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Life at Death Paperback – January 1, 1982

by Kenneth Ring (Author)
4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 53 ratings
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A scientific and anecdotal report on the near-death experience features interviews with more than one hundred people who have come very close to death or have experienced "clinical" death and analyzes the five stages of the near-death experience
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    310 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    William Morrow & Co
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 1982
  5. Dimensions
    6.25 x 0.75 x 9.25 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0688012531
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0688012533
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ William Morrow & Co (January 1, 1982)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 310 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0688012531
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0688012533
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 0.75 x 9.25 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 53 ratings

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Kenneth Ring

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Kenneth Ring, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Connecticut, and an internationally recognized authority on the subject of near-death experiences on which he has written five books and nearly a hundred articles. He is also the co-founder and past President of The International Association for Near-Death Studies and the founding editor of its quarterly scholarly journal, The Journal of Near-Death Studies, now in its thirtieth year. Dr. Ring has appeared on many television and radio programs and been often interviewed in the press in connection with his work on near-death experiences.

In recent years, Dr. Ring has published several collections of essays on a wide variety of subjects beginning with his (mostly humorous) book, Waiting to Die, which was followed by Reflections in a Glass Eye and Blogging Toward Infinity. His latest book is A Near-Death Researcher's Notebook: What I Have Learned about Dying, Death and the Afterlife.

He currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has three children and five grandchildren, and loves cats.

Much more information about Dr. Ring and his books can be found on his website, www.kenring.org.

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Barbara L.
5.0 out of 5 stars interesting
Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2010
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NDEs are very interesting experiences. We really don't know what will happen when we die, all what will be is speculative. But those reports may be very helpful for many grieving or frightened people.
The way K. Ring wrote about it shows a great deal of insight. If somebody is interested in NDEs his books are sure good to read and may be a great help preferable to all 'esoteric' pseudo science.
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4.0 out of 5 stars It's a good try at approaching NDEs scientifically.
Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2014
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In my opinion, Near Death Experience literature is warped by two things: First, NDEs have become so well publicized that there is an expectation that the experience will follow a certain "script." So, the remarkable similarity among NDEs is likely to be an effect of preconceived ideas about the experience, as opposed to numbers of large numbers of people having the same experience. Second, NDE research has been dominated by religious people, who bring their religious bias into the study. They are desperate to have NDEs confirm their preexisting belief in an afterlife (and an afterlife that comports with their view of what an afterlife should be.)
"Scientific" explanations of NDEs generally discount the experience beforehand and are characterized by off handed "scientific" hand waving which doesn't address the experiences described.
Dr. Ring has a go at a scientific analysis (as opposed to explanation) of NDEs. He assembled a sample of self selected NDE experiencers, found features in common among the experiences, and spends much of the book recounting the reports.
Since Ring's study was done early in the history of public attention to the NDE phenomenon (the 1970s,) his collection of accounts is relatively uncontaminated by the later slew of first hand books and books by religious people who mix up their NDE accounts with personal religious beliefs.
Unfortunately, Ring has no better explanation of NDEs than anyone else. At the end, his book devolves into a mixture of popular Buddhism and Spiritualism (the silver cord, a fourth dimension, etc.) He reveals himself as an dualist who also wants NDEs to be evidence of an afterlife.
Is there a mind or soul that exists separately from the body, or is consciousness entirely a physical process of the brain? Despite adamant dogmatism on both sides of the question, we don't really know. NDEs may be a clue (or not.) But remembered NDEs are relatively rare and have many of the characteristics of dreams or hallucinations. OTOH, there are some characteristics of NDEs (Eg: the out of body experience in which the dying person sees herself from above and can recount events that happened during the resuscitation) that aren't readily explained as purely mental phenomena.
So, we're stuck not knowing the answer to the dualism question. Dr. Ring's book is a valuable take on the NDE effect but when he gets beyond the objective, he doesn't have the answers either.
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Douglas-Parker
4.0 out of 5 stars interesting
Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2013
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This is a good review of near death experiences. The consequences of the experience are important to a fuller understanding of the importance of this phenomonen. Well worth reading.
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Beth
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2013
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My husband very much enjoys reading all aspects of life after death and near death experience. This book is especially interesting because not as much attention is given to near deaths resulting from suicides.
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Elisabeth Siegmund
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent research
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2012
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amazing detail and data coming from years of research, very articulate and precise in its descriptions. definitely worth reading for those who have an interest in meta physics
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intheWood
5.0 out of 5 stars This Was a Gift to a Family Member
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2019
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They seemed to appreciate the gift; subject(s) of the book is something they are exploring.
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Ben N Estes
2.0 out of 5 stars what about faith and JESUS CHRIST
Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2023
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I believe GOD simply does not will things into existence. He invented every thing including science,physics,quantum physics ,the holographic principal and literally every thing. However all is logically constructed. Not by chance. We need to stop trying to disprove GOD . I do believe consciousness is separate from the brain,but what follows is under GOD’S control. We may want to try to figure out how. We will not become like GOD.
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Reed
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2017
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good
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Gilles Chauvin
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in Canada on August 12, 2016
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Bonne analyse de la mort
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Jacek Pilarz
5.0 out of 5 stars A very good book.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 12, 2014
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It is exactly what I expected - if anyone is interested in NDE! I wish more people could read it!
Thank you very much!!!
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