The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
March 1, 1986
Satwant Pasricha, Ian Stevenson
94 citations
The authors report some features of 16 cases of near-death experiences that they investigated in India. After presenting brief accounts of four such experiences, the authors describe and discuss features in which the Indian cases differ from a larger sample of American cases. They note that some of these features seem to be culture-bound, but they caution against accepting this observation as...
Journal of Religion and Health
March 1, 1986
J Pennachio
31 citations
Near-death experience exhibits many attributes of mystical awareness. Assessing the mystical quality of psychedelic experience, Walter Pahnke identified a nine-category typology of mystical experience. It is used here to illustrate the mystical nature of near-death experience. The typology also describes the self-transformation which follows the mystical state of consciousness....
November 1, 1985
Stuart W. Twemlow, Glen O. Gabbard
Thirty-four participants responding to a questionnaire survey and reporting near-death experiences are examined for preexisting psychological, perceptual-cognitive, demographic, and physical differences when compared both with each other and with a larger pool of 386 respondents who were not near death. There was no evidence of psychopathology in the population, but definite evidence of...
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
October 1, 1985
Brian C. Bates, Adrian Stanley
31 citations
This paper considers the generally consistent description of the common elements involved in near-death experiences (NDEs). It is suggested that the framework for studying a new psychiatric syndrome provides a context within which NDEs can be articulated both for research and for the practice of mental health professionals.
American Journal of Psychiatry
August 1, 1985
103 citations
Cluster analysis of 89 near-death experiences yielded three discrete types of such experiences: transcendental, affective, and cognitive. Demographic variables did not differentiate individuals having these different types of experiences, but cognitive near-death experiences were less frequent following anticipated near-death events.
Journal of Near-Death Studies
1985
V. Krishnan
Abstract: "This paper argues that the out-of-body experience (OBE) and other elements of a near-death experience (NDE), as well as the positive affects that accompany them, do not yeild conclusive evidence for survival after death. The OBE has features that suggest a physical basis for it, the other elements show the influence of cultural background, and positive affects may simply occur to...
Journal of Near-Death Studies
1985
Carl Becker
3 citations
This article presents a Tibetan perspective on near-death experiences (NDEs) and life after death.Tibetans have been concerned with death and deathbed visions from ancient times.After reviewing the beliefs of the Bon religion and of Vajrayana Buddhism, this article focuses on the theories of the Tibetan Bardo Thodol or Book of the Dead (Evans-Wentz, 1957).Many similarities to modern NDE reports...
Journal of Near-Death Studies
1985
Martin Bauer
26 citations
Near-death experiences (NDEs) are purported by many researchers and experi encers to produce positive changes in life attitudes, such as a sense of purpose, acceptance of death, concern for others, and an awareness of the value of life. This study explores the association between NDEs and subsequent attitude changes through the responses of 28 near-death experiencers on the Life Attitude...
Journal of Near-Death Studies
1984
Steve Straight
This paper discusses Katherine Anne Porter's near-death experience with influenza that influenced her book "Pale Horse, Pale Rider."
Journal of Near-Death Studies
1984
Kenneth Ring
5 citations
"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.