On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:28:46 -0700, Crowfoot <pagemail@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>In article <sgrsq2tuvsq0rkl5d1vuqkim8cfd6dbrf0@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Jyeshta <whatever@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:21:16 -0700, Crowfoot <pagemail@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> wrote:
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>> >In article <bbOdndLJi9uA6zDYnZ2dnUVZ_oSnnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> > "LostAlone" <lostalone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >> well?
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>> >Yeah -- I just haven't had an NDE recently, and I guess nobody
>> >else around here has either.
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>> >C
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>> I always check this group everyday.
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>> By the way, on the recommendation of another poster well over a year
>> ago, I bought the book, "At The Hour Of Death", and I hate it. I just
>> can't even get through it, it is so dull. The only thing about it
>> that is striking is the differences in the reactions of people from
>> India, and people in the USA, of death bed visions. The people from
>> India mainly find them terrifying, while people from the USA find them
>> comforting. This is extremely odd, isn't it? You would think that a
>> culture that believes in reincarnation would not be terrified by the
>> prospect of death.
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>> That was one of the reasons I stopped reading it; the reactions of the
>> people from India was too disturbing for me.
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>> When I bought the book, I expected a collection of death bed visions.
>> There are some, but they are sandwiched between, in my opinion,
>> extremely boring accounts of how the whole project had been done.
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>> If you are looking for a book that presents only accounts of death bed
>> visions, this book is not recommended. It is both boring, and
>> disturbing - a total waste of my money.
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>Wow -- that's surprising! Not that it was boring, but that
>the India-respondents were so negative. Was it just India and
>the US, or are other countries represented? How old is this
>book? I think I'll go find it and browse it in the bookstore (on
>your dis-recommendation! Thanks).
>
>C
Hi Crowfoot,
Yes, it certainly was surprising - and upsetting.
The Library of Congress page says, "Third Edition, March 1977", and
Copyright 1977 by Dr. Karlis Osis and Dr. Erlendur Haraldsson.
It does have a one page introduction by Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross,
which might have been one of the contributing factors in my buying it,
because she has been one of my heroes ever since I read her book,
"Death Is Of Vital Im****tance", which was absolutely fascinating and
excellent.
I don't remember whether other countries are represented in the study
presented in, "At The Hour Of Death". I think it was only India and
the USA, but I may be mistaken (it's been awhile since I tried reading
it).
I hated it, as I've said, and never managed to get past page 73, but
if you want to check it out, I hope you'll like it better than I did.
The ISBN # is: 0-8038-9386-8 and it is published by Hastings House.
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