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The Dead—Billy Collins Animated Poetry

By Billy Collins — 2007

Combining dry wit with artistic depth, Billy Collins shares a project in which several of his poems were turned into delightful animated films in a collaboration with Sundance Channel. Five of them are included in this wonderfully entertaining and moving talk

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

Memories, points of view and the self.

Article
Michael Shermer
2017
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What Does Taoism Teach About Life After Death?

It’s always useful to learn about death in different cultures. And Taoist beliefs about death—both religious and philosophical—are interesting and complex. By learning about Taoist beliefs about death and life after death, you can better understand many philosophies around the world.

Article
Sarah Kessler
2020
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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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Home with God: In a Life that Never Ends

An instant New York Times bestseller, Neale Donald Walsch offers the classic exploration of the process by which we end our lives here on earth and begin our so-called after life experience in God’s kingdom.

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Neale Donald Walsch
2007
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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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Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives

At once funny, wistful and unsettling, Sum is a dazzling exploration of unexpected afterlives—each presented as a vignette that offers a stunning lens through which to see ourselves in the here and now. In one afterlife, you may find that God is the size of a microbe and unaware of your existence.

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David Eagleman
2025
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Dante and the Divine Comedy: He Took Us on a Tour of Hell

Dante’s vision of the Afterlife in The Divine Comedy influenced the Renaissance, the Reformation and helped give us the modern world.

Article
Christian Blauvelt
2018
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The Portable Dante

As a philosopher, he wedded classical methods of inquiry to a Christian faith. As an autobiographer, he looked unsparingly at his own failures to depict universal struggles.

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Dante Alighieri, Mark Musa (editor, translator)
2003
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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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