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Book Review: Conscious Dreaming: A Spiritual Path for Everyday Life
Review of the book "Conscious Dreaming: A Spiritual Path for Everyday Life" by Robert Moss, related to shamanic dreaming.
Book Review: The Eternal Journey: How Near-Death Experiences Illuminate our Earthly Lives
Review of the book "The Eternal Journey: How Near-Death Experiences Illuminate our Earthly Lives" by sociologists Craig R. Lundahl and Harold A. WIddison.
Claims of Near-Death Experiences, Gestalt Resistance Processes, and Measures of Optimal Functioning
Abstract: The present study investigated the relationship between claims of near-death experiences (NDEs) and measures of self-actualization. Gestalt resistance processes transfluence, mystical experiences, and claims of peak life experiences in a sample of 155 individuals. As hypothesized, I found significant positive correlations between the claims of NDEs and transfluence and mystical experiences. I found no significant correlations between claims of NDEs and the seven Gestalt resistances, suggesting that NDErs are neither more nor less resistant than nonNDErs. I also found no significant relationship between claims of NDEs and self-actualization or claims of peak life experiences.
A Contribution of Tipler's Omega Point Theory to Near-Death Studies
Article presenting Frank Tipler's concepts and arguments, and highlighting the value of his orientation for near-death studies. Tipler's work takes the steam out of scientific rejection of religious, spiritual, or noetic phenomena, and makes it possible to accept these phenomena while maintaining a strictly scientific posture.
Gender and Trauma in the Near-Death Experience: An Epidemiological and Theoretical Analysis
Article exploring the nature of the "fear-death experience" (FDE) by way of an epidemiological analysis, and discussing the FDE as one of several causal theories of the near-death experience (NDE).
Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 18, Number 1, Fall 1999
Quarterly 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.
Letter to the Editor: Response to Angerpointer
Letter from Bruce J. Horacek to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic "Response to Angerpointner."
Letter to the Editor: Review of Parting Visions
Letter from Thomas A. Angerpointner to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic "Review of Parting Visions."
Letters to the Editor: The Theory of Essence [#1]
Letter from V. Krishman to the editor questioning a previously published proposal by J. Kenneth Arnette (1995) aimed at solving the problem of mind/body interaction.
The Near-Death Experience: An Integration of Cultural, Spiritual, and Physical Perspectives
Article exploring two conflicting perspectives: that the near-death experience (NDE) is a glimpse into an after-death state and that it is the result of a dying brain, as well as a third perspective that NDEs are culturally determined. The author proposes an integrated model in which all three perspectives are viewed with equal weight.
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