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| The Near-Death Experience: A Reader | 
 enlarge | Author: Lee W. Bailey
Publisher: Routledge
Category: Book
List Price: $51.95 (122.30 RON)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 428308
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 420
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 7 x 1
ISBN: 0415914310
Dewey Decimal Number: 133.9013
EAN: 9780415914314
ASIN: 0415914310
Publication Date: June 4, 1996
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Product Description
Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) are a mystifying state of consciousness. The incredible experiences reported by survivors of NDEs, such as out-of-body travel and soul-transforming peace are stimulating interdisciplinary research in several fields, from the medical to the mystical. The Near Death Experience: A Reader is the most comprehensive collection of NDE cases and interpretations ever assembled.
Edited by Lee W. Bailey and Jenny Yates, this book encompasses a broad range of disciplines. Psychological researchers discuss cognitive models and Jungian theories of meaningful archetypal phenomena such as enlightenment and healing transformation. From the biological perspective, The Near Death Experience: A Reader describes 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 through discussion of the Native American Black Elk's NDE and the classicTibetan Book of the Dead, the mystical and spiritual interpretations of NDEs are also explored.
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The Separation or the Perception of the Fall November 11, 2006
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I became aware of this book after reading the book by Kevin Williams' called Nothing Better Than Death. Specifically the NDE by Mellen-Thomas Benedict. His NDE experience goes all the way back to the "big bang" of the physical universe. His NDE journey has many other interesting enlightening experiences along the way. I am glad I own a hard copy of this book.
Great overview of near death literature November 7, 2006
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
I stumbled onto this book after losing my Mother. I didn't want to read just one author who might overload me with his own set of beliefs on the subject. I wanted a representative and reasonably objective overview of the subject, and that is just what this book delivers. It covers the full range from uplifting stories of light and love and ultimate understanding on the other side to academic essays on the cultural and religious significance of near death imagery. You get believers and nonbelievers, scientists and saints between the covers of this collection. I read the whole book and am rereading it now. For a skeptic who really wonders where her Mom is now, it is comforting and thought provoking without being saccharine or preachy.
Great Book July 17, 2001
I read this book for my Anthropology of Death course. It is the best book that I have read for any of my classes. It looks at all aspects of death, it integrates different opions from doctors, psychologists, and other people who have had near death experiences. It discusses the stages of dying and the NDE. It was a great book. It gets you thinking about what could be beyond.
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