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Journal of Near-Death Studies 1990 Leon Rhodes
ABS TRA CT: This editorial contrasts the private, personal near-death experi ence with the public concept of the experience, and finds important messages for humanity that are common to both.It would be difficult to think of an experience that is more private, secret, and personal than that brief, dramatic opening of nonphysical eyes to another realm of consciousness.Yet the near-death...
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1990 Bruce Greyson
In a retrospective study contrasting the near-death encounters of 183 persons who reported near-death experiences and 63 persons who reported no near-death experience, the two groups did not differ in age, gender, or time elapsed since the near-death encounter. Near-death experiencers reported all 16 items of the NDE Scale significantly more often than did nonexperiencers.
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1990
Abstract: This paper examines the beliefs and expectations that a sample of 508 people hold about the first five minutes after death. A substantial minority believed that they will experience the main elements of the near-death experience (NDE). In general these elements were cited more frequently than were Biblical images. Six percent of the sample said that postmortem survival for them will...
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1990 Leon Rhodes
Editorial contrasting the private, personal near-death experience with the public concept of the experience, and finding important messages for humanity that are common to both.
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1990 Carol Zaleski
Abstract: Acknowledging the cultural shaping of near-death experiences makes possible a deeper and more sophisticated appreciation of their meaning and validity.
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1990
We at tempted to conduct near-death veridicali ty research in the hospital setting, the rat ionale for which (we presented previously (Holden, 1988).) This paper describes problems, both anticipated and unant ic ipated, tha t we encountered. Based on the successes and failures of this under taking, we present recommendations for future research of this type. The biggest hurdle in research, it...
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1989 Barbara A. Walker, Robert D. Russell 5 citations
Nina Thornburg's (1988) Near-Death Phenomena Knowledge and Attitudes Questionnaire was distributed to 326 randomly selected Illinois psychologists. Of 117 usable questionnaires received, the mean score for knowledge questions was 7.5 of a maximum score of 18. Respondents were most knowledgeable about near-death elements of peace, out-of-body transcendence, and tunnel/light phenomena. The mean...
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1989 V. Krishnan, William J. Serdahely
In his Guest Editorial in Volume 6, Number 3 of this Journal, John White (1987) has warned seekers of enlightenment about what they should not do, but has not said what they should.I wish he had.Another matter to which I wish to draw attention is his statement, citing Da Love-Ananda, that there is a nonphysical reality (Being or God) that is uncaused and infinite and is the source of all that...
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1989
Letter from V. Krishnan to the editor discussing the lack of evidence in a previously published article by John White (1987).
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1989 Roger B. Cook
Dying is considered by most people to be a gradual process.Charles II apologized for taking an unconscionable time over it, whereas he probably thought death itself would be instantaneous, like the snuff ing out of a candle.But death is also a process, which commonly starts with cardiac arrest.Some minutes elapse before stoppage of the circulation becomes lethal to the brain.The mind can remain...
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1989 Bruce Greyson
Article discussing empirical questions about near-death experiences (NDEs) that can be explored by the scientific method. Scientific study poses risks both to NDErs and to our understanding of the NDE itself. However, because the NDE allows unique access to information about consciousness and death, those risks are outweighed by the benefits to NDErs and to humanity derived from a scientific...
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1989 Dan Punzak
Though near-death studies have yielded few practical applica tions, some psychotherapists have used insights from near-death experiences (NDEs) to treat a variety of problems.Using hypnosis, relaxation methods, or electric shock to initiate a conversation with a purported spirit "possessing" the patient, the therapist persuades the spirit to join others in a land of ethereal beauty and light...
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1989 I. Stevenson
This s tudy examines the incidence of reports of psychic phenomena and associated beliefs both before and after the near -dea th experience (NDE). The near -dea th exper iencers in terv iewed repor ted no more psychic phenomena before the NDE than the genera l populat ion. There was a stat ist ica l ly s ignif icant increase following the NDE in the incidence of 14 of 15 i tems examined. The...
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1989
In an Aus t ra l i an survey of communi ty at t i tudes toward neardeath experiences (NDEs), 173 respondents were asked to read a hypothetical description of an NDE and to select from a range of explanat ions tha t might approximate their own. Fifty-seven percent of the respondents believed the NDE was evidence of life after death, while less t h a n 2 percent believed the NDE was a sign of...
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1989 J. Holden
A study (Holden, 1988) of visual perception during the naturalistic near-death out-of-body experience (nND OBE), that aspect of the NDE in which the experiencer seems to view normal physical surroundings from a vantage point outside the physical body, yielded some unexpected findings that contradicted or augmented previous research. The majority of respondents were able to estimate the duration...
Journal of Near-Death Studies December 1, 1988 R. D. Newsome
Near-death experiencers (NDErs) commonly report shifts in basic values and attitudes, toward intensified compassion and a sense of unconditional love, sprituality, and a sense of mission, and away from materialism and competitiveness. Some researchers have suggested that these attitudinal shifts represent a new stage in human evolution, which will produce major social change. However, knowledge...
Journal of Near-Death Studies September 1, 1988 H. Irwin, B. Bramwell
Although the considerable majority of reported near-death experiences (NDEs) are associated with positive affect, there are occasional cases of so-called negative NDEs that are dominated by fear and anguish. The phenomenological status of the negative experiences and their relationship to the more typical positive NDEs have been the subject of increasing speculation. In that light, the NDE...
Journal of Near-Death Studies March 1, 1988 R. Yensen
A case history is presented of a 70 year old man treated with psychedelic psychotherapy for depression, anxiety, and pain associated with terminal cancer. Interpersonal and intrapersonal aspects of treatment following a single 90 mg dose of dipropyltryptamine (DPT) are described. Comparisons are made between transpersonal, mystical, and religious elements in psychedelic drug experiences and...
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1988 Kenneth Ring 7 citations
Not long ago, I invited students in one of my undergraduate courses to participate in a simple experiment."I'm going to mention a word," I said, "and I want you to write down a number from -5 to + 5 in response to that word.The number you choose should reflect your gut feeling about this word.If you feel favorable toward it, choose some positive integer; if you feel unfavorable, choose a...
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1988 2 citations
Abstract: Further research into the question of veridical perception during the "naturalistic" near-death out-of-body experience (nND OBE), that phase of the near-death experience in which the experiencer seems to be perceiving a normal earthly realm, would be of value to NDErs, their caregivers, and humanity in general. I propose a research procedure that targets visual perception during nND...
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1988 Melodie Olson 1 citation
Study exploring out-of-body experiences (OBEs), cultural differences in reporting those OBEs, and associations between OBEs and frequency of dream recall in 100 white and 100 black adults hospitalized in a university medical center.
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1988 Arthur M. Young 1 citation
Current science is extremely bold when it comes to saying what happened nanoseconds after the Big Bang.It has invented some one hundred particles that haven't been observed to explain some 32 that have been observed, most for a brief lifetime of less than a billionth of a second.But science doesn't explain consciousness.It doesn't explain extrasensory perception.It doesn't explain life; and its...
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1988 Janice Holden
Study attempting to ascertain the most appropriate content and placement of visual stimuli in a hospital-based study of the veridicality of out-of-body perception in the near-death experience (NDE), and the likelihood that a subject in such a study would notice, clearly perceive, and accurately recall a visual stimulus.
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1988 Bruce Greyson
Review of the book "With the Eyes of the Mind: An Empirical Analysis of Out-Of-Body States" by psychiatrists Glen O. Gabbard and Stuart W. Twemlow.
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1988
Article addressing the relationship between science and the study of near-death experiences.