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| The Experience/The Experiencer | |
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| The Resurrected | |
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| A Brief History | |
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| What Is the Near-Death Experience? | |
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| A Closer Look at Some Near-Death Scenario Features | |
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| But What's Typical? | |
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| The Birth of a Controversy | |
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| Types of Experiences | |
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| To Each His Own | |
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| Problems in Communication | |
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| A Common Range of Patterns | |
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| Some Examples of Each Type | |
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| Near-Death Look-a-Likes | |
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| Near-Death-Like Experiences | |
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| The Unpredictability of Near-Death-Like Episodes | |
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| Indirect Near-Death-Like Events | |
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| Empathic Experiences | |
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| Near-Death Scenarios as Guided Visualizations | |
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| The Innocents | |
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| Child Experiences: A Breakthrough in Understanding | |
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| A Guide at Death's Door | |
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| Womb with a View | |
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| Choosing Genes and Physical Characteristics | |
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| Typical Behavior After the Experience | |
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| Suicide Enigmas | |
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| A Picture Too Pretty | |
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| What Those Who Attempt Suicide Say | |
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| Depression and Suicidal Tendencies Afterward | |
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| The Challenge With Children | |
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| Afterward | |
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| Lives Turned Upside Down | |
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| Feelings After Being Revived | |
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| A New You | |
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| The Strain on Relationships | |
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| Lifestyle Switch-a-Roos | |
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| Deity Reigns | |
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| The Undeniable Aftereffects | |
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| Connecting the Dots | |
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| Common Psychological Aftereffects | |
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| Common Physiological Aftereffects | |
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| Synesthesia and Electrical Sensitivity | |
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| The Need Factor | |
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| Startling Differences Between Child and Adult Experiencers | |
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| Don't Assume Anything | |
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| Jump-Starting Intelligence | |
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| Far Apart | |
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| Talking About It | |
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| Blocking Out the Experience | |
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| Why Adults Tend to Remember and Kids Tend to Forget | |
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| You Be the Judge | |
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| A Child's View | |
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| Aftereffects Can Take a Back Seat | |
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| Tips to Identify Child Experiencers Who Can't Remember | |
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| Medically Speaking: A Challenge to Healthcare Providers | |
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| Please Believe Me | |
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| So You Said You Wanted Evidence | |
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| Suggestions for Healthcare Providers | |
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| Unique Health Issues | |
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| Professionals Willing to Speak Out | |
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| Time Out for Questions | |
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| Are the Dead Really Dead? | |
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| Real Tales from the Crypt | |
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| The Newly Dead Who Greet the Newly Dead | |
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| As Dead as You Can Get | |
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| When Two or More Die Together | |
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| Symbols Surface | |
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| Heavy on Research | |
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| Raymond A. Moody Jr., Ph.D., M.D. | |
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| Kenneth Ring, Ph.D. | |
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| Michael Sabom, M.D. | |
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| Margot Grey, Ph.D. | |
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| P.M.H. Atwater, Lh.D. | |
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| Melvin Morse, M.D. | |
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| Arvin S. Gibson, B.S.M.E. | |
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| Peter Fenwick, M.D., F.R.C.Psych | |
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| Cherie Sutherland, Ph.D. | |
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| Bruce Greyson, M.D. | |
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| Groundbreaking Early Projects | |
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| Scientific Naysayers | |
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| It's All in the Brain: Biological/Physiological Causes | |
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| It's All in the Mind: Psychological Causes | |
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| Having an Experience Is Not Proof | |
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| A Lack of Agreement Among Researchers | |
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| So, Where Are We? | |
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| Debunking the Debunkers | |
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| It's All Subjective | |
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| But I Don't Want to Die | |
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| Who's That Knocking on My Head? | |
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| Mr. Sandman, Send Me a Dream | |
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| The Dying Brain Theory | |
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| A Few Extras | |
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| Religion's Got a Gripe, Too | |
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| It's in the Bible | |
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| Repercussions | |
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| The Devil's Handiwork | |
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| We Got Here First | |
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| Taking a Leap Beyond | |
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| Viewing Storylines in Different Ways | |
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| Sometimes We Can Mix Things Up | |
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| How We Can "Stage" Storylines | |
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| Another Look at the Need Factor | |
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| The Teachings of Swedenborg | |
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| A Back-Glance at Shared Experiences | |
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| Some Striking Effects | |
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| Poof! Go Limitations | |
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| Poof! Go Illnesses | |
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| Poof! Goes Death's Sting | |
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| The Unexpected from Violence | |
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| The Unexpected from Death Dreams | |
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| The Importance of Otherworldly Journeys | |
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| Exceptional Human Experiences | |
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| The "Other Worlds" of Myth and Legend | |
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| The Four Levels of Otherworldly Imagery | |
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| Feeling Alien | |
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| The Possibility of Alternate Realities | |
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| Is There an Afterlife? | |
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| I Came, I Saw, I Was Born | |
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| Why Do I Feel Like I've Been Here Before? | |
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| An Altered View of Reality | |
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| A Spectrum of Realities | |
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| Transformations of Consciousness | |
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| A Larger Genre | |
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| Higher Consciousness | |
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| Turbulent Transformations | |
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| Tranquil Transformations | |
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| The Crown Jewel of Enlightenment | |
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| The Lights of Enlightenment | |
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| The Light of God/The Devil's Dark | |
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| Three Types of Subjective Light | |
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| "The Darkness That Knows" | |
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| More of Light's Mysteries | |
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| The Energy Charge of Enlightenment | |
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| Back Down to Earth | |
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| Brain/Biology Link | |
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| Brain Shift | |
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| The Limbic System and Emotions | |
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| The Theories of Melvin Morse, M.D. | |
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| The Importance of "Future" | |
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| Adaptation or Evolution? | |
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| But Are All the Claims True? | |
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| Don't Rock the Boat | |
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| The Mighty Sword of Scientism | |
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| No Saints or Angels Here | |
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| "I Was God. God Was Me" | |
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| Testing the Spirits | |
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| Integrating the Near-Death Experience | |
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| For Adult Experiencers | |
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| For Child Experiencers and Their Parents | |
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| For Significant Others | |
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| Integration's Four Phases | |
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| Creative Approaches to Therapy | |
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| Redefining How Life Is Viewed | |
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| Implications from Near-Death States | |
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| The Animating Force That Drives Us | |
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| The Reality of Spirit | |
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| The Big Picture | |
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| The Law of Grace | |
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| Message for the Millennium | |
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| An Agency of Change | |
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| Evolution's Next Step | |
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| The Global Village | |
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| Social Justice and Human Rights | |
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| What's the Near-Death Experience All About? | |
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| Bright New Words Glossary | |
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| International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS) | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Web Sites | |
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| Getting in Touch | |
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| Index | |