What is it going to be like when I die? There are very few of us who have not thought about our own deaths. We begin to think about death in childhood and, as we develop and strengthen a sense of self, thoughts of death become more and more threatening.
It isn't surprising that we like to deny death; whole religions are based on that denial. Turn to religion and you may be assured of eternal life; you cannot die. This comforting notion, however, conflicts with science, which tells us that death is the end. The discovery of near-death experiences has taught us about the experience of nearly dying. Progress in medical science has increased our understanding of what happens when the brain begins to fail. Psychology is delving ever more deeply into the nature of that precious self. Dying to Live explores what psychology, biology, and medicine have to say about death and dying.
Susan Blackmore, Ph.D., (Bristol, England) is a fellow of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP) and the world's leading expert on near-death experiences. She is the author of numerous works, including her autobiography In Search of the Light.
289 pages. ISBN 0-87975-870-8. Cloth