Glimpses of Eternity offers significant new insights concerning life after death. the book reports more than forty first-person accounts of individuals who died, went into the Spirit World, and then returned to mortality. Scientists call such events a near-death experience (NDE). Research has been undertaken on this subject in many studies during recent decades. These new accounts confirm past findings, but also report dramatic unexpected results which haven't been previously identified. the author conducted carefully structured interviews with individuals who had journeyed beyond the veil. the exact transcriptions of these interviews are presented in the first half of the book. Then, portions of the various accounts are compiled and analyzed for the doctrinal implications they contain. These two approaches combine to make this intriguing book a powerful witness that life continues after death and that death should not be feared. As one lady stated: Death is ... nothing to be feared. It's an awakening ... This book, prepared with careful observance of the principles of empirical research, is a major contribution to the field of near-death research. It also supplies answers to many LDS questions about entry into the Spirit World: life's purpose, the light and tunnel, the life review judgment before Jesus Christ, the power and love of God, and differing views of the spirit world and of human destiny. It suggests an eternal pain-free life filled with light, truth, knowledge, growth, creating, and exuberant joy.
This book is not an attempt to convert people to the LDS faith but does share some LDS beliefs. It is simply a collection of first hand accounts of people who have had near death experiences, some of them are LDS and some are not. The author simply interviews individuals and records their story. The book leaves you feeling uplifted, hopeful and encircled by God's love.
Highly recommend!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
I was surprised to see the low rating on this book and found the only negative is that the author is LDS. Not all the people interviewed are LDS, however. The author interviewed people in Utah and ended up with maybe 2/3 Latter-day Saints and 1/3 other religions (with a variety). It was interesting to see that their experiences and afterthoughts were so similar despite their religious differences. I like this book because it doesn't just talk about the surroundings they saw (white light, tunnel, etc. that you see in other books), but in depth experiences and the overwhelming feelings and thoughts and messages they brought back with them. I really enjoyed this book, learned much from it, and have recommended this book to many friends. I've loaned mine out to a friend who lost her husband. She found it comforting.
glimpses of eternity
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
The author has presented the NDE stories just as they were told to him without embelishing or adding his thoughts about what it all means. He has a wide variety of people he interviewed and most were quite similar while others had somewhat different experiences. I found comfort in the similarity of each person's story. I have read all of Arvin Gibson's books, in the second half he goes over all of the NDE's and points out similarities etc.I have visited with the author and find him a very down to earth, spiritual person whom truly believes these people have had a visit to the spiritual world.I read this book as I looked for assurance of life after death, I have been struggling with losing someone very dear to me. As I read the stories in this book I felt comfortable that these people had truly had a significant experience and this helped to bring me peace.They are very riveting stories to say the least.
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