Endless Consciousness: A Concept Based on Scientific Studies of Near-Death Experiences

Lommel, Pim van

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“…An NDE can be defined as a subjectively profound psychological experience, which deviates from currently accepted norms of reality, due to the transcendence of space, time and perceptual boundaries (Tassell-Matamua, 2014;van Lommel, 2013). Cognitive, emotional and transcendental elements comprise NDEs.…”

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“I’m not afraid to die”: the loss of the fear of death after a near-death experience

Tassell-Matamua

Lindsay

2015

Mortality

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“I’m not afraid to die”: the loss of the fear of death after a near-death experience

Tassell-Matamua

Lindsay

2015

Mortality

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“…The instruments used in the collection of qualitative data were recorded semistructured interviews and graphical representations, prior to the 1st and after the 3rd RIME sessions. The main theoretical frameworks used for the development of the RIME were Analytical Psychology (Jung, 1967(Jung, , 1968a(Jung, , 1968b(Jung, , 1969(Jung, , 1972 and Near Death Experiences (Fenwick, 2013;Greyson, 2007;Trent-Von & Beauregard, 2013;van Lommel, 2004van Lommel, , 2013van Lommel, Wees, Meyers, & Elfferich, 2001).…”

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Development of a Brief Psychotherapy modality entitled RIME in a hospital setting using alchemical images

Elias

Ricci

Rodriguez

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Estud. psicol. (Campinas)

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This article refers to the development of a Brief Psychotherapy modality in a hospital setting through the use of alchemical images. This Intervention, entitled RIME (Relaxamento, Imagens Mentais, Espiritualidade) (RIME Intervention ‒ Relaxation, Mental Images, Spirituality), has been developed for 17 years. This article presents the fourth and last stage of this process, which refers to the application of RIME in women undergoing treatment for breast cancer with the possibility of a cure. The main theoretical frameworks used were Analytical Psychology and Near Death Experiences. This is a comparative exploratory and descriptive research that uses the quantitative and qualitative approaches. The main focus of this article is to present the qualitative results. Qualitative data were collected using recorded semi-structured interviews and graphical representations, prior to the 1st and after the 3rd RIME sessions. In summary, the results obtained showed that the RIME Intervention promoted empowerment for libido strengthening, as a constructive force, in women with breast cancer with the possibility of a cure.

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“…Although most IANDS researchers exercise some restraint, others make the connection explicit in claiming that NDEs confirm nonlocal consciousness and the notion of an afterlife (see, e.g., Parnia and Fenwick , 6; Fox , 342; Greyson, Kelly, and Kelly ; Beauregard , 179–181; Van Lommel , 22–4; Greyson , 781). Survivalism surfaces not in the explicit statement of such claims but rather in subtle ways it is present in the nested assumptions that NDEs are a unitary entity with a single explanation.…”

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“…The generic definition of NDEs together with the notion of NDEs as a single unitary entity is complimented by the search for a single explanation that can account for all aspects of NDEs (see Mitchell‐Yellin and Fischer , 174–6 for a discussion of this tendency). This is based on the common practice in IANDS circles to point out that other explanations, notably materialist or physicalist (neuroscientific and psychological) explanations, cannot account for every feature of the core NDEs and consequently the survivalist hypothesis remains alive (see, e.g., Agrillo , 5–6; Greyson , 472–474; Van Lommel , 22–25) . One example will suffice.…”

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“…It should be noted that the phrases “the NDE,” “the comprehensive phenomenon,” and “the complex phenomenon in its entirety” assume that the phenomenon of NDEs is a single unitary entity that could be explained by a single theory. The insistence that no other theory can completely account for all aspects of “the NDE” opens the door to promote the afterlife hypothesis (see, e.g., Carter ; Beauregard ; Parnia ; Van Lommel ; Trent‐von Haesler and Beauregard ; 200). Because no model sufficiently explains all the features of NDEs, the survivalist theory or afterlife hypothesis is always close to the surface in these studies—based on the fallacious practice of assuming that if it can be established that psychological and neuropsychological accounts are insufficient, the survival hypothesis has been affirmed (see Irwin , 22; Mitchell‐Yellin and Fischer on this point).…”

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Making Sense of Near‐Death Experience Research: Circumstance Specific Alterations of Consciousness

Craffert

2019

Anthropol of Consciousness

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a b s t r a c tThe growing body of research on near-death experiences (NDEs) is an indication of the large number of people claiming such experiences. A surprising feature of the research is that conceptually there is no agreement on what an NDE is and consequently a large number of definitions characterize this field of research. In order to address the definitional quagmire, a first step consists of making sense of NDE definitions. An analysis of existing definitions shows that the term is currently used for at least three distinct phenomena: a cluster of experiences encountered in the process of dying, for that cluster of experiences in circumstances of fear-death and danger, and for that cluster of experiences independently from any life-threatening circumstances. Secondly, the nested assumptions that characterize identified patterns in NDE research are identified. It is shown that pro-survivalists see NDEs as a unitary entity with a single explanation, while others restrict the study of NDEs to lifethreatening circumstances and see them as a cluster of composite experiences. Based on this analysis it is argued that the pattern of experiences labeled NDEs can be modified to circumstance specific alterations of consciousness. k e y w o r d s : near-death experiences, NDE research, definitions of NDEs, alteration of consciousness, survivalist hypothesis & i n t r o d u c t i o n Millions of people claim to have had a near-death experience (NDE). In 1982, a Gallup Poll found that 8 million Americans (5% of the population)

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Endless Consciousness: A Concept Based on Scientific Studies of Near-Death Experiences

Cited by 25 publications

References 17 publications

“I’m not afraid to die”: the loss of the fear of death after a near-death experience

“I’m not afraid to die”: the loss of the fear of death after a near-death experience

Development of a Brief Psychotherapy modality entitled RIME in a hospital setting using alchemical images

Making Sense of Near‐Death Experience Research: Circumstance Specific Alterations of Consciousness

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