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Guest Editorial: Is There a Hell? Surprising Observations About the Near-Death Experience

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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.

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Atwater, P. M. H. Spring 1992.

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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.

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149-160 p. ; 23 cm.

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  • Journal of Near-Death Studies, 10(3), Human Sciences Press, Spring 1992, pp. 149-160

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  • Publication Title: Journal of Near-Death Studies
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 3
  • Page Start: 149
  • Page End: 160
  • Pages: 12

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Journal of Near-Death Studies

The Journal of Near-Death Studies is a scholarly peer-reviewed journal devoted to the field of near-death studies. It is published on a quarterly basis by the International Association for Near-Death Studies. The Journal began publication in 1982 under the name Anabiosis which was changed to its current title in 1986 with the start of Volume 6.

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Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 10, Number 3, Spring 1992

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.

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Atwater, P. M. H. Guest Editorial: Is There a Hell? Surprising Observations About the Near-Death Experience, article, Spring 1992; New York, New York. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799241/: accessed April 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .

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