Cambridge University Press eBooks
February 16, 1995
Susan J. Rasmussen
Spirits of solitude bring illnesses of the heart and soul. In song verses used in spirit possession rituals, one who is possessed is referred to obliquely through the metaphor of an orphan ( golama ), a term also used to refer to a childless camel, and a female camel who has lost her young. Asalama, the blacksmith woman whose ritual served as a prelude to my quest for understanding possession,...
The International Journal of African Historical Studies
1995
John Kelly Thornton, Simon Bockie
34 citations
PREFACE ONE The Spirituality of a Communal People Beginning with Community The Kongo People The Land of Manianga: Isolation and Rejection Gender and Community Structure The Cohesiveness of the Community Communal Life as the Goal of Existence The Clan The Role of the Chief The Flow of Living Power from the Ancestors Family Relationships Seniority Marriage The Individual Tension between the...
Journal of Near-Death Studies
1995
Craig R. Lundahl, Harold A. Widdison
offers comments on our two articles, "Social Positions in the City of Light" (Lundahl and Widdison, 1993) and "The Physical Environment in the City of Light" (Widdison and Lundahl, 1993), and a suggestion to focus on the symbolism of near-death experiences (NDEs) in our future studies.Both of our articles evolved out of a much larger research effort in which we are doing a comprehensive content...
Journal of Near-Death Studies
1995
Vincent Luciani
Yes, I had read "Amazing Grace" (Ring, 1991) rather carefully, and in fact had read one of its accounts, that of a near-death experiencer (NDEr) friend, perhaps even before Kenneth Ring had.Nor am I the only bona fide NDEr in disagreement with Ring's inappropriate conclusion that those fouror any 4,000 -NDE narratives could tell us all there was to be told about any aspect of near-death, most...
Journal of Near-Death Studies
1995
John Wren-Lewis
Major advances in human understanding almost always come from questioning a supposedly obvious truth, and that is why I strongly recommend this book to everyone interested in near-death studies.It calls into question a whole range of common assumptions about life and death, prompting noted thanatologist Ram Dass to proclaim in his Foreword that "after this gift, the literature on dying will...
Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks
1995
Robert K. Paterson
There are several important logical differences between the kinds of general argument we examined in the last chapter and the kinds of specific evidence for a life after death to which we must now turn. We shall shortly be focusing on: (1) near-death experiences; (2) apparitional experiences; (3) communications via mediums; and (4) putative reincarnation cases. Evidence of these empirical kinds...
Journal of Near-Death Studies
1995
Carl Becker
7 citations
This article summarizes some trends and issues raised by a review of recent articles in the Journal of Near-Death Studies.It points to a need for clarity on the problems of monism and dualism, on the definitions of near-death experiences (NDEs), on reasoning by analogy, and on hypothe sis testing and falsification.While recognizing the superficial similarities be tween NDEs and a broad range of...
Journal of Near-Death Studies
1995
Stephen L. Thaler
6 citations
Paper describing a thought experiment in which a hypothetical creature created by a computer program inhabits a simple universe consisting of itself, food, and predators. As this creature "dies" it "internally" experiences these environmental features independent of their actual presence. More evolved hypothetical creatures generate novel forms of "inner" experiences as they "die." Applying...
Journal of Near-Death Studies
1995
P. M. H. Atwater
Commentary taking remarks previously made about frightening near-death experiences and the possibility of near-death being a kundalini breakthrough as license to ask for a reconsideration of near-death research.
Journal of Near-Death Studies
1995
Phyllis Marie H. Atwater
1 citation
Commentary taking remarks previously made about frightening near-death experiences and the possibility of near-death being a kundalini breakthrough as license to ask for a reconsideration of near-death research.