On The Other Side Of Life Exploring The Phenomenon Of The Near-death Experience

by Valarino, Evelyn Elsaesser

• ISBN13: 9780738206257
• ISBN10: 0738206253
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-09
• Publisher: Da Capo Press

Summary

With testimonials from people who have lived through Near-Death Experiences as well as research and opinions from a multidisciplinary panel of prestigious scholars, On the Other Side of Life offers a balanced look at these most mysterious experiences and the science and theology behind them.

Author Biography

Evelyn Elsaesser Valarino, born in Bern, Switzerland, is head of the law library at the University of Geneva. In search for existentialist answers, she has spent many years studying scientific as well as philosophical works. The author's discovery of near-death-experience testimonies prompted her to undertake a rigorous five-year program of research to explore and understand these accounts within the contexts of different disciplines, culminating in this fascinating book.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Analysis of the Nde and Its Successive Stages, Illustrated by Experiencer Accounts	p. 17
Testimony of Jean-Pierre Girard, M.D	p. 57
Testimony of Henry H	p. 69
Dialogue with Kenneth Ring, Ph.D	p. 85
Dialogue with Louis-Marie Vincent, Ph.D	p. 161
Dialogue with RéGis Dutheil, M.D. and Brigitte Dutheil	p. 193
Dialogue with Paul Chauchard	p. 229
Dialogue with Monsignor Jean Vernette	p. 259
Dialogue with Michel Lefeuvre	p. 285
Notes	p. 313
Bibliography	p. 319
Index	p. 341
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