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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
P M H Atwater |
| ISBN: | 9781571745477 1571745475 |
| OCLC Number: | 145431771 |
| Description: | xx, 473 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | pt. 1. The experience/the experiencer -- 1. The resurrected -- A brief history -- What is the near-death experience? -- A closer look at some near-death scenario features -- But what's typical? -- The birth of a controversy -- 2. Types of experiences -- To each his own -- Problems in communication -- A common range of patterns -- Some examples of each type -- 3. Near-death look-alikes -- Near-death-like experiences -- The unpredictability of near-death-like episodes -- Indirect near-death-like events -- Empathic experiences -- Near-death scenarios as guided visualizations -- 4. The innocents -- Child experiences : a breakthrough in understanding -- A guide to death's door -- Womb with a view -- Choosing genes and physical characteristics -- Typical behavior after the experience -- 5. Suicide enigmas -- A picture too pretty -- What those who attempt suicide say -- Depression and suicidal tendencies afterward -- The challenge with children -- Trying to cause a near-death experience. pt. 2. Afterward -- 6. Lives turned upside down -- Feelings after being revived -- A new you -- The strain on relationships -- Lifestyle switcheroos -- Deity reigns -- 7. The undeniable aftereffects -- Connecting the dots -- Common psychological aftereffects -- Common physiological aftereffects -- The need factor -- 8. Startling differences between child and adult experiencers -- Don't assume anything -- Jump-starting intelligence -- Far apart -- Talking about it -- 9. Blocking out the experience -- Why adults tend to remember and kids tend to forget -- You be the judge -- A child's view -- Aftereffects can take a backseat -- Tips to identify child experiencers who can't remember -- 10. Medically speaking : a challenge to health-care providers -- Please believe me -- So you said you wanted evidence -- Suggestions for health-care providers -- Unique health issues -- Help at last. pt. 3. Time out for questions -- 11. Are the dead really dead? -- Real tales from the crypt -- The newly dead who greet the newly dead -- As dead as you can get -- When two or more die together -- Symbols surface -- 12. Heavy on research -- Russel Noyes, MD -- Raymond A. Moody Jr., PhD, MD -- Kenneth Ring, PhD -- Michael Sabom, MD -- Bruce Greyson, MD -- Margot Grey, PhD -- P.M.H. Atwater, LHD -- Melvin Morse, MD -- Arvin S. Gibson, BSME -- Peter Fenwick, MD, FRCPsych -- Cherie Sutherland, PhD -- Pim van Lommel, MD -- Groundbreaking early projects -- 13. Scientific naysayers -- It's all in the brain : biological/physiological causes -- It's all in the mind : psychological causes -- Having an experience is not proof -- A lack of agreement among researchers -- So, where are we? -- 14. Debunking the debunkers -- It's all subjective -- But I don't want to die -- Who's that knocking on my head? -- Mr. Sandman, send me a dream -- The dying brain theory -- A few extras -- Hi-ho, forward we go -- Proposal for research instruction packet -- 15. Religion's got a gripe, too -- It's in the Bible -- Repercussions -- The devil's handiwork -- We got here first -- The forgotten and underreported. pt. 4. Taking a leap beyond -- 16. Viewing storylines in different ways -- Sometimes we can mix things up -- How we can "stage" storylines -- Another look at the need factor -- The teachings of Swedenborg -- A back-glance at shared experiences -- Other cultures, a major challenge -- 17. Some striking effects -- Poof! Go limitations -- Poof! Go illnesses -- Poof! Goes death's sting -- The unexpected from violence -- The unexpected from death dreams -- Gustave Doré's painting -- 18. The importance of otherworldly journeys -- Exceptional human experiences -- The "other worlds" of myth and legend -- The four levels of otherworldly imagery -- Feeling alien -- 19. The possibility of alternate realities -- Is there an afterlife? -- Is there research on after-death communication? -- I came, I saw, I was born -- Why do I feel like I've been here before? -- An altered view of reality -- A spectrum of realities -- 20. Transformations of consciousness -- A larger genre -- Higher consciousness -- Turbulent transformations -- Tranquil transformations -- The crown jewel of enlightenment -- 21. The lights of enlightenment -- Is God light? -- The light of God/the devil's dark -- Three types of subjective light -- "The darkness that knows" -- More of light's mysteries -- The energy charge of enlightenment. pt. 5. Back down to Earth -- 22. Brain-biology link -- Brain shift -- The limbic system and emotions -- The theories of Melvin Morse, MD -- The importance of "future" -- Adaptation or evolution? -- 23. But are all the claims true? -- Don't rock the boat -- The mighty sword of scientism -- No saints of angels here -- "I was God. God was me" -- Testing the spirits -- What about the ceiling? -- 24. Integrating the near-death experience -- For adult experiencers -- For child experiencers and their parents -- How a family transformed -- For significant others -- Integration's four phases -- Creative approaches to therapy -- 25. Redefining how life is viewed -- Implications from near-death states -- The animating force that drives us -- The reality of spirit -- The big picture -- The law of grace -- The return to things spiritual -- 26. Message for the twenty-first century -- An agency of change -- Evolution's next step -- The global village -- Social justice and human rights -- What's the near-death experience all about? -- Wrap-up : thirty years and growing -- Appendix A. Glossary of new words -- Appendix B. International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS) -- Appendix C. Further reading -- Appendix D. Website -- Appendix E. Getting in touch -- Index. |
| Responsibility: | P.M.H. Atwater. |
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Abstract:
"Near-Death Experiences encompasses every aspect of the near-death phenomenon: the experience, aftereffects, and implications. Atwater investigates and reports on the power of changed lives, the reality of deceased who come back, visitors at death's edge, out-of-body travel, the expansion of normal faculties, the awesome presence of Deity, and the importance of spirituality"--Provided by publisher.
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