Daniel Bourke is an author, poet, and songwriter. He has a background in the natural sciences, the arts, and the video game industry. He has previously been published in the Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, New Dawn Magazine, and the journal Darklore. He lives in Dublin, Ireland.

“Apparitions at the Moment of Death is a thrilling compilation of crisis after-death communications across time and space. Bourke takes us from ancient Egypt to modern times, shedding light on the phenomenon from many angles—from history and spiritual scholarship to folklore with its legends, lyric, and lore, while not forgetting the views of saints and shamans. These common, beneficial, and comforting experiences, which seem to be inherent to the human condition, point to the possibility of the survival of consciousness. Bourke’s meticulous and wideranging work supports the assumption that after-death communications are universal and timeless. The time has finally come to normalize these experiences and remove them from the realm of anomaly, where they do not belong. This book provides original, comprehensive, and compelling insights into spontaneous contacts with the deceased, for which the postmaterialist hypothesis offers a convincing explanatory framework. I highly recommend this brilliant book.”

• Foreword by Patricia PearsonIntroductionMagic and Meaning at the Moment of Death 1 Apparitions, Ghosts, Death, and Hope2 Visions, Dreams, and Men of High Esteem3 Those Who See, Those Who Don’t4 Allegorical Visions and Symbolic Apparitions5 Magic, Things Broken, andthe Legends of the Life Token6 Messengers, Tokens, Angels, and Totems7 Veridical Voices and Supernatural Noises8 Making the Rounds and Collective Accounts9 Alcyone’s Tradition andthe Veridical Appearance of Apparitions10 Revelations Near Death andJourneys to Heaven and HellConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

Daniel Bourke is an author, poet, and songwriter. He has a background in the natural sciences, the arts, and the video game industry. He has previously been published in the Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, New Dawn Magazine, and the journal Darklore. He lives in Dublin, Ireland.

“Apparitions at the Moment of Death is a thrilling compilation of crisis after-death communications across time and space. Bourke takes us from ancient Egypt to modern times, shedding light on the phenomenon from many angles—from history and spiritual scholarship to folklore with its legends, lyric, and lore, while not forgetting the views of saints and shamans. These common, beneficial, and comforting experiences, which seem to be inherent to the human condition, point to the possibility of the survival of consciousness. Bourke’s meticulous and wideranging work supports the assumption that after-death communications are universal and timeless. The time has finally come to normalize these experiences and remove them from the realm of anomaly, where they do not belong. This book provides original, comprehensive, and compelling insights into spontaneous contacts with the deceased, for which the postmaterialist hypothesis offers a convincing explanatory framework. I highly recommend this brilliant book.”

• Foreword by Patricia PearsonIntroductionMagic and Meaning at the Moment of Death 1 Apparitions, Ghosts, Death, and Hope2 Visions, Dreams, and Men of High Esteem3 Those Who See, Those Who Don’t4 Allegorical Visions and Symbolic Apparitions5 Magic, Things Broken, andthe Legends of the Life Token6 Messengers, Tokens, Angels, and Totems7 Veridical Voices and Supernatural Noises8 Making the Rounds and Collective Accounts9 Alcyone’s Tradition andthe Veridical Appearance of Apparitions10 Revelations Near Death andJourneys to Heaven and HellConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

Daniel Bourke is an author, poet, and songwriter. He has a background in the natural sciences, the arts, and the video game industry. He has previously been published in the Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, New Dawn Magazine, and the journal Darklore. He lives in Dublin, Ireland.

“Apparitions at the Moment of Death is a thrilling compilation of crisis after-death communications across time and space. Bourke takes us from ancient Egypt to modern times, shedding light on the phenomenon from many angles—from history and spiritual scholarship to folklore with its legends, lyric, and lore, while not forgetting the views of saints and shamans. These common, beneficial, and comforting experiences, which seem to be inherent to the human condition, point to the possibility of the survival of consciousness. Bourke’s meticulous and wideranging work supports the assumption that after-death communications are universal and timeless. The time has finally come to normalize these experiences and remove them from the realm of anomaly, where they do not belong. This book provides original, comprehensive, and compelling insights into spontaneous contacts with the deceased, for which the postmaterialist hypothesis offers a convincing explanatory framework. I highly recommend this brilliant book.”

• Foreword by Patricia PearsonIntroductionMagic and Meaning at the Moment of Death 1 Apparitions, Ghosts, Death, and Hope2 Visions, Dreams, and Men of High Esteem3 Those Who See, Those Who Don’t4 Allegorical Visions and Symbolic Apparitions5 Magic, Things Broken, andthe Legends of the Life Token6 Messengers, Tokens, Angels, and Totems7 Veridical Voices and Supernatural Noises8 Making the Rounds and Collective Accounts9 Alcyone’s Tradition andthe Veridical Appearance of Apparitions10 Revelations Near Death andJourneys to Heaven and HellConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex