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Waiting to Die: A Near-Death
Researcher's (Mostly Humorous)
Reflections on His Own Endgame
(2019) - By Kenneth Ring |
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During
his many years researching the
NDE, Dr. Kenneth Ring was concerned
with answering the question, "What
is it like to die?" In
this book of fifteen sparkling
and delightfully witty essays,
his question becomes more personal, "What
is it like waiting to die?"
More specifically, what is it
like for an octogenarian who
has spent half his life studying
and writing about NDEs to face
his own mortality? Laced with
humor, these essays are not
morbid or morose, but highly
entertaining and edifying. They
are not just full of an old
man's droll complaints about
his wayward bodily decay, but
also contain serious reflections
on life and insights from his
work on death and a possible
afterlife. In addition, Ring
reflects on what other literary
figures have written about death,
and he delves into subjects
like psychedelics and their
possible use with the dying.
All his essays trace his sometimes
surprising, and occasionally
antic, journey along the road
whose terminus is certain but
unknown. They let the reader
glimpse into what it has been
like for one elderly, but still
lively, man waiting to die who
has so far failed to reach his
goal, though he is convinced
he will get there in the end.
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Lessons from the Light: What
We Can Learn from the NDE (2000)
- By Kenneth Ring |
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While
providing many accounts of near-death
experiences (NDEs) from men,
women, and children of all ages
and backgrounds, Lessons from
the Light is much more than
just an inspiring collection
of NDEs. In Lessons near-death
expert Kenneth Ring extracts
the pure gold of the NDE and
with a beautiful balance of
sound research and human insight
reveals the practical wisdom
held within these experiences.
As Stanley Krippner states, "In
this remarkable book, Ring presents
evidence that merely learning
about the near-death experience
has similar positive effects
to those reported by people
who actually have had near-death
experiences. Kenneth Ring is
one of the few authors whose
gifts include the capacity to
transform their readers' lives."
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Heading Toward Omega: In Search
of the Meaning of the Near-Death
Experience (1984) - By Kenneth
Ring |
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Heading
Toward Omega breaks new ground
in the field of near-death studies
by focusing on the meaning of
the near-death experience (NDE)
for the survivor and for human
evolution. Dr. Kenneth Ring's
intensive three-year study of
more than one hundred experiencers
found that NDEs cause a provocative
pattern of very positive changes
in outlook, values, and behavior
-- and are often powerful catalysts
for spiritual awakening and
psychic development. Moreover,
deep NDEs frequently include
strikingly similar visions of
our planetary future. The depth
and consistency of these life
transformations -- as well as
the apparent widespread and
increasing incidence of NDEs
-- lead Dr. Ring to a startling
conclusion: Near-death experiences
may be part of an evolutionary
thrust toward higher consciousness
for all humanity. Thus they
may foreshadow the birth of
a new planetary consciousness
as we head toward Omega, the
final goal of human evolution.
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The Omega Project: Near-Death
Experiences, UFO Encounters,
and Mind At Large (1992)
- By Kenneth Ring |
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In his
book, The Omega Project, Kenneth
Ring demonstrated that there
are startling similarities between
persons claiming to have undergone
alien abductions and those who
have had a near-death experience.
Many aspects of their childhoods
as well as the changes they
undergo following their experiences
show uncanny parallels. In light
of his findings, Dr. Ring posits
the existence of an “encounter-prone
personality” – a distinctive,
spiritually sensitive and ecologically-oriented
individual who, collectively,
may represent the next stage
in human evolution.
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Mindsight: Near-Death and Out-of-Body
Experiences in the Blind (1999)
- By Kenneth Ring |
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This
book investigates the astonishing
claim that blind persons, including
those blind from birth, can
actually "see" during
near-death or out-of-body episodes.
The authors present their findings
in scrupulous detail, investigating
case histories of blind persons
who have actually reported visual
experiences under these
conditions. There
is fascinating evidence that
the blind do "see"
in these moments, but it is
not sight as we think of it.
Ring and Cooper suggest a kind
of "transcendental awareness"
they refer to as Mindsight.
It involves seeing in detail,
sometimes from all angles at
once, with everything in focus,
and a sense of "knowing"
the subject, not just visually,
but with multisensory
knowledge. Human
beings may be more talented
than we think, gifted with amazing
abilities of perception. This
book is an opportunity to assess
the evidence for yourself.
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Life At Death: A Scientific
Investigation of the Near-Death
Experience (1980) - By Kenneth
Ring |
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Beginning
in May 1977, Dr. Kenneth Ring,
a psychologist interested in
altered states of consciousness,
spent thirteen months tracking
down and interviewing scores
of people who had come close
to death. He discovered that
most near-death experiences
seem to unfold according to
a single pattern. What to make
of this common set of elements
associated with the onset of
death is the central challenge
of this book. Whether this experience
can be interpreted in naturalistic
terms is the overriding scientific
issue raised. In Life at Death,
Dr. Ring, after interviewing
more than a hundred near-death
survivors, was not only able
to confirm Moody’s basic findings,
but extended them in important
ways by establishing an empirical
basis for the different stages
of the near-death experience.
He also showed that the aftereffects
on the experience are consistent,
dramatic and profound. The fear
of death tends to vanish, and
the total impact is akin to
a spiritual rebirth.
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Letters from Palestine: Palestinians
Speak Out about Their Lives,
Their Country, and the Power
of Nonviolence (2010) -
By Kenneth Ring, Ghassan Abdullah |
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Many
books have dealt with the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict from the Israeli perspective.
However, few reflect the Palestinian
point of view. Letters from
Palestine offers an American
audience a rare opportunity
to listen to actual Palestinian
people as they describe what
it is like to live in the occupied
territories of the West Bank
or Gaza, or to grow up as a
Palestinian in the U.S. Their
accounts are lively, poignant,
searing, and tragic, yet often
laced with touches of surreal
humor. By showing Palestinians
in all their humanity, Letters
from Palestine enables American
readers to see beyond the usual
stereotypes.
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Reflections in a Glass Eye:
Essays in the Time of COVID (2021)
- By Kenneth Ring |
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In
these lively and often witty
essays, Dr. Kenneth Ring
best known for his
pioneering work on
near-death experiences,
reveals his talents as a
Kenny-come-lately humorist
and would-be man of letters.
Now in his mid-80s, this
book shows he has lost none
of his verve for writing on
a range of subjects as
diverse as they are
entertaining. But quite
apart from his gift for the
droll phrase, the reader
will find that Ring also
touches on and often goes
into depth on serious
topics, such as dealing with
the COVID pandemic, the
right-to-die movement, and
the epidemic of loneliness.
He also spends some time
describing how he became
interested in near-death
experiences, his
explorations with
psychedelic drugs, and his
one extraordinary and
mind-blowing reading from a
medium. A lifelong lover of
classical music, Reflections
in a Glass Eye contains
three sparkling and
hilarious essays on
composers, musicians, and
their patrons. The book ends
with some touching and
moving accounts of Ring's
remarkable love life, which
will give the reader a sense
of how rich and wondrous has
been the life of the author.
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