Life at death (Record no. 12772)
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
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| International Standard Book Number | 0698110323 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 155.937 Rin |
| Item number | 7 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) | |
| Classification number | 155.937 Rin |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Ring, Kenneth |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Life at death |
| Remainder of title | A scientific investigation of the near-death experience |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Kenneth Ring |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Coward, McCann & Geo |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 1980 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New York |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 310 p. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Title | Contents: The near-death experience The Connecticut study Stages of the near-death experience The decision to return to life Qualitative aspects of the near-death experience Does it matter how one (nearly) dies? A search for correlates Aftereffects I : personality and value changes Aftereffects II : attitudes toward religion and death The principal findings and some comparisons Some possible interpretations of the near-death experience Beyond the body : a parapsychological-holographic explanation of the near-death experience Implications and application of near-death experience research |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "What is it like to die? Despite the poet's plaint that no one has returned from that dark land to tell us, there is a growing body of information about the nature of death. Its common, basic features have been confirmed and are presented in this extraordinary book, the first scientific investigation of the near-death experience. From interviews with more than a hundred men and women who have come very close to death or have experienced "clinical" death -- a state in which vital signs such as heartbeat and respiration are entirely absent -- and have survived, Dr. Ring shows that certain elements are common. He confirms that findings reported by Raymond Moody concerning the near-death experience -- a sense of floating out of one's body, of entering a dark tunnel, of experiencing a panoramic life review and of encountering a brilliant golden light. In this book Dr. Ring elaborates on what happens at the threshold of death. He tells of the frequency of these experiences, discusses whether the manner in which one almost died --illness, accident, suicide -- changes the nature of the experience, and probes what role religion has in shaping the approach to death. He shows that the near-death experience is not affected by an individual's ages, sex education, race or religion. He found, however, that the typical near-death experience -- which he calls the "core experience" -- tends to unfold in a series of five stages. the "deeper" the stages, the fewer the people who reach it. The experience tends to end with an encounter with what is described as a "voice" or "presence" that asks whether the person wants to return to life. The aftereffects of the core experience are dramatic and profound. The fear of death tends to vanish, and the total impact is akin to a spiritual rebirth."-Publisher |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
| Local note | 50082 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Death |
| General subdivision | Psychological aspects |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Near-death experiences |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | 100 - 199 |
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| Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Permanent Location | Current Location | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date checked out | Public note |
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| Arthur Johnson Memorial Library | Arthur Johnson Memorial Library | 6.95 | 3 | 155.937 Rin | 50082 | 2010-09-17 | 2010-08-27 | State Grant in Aid |