Many instances exist of small children who seem to remember and describe their previous life in another body, another place, and with other people. These memories emerge usually shortly after these children begin to talk.

Freud said that we are born as a tabula rasa. This is a model that simply is too superficial and inadequate.

For any culture which is primarily concerned with meaning, the study of death - the only certainty that life holds for us - must be central, for an understanding of death is the key to liberation in life.

There are people who can start having very powerful experiences without taking psychedelics. It can happen against their will. This is a universal phenomenon.

A text of Tibetan Buddhism describes the time of death as a unique opportunity for spiritual liberation from the cycles of death and rebirth and a period that determines our next incarnation.

The knowledge of the realm of death makes it possible for the shaman to move freely back and forth and mediate these journeys for other people.

There is no fundamental difference between the preparation for death and the practice of dying, and spiritual practice leading to enlightenment.