[Letter to the editor].Kenneth Ring's swan song.
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1992
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."
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Avoiding the Columbus confusion: An Ockhamish view of near-death research
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1992 John Wren-Lewis 1 citation
Article exploring the theory that contemporary belief that near-death experiences (NDEs) are glimpses of an afterlife may prevent us from realizing their more profound nature. Belief in an afterlife has not historically brought humanity a high quality of life, but NDEs seem reliably to do so, and may offer important clues about why the expanded vitality, the "eternity-consciousness," of the...
[Guest editorial].Avoiding the Columbus confusion: An Ockhamish view of near-death research.
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1992 John Wren-Lewis
Article exploring the theory that contemporary belief that near-death experiences (NDEs) are glimpses of an afterlife may prevent us from realizing their more profound nature. Belief in an afterlife has not historically brought humanity a high quality of life, but NDEs seem reliably to do so, and may offer important clues about why the expanded vitality, the "eternity-consciousness," of the...
Evaluating sensory regulation as a method to improve awareness in patients with altered states of consciousness: A pilot study
Brain Injury 1992 Rodger Wood, T. B. Winkowski, Jennifer Miller et al. 58 citations
The status of sensory stimulation as a clinical procedure is still in some doubt. Recent papers have shown no significant clinical changes as a result of sensory intervention but this may be due to an inappropriate model on which these procedures were based. This paper outlines the results of a controlled pilot study, based on a sensory regulation model currently being tested at the Casa Colina...
Is “cannabis psychosis” a distinct category?
European Psychiatry 1992 Graham Thornicroft, Graham Meadows, Pierluigi Politi 24 citations
Summary Forty-five cases of psychotic patients with admission urinalysis positive for cannabis were compared with psychotic controls without evidence of cannabis use. Cases and controls were matched for age, sex and year of admission, and were compared for socio-demographic data, circumstances of admission, diagnosis, and symptoms at admission. Three differences were found: cases were more...
Motifs of passage into worlds imaginary and fantastic.
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1992
Article matching 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.
The psychological approach to out-of-body experiences: A review of early and modem developments
The Journal of Psychology 1992
This is a review of psychological approaches to out-of-body experiences (OBEs) since the 19th century. Some of the work discussed includes explanations of OBEs based on imaginal processes, telepathic hallucinations, and psychodynamic factors. Particularly important for their detail and empirical orientation are recent OBE theories of Blackmore, Irwin, and Palmer, and survey and experimental...
The Search for Synthesis
Journal of Humanistic Psychology 1992 Roger Walsh
The article outlines reasons why the field of transpersonal psychology arose and some of its current theoretical and experimental frontiers. These frontiers include full-spectrum models of development that encompass transconventional stages, possible integrations among different psychological schools, new understandings of contemplative practices and altered states of consciousness, and...
Adolescent Drug Use in Cross-Cultural Perspective
Journal of Drug Issues 1992 Charles S. Grob, Marlene Dobkin De Rios 49 citations
An analysis is made of adolescent hallucinogenic plant ingestion during initiation rituals among Australian Aboriginal males, Tshogana Tsonga females and among Chumash youth of Southern California. This use pattern contrasts with abusive patterns of drug abuse found among American adolescents. Findings indicate the existence of managed altered states of consciousness in the tribal societies...
DOI: 10.1177/002204269202200108 (opens in new tab)
Cultural hallucinogen use
Ethnopharmacology
Traditional psychedelic use
Indigenous drug practices
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[Flashback following use of cannabis--a review].
Fortschritte der Neurologie · Psychiatrie November 1991 J Fischer, K L Täschner
The present study tries to find an answer to the question, whether the consumption of cannabis can cause flashbacks, and, if so, under what circumstances they occur. This is of interest for the treatment, prognosis and also from the legal viewpoint. The definition of a flashback is often unclear. Empirical investigations are often not sufficiently comparable, the supplementary data are very...