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Greyson, B., & Stevenson, I. (1980). The phenomenology of near-death experiences. American Journal of Psychiatry, 137(1) 1193-1196.

Greyson, B., & Stevenson, I. (1980). The phenomenology of near-death experiences. American Journal of Psychiatry, 137(1) 1193-1196.
Abstract: The authors studied retrospectively 78 reports of “near-death experiences” using subjects’ narratives and questionnaires, interviews, and medical records. Prior experiences suggestive of transcendence of death were more common among these subjects than among control populations, but prior experiences suggestive of extrasensory phenomena were less common. Subsequent changes in attitudes were more common than among subjects in other studies who had had psychic experiences. The influence of cultural and psychological factors, sensory deprivation, and reflex adaptive responses to stress explain some but not all of the features of near-death experiences. Their potential value to our conceptualization of dying and to suicide prevention and the care of the terminally ill justifies further investigation.
Copyright: © 1980. Reprinted with permission of American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
Link: http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/
Topics:
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Aftereffects of NDEs—Religion
Aftereffects of NDEs—Sense of Self, Psychological and Physical
Aftereffects of NDEs NOS
Afterlife, Belief in
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Adults
Characteristics of NDErs—Education Level
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDErs—Marital Status
Characteristics of NDErs—Occupation
Characteristics of NDErs—Religious Affiliations
Characteristics of NDErs NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, ESP
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Perception of Time
Characteristics of NDEs—Return NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Kinesthetic
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Smell
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Hearing
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Vision
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Accident
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs—Induced Chemically
Circumstances of NDEs NOS
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Definition of NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Parapsychological
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Methodology in NDE Research
Abramovitch, H. (1988). An Israeli account of a near-death experience: A case study of cultural dissonance. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 6(3) 175-184.

Abramovitch, H. (1988). An Israeli account of a near-death experience: A case study of cultural dissonance. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 6(3) 175-184.
Abstract: The text of an Israeli near-death experience (NDE) is presented in translation from the Hebrew. This account is contrasted with the traditional Hebrew sources on NDEs or their equivalents, which formed part of the NDEr’s native subculture. In the present case, the lack of congruence between the reported NDE and the expected cultural form led to intense confusion described by the NDEr. Further study is needed of folk traditions of NDEs.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, ESP
Characteristics of NDEs—Perception of Time
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Involuntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Kinesthetic
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound NOS
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Cross-Cultural NDEs
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Disclosure of NDEs
Religion and NDEs—Judaism
Spirituality and NDEs
Serdahely, W. J. (1990). Thomas Kuhn revisited: Near-death studies and paradigm shifts. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 9(1) 5-10.

Serdahely, W. J. (1990). Thomas Kuhn revisited: Near-death studies and paradigm shifts. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 9(1) 5-10.
Abstract: Near-death studies can be viewed within a theoretical framework of “paradigms” and “paradigm shifts” as explicated by Thomas Kuhn (1962). Assuming the validity of Kuhn’s model, I hypothesize that the paradigm of today’s “normal science” is shifting to a new paradigm to accommodate data from near-death studies.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Science and NDEs
Becker, C. B. (1991). Over my dead body there is an ideal utopia: Comments on Kellehear's paper. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 10(2) 97-106.

Becker, C. B. (1991). Over my dead body there is an ideal utopia: Comments on Kellehear's paper. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 10(2) 97-106.
Abstract: Allan Kellehear’s near-death experiencers (NDErs) report perceiving a utopia beyond death. I examine the logical implications and philosophical possibilities of such a realm, and come to three conclusions. First, the realms described by NDErs, if taken at face value, are far from utopian, rather resembling travelers’ romances with exotic lands. Second, any truly utopian postmortem society is so far removed from our present world as to be morally irrelevant to our own. And third, only an ideational postmortem utopia, of the sort exemplified by Pure Land Buddhist theology, can avoid both the non-utopian nature of NDErs’ descriptions and the irrelevance of postmortem utopias.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Afterlife, Belief in
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Philosophical
Explanations of NDEs—Sociological
Religion and NDEs—Buddhism
Spirituality and NDEs
Kellehear, A. (1991). Glimpses of utopia near death? A rejoinder. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 10(2) 135-141.

Kellehear, A. (1991). Glimpses of utopia near death? A rejoinder. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 10(2) 135-141.
Abstract: Five scholars have offered comments, suggestions, and criticisms of my paper “Near-Death Experiences and Pursuit of the Idea Society.” In this rejoinder, I reply to those comments and elaborate on aspects of my earlier paper. I discuss issues of methodology, epistemology, validity, logic, and other social considerations with respect to the plausibility of viewing some near-death imagery as utopian. I conclude with some reflections on the social character and study of the near-death experience.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Philosophical
Explanations of NDEs—Sociological
Methodology in NDE Research
Mickel, H. A. (1991). A critique of Kellehear's transcendent society. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 10(2) 123-130.

Mickel, H. A. (1991). A critique of Kellehear's transcendent society. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 10(2) 123-130.
Abstract: Allan Kellehear argued that the otherworld society envisioned in near-death experiences (NDEs) is similar to utopian societies. However, his cultural analysis, based on 9 Mormon NDEs, did not reflect the diversity of near-death visions from other cultures. I suggest that these Mormon NDEs were neither as utopian as Kellehear assumed nor representative of contemporary NDE reports, and that a more complete analysis would reveal a variety of NDEs and otherworld visions reflecting the experiencers’ sociocultural background. Robert Bellah’s model of religious evolution provides a model for charting the NDE’s change over time and cultures, and allows us to differentiate the perennial features of the NDE from the transient culturally-determined ones—a first step in understanding the role of NDEs in the quest for an ideal society.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Methodology in NDE Research
Religion and NDEs—Christianity, Mormonism
Religion and NDEs NOS
Mills, A. (1991). Commentary on Allan Kellehear's 'Near-death experiences and the pursuit of the ideal society'. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 10(2) 113-122.

Mills, A. (1991). Commentary on Allan Kellehear's 'Near-death experiences and the pursuit of the ideal society'. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 10(2) 113-122.
Abstract: Allan Kellehear’s article raised four questions for me: (1) whether the near-death experience (NDE) presents enough data about the nature of a transcendent society for it to be a useful model for earthly societies; (2) the degree to which transcendent societies have to address the practical considerations of a material society; (3) whether NDEs are projections of experiencers’ cultural concepts about the nature of the transcendent realm(s); and (4) the kind of hope offered by the growing awareness of the features of Western NDEs. I address these questions by referring to transcendent realm concepts and NDEs in the anthropological literature, particularly that of the North American Indian Prophet Movement.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Afterlife, Belief in
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Philosophical
Explanations of NDEs—Sociological
Religion and NDEs—Indigenous Cultures
Religion and NDEs NOS
Gomez-Jeria, J. S. (1993). A near-death experience among the Mapuche people. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 11(4) 219-222.

Gomez-Jeria, J. S. (1993). A near-death experience among the Mapuche people. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 11(4) 219-222.
Abstract: This paper describes a possible near-death experience (NDE) among the Mapuche people of Chile. The individual reporting the experience was in a cataleptic-like state for two days, the experience itself occurring at the end of this period. Some common features of NDEs, such as encounters with deceased people and being sent back, are present, together with clear evidence that past and present cultural environment shape in part the content of mental experiences.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Cross-Cultural NDEs
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Literature, Fictional
Lundahl, C. R., & Widdison, H. A. (1993). Social positions in the City of Light. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 11(4) 231-238.

Lundahl, C. R., & Widdison, H. A. (1993). Social positions in the City of Light. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 11(4) 231-238.
Abstract: This article describes the social positions of inhabitants in the otherworldly City of Light as reported by a limited number of Mormon near-death experiencers (NDErs). These social positions included men and women and various relatives and friends, in addition to authorities or administrators, genealogists, guardians, guides, homemakers, missionaries, teachers, and students. These reports of social positions in the City of Light are similar to those described by other researchers, and are comparable to those found in our own world.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Aftereffects of NDEs NOS
Afterlife, Belief in
Afterlife, NDErs’ Descriptions of
Characteristics of NDErs—Religious Affiliations
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Otherworldly Environments
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Involuntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Voluntary
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Definition of NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Sociological
Religion and NDEs—Christianity, Mormonism
Ring, K. (1993). A new book of the dead: Reflections on the near-death experience and the Tibetan Buddhist tradition regarding the nature of death. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 12(2) 75-84.

Ring, K. (1993). A new book of the dead: Reflections on the near-death experience and the Tibetan Buddhist tradition regarding the nature of death. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 12(2) 75-84.
Abstract: There are many similarities between Tibetan Buddhist teachings on death, as reflected in The Tibetan Book of the Dead (Trungpa and Freemantle, 1975), and a perspective based on the modern study of near-death experiences (NDEs)but also important differences. In view of these differences, a more appropriate comparison might involve historical cases of Tibetan NDEs and contemporary Western accounts. A tradition of NDEs in Tibetan culture, the das-log experience, affords such a comparison. Modern NDEs differ from das-log experiences in ways that reflect their cultural context, and may provide the foundation for a new Book of the Dead especially fitted to the existential and planetary concerns of our own time.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Aftereffects of NDEs—Cognitive
Aftereffects of NDEs—Emotional
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Aftereffects of NDEs—Religion
Aftereffects of NDEs—Sense of Self, Psychological and Physical
Aftereffects of NDEs NOS
Afterlife, Belief in
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Cross-Cultural NDEs
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Historical Perspectives on NDEs
Interpretations of NDEs
Religion and NDEs—Buddhism
Religion and NDEs—Christianity
Spirituality and NDEs
Kellehear, A., Stevenson, I., Pasricha, S., & Cook, E. (1994). The absence of tunnel sensations in near-death experiences from India. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 13(2) 109-113.

Kellehear, A., Stevenson, I., Pasricha, S., & Cook, E. (1994). The absence of tunnel sensations in near-death experiences from India. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 13(2) 109-113.
Abstract: This article questions the recent report by Susan Blackmore (1993) of tunnel sensations in near-death experiences in India, and presents anthropological and methodological reasons for doubting the validity of that finding.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Cross-Cultural NDEs
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Sociological
Norton, M. C., & Sahlman, J. M. (1995). Describing the light: Attribution theory as an explanation of the near-death experience. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 13(3) 167-184.

Norton, M. C., & Sahlman, J. M. (1995). Describing the light: Attribution theory as an explanation of the near-death experience. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 13(3) 167-184.
Abstract: Attribution theory--which states that by offering causal explanations, individuals attempt to answer questions of “why?”--focuses on how information is used to create causal inferences and answer causal questions. The finding that near-death experiencers rarely describe unknown events, characters, or objects suggests that NDErs make attributions to answer why these experiences occurred. Examining various descriptions of NDEs demonstrates how attribution theory explains individuals’ descriptions of their NDEs.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Characteristics of NDErs NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Involuntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Voluntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Kinesthetic
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Disclosure of NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Explanations of NDEs NOS
Interpretations of NDEs
Language and NDEs
Ellwood, G. F. (1996). Distressing near-death experiences as photographic negatives. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 15(2) 83-114.

Ellwood, G. F. (1996). Distressing near-death experiences as photographic negatives. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 15(2) 83-114.
Abstract: This essay presents various interpretative frameworks for painful near-death experiences (NDEs). It describes Bruce Greyson and Nancy Evans Bush’s three-part typology of inverted NDEs, everlasting void experiences, and hellish experiences, suggesting a further breakdown of the latter into entity-centered and fire-centered. A potential fourth category is the empathetic life review. As a religious context for distressing experiences, I present Rudolf Otto’s concept of the nonrational mysterium tremendum. The major rational paradigms that have been applied to such experiences can be categorized as the supernaturalistic, the reductionistic, and the one-world types. I give examples of several kinds of one-world views, particularly three Christian mystics of early modern times, and offer suggestions of ways in which elements of different one-world views might be combined.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Out-of-Body Experiences
Afterlife, Belief in
Altered States and NDEs
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Otherworldly Environments
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Perception of Time
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Hearing
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Accident
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs NOS
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Philosophical
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Famous People's NDEs
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Psychological
Interpretations of NDEs
Religion and NDEs—Buddhism
Religion and NDEs—Christianity
Religion and NDEs—Mysticism
Religion and NDEs NOS
Spiritualism and NDEs
Spirituality and NDEs
Green, J. T. (1998). Near-death experiences, Shamanism, and the scientific method. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 16(3) 205-222.

Green, J. T. (1998). Near-death experiences, Shamanism, and the scientific method. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 16(3) 205-222.
Abstract: The first 20 years of near-death studies have thoroughly documented the existence of this phenomenon. The field of near-death studies appears to be evolving from a purely academic one to include an applied, clinical component. I discuss the overlap between shamanism and near-death experiences (NDEs) and suggest that the study of shamanism would be helpful in more fully understanding this phenomena and beginning the development of an applied methodology. Although it may be difficult to verify subjective accounts of NDEs and shamanic journeys, from a clinical standpoint it may not be necessary to do so in order to develop a technique that passes the test of scientific scrutiny.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Disclosure of NDEs
Related Experiences—NDE-Like
Shamanism and NDEs
Bain, B. A. (1999). Near death experiences and Gnostic Christianity: Parallels in antiquity. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 17(3) 205-209.

Bain, B. A. (1999). Near death experiences and Gnostic Christianity: Parallels in antiquity. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 17(3) 205-209.
Abstract: Long considered to be heretical, ancient Gnostic Christian texts unearthed this century display compelling similarities between Gnostic conceptions of life and death and modern NDEs. The Gnostic texts devoted extensive tracts to what readers could expect to encounter when they died. Other passages make numerous allusions to NDE-like experiences that can be realized in this life, most notably the human encounter with a Divine Light. The Gnostic Christian literature gives us one more example of NDEs and similar experiences in the ancient world.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Cross-Cultural NDEs
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Historical Perspectives on NDEs
Religion and NDEs—Christianity
Paulson, D. S. (1999). The near-death experience: An integration of cultural, spiritual, and physical perspectives. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 18(1) 13-25.

Paulson, D. S. (1999). The near-death experience: An integration of cultural, spiritual, and physical perspectives. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 18(1) 13-25.
Abstract: The near-death experience (NDE) has been studied extensively from two conflicting perspectives: that the NDE is a glimpse into an after-death state and that it is the result of a dying brain. Of late a third perspective has emerged, that of NDEs being culturally determined. I propose an integrated model in which all three perspectives are viewed with equal weight.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological NOS
Explanations of NDEs NOS
Interpretations of NDEs
Science and NDEs
Spirituality and NDEs
Lundahl, C. R., & Gibson, A. S. (2000). Near-death studies and modern physics. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 18(3) 143-179.

Lundahl, C. R., & Gibson, A. S. (2000). Near-death studies and modern physics. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 18(3) 143-179.
Abstract: The fields of near-death studies and modern physics face common dilemmas: namely, how to account for the corroborative nature of many near-death experiences or of the anthropic disposition of the universe without allowing for some otherworldly existence and/or some guiding intelligence. Extreme efforts in both fields to explain various phenomena by contemporary scientific methods and theories have been largely unsuccessful. This paper exposes some of the principal problem areas and suggest a greater collaboration between the two fields. Specific illustrations are given where collaborative effort might be fruitful. The paper also suggests a broader perspective in performing the research, one that places greater emphasis on an otherworldly thrust in future research.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Otherworldly Environments
Characteristics of NDEs—Perception of Time
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Kinesthetic
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological NOS
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Explanations of NDEs—Sociological
Explanations of NDEs NOS
Psychopharmacology and NDEs—Anesthesia
Religion and NDEs NOS
Science and NDEs
Spirituality and NDEs
Veridical Perception during NDEs
Bailey, L. W. (2001). A 'little death': The near-death experience and Tibetan delogs. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 19(3) 139-159.

Bailey, L. W. (2001). A 'little death': The near-death experience and Tibetan delogs. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 19(3) 139-159.
Abstract: A phenomenon remarkably like the near-death experience has been uncovered in Tibetan culture, aside from the so-called Tibetan Book of the Dead (Thurman, 1994). Anthropologists have gathered accounts of contemporary and historical cases of remarkable people called delogs. Seemingly dead for several hours or days, these people revive spontaneously and tell detailed accounts of otherworldly journeys. Their journey accounts contain elaborate versions of Buddhist otherworldly landscapes and characters, emphasizing the moral and spiritual teachings of Tibetan Buddhism. These delogs are a bridge between contemporary near-death experiences and ancient shamanic practices.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Cross-Cultural NDEs
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Dreams and NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Explanations of NDEs—Sociological
Related Experiences—NDE-Like
Religion and NDEs—Buddhism
Religion and NDEs NOS
Shamanism and NDEs
Spirituality and NDEs
Murphy, T. (2001). Near-death experiences in Thailand. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 19(3) 161-178.

Murphy, T. (2001). Near-death experiences in Thailand. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 19(3) 161-178.
Abstract: Near-death experiences (NDEs) in Thailand do not demonstrate the episodes most noted in those collected in the West, but they do show consistent features. I argue that these features, including harbingers of death, visions of hell, the Lord of the underworld, and the benefits of making donations to Buddhist monks and temples, can be understood within the framework of beliefs and customs unique to Southeast Asia. The simplest explanation is that the phenomenology of NDEs at least in part fulfills the individual’s expectations of what they will experience at death. These expectations are most often derived from the experiencer’s culture, subculture, or mix of cultures. Culture-bound expectations are, in turn, most often derived from religion. One case, quoted at length, shows features that suggest that the individual was experiencing stress as a result of living in both Thai and Chinese cultures. Although the phenomenology of Thai NDEs is at variance from those in the West, the typical episodes that appear in each seem to follow a comparable sequencing. This similarity in structure suggest that NDEs in both cultures have a common function.
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Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Altered States and NDEs
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Involuntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Voluntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Cross-Cultural NDEs
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Religion and NDEs—Buddhism
Religion and NDEs NOS
Kellehear, A. (2001). An Hawaiian near-death experience. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 20(1) 31-35.

Kellehear, A. (2001). An Hawaiian near-death experience. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 20(1) 31-35.
Abstract: This paper is a case report of an Hawaiian near-death experience (NDE) from the early 1900s, which was uncovered in a turn-of-the-century monograph of Hawaiian folk tales (Thrum, 1907). The account differs from others in the same volume because it appears to be a real-life account rather than a folk tale. I describe similarities and differences from other Pacific area accounts, with particular attention to the only other Polynesian NDE account in the literature, a Maori NDE reported by Michael King in 1985.
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Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Cross-Cultural NDEs
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Knoblauch, H., Schmied, I., & Schnettler, B. (2001). Different kinds of near-death experience: A report on a survey of near-death experiences in Germany. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 20(1) 15-29.

Knoblauch, H., Schmied, I., & Schnettler, B. (2001). Different kinds of near-death experience: A report on a survey of near-death experiences in Germany. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 20(1) 15-29.
Abstract: This article provides a short summary of a representative survey on near-death experiences (NDEs) in Germany, which is the first of its kind in Europe. We tested several assumptions derived from previous research on NDEs, including the assumptions of a unified pattern of experience, the universality of the pattern, and the necessary link between NDEs and clinical death. We received replies from more than 2,000 persons, 4 percent of whom reported NDEs. The patterns of the NDEs did not seem to correspond to earlier findings: aside from being much more diverse, they also differed with respect to cultural variables, particularly the difference between religious interpretations and the differences between post-socialist East Germany and West Germany.
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Topics:
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Aftereffects of NDEs—Paranormal Phenomena
Aftereffects of NDEs—Religion
Aftereffects of NDEs NOS
Afterlife, Belief in
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Adults
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDErs NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Increased Knowledge, Thoughts
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Otherworldly Environments
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Cross-Cultural NDEs
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Disclosure of NDEs
Education about NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Sociological
Interpretations of NDEs
Media Treatment of NDEs
Methodology in NDE Research
Reincarnation and NDEs
Religion and NDEs—Christianity
Religion and NDEs NOS
Murphy, T. (2001). The structure and function of near-death experiences: An algorithmic reincarnation hypothesis. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 20(2) 101-118.

Murphy, T. (2001). The structure and function of near-death experiences: An algorithmic reincarnation hypothesis. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 20(2) 101-118.
Abstract: Hypothesizes that a near-death experience (NDE) is the subjective experience of having the state of consciousness in which a person experiences the last moment of his or her life being turned, in stages, into the state of consciousness experienced as the “point of no return.” The life review this, as is interpreted as a review of the states of consciousness experienced during our lives. Our responses to reviewing our own behaviors while in specific states reinforces and classifies them into those to repeat in future lives and those to avoid. We examine a modification of the traditional doctrine of reincarnation that takes into account biological and cultural evolution. This allows an understanding of how the attributes of NDEs could have undergone selection even though all opportunities for mating have already passed at the time of death.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Altered States and NDEs
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Counseling NDErs
Cross-Cultural NDEs
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Healing and NDEs—Physical
Reincarnation and NDEs
Religion and NDEs—Buddhism
Bush, N. E. (2002). Afterward: Making meaning after a frightening near-death experience. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 21(2) 99-133.

Bush, N. E. (2002). Afterward: Making meaning after a frightening near-death experience. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 21(2) 99-133.
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.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Aftereffects of NDEs—Emotional
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Aftereffects of NDEs—Religion
Aftereffects of NDEs—Sense of Self, Psychological and Physical
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Counseling NDErs
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Disclosure of NDEs
Dreams and NDEs
Education about NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological NOS
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Explanations of NDEs NOS
Healing and NDEs—Psychological
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Medical
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Psychological
Interpretations of NDEs
Language and NDEs
Literature, Fictional
Mental Processes and NDEs
Religion and NDEs—Christianity
Religion and NDEs NOS
Science and NDEs
Spirituality and NDEs
Theories, NDE-Related, Psychological—Jung
Tart, C. T. (2002). 2001 invited address: Parapsychology and transpersonal psychology: 'Anomalies' to be explained away or spirit to manifest? Journal of Parapsychology, 66(1) 31-47.

Tart, C. T. (2002). 2001 invited address: Parapsychology and transpersonal psychology: 'Anomalies' to be explained away or spirit to manifest? Journal of Parapsychology, 66(1) 31-47.
Abstract: Although there has been considerable progress in laboratory studies of psi phenomena (telepathy, clairvoyance, precogniton, and psychokinesis) in the past 50 years, both in terms of firmly establishing the reality of these phenomena and investigating variables that affect their manifestation, the field of experimental parapsychology has been increasingly co-opted by the dominant materialistic philosophical paradigm, such that investigators tend to overlook both the philosophical and the spiritual implications of psi phenomena and do not deal well with the deep and frequently irrational resistance to psi in mainstream scientific culture. This article reminds investigators that psi phenomena manifest in the complex dynamics of a real life and often have great meaning to experients. Psi is not merely an “anomaly” or a laboratory curiosity but has fundamental relevance to questions about the nature of consciousness and to issues of our relations to others. The relations of parapsychology to essential, fundamental science, as opposed to scientism, and to transpersonal psychology are discussed, and directions for an enriched study of psi, as a basis for a pragmatic dualism, as an empirical basis for transpersonal psychology, and as a more humanly relevant discipline are suggested.
Copyright: © 2002. Reprinted with permission of the Rhine Research Center.
Link: http://www.rhine.org/journal.htm
Topics:
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Methodology in NDE Research
Science and NDEs
Heaney, J. J. (1983). Recent studies of near-death experiences. Journal of Religion and Health, 22(2) 116-130.

Heaney, J. J. (1983). Recent studies of near-death experiences. Journal of Religion and Health, 22(2) 116-130.
Abstract: This article consists of a summary of the central points in the work of recent investigators of near-death experiences (NDEs). It considers the work of Moody, Osis, Rawlings, Ring, Sabom, and Grof as well as the criticisms of Noyes and Siegel. The appearance of a common core in the experiences suggests the presence of more than ordinary hallucinations. However, NDEs seem to be not literal experiences of life beyond death but archetypal experiences, the judgment of the validity of which will depend on one's assessment of depth symbolism.
Copyright: © 1983 by Springer. Reproduced with permission.
Link: http://www.springerlink.com
Topics:
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Definition of NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Parapsychological
Explanations of NDEs—Philosophical
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Explanations of NDEs NOS
Psychopathology and NDEs—Hallucinations
Religion and NDEs NOS
Theories, NDE-Related, Psychological—Jung
Theories, NDE-Related, Psychological—Grof
Becker, C. B. (1984). On the objectivity of near death experiences. Journal of Religion and Psychical Research, 7(2) 66-74.

Becker, C. B. (1984). On the objectivity of near death experiences. Journal of Religion and Psychical Research, 7(2) 66-74.
Abstract: The author examines respects in which NDE’s may be considered 'objective' by focusing on three types of visions common to these experiences: deceased relatives, religious figures, and “other worlds.” He argues that character change on the part of the vision-percipient is psychologically important but philosophically inadequate to substantiate objectivity. However, factors such as (1) knowledge gained paranormally and later verified; (2) similarity of intentionality observed at deathbeds in different cultures; (3) differences between religious expectations and visions perceived; and (4) cases in which third-party observers also witnessed visionary figures, may indicate that more than simple hallucinations are taking place in NDE’s.
Copyright: © 1984. Reprinted with permission of the Academy of Spirituality and Paranormal Studies, Inc.
Link: http://www.aspsi.org/pubs/journal_and_newsletter.php
Topics:
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Otherworldly Environments
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Nearing Death and NDEs—Deathbed Visions
Pasricha, S. (1992). Near-death experiences in South India: A systematic survey in Channapatna. NIMHANS Journal, 10(2) 111-118.

Pasricha, S. (1992). Near-death experiences in South India: A systematic survey in Channapatna. NIMHANS Journal, 10(2) 111-118.
Abstract: The study of unusual experiences of persons who survive death (NDE) has attracted the attention of scientists over the past two decades. However, very few reports concerning the prevalence of NDEs are available. So far, only two reports of surveys of such experiences have been published: one from the United States of America and the other from India. In the present article, the author reports the findings of another survey of NDEs conducted in a region of southern India. A population of 17192 persons was surveyed and 2439 respondents were interviewed for identification of NDE cases. Twenty-six persons were reported to have died and revived, 16 (62%) of these having had NDEs. Thus the prevalence rate of NDEs, was found to be approximately one in thousand persons. Except for one subject all the subjects had NDEs at home. The characteristics of the NDE cases identified during the survey are presented. Similarities and differences in features between subjects of the cases reported from India and the USA are discussed and possible interpretations offered.
Copyright: © 1992. Reprinted by permission of NIMHANS.
Link: http://www.nimhans.kar.nic.in/publications.htm
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Adults
Characteristics of NDErs—Education Level
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDErs—Occupation
Characteristics of NDErs—Socioeconomic Status
Characteristics of NDErs NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Involuntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Return NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Voluntary
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs NOS
Cross-Cultural NDEs
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Interpretations of NDEs
Methodology in NDE Research
Non-NDErs' Attitudes toward NDEs
Schorer, C. E. (1985-1986). Two Native American near-death experiences. Omega, 16(2) 111-113.

Schorer, C. E. (1985-1986). Two Native American near-death experiences. Omega, 16(2) 111-113.
Abstract: H. R. Schoolcraft recorded two tales he heard from Chippewas in Michigan during the l820s which exemplify two types of near-death experiences (NDE). The first tale has autoscopic, as well as specifically Native American, elements; the second, in a similar way, contains elements of the transcendental type. These are discussed with reference to local origin, influence of white American culture, and universality.
Copyright: © 1985. Reprinted with permission of Baywood Publishing Company, Inc.
Link: http://www.baywood.com/
Topics:
Cross-Cultural NDEs
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Interpretations of NDEs
Literature, Fictional
Religion and NDEs—Indigenous Cultures
Anderson, R. I. (1986). Life after death: The new evidence part I. Fate, 39() 84-91.

Anderson, R. I. (1986). Life after death: The new evidence part I. Fate, 39() 84-91.
Abstract:
Copyright:
Link:
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Afterlife, Belief in
Altered States and NDEs
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Disclosure of NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Parapsychological
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Explanations of NDEs NOS
Nearing Death and NDEs—Deathbed Visions
Psychopathology and NDEs—Dissociation
Psychopharmacology and NDEs—Anesthesia
Psychopharmacology and NDEs NOS
Related Experiences—NDE-Like
Related Experiences NOS
Theories, NDE-Related, Psychological—Jung
Veridical Perception during NDEs
Blackmore, S. (1988). Visions from the dying brain. New Scientist, 118(1) 43-46.

Blackmore, S. (1988). Visions from the dying brain. New Scientist, 118(1) 43-46.
Abstract:
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Link:
Topics:
Altered States and NDEs
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Otherworldly Environments
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Parapsychological
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Explanations of NDEs NOS
Mental Processes and NDEs
Psychopathology and NDEs—Hallucinations
Veridical Perception during NDEs
Clapp, R. (1988). Rumors of heaven: A new book fuels our perennial interest in life after death. Christianity Today, 32(1) 16-21.

Clapp, R. (1988). Rumors of heaven: A new book fuels our perennial interest in life after death. Christianity Today, 32(1) 16-21.
Abstract:
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Link:
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Aftereffects of NDEs—Religion
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Definition of NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Parapsychological
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological NOS
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Famous People's NDEs
Historical Perspectives on NDEs
Literature, Fictional
Media Treatment of NDEs
Religion and NDEs—Christianity
Religion and NDEs NOS
Spirituality and NDEs
Cott, J. (1987). Is there life after life? A scholar goes out on a limb. Vogue, 177() 312, 369-371.

Cott, J. (1987). Is there life after life? A scholar goes out on a limb. Vogue, 177() 312, 369-371.
Abstract:
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Link:
Topics:
Aftereffects of NDEs NOS
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Explanations of NDEs NOS
Historical Perspectives on NDEs
Media Treatment of NDEs
Religion and NDEs—Christianity
Religion and NDEs NOS
Spiritualism and NDEs
Kubler-Ross, E. (1975). In her own words. People, 4(2) 66-69.

Kubler-Ross, E. (1975). In her own words. People, 4(2) 66-69.
Abstract:
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Link:
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Afterlife, Belief in
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Children and Adolescents
Characteristics of NDErs—Occupation
Characteristics of NDErs—Religious Affiliations
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Involuntary
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Disabilities and NDEs
Disclosure of NDEs
Nearing Death and NDEs NOS
Related Experiences—NDE-Like
Related Experiences NOS
Science and NDEs
Spirituality and NDEs
Thanatology and NDEs
Veridical Perception during NDEs
Lemann, N. (1987). The near-death cult: Review of 'Otherworld journeys: Accounts of near-death experience in medieval and modern times'. The Atlantic, 260(1) 96-97.

Lemann, N. (1987). The near-death cult: Review of 'Otherworld journeys: Accounts of near-death experience in medieval and modern times'. The Atlantic, 260(1) 96-97.
Abstract:
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Link:
Topics:
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Historical Perspectives on NDEs
Religion and NDEs—Christianity
Religion and NDEs NOS
Siegel, R. K. (1981). Accounting for 'afterlife' experiences. Psychology Today, 15(1) 65-75.

Siegel, R. K. (1981). Accounting for 'afterlife' experiences. Psychology Today, 15(1) 65-75.
Abstract:
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Link:
Topics:
Afterlife, Belief in
Altered States and NDEs
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Parapsychological
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological NOS
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Interpretations of NDEs
Language and NDEs
Media Treatment of NDEs
Nearing Death and NDEs—Deathbed Visions
Psychopathology and NDEs—Hallucinations
Psychopharmacology and NDEs—Anesthesia
Psychopharmacology and NDEs NOS
Related Experiences NOS
Religion and NDEs—Mysticism
Science and NDEs
Ziegler, J. (1985). Near-death experiences deemed worthy of serious research. Chicago Tribune, () 19-20, 22.

Ziegler, J. (1985). Near-death experiences deemed worthy of serious research. Chicago Tribune, () 19-20, 22.
Abstract:
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Link:
Topics:
Aftereffects of NDEs—Emotional
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Religion
Aftereffects of NDEs—Sense of Self, Psychological and Physical
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Voluntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Circumstances of NDEs—Combat-Related
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Disclosure of NDEs
Dreams and NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Parapsychological
Healing and NDEs—Psychological
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Medical
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Psychological
Language and NDEs
Mental Processes and NDEs
Methodology in NDE Research
Non-NDErs' Attitudes toward NDEs
Science and NDEs
Appleby, L. (1989). Near death experience: Analogous to other stress induced psychological phenomena. British Medical Journal, 298() 976-977.

Appleby, L. (1989). Near death experience: Analogous to other stress induced psychological phenomena. British Medical Journal, 298() 976-977.
Abstract: No abstract.
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Link: http://www.bmjjournals.com/
Topics:
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Bush, N. E. (1983). The near-death experience in children: Shades of the prison-house reopening. Anabiosis - The Journal for Near-Death Studies, 3(2) 177-193.

Bush, N. E. (1983). The near-death experience in children: Shades of the prison-house reopening. Anabiosis - The Journal for Near-Death Studies, 3(2) 177-193.
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 training, social mores, and family traditions. A review of seventeen accounts of NDEs in children, including two youngsters still in childhood, indicates that NDEs that occur at early ages appear to be substantially similar in content to adult experiences. These accounts suggest that cultural conditioning is not a primary determinant of NDE contents.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Children and Adolescents
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, ESP
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Involuntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Voluntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Kinesthetic
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Vision
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Accident
Circumstances of NDEs—Induced Chemically
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Counseling NDErs
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Disclosure of NDEs
Hypnosis and NDEs
Non-NDErs' Attitudes toward NDEs
Carr, C. (1993). Death and near-death: A comparison of Tibetan and Euro-American experiences. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 25(1) 59-110.

Carr, C. (1993). Death and near-death: A comparison of Tibetan and Euro-American experiences. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 25(1) 59-110.
Abstract: No abstract.
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Topics:
Afterlife, Belief in
Altered States and NDEs
Circumstances of NDEs—Suicide
Cross-Cultural NDEs
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Definition of NDEs
Explanations of NDEs NOS
Explanations of NDEs—Parapsychological
Explanations of NDEs—Philosophical
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological NOS
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Explanations of NDEs—Sociological
Interpretations of NDEs
Language and NDEs
Methodology in NDE Research
Religion and NDEs—Buddhism
Religion and NDEs—Christianity
Shamanism and NDEs
Thanatology and NDEs
Clark, K. (1987). Response to 'Adjustment and the near-death experience'. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 6(1) 20-23.

Clark, K. (1987). Response to 'Adjustment and the near-death experience'. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 6(1) 20-23.
Abstract: No abstract.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Counseling NDErs
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Sociological
Non-NDErs' Attitudes toward NDEs
Psychopathology and NDEs NOS
Corcoran, D. K. (1988). Helping patients who've had near-death experiences. Nursing, 18() 34-39.

Corcoran, D. K. (1988). Helping patients who've had near-death experiences. Nursing, 18() 34-39.
Abstract: No abstract.
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Link:
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Aftereffects of NDEs—Emotional
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Adults
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Children and Adolescents
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Increased Knowledge, Thoughts
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, Precognition
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, ESP
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Involuntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Return NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Voluntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Kinesthetic
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Music
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Circumstances of NDEs—Accident
Circumstances of NDEs—Suicide
Counseling NDErs
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Definition of NDEs
Disclosure of NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Healing and NDEs—Psychological
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Medical
Non-NDErs' Attitude Change after Learning about NDEs
Non-NDErs' Attitudes toward NDEs
Psychopathology and NDEs—Hallucinations
Reactions to NDEr—by Family, Spouse
Furn, B. G. (1987). Adjustment and the near-death experience: A conceptual and therapeutic model. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 6(1) 4-19.

Furn, B. G. (1987). Adjustment and the near-death experience: A conceptual and therapeutic model. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 6(1) 4-19.
Abstract: Most mental health practitioner’s, and counseling psychologists in particular, possess skills for helping near-death experiencers. What is needed is a conceptual framework that is both familiar to practitioners and highly relevant to that client group. Cross-cultural counseling in general, and the consideration of world views more specifically, are suggested. Using that framework, the world view assimilated during the near-death experience (NDE) is viewed as being in contrast to that of the “old self,” significant others, and the majority culture. The difficulties reported by NDErs are considered analogous to those associated with culture shock. The world views of the practitioner, NDEr, and relevant others should be taken into account in the formulation of psycho-educational and therapeutic interventions.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Aftereffects of NDEs—Paranormal Phenomena
Aftereffects of NDEs—Religion
Aftereffects of NDEs—Sense of Self, Psychological and Physical
Aftereffects of NDEs NOS
Afterlife, Belief in
Counseling NDErs
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Disclosure of NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Philosophical
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Medical
Methodology in NDE Research
Non-NDErs' Attitudes toward NDEs
Psychopathology and NDEs NOS
Reactions to NDEr—by Family, Spouse
Furn, B. G. (1987). Cross-cultural counseling and the near-death experience: Some elaborations. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 6(1) 37-40.

Furn, B. G. (1987). Cross-cultural counseling and the near-death experience: Some elaborations. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 6(1) 37-40.
Abstract: No abstract.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Counseling NDErs
Cross-Cultural NDEs
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Psychopathology and NDEs NOS
Geraci, J. (1987). Comments on Bette Furn's 'Adjustment and the near-death experience'. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 6(1) 28-29.

Geraci, J. (1987). Comments on Bette Furn's 'Adjustment and the near-death experience'. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 6(1) 28-29.
Abstract: No abstract.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Counseling NDErs
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Medical
Psychopathology and NDEs NOS
Giovetti, P. (1982). Near-death and deathbed experiences: An Italian survey. Theta, 10(1) 10-13.

Giovetti, P. (1982). Near-death and deathbed experiences: An Italian survey. Theta, 10(1) 10-13.
Abstract: No abstract.
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Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Aftereffects of NDEs—Sense of Self, Psychological and Physical
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Otherworldly Environments
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Involuntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Voluntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Return NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Hearing
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Music
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs—Suicide
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Methodology in NDE Research
Nearing Death and NDEs—Deathbed Visions
Religion and NDEs NOS
Greyson, B. (1983). The Near-Death Experience Scale: Construction, reliability, and validity. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 171(6) 369-375.

Greyson, B. (1983). The Near-Death Experience Scale: Construction, reliability, and validity. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 171(6) 369-375.
Abstract: No abstract.
Copyright:
Link: http://www.jonmd.com/
Topics:
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Increased Knowledge, Thoughts
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Otherworldly Environments
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, Precognition
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, ESP
Characteristics of NDEs—Perception of Time
Characteristics of NDEs—Return NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory NOS
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Definition of NDEs
Methodology in NDE Research
Kellehear, A. (1991). Near-death experiences and the pursuit of the ideal society. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 10(2) 75-95.

Kellehear, A. (1991). Near-death experiences and the pursuit of the ideal society. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 10(2) 75-95.
Abstract: Up to one half of near-death experiencers report a social and physical realm beyond death. I describe the features of this afterlife society and compare them with previous ideas about the ideal society. I argue that the society so often mentioned by near-death experiencers is a unique type of utopian society. As stories from utopia, near-death experiences (NDEs) serve as inspirational narratives that help us re-evaluate the social world and our place in it. They also help integrate sometimes contradictory paradigms from religion, politics, and science. In this way, NDE narratives may be seen as the latest chapter in a long search for better social ideas about living harmoniously with each other.
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Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Afterlife, Belief in
Afterlife, NDErs’ Descriptions of
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena NOS
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Philosophical
Explanations of NDEs—Sociological
Religion and NDEs NOS
Kellehear, A. (1993). Culture, biology, and the near-death experience: A reappraisal. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 181(3) 148-156.

Kellehear, A. (1993). Culture, biology, and the near-death experience: A reappraisal. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 181(3) 148-156.
Abstract: No abstract.
Copyright:
Link: http://www.jonmd.com/
Topics:
Afterlife, NDErs’ Descriptions of
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Otherworldly Environments
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Kinesthetic
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Cross-Cultural NDEs
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Dreams and NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Sociological
Language and NDEs
Religion and NDEs—Buddhism
Religion and NDEs—Christianity
Religion and NDEs—Hinduism
Religion and NDEs—Indigenous Cultures
Religion and NDEs NOS
Krishnan, V. (1985). Near-death experiences: Evidence for survival? Journal of Near-Death Studies, 5(1) 21-38.

Krishnan, V. (1985). Near-death experiences: Evidence for survival? Journal of Near-Death Studies, 5(1) 21-38.
Abstract: This paper argues that the out-of-body experience (OBE) and other elements of a near-death experience (NDE), as well as the positive affects that accompany them, do not yield conclusive evidence for survival after death. The OBE has features that suggest a physical basis for it, the other elements show the influence of cultural background, and positive affects may simply occur to conserve one’s energy and prolong life. Other explanations for near-death elements, such as sensory deprivation, extrasensory perception, and eyeless sight, are addressed.
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Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Afterlife, Belief in
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, ESP
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Vision
Cross-Cultural NDEs
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Parapsychological
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological NOS
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Interpretations of NDEs
Sensory Deprivation and NDEs
Veridical Perception during NDEs
Lindley, J. H., Bryan, S., & Conley, B. (1981). Near-death experiences in a Pacific Northwest American population: The Evergreen study. Anabiosis - The Journal for Near-Death Studies, 1(2) 104-124.

Lindley, J. H., Bryan, S., & Conley, B. (1981). Near-death experiences in a Pacific Northwest American population: The Evergreen study. Anabiosis - The Journal for Near-Death Studies, 1(2) 104-124.
Abstract: No abstract.
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Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Animals and NDEs
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDErs—Religious Affiliations
Characteristics of NDErs NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Otherworldly Environments
Characteristics of NDEs—Perception of Time
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Involuntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Voluntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Kinesthetic
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Hearing
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Accident
Circumstances of NDEs—Induced Chemically
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs—Suicide
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Disclosure of NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological NOS
Interpretations of NDEs
Psychopharmacology and NDEs—Anesthesia
Religion and NDEs NOS
Martinson, I. M. (1994). Commentary: 'Near-death experiences of children'. Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, 11(4) 145.

Martinson, I. M. (1994). Commentary: 'Near-death experiences of children'. Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, 11(4) 145.
Abstract: No abstract.
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Link:
Topics:
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Children and Adolescents
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Disclosure of NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological NOS
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Medical
Mental Processes and NDEs
Reactions to NDEr—by Family, Spouse
McDonagh, J. (1987). Review of Bette Furn's 'Adjustment and the near-death experience'. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 6(1) 24-27.

McDonagh, J. (1987). Review of Bette Furn's 'Adjustment and the near-death experience'. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 6(1) 24-27.
Abstract: No abstract.
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Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Counseling NDErs
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Disclosure of NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Philosophical
Non-NDErs' Attitudes toward NDEs
Psychopathology and NDEs NOS
Miller, J. (1987). A counseling approach to assist near-death experiencers: A response to Bette Furn's paper. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 6(1) 30-36.

Miller, J. (1987). A counseling approach to assist near-death experiencers: A response to Bette Furn's paper. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 6(1) 30-36.
Abstract: No abstract.
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Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Counseling NDErs
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Medical
Psychopathology and NDEs NOS
Reactions to NDEr—by Family, Spouse
Nichelson, O. (1990). The luminous experience and the scientific method. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 8(4) 203-207.

Nichelson, O. (1990). The luminous experience and the scientific method. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 8(4) 203-207.
Abstract: An encounter with the Light during a state of altered consciousness is a direct experience of God. The question of scientific proof is discussed.
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Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Altered States and NDEs
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Explanations of NDEs NOS
Interpretations of NDEs
Religion and NDEs—Christianity
Religion and NDEs NOS
Science and NDEs
Spirituality and NDEs
Oakes, A. R. (1981). Near-death events and critical care nursing. Topics in Clinical Nursing, 3(3) 61-78.

Oakes, A. R. (1981). Near-death events and critical care nursing. Topics in Clinical Nursing, 3(3) 61-78.
Abstract: No abstract.
Copyright:
Link:
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Aftereffects of NDEs—Emotional
Aftereffects of NDEs—Sense of Self, Psychological and Physical
Altered States and NDEs
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Adults
Characteristics of NDErs—Education Level
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Otherworldly Environments
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, ESP
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Involuntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Return NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Kinesthetic
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Counseling NDErs
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Disclosure of NDEs
Education about NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Anoxia
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Medical
Language and NDEs
Non-NDErs' Attitudes toward NDEs
Reactions to NDEr—by Family, Spouse
Religion and NDEs NOS
Science and NDEs
Pandarakalam, J. P. (1990). Enigma of the near-death experience. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 13(1) 131-136.

Pandarakalam, J. P. (1990). Enigma of the near-death experience. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 13(1) 131-136.
Abstract: No abstract.
Copyright:
Link:
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Afterlife, Belief in
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Adults
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Otherworldly Environments
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Involuntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Circumstances of NDEs—Accident
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs—Induced Chemically
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Disclosure of NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Parapsychological
Methodology in NDE Research
Religion and NDEs—Christianity
Religion and NDEs—Hinduism
Pasricha, S., & Stevenson, I. (1986). Near-death experiences in India: A preliminary report. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 174(3) 165-170.

Pasricha, S., & Stevenson, I. (1986). Near-death experiences in India: A preliminary report. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 174(3) 165-170.
Abstract: No abstract.
Copyright:
Link: http://www.jonmd.com/
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Aftereffects of NDEs—Physical Changes
Aftereffects of NDEs—Religion
Aftereffects of NDEs NOS
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Adults
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDErs NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Otherworldly Environments
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Involuntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Return NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Kinesthetic
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs—Time Elapse
Cross-Cultural NDEs
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Disclosure of NDEs
Methodology in NDE Research
Religion and NDEs—Hinduism
Ring, K. (1994). Solving the riddle of frightening near-death experiences: Some testable hypotheses and a perspective based on A Course in Miracles. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 13(1) 5-23.

Ring, K. (1994). Solving the riddle of frightening near-death experiences: Some testable hypotheses and a perspective based on A Course in Miracles. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 13(1) 5-23.
Abstract: This article discusses three varieties of frightening near-death experiences (NDEs), as distinguished in the typology of Bruce Greyson and Nancy Evans Bush (1992). “inverted” and hellish NDEs are analyzed in terms of the terror of ego-death that results in resistance to the experience and inability to surrender to it. The third kind, experiences of a “meaningless void,” may reflect an “emergence reaction” to inadequate anesthesia. Testable hypotheses stemming from this analysis are presented, and the relevance of the conception of reality based on teaching found in A Course in Miracles for understanding NDEs is indicated. Finally, the ontological status of both transcendent and frightening NDEs is briefly considered.
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Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Hearing
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs—Induced Chemically
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Healing and NDEs—Psychological
Literature, Fictional
Media Treatment of NDEs
Psychopharmacology and NDEs—Anesthesia
Related Experiences—NDE-Like
Theories, NDE-Related, Psychological—Grof
Ring, K. (1988). Prophetic visions in 1988: A critical reappraisal. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 7(1) 4-18.

Ring, K. (1988). Prophetic visions in 1988: A critical reappraisal. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 7(1) 4-18.
Abstract: This paper reviews the research into a specific aspect of near-death experiences (NDEs): the prophetic vision (PV). PVs are subjectively compelling flashforwards of planetary-wide cataclysms and eventual regeneration that sometimes occur during or in the immediate aftermath of an NDE. Previous research has shown that the most frequently mentioned year for the culmination of the geophysical calamities foreseen in PVs was 1988. I argue that PVs should be understood as manifestations of a collective prophetic impulse that historically tends to arise during periods of cultural crisis. PVs are thus expressions of the felt need for cultural renewal and therefore should not be taken literally as prognostic of drastic physical changes on Earth.
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Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, Precognition
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Explanations of NDEs—Sociological
Interpretations of NDEs
Related Experiences—UFO
Ring, K. (1980). Commentary on 'The reality of death experiences: A personal perspective' by Ernst A. Rodin. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 168(5) 273-274.

Ring, K. (1980). Commentary on 'The reality of death experiences: A personal perspective' by Ernst A. Rodin. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 168(5) 273-274.
Abstract: No abstract.
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Link: http://www.jonmd.com/
Topics:
Afterlife, Belief in
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Anoxia
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Roberts, G., & Owen, J. (1988). The near-death experience. British Journal of Psychiatry, 153() 607-617.

Roberts, G., & Owen, J. (1988). The near-death experience. British Journal of Psychiatry, 153() 607-617.
Abstract: No abstract.
Copyright:
Link: http://bjp.rcpsych.org/
Topics:
Aftereffects of NDEs—Emotional
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Sense of Self, Psychological and Physical
Afterlife, Belief in
Characteristics of NDErs—Psychological Profile
Cross-Cultural NDEs
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Definition of NDEs
Disclosure of NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Explanations of NDEs NOS
Psychopathology and NDEs—Hallucinations
Religion and NDEs—Christianity
Religion and NDEs NOS
Stevenson, I., & Greyson, B. (1979). Near-death experiences: Relevance to the question of survival after death. Journal of the American Medical Association, 242(3) 265-267.

Stevenson, I., & Greyson, B. (1979). Near-death experiences: Relevance to the question of survival after death. Journal of the American Medical Association, 242(3) 265-267.
Abstract: No abstract.
Copyright:
Link:
Topics:
Afterlife, Belief in
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Cross-Cultural NDEs
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Mental Processes and NDEs
Methodology in NDE Research
van Lommel, P., van Wees, R., Meyers, V., & Elfferich, I. (2001). Near-death experience in survivors of cardiac arrest: A prospective study in the Netherlands. Lancet, 358(9) 2039-2045.

van Lommel, P., van Wees, R., Meyers, V., & Elfferich, I. (2001). Near-death experience in survivors of cardiac arrest: A prospective study in the Netherlands. Lancet, 358(9) 2039-2045.
Abstract: No abstract.
Copyright:
Link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01638343
Topics:
Aftereffects of NDEs—Emotional
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Aftereffects of NDEs—Religion
Aftereffects of NDEs—Sense of Self, Psychological and Physical
Afterlife, Belief in
Altered States and NDEs
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Adults
Characteristics of NDErs—Education Level
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDErs—Psychological Profile
Characteristics of NDErs—Religious Affiliations
Characteristics of NDErs NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Otherworldly Environments
Characteristics of NDEs—Return NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Vision
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs—Time Elapse
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Definition of NDEs
Disclosure of NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Anoxia
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Mental Processes and NDEs
Methodology in NDE Research
Psychopharmacology and NDEs NOS
Related Experiences NOS
Spirituality and NDEs
Veridical Perception during NDEs
Weibust, P. S. (1991). Being one with God is something that can be done without rules: Commentary on Allan Kellehear's 'Near-death experiences and the pursuit of the ideal society'. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 10(2) 107-111.

Weibust, P. S. (1991). Being one with God is something that can be done without rules: Commentary on Allan Kellehear's 'Near-death experiences and the pursuit of the ideal society'. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 10(2) 107-111.
Abstract: Allan Kellehear’s article is a pioneering venture exploring features of the transcendent society and comparing it with J.C. Davis’s typology of ideal societies. Kellehear assumed that in the life after life there is a sociocultural ordering that can be discussed via structural functional theory and concepts; and he also assumed internal and external validity, despite evidence to the contrary in his article. I think both of these assumptions are incorrect. What we need are alternative sociocultural frameworks and alternative research strategies, possibly from the “new science.”
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Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Philosophical
Explanations of NDEs—Sociological
Methodology in NDE Research
Science and NDEs
Spirituality and NDEs
White, R. A. (1998). The amplification and integration of near-death and other exceptional human experiences by the larger cultural context: An autobiographical case. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 16(3) 181-204.

White, R. A. (1998). The amplification and integration of near-death and other exceptional human experiences by the larger cultural context: An autobiographical case. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 16(3) 181-204.
Abstract: Although I became a parapsychologist in part to help me understand the near-death experience (NDE) I had in 1952 as an undergraduate, it was not until 1990 that I began to integrate my NDE into my life. Doing so alerted me to the role the larger cultural context plays in regard to NDEs and other exceptional human experiences (EHEs). I propose not only that we need to draw on cultural resources to amplify the meaning of our exceptional human experiences, but that EHEs themselves carry the seeds of cultural change.
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Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Aftereffects of NDEs—Paranormal Phenomena
Aftereffects of NDEs—Sense of Self, Psychological and Physical
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Kinesthetic
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Hearing
Circumstances of NDEs—Accident
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Disclosure of NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Parapsychological
Explanations of NDEs—Sociological
Language and NDEs
Religion and NDEs—Mysticism
Religion and NDEs NOS
Zaleski, C. (1990). Response to 'The luminous experience and the scientific method' by Oliver Nichelson. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 8(4) 207-209.

Zaleski, C. (1990). Response to 'The luminous experience and the scientific method' by Oliver Nichelson. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 8(4) 207-209.
Abstract: Acknowledging the cultural shaping of near-death experiences makes possible a deeper and more sophisticated appreciation of their meaning and validity.
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Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Explanations of NDEs NOS
Science and NDEs
Spirituality and NDEs
Zaleski, C. G. (1987). Evaluating near-death testimony: A challenge for theology. Anabiosis - The Journal for Near-Death Studies, 5(2) 17-52.

Zaleski, C. G. (1987). Evaluating near-death testimony: A challenge for theology. Anabiosis - The Journal for Near-Death Studies, 5(2) 17-52.
Abstract: In nearly every culture, people have told stories of visionary journey to other worlds, in which an individual dies, enters the afterlife, and—by divine decree or medical prodigy—comes back to life. The return-from-death story has a long history in Western culture, developing within the apocalyptic traditions of late antiquity, flourishing in the medieval Christian vision narratives that inspired Dante’s Divine Comedy, and re-emerging today in reports of near-death experiences (NDEs). Evaluating the literature of NDEs is a task for historians of religion and theologians as well as psychologists. On the basis of a comparative study of medieval and contemporary accounts, this article proposes a nonreductionist interpretation, showing that it is possible to give credit to individual testimony while still taking into account the physiological, psychological, and cultural conditions that influence visionary experience in the face of death.
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Topics:
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Philosophical
Historical Perspectives on NDEs
Interpretations of NDEs
Language and NDEs
Religion and NDEs—Christianity
Religion and NDEs NOS
Spiritualism and NDEs
Zhi-ying, F., & Jian-xun, L. (1992). Near-death experiences among survivors of the 1976 Tangshan earthquake. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 11(1) 39-48.

Zhi-ying, F., & Jian-xun, L. (1992). Near-death experiences among survivors of the 1976 Tangshan earthquake. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 11(1) 39-48.
Abstract: We interviewed 81 survivors of the severe earthquake in Tangshan in 1976 and found that 32 (40 percent) reported near-death experiences (NDEs) as measured by Greyson’s (1983) NDE Scale. The great majority of these NDEs were of the cognitive and transcendental types, and our observations were somewhat different from those of Greyson (1985) in the United States and of Pasricha and Stevenson (1986) in India. These differences suggest that the components, sequences, and types of NDE might differ with race, religion, psychological and cultural background, and kind of near-death event.
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Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Characteristics of NDErs—Age NOS
Characteristics of NDErs—Education Level
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDErs—Occupation
Characteristics of NDErs NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, ESP
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, Precognition
Characteristics of NDEs—Perception of Time
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Kinesthetic
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Smell
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory NOS
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Accident
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Cross-Cultural NDEs
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological NOS
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Lee, R. L. M. (2003). The reenchantment of death: Near-death, death awareness, and the New Age. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 22(2) 117-131.

Lee, R. L. M. (2003). The reenchantment of death: Near-death, death awareness, and the New Age. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 22(2) 117-131.
Abstract: Since the first publication on the near-death phenomenon appeared about 30 years ago, many theories have been offered to explain its manifestation and meaning in relation to the question of the survival of consciousness after death. However, the contextual question regarding the receptivity of the near-death phenomenon has not been adequately answered. This question concerns the social conditions that have popularized the discourse of the near-death experience. These conditions can be identified as the reenchantment of the world within the context of the New Age, the emergence of death awareness in a rapidly aging population, and the renewal of faith within the context of religious revivalism.
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Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Afterlife, Belief in
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Sociological
Interpretations of NDEs
Religion and NDEs—Christianity
Religion and NDEs NOS
Spirituality and NDEs
Thanatology and NDEs
Sharma, P., & Tucker, J. B. (2004). Cases of the reincarnation type with memories from the intermission between lives. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 23(2) 101-118.

Sharma, P., & Tucker, J. B. (2004). Cases of the reincarnation type with memories from the intermission between lives. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 23(2) 101-118.
Abstract: For the last 40 years, researchers have collected cases of children who claim to remember previous lives. In a minority of these cases, the subjects also claim to remember events that took place during the intermission between the end of their previous life and their birth in the current life. Subjects in these cases tend to make more verified statements about the previous life they claim to remember than do other subjects of reincarnation-type cases, and they tend to recall more names from that life. Analysis of reports from 35 Burmese subjects indicates that the intermission memories can be broken down into three parts: a transitional stage, a stable stage in a particular location, and a return stage involving choosing parents or conception. A comparison of these reports to reports of near-death experiences (NDEs) indicates that they show features similar to the transcendental component of Western NDEs and have significant areas of overlap with Asian NDEs.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Children and Adolescents
Cross-Cultural NDEs
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Methodology in NDE Research
Reincarnation and NDEs
Religion and NDEs—Buddhism
Wade, J. (2003). In a sacred manner we died: Native American near-death experiences. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 22(2) 82-114.

Wade, J. (2003). In a sacred manner we died: Native American near-death experiences. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 22(2) 82-114.
Abstract: This article presents 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. It includes two stories from tribes around the Roanoke, Virginia area; two Chippewa accounts from the Mississippi Valley; a Chiricahua Apache account reported by Geronimo; two Zuni reports; two Saulteaux accounts from the Berens River area of what is now British Columbia; and two stories from the Oglala Sioux Black Elk. I explore commonalities among the accounts and comparisons with near-death experiences from other cultures.
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Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Aftereffects of NDEs—Sense of Self, Psychological and Physical
Afterlife, Belief in
Afterlife, NDErs’ Descriptions of
Altered States and NDEs
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Otherworldly Environments
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, Precognition
Characteristics of NDEs—Return NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Involuntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Kinesthetic
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Vision
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Cross-Cultural NDEs
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Language and NDEs
Religion and NDEs—Indigenous Cultures
Spirituality and NDEs
Agrillo, C. (2011). Near-death experience: Out-of-body and out-of-brain? Review of General Psychology, 15(1) 1-10.

Agrillo, C. (2011). Near-death experience: Out-of-body and out-of-brain? Review of General Psychology, 15(1) 1-10.
Abstract: During the last decades, several clinical cases have been reported where patients described profound subjective experiences when near-death, a phenomenon called “near-death experience” (NDE). Recurring features in the accounts involving bright lights and tunnels have sometimes been interpreted as evidence of a new life after death; however the origin of such experiences is largely unknown, and both biological and psychological interpretations have been suggested. The study of NDEs represents one of the most important topics of cognitive neuroscience. In the present paper the current state of knowledge has been reviewed, with particular regard to the main features of NDE, scientific explanations and the theoretical debate surrounding this phenomenon.
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Link:
Topics:
Afterlife, Belief in
Altered States and NDEs
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Vision
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Philosophical
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Explanations of NDEs NOS
Mental Processes and NDEs
Religion and NDEs NOS
Science and NDEs
Veridical Perception during NDEs
Athappilly, G. K., Greyson, B., & Stevenson, I. (2006). Do prevailing societal models of influence reports of near-death experiences? A comparison of accounts reported before and after 1975 Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 194(3) 218-222.

Athappilly, G. K., Greyson, B., & Stevenson, I. (2006). Do prevailing societal models of influence reports of near-death experiences? A comparison of accounts reported before and after 1975 Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 194(3) 218-222.
Abstract: Transcendental near-death experiences show some crosscultural variation that suggests they may be influenced by societal beliefs. The prevailing Western model of near-death experiences was defined by Moody’s description of the phenomenon in 1975. To explore the influence of this cultural model, we compared near-death experience accounts collected before and after 1975. We compared the frequency of 15 phenomenological features Moody defined as characteristic of near-death experiences in 24 accounts collected before 1975 and in 24 more recent accounts matched on relevant demographic and situational variables. Near-death experience accounts collected after 1975 differed from those collected earlier only in increased frequency of tunnel phenomena, which other research has suggested may not be integral to the experience, and not in any of the remaining 14 features defined by Moody as characteristic of near-death experiences. These data challenge the hypothesis that near-death experience accounts are substantially influenced by prevailing cultural models.
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Topics:
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Afterlife, Belief in
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Adults
Characteristics of NDErs—Education Level
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDErs—Marital Status
Characteristics of NDErs—Religious Affiliations
Characteristics of NDErs NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Increased Knowledge, Thoughts
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Otherworldly Environments
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, ESP
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, Precognition
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Involuntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Voluntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Return NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Music
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Accident
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs NOS
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Disclosure of NDEs
Interpretations of NDEs
Language and NDEs
Methodology in NDE Research
Non-NDErs’ Attitudes toward NDEs
Veridical Perception during NDEs
Augustine, K. (2007). Psychophysiological and cultural correlates undermining a survivalist interpretation of near-death experiences Journal of Near-Death Studies, 26(2) 89-125.

Augustine, K. (2007). Psychophysiological and cultural correlates undermining a survivalist interpretation of near-death experiences Journal of Near-Death Studies, 26(2) 89-125.
Abstract: This paper, Part III of a critique of survivalist interpretations of near-death experiences (NDEs), considers psychophysiological and cultural correlates of NDEs suggesting that such experiences are solely products of individuals' minds rather than windows into a transcendental realm. While current psychophysiological models do not fully explain out-of-body experiences (OBEs) and NDEs, several psychophysiological correlates offer promising clues about the mechanisms implicated in their production. These correlates do not definitively identify their precise causes, but strongly imply that such experiences represent internally generated fantasies rather than genuine perceptions of a transcendental environment. Additionally, stark differences in the phenomenology of NDEs from different cultures have been uncovered. Though non-Western samples are too limited to draw anything more than tentative conclusions, the available data suggest that prottypical Western NDE motifs derive from a cultural source, consistent with the hypothesis that NDE content reflects social conditioning and personal expectation rather than the perception of an external reality.
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Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Afterlife, Belief in
Altered States and NDEs
Cross-Cultural NDEs (outside the U.S.)—non-Western
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological NOS
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Explanations of NDEs—Sociological
Explanations of NDEs NOS
Interpretations of NDEs
Language and NDEs
Psychopathology and NDEs—Dissociation
Psychopathology and NDEs—Hallucinations
Related Experiences NOS
Science and NDEs
Belanti, J., Perera, M., & Jagadheesan, K. (2008). Phenomenology of near-death experiences: A cross-cultural perspective Transcultural Psychiatry, 45(1) 121-133.

Belanti, J., Perera, M., & Jagadheesan, K. (2008). Phenomenology of near-death experiences: A cross-cultural perspective Transcultural Psychiatry, 45(1) 121-133.
Abstract: Near-death experiences (NDEs) include a set of subjective experiences encountered by people who were close to death or were faced with life-threatening situations. Reports have suggested that the phenomenology of NDE might differ across cultures. This article is aimed at providing an updated phenomenological perspective by comparing NDEs in a cross-cultural context.We compared the various descriptions of NDEs from a phenomenological perspective. There were similarities between particular cultures, which differed from typical western European experiences. This article concludes that although there are common themes, there are also reported differences in NDEs. The variability across cultures is most likely to be due to our interpretation and verbalizing of such esoteric events through the filters of language, cultural experiences, religion, education and their influence on our belief systems either shedding influence as an individual variable or more often perhaps by their rich interplay between these factors.
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Link:
Topics:
Cross-Cultural NDEs (outside the U.S.)—non-Western
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Interpretations of NDEs
Language and NDEs
Methodology in NDE Research
Religion and NDEs NOS
Dale, L. (2006). Experiences of light in gay and lesbian near-death experiences Journal of Near-Death Studies, 24(3) 175-178.

Dale, L. (2006). Experiences of light in gay and lesbian near-death experiences Journal of Near-Death Studies, 24(3) 175-178.
Abstract: This article illustrates the concept of divine light in stories of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender near-death experiencers.
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Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Aftereffects of NDEs—Sense of Self, Psychological and Physical
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Adults
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDErs NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Spirituality and NDEs
Dale, L. (2007). From fear to love in gay and lesbian near-death experiences and the coming out process Journal of Near-Death Studies, 25(3) 171-179.

Dale, L. (2007). From fear to love in gay and lesbian near-death experiences and the coming out process Journal of Near-Death Studies, 25(3) 171-179.
Abstract: This article illustrates the changes in thought and feeling states within gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender near-death experiences, and the implications for the coming out process for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered experiencers.
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Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Aftereffects of NDEs—Cognitive
Aftereffects of NDEs—Emotional
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Aftereffects of NDEs—Sense of Self, Psychological and Physical
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Adults
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDErs NOS
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Gibbs, J. C. (2010). Near-Death Experiences, Deathbed Visions, and Past-Life Memories: A Convergence in Support of van Lommel’s Consciousness Beyond Life Journal of Near-Death Studies, 29(2) 303-341.

Gibbs, J. C. (2010). Near-Death Experiences, Deathbed Visions, and Past-Life Memories: A Convergence in Support of van Lommel’s Consciousness Beyond Life Journal of Near-Death Studies, 29(2) 303-341.
Abstract: This review supports cardiologist Pim van Lommel’s continuity claim for human existence in his recently published book Consciousness BeyondLife: The Science of the Near-Death Experience (2010). Van Lommel and colleagues (van Lommel, van Wees, Meyers, & Elfferich, 2001) studied NDEs among 344 Dutch hospital patients who had been resuscitated following cardiac arrest. From their and others’ NDE research findings (e.g., accurate perceptions during the arrest period), van Lommel and colleagues concluded that mental activity can take place even in the absence of cerebral function. Extrapolating from this conclusion, van Lommel claimed in Consciousness Beyond Life a fundamental continuity for individual human existence: that death and birth mark not final limits but instead the transition from one state of consciousness to another. In the course of making his continuity claim, van Lommel referred to other topics such as deathbed visions and past-life memories. In addition to reviewing NDE research, this article reviews research and illustrative responses pertaining to these related phenomena. A convergence of corroborative evidence is consistent with van Lommel’s continuity claim.
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Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Afterlife, Belief in
Altered States and NDEs
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Evolution and NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Parapsychological
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Explanations of NDEs NOS
Mental Processes and NDEs
Nearing Death and NDEs—Deathbed Visions
Nearing Death and NDEs NOS
Related Experiences—NDE-Like
Related Experiences NOS
Science and NDEs
Green, J. T. (2008). The death journey of a Hopi Indian: A case study Journal of Near-Death Studies, 26(4) 283-293.

Green, J. T. (2008). The death journey of a Hopi Indian: A case study Journal of Near-Death Studies, 26(4) 283-293.
Abstract: I present the case study of the "death journey" or near-death experience (NDE) of Don Talayesva, a Hopi Indian, whose experience occurred between 1900 and 1910. I compare and contrast his experience with 11 accounts of Native American NDEs reported by Jenny Wade (2003), as well as with modern day NDEs. Talayesva's NDE took him to the Hopi land of the dead, where he witnessed the brutal fate of witches and Two-Hearts before returning to physical existence. Although his and many other NDEs from indigenous populations appear to adhere to cultural expectations and beliefs, that has not been the case with modern day NDEs collected from Anglo-Saxon cultures.
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Topics:
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Otherworldly Environments
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, ESP
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, Precognition
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Involuntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Return NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Vision
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Cross-Cultural NDEs (outside the U.S.)—non-Western
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Religion and NDEs—Indigenous Cultures
Greyson, B. (2007). Commentary on "Psychophysiological and cultural correlates undermining a survivalist interpretation of near-death experiences" Journal of Near-Death Studies, 26(2) 127-145.

Greyson, B. (2007). Commentary on "Psychophysiological and cultural correlates undermining a survivalist interpretation of near-death experiences" Journal of Near-Death Studies, 26(2) 127-145.
Abstract: Keith Augustine has provided a legitimate and cogent critique of a transcendental interpretation of near-death experiences, exposing weaknesses in the research methodology, paucity of the data, and gaps in the arguments. He offers evidence from psychophysiological and cultural correlates of NDEs that he interprets as favoring a hallucinatory understanding of these phenomena. However, his analysis relies on idiosyncratic definitions of psychological concepts, reads unidirectional causality into bivariate correlations, and underestimates the empirical predictions of the separation hypothesis. Despite less than compelling evidence for the transcendental hypothesis, it accounts for NDE phenomenology better than the materialist model.
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Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Afterlife, Belief in
Altered States and NDEs
Cross-Cultural NDEs (outside the U.S.)—non-Western
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological NOS
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Explanations of NDEs NOS
Interpretations of NDEs
Language and NDEs
Mental Processes and NDEs
Psychopathology and NDEs—Dissociation
Psychopathology and NDEs—Hallucinations
Related Experiences NOS
Science and NDEs
Kellehear, A. (2007). Culture and the near-death experience: Comments on Keith Augustine's "Psychophysiological and cultural correlates undermining a survivalist interpretation of a near-death experience" Journal of Near-Death Studies, 26(2) 147-153.

Kellehear, A. (2007). Culture and the near-death experience: Comments on Keith Augustine's "Psychophysiological and cultural correlates undermining a survivalist interpretation of a near-death experience" Journal of Near-Death Studies, 26(2) 147-153.
Abstract: This paper is a sociological commentary on the leading paper by Keith Augustine. It discusses the relationship between social expectations and culture as well as extending the discussion about the possibility that near-death experiences may not be a singular entity. I suggest there are sound grounds for developing a typology of experiences that have different and or overlapping causes and phenomenology.
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Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Afterlife, Belief in
Altered States and NDEs
Cross-Cultural NDEs (outside the U.S.)—non-Western
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Sociological
Explanations of NDEs NOS
Interpretations of NDEs
Psychopathology and NDEs—Hallucinations
Kellehear, A. (2008). Census of non-Western near-death experiences to 2005: Overview of the current data Journal of Near-Death Studies, 26(4) 249-265.

Kellehear, A. (2008). Census of non-Western near-death experiences to 2005: Overview of the current data Journal of Near-Death Studies, 26(4) 249-265.
Abstract: This paper provides a census of non-Western near-death experiences (NDEs), noting similarities and differences in features with Western NDEs and other non-Western NDEs. The two aims of this current review are to update previous transcultural reviews with current data and to describe both crosscultural and culture-specific features of NDEs.
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Topics:
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Otherworldly Environments
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Cross-Cultural NDEs (outside the U.S.)—Western
Cross-Cultural NDEs (outside the U.S.)—non-Western
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Sociological
Interpretations of NDEs
Language and NDEs

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