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Why the “You” in an Afterlife Wouldn’t Really Be You

By Michael Shermer — 2017

Memories, points of view and the self.

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Consciousness Beyond Life: The Science of the Near-Death Experience

In Consciousness Beyond Life, the internationally renowned cardiologist Dr. Pim van Lommel offers ground-breaking research into whether or not our consciousness survives the death of our body.

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Pim van Lommel
2011
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After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about Life and Beyond

The world's leading expert on near-death experiences reveals his journey toward rethinking the nature of death, life, and the continuity of consciousness.

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Bruce Greyson
2021
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Science and the Near-Death Experience: How Consciousness Survives Death

The scientific evidence for life after death: • Explains why near-death experiences (NDEs) offer evidence of an afterlife and discredits the psychological and physiological explanations for them • Challenges materialist arguments against consciousness surviving death • Examines ancient and...

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Chris Carter
2010
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The Immortal Mind: Science and the Continuity of Consciousness beyond the Brain

Evidence now points to consciousness existing beyond the brain, such as when the brain is temporarily incapacitated, as well as to the survival of consciousness after death. Conventional science prefers to dismiss these findings because they cannot be accommodated by a materialist view of reality.

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Ervin László, Anthony Peake
2014
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Is There an Afterlife? - Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, David Wolpe, Bradley Artson Shavit

'In this recent Whizin Center for Continuine Education program, leading advocates for atheism, Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris square off against Newsweek top rabbis, David Wolpe and Bradley Artson Shavit to determine what may or may not happen in the hereafter.

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David J. Wolpe
2011
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Seyyed Hossein Nasr - Eternal Life is Like What?

How to imagine the experience of eternal life? Would we sense ourselves? How would we feel? Whom would we know? What would we do? What would God do? Living forever seems so absurd, yet eternal life is the promise of almost every religion.

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Seyyed Hossein Nasr
2021
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Jesus Didn’t Believe in Hell | 5 Things You Didn’t Know About Heaven and Hell

Bart Ehrman unveils the history of the afterlife, and what most people don’t realize about where our beliefs about eternal torment and reward originated.

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Jesus
2020
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Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife

What happens when we die? A recent Pew Research poll showed that 72% of Americans believe in a literal heaven and 58% believe in a literal hell. Most people who hold these beliefs are Christian and assume they are the age-old teachings of the Bible.

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Bart D. Ehrman
2025
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The Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Great Liberation through Hearing in the Bardo (Shambhala Pocket Library)

A classic of Tibetan Buddhism brought to life with insightful commentary by a modern master.

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Francesca Fremantle (translator), Chögyam Trungpa (translator)
2019
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The Luminous Landscape of the Afterlife: Jordan’s Message to the Living on What to Expect after Death

A channeled guide to the life-death transition experience and how to prepare for the wonders of the afterlife. • Reveals the afterlife as a fluid realm of imagination and invention, a luminous landscape created entirely of consciousness.

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Matthew McKay
2025
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