The Near-Death Experience

This book discusses the NDE in the light of scientific research and Steiner's spiritual science. The first edition came out in 1992, and the research on the NDE has not been updated in terms of explaining the various approaches and theories involved. Is interest lies rather in its analysis of Georgian Ritchie's classic NDE from 1943 interpreted in terms of Steiner's philosophy and understanding of Christ, to which quite some exposition is devoted. Steiner had personal experience of the realms visited by near death experiencers, as did Swedenborg. The book sheds an interesting light on the NDE within the larger context of spiritual science.