Transforming the Fear of Death Through Near-Death Experiences and Experiential Psychedelics: A Transpersonal Hermeneutic Phenomenological Inquiry

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dc.contributor.authorNielsen, Janet
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education
dc.contributor.supervisorRich, Marcia
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-05T17:35:22Z
dc.date.available2019-07-05T17:35:22Z
dc.date.issued2019-06-25
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study examined the phenomenological experience of the transformation of the fear of death in the context of the mystical and transcendent nature of a near death experience (NDE) or while using psychedelics, specifically LSD or psilocybin. The study recruited and interviewed seven participants who had experienced a life-altering mystical NDE or transcendent psychedelic journey. The analysis of emergent themes was conducted using transpersonal and hermeneutic phenomenology research methods. The identified themes unfolded in three parts: the experience itself, illumination of the experience, and the gifts and lessons learned. A prominent theme involving transformation, especially as it relates to the fear of death, emerged from the findings. Thus, the findings of this study have important implications for psychotherapy, in particular how we treat death and dying. Further research into these exceptional experiences could be an opportunity to transform our collective pathology and fears around death.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5446
dc.language.isoen_CAen_US
dc.proquest.subjectPsychology [0621]en_US
dc.proquest.subjectMental health [0347]
dc.proquest.subjectCounseling psychology [0603]
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education
dc.publisher.facultyEducationen_US
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Education
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education)
dc.subjectDeath
dc.subjectDeath, Apparent
dc.subjectPhenomenology
dc.subjectPhenomenology Research
dc.subjectPsilocybin
dc.subjectPsychotherapy
dc.titleTransforming the Fear of Death Through Near-Death Experiences and Experiential Psychedelics: A Transpersonal Hermeneutic Phenomenological Inquiryen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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