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	The AYP list of 
     
    nearly 500 yoga,
    spiritual, and related books is discussed in Lesson #253. 
	 The books are divided into fifteen categories: 
	 1-Yoga/Tantra/Advaita-Vedanta,
 2-Buddhism,
	3-Taoism, 4-Theosophy, 
	 5-Judeo/Christian,
 6-Western Mystics/Teachers, 
	 7-Islam/Sufism, 8-Shamanism,
 9-Channeled
    Teachings,  
	10-Biographies, 
	 11-Inspiring Stories, 
	 12-Health,
 13-Sexology, 
	 14-Death/Reincarnation,
    and  15-Other Related Books.
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    |  | 14.  NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES, DEATH AND DYING, AND REINCARNATION
 
 Alexander, Eben -- 
	
    
	Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife -- 2012 -- 
	A detailed account of a near-death experience that changed the author's 
	life.
 Blackman, Sushila (Editor) --
    
    Graceful Exits: How Great Beings Die -- 2005 -- 108 Death Stories of 
    Hindu, Tibetan Buddhist and Zen Masters. Complied by the editor during her 
    own terminal illness.
 Da Free John --
    Easy
    Death -- 1983 -- America's famous misfit guru on "transcendence of death and
    everything else."
 Eadie, Betty --
    Embraced
    by the Light -- 1992 -- A well-known detailed account of a near-death experience, with
    a profound spiritual message.
 Evans-Wentz, WY --
    Tibetan
    Book of the Dead -- 1927 -- The first translation of these written and oral Tibetan
    Buddhist teachings, conceived to serve as a guide not only for the dying and the dead, but
    for the living as well. And so they have.
 Head and Cranston --
    Reincarnation
    - An East-West Anthology -- 1961 -- Reviewing reincarnation in the world's religions,
    including scriptural quotes and essays. Also includes essays on reincarnation from
    hundreds of  prominent Western thinkers from many countries throughout our recorded
    history. This is an extensive work on the subject.
 Kubler-Ross, Elizabeth --
    On
    Death and Dying -- 1969 -- The classic book That examines the dying process as a
    natural event, and as an opportunity for spiritual growth. A breakthrough in our
    understanding of death and dying, spawning the entire death and dying movement - Hospice,
    etc.
 Levine, Stephen --
    Who
    Dies? -- 1982 -- An investigation of conscious living and conscious dying. Case
    studies included.
 Moody, Raymond --
    Life
    After Life -- 1975 -- A classic study of near death experiences, including many case
    histories that reveal there is life after death. Moody documents the dying, post death
    process and return to life into identifiable steps: ineffability, hearing the news,
    feelings of peace and quiet, the noise, the dark tunnel, out of the body, meeting others,
    beings of light, the review, the border or limit, coming back, telling others, effects on
    lives, new views on death, corroboration...
 Muktananda, Swami 
	--
    Does
    Death Really Exist? -- 1981 -- Muktananda explores the nature of death and the meaning
    of immortality.
 Narayanananda, Swami --
    Life
    Behind Death -- 1980 -- An overview of life, death and reincarnation.
 Newton, Michael --
    Journey
    of Souls -- 1994 -- Case studies of life between lives - life in the spirit world
    remembered through past life regression hypnosis.
 Prabhupada, Swami -- 
    Beyond
    Birth and Death -- 1972 -- On life after death and liberation from the material
    planets.
 Rinpoche, Sogyal --
    Tibetan
    Book of Living and Dying -- 1992 -- A contemporary exploration of the profound
    insights of the Tibetan Book of the Dead.
 Weiss, Brian L --
    Many
    Lives, Many Masters -- 1988 -- The story of a prominent psychiatrist, his young
    patient, and past life hypno-therapy that changed both their lives.
 Westberg, Granger --
    Good
    Grief -- 1962 -- On the stages of the grieving process, and the emergence of hope and
    rebirth.
 
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