“The sun told me I would be restored to life”: Native American near-death experiences, shamanism, and religious revitalization movements.
Journal of Near-Death Studies 2016 DOI: 10.17514/jnds-2016-34-3-p127-150. (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Shamanism Near-death experience |
| Keywords | Afterlife Native american Theme computing Politics Ethnology Anthropology Gender studies Literature Archaeology Law Jungian analytical psychology |
| Citations | 3 |
| Key points | Argues that near-death experiences and socio-political factors can explain Native American religious revitalization movements and beliefs. |
Abstract
This article discusses near-death experiences as a central theme of Native American afterlife beliefs, and Native Americans' response to Christian missionaries. It argues that NDEs and socio-political factors can explain Native American religious revitalization movements and beliefs in general.
Comparable studies
Other theoretical and historical papers on near-death experience, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Citations in the library
Cited by 2
- Diversity and similarity of near-death experiences across cultures and history: implications for the survival hypothesis. International Review of Psychiatry 2025
- Near-death experiences: the mystical feeling of “crossing over” and its impact on faith and spirituality The Science of Religion, Spirituality, and Existentialism 2020