According to Christian theology, Jesus died after being crucified by the Romans, then rose from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. But what was happening to his soul or consciousness during the period between death and rebirth? Considering the impact this legend, myth, or genuine experience has…

Death is one of the few unambiguous facts of life. Together with birth, nothing could be more basic and fundamental to the universally human path of our existence. Our knowledge of the inevitability of death helps define life, and even to give it meaning. As life’s opposing state, death makes…

“I saw an incredibly beautiful bright loving white light above me. I wanted to go to that white light more than anything.” The British actor Peter Sellers was one of the world’s great comedic geniuses. Like many comedians — and creative people in general — he was also a complex…

A simple question you might think, especially if you believe you know the answer. The term has been defined many times since it was coined by Dr. Raymond Moody in his classic 1975 book Life After Life. And while there’s seemingly endless debate over what exactly constitutes a near-death experience…