Beyond the Veil
Title | Beyond the Veil PDF eBook |
Author | Aubrey Thamann |
Publisher | Berghahn Books |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2021-05-14 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1800730659 |
Looking at the cultural responses to death and dying, this collection explores the emotional aspects that death provokes in humans, whether it is disgust, fear, awe, sadness, anger, or even joy. Whereas most studies of death and dying treat the subject from an objective viewpoint, the scholars in this collection recognize their inherent connection with death which allows for a new and more personal form of study. More broadly, this collection suggests a new paradigm in the study of death and dying.
What Happens When We Die?
Title | What Happens When We Die? PDF eBook |
Author | Sam Parnia, M.D. |
Publisher | Hay House, Inc |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 2007-01-01 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 1401933548 |
A critical care doctor interviews hundreds of patients about their near-death experiences, taking readers on a fascinating tour through human consciousness—and demystifying what may await us after death. Dr. Sam Parnia faces death every day. Through his work as a critical-care doctor in a hospital emergency room, he became very interested in some of his patients’ accounts of the experiences that they had while clinically dead. He started to collect these stories and read all the latest research on the subject—and then he conducted his own experiments. That work has culminated in this extraordinary book, which picks up where Raymond Moody’s Life After Life left off. Written in a scientific, balanced, and engaging style, this is powerful and compelling reading. This fascinating and controversial book will change the way you look at death and dying.
A Studied Death
Title | A Studied Death PDF eBook |
Author | Betsy Struthers |
Publisher | Dundurn |
Pages | 193 |
Release | 1996-07-26 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1459702808 |
No wonder the university administration is worried: a fatal hit and run in the parking lot; a woman jogger drowned in the river. Accidents? Perhaps. But the latest campus death is no accident – and suicides don’t stab themselves several times and then cover themselves up with a raincoat. Despite warnings from her husband and the police, Rosalie Cairnes feels only she can untangle the threads that will lead to the motive and the murderer. And as she nears the truth, her own life is increasingly in danger. Child abuse, the crossfire of radicals and reactionaries on campus, and violence towards women are just some of the ingredients in this fast-paced, tightly plotted and beautifully written novel.
Teaching Death and Dying
Title | Teaching Death and Dying PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher M Moreman |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 302 |
Release | 2008-10-03 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0199715017 |
The academic study of death rose to prominence during the 1960s. Courses on some aspect of death and dying can now be found at most institutions of higher learning. These courses tend to stress the psycho-social aspects of grief and bereavement, however, ignoring the religious elements inherent to the subject. This collection is the first to address the teaching of courses on death and dying from a religious-studies perspective.
The Science of Near-Death Experiences
Title | The Science of Near-Death Experiences PDF eBook |
Author | John C. Hagan |
Publisher | University of Missouri Press |
Pages | 184 |
Release | 2017-01-30 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 0826273688 |
What happens to consciousness during the act of dying? The most compelling answers come from people who almost die and later recall events that occurred while lifesaving resuscitation, emergency care, or surgery was performed. These events are now called near-death experiences (NDEs). As medical and surgical skills improve, innovative procedures can bring back patients who have traveled farther on the path to death than at any other time in history. Physicians and healthcare professionals must learn how to appropriately treat patients who report an NDE. It is estimated that more than 10 million people in the United States have experienced an NDE. Hagan and the contributors to this volume engage in evidence-based research on near-death experiences and include physicians who themselves have undergone a near-death experience. This book establishes a new paradigm for NDEs.
Life After Death
Title | Life After Death PDF eBook |
Author | Farnaz Masumian |
Publisher | Oneworld Publications Limited |
Pages | 153 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9781851680740 |
This volume looks in detail at the life-after-death doctrines of seven world religions and asks many questions such as: are there important parallels between the many accounts of near-death experiences, and what happens to us when we actually die?; is there a part of us that conquers death?; If so, will that entity have a personal or universal encounter with it's creator at some point? The author draws out many corresponding features in reported near-death experiences, and demonstrates the unity of all religions in their approach to death and the afterlife.
A Study In Death
Title | A Study In Death PDF eBook |
Author | Iain McDowall |
Publisher | Piatkus |
Pages | 167 |
Release | 2012-09-06 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1405520299 |
Dr Roger Harvey, a high-flyer headed for the academic first division, has pursued his career and women with equal passion. But now he's just another murder statistic; his body has been lying in his flat for four days when a small-time burglar literally stumbles over it on his way out with the stereo. DS Ian Kerr and DCI Jacobson of Crowby CID can discern no obvious motive. Harvey didn't do serious drugs or have a criminal record. Not even Harvey's closest friends, John Kent and his beautiful wife, Annie, seem able to throw any light on the situation. Despite Jacobson's dependence on booze and fags, and the fact that Kerr's marriage is disintegrating faster than his boss's liver, the two men are experienced policemen. But to solve the case they have to untangle the dark threads of a mystery which threatens to unravel in seemingly every direction . . .