Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Getting orientated. Materialism 101 -- The landscape of Afterlife research -- Supportive studies in Related Phenomena -- What is the Consciousness Code? -- Don't eat the menu! -- Part II: Some of the best evidence for continuity of consciousness. Electronic communications from the Other Side -- The Scole Experiment -- The James Leininger Reincarnation Case -- Part III: The Nature of the Afterlife. What's it made of? -- Where's it located? -- How does it work? -- What's it like? -- What's if for? -- Epilogue: What do we know, and where do we go from here?

"Reveals how the continuity of consciousness beyond the physical body can be objectively demonstrated. Explores 15 promising avenues of post-materialist scientific investigation currently underway. Provides a succinct account of the experience of transition to the "next life" and what one might expect when one arrives there. Explains how materialism has prevented us from realizing a deeper understanding of the nature of space, time, life, death, and consciousness"--

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