Letters to the Editor: Near-Death Experiences and Homo noeticus
Letter from John White to editor discussing the meaning of near-death experiences and the concept of Homo noeticus.
View ArticleBook Review: Searching for Eternity: A Scientist's Spiritual Journey to...
Review of the book "Searching for Eternity: A Scientists Spiritual Journey to Overcome Death Anxiety" written by retired professor Don Morse.
View ArticleBook Review: Hear His Voice: The True Story of a Modern Day Mystical...
Review of the book "Hear His Voice: the True Story of a Modern Day Mystical Encounter With God" written by Nancy Clark about her personal out-of-body/hear-death experiences.
View ArticleResponse to Commentaries on "A Neurobiological Model for Near-Death Experiences"
Article responding to critiques of an article written by the authors, entitled "A Neurobiological Model for Near-Death Experiences."
View ArticleCases of the Reincarnation Type with Memories from the Intermission Between...
Article analyzing reports from Burmese subjects which indicate that intermission memories can be broken down into three parts, and comparing these reports to reports of near-death experiences (NDEs),...
View ArticleProphetic Revelations in Near-Death Experiences
Article exploring flash forwards in near-death experiences, which includes prophetic visions and prophetic revelations.
View ArticleOver My Dead Body There Is an Ideal Utopia: Comments on Kellehear's Paper
Article examining the logical implications and philosophical possibilities of a utopian realm, and coming to three conclusions. First, the realms described by near-death experiencers (NDErs), if taken...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: The Future of IANDS
Letter to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic: "The Future of IANDS."
View ArticlePrevalence of Near-Death Experiences in Australia
Study assessing the prevalence of near-death experiences (NDEs) in Australia through the use of questionnaires.
View ArticleLetters to the Editor: On the Mind/Body Problem
Letter from V. Krishnan to editor replying to a previously published article to the potentially dualist nature of the mind and body.
View ArticleExtrasomatic Emotions
Article describing an investigation carried out in Italy on 54 subjects, half of whom had out-of-body experiences (OBEs) in good health, and half of whom had OBEs in a coma or in a state of presumed...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: An Objective Correlate of Consciousness
Letter from Denis Purcell to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic "An Objective Correlate of Consciousness."
View ArticleDescribing the Light: Attribution Theory as an Explanation of the Near-Death...
Article exploring near-death experiences and attribution theory, which focuses on how information is used to create causal inferences and answer causal questions. The finding that near-death...
View ArticleBook Review: Experiencing the Next World Now
Review of the book "Experiencing the Next World Now" by philosopher Michael Grosso.
View ArticleLetters to the Editor: Millennarian Prophecies
Letter from Canon Michael Perry to the editor discussing his his concerns over the interpretation of biblical prophecies at the turn of the millennium.
View ArticleParallels Between Near-Death Experience Prophetic Visions and Prophecies from...
Article discussing a phenomenon identified by Kenneth Ring where some near-death experiencers (NDErs) were permitted to see a picture of the Earth's future as a "prophetic vision" (PV). A comparison of...
View ArticleComments on "A Neurobiological Model for Near-Death Experiences" [#5]
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...
View ArticleBook Review: Glimpses of Eternity: New Near-Death Experiences Examined
Review of the book "Glimpses of Eternity: New Near-Death Experiences Examines" by scientist Arvin S. Gibson.
View ArticleIntroducing Near-Death Research Findings Into Psychotherapy
Article discussing the rationale for introducing issues of spirituality or religion into a psychotherapy session in cases of bereavement.
View ArticleNear-Death Experiences and Dissociation: Two Cases
Article presenting two cases of near-death experiences (NDEs) that support the supposition that NDEs and out-of-body experiences (OBEs) may be a dissociative process.
View ArticleThe Near-Death Experience: An Integration of Cultural, Spiritual, and...
Article exploring two conflicting perspectives: that the near-death experience (NDE) is a glimpse into an after-death state and that it is the result of a dying brain, as well as a third perspective...
View ArticleExperiences of Light in Gay and Lesbian Near-Death Experiences
Abstract: This article illustrates the concept of divine light in stories of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender near-death experiencers.
View ArticleThe Other Shoe Drops: Commentary on "Does Paranormal Perception Occur in...
Abstract: Keith Augustine raises questions about my report of a case of veridical out-of-body perception during a near-death experience (NDE). His analysis is based not on my original description of...
View ArticleThe Elias Project: Using the Near-Death Experience Potential in Therapy
Article describing the therapeutic usefulness of near-death experiences (NDEs). The fundamental hypothesis is that reports of NDEs together with relevant research can be understood to be a modern book...
View ArticleA Multivariate Method for the Classification of Preexisting Near-Death...
Abstract: This study reports the results of a multivariate analysis of data from 33 subjects who had near-death experiences. The analysis examined the relationship between the phenomenology of the...
View ArticleObituary: George G. Ritchie, M.D.
Obituary of George Gordon Ritchie, Jr., physician, speaker, and author of "Return From Tomorrow" and "My Life After Dying."
View ArticleLetters to the Editor: Text, Consciousness, and Control: Who's Looking at...
Letter from Susan C. Gunn to the editor responding to a previous article covering the topic of artificial intelligence, consciousness, and control.
View ArticleGuest Editorial: The Examination of Labels - A Beginning
Article addressing the problem of unclear terminology for the study of anomalies. Researchers have used the term "near-death experience" to describe four different kinds of incidents. To avoid...
View ArticleBook Review: Transformed by the Light: The Powerful Effect of Near-Death...
Review of the book "Transformed by the Light: The Powerful Effect of Near-Death Experiences on People's Lives" by Dr. Melvin Morse with Paul Perry, about reports of near-death experiences.
View ArticleNear-Death Visions of Unborn Children: Indications of a Pre-Earth Life
Abstract: A limited number of accounts of near-death visions that include unborn children suggest a life before birth. The unborn children in these visions have been described as spirits, as children...
View ArticleNear-Death Experience by Proxy: A Case Study
Abstract: A recent interview with a 34-year-old man, currently serving a life sentence for murder, revealed a remarkable case of "near-death experience by proxy." The phenomenological features of the...
View ArticleObituary: Ian Stevenson, M.D.
Obituary of Ian Stevenson, a survival researcher and founder of the University of Virginia's Division of Perceptual Studies.
View ArticleComments on "The Ketamine Model of the Near-Death Experience: A Central Role...
Abstract: Although ketamine can induce a state similar to a near-death experience (NDE), there is a striking difference between experiences induced by ketamine used in a recreational context and in an...
View ArticleOn the Mind/Body Problem: The Theory of Essence
Article exploring the classical mind/body problem using instances of the near-death experience (NDE) as experimental data. Comparison of the details of the NDE with predictions from theoretical...
View ArticleBook Review: Visitations from the Afterlife: True Stories of Love and Healing
Review of the book "Visitations from the Afterlife: True Stories of Love and Healing" by Lee Lawson, regarding accounts of after-death communications.
View ArticleThe Induction of After-Death Communications Utilizing Eye-Movement...
Article describing a new induction technique that produces after-death communications (ADCs) in a more reliable, rapid, and efficient manner. ADCs induced by this new technique provide a more...
View Article"Near-Death Experiences with Hallucinatory Features" Defended
Article purporting that near-death experience (NDE) reports are sometimes open to multiple interpretations, that different kinds of NDEs should be distinguished according to their diverse physiological...
View ArticleClinical Approaches to the Out-of-Body Experience
Abstract: The author reviews aspects of the out-of-body experience (OBE) related to psychic experiences and personality traits, and describes a continuum of experiences of altered mind/body perception,...
View ArticleParapsychological Reflections on Some Tunnel Experiences
Partial Abstract: "This paper examines tunnel experiences, which have been discussed by Raymond Moody, Kenneth Ring, and Kevin Drab in the context of near-death experiences. It is argued that tunnel...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: More on the Future and Scope of IANDS
Letter from Diane Willis to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic: "More on the Future and Scope of IANDS."
View ArticleReply to Michael Sabom's Commentary
Article responding to Michael Sabom's commentary, suggesting that the near-death experience's (NDE's) ontological and spiritual significance extends to religious issues and raises questions relevant to...
View ArticleDistressing Near-Death Experiences as Photographic Negatives
Article presenting various interpretative frameworks for painful near-death experiences (NDEs).
View ArticleA Near-Death Experience Followed by the Visitation of an "Angel-Like" Being
Abstract: I describe a near-death experience (NDE) followed by a religious experience 15 years later in which the subject was visited by the same "angel-like" figure that she saw in the NDE. I describe...
View ArticleA Comparison of Retrospective Accounts of Childhood Near-Death Experiences...
Study comparing five childhood near-death experiences (NDEs) reported by adults and another five NDEs reported by minors, in terms of Ring's five NDE stages, Greyson's four NDE components, Moody and...
View ArticleThe Near-Death Experience in Children: Shades of the Prison-House Reopening
Abstract: "Some critics have argued that the near-death experience (NDE) is merely a culturally conditioned response to a life crisis, a reflection of expectations engendered by education, religious...
View ArticleComments on "A Neurobiological Model for Near-Death Experiences" [#2]
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...
View ArticleThree Fictional Deaths Compared with the Near-Death Experience
Study looking at three popular works of short fiction, by Leo Tolstoy, Ambrose Bierce, and Katherine Anne Porter, in which the main character dies at the end. There are similarities and differences...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: Hypnotic Induction of Experiences
Letter from Raymond C. Babb to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic "Hypnotic Induction of Experiences."
View ArticleResponse to the Twemlow Paper
Article responding to Stuart Twemlow's discussion of UFO abduction experiences paralleled with near-death experiences.
View ArticleSilent Journey: The Discovery of the Near-Death Experience of a Nonverbal...
Abstract: This article relates to the story of a boy who had a near-death experience at the age of 8, but who, because brain trauma left him quadriplegic and nonverbal, was unable to talk about his...
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