Afterlife
Colin Wilson
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
<p>Is the near-death experience a defense mechanism of the brain or have  people actually been on the threshold of another world? Colin Wilson  assesses the evidence that includies mediumship, paranormal activity,  spirit sightings, and spirit communications. Above all, he includes the  striking case histories of people who claim to have "died, " and  reported their experiences of the afterlife.</p>