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Anabiosis: The Journal for Near-Death Studies, Volume 1, Number 1, July 1981
Semi-annual journal publishing papers related to near-death experiences, including research reports; theoretical or conceptual statements; expressions of a scientific, philosophic, religious, or historical perspective on the study of near-death experiences; cross-cultural studies; individual case histories; and personal accounts of experiences or related phenomena.
Anabiosis: The Journal for Near-Death Studies, Volume 1, Number 2, December 1981
Semi-annual journal publishing papers related to near-death experiences, including research reports; theoretical or conceptual statements; expressions of a scientific, philosophic, religious, or historical perspective on the study of near-death experiences; cross-cultural studies; individual case histories; and personal accounts of experiences or related phenomena.
Anabiosis: The Journal for Near-Death Studies, Volume 2, Number 1, June 1982
Semi-annual journal publishing papers related to near-death experiences, including research reports; theoretical or conceptual statements; expressions of a scientific, philosophic, religious, or historical perspective on the study of near-death experiences; cross-cultural studies; individual case histories; and personal accounts of experiences or related phenomena.
Anabiosis: The Journal for Near-Death Studies, Volume 2, Number 2, December 1982
Semi-annual journal publishing papers related to near-death experiences, including research reports; theoretical or conceptual statements; expressions of a scientific, philosophic, religious, or historical perspective on the study of near-death experiences; cross-cultural studies; individual case histories; and personal accounts of experiences or related phenomena.
Anabiosis: The Journal for Near-Death Studies, Volume 3, Number 1, June 1983
Semi-annual journal publishing papers related to near-death experiences, including research reports; theoretical or conceptual statements; expressions of a scientific, philosophic, religious, or historical perspective on the study of near-death experiences; cross-cultural studies; individual case histories; and personal accounts of experiences or related phenomena.
Anabiosis: The Journal for Near-Death Studies, Volume 3, Number 2, December 1983
Semi-annual journal publishing papers related to near-death experiences, including research reports; theoretical or conceptual statements; expressions of a scientific, philosophic, religious, or historical perspective on the study of near-death experiences; cross-cultural studies; individual case histories; and personal accounts of experiences or related phenomena.
Anabiosis: The Journal for Near-Death Studies, Volume 4, Number 1, Spring 1984
Semi-annual journal publishing papers related to near-death experiences, including research reports; theoretical or conceptual statements; expressions of a scientific, philosophic, religious, or historical perspective on the study of near-death experiences; cross-cultural studies; individual case histories; and personal accounts of experiences or related phenomena.
Anabiosis: The Journal for Near-Death Studies, Volume 4, Number 2, Fall 1984
Semi-annual journal publishing papers related to near-death experiences, including research reports; theoretical or conceptual statements; expressions of a scientific, philosophic, religious, or historical perspective on the study of near-death experiences; cross-cultural studies; individual case histories; and personal accounts of experiences or related phenomena.
Anabiosis: The Journal for Near-Death Studies, Volume 5, Number 1, Spring 1985
Semi-annual journal publishing papers related to near-death experiences, including research reports; theoretical or conceptual statements; expressions of a scientific, philosophic, religious, or historical perspective on the study of near-death experiences; cross-cultural studies; individual case histories; and personal accounts of experiences or related phenomena.
Anabiosis: The Journal for Near-Death Studies, Volume 5, Number 2, [Fall 1985]
Semi-annual journal publishing papers related to near-death experiences, including research reports; theoretical or conceptual statements; expressions of a scientific, philosophic, religious, or historical perspective on the study of near-death experiences; cross-cultural studies; individual case histories; and personal accounts of experiences or related phenomena. An index to volumes 1-5 starts on page 89.
Are Out-of-Body Experiences Evidence for Survival?
Article that seeks to define out-of-body experiences (OBEs) and argues that both theoretical and empirical reasons prove that OBEs cannot provide evidence for survival of death.
The Book on Life Beyond by Bô Yin Râ: Death and Afterlife in Spiritual Perspective
"This paper seeks to draw attention to a comprehensive work on death-related questions, first published in 1920, that sheds light on crucial problems still discussed today. The author speaks from his extensive observations of the dying process and near-death phenomena, seen from a spiritual point of view, but, more importantly, discusses the inherent structure of nonphysical existence, where life no longer is perceived by mortal senses but rather, as he states, by virtue of a spiritual organism and its faculties" (abstract).
Book Review: A Collection of Near-Death Research Readings
This paper reviews a collection of near-death research readings with the purpose "to disseminate near-death research information to the public and scientists, and to encourage further research and thought on death and dying."
Book Review: Adventures in Immortality: A Look Beyond the Threshold of Death
This article summarizes and conveys the significance of the book Adventures in Immortality: A Look Beyond the Threshold of Death by George Gallup, Jr. with William Proctor. The author focuses on the book's strengths, its implications, and important findings.
Book Review: Beyond the Body: An Investigation of Out-of-the-Body Experiences
This book review addresses the book "Beyond the Body: An Investigation of Out-of-the-Body Experiences" by Susan J. Blackmore-Heinemann. The author's perspective on out-of-body experiences (OBEs) is summarized, as well as strategies that allow an individual to project beyond their body. The book reviewer points out inadequacies in the author's methodology for a variety of points and proposes questions that elicit further research.
Book Review: Easy Death
Book review of "Easy Death" written by religious teacher Da Free John, including the author's perspectives on near-death experiences.
Book Review: Heading Toward Omega: In Search of the Meaning of the Near-Death Experience
Review of the book "Heading Toward Omega: In Search of the Meaning of the Near-Death Experience" written by researcher Kenneth Ring.
Book Review: Immortality or Extinction?
Review of a book titled "Immortality or Extinction?" written by Paul and Linda Badham where the Badhams discuss their view of near-death experiences (NDEs) from a Christian perspective. The book reviewer summarizes many details about "Immortality or Extinction?"
Book Review: Recollections of Death: A Medical Perspective
Review of a book titled "Recollections of Death: A Medical Perspective" written by Michael Sabom, a cardiologist and professor of medicine at Emory University in Georgia.
Book Review: The Near-Death Experience: Problems, Prospects, Perspectives
Review of the book "The Near-Death Experience: Problems, Prospects, Perspectives," an anthology of articles that represent the most recent contributions covering the major issues in near-death studies, edited by Bruce Greyson and Charles P. Flynn.
Bozzano and the First Classification of Deathbed Visions: A Historical Note and Translation
Abstract: "Ernest Bozzano was an Italian parapsychologist who published, in 1923, one of the most important historical studies on deathbed visions. The book, while influencing such scholars as Charles Richet and Sir William Barrett, remained largely forgotten and untranslated. This paper provides a translation of selections from Bozzano's monograph illustrating his unique classification of death visions."
The Centrality of Near-Death Experiences in Chinese Pure Land Buddhism
From introduction: "One of the commonest reactions to the visionary experiences of heaven by the critical observer has been to argue that these are nothing more than the projections of the expectations of the dying person, who was either consciously or subconsciously trained to expect heavenly scenery (etc.) by his cultural upbringing. [...] This paper is a preliminary report on the status of NDEs in Pure Land Buddhism in China, and is an important contribution to cross-cultural research for several reasons" (pp. 154-155).
Changes in Spirituality as Reported By Death-Workshop Attendees
This paper assesses the reliability of The Life, Death, and Transition Workshop conducted by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross with the Alexander Spirituality Change Survey. "Significant positive change in spirituality by attendees was reported and appeared to be sustained over time" (abstract).
Combat-Related Near-Death Experiences: A Preliminary Investigation
"This paper reports on a continuing study of the near-death experience (NDE) occurring among those who were clinically dead or close to death as a result of combat operations" (abstract). Suggestions are made for the continued development of the study.
The Darkness of God: An Account of Lasting Mystical Consciousness Resulting from an NDE
Article describing the author's near-death experience (NDE) in 1983 as a result of poisoning. Almost every feature of the experience has been antithetical to the author's prior background, both in childhood and in adult life, thereby providing evidence against reductionist explanations of NDE. An account is given of how the new consciousness is affected by various life-circumstances, and of its practical impact on the quality of living.
Death and the Primacy of Love in Works of Dickens, Hugo, and Wilder
This paper compares the tendency of Charles Dickens, Thornton Wilder, and Victor Hugo who use near-death experiences (NDEs) to transform the experience of fictional characters. The fictional characters' experiences are similar to real positive experiences of people who go through NDEs.
Evaluating Near-Death Testimony: A Challenge for Theology
Article proposing a nonreductionist interpretation of near-death experiences (NDEs), showing that it is possible to give credit to individual testimony while still taking into account the physiological, psychological, and cultural conditions that influence visionary experience in the face of death.
The Failure of Saganomics: Why Birth Models Cannot Explain Near-Death Phenomena
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.
Five Arguments Regarding the Objectivity of NDEs
This paper presents five arguments that are relevant in assessing the objective status of near-death experiences (NDEs). The core of the analyses "is in support of an objectivist interpretation of the near-death experience" (abstract).
From Alpha to Omega: Ancient Mysteries and the Near-Death Experience
Article discussing Osirian temple rites of ancient Egypt, which may have involved ceremonial procedures deliberately calculated to induce an experience that was functionally identical to modern near-death experiences.
Hashish Near-Death Experiences
This paper discusses contrasting opinions about hashish-induced near-death experiences (NDEs) with an early French context. "Most researchers endorsed the view of French psychiatrist Jacques Joseph Moreau that these experiences were hallucinations. Others, including spiritualist Louis-Alphonese Cahagnet, believed that hashish NDEs revealed an underlying reality as described in the works of Emanuel Swedenborg" (abstract).
Jung, Parapsychology, and the Near-Death Experience: Toward a Transpersonal Paradigm
This paper discusses near-death experiences (NDEs) under the framework of the Jungian theory of archetypes. "NDEs are looked at as evidence for the activation of a unique archetype associated with rebirth experience, designated the archetype of death and enlightenment (ADE). The general function of the ADE is outlined, and evidence for the psychic manifestations of it is reviewed" (abstract).
Ketamine and the Near-Death Experience
This paper shows the connection between patients that receive the anesthetic ketamine and also experience near-death experiences (NDEs).
Letter to the Editor: Are Out-of-Body Experiences Evidence for Survival?
Letter written to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies where Emily Williams Cook critiques Susan Blackmore for different aspects of her discussion of the Wilmot case.
Letter to the Editor: Bozzano and Deathbed Visions [#1]
Letter written to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies where "some inaccuracies and incorrect interpretations in Siegel and Hirschman's paper" are addressed.
Letter to the Editor: D. Scott Rogo Replies
Letter written to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies fixing a misunderstanding between D. Scott Rogo and Dr. Grosso. Rogo points out the issues he takes with Grosso's way of responding to his paper, where Grosso was referenced for an element of his work.
Letter to the Editor: NDEs and Archetypes
Letter written to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies where Michael Grosso requests that Scott Rogo not dismiss his paper casually before giving it a chance. Grosso elaborates on the details that he feels are important in correcting Rogo's perspective about his paper.
Letter to the Editor: Ronald Siegel and Ada Hirschman Reply [#1]
Letter written to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies where Ronald K. Siegel and Ada E. Hirschman correct some misunderstandings about previous statements they had made about "Ernesto Bozzano's first publication on the topic of deathbed visions" (abstract).
Letter to the Editor: Susan Blackmore Replies [to Emily Cook]
Letter written to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies where Susan Blackmore elaborates on information to address Emily Cook's critique of her original paper on the Wilmot case. Blackmore agrees with some of Cook's points and disagrees with others.
Letter to the Editor: The Life Review in Childhood NDEs
Letter written to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies discussing research on childhood near-death experiences (NDEs) and the extent to which they include a "life review."
Letters to the Editor: Grosso's Review of Ring's Healing Toward Omega
Letter from Barbara Harris written to the editor of Anabiosis regarding "Grosso's Review of Ring's Heading Toward Omega."
Meanings and Implications of NDEr Transformations: Some Preliminary Findings and Implications
This paper discusses the positive implications of experiencing NDEs. "The available evidence shows, in decreasing order of saliency: greatly increased concern for others; lessened fear of death and increased belief in an afterlife; increased religious interest and feeling, both non-institutionalized and institutionalized; and lessened desires for material success and approval of others" (abstract). "NDErs might be harbingers of a more humane future" (abstract).
Moody's Versus Siegel's Interpretation of the Near-Death Experience: An Evaluation Based on Recent Research
Article using recent research to evaluate Raymond Moody's versus Ronald Siegel's interpretations of the near-death experience (NDE). Whereas Moody had concluded that the NDE is ontologically valid, Siegel interpreted the NDE as a purely subjective hallucinatory phenomenon.
The Mormon Explanation of Near-Death Experiences
"This paper describes an explanation of the near-death experience (NDE) based on the writings of Mormon leaders" (abstract). The paper mentions the spirit world, and the spiritual body's characteristics, as well as the people that can be encountered by the individual experiencing the NDE.
Multiple Mind/Body Perspectives and the Out-of-Body Experience
"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 in conjunction with the sense of being disembodied" (abstract). The paper also analyzes this phenomenon from a neurological perspective and the mathematical branch called topology.
A Multivariate Method for the Classification of Preexisting Near-Death Conditions
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 statistical technique used is also discussed in some detail since it is particularly suitable for category data of this type where small numbers of subjects and large numbers of variables are involved in the analysis.
The Nature of Personal Identity in the Near-Death Experience: Paul Brunton and the Ancient Tradition
"In this paper the nature of personal identity is examined from two perspectives: observations reported by selected near-death experiencers (NDErs) and the viewpoint represented by the late English writer Paul Brunton (1898-1981)" (abstract). The paper explores the implications of these two perspectives.
The NDE Enlarged by Swedenborg's Vision
This paper describes Emanuel Swedenborg and his out-of-body experiences that have been documented. It also describes Swedenborg's ceasing of his work in the natural sciences and commencing with the publishing of spiritual books.
Near-Death and Out-of-Body Experiences in a Melanesian Society
Abstract: "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 cultural expectations."
The Near-Death Experience in Children: Shades of the Prison-House Reopening
Abstract: "Some critics have argued that the near-death experience (NDE) is merely a culturally conditioned response to a life crisis, a reflection of expectations engendered by education, religious training, social mores, and family traditions. A review of seventeen accounts of NDEs in children, including two youngsters still in childhood, indicates that NDEs that occur at early ages appear to be substantially similar in content to adult experiences. These accounts suggest that cultural conditioning is not a primary determinant of NDE contents."
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