CONTENTS

Preface

1. CONCERNING THE PRESENT STATE OF LIFE AFTER DEATH

2. IMPERMANENT ETERNITIES: EGYPT, SUMER, AND BABYLON, ANCIENT ISRAEL, GREECE, AND ROME

3. TOURING ASIAN AFTERLIVES: ETERNAL IMPERMANENCE

4. PURSUING HAPPINESS: HOW THE ENLIGHTENMENT INVENTED AN AFTERLIFE TO WISH FOR

5. WANDÂFURU RAIFU OR AFTERLIFE INVENTIONS AND VARIATIONS

Notes

Index