Paranormal: My Life in Pursuit of the AfterlifeRaymond Moody & Paul Perry
HarperOne, February 2012
ISBN: 978-0062046420
From the bestselling author of Life After Life and pioneer researcher and leading authority on near-death experiences comes Paranormal, an intimate look at a lifetime spent fearlessly wrestling with humankind’s most important and perplexing question: What happens when we die?
Bestselling author and pioneering scholar of near death experiences, Raymond Moody, shares his life story in his new memoir, Paranormal: My Life in Pursuit of the Afterlife. Dr. Raymond Moody has spent four decades studying death and the afterlife. He is widely acknowledged as the world's leading expert in the field of near-death experience. In this fascinating book written with Paul Perry, he offers an up-close and personal look at his life and his work.
Born in 1944, Raymond Moody had his first encounter with the dead at age four. Over the years, the mysteries surrounding death propelled him to study philosophy although for a while his main interest had been astronomy. The turning point in his quest for answers came when he heard George Ritchie's story about death and rebirth. In 1972, Moody was accepted into the Medical College of Georgia. As a philosophy scholar, he became “hooked on death” and intensely explored spiritual phenomena, out-of-body sensations, near-death events and theories of mind-body coexistence.
Life After Life was published in 1975 and went on to sell 10 million copies. It took nearly a decade for the field of medical study Moody had launched with his bestseller to take near-death experiences seriously. Looking for fresh avenues to explore, he became interested in the phenomenon of past-life regressions and then with mirror gazing and special chambers designed to facilitate visions. Moody sees the Theater of the Mind facility he created in Alabama as a center for the advancement of education and spiritual growth.
Raymond Moody’s life-long sense of curiosity lead him on a great adventure that is truly worth reading about. Paranormal: My Life in Pursuit of the Afterlife provides stories told by those he encountered as patients, lecture audience members, and volunteers. Moody also outlines the common elements of near-death experiences, past-life regression, and shared-death experiences. In this fascinating account, readers will discover the surprisingly thin line between the living and the deceased, and evidence our existence continues beyond this life.
RAYMOND MOODY, MD, PhD, is a world-renowned author, lecturer, and psychiatrist whose seminal work, Life After Life, completely changed the way we view death and dying. He is widely acknowledged as the world’s leading expert in the field of near-death experience.
ISBN: 978-0062046420; ISBN10: 006204642X; Imprint: HarperOne; On Sale: 2/7/2012; Format: Hardcover; Pages: 256; $25.99
