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Book Review: Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Future

Description: Review of a book titled "Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Future" written by Merlin Sheldrake about fungi, connections, memory, how fungi is still not understood well, among other things. The review also contains discussion on how the content in Sheldrake's book relates to concepts found in near-death experiences.
Date: Autumn 2022
Creator: Punzak, Dan
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Book Review: Touched by the Light: Exploring Spiritually Transformative Experiences

Description: Review of a book titled "Touched by the Light: Exploring Spiritually Transformative Experiences" by retired family physician Yvonne Kason based on her research and several personal near-death experiences. The review includes an in-depth overview of the three major sections: Defining Spiritually Transformative Experiences, Researching the Yogic Model of Conscciousness, Kundalini, and STEs; and Long-Term Spiritual Transformation: The Aftereffects of STEs.
Date: Summer 2022
Creator: Punzak, Dan
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Book Review: Beyond Surviving: Cancer and Your Spiritual Journey

Description: Review of a book titled "Beyond Surviving: Cancer and Your Spiritual Journey" written by Canadian minister David Maginley, describing his work with patients and his personal experiences with cancer.
Date: Summer 2021
Creator: Valla, Rebecca S.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Book Review: The Human Story Behind Scientific Discovery

Description: Review of a book titled "The Human Story Behind Scientific Discovery" by Joseph Jordania, discussing the reasons that people choose scientific inquiry, particularly in less conventional fields, such as near-death studies.
Date: Summer 2021
Creator: Wade, Jenny
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Book Review: What is it Like to be Dead? Near-Death Experiences, Christianity, and the Occult

Description: Review of a book titled "What is it Like to be Dead? Near-Death Experiences, Christianity, and the Occult" written by Jens Schlieter, which discusses near-death experiences in Western Christian and occult traditions between 1580 and 1975. The review discusses Schlieter's methodology and conclusions.
Date: Summer 2020
Creator: Shushan, Gregory
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Book Review: Moral development & reality: Beyond the theories of Kholberg, Hoffman, and Haidt (4th ed.)

Description: Review of a book titled "Moral development & reality: Beyond the theories of Kohlberg, Hoffman and Haidt," written by John C. Gibbs, a professor of developmental psychology. This book explores theories of promoting prosocial behavior and morals in at-risk and delinquent youth, and addresses the theories of Jonathan Haidt, Lawrence Kohlberg, and Martin Hoffman regarding moral development.
Date: Spring 2020
Creator: Wade, Jenny
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Book Review: Babies Are Cosmic: Signs of Their Secret Intelligence

Description: Review of a book titled "Babies are Cosmic: Signs of Their Secret Intelligence" written by Elizabeth Carmen and Neil Carmen, which explores the phenomenon of pre-birth memories through anecdotes and prior studies.
Date: Summer 2019
Creator: Matlock, James G.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Book Review: Not Yet: Near-Life Experiences & Lessons Learned

Description: Review of a book titled "Not Yet: Near-Life Experiences & Lessons Learned" written by Jeff O'Driscoll which recounts several anecdotes about near death experiences and other spiritual transformation experiences.
Date: Summer 2019
Creator: Punzak, Dan
Partner: UNT Libraries

Book Review: A Guided Tour of Hell: A Graphic Memoir

Description: Review of a book titled "A Guided Tour of Hell: A Graphic Memoir" written by Samuel Bercholz and illustrated by Pema Namdol Thaye, which discusses Bercholz's near death experiences.
Date: Summer 2018
Creator: Bush, Nancy Evans
Partner: UNT Libraries

Book Review: Illusory Souls

Description: Review of a book titled Illusory Souls written by Gerald M. Woerlee, an anesthesiologist who is skeptical of near-death experiences. This review addresses Woerlee's ideas regarding the philosophy of the mind and the effect of pharmaceuticals on the function of the mind.
Date: Summer 2018
Creator: Rivas, Titus
Partner: UNT Libraries

Book Review: Near-Death Experience in Indigenous Religions

Description: Review of a book titled "Near-Death Experience in Indigenous Religions" written by Gregory Shushan, which is a study of near-death experiences in the indigenous societies of North America, Africa, and Oceania. The review points out the weaknesses in the methodologies used by Shushan and discusses the study's conclusions regarding near-death experiences.
Date: Summer 2018
Creator: Matlock, James
Partner: UNT Libraries

Book Review: Molecular Consciousness: Why the Universe is Aware of Our Presence

Description: Review of a book titled "Molecular Consciousness: Why the Universe is Aware of Our Presence" written by Françioise Tibikia, a professional chemist. The review discusses the book's three large sections; an overview of atomic chemistry and physics, the idea of matter having a consciousness, and material and non-material realities.
Date: Winter 2017
Creator: Coffey, William D.
Partner: UNT Libraries

Media Review: Near-Death Experience: What Medical Professionals Need to Know

Description: Review of a DVD titled "Near-Death Experience: What Medical Professionals Need to Know," intended to provide educational information for medical professionals to help them respond more appropriately to patients who have had near-death experiences.
Date: Autumn 2017
Creator: Valla, Rebecca S.
Partner: UNT Libraries

Book Review: The Science of Near-Death Experiences

Description: Review of a book titled "The Science of Near-Death Experiences" written by Rudolph H. Smit examining the extends of science in the study of Near Death Experiences.
Date: Spring 2017
Creator: Smit, Rudolf H.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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