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III. The Out-of-Body Experience: Phenomenology By Stuart W. Twemlow, M.D., Glen O. Gabbard, M.D., and Fowler C. Jones, Ed.D.
Paper Presented at the 1980 Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, May 5–9, in San Francisco Dr. Twemlow, formerly Chief Research Service, Topeka V.A. Medical Center, is now in the private practice of psychiatry, 2145 S E. Maryland, Topeka, Kans. 66605. Dr. Gabbard is Staff Psychiatrist, The Menninger Foundation Dr Jones is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Kansas Medical Center. The authors would like to acknowledge Robert Ellsworth, Ph.D, for questionnaire analysis and interpretation; Gary Clark, Ph.D., and Lolafaye Coyne, Ph.D., for statistical consultation. The project was supported in part by the Monroe Institute of Applied Sciences, Faber, Va.; University of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry; The Menninger Foundation, Topeka, Kans.
Précis
Descriptive data is presented from 339 subjects who reported out-of-body experiences in response to an advertisement. The data was analyzed according to preexisting conditions, phenomenological features, and impact of the experience. Questions are raised about the etiology of this phenomenon and its meaning to the individual.
Introduction
In his 1979 presidential address to the American Psychiatric Association, Dr. Jules Masserman noted that one of man’s three ultimate seekings is “a system of values and mystic beliefs to provide metapsychological serenity.” He noted that there was a growing interest in what he called “metapsychiatry, reflecting a parallel preoccupation in the general public with esoteric faiths and transcendental seekings for the ultimate.” There is scant recognition of such areas
Paper Presented at the 1980 Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, May 5–9, in San Francisco Dr. Twemlow, formerly Chief Research Service, Topeka V.A. Medical Center, is now in the private practice of psychiatry, 2145 S E. Maryland, Topeka, Kans. 66605. Dr. Gabbard is Staff Psychiatrist, The Menninger Foundation Dr Jones is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Kansas Medical Center. The authors would like to acknowledge Robert Ellsworth, Ph.D, for questionnaire analysis and interpretation; Gary Clark, Ph.D., and Lolafaye Coyne, Ph.D., for statistical consultation. The project was supported in part by the Monroe Institute of Applied Sciences, Faber, Va.; University of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry; The Menninger Foundation, Topeka, Kans.
Précis
Descriptive data is presented from 339 subjects who reported out-of-body experiences in response to an advertisement. The data was analyzed according to preexisting conditions, phenomenological features, and impact of the experience. Questions are raised about the etiology of this phenomenon and its meaning to the individual.
Introduction
In his 1979 presidential address to the American Psychiatric Association, Dr. Jules Masserman noted that one of man’s three ultimate seekings is “a system of values and mystic beliefs to provide metapsychological serenity.” He noted that there was a growing interest in what he called “metapsychiatry, reflecting a parallel preoccupation in the general public with esoteric faiths and transcendental seekings for the ultimate.” There is scant recognition of such areas
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