Mindsight : Near-Death and Out-of-Body Experiences in the Blind

by Ring, Kenneth; Cooper, Sharon

• ISBN13: 9780966963007
• ISBN10: 0966963008
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-10-01
• Publisher: William James Center for

Summary

This volume is a ground-breaking work in the field of near-death studies. It 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.

Author Biography

Kenneth Ring, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Connecticut and co-founder and Past President of the International Association for Near-Death Studies Sharon Cooper, M.A., is a Ph.D. candidate in counseling psychology at New York University

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Foreword	p. xiii
Authors' Note	p. xix
Do the Blind Ever See? The Evidence for a Paradox	p. 1
The Study: Procedure and Sample	p. 15
NDEs in the Blind	p. 21
Visual Aspects of NDEs and OBEs in the Blind	p. 41
Corroborative Evidence for OBE and NDE Visions	p. 97
Addressing the Paradox: How Do the Blind See?	p. 121
A Concluding Word	p. 185
An Exceptional New Case of an NDE in the Blind	p. 189
Endnotes	p. 203
References	p. 207
Index	p. 213
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