Life after death: The case for survival of bodily death - D. Scott Rogo

On Mother's Day 1943 Mrs Mary Cahill, a New York housewife, received a telephone call from her daughter - six months after the girl had died...

In 1977 the wife of a Filipino physician living in America began to speak in the accent of a recently murdered woman, who proceeded to name her murderer...

Do such cases support the belief that the human personality survives the death of the body? And how can such experiences be tested scientifically? Using classic accounts and the latest laboratory research, D. Scott Rogo, consultant editor of FATE magazine provides a balanced and informed survey of the whole life after death issue, from the early work carried out by the Society for Psychical Research to the documentation of near-death experiences by Raymond Moody and others.

LIFE AFTER DEATH also looks at out-of-the-body experiences, the evidence for reincarnation, 'spirit' voices, crisis apparitions, and those remarkable cases - such as that of the British 'composer' Rosemary Brown - in which the dead appear to work creatively through the living. The author's conclusion, based on his extensive knowledge of the literature, is that the case for the survival of death is impressive, though not - as yet - proven beyond doubt. 

His book offers an unbiassed assessment of the subject for anyone who has ever wondered what death has in store for us - and who has not?