The Near-Death Experience A Reader

Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) are a mystifying and challenging state of consciousness. The incredible experiences reported by survivors of NDEs provide stimulating interdisciplinary research in several fields, from medical to mystical. This book offers the most comprehensive collection of NDE cases and interpretations ever assembled for this rapidly growing field, with contributions from Melvin Morse, Raymond Moody, Carol Zaleski, and others.

The Near Death Experience: A Reader is the most comprehensive collection of NDE cases and interpretations ever assembled. This book encompasses a broad range of disciplines: psychological researchers discuss cognitive models and Jungian theories of meaningful archetypal phenomena; the biological perspectivedescribes how brains near death may produce soothing endorphins, optical illusions, and convincing hallucinations. Philosophers present empirical analyses and images in archetypal theories, and the symbolic language of comparative phenomenological theories. Christian, Jewish and Mormon responses to NDEs outline the religious perspective, and the mystical and spiritual interpretations of NDEs are also explored.

Introduction; Chapter 1 The Light Beyond, Raymond Moody; Chapter 2 Through the Light and Beyond, Mellen-Thomas Benedict; Chapter 3 Embraced by the Light, Betty Eadie; Chapter 4 Saved by the Light, Dannion Brinkley; Chapter 5 Unknown Well-Known Near-Death Experiences, Lee W. Bailey; Chapter 6 My Life After Dying, George Ritchie; Chapter 7 Visions/Life After Death, Cari G. Jung; Chapter 10 Being of Light, Jenny Yates; Chapter 11 The Near-Death Experience, Sogyal Rinpoche; Chapter 14 Distressing Near-Death Experiences, Bruce Greyson, Nancy Evans Bush; Chapter 15 What Is Not Being Said About the Near-Death Experience, P. M. H. Atwater; Chapter 16 Near-Death Reports, Robert Kastenbaum; Chapter 18 Near-Death Experiences, Susan Blackmore; Chapter 19 Parting Visions, Melvin Morse; Chapter 20 Who Might Survive the Death of the Body?, Charles Tart; Chapter 23 Mysticism and the Near-Death Experience, Judith Cressy; Chapter 24 The No-Thing-ness of Near-Death Experiences, Lee W. Bailey; Bibliography;

Lee W. Bailey