Beyond the threshold: afterlife beliefs and experiences in world religions

Part I: An overview of beliefs in an afterlife from major world religions. Ancient conceptions

Judaism

Christianity

Islam

Hinduism

Buddhism

Chinese religions

African traditions

Part II: An overview of the research into experiences of an afterlife. Mediumship

Apparitions and hauntings

Near-death and out-of-body experiences

Past-life memories

Part III: Beliefs and experiences: an attempt at a synthesis. Comparison of beliefs

Comparison of phenomena

Speculations on mysticism and the afterlife.

An overview of beliefs in an afterlife from major world religions

Ancient conceptions

Judaism

Christianity

Islam

Hinduism

Buddhism

Chinese religions

An overview of the research into experiences of an afterlife

Mediumship

Apparitions and hauntings

Near-death and out-of-the-body experiences

Past-life memories

Beliefs and experiences : an attempt at a synthesis

Comparison of beliefs

Comparison of phenomena.