Imagination, Cognition and Personality
October 1, 1994
Renaud van Quekelberghe, Peter Göbel, Eleonore Hertweck
2 citations
In this article we report on an OBE and NDE-simulation study carried out with psychology students ( n = 21). In addition to deep relaxation and special forms of hypnotic induction, a number of supplementary techniques were introduced. Effects of the simulation were examined by means of a questionnaire developed especially for the simulation experiment. Modifications and improvements were tested...
Journal of Near-Death Studies
1994
Fowler C. Jones
1 citation
This critique reviews Stuart Twemlow's excellent paper and presents some evidence-not proof-for the existence of unidentified flying objects (UFOs).My differences with Twemlow concern primarily his view of the psychological and social characteristics of UFO abductees and near-death experiencers (NDErs).I review the evidence for the "fantasy-prone person ality," report personal anecdotes with...
Journal of Near-Death Studies
1994
Jean-Pierre Jourdan
12 citations
Article exploring a theory that the first stages of transcendental experiences might be induced by blocking or saturating sensory input to the brain at the level of the hippocampus. Many accounts of kundalini awakenings are consistent with this theory, as is an extended version of Itzhak Bentov's physio-kundalini model.
Journal of Near-Death Studies
1994
Kenneth Ring
Stuart Twemlow's article has made an important dual contribution to our thinking about anomalous experiences: first in offering a heuristic psychodynamic model in terms of which to view them, and second, in suggesting a definite link between near-death experiences (NDEs) and unidentified flying object (UFO) abductions. I consider his argument largely from the standpoint of my own recent...
Journal of Near-Death Studies
1994
J. Kenneth Arnette
In his letter to the Journal, V. Krishnan disagrees with my interpretation of near-death experience (NDEs) in the context of the mind/body problem (Arnette, 1992).Krishnan writes that I consider Michael Sabom's (1982) evidence of accurate visual perception during NDEs to be proof of dualism.Further, Krishnan writes that I have ignored the problems of mind-brain interaction and infinite...
Journal of Near-Death Studies
1994
Alvin Huston Lawson
Article responding to Stuart Twemlow's discussion of UFO abduction experiences paralleled with near-death experiences.
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
November 1, 1992
David Lukoff, F Lu, Robert Turner
In theory, research, and practice, mental health professionals have tended to ignore or pathologize the religious and spiritual dimensions of life. This represents a type of cultural insensitivity toward individuals who have religious and spiritual experiences in both Western and non-Western cultures. After documenting the "religiosity gap" between clinicians and patients, the authors review...
Journal of Near-Death Studies
September 1, 1992
J. Arnette
The classical mind/body problem can be approached empirically, using instances of the near-death experience (NDE) as experimental data. The monistic viewpoint, that the mind is the functioning of the brain, finds little support in the NDE data, while dualism, mind and body as separate entities, is consistent with NDE research to date. Comparison of the details of the NDE with predictions from...
Journal of Near-Death Studies
1992
F. Gordon Greene
3 citations
In this paper I match phenomena associated with the passage into otherworlds as reported during out-of-body and near-death experiences, with imagery associated with the passage into otherworlds as depicted in classic modern fantasies and fairy tales. Both sources include sensations of consciousness separating from the body, floating and flying, passage through fluidic spaces or dark tunnels...
Journal of Near-Death Studies
1992
Vincent Luciani
Letter Vincent Luciani to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic of life after a near-death experience, inspired by "Kenneth Ring's Swan Song."