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Views from Tibet: NDEs and the Book of the Dead

Description: Article discussing Tibetan perspectives on near-death experiences and comparing accounts from ancient times with those in modern reports.
Date: Spring 1985
Creator: Becker, Carl B.
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Survival Psi and Somatic Psi: Exploratory Quantitative Phenomenological Analyses of Blinded Mediums' Experiences of Communication with the Deceased and Psychic Readings for the Living

Description: Article describing the results of a quantitative assessment regarding the phenomenology of mediums using "survival psi" to telepathically communicate with physically deceased targets and also psychic readings for living targets.
Date: Summer 2021
Creator: Beischel, Julie; Rock, Adam J.; Pekala, Ronald J. & Boccuzzi, Mark
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The Portal to Texas History: Building a Partnership Model for a Statewide Digital Library

Description: This chapter describes aspects of establishing the collaborations to create The Portal to Texas History, including the background of the project, marketing the initiative to potential partners, partnership roles and agreements, preservation of all digital master files, technical infrastructure to support partnership models, promoting standards and good practice, funding issues and development, research studies to understand partner benefits and user groups, sustainability issues, and future res… more
Date: April 2016
Creator: Belden, Dreanna; Phillips, Mark Edward; Carlisle, Tara & Hartman, Cathy Nelson
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Comments on "The Ketamine Model of the Near-Death Experience: A Central Role for the N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor"

Description: Abstract: Although ketamine can induce a state similar to a near-death experience (NDE), there is a striking difference between experiences induced by ketamine used in a recreational context and in an operating room. Ketamine is a noncompetitive antagonist of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor, as is ibogaine, the main alkaloid of a shrub used in Central Africa to induce NDEs in a religious context. Ibogaine can also elicit different experiences when used in a hallucinatory context or in initi… more
Date: Autumn 1997
Creator: Bianchi, Antonio
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Comments on "A Neurobiological Model for Near-Death Experiences" [#4]

Description: Article outlining the author's opinions and comments regarding a paper written by Juan C. Saavedra-Aguilar and Juan S. GĂłmez-Jeria, which approaches near-death experiences from a biological/neurological standpoint rather than a spiritual one.
Date: Summer 1989
Creator: Blacher, Richard S.
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Are Out-of-Body Experiences Evidence for Survival?

Description: 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.
Date: December 1983
Creator: Blackmore, Susan
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Near-Death Experiences in India: They Have Tunnels Too

Description: Article exploring reports of near-death experiences (NDEs) in India. These NDEs were comparable to those reported by Raymond Moody, and included tunnels, dark spaces, and bright lights, contrary to previous reports of Indian cases.
Date: Summer 1993
Creator: Blackmore, Susan J.
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The Physiology of the Tunnel

Description: Article describing several theories to account for the origin of tunnel hallucinations and tunnel experiences near death: (1) the idea of a "real" tunnel; (2) representations of transition; (3) reliving birth memories; (4) imagination; and (5) physiological origins. Three different physiological theories are considered that relate the tunnel form to the structure of the visual cortex.
Date: Autumn 1989
Creator: Blackmore, Susan J. & Troscianko, Tom S.

Electromagnetic and Other Environmental Effects Following Near-Death Experiences: A Primer

Description: Article describing the results of informal and formal research regarding electromagnetic (EM) effects of near-death experiences (NDEs); it reviews cases in which a person acts on his environment and those in which a person reacts to the environment. The paper also proposes more precise terminology regarding EM phenomena based on the research and literature review.
Date: Summer 2015
Creator: Blalock, Sarah; Holden, Janice Miner & Atwater, P. M. H.
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