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Kenneth Ring

11 papers in the library · 157 citations · publishing 1982-2014

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Ethnographic Accounts of Ketamine Explorations in Psychedelic Culture

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies July 1, 2014 Kenneth Ring, Ralph Metzner, Philip E. Wolfson 1 citation

Off-label use of ketamine as a mind-altering substance did not begin in the laboratory, but in the psychedelic culture that grew out of the 1960s counterculture movement. Whatever the risks and limitations of such experimentation, without them the remarkable therapeutic effects of the drug might well have gone unnoticed, and unresearched. The following personal accounts-both inspiring and...

DOI: 10.24972/ijts.2014.33.2.175 (opens in new tab) Ketamine Counterculture Ethnography Aesthetics +2

The Life Changes Inventory - Revised.

The Journal of near-death studies 2004 Bruce Greyson, Kenneth Ring 17 citations

Article presenting the Life Changes Inventory-Revised, a standardized version of the scale that embodies the accumulated knowledge culled from previous drafts of the LCI administered to disparate samples and from qualitative research into attitudinal changes reported by near-death experiencers.

DOI: 10.17514/jnds-2004-23-1-p41-54. (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab) Scale ratio Clinical psychology Cartography

The impact of near-death experiences on persons who have not had them: A report of a preliminary study and two replications.

The Journal of near-death studies 1995 Kenneth Ring 13 citations

Three informal surveys of college students enrolled in a semester-long course on near-death experiences (NDEs) suggest that exposure to information about the NDE may bring about substantial changes in beliefs about NDEs, life after death, and God, as well as reduce fear of death and increase one's level of spirituality. These surveys and previous research point to the importance of conducting...

DOI: 10.17514/jnds-1995-13-4-p223-235. (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab)

Frightening near-death experiences revisited: A commentary on responses to my paper by Christopher Bache and Nancy Evans Bush.

The Journal of near-death studies 1994 Kenneth Ring 2 citations

Abstract: In this commentary, I discuss the responses to my paper on frightening near-death experiences (NDEs) written by Christopher Bache and Nancy Evans Bush, and I try to show that there are many points of agreement among us all. While Bache and I saw the ontological status of frightening NDEs differently than did Bush, all of us agreed on the psychological reality and importance of these...

DOI: 10.17514/jnds-1994-13-1-p55-64 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab)

Commentary on Stuart W. Twemlow's "Misidentified flying objects?"

The Journal of near-death studies 1994 Kenneth Ring

Stuart Twemlow's article has made an important dual contribution to our thinking about anomalous experiences: first in offering a heuristic psychodynamic model in terms of which to view them, and second, in suggesting a definite link between near-death experiences (NDEs) and unidentified flying object (UFO) abductions. I consider his argument largely from the standpoint of my own recent...

DOI: 10.17514/jnds-1994-12-4-p267-272. (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab)

[Guest editorial].A new book of the dead: Reflections on the near-death experience and the Tibetan Buddhist tradition regarding the nature of death.

The Journal of near-death studies 1993 Kenneth Ring 3 citations

Article offering a comparison of historical cases of Tibetan near-death experiences (NDEs) and contemporary Western accounts. A tradition of NDEs in Tibetan culture, the das-log experience, affords such a comparison. Modern NDEs differ from das-log experiences in ways that reflect their cultural context and may provide the foundation for a new Book of the Dead especially fitted to the...

DOI: 10.17514/jnds-1993-12-2-p75-84 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab)

A new book of the dead: Reflections on the near-death experience and the Tibetan Buddhist tradition regarding the nature of death

The Journal of near-death studies 1993 Kenneth Ring 2 citations

Article offering a comparison of historical cases of Tibetan near-death experiences (NDEs) and contemporary Western accounts. A tradition of NDEs in Tibetan culture, the das-log experience, affords such a comparison. Modern NDEs differ from das-log experiences in ways that reflect their cultural context and may provide the foundation for a new Book of the Dead especially fitted to the...

DOI: 10.17514/jnds-1993-12-2-p75-84. (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab)

The nature of personal identity in the near-death experience: Paul Brunton and the ancient tradition.

The Journal of near-death studies 1984 Kenneth Ring 5 citations

"In this paper the nature of personal identity is examined from two perspectives: observations reported by selected near-death experiencers (NDErs) and the viewpoint represented by the late English writer Paul Brunton (1898-1981)" (abstract). The paper explores the implications of these two perspectives.

DOI: 10.17514/jnds-1984-4-1-p3-20. (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab)

Do Suicide Survivors Report Near-Death Experiences?

OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying May 1, 1982 Kenneth Ring, Stephen Franklin 56 citations

Interviews with thirty-six persons who had been close to death as a result of a suicide attempt were conducted to determine whether such persons report Moody-type near-death experiences. Seventeen persons, or 47 per cent of the sample, related such experiences which were more common for men than women (p <.05). Although suicide-related near-death experiences do not appear different from...

DOI: 10.2190/47xb-egmr-9wkp-h3bx (opens in new tab) Cause of death Suicide prevention Clinical psychology Poison control +2