The Death and Afterlife Book: The Encyclopedia of Death, Near Death, and Life After Death

by Lewis, James R.; Moody, Raymond A.

• ISBN13: 9781578591350
• ISBN10: 157859135X
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: Pgw

Summary

The Death and Afterlife Book objectively surveys and explores worldwide popular, historical and cultural aspects of death and the beyond. From alchemy to near- death experiences and from Gilgamesh to the collective unconscious, readers will find objective and sensitive information on this ever-fascinating and elusive topic.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xiii
Dr. Raymond A. Moody
Acknowledgments	xvi
Introduction	xvii
A	1	(42)
Adventism Africa Agasha Temple of Wisdom
AIDS Akashic Records Alchemy
American Indian Messianic Religions Anatta
Ancestor Worship Angel of Death Angels
Animal Reincarnation Apocalypse
Apotheosis Apparition
Aquarian Fellowship Church
Aquarian Foundation Thomas Aquinas
Architecture Ascension Association for Past-Life Research and Therapies Astral Projection
Astrology and Reincarnation Atman Aura
Australia Automatic Writing Aztecs
B	43	(22)
Baha'i Arthur J. Balfour Baptists
Bhagavad Gita Bible Birds
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky Boat Symbols
Hieronymus Bosch Bridge Symbols
Buddhism Burial
C	65	(28)
Cathars Edgar Cayce Cerberus Channeling
Character Charon China Christianity
Church of Christ Church of Essential Science
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Church of Metaphysical Christianity
Collective Unconscious
Communication with the Dead
Conscious Dying Control
William Jackson Crawford Sir William Crookes
Cross-Correspondences Cryonic Suspension
Cult of Dionysus
D	93	(22)
Dante Alighieri Andrew Jackson Davis
Day of the Dead Death Death Dreams
Death Symbolism Deathbed Visions
Defibrillator Deja Entendu
Deja Vu Demons and Devils
Descent into the Underworld Dianetics
Direct Voice Discarnate Entity
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
E	115	(30)
ECKANKAR Eclesia Catolica Cristiana
Ectoplasm Egypt
Electronic Voice Phenomena
Eleusinian Mysteries Elixir of Immortality
Engram Eschatology Essenes
Evolution of the Soul Exorcism
Extraterrestrial Incarnations
Extraterrestrial Walk-ins
F	145	(10)
Family Karma Fear of Death
Final Judgment Arthur Augustus Ford
Fox Sisters Funeral Rites
G	155	(18)
Ghost Dance Ghost Hunting Ghosts
Gilgamesh Gnosticism
Greece (Ancient Classical) Group Karma
Group Soul Guardian Spirit (Guardian Angel, Tutelary Spirit, Spirit Guide)
H	173	(20)
Hades Halloween Harrowing of Hell
Hornell Norris Hart Haunting
Heaven and Hell Hinduism
Home Circle Hospice Movement
Harry Houdini
I	193	(12)
Immortality Incarnation Incas
Indo-Europeans Initiation
International Association for Conscious Dying
International Association for Near-Death Studies
International Church of Ageless Wisdom Islam
J	205	(12)
William James Jiva Jivan-Mukta
Journal of Regression Therapy (JRT)
Judaism Judgment of the Dead
Carl Gustav Jung
K	217	(6)
Allan Kardec Karma
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
L	223	(6)
Life Reading Limbo
Linga Sharira Lords of Karma
M	229	(26)
Manichaeism Martyrdom Mayas
Mediumship Franz Anton Mesmer
Mesopotamia Millenarianism
Moksha Robert Monroe Ruth Montgomery
Raymond Moody Mortification
Rev. William Stainton Moses
Afterlife in Popular Movies Bridey Murphy
Frederic William Henry Myers
Mystery Religions
N	255	(16)
National Spiritual Science Center
National Spiritualist Association of Churches
Near-Death Experience
Near-Death Experiences among Children
Near-Death Experiences and Transformation
Necromancy New Age Nirvana
North American Indians
O	271	(8)
Order of the White Rose Orpheus Osiris
Otherworld Ouija Board
Out-of-Body Experience
P	279	(18)
Palo Pantomnesia Paradise
Parapsychology and Survival Research
Past-Life Therapy Persephone
Phone Calls from the Departed
Bishop James Albert Pike Plato
Plurality of Existences Possession
Preexistence Psychomanteum Purgatory
R	297	(16)
Racial Memory Raelian Movement
Baba Ram Dass Rapping
Recall of Past Incarnations
Regression
Reincarnation Reincarnation Report
Reincarnationists, Inc. Resurrection
Benito Reyes Kenneth Ring
River Symbols Roman Catholic
S	313	(38)
Sacrifice Sadducees Samsara
Samskara Seance Shamanism She'ol
Henry Sidgwick Skandhas Slate Writing
Sleep Snake Symbols
Society for Psychical Research
Soteriology Soul Soul vs. Body
Soul Mate Spirit Photography
Spiritism Spiritualism
Spiritualist Episcopal Church Rudolf Steiner
Ian Stevenson Suffering and the Afterlife
Suicide Summerland
Survival Pact Richard Sutphen
Emanuel Swedenborg
T	351	(8)
Theater of the Mind Theosophy
Time between Incarnations Time Travel
Tombs Transcendentalism
Vision of Tunnel
U	359	(6)
Underworld United Methodist
United Spiritualist Church
Universal Church of the Master
Universal Spiritualist Association
V	365	(4)
Virgil Voodoo
W	369	(4)
Walk-ins Carl A. Wickland	369	(4)
Y	373	(4)
Yama Yoga
Z	377	(4)
Zombie Zoroastrianism
List of Illustrations	381	(4)
Related Organizations Appendix	385	(4)
Index	389