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Stanislav Grof, Christina Grof – Beyond Death – The Gates Of ConsciousnessProduct DescriptionAnalyzes the portrayal of death, afterlife, heaven, and hell in the art of various cultures, from ancient Egypt to the North American Indian.Product Details   * Paperback: 96 pages   * Publisher: Thames & Hudson (April 1980)   * Language: English   * ISBN-10: 0500810192   * ISBN-13: 978-0500810194Amazon review: “BEYOND DEATH is a visual feast of worldwide artwork throughout history depicting scenes of the soul’s passage into the afterlife and through the trials and tribulations of purgatory or hell into the eventual bliss of paradise. The text and illustrations also apply, to a substantial extent, to the death-and-rebirth process a person typically goes through during psychedlic therapy; there is a tie-in to a lesser extent to near-death experiences, shamanic initiation, and mystical experiences especially as occur in psychosis/schizophrenia. I have found the pictures inspiring, and the text informative, as over the past fifteen years I’ve journeyed on my own path (involving safe, legal psychedelic therapy complemented with hyperventilation therapy and other techniques to grow psychospiritually). The paintings in the pages of this book have repeatedly brought me reassurance that the hellish nightmares as well as blissful heavens of my own life are all actually universal, natural experiences that every person may pass through, if not in this life on earth, then in the next. I highly recommend this gem of a book with its artistic treasures (and complementary text), both for enhancement of one’s life now, and preparation and reassurance for the journey that lies at the end of this life.”