The Soul After Death
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The spiritual realm after death defies observation, yet mankind persists in its desire to peer beyond this threshold — a threshold through which we all must pass.
“You will not die. Your body will die, but you will go over into a different world, being alive, remembering yourself and recognizing the whole world that surrounds you.” — St. Theophan the Recluse, 19th Century
THE SOUL AFTER DEATH is a comprehensive presentation of the 2,000-year-old experience of Orthodox Christianity regarding the existence of the other world, addressing contemporary “after-death” and “out-of-body” experiences, the teachings of traditional Oriental religions and those of more recent occult societies.
Although the mystery of what lies beyond the veil of death is not fully visible to us in this life, nonetheless, writings and teachings of ancient Christianity dating from the first century have proven timeless and straightforward, yielding sound insights into the spiritual world beyond death. From the firm foundation of Orthodox patristic teaching, Fr. Seraphim Rose offers an interpretation of the meaning of the contemporary experiences which have been publicized by Drs. Kubler-Ross, Moody, Osis and Haraldsson, and other researchers.
“He who has the memory of death as his constant companion, painfully seeks to learn what awaits him after departure from this life.” — St. Symeon the New Theologian, 11th Century
Principal teachings of Orthodox Christianity concerning the properties of the soul after death are presented in a clear concise manner, as taught by Church fathers and teachers of the early centuries. THE SOUL AFTER DEATH offers an undiluted draught of pristine, mystical Christianity as it has existed since the time of Christ.
- Preface
- CHAPTER ONE Some Aspects of Today ’s Experiences
- 1. The “Out-of-Body” Experience
- 2. The Meeting with Others
- 3. The “Being of Light”
- CHAPTER TWO The Orthodox Doctrine of Angels
- CHAPTER THREE Appearances of Angels and Demons at the Hour of Death
- CHAPTER FOUR The Contemporary Experience of “Heaven”
- CHAPTER FIVE The Aerial Realm of Spirits
- 1. Man ’s Original Nature
- 2. The Fall of Man
- 3. Contact with Fallen Spirits
- 4. The Opening of the Senses
- 5. The Danger of Contact with Spirits
- 6. Some Practical Advice
- Conclusion
- CHAPTER SIX The Aerial Toll-Houses
- 1. How to Understand the Toll-Houses
- 2. Patristic Testimony of the Toll-Houses
- 3. The Toll-Houses in Lives of Saints
- 4. A Modern Experience of the Toll-Houses
- 5. The Toll-Houses Experienced before Death
- 6. The Particular Judgment
- 7. The Toll-Houses: A Touchstone of Authentic After-Death Experience
- 8. The Teaching of Bishop Theophan the Recluse on the Aerial Toll-Houses
- CHAPTER SEVEN “Out-of-Body” Experiences in Occult Literature
- 1. The Tibetan Book of the Dead
- 2. The Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg
- 3. The “Astral Plane” of Theosophy
- 4. “Astral Projection”
- 5. “Astral Travelling”
- Conclusions about the “Out-of-Body” Realm
- A NOTE ON “REINCARNATION”
- CHAPTER EIGHT True Christian Experiences of Heaven
- 1. The “Location” of Heaven and Hell
- 2. Christian Experiences of Heaven
- 3. Characteristics of the True Experience of Heaven
- A NOTE ON VISIONS OF HELL
- CHAPTER NINE The Meaning of Today ’s “After-Death ” Experiences
- 1. What do Today ’s Experiences “Prove”?
- 2. The Connection with Occultism
- 3. The Occult Teaching of Today ’s Investigators
- 4. The “Message” of Today’s “After-Death” Experiences
- 5. The Christian Attitude Towards Death
- CHAPTER TEN Summary of the Orthodox Teaching on the Fate of the Soul After Death
- LIFE AFTER DEATH By Archbishop John Maximovitch
- THE BEGINNING OF SPIRITUAL VISION
- ENCOUNTERS WITH SPIRITS
- THE FIRST TWO DAYS AFTER DEATH
- THE TOLL-HOUSES
- THE FORTY DAYS
- THE STATE OF SOULS UNTIL THE LAST JUDGEMENT
- PRAYER FOR THE DEAD
- WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THE DEAD
- THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY
- APPENDIX I THE ORTHODOX TEACHING OF St. Mark of Ephesus ON THE STATE OF SOULS AFTER DEATH
- FIRST HOMILY REFUTATION OF THE LATIN CHAPTERS CONCERNING PURGATORIAL FIRE 76
- FROM THE SECOND HOMILY AGAINST PURGATORIAL FIRE 81
- APPENDIX II Recent Discussion SOME RECENT ORTHODOX RESPONSES TO THE CURRENT DISCUSSION ON LIFE AFTER DEATH
- The Mystery of Death and the Beyond 82 By Father Ambroise Fontrier Dean of French Orthodox Parishes of the Russian Church Outside of Russia
- The Great Wager Between Believers and Unbelievers By Photios Kontoglou 83
- 2. A Return from the Dead in Contemporary Greece By Archimandrite Cyprian Abbot of the Monastery of Sts. Cyprian and Justina, Fili, Greece
- 3. The “Dead” Appear in Contemporary Moscow By Priest Dimitry Dudko 85
- APPENDIX III Answer to a Critic
- 1. The “Contradictions” of Orthodox Literature on the Soul after Death
- 2. Is there such a thing as an “out-of-body” experience (whether before or after death), or an “other world” which souls inhabit?
- 3. Does the soul “sleep” after death?
- 4. Are the toll-houses “imaginary”?
- Conclusion
- APPENDIX TO THE SECOND EDITION
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- ORTHODOX SOURCES (IN ENGLISH)
- ORTHODOX SOURCES (IN RUSSIAN AND SLAVONIC)
- ORTHODOX SOURCES (IN GREEK)
- ORTHODOX SOURCES (IN SERBIAN)
- “AFTER-DEATH” BOOKS; WRITINGS ON OCCULTISM AND SPIRITISM
- ATTEMPTS AT CHRISTIAN APPROACHES AND EVALUATIONS — MOSTLY EVANGELICAL PROTESTANT
- RUSSIAN EDITIONS OF THE SOUL AFTER DEATH
- THE SOUL AFTER DEATH IN OTHER LANGUAGES
- The Soul After Death A modern classic of traditional spirituality, read by millions worldwide
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