A collection of writings on near-death experiences by such individuals as Dannion Brinkley, Carl G. Jung, Kenneth Ring, Susan Blackmore, and David Lorimer
A reader surveying near-death experiences in a collection of 24 interdisciplinary essays interpreting and debating the phenomenon. The selections examine the experience from biological, psychological, philosophical, and religious points of view, offering insights from people who have "gone into the light," visionary evaluations from Jung and von Franz, and neuroscientific estimations of what other authors consider a mystical experience. Lacks an index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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.
