Latest content added for UNT Digital Library Partner: UNT Librarieshttps://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/partners/UNT/browse/?start=73602016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing UNT Digital Library Partner: UNT LibrariesIn a Sacred Manner We Died: Native American Near-Death Experiences2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799240/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799240/"><img alt="In a Sacred Manner We Died: Native American Near-Death Experiences" title="In a Sacred Manner We Died: Native American Near-Death Experiences" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799240/small/"/></a></p><p>Article presenting 11 historical Native American near-death experiences from the 1600s to the early 20th century as they appeared in the accounts of early explorers, autobiographical records, and ethnographic accounts.</p>Guest Editorial: Is There a Hell? Surprising Observations About the Near-Death Experience2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799241/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799241/"><img alt="Guest Editorial: Is There a Hell? Surprising Observations About the Near-Death Experience" title="Guest Editorial: Is There a Hell? Surprising Observations About the Near-Death Experience" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799241/small/"/></a></p><p>Article discussing current research into what are now termed "distressing" or "unpleasant" near-death experiences (NDEs) and the author's findings from interviews of over a hundred such cases.The article compares this information with earlier reports from Maurice Rawlings, mythological traditions about the concept of hell, and renderings from The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Finally, it details four types of NDEs - initial, hell-like, heaven-like, and transcendental - and what seems to be an attitudinal profile characteristic of each type.</p>Book Review: Otherworld Journeys: Accounts of Near-Death Experience in Medieval and Modern Times2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799242/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799242/"><img alt="Book Review: Otherworld Journeys: Accounts of Near-Death Experience in Medieval and Modern Times" title="Book Review: Otherworld Journeys: Accounts of Near-Death Experience in Medieval and Modern Times" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799242/small/"/></a></p><p>Review of the book "Otherworld Journeys: Accounts of Near-Death Experience in Medieval and Modern Times" by religion lecturer Carol Zaleski.</p>ECT: TNT or TLC? A Near-Death Experience Triggered by Electroconvulsive Therapy2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799243/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799243/"><img alt="ECT: TNT or TLC? A Near-Death Experience Triggered by Electroconvulsive Therapy" title="ECT: TNT or TLC? A Near-Death Experience Triggered by Electroconvulsive Therapy" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799243/small/"/></a></p><p>Article reporting an experience in the course of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) that was indistinguishable from a near-death experience (NDE). Aspects of the experience that had been terrifying for the individual were counterbalanced by her immediate and complete recovery from a suicidal depression. Beyond the transpersonal aspects of her NDE-like experience, the ECT triggered a precognitive vision that materialized two years later.</p>Amazing Grace: The Healing Effects of Near-Death Experiences on Those Dying and Grieving2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799244/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799244/"><img alt="Amazing Grace: The Healing Effects of Near-Death Experiences on Those Dying and Grieving" title="Amazing Grace: The Healing Effects of Near-Death Experiences on Those Dying and Grieving" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799244/small/"/></a></p><p>Study presenting evidence of seven categorical situations where participating in or knowledge of near-death experiences (NDEs) and nearing-death awareness experiences serve as healing agents in facing one's own death or the death of a significant other.</p>Is the Near-Death Experience Only N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Blocking?2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799245/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799245/"><img alt="Is the Near-Death Experience Only N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Blocking?" title="Is the Near-Death Experience Only N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Blocking?" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799245/small/"/></a></p><p>Article examining Karl Jansen's hypothesis that near-death experiences (NDEs) result from blockade of the N-methyl-D-asparate receptor.</p>Letters to the Editor: Grosso's Review of Ring's Healing Toward Omega2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799246/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799246/"><img alt="Letters to the Editor: Grosso's Review of Ring's Healing Toward Omega" title="Letters to the Editor: Grosso's Review of Ring's Healing Toward Omega" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799246/small/"/></a></p><p>Letter from Barbara Harris written to the editor of Anabiosis regarding "Grosso's Review of Ring's Heading Toward Omega."</p>Near-Death Experiences: Perception Is Reality2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799248/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799248/"><img alt="Near-Death Experiences: Perception Is Reality" title="Near-Death Experiences: Perception Is Reality" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799248/small/"/></a></p><p>Article proposing three etiologies responsible for the near-death experience, which are referred to as an altered state of consciousness: physiologic, pharmacologic, and psychologic. It recommends research to determine what developmental factors influence the emotionality of the experience and how in-depth understanding can be used to provide better patient care.</p>What Do Near-Death Experiencers and Jesus Have in Common? The Near-Death Experience and Spong's New Christianity2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799249/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799249/"><img alt="What Do Near-Death Experiencers and Jesus Have in Common? The Near-Death Experience and Spong's New Christianity" title="What Do Near-Death Experiencers and Jesus Have in Common? The Near-Death Experience and Spong's New Christianity" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799249/small/"/></a></p><p>Article relating near-death phenomena to John Shelby Spong's argument for a more "authentic" view of Jesus, a more spiritual understanding of humanity, and a new, evolving Christianity. Near-death research and Spong's envisioned new Christianty share in principle the ideal of progress through challenge and open dialogue.</p>Book Review: Coming Back to Life: The After-Effects of the Near Death Experience2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799138/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799138/"><img alt="Book Review: Coming Back to Life: The After-Effects of the Near Death Experience" title="Book Review: Coming Back to Life: The After-Effects of the Near Death Experience" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799138/small/"/></a></p><p>Review of the book "Coming Back to Life: The After-Effects of the Near-Death Experience" written by P.M.H. Atwater regarding difficulties that near-death experiencers have adjusting to life during and after their recoveries.</p>A Neurobiological Model for Near-Death Experiences. [Part] 2: The Problem of Recall of Real Events2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799139/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799139/"><img alt="A Neurobiological Model for Near-Death Experiences. [Part] 2: The Problem of Recall of Real Events" title="A Neurobiological Model for Near-Death Experiences. [Part] 2: The Problem of Recall of Real Events" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799139/small/"/></a></p><p>Article proposing a scientific approach to explain the fact that some near-death experiencers (NDErs) are able to recollect and verbalize real events occurring in the environment during the experience.</p>Book Review: We Live Forever: The Real Truth about Death2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799140/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799140/"><img alt="Book Review: We Live Forever: The Real Truth about Death" title="Book Review: We Live Forever: The Real Truth about Death" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799140/small/"/></a></p><p>Review of the book "We Live Forever: The Real Truth about Death" by P. M. H. Atwater about her own near-death experiences.</p>The Near-Death Experience: A Theoretical Summarization2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799141/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799141/"><img alt="The Near-Death Experience: A Theoretical Summarization" title="The Near-Death Experience: A Theoretical Summarization" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799141/small/"/></a></p><p>Abstract: This article (a) outlines a systematic theory of the near-death experience (NDE) based on accumulated research; (b) formulates 23 propositions that describe the NDE developmental process and illustrates these propositions and their relationship to one another; and (c) discusses observations on the sequence of events for the NDE and its aftermath and illustrates a proposed model of causal relationships for the NDE.</p>Afterward: Making Meaning After a Frightening Near-Death Experience2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799142/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799142/"><img alt="Afterward: Making Meaning After a Frightening Near-Death Experience" title="Afterward: Making Meaning After a Frightening Near-Death Experience" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799142/small/"/></a></p><p>Abstract: The routes by which individuals attribute meaning to a near-death experience (NDE) appear to be similar, whether the experience was radiant or terrifying. This article explores three such avenues in relation to frightening experiences. I argue that resisting a terrifying NDE is likely to intensify fearfulness in an individual, and also that a similar effect occurs within society when this type of experience is resisted and misunderstood. The article concludes with an approach to synthesis and suggested techniques that may be useful in integrating the experience.</p>Evolution and the Relationship between Brain and Mind States2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799143/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799143/"><img alt="Evolution and the Relationship between Brain and Mind States" title="Evolution and the Relationship between Brain and Mind States" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799143/small/"/></a></p><p>Article discussing the phylogenetic basis of states of consciousness, and presenting the central theses of monism and dualism, in which near-death experiences (NDEs) enjoy very different ontological statuses.</p>Who's Afraid of Life After Death?2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799144/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799144/"><img alt="Who's Afraid of Life After Death?" title="Who's Afraid of Life After Death?" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799144/small/"/></a></p><p>Article discussing the academy's refusal to examine the evidence for an afterlife, and tendency to cling to materialism as if it were a priori true, instead of a posteriori false. The author suggests several explanations for the monumental failure of curiosity on the part of academia.</p>Psychomanteum Research: A Pilot Study2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799145/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799145/"><img alt="Psychomanteum Research: A Pilot Study" title="Psychomanteum Research: A Pilot Study" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799145/small/"/></a></p><p>Study of 57 persons who participated in 31 workshops seeking visionary and other reunion experiences with departed loved ones by means of a mirror-gazing procedure developed by Raymond Moody. The study was an attempt to repeat Moody's findings, to alleviate the grief of the participants, and to explore psychological factors related to their experiences.</p>Book Review: Gods Within: A Critical Guide to the New Age2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799146/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799146/"><img alt="Book Review: Gods Within: A Critical Guide to the New Age" title="Book Review: Gods Within: A Critical Guide to the New Age" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799146/small/"/></a></p><p>Review of the book "Gods Within: A Critical Guide to the New Age" by archdeacon Michael Perry regarding Christianity and the New Age movement.</p>Expanding Grof's Concept of the Perinatal: Deepening the Inquiry into Frightening Near-Death Experiences2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799147/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799147/"><img alt="Expanding Grof's Concept of the Perinatal: Deepening the Inquiry into Frightening Near-Death Experiences" title="Expanding Grof's Concept of the Perinatal: Deepening the Inquiry into Frightening Near-Death Experiences" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799147/small/"/></a></p><p>Study suggesting that in order to explain the phenomenology of perinatal experience, as described in the work of Stanislav Grof, we must hypothesize that the patient in these instances has expanded beyond the individual subject.</p>A Philosopher's View of Near-Death Research2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799148/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799148/"><img alt="A Philosopher's View of Near-Death Research" title="A Philosopher's View of Near-Death Research" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799148/small/"/></a></p><p>Article summarizing some trends and issues raised by a review of recent articles in the Journal of Near-Death Studies</p>The Nature and Therapeutic Implications of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Bereaved2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799162/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799162/"><img alt="The Nature and Therapeutic Implications of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Bereaved" title="The Nature and Therapeutic Implications of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Bereaved" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799162/small/"/></a></p><p>Article highlighting the types of contacts from a deceased loved on or a divine being reported, messages claimants believe are received, changes in death perceptions, and the therapeutic potential of the experience for coping with the death of a loved one. Much of the material is based on a workshop given by the author throughout the United States.</p>The Incidence of Out-Of-Body Experiences in Hospitalized Patients2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799166/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799166/"><img alt="The Incidence of Out-Of-Body Experiences in Hospitalized Patients" title="The Incidence of Out-Of-Body Experiences in Hospitalized Patients" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799166/small/"/></a></p><p>Study exploring out-of-body experiences (OBEs), cultural differences in reporting those OBEs, and associations between OBEs and frequency of dream recall in 100 white and 100 black adults hospitalized in a university medical center.</p>A Comparison of UFO and Near-Death Experiences as Vehicles for the Evolution of Human Consciousness2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799343/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799343/"><img alt="A Comparison of UFO and Near-Death Experiences as Vehicles for the Evolution of Human Consciousness" title="A Comparison of UFO and Near-Death Experiences as Vehicles for the Evolution of Human Consciousness" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799343/small/"/></a></p><p>Abstract: This study compares unidentified flying object experiencers (UFOErs) with near-death experiencers (NDErs) in regard to changes in attitudes toward self, others, and life in general, toward religious or spiritual orientation, and toward psychic abilities and beliefs. Kenneth Ring's questionnaires administered to NDErs (1984) were given in this study to 93 persons whose UFOE included either a light experience, and object experience, or a "close encounter." The author concludes that the UFOE, like the NDE, provides impetus toward spiritual growth, but neither as consistently nor as strongly.</p>A Contribution of Frankl's Logotherapy to the Interpretation of Near-Death Experiences2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc798870/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc798870/"><img alt="A Contribution of Frankl's Logotherapy to the Interpretation of Near-Death Experiences" title="A Contribution of Frankl's Logotherapy to the Interpretation of Near-Death Experiences" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc798870/small/"/></a></p><p>Article discussing Viktor Frankl's logotherapy, which resolves potential conflicting sources of meaning by the application of the Laws of Dimensional Ontology, which validate apparently conflicting viewpoints. The application of these laws to the interpretation of near-death experiences (NDEs) resolves the conflict between the orthodox scientific view of NDEs as hallucination and the experiential view of them as experiences of the afterlife to come.</p>Commentary on Keith Augustine's Paper [#2]2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799087/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799087/"><img alt="Commentary on Keith Augustine's Paper [#2]" title="Commentary on Keith Augustine's Paper [#2]" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799087/small/"/></a></p><p>Abstract: Keith Augustine has provided a useful survey of the psychological and neurological correlates of near-death experiences and out-of-body experiences. The empirical findings he cites may prove awkward to accommodate under current separationist accounts of these experiences, although proponents of the separationist approach may be able to refine their theories so as to enhance their predictive power in this regard.</p>Similarities Between Near-Death Experiences and Multiple Personality Disorder2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799089/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799089/"><img alt="Similarities Between Near-Death Experiences and Multiple Personality Disorder" title="Similarities Between Near-Death Experiences and Multiple Personality Disorder" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799089/small/"/></a></p><p>Abstract: In this paper I compare the phenomenology of near-death experiences to that of multiple personality disorder. The comparison reveals a number of similarities, including out-of-body experiences, the transcendental environment, encounter with the higher self, possible temporal lobe involvement, and antecedent child abuse. Rather than being disparate and unrelated experiences, I suggest that the near-death experience and multiple personality disorder may be variants of the same basic phenomenological pattern.</p>The Death and Posthumous Life of Tom Sawyer: A Case Study of Apparent After-Death Communication2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799091/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799091/"><img alt="The Death and Posthumous Life of Tom Sawyer: A Case Study of Apparent After-Death Communication" title="The Death and Posthumous Life of Tom Sawyer: A Case Study of Apparent After-Death Communication" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799091/small/"/></a></p><p>Article exploring the near-death experience of Tom Sawyer, as well as the question of whether he actually died in April of 2007.</p>Book Review: Ketamine: Dreams and Realities2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799092/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799092/"><img alt="Book Review: Ketamine: Dreams and Realities" title="Book Review: Ketamine: Dreams and Realities" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799092/small/"/></a></p><p>Review of the book "Ketamine: Dreams and Realities" written by Karl L. R. Jansen, regarding clinical data about ketamine.</p>Near-Death Experiences and Attitude Change2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799093/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799093/"><img alt="Near-Death Experiences and Attitude Change" title="Near-Death Experiences and Attitude Change" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799093/small/"/></a></p><p>Article describing a study that used the Life Attitude Profile (LAP) questionnaire to evaluate positive changes in life attitudes reported by near-death experiencers.</p>Book Review: Fingerprints of God: Evidences from Near-Death Studies, Scientific Research on Creation, and Mormon Theology2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799095/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799095/"><img alt="Book Review: Fingerprints of God: Evidences from Near-Death Studies, Scientific Research on Creation, and Mormon Theology" title="Book Review: Fingerprints of God: Evidences from Near-Death Studies, Scientific Research on Creation, and Mormon Theology" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799095/small/"/></a></p><p>Review of the book "Fingerprints of God: Evidences from Near-Death Studies, Scientific Research on Creation, and Mormon Theology" by Arvin S. Gibson, written from the viewpoint of Mormon theology.</p>Comments on "A Neurobiological Model for Near-Death Experiences" [#4]2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799097/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799097/"><img alt="Comments on "A Neurobiological Model for Near-Death Experiences" [#4]" title="Comments on "A Neurobiological Model for Near-Death Experiences" [#4]" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799097/small/"/></a></p><p>Article outlining the author's opinions and comments regarding a paper written by Juan C. Saavedra-Aguilar and Juan S. Gómez-Jeria, which approaches near-death experiences from a biological/neurological standpoint rather than a spiritual one.</p>Guest Editorial: Why Near-Death Experiences Intrigue Us2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799098/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799098/"><img alt="Guest Editorial: Why Near-Death Experiences Intrigue Us" title="Guest Editorial: Why Near-Death Experiences Intrigue Us" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799098/small/"/></a></p><p>Article discussing the author's fascination with the topic of near-death experiences.</p>A Near-Death Experience in Pu Songling's Strange Stories from Liaozhai's Studio2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799099/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799099/"><img alt="A Near-Death Experience in Pu Songling's Strange Stories from Liaozhai's Studio" title="A Near-Death Experience in Pu Songling's Strange Stories from Liaozhai's Studio" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799099/small/"/></a></p><p>Abstract: I present in this paper a tale from Pu Songling's "Strange Stories from Liaozhai's Studio." This story seems to contain the following key elements of a near-death experience: the life review, travel through a spiritual world, and a pilgrimage to obtain a healthy physical body "to return to life." I discuss the content of the life review in terms of emotionally tagged souvenirs. Other contents of the story are clearly culturally dependent and I discuss them within the framework of Oriental thought.</p>Letters to the Editor: "Real" and "Unreal" NDEs2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799100/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799100/"><img alt="Letters to the Editor: "Real" and "Unreal" NDEs" title="Letters to the Editor: "Real" and "Unreal" NDEs" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799100/small/"/></a></p><p>Letter from Barbro Österman to editor discussing what constitutes as a real and unreal Near-Death Experience.</p>"Psychophysiological and Cultural Correlates Undermining a Survivalist Interpretation of Near-Death Experiences" Defended2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799101/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799101/"><img alt=""Psychophysiological and Cultural Correlates Undermining a Survivalist Interpretation of Near-Death Experiences" Defended" title=""Psychophysiological and Cultural Correlates Undermining a Survivalist Interpretation of Near-Death Experiences" Defended" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799101/small/"/></a></p><p>Article responding to objections raised against another article. The author concedes some of the objections up to a point, but concludes that they neither strengthen the case for a survivalist interpretation of near-death experiences, nor weaken the case against one.</p>Letters to the Editor: More on Psychomanteum Experimentation2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799102/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799102/"><img alt="Letters to the Editor: More on Psychomanteum Experimentation" title="Letters to the Editor: More on Psychomanteum Experimentation" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799102/small/"/></a></p><p>Letter from Carla Wills-Brandon reviewing the potential errors in the findings of a previously published article, "Risks of Psychomanteum Experimentation" (Brodsky, 1988).</p>Book Review: The Return from Silence: A Study of Near-Death Experiences2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799103/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799103/"><img alt="Book Review: The Return from Silence: A Study of Near-Death Experiences" title="Book Review: The Return from Silence: A Study of Near-Death Experiences" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799103/small/"/></a></p><p>Review of the book "The Return from Silence: A Study of Near-Death Experiences" by D. Scott Rogo, which gives an overview of near-death experiences.</p>Obituary: Raymond G. Bayless2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799104/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799104/"><img alt="Obituary: Raymond G. Bayless" title="Obituary: Raymond G. Bayless" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799104/small/"/></a></p><p>Obituary for Raymond G. Bayless, noted field investigator in the area of survival of death, writer, and landscape painter.</p>Dissociation: Normal or Abnormal?2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799105/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799105/"><img alt="Dissociation: Normal or Abnormal?" title="Dissociation: Normal or Abnormal?" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799105/small/"/></a></p><p>Abstract: Recent articles have addressed the question of whether or not the out-of-body experience reported by many people near death is a form of dissociative behavior. If so, is it related to other mental or emotional pathologies or is it a normal protective response to stress? This paper explores the history of dissociation and related terms, uncovering a multiplicity of uses and connotations. New orientations in physics and the rise of the New Science in the form of Chaos Theory allow a plethora of additional interpretations.</p>Book Review: Conscious Dreaming: A Spiritual Path for Everyday Life2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799106/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799106/"><img alt="Book Review: Conscious Dreaming: A Spiritual Path for Everyday Life" title="Book Review: Conscious Dreaming: A Spiritual Path for Everyday Life" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799106/small/"/></a></p><p>Review of the book "Conscious Dreaming: A Spiritual Path for Everyday Life" by Robert Moss, related to shamanic dreaming.</p>Comments on "A Neurobiological Model for Near-Death Experiences" [#9]2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799107/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799107/"><img alt="Comments on "A Neurobiological Model for Near-Death Experiences" [#9]" title="Comments on "A Neurobiological Model for Near-Death Experiences" [#9]" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799107/small/"/></a></p><p>Article outlining the author's opinions and comments regarding a paper written by Juan C. Saavedra-Aguilar and Juan S. Gómez-Jeria, which approaches near-death experiences from a biological/neurological standpoint rather than a spiritual one.</p>The Emerging Intelligence and Its Critical Look at Us2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799108/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799108/"><img alt="The Emerging Intelligence and Its Critical Look at Us" title="The Emerging Intelligence and Its Critical Look at Us" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799108/small/"/></a></p><p>Abstract: In response to Susan Gunn's editorial, I offer a less comforting but more utilitarian perspective on the life and death of artificial consciousness. Admittedly an unpopular view, it suggests that concurrence with Gunn's message represents the seeds of our own destruction, as an emerging synthetic intelligence begins to extinguish us.</p>Disclosure Needs and Motives After a Near-Death Experience2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799109/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799109/"><img alt="Disclosure Needs and Motives After a Near-Death Experience" title="Disclosure Needs and Motives After a Near-Death Experience" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799109/small/"/></a></p><p>Article analyzing the communication processes used by 50 near-death experiencers and discussing their disclosure needs and motives, as well as influences and obstacles that affect disclosure habits. The findings suggest that disclosure needs evolve through stages after an experience, and reveal five distinct disclosure motives.</p>Does Paranormal Perception Occur in Near-Death Experiences?2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799110/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799110/"><img alt="Does Paranormal Perception Occur in Near-Death Experiences?" title="Does Paranormal Perception Occur in Near-Death Experiences?" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799110/small/"/></a></p><p>Article that serves as Part 1 of a critique of survivalist interpretations of near-death experiences (NDEs), reviews the quality of the evidence for veridical observations during NDEs, and finds the case for veridical paranormal perception during NDEs wanting.</p>Guest Editorial: Can Artificial Intelligence Have a Near-Death Experience? A Critical Look at the Ultimate Text2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799112/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799112/"><img alt="Guest Editorial: Can Artificial Intelligence Have a Near-Death Experience? A Critical Look at the Ultimate Text" title="Guest Editorial: Can Artificial Intelligence Have a Near-Death Experience? A Critical Look at the Ultimate Text" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799112/small/"/></a></p><p>Abstract: Since a computer model begins as an instance of writing, that is, a "text," it is appropriate to examine this kind of discourse through the perspective of literary criticism. I examine Stephen Thaler's (1995) "intelligent" computer program and conclude that the gedanken creatures are constructed upon a structuralist theory of the text, which cannot support a complete simulation of human intelligence of experience.</p>Afterlife Research and the Shamanic Turn2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799113/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799113/"><img alt="Afterlife Research and the Shamanic Turn" title="Afterlife Research and the Shamanic Turn" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799113/small/"/></a></p><p>Abstract: In Western culture, approaches to the afterlife have mutated throughout history, from shamanism and mythology to philosophy, spiritualism, and psychical research. For conceptual reasons, however, survival research seems to many to be languishing, despite some remarkable recent advances. I urge a return to a more experience-based approach, modeled after features of the near-death experience, for its practical benefits; I intend that approach to complement other forms of research, not displace them. Finally, I underscore the unique status of survival research as a scientific pursuit.</p>Bozzano and the First Classification of Deathbed Visions: A Historical Note and Translation2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799114/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799114/"><img alt="Bozzano and the First Classification of Deathbed Visions: A Historical Note and Translation" title="Bozzano and the First Classification of Deathbed Visions: A Historical Note and Translation" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799114/small/"/></a></p><p>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."</p>Book Review: The Final Choice: Playing the Survival Game2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799115/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799115/"><img alt="Book Review: The Final Choice: Playing the Survival Game" title="Book Review: The Final Choice: Playing the Survival Game" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799115/small/"/></a></p><p>Review of the book "The Final Choice: Playing the Survival Game" written by parapsychological philosopher Michael Grosso.</p>Letters to the Editor: An Experimentally Induced NDE2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799116/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799116/"><img alt="Letters to the Editor: An Experimentally Induced NDE" title="Letters to the Editor: An Experimentally Induced NDE" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799116/small/"/></a></p><p>Letter from D. Scott Rogo to editor discussing the process of an experimentally induced near-death experience.</p>Guest Editorial: The Luminous Experience and the Scientific Method2016-01-26T19:14:26-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799117/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799117/"><img alt="Guest Editorial: The Luminous Experience and the Scientific Method" title="Guest Editorial: The Luminous Experience and the Scientific Method" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799117/small/"/></a></p><p>Article purporting that an encounter with the Light during a state of altered consciousness is a direct experience of God. The question of scientific proof is discussed.</p>