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Using fascinating case stories, Dr. Yvonne Kason shares the results of her research and experience counselling hundreds of STE experiencers.

Table of Contents

Author’s Note
Preface
Introduction

Part 1: Defining Spiritually Transformative Experiences
Chapter 1: My 1979 Plane-Crash Near-Death Experience
Chapter 2: Types of Spiritually Transformative Experiences
Chapter 3: Mystical Experiences
Chapter 4: Spiritual Energy/Kundalini Episodes
Chapter 5: Near-Death Experiences
Chapter 6: Death-Watch Experiences and After-Death Communications
Chapter 7: Psychic Experiences
Chapter 8: Inspired Creativity and Genius

Part 2: Researching the Yogic Model of Consciousness, Kundalini, and STEs
Chapter 9: The Yogic Model of Consciousness and Kundalini
Chapter 10: Researching STE Experiencers

Part 3: Long-term Spiritual Transformation: The After-Effects of STEs
Chapter 11: Patterns of STEs and their After-Effects over Time
Chapter 12: Physical STE After-Effect Symptoms
Chapter 13: Psychological STE After-Effect Symptoms
Chapter 14: Spiritual and Paranormal STE After-Effect Symptoms
Chapter 15: STEs, Spiritual Emergencies and Psychoses
Chapter 16: Who Has Spiritual Emergencies and Why?
Chapter 17: Strategies for Living with Spiritual Transformation
Chapter 18: Psycho-Spiritual Housecleaning
Chapter 19: Meditation — The Key to Spiritual Deepening
Chapter 20: Finding Our Way Home

Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

About the Author

Dr. Yvonne Kason is a family physician and transpersonal psychotherapist (retired) who taught at the University of Toronto. She is the president of the International Association for Near-Death Studies, a member of the American Center for the Integration of Spiritually Transformative Experiences, and co-founder of the Spirituality in Health-Care Network. Dr. Kason is an STE expert and media resource internationally.