Article describing a study to compare the frequency of psi experiences, psi-related experiences, mystical states, dream experiences, and demographic variables for (1) persons who had never come close to death, (2) persons who claimed to have had a close call with death but no intense experience, and (3) persons who indicated that they had had a near-death experience.
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Article describing a study to compare the frequency of psi experiences, psi-related experiences, mystical states, dream experiences, and demographic variables for (1) persons who had never come close to death, (2) persons who claimed to have had a close call with death but no intense experience, and (3) persons who indicated that they had had a near-death experience.
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Abstract: This investigation compared the frequency of psi experiences, psi-related experiences, mystical states, dream experiences, and a variety of demographic variables for three criterion groups. Comprising the three groups were 358 individuals who had never come close to death, 105 people who claimed to have had a close call with death but without an intense experience associated with it, and 84 individuals whose responses to a questionnaire indicated they had had a near-death experience (NDE). Analyses revealed that the NDE group manifested a significantly greater incidence of psi and psi-related experiences, dream experiences, and mystical states. The study also reported on an item analysis of NDE characteristics and on an effort to develop and NDE score. The NDE group was further separated into "moderate" and "deep" experiencers based on the NDE score. Comparisons of these two groups resulted in fewer significant differences in psi experiences than in the original three-group analyses.
Anabiosis: The Journal for Near-Death Studies, Volume 3, Number 2, December 1983, ark:/67531/metadc799452
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Journal of Near-Death Studies
The Journal of Near-Death Studies is a scholarly peer-reviewed journal devoted to the field of near-death studies. It is published on a quarterly basis by the International Association for Near-Death Studies. The Journal began publication in 1982 under the name Anabiosis which was changed to its current title in 1986 with the start of Volume 6.
Semi-annual journal publishing papers related to near-death experiences, including research reports; theoretical or conceptual statements; expressions of a scientific, philosophic, religious, or historical perspective on the study of near-death experiences; cross-cultural studies; individual case histories; and personal accounts of experiences or related phenomena.
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Anabiosis: The Journal for Near-Death Studies, Volume 3, Number 2, December 1983, ark:/67531/metadc799452