TY  - BOOK
AU  - Zaleski,Carol
TI  - Otherworld journeys: accounts of near-death experience in medieval and modern times 
SN  - 9780195363524
AV  - BT825 .Z34 1988eb
U1  - 129 22
PY  - 1988///
CY  - New York, Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Near-death experiences
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Voyages to the otherworld
KW  - Voyages to the otherworld in literature
KW  - Voyages dans d'autres mondes
KW  - Expériences de mort temporaire
KW  - Aspect religieux
KW  - Christianisme
KW  - Voyages dans d'autres mondes dans la littérature
KW  - BODY, MIND & SPIRIT
KW  - Reincarnation
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Bijna-dood-ervaringen
KW  - gtt
KW  - Man
KW  - Near-death experiences, history
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-266) and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010
N2  - 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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