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Words at the Threshold : What We Say As We're Nearing Death, Paperback by Smartt, Lisa; Moody, Raymond, Jr., ., . (FRW), ISBN 1608684601, ISBN-13 9781608684601, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Examines end-of-life communication by using examples from over one hundred ordinary people.

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What Our Last Words Reveal About Life, Death, and the Afterlife A person's end-of-life words often take on an eerie significance, giving tantalizing clues about the ultimate fate of the human soul. Until now, however, no author has systematically studied end-of-life communication by using examples from ordinary people. When her father became terminally ill with cancer, author Lisa Smartt began transcribing his conversations and noticed that his personality underwent inexplicable changes. Smartt's father, once a skeptical man with a secular worldview, developed a deeply spiritual outlook in his final days -- a change reflected in his language. Baffled and intrigued, Smartt began to investigate what other people have said while nearing death, collecting more than one hundred case studies through interviews and transcripts. In this groundbreaking and insightful book, Smartt shows how the language of the dying can point the way to a transcendent world beyond our own.

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Publisher
New World Library
ISBN-10
1608684601
ISBN-13
9781608684601
eBay Product ID (ePID)
228704678

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Book Title
Words at the Threshold : Investigating What We Say When We're Nearing Death
Author
Lisa Smartt
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Parapsychology / Near-Death Experience
Publication Year
2017
Genre
Body, Mind & Spirit
Number of Pages
208 Pages

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8.5in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
8.5 Oz

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Bf789.D4
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" Words at the Threshold is a major breakthrough in the study of death and dying. Lisa Smartt's fascinating research on final words may well open a window onto the afterlife." -- Raymond A. Moody, Jr, MD, PhD, author the bestselling Life After Life, " Words at the Threshold is a treasure trove of experience and insight around the last words spoken by the dying, as revealed through the mind of a linguist, proposing that birth and death are different facets of the same process, that both are essential in the cycle of life, and that our soul connections do not end with death. The words of the dying provide some of the most salient clues as to how we can best live our lives on earth." -- Eben Alexander, MD, neurosurgeon and author of Proof of Heaven and The Map of Heaven "With Words at the Threshold , Lisa Smartt has given the world of near death studies a fresh new path for research. Deeply moving and meticulously researched, this book offers a feast of fresh information about communications with the other side that may take place at the time of death. This is an insightful book worth reading." -- Paul Perry, coauthor of Glimpses of Eternity "Rarely can we say a book has the ability to profoundly affect the way we live and think, but Words at the Threshold is truly such a book. The research is impeccable, and the insights that Lisa Smartt gives us into the realm of the threshold open doors of perception that help us understand what it is to be part of the human experience." -- Michael Wayne, PhD, LAc, author of The Quantum Revolution and producer and host of Interviews with the Leading Edge " Words at the Threshold marks a new era in the understanding of the process of dying. Lisa Smartt''s work has profound psychological, spiritual, and clinical implications for the care of terminally ill patients and their families. And I believe that her work also opens unexplored pathways for the genuinely rational investigation of human kind''s deepest mystery: the prospect of life after death." -- from the foreword by Raymond Moody Jr., MD, PhD, author of Life After Life "Lisa Smartt gently invites us to listen to the utterances of the dying with an inner ear attuned to another kind of reality. She charts how the dying use eerily familiar metaphors, symbols, time loops, and more to express their expanded, nonlinear experiences. In so doing, Smartt affords us a precious glimpse of their inner worlds as they linger at the threshold of death. Through her linguistic analysis of ''nonsense'' on the lips of the dying, the underlying creativity and purpose of final words are revealed. Words at the Threshold is a significant step toward transforming the current views of dying from a process of failure into a process of ever-deepening meaning and wonder." -- Julia Assante, PhD, author of The Last Frontier "At the end of life, the curtain between worlds tears. Words at the Threshold documents what the dying say and see and hear in that moment of truth. This book is a gift to all of us who seek to peer past death into the world of spirit." -- Matthew McKay, PhD, author of Seeking Jordan "The many suggestions about engaging loved ones as they die and the cogent advice on ways to provide a more peaceful passing give the volume considerable value." -- Booklist "Books like Words at the Threshold by Lisa Smartt only come along every now and again and when they do they shine out as publications that genuinely break new ground and greatly expand our understanding of the mysteries of life and death. Highly recommended as an essential read." -- Spirituality Today " Words at the Threshold has the potential for profound implications on the care of terminally ill patients and their loved ones, and is a wonderful, comprehensible, and sensitive starting point to a topic and experience that many . . . have found hard to approach." -- Unravel: The Accessible Linguistics Magazine
Copyright Date
2017
Target Audience
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Lccn
2016-046063
Dewey Decimal
155.937
Dewey Edition
23

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by laidback282001Aug 13, 2019
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This book is so compelling. Besides giving us a glimpse of the world beyond this one... it also talks about language differences between the two. This book talks of how we come into the world babbling and speaking in nonsensical words, and also talks of as we are leaving the world we seem to also do the same.... as if going back to our true form of language. The language of symbolic metaphors and even telepathic communication. I truly enjoyed reading this book !
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