Description
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The world's leading expert on near-death experiences reveals his journey toward rethinking the nature of death, life, and the continuity of consciousness. Cases of remarkable experiences on the threshold of death have been reported since ancient times, and are described today by 10% of people whose hearts stop. The medical world has generally ignored these "near-death experiences," dismissing them as "tricks of the brain" or wishful thinking. But after his patients started describing events that he could not just sweep under the rug, Dr. Bruce Greyson began to investigate. As a physician without a religious belief system, he approached near-death experiences from a scientific perspective. In After, he shares the transformative lessons he has learned over four decades of research. Our culture has tended to view dying as the end of our consciousness, the end of our existence―a dreaded prospect that for many people evokes fear and anxiety. But Dr. Greyson shows how scientific revelations about the dying process can support an alternative theory. Dying could be the threshold between one form of consciousness and another, not an ending but a transition. This new perspective on the nature of death can transform the fear of dying that pervades our culture into a healthy view of it as one more milestone in the course of our lives. After challenges us to open our minds to these experiences and to what they can teach us, and in so doing, expand our understanding of consciousness and of what it means to be human.
Author: Bruce Greyson
Publisher: Vergara
Published: 08/24/2021
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9788418045578
ISBN10: 8418045574
Language: Spanish
BISAC Categories:
- Body, Mind & Spirit | Parapsychology | Near-Death Experience
- Psychology | Grief & Loss
About the Author
Bruce Greyson es un médico psiquiatra estadounidense y profesor emérito en la Universidad de Medicina de Virginia, especializado en situaciones de conciencia cercanas a la muerte. Está considerado un experto y es reconocido en el mundo científico por ser el investigador más prolífico en este tipo de vivencias. Sus más de cuarenta años de investigación lo han llevado a colaborar con distintas revistas especializadas, y llegó a ser editor del Journal of Near-Death Studies.
Es una de las personalidades más reconocidas de la Asociación Americana de Psiquiatría, tras haber recibido distintos premios nacionales por su labor de investigación. El doctor Greyson cofundó y es presidente de la International Association for Near-Death Studies, ha escrito numerosos libros y artículos en torno a este tema y es considerado un referente en la materia.