ISSN 0891-4494
333 papers in the library · 1,247 citations · publishing 1981-2025
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1995 Phyllis Marie H. Atwater 1 citation
Commentary taking remarks previously made about frightening near-death experiences and the possibility of near-death being a kundalini breakthrough as license to ask for a reconsideration of near-death research.
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1995 V. Krishnan
Letter V. Krishnan to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic "Near Death Experiences and Healing."
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1995 John Wren-Lewis
Major advances in human understanding almost always come from questioning a supposedly obvious truth, and that is why I strongly recommend this book to everyone interested in near-death studies.It calls into question a whole range of common assumptions about life and death, prompting noted thanatologist Ram Dass to proclaim in his Foreword that "after this gift, the literature on dying will...
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1995 Craig R. Lundahl, Harold A. Widdison
offers comments on our two articles, "Social Positions in the City of Light" (Lundahl and Widdison, 1993) and "The Physical Environment in the City of Light" (Widdison and Lundahl, 1993), and a suggestion to focus on the symbolism of near-death experiences (NDEs) in our future studies.Both of our articles evolved out of a much larger research effort in which we are doing a comprehensive content...
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1995 V. Krishnan
Letter V. Krishnan to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic: "Out-of-Body Vision in Darkness."
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1995 P. M. H. Atwater
Commentary taking remarks previously made about frightening near-death experiences and the possibility of near-death being a kundalini breakthrough as license to ask for a reconsideration of near-death research.
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1995 Roger B. Cook
Letter from Roger B. Cook to editor discussing a counter argument to Dov Steinmetz's suggestion (1993) that Moses' burning bush revelation was a near-death experience.
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1995 Vincent Luciani
Yes, I had read "Amazing Grace" (Ring, 1991) rather carefully, and in fact had read one of its accounts, that of a near-death experiencer (NDEr) friend, perhaps even before Kenneth Ring had.Nor am I the only bona fide NDEr in disagreement with Ring's inappropriate conclusion that those fouror any 4,000 -NDE narratives could tell us all there was to be told about any aspect of near-death, most...
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1995 R. Hoffman
Article analyzing the communication processes used by 50 near-death experiencers and discussing their disclosure needs and motives, as well as influences and obstacles that affect disclosure habits. The findings suggest that disclosure needs evolve through stages after an experience, and reveal five distinct disclosure motives.
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1994 Kenneth Ring 24 citations
Article discussing three varieties of frightening near-death experiences (NDEs), as distinguished in the typology of Bruce Greyson and Nancy Evans Bush.
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1994 Bruce Greyson 17 citations
Article discussing the relationship between near-death experiences (NDEs) and positive changes in attitudes, beliefs, and values that might be expected to enhance the experiencers' satisfaction with life.
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1994 Christopher M. Bache 14 citations
Article proposing a more comprehensive interpretation of frightening near-death experiences (NDEs), in response to a paper by Kenneth Ring.
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1994 Nancy Evans Bush 14 citations
Article contending that Kenneth Ring's arguments are the same that have been used by skeptics to question the validity of the radiant near-death experience (NDE); that as they have been found inadequate there, so they do not adequately address the meaning or value of the terrifying experience; and that experiences of the depths may be equally productive and as worthy of serious study as are...
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1994 Linda Hutton Moore 13 citations
The purpose of this study was to investigate physicians' knowledge of and attitudes toward near-death experiences (NDEs). The study population consisted of 143 staff physicians in the Baptist Memorial Hospital System. Participants completed by mail a modified version of Thornburg's (1988) Near-Death Phenomena Knowledge and Attitudes Questionnaire. Less than one-fourth of the physicians had a...
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1994 Jean-Pierre Jourdan 12 citations
Article exploring a theory that the first stages of transcendental experiences might be induced by blocking or saturating sensory input to the brain at the level of the hippocampus. Many accounts of kundalini awakenings are consistent with this theory, as is an extended version of Itzhak Bentov's physio-kundalini model.
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1994 Arvin S. Gibson 7 citations
From 1990 to 1993, approximately 100 subjects in the Salt Lake City, Utah, region were interviewed who claimed to have had a near-death experience (NDE) or analogous spiritual event.Of those, 68 case studies were reported in two books (Gibson, 1992(Gibson, , 1993)).These cases corroborated pat terns previously encountered in other researchers' near-death studies, and divulged some new patterns...
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1994 Yvonne Kason 6 citations
This article explores the historical and research evidence that the awakening of latent spiritual energy is the biopsychospiritual basis of near-death experiences (NDEs).This spiritual energy is known in various sacred traditions as Holy Spirit, Vital Winds, chi, dumo fire, mana, and, in the yogic tradition, kundalini.I outline the modern kundalini hypothesis, as first proposed by Gopi Krishna;...
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1994 Lawrence Wile 6 citations
Article detailing a personal mystical experience that led the author to the belief that a little known structure in the center of the spinal cord, Reissner's fiber, is identical with the anatomical entity described by kundalini yoga. The author's struggles to understand the meaning of that experience have led him to believe that an understanding of the deeper realities underlying quantum...
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1994 Gene Kieffer 5 citations
While many now believe that the near-death experience can, in some cases, activate the kundalini, there is still little understanding of what is meant by the arousal of this power.The awakening of kundalini actually means the reversal of the activity of the reproductive system and the activa tion of another chamber in the brain, which, if all goes well, can lead to enlightenment or...
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1994 Lawrence Wile 4 citations
Article detailing a personal mystical experience that led the author to the belief that a little known structure in the center of the spinal cord, Reissner's fiber, is identical with the anatomical entity described by kundalini yoga. The author's struggles to understand the meaning of that experience have led him to believe that an understanding of the deeper realities underlying quantum...
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1994 Stuart W. Twemlow 3 citations
Article proposing an integrated psychodynamic perspective to account in part for a variety of similarities between near-death experiences and UFO abductions. The psychodynamic psychology of these experiences implies that their "realness" is mainly a function of that psychology, rather than primarily of an objectifiable external reality. Clinical and research examples highlight the theoretical...
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...
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1994 Fowler C. Jones 1 citation
This critique reviews Stuart Twemlow's excellent paper and presents some evidence-not proof-for the existence of unidentified flying objects (UFOs).My differences with Twemlow concern primarily his view of the psychological and social characteristics of UFO abductees and near-death experiencers (NDErs).I review the evidence for the "fantasy-prone person ality," report personal anecdotes with...
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1994 V. Krishnan, J. Kenneth Arnette
J. Kenneth Arnette (1992) seems to believe that verified cases of out-of-body vision are proof of the dualist view that mind is a nonphysical entity that can exist independently of the body.I submit that his view is open to question.Out-of-body sight could be a form of eyeless, yet body-based, perception that goes into operation when, under certain circumstances, the eyes are not functional.I...
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1994 Alvin Huston Lawson
Article responding to Stuart Twemlow's discussion of UFO abduction experiences paralleled with near-death experiences.