The Big Book of Near-Death Experiences: The Ultimate Guide to What Happens When We Die

This is an amazing book. It is beautifully designed, so that each page pulls you right in. The insert boxes make it easy to learn new things quickly, and the text itself is amazingly comprehensive and easy to read. The author has done extensive research in a field that, as she says, "straddles religion and mysticism, science and biology, consciousness and the supernatural." It is the kind of book you can dip into to gain a lot of information in a short time, or sit down with and stay engrossed for several hours. I highly recommend the book for anyone interested in Near Death Experiences, other altered states of consciousness, and our human evolution in consciousness Diane Kennedy Pike Author of Life As A Waking Dream

Lately I have noticed that not much new material was out there for a while on Near Death Experiences, till this book. PMH Atwater has done another fine job of bringing information to the table on NDE. This book is very structured and is not just a list of inspirational stories like many other books. It shows many, many different types of NDEs and what may build to cause them and also what may happen afterwards such as aftereffects. Points out Skeptics points of views, the history of NDEs, even NDE humor. If your a Believer, Non Believer or just Curious, once you start this book it will make you say, Ok you have my attention!

I was completely chilled, but in such an amazing way by the time I finished reading this book. I have never read a more persuasive and convincing arguement for the theory that life truly does not end once our time on this earth wraps up. I've always been a big believer in God as the end all and be all of my existence. I still have that faith, but this book also broadened my mind to "spirituality" and less towards organized religion as the foundation for my faith. I also gained an understanding of the human mind and body that I never in 35 years actually sat and contemplated. I more or less just drifted through life simply "existing". There are a lot of books out there who seem to be made for daytime talk shows with their leaning toward the dramatic. They err toward cartoonish instead of convincing. THIS however is imo THE only book that you need to truly convince yourself that you have absolutely nothing to fear. I was left with no doubts and a complete and utter acceptance of LAD. I hope others get as much out of this book as I did.