The paradox of Jonah: Response to "Solving the riddle of frightening near-death experiences".
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1994 DOI: 10.17514/jnds-1994-13-1-p47-54. (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Near-death experience |
| Citations | 14 |
| Key points | Argues that Kenneth Ring's arguments for the radiant near-death experience are the same ones skeptics have used against its validity, and that because these arguments prove inadequate there, they also fail to address the meaning or value of the terrifying NDE. Proposes that experiences of the depths deserve as much serious study as experiences of radiance. |
Abstract
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 experiences of radiance.
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 4
- The mystery of frightening transcendent experiences: A rejoinder to Nancy Evans Bush and Christopher Bache. Journal of Near-Death Studies 1997
- Frightening near-death experiences Journal of Near-Death Studies 1996
- Commentary on "Frightening near-death experiences". Journal of Near-Death Studies 1996
- Marital Satisfaction and Stability Following a Near-Death Experience of One of the Marital Partners August 1, 2005
Cites 5
- Otherworld Journeys: Accounts of Near-Death Experience in Medieval and Modern Times Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion December 1, 1987
- Distressing Near-Death Experiences Psychiatry February 1, 1992
- Solving the riddle of frightening near-death experiences: Some testable hypotheses and a perspective based on A course in miracles. Journal of Near-Death Studies 1994
- Paradise is paradise: Reflections on psychedelic drugs, mystical experience, and the near-death experience Journal of Near-Death Studies 1988
- From alpha to omega: Ancient mysteries and the near-death experience Journal of Near-Death Studies 1987