From the experience of dying to awakening to tunnels, bright lights, unfamiliar realms, life reviews, and different levels of consciousness, Leon Rhodes takes the reader on a great adventure into the unknown. An officer in the International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS), Rhodes recounts the stories of near-death experiences (NDEs) that people have shared with him over the years. Chronicled as a source of inspiration are the profound changes that occurred in their lives after the discoveries they made.

In addition, the fascinating parallels between NDEs and the spiritual world described more than two hundred years ago by Emanuel Swedenborg provide many insights into the transition from this life to the next world. Rhodes’s unique Swedenborgian perspective broadens the discussion over the significance of the near-death phenomenon.