Ten Thoughts to Take into Eternity [hard cover] [rare books]

F or millions of credible persons now living, the afterlife is not just a hopeful hypothesis but an actual experience. Somehow revived after having been medically dead, these men, women, and children report not only that death is kind, but that eternal bliss awaits. They know, they insist, because they have been there.

"Learn to die and thou shalt learn to live," counsels the medieval Ars moriendi, or Art of Dying. It is a lesson well learned by those who have tasted death. They gain an appetite for living, give generously of themselves, and approach their definitive demise with an equanimity, hope, and confidence that the rest of us can only dream of acquiring. Because they have been to the edge already and found the journey exhilarating, they do not fear …