In My Time of Dying
How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
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Sebastian Junger
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Sebastian Junger
About this listen
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.
'Mind blowingly brilliant' PHILIPPA PERRY
For years as an award-winning war reporter, Sebastian Junger travelled 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 we are 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.
‘Stunning … A powerful book that comes as close as anything I’ve read in explaining what it means to be human’ JAMES PATTERSON
'An instant classic that filled me with wonder, gratitude and awe' WILL SCHWALBE
'A stunning account I didn’t so much read as inhale, awed and riveted and forever changed' MICHAEL FINKEL
'Riveting and resonant' Publishers Weekly
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- YasminaC
- 17-07-24
Thought provoking
Loved the scientific proofs to validate his points. Admire the author as a good person with a humbling, loving life.
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- KT
- 04-12-24
Fabulous Reflections
Sebastian reads his own work so well. There are times when going into the deeper meaning of some physics principles that I was stretched and will need to listen again and reflect more. It is a logical and philosophical book, and leaves us with a sense of mystery as appropriate with the subject under discussion. Sebastian discusses the events in a podcast with Dr Peter Attia where they go even deeper into what happened and the impact on Sebastian afterwards. I would recommend listening to that if you enjoyed the book.
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- Steve Perry's Girl
- 25-06-24
Unique insights
I enjoyed hearing the author's story, and I appreciate his approach to making meaning of his experiences, open to possibilities and willing to look at the complexities from a range of perspectives.
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- Demetri
- 15-10-24
Moving and thought provoking
A wonderful book giving a balanced perspective on the whole issue of near death experiences and the possibility of an afterlife
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- cath
- 10-06-24
Brilliant and Profound
A wonderful book exploring an area which affects us all but which we don’t discuss❤️
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- Kris
- 16-07-24
Thoughtful and inspiring journey
Close death experience story from Sebastian, taking us on another journey, more personal but still inspiring and insightful.
It’s interesting to hear opinion about the possibility of afterlife, from the person who lived more life’s than most of us.
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- meg14
- 14-06-24
Disappointing
I was hoping for a new take on life after death but this was all about the physical earthly aspects of a near death experience. Very good if the science is what you’re interested in.
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- MRS J HOWELLS
- 19-09-24
Fascinating insight into NDE
Very interesting but too much quantum theory for me. However, beautifully written telling of an extraordinary story.
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- Louis-S
- 24-08-24
Messy and unfocused
I was looking forward to listening to this. Unfortunately it really missed the mark for me. Maybe it would have been better as a magazine article. The premise was interesting but in implementation fell short.
The clash between his materialist position and his hints at the “woo” of afterlife belief is never resolved. I was hoping for a reflection on death from a materialistic perspective but the introduction of unsubstantiated beliefs of life beyond death undermined the narrative.
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