The Unanswered Question: Contents
Table of contents for The Unanswered Question: Death, Near-Death, and the Afterlife. In this book, I alternated between two perspectives on the topic. The odd chapters present my research into many traditions about the Afterlife, ancient and modern. The even chapters (sometimes I think of them as the "really odd" chapters, are more personal, detailing my explorations of the Afterlife through out-of-body experiences, astral projection, and lucid dreams.Preface
Part I: Initiation
Chapter 1: The Unanswered Question
Chapter 2: Beginnings
Chapter 3: The Near-Death Experience
Chapter 4: Adventures in Consciousness
Chapter 5: Story Time
Chapter 6: Places to Go, People to See
Chapter 7: Betwixt and Between: The Bardo of Becoming
Chapter 8: “Pure Celestial Eyes”
Part II: Heavens, Hells, and In-Betweens
Chapter 9: Heavens and Hells
Chapter 10: The Holding Zone and the Release Zone
Chapter 11: The “Other” Christianity
Chapter 12: Confused Souls
Chapter 13: Purgatory and Possession
Chapter 14: The Afterlife as an Opera House
Part III: The Soul’s Journey
Chapter 15: The Egyptian Book of the Dead
Chapter 16: Sending a Soul
Chapter 17: The Well-Equipped Spirit
Chapter 18: The Net of the Fisher Gods
Chapter 19: The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Netherworld
Chapter 20: A Campground in the Afterlife
Chapter 21: The Hall of Justice
Chapter 22: Judging a Suicide
Chapter 23: The Sun-Barque’s Journey
Chapter 24: Looking Back from the Sun-Barque
Part IV: Coming Back from the Life to Come
Chapter 25: Reincarnation
Chapter 26: A Funeral of One’s Own
Chapter 27: The Swedish Book of the Dead
Chapter 28: Interview with an Angel
Chapter 29: The Buddha of the North
Chapter 30: Death’s Other Countries
Chapter 31: Closing the Womb Door
Chapter 32: The Parent Circus
Chapter 33: The Afterlife: Myth or Reality?
Notes
Bibliography
Index