Summary
“The dying experience is almost identical to the experience at birth. It is a birth into a different existence which can be proven quite simply. For thousands of years you were made to ‘believe’ in the things concerning the beyond. But for me, it is no longer a matter of belief, but matter a rather of knowing.”
~ Elisabeth Kűbler-Ross, M.D.
“I have listened to thousands of people tell their stories of ‘going to the other side,’ and I can tell you that I believe what they say, and can tell you that for most of them, nothing stands in the way of their faith that another world awaits them.
~ Raymond Moody, M.D.
“This [near-death] experience gave me a feeling of extreme poverty, but at the same time of great fullness. There was no longer anything I wanted or desired. I existed in an objective form; I was what I had been and lived.
~ C. G. Jung, M.D.
Contents:
Preface: New and Old Light on the Near-Death Experience
Part I – Examining the Existential, Evidential & Skeptical Aspects
1. Taking your toys with you after death
2. NDE researcher sees life as a paradox
3 Overwhelming evidence for the survival of consciousness
4. Experiencing a pre-death life review
5 . Dealing with “Doubting Thomas Syndrome”
Part II – Historical NDEs
6. Admiral tells of drowning and what happened after
7. The most profound NDE ever?
8. The physician who watched himself die
9. Sort of a cloud but not a cloud
10. The most dynamic NDE you’ll ever read about
11. An intriguing 1911 NDE
Part III – The NDE in Recent Times
12. A science professor sees the light
13. The man who fell off Everest
14. An NDE on the battlefield
15. Retired naval architect tells of his NDE
16. A physician discusses her NDE research
17. From surgeon to Superman
Part IV – Science Examines the NDE
18. Has the NDE been debunked?
19. Researchers offer more light on the NDE
20. Finding Truth in the Light
21. Dr. Peter Fenwick discusses dying, death, and survival
22. Dr. Bruce Greyson updates NDE research
Epilogue: 10 lessons not offered in Sunday School or Science 101
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