The Pagan Book of the Dead by Lecouteux, Claude -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Image Title Page Epigraph Table of Contents “Introduction: In the Midst of Life We Are in Death” Chapter 1: Accounts of Journeys into the Beyond from Classical Antiquity Chapter 2: The Beyond as Seen in Mythologies and Religions Chapter 3: From the Christian Beyond to the Literature of Revelations

PHYSICAL RAPTURE JOURNEYS IN DREAM THE TESTIMONY OF A DISASSOCIATIVE OR “DOUBLED” STATE (DÉDOUBLEMENT)

Chapter 4: Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise

THE LOCATION OF HELL THE TOPOGRAPHY OF HELL PURGATORY PARADISE

Chapter 5: Between Visions, Tales, and Legends: The Chivalric Romances

THE DIABOLICAL SPACES INFERNAL KNIGHTS THE OTHERWORLD OF FAERY THE DEMONIZATION OF THE FAIRY KINGDOM

Chapter 6: The Otherworld in Medieval Scandinavian Literature Chapter 7: The Paths to the Otherworld

THE ANIMAL GUIDE THE TRAIL TO FOLLOW AND THE ABDUCTION SIGNALING THE OTHERWORLD WATER AND FORESTS SAILING TO THE OTHERWORLD

Chapter 8: The Otherworld in Folktales and Songs

FROM MYTH TO STORY SURVIVALS OF THE BEYOND HELL, PURGATORY, AND PARADISE CROSSING INTO THE OTHERWORLD

Chapter 9: In Search of the Lost Spouse Chapter 10: Folktales and Shamanism Chapter 11: The Experience of Imminent Death (NDE, OBE)

RAYMOND MOODY’S RESEARCH THE INVESTIGATION BY KARL OSIS AND ERLENDUR HARALDSSON THE INVESTIGATION OF HUBERT KNOBLAUCH

Conclusion Appendix 1: Index of Signs, Symbols, and Omens Appendix 2: Index of the Beyond Appendix 3: Index of Some Motifs Found in Folktales Appendix 4: Index of Some Story Types Featuring the Otherworld Footnotes Endnotes Bibliography About the Author About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company Books of Related Interest Copyright & Permissions Index