Neurology
April 10, 2006
Kevin R. Nelson, Michelle Mattingly, Sherman A. Lee et al.
120 citations
The neurophysiologic basis of near death experience (NDE) is unknown. Clinical observations suggest that REM state intrusion contributes to NDE. Support for the hypothesis follows five lines of evidence: REM intrusion during wakefulness is a frequent normal occurrence, REM intrusion underlies other clinical conditions, NDE elements can be explained by REM intrusion, cardiorespiratory afferents...
Journal of Near-Death Studies
2006
Gregg Lahood
3 citations
Article bringing a transpersonal perinatal anthropological perspective to the study of three fathers' near-death-like experiences (NDEs) with the "spiritual emergencies" of three New Zealand men during their partners' pregnancies. It explores the seemingly anomalous male birth/death/rebirth experiences and draws some parallels with what some Western researchers have called "the shamanic...
Medical Hypotheses
2006
U Maas, S Strubelt
41 citations
Ibogaine is the most important alkaloid of the Central African Iboga-shrub. It is the central drug in Gabonian initiation ceremonies in which it is used to cause a near-death experience. In Western countries it is used in private clinics to treat addiction. However, in the United States and most European countries it is classified as an illegal drug because at least eight persons have died...
Journal of Near-Death Studies
2005
Janice Holden, Rozan Christian
4 citations
Since 1975, when Raymond Moody coined the term "near-death experience" (NDE), numerous articles have been published addressing NDEs and related phenomena.To make that literature accessible to researchers, the International Association for Near-Death Studies published an Index (2005) on CD-ROM in which the authors used 135 near-death-related topics to analyze more than 800 articles, including...
Etudes sur la mort/Études sur la mort
2005
Thierry Jandrok
1 citation
-CLINIQUE : PRÉSENTATION D'UN RÉCIT DE NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE« Si les choses deviennent confuses, un guerrier pense à la mort.-Voilà qui est encore plus dur, don Juan.Pour la plupart des gens la mort est une chose éloignée, vague.Nous n'y pensons jamais.-Pourquoi pas ?-Et pourquoi devrions-nous y penser ?-Très simplement parce que l'idée de la mort est la seule chose qui apaise notre esprit »....
Journal of Near-Death Studies
2005
Peter Fenwick
Spirituality is increasingly acknowledged in medicine as a legitimate topic of instruction and focus of research. I highlight some findings of my own and others' retrospective research on near-death experiences (NDEs), review recent prospective research by myself and others, and describe veridical perception research I plan to undertake. After reviewing findings regarding approaching-death...
British Journal of Psychology
May 1, 2004
Rense Lange, Bruce Greyson, James Houran
98 citations
For those with true near-death experiences (NDEs), Greyson's (1983, 1990) NDE Scale satisfactorily fits the Rasch rating scale model, thus yielding a unidimensional measure with interval-level scaling properties. With increasing intensity, NDEs reflect peace, joy and harmony, followed by insight and mystical or religious experiences, while the most intense NDEs involve an awareness of things...
Journal of Near-Death Studies
2004
Raymond L. M. Lee
3 citations
Article discussing the meaning of the clear light in dream yoga and in the near-death experience in order to inquire into the interpretation of its role in spiritual emancipation.
Nature
December 11, 2003
Ilya Farber
The study of consciousness being rather broad, its more science-oriented practitioners quickly become adept at glancing through promising-looking new books to discern whether they partake a little too much of the ‘cosmic’. This isn’t usually difficult, but Susan Blackmore’s new book almost seems to have been intentionally designed to thwart such attempts at classification. Consciousness: An...
Journal of Near-Death Studies
2003
F. Gordon Greene
In this paper, I elaborate the hyperspatial implications of the fractal-scaling scheme that I introduced previously. Four case examples where out-of-body experiencers reported heightened and amplified visual capacities are correlated with this explanatory model. Three of these cases are identified as including an additional hyperspace signifier, the reported capacity to see through solid and...