The Indifference of Dying
The following post is from Sandy Coghlan’s blog “Heaven Knows…” and is reposted with permission. The original can be viewed HERE. One evening in 1987, my mother went to bed. She didn’t get up again for …
Category: Death & Dying
A Personal Guidebook to Death
The following is excerpted from My Death: A Personal Guidebook by Jeremy Kagan. In his book he describes his near-death experience where he transcends through experiences of peace into a personal hell and through to …
Finding My Mother’s Cross
A reader’s story of after death communication through dreams… The following is a reader’s story of her experiences after her mother’s death. It has been lightly edited for clarity. My mother had died recently because …
The Last Dance – Thoughts on End of Life and “Chosen Death”
The following post is from Dr. Kenneth Ring’s blog “Notes from the Ringdom” and is reposted with permission. The original can be viewed HERE. Half a lifetime ago – I was in the summer of my …
Is There Life After Death?
The following is excerpted from Life After Life, the international bestseller by Dr. Raymond Moody. Originally published in 1975, this seminal work introduced millions to the concept of life after death and has continued to …
How to Ease Fear of Death in a Pandemic
Around 8,000 Americans will die today, roughly 700 of them from COVID-19. We all know that death comes to everyone. Humankind has lived with that platitude for millennia. But it sometimes takes a pandemic for …
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and Releasing the Butterfly
The following post is from Sandy Coghlan’s blog “Heaven Knows…” and is reposted with permission. The original can be viewed HERE. “Many people say: Of course, Doctor Ross has seen too many dying patients. Now she …
An Excerpt from After by Dr. Bruce Greyson
The following is excerpted from After, the culmination of nearly half a century of Dr. Bruce Greyson’s scientific research. Bruce Greyson, M.D., is one of the world’s leading experts on near-death experiences. His book helps us …
Grief – Loss in Motion, Love in Absence
To love, and to lose what we love, are equally things appointed for our nature. –C.S. Lewis
Somethings are, at heart, close to the essence of being human,
Poets and Writers on Death and What Lies Beyond
The meaning of life and death, the possibilities of what comes after. These questions have called to mankind since its infancy and their importance is undiminished by time. While what awaits us can’t be known, …