The Gifts of Near-Death Experiences: You Don't Have to Die to Experience Your True Home

This trio of authors hopes to entice readers unfamiliar with near-death experiences (NDEs) to catch a "benign virus" and get excited about the topic. Dennis Linn teams up with his brother Matt and wife Sheila to share numerous people's stories of experiencing NDEs. Readers perusing these often similar accounts will be fascinated by the personality changes that occur not only during the NDE, but afterward: there's a seemingly universal reimagining of what is truly important in life, and almost no one experiences an NDE without becoming more selfless, the authors write. Readers will discover from the author's case studies that NDEs are quite common worldwide. Also included are sections cataloging the common elements of NDEs, charting how frequently they occur, and providing other supplementary resources about NDEs for those wishing to study the phenomenon in greater depth. Whether readers believes these strange occurrences are true or not, this resource provides a complete primer on this subject to allow readers to make up their own minds. (May)