There Is Life After Death. Tom Harpur

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      The publisher gratefully acknowledges the support of

       The Ontario Arts Council for its publishing program.

      We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which

      last year invested $20.1 million in writing and publishing throughout Canada.

      We acknowledge the Government of Ontario through the

       Ontario Media Development Corporation’s Ontario Book Initiative.

      We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada

       through the Canada Book Fund for our publishing activities.

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      Printed and bound in Canada

       Text printed on a 100% PCW recycled stock

      To all those dear ones

       whom we have “loved long

       since and lost awhile”

       Contents

PART I—THE SECULAR EVIDENCE

Introduction

1 Strange Encounters

2 The Near-Death Experience

3 The Spirit Mediums

       4 Reincarnation

       5 Dreams of Death and Dying

       6 New Light from Science

       PART 2—THE TESTIMONY OF RELIGION

      7 Christianity:

       8 Hell, Purgatory and End Times

      9 Other World Faiths and Three Christian Sects:

       10 Personal Reflections and Conclusions

       Notes

       Selected Bibliography

PART 1

       THE SECULAR EVIDENCE

INTRODUCTION

       An Urgent Question

      WHEN IN THE SPRING of 2004 The Pagan Christ was launched onto the Canadian scene and quickly became a major controversial bestseller, what initially captured most of the headlines was СКАЧАТЬ