Expanding Grof's concept of the perinatal: Deepening the inquiry into frightening near-death experiences.

doi:10.17514/jnds-1996-15-2-p115-139.

Expanding Grof's concept of the perinatal: Deepening the inquiry into frightening near-death experiences.

Journal of Near-Death Studies 1996 DOI: 10.17514/jnds-1996-15-2-p115-139. (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics	Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed
Topics	Near-death experience
Citations	8
Key points	Argues that explaining perinatal experiences requires hypothesizing that the patient has expanded beyond the individual subject.

Abstract

Study suggesting that in order to explain the phenomenology of perinatal experience, as described in the work of Stanislav Grof, we must hypothesize that the patient in these instances has expanded beyond the individual subject.

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Otherworld Journeys: Accounts of Near-Death Experience in Medieval and Modern Times	1987	Historical analysis
Neuroscience and the Near-Death Experience: Roles for the NMSA-PCP receptor, the sigma receptor and the endopsychosins	1990	Theoretical or philosophical paper
Implications of near-death experiences for a postmaterialist psychology.	2010	Theoretical or philosophical paper
Near-Death Experience as a Probe to Explore (Disconnected) Consciousness	2020	Theoretical or philosophical paper
Near-death experiences between science and prejudice	2012	Theoretical or philosophical paper

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A perinatal interpretation of frightening near-death experiences: A dialogue with Kenneth Ring. Journal of Near-Death Studies 1994