
Near-death experiences have long inspired afterlife beliefs
Through time and across cultures, near-death experiences share common themes and have inspired beliefs about the afterlife
by Gregory Shushan
Gregory Shushan is a researcher of near-death experiences and the afterlife across cultures and throughout history. He is the author of Conceptions of the Afterlife in Early Civilizations ( 2009), Near-Death Experience in Indigenous Religions (2018), The Historical Anthology of Near-Death Experiences (forthcoming) and The Next World (forthcoming, 2021). He is currently based in Santa Fe, New Mexico.