The Pagan Book of the Dead: Ancestral Visions of the Afterlife and Other Worlds by Lecouteux, Claude

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Inner Traditions, 2020-09-15. Paperback. Used:Good.

"An extensive look at the cartography and folklore of the afterlife worlds as seen by our ancestors - Examines how ancient European cultures viewed the beyond, including the Blessed Isles of early Greek and Celtic faith, the Hebrew Sheol, Hades from Homer's Odyssey, Hel and Valhalla of the Norse, and the Aralu of Babylon - Shows how medieval accounts of journeys into the Other World represent the first recorded near-death experiences - Connects medieval afterlife beliefs and NDE narratives with shamanism, looking in particular at psychopomps, power animals, the double, the fetch, and what people bring back from their journeys to the spirit realms Charting the evolution of afterlife beliefs in both pagan and medieval Christian times, Claude Lecouteux offers an extensive look at the cartography and folklore of the afterlife worlds as seen by our ancestors. Exploring the locations and topographies of the various forms taken by Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven, he examines how ancient European cultures viewed… Read More

Inner Traditions, 2020. Paperback. New. 320 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches.

Rochester : Inner Traditions, 2019. 1st edition. Softcover. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 314 pp., illustrations (black and white), 23 cm. Notes; Translated from the French. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects; Literature, Medieval Themes, motives. Death in literature. Future life in literature. Death in popular culture. Folklore.