Otherworld journeys : accounts of near-death experience in medieval and modern times / Carol Zaleski.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-266) and index.

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Carol Zaleski's book is the first objective, comprehensive survey of the mass of evidence surrounding near-death experiences: the extraordinary visions and ecstatic feelings reported by people who have survived a close brush with death. Comparing recent near-death narratives with those of a much earlier period she finds both profound similarities and striking contrasts.

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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Acknowledgments; Contents; INTRODUCTION; PART I: ORIENTATION; CHAPTER 1: A Wide-AngJe View; CHAPTER 2: Four ModeJs of Christian OtherworJd Journey Narration; The Otherworld Journey as Apocalypse:; The Otherworld Journey as Miracle Story:; The Otherworld Journey as Conversion:; The Otherworld Journey as Pilgrimage:; PART II: MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN RETURN-FROM-DEATH STORIES: A THEMATIC TREATMENT; CHAPTER 3: The Other World: Medieval Itineraries; Exit from the Body; The Guide; The Journey; CHAPTER 4: Obstacles; Fire; The Test-Bridge; Encounter with Deeds.

CHAPTER 5: ReentryThe Visionary Transformed; The Visionary as Messenger; The Narrator as Messenger; Vision and Revision; Interpretation of Visions; PART III: THE MODERN NEAR-DEATH NARRATIVE: A THEMATIC AND COMPARATIVE TREATMENT; CHAPTER 6: From Deathbed Visions to Life After Life; Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Precursors; Life After Life:, A New Phase; The Researchers; CHAPTER 7: The Other World: Modern Itineraries; Attitudes toward Death and Dying; Images of the Soul; Liminality; The Journey; The Light; Judgment; "Falling into Heaven": Mystical States and Visions of the Whole.

Otherworld TopographyOtherworld Demography; CHAPTER 8: Back to Life; Approaching the Point of No Return; The Visionary Transformed; The Visionary and the Interviewer; PART IV: THE INTERPRETATION OF NEAR-DEATH VISIONS; CHAPTER 9: Ecstatics and Statistics; Credentials; Verification; CHAPTER 10: Explanations and Counterexplanatidns; Were They Dead?; Models of Death; "Natural" Causes; Counterarguments; CHAPTER 11: Evaluating Near-Death Testimony; Experiential Claims; Double Vision; Corporeal Imagery; The Question of Interpretation; Another World to Live In; Orientation.

Appendix: Chronology of Medieval VisionsNotes; Bibliography; Index.

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