61. The Near-Death Experience - Accounts From The 8th Century To The Present Day The near death Experience its characteristics and possible explanations, mysticism and the NDE. The NDE seems to have a profound similarity to some http://www.globalideasbank.org/natdeath/ndh3.html

The Natural Death Handbook [Main Page] [Prev] [Contents] [Next] Chapter 3 Near-Death Experiences [This is from the 1993 edition. For the latest version of this book order the Natural Death Handbook (4th ed).] Accounts from past centuries Throughout life, preparations are made for the various rites of passage, from weaning a baby, to preparing for retirement, by listening to the voices of those who have already passed through those various stages. Yet the voices of those who may have undergone at least a temporary death are only now beginning to be taken seriously by mainstream society and mainstream science. This is despite the fact that the written descriptions of changes in consciousness during Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) have been available for centuries. The earliest English account comes from the Venerable Bede in the eighth century, who tells the story of a man who was thought to be dead: An eighth century account He came back to life and suddenly sat up - those weeping around the body were very upset and ran away. 'I was guided by a handsome man in a shining robe,' he said. 'When we reached the top of a wall, there was there a wide and pleasant meadow, with light flooding in that seemed brighter than daylight or the midday sun. I was very reluctant to leave, for I was enraptured by the place's pleasantness and beauty and by the company I saw there. From now on I must live in a completely different way.' He later left all his wordly responsibilities and entered the Melrose monastery.

62. Karma, Reincarnation And NDE Howard Storm relates his near death experience in My Descent into Hell (see People might reject mysticism and spirituality in favor of the new science. http://www.ycsi.net/users/reversespins/karma.html

The Disciples learning about their future embodiments from the Master. Original articles, archived news stories, links and recommended books on Karma, Reincarnation and NDE. From Reverse Spins (Main Page) Famous Quotes on Reincarnation Patton, The Second Coming of Hannibal The Preventing of Souls Waiting to Embody The Death Penalty and Reincarnation ... A Study of Near Death Experience (Mellen-Thomas Benedict) "All pure and holy spirits live on in heavenly places, and in course of time they are again sent down to inhabit righteous bodies." Jewish historian Josephus who lived around the time of Jesus, refers to an accepted belief among some Jews of his time: reincarnation. News Stories Archived at Reverse Spins Could a Little Boy Be Proof of Reincarnation? Can Science Uphold the Belief in Rebirth? An Ex-Telemarketer's Other Life as a Buddhist Saint Karmapa Remembers Past Life ... 'Out of body' journal article causing a stir Other Archived News Story Links Near-death experiences attract attention of researchers-6/13 European Cases of the Reincarnation Type-4/1 Phenomenon of reincarnation still mystifies modern scientists-3/24 Tales of past lives reincarnate selves in book by Los Lunas woman-12/24 ... Toddler's artwork gets critical acclaim "As an English General once said on this occasion, " But if I am dead, where am I ? If this is heaven I don't think much of it; and if it is hell, it is better than I expected!" A quote from The Life after Death ... by

63. Are Near Death Experience’s A Valid Form Of Religious Experience Are near death Experience’sa valid form of Religious Experience. If we lookat the three examples of Visions, mysticism and Conversion; one could find http://www.coursework.info/i/76263.html

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64. THE NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE (Part One) The New Age Connection To better understand what a neardeath experience is, we must go back 17 a book that opened the minds of countless Westerners to Eastern mysticism. http://www.equip.org/store/details.asp?SKU=DT082-1

65. Parting Visions Mel Morse He tells of neardeath experiences where the experiencer actually meets near-death experience – an experience where patients have physically experienced http://www.nderf.org/parting_visions.htm

Parting Visions Uses and Meanings of Pre-Death, Psychic, and Spiritual Experiences by Melvin Morse M.D. and Paul Perry Book Review by Karin Schumacher Dyke NDERF Home Page NDE Stories Share NDE (Web Form) Sample Stories from patients, other medical professionals and personal experience round out the sample from which this information on near-death experiencers have been taken. Methodology Dr. Morse uses personal experiences that have been reported to him by patients, as well as reports by other medical professionals to provide him with the research tools that he uses to write this book. He suggests too, that because these stories have been reported to him and he has a biased belief in the near-death experiences that are reported to him in this book, that this may give the material a “bent” toward his beliefs. Abstract In this book, Dr. Morse reports on experiences considered by some to be “mystical” in nature. He reports on dreams that patients have had that have foretold their deaths to themselves and family. He tells of near-death experiences where the experiencer actually meets long-ago-deceased family members and then come back with verifiable detail to support their case. He also reports on cases of SIDS and how, often, the mother or father will have a “feeling” or “dream” that tells them that the infant is going to die even before it happens. Most importantly, Dr. Morse presents ways to make the end of a loved-ones life full of dignity and love rather than full of doubt and shame. The chapters covered in the book include:

66. Apologetics Research Resources On Religious Cults And Sects - New Age, Watchman As my knowledge of the near death experience grew, I realized that God is not Christian Faith Misguided Exposing the Dangers of mysticism Offsite Link http://www.apologeticsindex.org/n00.html

Apologetics research resources on religious cults and sects An Apologetics Index research resource www.ApologeticsIndex.org A B C D ... Z Apologetics Index - N Quick Index - N Select An Entry NALA Name It; Claim It Nameless Church Nameless House Sect Nan, Sima Nansook Hong Narconon Narcosatanicos Nation Of Gods And Earths Nation of Islam National Alliance National Organization for European American Rights Natural Law Party Near-Death Experience Nee, Watchman Neoorthodox Neo-Nazi Neo-Paganism Neo-Pentacostalism Neoplatonism Nestorianism Net Bible Institute (NBI) New Age New Apostolic Order in Messiah New Bethany Baptist Church New Breed New England Institute of Religious Research New Man New Order of the Latter Rain New Thought New Religious Movements New Religious Movements Group New Wine New World Order New World Translation Newton Institute for Science Nihilism Non-Profits in Search Norman, Cathy North American Liberation Army Northeast Kingdom Community Church Nostradamus Nova Religio NRM Numerology NUREL Nuwaubians Key About Apologetics Index Key Policy Link Policy Christian Non-Christian Secular Pluralistic Grey Zone, Unsure or Offkey

67. Astral Dynamics | Robert Bushman | Near-Death Experience neardeath Experience Robert Bushman 1994, Cressy, Judith. The near-deathexperience mysticism or madness. Christopher Publishing, Hanover MA. http://www.astraldynamics.com/reference/?BoardID=45&BulletinID=319

68. Presidential Lectures: Harold Bloom: Excerpts Gnosis, though related both to mysticism and to wisdom, The neardeath experience is another pre-Millennium phenomenon that travesties Gnosticism; http://prelectur.stanford.edu/lecturers/bloom/excerpts/omens.html

Stanford Presidential Lectures and Symposia in the Humanities and Arts Lecturers Harold Bloom Home Harold Bloom: Excerpts Omens of Millennium Excerpts from two reviews of this book are also available. SUMMARY: Elaborating themes first introduced in Kaballah and Criticism Agon , and The American Religion: The Emergence of the Post-Christian Nation , this "spiritual autobiography" explains Bloom's own religious identity as a Gnostic. The book traces the history of " Gnosis , or knowledge of the God within" from its roots in Zoroaster through its early developments in Christian Gnosticism, Jewish Kabbalism, and Muslim Shi'ite Sufism and then into modern expressions in imaginative literature. The books is organized by Bloom's argument that today's popular obsessions with angels prophetic dreams , and "near-death" transcendence as omens of the millennium are actually debasements of ancient Gnostic images. His discussion of primary Gnostic texts restores these images to their ancient meanings and rescues their original spirituality from both New Age commercialization and orthodox rationalization. EXCERPT: Gnosis Bloom's argument This short book

69. Near Death Experience - Magik Thread Kundalini. Mediumship. mysticism Essenes Mythology Native American near death experience Home near death experience. near death experience http://www.themagikthread.co.uk/index.php?page_id=56

70. WWW Library Of Religion And Spirituality MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE mysticism in World Religions William James s Discussion ofmysticism The neardeath experience as a focus of clinical attention http://www.internetguides.com/blackboard/lessons/wwwlib/wwwlib.html

Loss or questioning of faith ARTICLES Changes in membership ARTICLES NRMs and Cults ARTICLES ... ARTICLES SPIRITUAL PATHS Religions and Spiritual Traditions Spiritual Problems/Emergencies Therapeutic Interventions Online Courses LOSS OF QUESTIONING OF FAITH Google directory of sites on losses Articles on Loss of Faith James Fowler, PhD, Model of faith development in six recognizable stages. Problems may arise in the transition from one stage to another, often experienced as a crisis of faith. Michael Washburn, PhD Life's Three Stages: Infancy, Ego, and Transcendence Loss of Faith 'Increases Risk of Dying' Times London article Woman's first person account of conversion to Catholicism Conversion Experience William James's chapter from The Varieties of Religious Experience Case Report: Decision-Making Capacity and Religious Conversion A Case of Dialysis Refusal Dinesh Mittal, MD, Samuel F. Sears Jr., PhD, Phillip R. Godding, PhD, and Marti D. Reynolds, MDiv (1999) Annals of Long-Term Care, 7(8),320-322

71. Science And Religion: Near-Death Experiences And Belief In The Afterlife The psychodynamics of neardeath experiences. The Journal of Nervous and Greyson interprets near-death experiences from a psychological perspective. http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/updates/baracao/paper14.htm

Science and Religion: Near-Death Experiences and Belief in the Afterlife April 16, 1992 INTRODUCTION Belief in an afterlife has been with us for centuries. The Egyptians made elaborate preparations for the journey of the dead to the afterlife. The Tibetan’s have their Book of the Dead which gives instructions and guides one through the perils encountered on the journey from death to new life. Christian’s may believe in a life in Heaven or Hell after death. Some Buddhists believe in a life after death in the Pure Land of Amida Buddha. In fact most cosmologies throughout the ages have had some belief in an afterlife. This paper reviews beliefs regarding the time after death and proposes that near death experiences may be a way to scientifically study and validate a belief in life after death. We begin by looking at what happens at death. Davis (1989) presents four possible answers to that question. He defends the resurrection model where the physical body dies, but is later raised form the dead by God to live again (pp.viii-ix). Kelsey (1982) presents data in support of a belief in the afterlife from various sources such as Swedenborg and other persons with near- death experiences including Carl Jung. Russell and Nielsen present the belief that there is no God, therefore no afterlife. From here we go to the actual accounts and research of near- death experiences. First Kenneth Ring (1980) validates Raymond Moody’s (1975) original reports of NDEs with a focus on the core experience, religiousness of the subject, and the changes that occur after the NDE. Gibbs (1985) then evaluates recent research by Ring and Sabom to support Moody’s interpretation that NDEs represent a separation of the mind from the body at death rather than Siegel’s assertion that NDEs are a dissociative hallucination (pp. 72-78). Next C-reyson presents a psychodynamic explanation of NDEs that may be heuristically valuable in prompting more research.

72. Out Of Body - MavicaNET Read about and share real life accounts of neardeath experiences, after-death Afterlife Secrets Revealed near death experiences - English http://www.mavicanet.com/directory/eng/7596.html

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73. NDEs near death experiences Dying to Live. Gordon Jacobs. Those readers of Outlookwith only a little knowledge of Swedenborg will have been made aware, http://www.theisticscience.org/spirituality/nde1.htm

Rational Scientific Theories from Theism Home Introduction Approaches Source Books ... Site Information Series: Search for: Site Map Spirituality Approach to Theistic Science Near Death Experiences: Dying to Live Gordon Jacobs Those readers of Outlook with only a little knowledge of Swedenborg will have been made aware, especially in recent issues, that he wrote comprehensively on angels and life in the spiritual world. But it is quite likely that some will have doubts about his claim to write about another world from experience; some, perhaps, will be keeping an open mind on it. It is not uncommon, even for those who have studied Swedenborg's writings for some time, to have difficulty in accepting this claim, despite the discovery that what he maintains are otherworldly experiences are all so logical. Many who are strongly attracted to his comprehensive teaching on religion and various aspects of Christianity find this claim of his a stumbling-block. As regards material evidence that he did have extraordinary psychic gifts, there are several well-authenticated cases. One of the most well-known was his detailed report of a fire in Stockholm whilst in the company of fifteen people, although he was three hundred miles away in Goteburg. As this occurred in 1759, before rapid communication was possible, it was some days later before a messenger arrived with full particulars which tallied in every respect with Swedenborg's own account, even to the exact time that it had been extinguished.

74. Book Review Essay: Bloom's *Omens Of The Millennium* Angel lore, near death accounts, outof-body experiences are all signs of the In this context, contemporary near-death experiences become parodies of http://www.esoteric.msu.edu/VolumeII/BloomReview.html

Omens of the Millennium: The Gnosis of Angels, Dreams, and Resurrection. by Harold Bloom (NY: Riverhead Books, 1996). Essay Review by Lee Irwin Associate Professor, Religious Studies,College of Charleston, Charleston, SC ( IrwinL@CofcC.Edu In an earlier work ( The American Religion Bloom gives an ideosyncratic history of gnosticism preceding its American incarnation, tracking from ancient Egypt through Zoroastrianism to Greek and Hebrew religious thinking, synthesized in early "gnostic" Christianity, and spun out in the classic Hermetic texts, strongly influencing Greek Neoplatonism, Merakabah mysticism, and Iranian Sufism. These currently were then turbulently united in Renaissance revivalism and passed on through European ecstatic preachers and esotericists to America. He focuses on Zoroastrian dualism as the prophetic origin of all later Euro- Bloom then tackles angels, first by dismissing much of what is written as superficial, holding up Milton's Satan as a great as primal sources of revelatory, prophetic dreams imaged as "the man or woman of all light" (p. 122). Freud's bondage to the past, to childhood and trauma, is overturned in the gnostic paradigm to a visionary future of cosmological growth and development, a turn that Bloom sees as a liberation of the spiritual imagination.

75. The Spiritual Travel Page - Mystical And Visionary Out-Of-Body Experience neardeath Experience as a Limited Form of Spiritual Travel near-death experience;References to books on the subjects of mysticism and spiritual travel http://www.spiritualtravel.org/spiritualtravel.html

M YSTICAL AND V ISIONARY O UT OF B ODY E XPERIENCE Travel in the Spiritual Worlds Spiritual Travel A Spiritual Approach to Out-Of-Body Experience This site introduces the concept of spiritual travel . Spiritual travel is a form of out-of-body experience done voluntarily to achieve a spiritual goal. In order to have an out-of-body experience, the soul or consciousness of the individual must temporarily leave the physical body. During out-of-body experience, the physical senses shut down. When this occurs, an entirely new world opens up to the individual. Spiritual travel is a special type of out-of-body experience where the individual's awareness is heightened, and he or she is able to make decisions and direct the experience. The spectrum of experience afforded by spiritual travel is very broad and can include a wide variety of psychic and spiritual states. In most cases, the spiritual traveler is able to clearly remember the experiences and learn from them. Spiritual travel is sometimes called transcendent or ecstatic experience because it deals with the "inner" senses rather than the physical senses. It also deals with states of being seemingly independent of the physical world. The Purpose of Spiritual Travel The goal of spiritual travel is mystical or transcendent religious experience. The reason for an interest in spiritual travel is that it provides a unique means of approaching these distant and extraordinary states of religious awareness. It does this by exposing the spiritual seeker to a series of lessons about the nature of identity, and the freedom of the soul to travel in various non-physical environments. These lessons gradually introduce the spiritual traveler to a variety of psychic and spiritual states containing increasing degrees of individual freedom, and spiritual awareness. In addition, spiritual travel provides an inner laboratory where the seeker can experiment with techniques and methods of moving through the more limited psychic states of awareness and into these distant spiritual realms.

76. Mysticism Resources Lots on nonWestern mysticism, and also out of body experiences, near deathexperiences, etc. Spirituality, Monasticism, and mysticism Wabash Centre http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~janzb/mysticism/

Roots of Western Mysticism Resources Contact Webmaster janzb@mail.ucf.edu B. Janz's Web Pages GO TO PAGE B. Janz Home Page Aesthetics and Visual Culture African Philosophy African Places Critical Theory Continental Philosophy Resources Culture and Ethnicity in Philosophy Humanities Jacob Boehme Resource Page Metaphysics Resource Page Mysticism Links Philosophy and Contemporary Culture Philosophy in the World's Religions Philosophy of Science Links Philosophy, Technology, and the Environment Place Research The Reasoning Page Useful Philosophy Links Who's Who in the History of Mysticism Search Engines UCF LINKS University of Central Florida UCF Library System UCF Philosophy Department PERSONAL PAGES Biographical Info Miscellaneous Links Courses Taught Search all of B. Janz's Web Pages This page is designed to collect resources for the philosophical study of mysticism. Of course, it is difficult to determine what exactly is philosophical in this area, but I will do my best. The resources on this page do not pretend to be a comprehensive list of what is on the Internet. Instead, I have collected some of the more useful sites for teaching and research. Many of these pages are quite comprehensive, and will lead to many other resources. Feel free to contact me for further additions. "Western" in this case includes Christian, Jewish, and Islamic mysticism, as well as non-religious mysticism from sources in modern Europea and North America. I have not included links to the extensive resources on non-Western traditions of mysticism. This is mostly because the course that this page is a resource for is limited to Western mysticism. It also reflects my own lack of experience with non-Western mysticism. In no way does it suggest that Western mysticism is somehow better, more worthy of study, or anything like that.

77. ANSWERS About RELIGIONS - ChristianAnswers.Net Who is the being of light encountered in neardeath experiences? near deathexperiences, or NDEs, are increasing in popularity and have strikingly similar http://www.christiananswers.net/menu-ar1.html

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78. University Of Kent MA In Mysticism Religious Experience The study of mysticism and religious experience, centered in the broad field of C Zaleski, Otherworld journeys accounts of neardeath experience in http://www.psywww.com/psyrelig/syllabi/kent.htm

79. Parapsychology And The Paranormal:  A Core Library Of Twenty Books The near death Experience A Reader is the most comprehensive collection of There are sections on mysticism, belief in the afterlife, the existence of http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/parapsychologybooks.htm

Blavatsky Study Center Parapsychology and the Paranormal A Core Library of Twenty Books compiled by Daniel H. Caldwell Click on cover of book to purchase. See also: [Click on cover of book to purchase.] Best Evidence by Michael L. Schmicker This book is "an investigative reporter’s three-year quest to uncover the best scientific evidence for ESP, psychokinesis, mental healing, ghosts and poltergeists, dowsing, mediums, near death experiences, reincarnation and other "impossible" phenomena that refuse to disappear." The Conscious Universe: The Scientific Truth of Psychic Phenomena. Varieties of Anomalous Experience: Examining the Scientific Evidence. - From The Publisher [Click on cover of book to purchase.] Parapsychology : The Controversial Science by Richard S. Broughton In this impressively documented work, Dr. Richard S. Broughton, Director of Research at the world-renowned Institute of Parapsychology, illuminates the history and evolution of parapsychology and directly addresses the raging controversy over its very existence as a science. At the heart of the book he brings together a broad range of recent parapsychological research, from the U.S., China, and the former Soviet Union, complete with full descriptions of the actual techniques and explanations of how researchers apply scientific methods to study the baffling experiences that qualify as psi phenomena. - From The Publisher [Click on cover of

80. The Shermer Sham | The Daily Grail researcher Pim van Lommel as evidence against the neardeath Experience (NDE) . Shermer has labelled the independent film on science and mysticism, http://www.dailygrail.com/node/750

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