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In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

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A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by the bestselling author of Tribe and The Perfect Storm. For years as an award-winning war reporter, Sebastian Junger traveled to many front lines and frequently put his life at risk. And yet the closest he ever came to death was the summer of 2020 while spending a quiet afternoon at the New England home he shared with his wife and two young children. Crippled by abdominal pain, Junger was rushed to the hospital by ambulance. Once there, he began slipping away. As blackness encroached, he was visited by his dead father, inviting Junger to join him. “It’s okay,” his father said. “There’s nothing to be scared of. I’ll take care of you.” That was the last thing Junger remembered until he came to the next day when he was told he had suffered a ruptured aneurysm that he should not have survived. This experience spurred Junger—a confirmed atheist raised by his physicist father to respect the empirical—to undertake a scientific, philosophical, and deeply personal examination of mortality and what happens after we die. How do we begin to process the brutal fact that any of us might perish unexpectedly on what begins as an ordinary day? How do we grapple with phenomena that science may be unable to explain? And what happens to a person, emotionally and spiritually, when forced to reckon with such existential questions? In My Time of Dying is part medical drama, part searing autobiography, and part rational inquiry into the ultimate unknowable mystery. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Simon & Schuster (May 21, 2024)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 176 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1668050838


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 35


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.1 ounces


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.7 x 7.75 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #303 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1 in Sociology of Death (Books) #2 in Near-Death Experiences (Books) #2 in Christian Eschatology (Books)


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    • A Well-Written Exploration
Review Image by Jeannie Jeannie
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The author writes with detailed analogies and informative previews, nicely sharing their lived experiences with context and insight. Sprinkled throughout, and in a fairly dedicated section in the final third of the text, academic writings were referenced that provided further insights into the consideration of the possibility of existence beyond physical death. Many examples of Near Death Experiences were shared and the early consideration of shared cross-cultural experiences was considered. I thoroughly enjoyed the search for a metaphysical explanation of what has come to be accepted as a widely-experienced phenomenon. My suggestions include: 1. I would have preferred in-text citations vs. a general bibliography at the end; 2. A second book. The focus could be the next step: the continued exploration of religious thinking about the afterlife using texts from denominations rooted in scientific exploration (I.e. Catholicism and Orthodoxy) as well as the considerations of religious thinkers and philosophers. Given that the text left readers with the understanding that the odds of a universe supporting life having been calculated to be one to the negative 229 (his analogy is that one is millions and millions of times more likely to if find a specific grain of sand in all the world on the first try), that the universe was created by unknowable forces, that the physical laws of the universe themselves are malleable and sometimes fickle, and that testing or quantifying consciousness may not even be a possibility, Junger both opens the door for the possibility of continued consciousness on some level, and raises questions about the sheer reason for the universe’s existence. Next step: the exploration of philosophic and religious thinking about the metaphysical, afterlife, and source of creation to bridge the gap between lived experiences, scientific exploration, and philosophy/theology. An insightful, thoughtful reading. Thank you for sharing your experiences, Mr. Junger. I have spent many, many hours over several decades pondering these same questions for similar reasons. You provided the perspective of physics I could not fully grasp until your writing. My next step took me into the realm of philosophy and religion, where I found answers that gave me peace. ~JH (As you can see from the photos, I dug into the book!) ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2024 by Jeannie Jeannie
    • Fascinating and beautifully written
Junger has the skill to describe complex neurological and physics theories in language accessible to the general public. His personal accounts of (near?) death experiences is straightforward, unsentimental, and believable. The reader is left with more questions than conclusions, with an appreciation of the experience. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2024 by Marian K. Shapiro
    • Interesting
The book was not what I expected. I had hoped the author would have shared more of his NDE. It was well written. The book went into enormous detail about medical procedures, etc., and there was a lot of pondering about physics. I didn't find any great meaning in the book, perhaps because I was expecting more about the author having an epiphany or spiritual "aha" moment. The author has had some mystical experiences that he seems to compartmentalize. Many people seem to have really enjoyed the book and found it fascinating. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2024 by W.S.
    • Compelling reading but no answers
I raced through the author’s stories of near-death experiences but was disappointed to find that he had no answers to offer for the philosophical questions he raised.
Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2024 by Sorry Customer
    • Very thorough
What a straightforward story telling adventure through the layers and complexity of NDEs. Thinking this book examines but doesn't get b caught in the quagmire of religion. I enjoyed the ride.
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2024 by Karl J. Forehand
    • The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything
I came to this book after watching Junger's charming and compelling interview on "The Daily Show" and promptly bought, and devoured, his book. Having read Junger's work before, I knew it would be great. I just didn't have any idea how great. In this man's search for meaning, we start with a harrowing tale of survival that reads like a thriller with segues explaining how the author was saved with details so exacting that it would require a medical doctorate and years of surgical training to fully grasp. But what readers are likely to be deeply moved by are Junger's near-death experiences--staggering in both number and variety--and the near-death encounters that brought him a vision of his father. Jumger analyzed why a skeptical atheist father and son would be reunited years after the father's death. Along the way, he shares the encounters of others and the scholarly research involving whether there's anything to near-death visions. He even asks his fathers' physicist colleagues, who, after some thought, place the odds of Junger's near-death encounter being anything more than the last gasp of a dying brain at Avogadro's number, a clever yet cutting way of saying "no chance in hell." Junger concludes with a thicket of physics concepts to untangle--for author and reader alike--but he comes to a sort of universal constant of consciousness that would indeed explain life, the universe, and everything. Read Douglas Adams if you're looking for the punchline, Viktor Frankl if you're searching for a psychological take, but read this if you'd like to appreciate the miracle of life or if, like me, you'd really like to think your parent is out there waiting for you beyond the veil. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2024 by Ava Courtney Sylvester
    • Spoke to my Mother's heart
I saw Mr. Junger being interviewed on TV. He seemed honest and believable. The title and subject are of interest to me, as I lost my son suddenly 6 years ago. This tragedy has left me curious and searching for what happens at this threshold between two worlds, and what my son might have felt at his passing. I'm not a usual book reader but felt drawn to this... I couldn't put it down! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2024 by wlk4fun

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