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The author look beyond the grave to explore Jewish beliefs about the afterlife, drawing on traditional Jewish texts to discuss numerous perspectives on this important topic.
List of contents
Foreword by
Brian L. Weiss, MD xiii
Preface to the Second Edition xv
Acknowledgments xxv
Introduction xxvii
1 Telepathy: A Window on the Soul's Survival 1
2 Near-Death Experiences (NDEs): The Literature 11
3 What Is Soul? 21
4 Survival of the Soul: Judaism's Views 31
5 What Happens After I Die? 39
6 Traditional Judaism on Resurrection of the Dead 47
7 Past-Life Regression: An Introduction 55
8 Training with Dr. Brian Weiss 63
9 Reincarnation: Judaism’s Views 79
10 Tales of Reincarnation: The Role of the Rebbe 93
11 Mediums: Judaism’s Position 99
12 Psychic Gifts of a Medium: James Van Praagh 107
13 Weighing the Evidence 121
14 Discrepancies in Afterlife and Reincarnation Accounts 131
15 The Impact of Affirming the Soul’s Survival 141
16 Cultivating the Soul 153
Conclusion: Live Now Gratefully and Responsibly 163
Appendix: Torah and Immortality of the Soul—A Hot Debate 169
Discussion Guide 191
Notes 197
Glossary 229
Selected Bibliography 235
Index 243
About the author
Rabbi Elie Kaplan Spitz is the author of Healing from Despair: Choosing Wholeness in a Broken World and Does the Soul Survive? A Jewish Journey to Belief in Afterlife, Past Lives & Living with Purpose (both Jewish Lights). A spiritual leader and scholar specializing in topics of spirituality and Judaism, he teaches, writes and speaks to a wide range of audiences. He has served as the rabbi of Congregation B'nai Israel in Tustin, California, for more than a decade and is a member of the Rabbinical Assembly Committee of Law and Standards.
Brian L. Weiss, MD, the nation's foremost expert on past-life regression therapy, is chairman emeritus of psychiatry at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami.
