Journal of Near-Death Studies
June 1, 1983
F. G. Greene
"This study reviews and analyzes evidence for a rare but persistently reported facet of out-of-body experience (OBE)/near-death experience (NDE) phenomenology designated the "multiple-body/split-consciousness" effect. Those who experience this effect describe the sensation of possessing and in some instances simultaneously occupying a multiple number of "bodies" at varying locations, sometimes...
Journal of Near-Death Studies
1983
47 citations
"The texts of three near-death experiences, one vision, and one dream by Melanesian villagers are presented and analyzed with regard to their cultural context. Comparison of these experiences with those reported from North America and India suggests that while they have common features (such as the appearance of apparitions, and visions of paradise), their interpretation is structured by...
Journal of Near-Death Studies
December 1, 1982
Stuart W. Twemlow, Glen O. Gabbard, L. Coyne
Abstract: This study reports the results of a multivariate analysis of data from 33 subjects who had near-death experiences. The analysis examined the relationship between the phenomenology of the experience and preexisting conditions. Five clusters were derived: Low Stress, Emotional Stress, Intoxicant, Cardiac Arrest, and Anesthetic. The heuristic value of these clusters is discussed. The...
Journal of Near-Death Studies
December 1, 1982
C. Becker
This article refutes Carl Sagan's theory that near-death experiences (NDEs) are recollections of birth experiences based on three major reasons including the inability of newborn babies to perceive experiences and that there are differences between births and NDEs.
Journal of Near-Death Studies
1982
C. T. K. Chari
9 citations
Partial Abstract: "This paper examines tunnel experiences, which have been discussed by Raymond Moody, Kenneth Ring, and Kevin Drab in the context of near-death experiences. It is argued that tunnel experiences, even when possibly triggered by psi cognition, are not always associated with near-death experiences or out-of-body experiences. A proposed definition of pseudo-hallucinations is...
Journal of Near-Death Studies
July 1, 1981
M. Grosso
This paper discusses different kinds of near-death experiences (NDEs) and the conditions that general elicit them. Their nature is elaborated upon, as well as their effects on the people that experience them.
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
June 1, 1981
Glen O. Gabbard, Stuart W. Twemlow, Fowler C. Jones
72 citations
Near deaths experiences are being reported with increasing frequency, but whether the constellation of factors comprising these experiences is unique to near death situations is unknown. This investigation compared near death experiences to other out-of-body experiences to determine if there are unique features associated with near death experiences. Our results indicate that there are no...
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
March 1, 1981
Bruce Greyson
55 citations
Attempted suicide is correlated with an increase subsequent risk of committed suicide. However, preliminary data and psychodynamic hypotheses suggest that serious suicide attempts followed by transcendental near-death experiences (NDEs) may decrease rather than increase subsequent overt suicide risk, despite the NDEs' apparent "romanticization" of death. Studies of NDEs and of their influence...
JAMA
December 14, 1979
Bruce Greyson
1 citation
In Reply.— Two reasons justify the publication of our article in a medical journal. First, the experiences to which we drew attention occur frequently (although not exclusively) during grave physical illnesses and injuries. The actual role of physiological changes in these experiences is still poorly understood. Some persons have them when they think they are going to die, even though they are...
Perspectives in biology and medicine
June 1, 1978
Douglas P. Hobson
1 citation
BRIEF PROPOSAL "PERITHAN EXPERIENCE": NAMING THE BEYOND DOUGLAS P. HOBSON* Man's pursuit of knowledge about Ufe after death has taken him into many areas and strange, unexplored frontiers of human experience. Fettered frequently by a nagging fear of death and yet goaded by his persistent curiosity of the mysterious, man has in some fashion found ways of familiarizing himself with death. In this...