Raymond Moody, author of the multimillion copy best-seller, Life After Life, reveals new results from his lifelong investigation of what happens when we die. Raymond Moody revolutionized the way we think about death with his first book, Life After Life, which was stories of people who died and then returned to life. Going through a tunnel, encountering an angelic being or having an out-of-body experience are hallmarks of what Moody termed a 'near death experience.' Since the publication of his multimillion copy best-seller, hundreds of thousands of people have contacted Moody to share their own experiences. The startling pattern that Moody discovered is that at the time of death, loved ones also have inexplicable experiences. Glimpses of Eternity is the first book to talk about the phenomenon of 'shared death experiences.' Readers will discover deathbed moments when entire families see the light or the room changes shape. Others tell of seeing a film like review of a loved one's life and learning things that they could never have known otherwise. The stories are at once a comfort and a mystery, giving us a new understanding of the journey that we will take at the end of our lives.
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If you know anything about near-death experience, you know Moody; he’s been on the cutting edge of the research since the publication of his first book, Life after Life (1975). Now he takes the phenomenon to another level. In the 1980s, Moody began hearing about shared-death experiences; friends, family, and medical personal go along with the dying as they are surrounded by the light, taken through the tunnel, and sometimes even take part in the life review. Most of the book comprises firsthand accounts that tell a common story. Then Moody takes on some of the most-asked questions raised by the idea of shared-death experiences: Do they tell us something new about the afterlife? Do you have to be religious to have the experience? How do you know people who claim to have had shared-death experiences aren’t lying? Moody also theorizes on what might explain these experiences and how shared-death experiences might be the ancient basis for religion. Nonbelievers will scoff, but as Moody notes, “I think it’s good for mankind to have a hearty dose of the unexplained.” --Ilene Cooper
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Dr. Raymond Moody is the leading authority on the 'near death experience,' a phrase he coined in the late seventies. Best-selling author of eleven books, including Life After Life, which has sold more than 13 million copies worldwide, Dr. Moody captures enormous public interest with his groundbreaking work on what happens when we die. He has appeared on Oprah three times and the Today Show, among many other media appearances.
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77 of 80 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
The closest thing to PROOF of the after life that I have come across! A truly important book for everyone!
September 26, 2010
Format:Hardcover
I am pleased to be able to rate this great book by Dr. Raymond Moody and Mr. Paul Perry! They have done a wonderful job of describing the experience known as the Shared Death Experience (SDE), where those at the bedside of those passing have reported experiencing events as the dying person experiences them: hearing beautiful other-worldly music, seeing tunnels into the light, the appearance of deceased loved ones/friends, a distortion of the geometry of the room (often described as an hour-glass shape) and in some cases, the vision of the panoramic life review showing details of all that the dying loved one has experienced as if in 3D and all at once in this "panoramic" vision and the emotions are co-lived, so to speak, with the one who is passing!
There is no possible way that the SDE can be ascribed to the dying brain (lack of blood flow, lack of oxygen, buildup of carbon dioxide, etc.), as those in attendance are healthy, are not ill, and do not have dying brains!
I highly recommend this work of Dr. Moody and and Mr. Perry to everyone who wants to know that happens after the last breath on Earth is taken. You will find the pages of this book literally filled with light, and with hope!!
Kudos to the authors for a truly great book!
There is no possible way that the SDE can be ascribed to the dying brain (lack of blood flow, lack of oxygen, buildup of carbon dioxide, etc.), as those in attendance are healthy, are not ill, and do not have dying brains!
I highly recommend this work of Dr. Moody and and Mr. Perry to everyone who wants to know that happens after the last breath on Earth is taken. You will find the pages of this book literally filled with light, and with hope!!
Kudos to the authors for a truly great book!
57 of 59 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This book pleasantly surprised me. Having associated Dr. Raymond Moody with the near-death experience, I assumed that the book was about NDEs. And having read all of Moody's books on the subject as well as three other recently-published books about the NDE by distinguished authors, I doubted the book had anything new to offer. But I assumed wrong. While a certain kind of NDE is discussed, the book is primarily about shared death experiences, which falls more into the area of death-bed visions than NDEs.
Shared death experiences were discussed many years ago by pioneering researchers Frederic W. H. Myers, Edmund Gurney, and Sir William Barrett, but there has been very little, if anything, written about them in recent years. Moody and Paul Perry recount some of those old experiences after relating a number of intriguing cases Moody has collected.
In effect, shared-death experiences involve visions or experiences shared by the dying person and another person who is not near death, usually a loved one or someone tending to the dying person. While many of them happen when they are together in the same room, some take place when they are miles apart. The phenomena include seeing strange bright lights in the room or misty vapors rising from the dying person, observing deceased relatives or loved ones in the room, encountering "heavenly realms," hearing strange music, and even the non-dying person witnessing the dying person's life review or having a life review of his or her own.
"Shared death experiences deal with the notion of a variety of extra senses, including telepathy, clairvoyance, remote viewing, astral projection, spontaneous out-of-body experiences and perhaps other that I have not yet anticipated," Moody explains.
It is all a bit mind boggling, but some very credible people are quoted. For example, Dr. Joan Borysenko, a Harvard University psychology professor and author of several popular books, tells of being at her mother's bedside as she was dying and having an out-of-body experience in which she (Borysenko) witnessed all of her good and bad deeds, including fights with her mother and mind games they had played with each other.
There are a number of stories related by fellow physicians, including one by an anesthesiologist who reported crossing into another dimension after touching a dying patient's hand, then seeing what he took to be deceased members of the patient's family.
Moody tells of his own experience involving strange happenings at the bed of his dying mother, experiences witnessed not only by him but by other family members. A number of the stories involve more than one person witnessing a particular phenomenon.
After examining and dismissing the arguments skeptics will likely have against the reality of the shared death experience, Moody opines that they tell us more about the afterlife than the NDE and that they are "the key to proving the existence of an afterlife."
This book is advertised as "groundbreaking." Actually, Myers, Gurney, and Barrett broke the ground more than a century ago, but, unfortunately, the land was vacated soon thereafter. Hopefully, some real building will start with this excellent book.
Shared death experiences were discussed many years ago by pioneering researchers Frederic W. H. Myers, Edmund Gurney, and Sir William Barrett, but there has been very little, if anything, written about them in recent years. Moody and Paul Perry recount some of those old experiences after relating a number of intriguing cases Moody has collected.
In effect, shared-death experiences involve visions or experiences shared by the dying person and another person who is not near death, usually a loved one or someone tending to the dying person. While many of them happen when they are together in the same room, some take place when they are miles apart. The phenomena include seeing strange bright lights in the room or misty vapors rising from the dying person, observing deceased relatives or loved ones in the room, encountering "heavenly realms," hearing strange music, and even the non-dying person witnessing the dying person's life review or having a life review of his or her own.
"Shared death experiences deal with the notion of a variety of extra senses, including telepathy, clairvoyance, remote viewing, astral projection, spontaneous out-of-body experiences and perhaps other that I have not yet anticipated," Moody explains.
It is all a bit mind boggling, but some very credible people are quoted. For example, Dr. Joan Borysenko, a Harvard University psychology professor and author of several popular books, tells of being at her mother's bedside as she was dying and having an out-of-body experience in which she (Borysenko) witnessed all of her good and bad deeds, including fights with her mother and mind games they had played with each other.
There are a number of stories related by fellow physicians, including one by an anesthesiologist who reported crossing into another dimension after touching a dying patient's hand, then seeing what he took to be deceased members of the patient's family.
Moody tells of his own experience involving strange happenings at the bed of his dying mother, experiences witnessed not only by him but by other family members. A number of the stories involve more than one person witnessing a particular phenomenon.
After examining and dismissing the arguments skeptics will likely have against the reality of the shared death experience, Moody opines that they tell us more about the afterlife than the NDE and that they are "the key to proving the existence of an afterlife."
This book is advertised as "groundbreaking." Actually, Myers, Gurney, and Barrett broke the ground more than a century ago, but, unfortunately, the land was vacated soon thereafter. Hopefully, some real building will start with this excellent book.
44 of 47 people found the following review helpful
By Mom
Format:Hardcover
This book is flat-out, cracking good, and that is all I am saying. Read for yourself. If by reading you have the fear of death to be eased, that will be an absolutely tremendous load off your shoulders!!! Then go and walk your dog and whistle. No need to fear anything! Bye!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Helpful
If someone close to you is terminally ill or if you fear death. This may be helpful to you. It helps answers questions a dying person may ask.
Published 2 months ago by Claude D. Hasan
2.0 out of 5 stars
Did not care for the writing style (nor the content, really)
I had to get this book for class, otherwise I would never have purchased it. (My religions professor is obsessed with near death experiences)
Published 2 months ago by Nicole Putnam
3.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting read
All the naratives are convincing, but very short, void of discriptives, or some background of the person, so doesn't give you a feeling of depth or emotion.
Published 4 months ago by Janet Tien
5.0 out of 5 stars
DR. MOODY TAKES ANOTHER STEP INTO THE LIGHT
This book is brought to you by the man who unleashed the idea of Near Death Experience to the world in his first book, Life After Life. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Jeanet Hilton
5.0 out of 5 stars
Metaphysics
Always a fascinating topic, Dr Moody leads the world in Life after death studies. All of his books are worthy reading.
Published 5 months ago by Pamela A. Buckingham
5.0 out of 5 stars
Glimpses of Eternity
I loved this book. I have enjoyed every one of his books that I have read over the last thirty-odd years. This book, like his others, did not disappoint.
Published 5 months ago by Linda Trask
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Read Wonderful Inspirational Stories
Glimpses of Eternity is inspirational, uplifting and gives hope to those who have a loved one crossing over. Read more
Published 7 months ago by hooty2020
4.0 out of 5 stars
New Info But Repetitive
I had never heard of shared death experiences before so I devoured the book. I found it well written and intriguing, but after a while it was very repetitive. Read more
Published 7 months ago by taaj
1.0 out of 5 stars
GLIMPSES OF ETERNITY OR THEATRICAL FANTASY?
In GLIMPSES OF ETERNITY, Dr. Raymond Moody with his collaborator Paul Perry attempt to prove the existence of an afterlife; they do this by disclosing multiple stories allegedly... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Maximilian
5.0 out of 5 stars
Accounts by those accompanying the dying
Glimpses of Eternity: An investigation into shared death experiences, by Raymond Moody, with Paul Perry, Rider (Random House), 2010, 192 ff. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Dr. H. A. Jones
