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.
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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.
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181-211 p.
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"[The Journal of Near-Death Studies] is the only peer-reviewed scholarly journal (ISSN 0891-4494) devoted exclusively to the field of near-death studies. It is cross-disciplinary and published quarterly."
Pagination is continuous through volumes.
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Abstract: Results of both informal investigation and formal research indicate that in the aftermath of a near-death experience (NDE) many experiencers report environmental effects, some of which types do clearly and other of which may, but do not clearly, involve electromagnetism (EM). Both types take two forms: the person acting on the environment and the person reacting to the environment. In this article we discuss the electrical nature of the human body and the literature regarding electromagnetic issues in the general population. We then review the literature on post-NDE electromagnetic changes and the non-EM changes that sometimes co-occur with and may be related to them. Finding inconsistencies in terminology both within and between authors' works, we propose more precise terminology -- including the relationship of non-EM and EM reaction to the World Health Organization's terms idiopathic environmental intolerance (IEI) and IEI-electromagnetic field attributed symptoms (IEI-EMF). We conclude by discussing implications of the environmental effects literature for healthcare professionals whose clientele include near-death experiencers and for future directions in environmental effects research, including a call to future authors on these topics to foster greater clarity by using the more precise terminology we propose.
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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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Blalock, Sarah; Holden, Janice Miner & Atwater, P. M. H.Electromagnetic and Other Environmental Effects Following Near-Death Experiences: A Primer,
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Summer 2015;
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