Surviving Death is a
well research book covering the gamut of paranormal and afterlife
experiences. The opening chapters deal with children who remember
past lives. Much of this study has been done on children in Asia
where belief in past lives is a part of the culture. However, the two
cases cited by Kean take place in the United States. The cases of
boys are well documented and unusually complete. One boy remembers
his time as a WWII pilot killed near Okinowa, The other boy remembers
his life in Hollywood.
The chapters on near
death experiences, out of body experiences, and end of life
experiences present a great deal of information, but if you’ve read
extensively in the area, they don’t provide much additional
information. However, the chapter by Pim van Lommel, MD which
discusses non-local consciousness is well worth reading.
Perhaps the most
difficult chapters to believe are those on trance mediums. The idea
of whole body manifestations is difficult to comprehend, but the
author includes her personal experiences as well as pictures of hands
that materialized during séances in Warsaw, Poland in the 1920. The
hands dipped themselves in wax and left glove like
impressions which were later
filled with plaster of paris. The pictures are truly amazing.
The book contains
not only chapters by the author, but chapters by other researchers as
well as people who have experienced some of the phenomena. If you’re
interested in survival after death, this book is a must read.
I received this book
from Blogging for Books for this review.
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