About this title: This is a study of more than 100 people who have experienced clinical "death" and survived. Dr Moody reveals their testimonies and their descriptions of "death" and the "beyond", and shows how the way life, death and the spiritual hereafter are viewed have changed.
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books, New York
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780553100808ISBN:0553100807
Description: Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. The book is very solid with unmarked pages. The cover is aging with minor shelf wear & moderate edge wear. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Bantam, New York
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780553100808ISBN:0553100807
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. 1977 Bantam paperback. NOT EX LIB! Bright, clean pages with some reading wear, spine is creased, moderate edgewear & some cover scuffing. 184 p. Glued binding. Originally published: Covington: Mockingbird Books, 1975. Bibliography: p.187. read more
Edition: Reprint.
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Bantam, New York
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780553100808ISBN:0553100807
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner. 1976 Bantam paperback. NOT EX LIB! Clean, lightly tanned pages with moderate reading wear, wrinkles, creased spine, moderate edgewear, covers a bit scuffed & starting to curl. 187 p. Moody: Life after Life. Originally published: Covington: Mockingbird Books, 1975. Bibliography: p.187. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Bantam, Toronto: London
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780553100808ISBN:0553100807
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner. Nice soft cover, lightly read, shelf wear to cover, bend on front cover, light aging, stk #2196h5. xiii, 187, [1]p.; 18 cm. Originally published: Covington: Mockingbird Books, 1975. Bibliography: p.187. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Bantam, Toronto: London
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780553100808ISBN:0553100807
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Nice soft cover, lightly read, shelf wear to cover, light aging, small stain on top corner of front cover, light bend on corners of cover, stk #2032j7. xiii, 187, [1]p.; 18 cm. Originally published: Covington: Mockingbird Books, 1975. Bibliography: p.187. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Bantam, Toronto: London
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780553100808ISBN:0553100807
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. softcover; loose binding; no marking or highlighting within text; VB76. xiii, 187, [1]p.; 18 cm. Originally published: Covington: Mockingbird Books, 1975. Bibliography: p.187. read more
Description: Good. -13th Printing--184 pgs. Interior-Nice overall condition. The paperback cover has light signs of use. -Publish Place: New York-Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. read more
Description: Good. ---187 pgs. Interior-Nice overall condition. The paperback cover has light signs of use. -Publish Place: New York-Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. read more
Description: Good. ---187 pages. Interior is clean and tight with tanned pages. Nice overall. -Publish Place: New York-Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. read more
"You've probably heard the cliché used that someone dies and reaches a light at the end of the tunnel. If you haven't heard it, you've seen it reenacted somewhere in a television sequence. If you like the movie "Ghost" you will probably find this an interesting read. This book was orginally published in 1975 and I'm guessing this is the text that gave this cliché cultural currency. That said, it is more than the fleshing out a cultural legend...it is group of case studies of people who have been clinically "dead" and then resuscitated. Dr. Moody presents them and notes the strong similarities, and repeating aspects of all the cases he heard. He makes no conclusions about "life" beyond death, but only presents the cases and invites others to build on his work.
Three things I like very much about Dr. Moody as an author. First off, he allots a good portion of his book to pure testimonials. I would guess a third to a half of the book is witness accounting of what happened to them when they died. The second thing I admire about Moody is that he goes to great lengths to disclose and answer all skeptical questions. He does not claim this book is pure "research" or a "scientific study" but he uses his survey of cases as a basis for an abstract model of the first stages of death. I am guessing this is whatpsychiatrist researchers do when presented with an unknown behavior...I liked the approach...What is so fascinating is that the model can exist at all, because these cases do have similar traits. Thirdly, as philosopher, he is able to relate these experiences to various cultural texts and religions...some of which closely corroborate his "model of symptons." I appreciate that the book is not purely clinical.
This book won't necessarily change your life, but it may make you question certain abstracts in the living world...for instance why Christianity insists on a dichotomy of heaven and hell when none on these witnesses could really describe what they saw as either (or what they expected of either place.) On the flip side, many of the stories suggest that religion or some sort of spiritual practice is necessary and important for a person's development over a life. All of them suggest that we experience earthly reality in a limited, indirect, and discontinuous fashion that ends upon our death. Maybe you will find this comforting."
"I loved this book! I read this as I was coming of age and it had a large impact on me in this life. Though it is about dying and covers a series of interviews held with people who once died and were brought back to life through medical technology, I was left believing in the one philosophy they all brought back with them. We are here to learn and to love. I have been trying to live that ever since.
Great Book. It was kind of spooky but the coincidences in what people discovered "on the other side", were thrilling."
"I appreciated the objective approach of this book. People from all walks of life and all beliefs and non-beliefs having essentially the same experience. Really interesting fodder."
"My first introduction to near-death experiences. I am skeptical of many of the later books that seemed to be capitalizing on the phenomenon, but this one was a fascinating introduction to the field."
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