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For centuries, theyhave been understood as proof of the hell described by medieval Christianity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIs that hell the only explanation? Most of those interpretations assume the experiences exist as punishment. What if evidence shows that's not entirely true?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOver more than forty years, Nancy Evans Bush has emerged as a leading voice in the search for answers to these questions. Her first book, \u003cem\u003eDancing Past the Dark, \u003c\/em\u003e was a research-based description of distressing near-death experiences and their place in the cultural scene. Now \u003cem\u003eThe Buddha in Hell and Other Alarms \u003c\/em\u003edraws on questions from her blog, conference audiences, and correspondence over the years to build a framework for a more personal discussion of perspectives not often seen in the literature. Her material is presented in three sections: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e Understanding near-death experience generally and distressing NDEs in particular\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe development of hell as a concept (eye-opening ), with varying perspectives\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAlternative ways of approaching hard questions, including religious ideas and profound psychological insights.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eLongtime readers know her writing as intelligent, engaging, and readable, respecting both religion and science in the age of the Hubble universe. One reader says, In the wake of all the mainstream 'Heavenly tourism' pablum, this book should get plenty of attention. It will be one of only two books of its kind. Both written by the same author. Another writes, Your first book was a life raft for my soul. 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In a wide-ranging and far from gloomy look at the other near-death experience, Nancy Evans Bush gives the first comprehensive look at a fascinating but neglected topic: NDEs and deathbed visions of fear, emptiness, and even hell. A wonderfully readable book, grounded in thirty years of experience and research, Dancing is packed with first-person accounts, engrossing discussion and factual answers to a myriad of questions, both religious and secular, with practical suggestions for integrating such an experience or encountering one as a caregiver. Here are ways of thinking about the subject that will be new to many readers. What becomes evident is that to see these only as a terrible threat about death is largely to miss their point. .absolutely enthralling--literary, adventurous, incisive, informative and smart. one of the strongest, most thought-provoking books on the paranormal I've ever seen. Steve Volk Fringe-ology The book is an outstanding piece of work. It is a wonderfully comprehensive and rich history of what can be known and what might be considered about NDEs  and] bursts with anecdote and commentary, reinforcing for the reader that there is always another way to see things. Wayne Rollins, MDiv, PhD Soul and Psyche, Jung and the Bible, and other titles Dancing Past the Dark is what we have all been waiting for. a must for any experiencer of.any type of encounter with the numinous. P. M. H. Atwater, LHD Near-Death Experiences: The Rest of the Story A valuable contribution to the NDE literature and engagingly written. It needs to be seen and read by the wider public. J. Harold Ellens, MDiv, PhD Nancy Evans Bush holds a Masters Degree in Pastoral Ministry and Spirituality from St. Joseph University, Connecticut. She was Executive Director and later President of the International Association for Near-Death Studies and a member of its Board of Directors for many years. 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Now, in her anticipated third book, she addresses the long struggle to make sense of her own disempowering NDE of the Void. Her unexpected, sometimes humorous, often synchronistic discoveries provide both challenges and reassurance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe says, At the beginning, learning about 'all this'--the spirituality, the consciousness, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe psychic elements--was like finding threads of meaning, I thought, if one\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecould only get enough of them to braid together, there would be some\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eunderstanding to work with.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReckoning \u003c\/em\u003eis a partial gathering of the threads she has been following to achieve the serenity of her presentoutlook. 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