Glimpses of Eternity: New Near-Death Experiences Examined

This book is not an attempt to convert people to the LDS faith but does share some LDS beliefs. It is simply a collection of first hand accounts of people who have had near death experiences, some of them are LDS and some are not. The author simply interviews individuals and records their story. The book leaves you feeling uplifted, hopeful and encircled by God's love.

I was surprised to see the low rating on this book and found the only negative is that the author is LDS. Not all the people interviewed are LDS, however. The author interviewed people in Utah and ended up with maybe 2/3 Latter-day Saints and 1/3 other religions (with a variety). It was interesting to see that their experiences and afterthoughts were so similar despite their religious differences. I like this book because it doesn't just talk about the surroundings they saw (white light, tunnel, etc. that you see in other books), but in depth experiences and the overwhelming feelings and thoughts and messages they brought back with them. I really enjoyed this book, learned much from it, and have recommended this book to many friends. I've loaned mine out to a friend who lost her husband. She found it comforting.

The author has presented the NDE stories just as they were told to him without embelishing or adding his thoughts about what it all means. He has a wide variety of people he interviewed and most were quite similar while others had somewhat different experiences. I found comfort in the similarity of each person's story. I have read all of Arvin Gibson's books, in the second half he goes over all of the NDE's and points out similarities etc.I have visited with the author and find him a very down to earth, spiritual person whom truly believes these people have had a visit to the spiritual world.I read this book as I looked for assurance of life after death, I have been struggling with losing someone very dear to me. As I read the stories in this book I felt comfortable that these people had truly had a significant experience and this helped to bring me peace.They are very riveting stories to say the least.