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- Book Review: Gods Within: A Critical Guide to the New Age
- Review of the book "Gods Within: A Critical Guide to the New Age" by archdeacon Michael Perry regarding Christianity and the New Age movement.
- Book Review: The Omega Project: Near-Death Experiences, UFO Encounters, and Mind at Large
- Review of the book "The Omega Project: Near-Death Experiences, UFO Encounters, and Mind at Large" by researcher Kenneth Ring, discussing similarities between near-death experiences, UFO encounters, and other extraordinary experiences.
- Further Evidence For Veridical Perception During Near-Death Experiences
- Abstract: We briefly survey research designed to validate alleged out-of-body perceptions during near-death experiences. Most accounts of this kind that have surfaced since Michael Sabom's work are unsubstantiated self-reports or, as in claims of visual perception of blind persons, completely undocumented or fictional, but there have bee n some reports that were corroborated by witnesses. We briefly present and discuss three new cases of this kind.
- Guest Editorial: Moses' "Revelation" on Mount Horeb as a Near-Death Experience
- Article discussing Moses' revelation on Mount Horeb, which can be explained as a near-death or near-death-like experience. Following his revelation, he reached a higher level of consciousness, which enabled personality changes to occur. From being a simple shepherd of his father-in-law's flock, he turned into a prophet and charismatic leader of his people.
- Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 11, Number 4, Summer 1993
- 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: The Physical Basis of Out-of-Body Vision
- Letter V. Krishnan to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic "The Physical Basis of Out-of-Body Vision."
- Letters to the Editor: Optical Imaging and Near-Death Experiences
- Letter from William J. Serdahely to the editor discussing the application of optical imaging technology in the study of near-death experiences.
- A Near-Death Experience Among the Mapuche People
- Abstract: This paper describes a possible near-death experience (NDE) among the Mapuche people of Chile. The individual reporting the experience was in a cataleptic-like state for two days, the experience itself occurring at the end of this period. Some common features of NDEs, such as encounters with deceased people and being sent back, are present, together with clear evidence that past and present cultural environment shape in part the content of mental experiences.
- Near-Death Experiences in India: They Have Tunnels Too
- 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.
- The Physical Environment in the City of Light
- Article describing the physical environment found in the other world or the City of Light, based on published accounts of near-death experiences (NDEs). The City of Light appears to be a world of preternatural beauty that cannot be described adequately. NDE accounts provide descriptions of the landscape, animal life, plant life, and architecture found in the other world.
- Social Positions in the City of Light
- Abstract: This article describes the social positions of inhabitants in the otherworldly City of Light as reported by a limited number of Mormon near-death experiencers (NDErs). These social positions included men and women and various relatives and friends, in addition to authorities or administrators, genealogists, guardians, guides, homemakers, missionaries, teachers, and students. These reports of social positions in the City of Light are similar to those described by other researchers, and are comparable to those found in our own world.