{"product_id":"the-near-death-experience-in-the-light-of-scientific-research-and-rudolf-steiners-spiritual-science-9781584209324","title":"The Near-Death Experience: In the Light of Scientific Research and Rudolf Steiner's Spiritual Science","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is about the riddle of life asked from the perspective of near-death experiences. It begins with knowledge that recent developments in science afford us, leading to the question of the role direct experience can play in answering our questions about the nature of the human soul and spirit in relation to the cosmos.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMuch has been written about the phenomenon of near-death experiences, but little attention has been paid to scientific research, such as that of Dr. Michael Sabom, which indicates that these are body-free, or spiritual, experiences. Even less attention has been directed toward the parallels between descriptions such as those given by George Ritchie--whose near-death journey led Raymond Moody to begin his epoch-making study that brought the phenomenon to the public eye--and the spiritual research of Rudolf Steiner.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book presents a synthesis of scientific research, personal experience, and Spiritual Science. In the author's words: \u003ci\u003e\"This book asks the reader to decide whether Ritchie's story does not both testify to the living presence of the Christ in our age, as well as to an intimate and exact acquaintance with beings and events of the spiritual world that Rudolf Steiner's Spiritual Science first makes clearly intelligible. Steiner spoke of the twentieth century as an age at the threshold of the Risen Christ; it is the author's conviction that Ritchie's story affords us a opportunity to recognize and enter the meaning of this event.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eC O N T E N T S\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword by George G. Ritchie, Jr.\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART ONE: THE RIDDLE OF CONSCIOUSNESS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. The Present State of Research into Near-death Experiences\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Temporal Lobe Seizure Hypothesis \u003cbr\u003eHypoxia \u003cbr\u003eHypercarbia \u003cbr\u003eHallucinogenic Drugs \u003cbr\u003eThe Search for a Common Physiological Basis for NDEs \u003cbr\u003eThe Biochemistry of Emotions \u003cbr\u003eThe Limits of Measure \u003cbr\u003eThe Insufficiency of Other Explanations of Near-death Experiences \u003cbr\u003eAccurate Reconnaissance of Physical Surroundings \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2 Rudolf Steiner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpiritual Science and the Mind-Body Problem \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART TWO: THE NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE OF DR. GEORGE G. RITCHIE, JR.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. The Near-death Experience of Dr. George G. Ritchie, Jr.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Nine Minutes\u003cbr\u003eThe Life Review, or Etheric Tableau\u003cbr\u003eThe Light of Conscience and the Guardian of the Threshold\u003cbr\u003eMoses and Christ and the Judgment of Souls\u003cbr\u003eRudolf Steiner and the Rose-Cross\u003cbr\u003eVessel of the Suprapersonal\u003cbr\u003eThe Apocalyptic Christ\u003cbr\u003eChristus, verus Luciferus\u003cbr\u003eChurch Doctrine and the Teleology of the Human Being \u003cbr\u003eThe Motion of the Etheric Organization\u003cbr\u003eThe Earthbound Dead in Purgatory\u003cbr\u003eThe Nearness of the Spiritual World\u003cbr\u003eSuicides\u003cbr\u003eGuardian Angels\u003cbr\u003eDevachan, the Realm of Creative Thought\u003cbr\u003eReturn to Ordinary Consciousness\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCoda\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeorge Ritchie Today\u003cbr\u003eRudolf Steiner and the Anthroposophical Society\u003cbr\u003eRudolf Steiner and the Intelligibility of the Observations of Spiritual Science\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEpilogue: Twenty-eight Years On \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom George's Sergeant to Los Alamos, and Beyond\u003cbr\u003e\"You have 45 Years\" Spiritual Science, Reincarnation, and Karma \u003cbr\u003eGeorge Ritchie \u003cbr\u003eBettina Hindes \u003cbr\u003eDaniel Hafner \u003cbr\u003ePatrick Kennedy\u003cbr\u003eNancy Roszell and George Ritchie \u003cbr\u003eThe Near-Death Experience \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAppendix\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lindisfarne Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781584209324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.10w x 0.30d","brand":"Calvert Roszell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38017063125173,"sku":"9781584209324","price":11.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_bbd315ca-ecf3-4086-817c-1fd57e27da75.jpg?v=1609162679","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-near-death-experience-in-the-light-of-scientific-research-and-rudolf-steiners-spiritual-science-9781584209324","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}