Experiences: The Rest of the Story" written by P. M. H. Atwater.
Date: Summer 2011
Creator: Turner, John L.
Object Type: Review
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letter to the Editor: Response to "Some Basic Problems with the Term 'Near-Death Experience'" (open access)

Letter to the Editor: Response to "Some Basic Problems with the Term 'Near-Death Experience'"

Letter written to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies discussing the problems with the phrase "Near-Death Experience."
Date: Summer 2011
Creator: Greyson, Bruce
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letter to the Editor: Why Do Near-death Experiences Seem So Real? (open access)

Letter to the Editor: Why Do Near-death Experiences Seem So Real?

Letter written to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies discussing the perceived realness of near-death experiences.
Date: Summer 2011
Creator: Perry, Robert
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letter to the Editor: Near-Death Experiences and EEG Surges at End of Life (open access)

Letter to the Editor: Near-Death Experiences and EEG Surges at End of Life

Letter written to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies discussing near death experiences and EEG surges at the end of life, referencing a report by Lakhmir Chawla.
Date: Summer 2011
Creator: Mays, Robert G. & Mays, Suzanne B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Editor's Foreword [Summer 2011] (open access)

Editor's Foreword [Summer 2011]

Editorial statement introducing the contents of the journal issue and providing other relevant notes.
Date: Summer 2011
Creator: Holden, Janice Miner
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letter to the Editor: On Demographic Research into Near-Death Experiences (open access)

Letter to the Editor: On Demographic Research into Near-Death Experiences

Letter written to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies discussing the flaws in a widely referenced Gallup poll about near-death experiences and calls for a new demographic study amongst various populations.
Date: Summer 2011
Creator: van Wees, Ruud; van der Heyden, Jim & Smit, Rudolf
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letter to the Editor: Almost Brainless--Yet Lucid and Intelligent: Implications for Understanding NDEs and Consciousness (open access)

Letter to the Editor: Almost Brainless--Yet Lucid and Intelligent: Implications for Understanding NDEs and Consciousness

Letter written to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies discussing studies supporting the author's argument "that consciousness is not a product of the brain." (pg. 468).
Date: Summer 2011
Creator: Smit, Rudolf H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library