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Six Studies of Out-of-Body Experiences

Journal of Near-Death Studies June 1, 1998 C. Tart

Because of confusion between science and scientism, many people react negatively to the idea of scientific investigation of near-death experiences (NDEs), but genuine science can contribute a great deal to understanding NDEs and helping experiencers integrate their experiences with everyday life. After noting how scientific investigation of certain parapsychological phenomena has established a...

Near-Death and Out-of-Body Experiences in the Blind: A Study of Apparent Eyeless Vision

Journal of Near-Death Studies December 1, 1997 K. Ring, S. Cooper

This article reports the results of an investigation into near-death and out-of-body experiences in 31 blind respondents. The study sought to address three main questions: (1) whether blind individuals have near-death experiences (NDEs) and, if so, whether they are the same as or different from those of sighted persons; (2) whether blind persons ever claim to see during NDEs and out-of-body...

The neural substrates of religious experience

The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences August 1, 1997 278 citations

Religious experience is brain-based, like all human experience. Clues to the neural substrates of religious-numinous experience may be gleaned from temporolimbic epilepsy, near-death experiences, and hallucinogen ingestion. These brain disorders and conditions may produce depersonalization, derealization, ecstasy, a sense of timelessness and spacelessness, and other experiences that foster...

The mystery of frightening transcendent experiences: A rejoinder to Nancy Evans Bush and Christopher Bache.

Journal of Near-Death Studies 1997 Mishka Jambor 2 citations

Article reviewing Christopher Bache's perinatal account of near-death experiences (NDEs) and suggesting that it does not go far enough. The author then presents a new model, bliss/abyss, derived from the study of mysticism; shows that pleasant and frightening NDEs can be accommodated within the model; and discusses the predictions that can be drawn from the new theoretical framework.

[Book Reviews] [Review of the book After the light: What I discovered on the other side of life that can change your world, by K. C. Sharp].

Journal of Near-Death Studies 1997 Bruce Greyson

Review of the book "After the Light: What I Discovered on the Other Side of Life That Can Change Your World" by former Northwest Regional Coordinator of the International Association for Near-Death Studies Kimberly Clark Sharp discussing her own near-death experience and its effect on her life.

Bereavement and moral and spiritual development : an exploration of the experiences of children and young people

PEARL 1996 Valerie Clark 1 citation

This thesis, which is in two parts, attempts to interpret in moral and spiritual terms those responses to bereavement that are often described as psychological. In part one human development is considered comparing religious, philosophical, scientific and psychological theories and a model of the 'core self is proposed (body, mind and emotions) which responds to social and cultural influences...

Children and the near-death phenomenon: Another viewpoint.

Journal of Near-Death Studies 1996 P. M. H. Atwater 4 citations

"Children who brush death, nearly die, or who are pronounced clinically dead but later revive have a much higher incidence of near-death experiences (NDEs) than do adults. Although excellent research now exists on children's cases, there have been discrepancies. I suggest that we need to broaden the range of observations on children's NDEs and reconsider what is known about children and the...

The death dream and near-death Darwinism.

Journal of Near-Death Studies 1996 Stephen L. Thaler 3 citations

This paper proposes that "based upon very repeatable computer simulations of dying neural networks, the phenomena of both near-death experiences (NDEs) and a virtual afterlife are plausible and can be expected to occur in traumatized neurobiological systems" (abstract). The author then speculates three societal implications based on this conclusion.