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acaprice20's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
kaitib's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this book. It's not as good as George Ritchie's Return From Tomorrow, but this book gave good insight on what to expect when we die. I like that, though Moody stresses there is no way he can scientifically prove that near-death experiences are very real, he thoroughly believes these people's stories. I also like that he points out that many people who look for explanations to dismiss these phenomena often do so because they are set in their beliefs of the scientific method, the belief system society has developed for us.
Moody says,
" . . . it seems to me to be an open possibility that our present inability to construct a "proof" may not represent a limitation imposed by the nature of the near-death experiences themselves. Perhaps it is instead a limitation of the currently accepted modes of scientific and logical thought. It may be that the perspective of the scientists and logicians of the future will be very different."
I like this bit because it makes me think how much mankind as developed, and yet we have so much farther to go. It's amazing that we live in a world where resuscitation is possible. As a result of that we have numerous examples of people who have "gone on" and come back. I find it especially interesting that many of these people had no religious beliefs prior to their experiences.
It's interesting too that all of these stories (except for cases of attempted suicide) give an uplifting
view of the afterlife. It seems to be an overall positive experience and gives reason not to be afraid of death. With this greater understanding these people find it important to love as much as possible and to learn as much as possible in the time that has been given to them.
Overall, I like this book because it inspires me to love deeper and to seek constant education.
I gave it four stars instead of five because the last half of the book is basically a question and answer section. I don't mind this and it's fairly interesting but I am much more interested in the actually NDE stories. I would rather read the stories and draw my own conclusions from them.
This book is great but I like Return From Tomorrow better.
Moody says,
" . . . it seems to me to be an open possibility that our present inability to construct a "proof" may not represent a limitation imposed by the nature of the near-death experiences themselves. Perhaps it is instead a limitation of the currently accepted modes of scientific and logical thought. It may be that the perspective of the scientists and logicians of the future will be very different."
I like this bit because it makes me think how much mankind as developed, and yet we have so much farther to go. It's amazing that we live in a world where resuscitation is possible. As a result of that we have numerous examples of people who have "gone on" and come back. I find it especially interesting that many of these people had no religious beliefs prior to their experiences.
It's interesting too that all of these stories (except for cases of attempted suicide) give an uplifting
view of the afterlife. It seems to be an overall positive experience and gives reason not to be afraid of death. With this greater understanding these people find it important to love as much as possible and to learn as much as possible in the time that has been given to them.
Overall, I like this book because it inspires me to love deeper and to seek constant education.
I gave it four stars instead of five because the last half of the book is basically a question and answer section. I don't mind this and it's fairly interesting but I am much more interested in the actually NDE stories. I would rather read the stories and draw my own conclusions from them.
This book is great but I like Return From Tomorrow better.
apochemu's review against another edition
5.0
I thought this book was fascinating. I loved reading all the different experiences and I liked how he organized the book and all the different topics/chapters. I thought he did a good job at discussing this topic objectively. A nice, light introduction to this field of study.
sarahpoet's review against another edition
2.0
Very interesting information presented in a mind-numbingly, boring way.
papidoc's review against another edition
4.0
Not just a loose collection of stories, but also not a formally designed study in social science. Life After Life is more like a rich anthropological case study, but with numerous data points. Dr. Moody takes us on a journey to explore the experiences of people who have died, and then been brought back to life. The commonalities and differences are both instructive. His discoveries brought about a popular and scholarly re-emergence of questioning and exploration around the nature of death and life after death. My faith tells me that there is life after death...Moody's work simply added a little descriptive character to what I already believe to be true.
sofiamarielg's review against another edition
5.0
This one was a recommendation from my psychotherapist. The foreword by Kübler-Ross was moving and affecting, but heavy, so it was a relief to find that the book itself was more like an interesting conversation with a stranger. Dr. Moody explains everything thoroughly and with an objective tone that lends credibility to his text - as he states himself, he is not claiming to have found proof of life after death, or trying to persuade his readers into believing any of this as irrefutable fact. Rather, he presents the information, explains the connections between the accounts from his interviews, and later, texts such as those of Plato and the Bible, leaving the reader to make their own decisions about what they believe. I found this book to be incredibly valuable to my understanding of death.