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

Kenneth Ring

The Journal of near-death studies 1984 DOI: 10.17514/jnds-1984-4-1-p3-20. (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed
Topics Near-death experience
Citations 5
Key points Examines personal identity through reported near-death experiences and the perspective of writer Paul Brunton (1898-1981), exploring the implications of these two viewpoints. The abstract states no conclusions.

Abstract

"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.