Interview: Grimoires & the Occult

The book describes Alex Malarkey's alleged experiences after a car accident in 2004, including an out-of-body experience, meeting Jesus, and encounters with angels and the devil. However, it was later revealed that Alex admitted to fabricating the story. The book was promoted as a supernatural encounter but was eventually pulled from publication due to the admission of its falsity. The Malarkey family, particularly Alex and his mother Beth, have publicly disavowed the book and its contents.

In 'Embraced by the Light,' Betty J. Eadie shares her profound near-death experience that occurred during a routine surgery at the age of 31. During this experience, she was clinically dead and traveled through a spiritual realm where she encountered Jesus and learned extensive details about the afterlife, the laws of the universe, and the purpose of life on Earth. The book describes her journey through a tunnel, her interactions with spiritual beings, and the knowledge she gained about the nature of spirits, life after death, and the power of love and prayer. Eadie's experience transformed her life and provided her with a new understanding of God's love and the meaning of life.

Originally published in 1975, 'Life After Life' is a qualitative study where Dr. Raymond Moody interviewed 150 people who had undergone near-death experiences (NDEs). The book details common elements in NDEs, such as an overwhelming feeling of peace, being located outside one's physical body, floating through darkness or a tunnel, encountering a 'being of light,' and experiencing a rapid succession of visual images of one's past. Moody's work neither rejects these experiences on scientific grounds nor sensationalizes them, offering a balanced and insightful look into the phenomenon of NDEs. The book has sold over 13 million copies and has been translated into a dozen foreign languages, making it an international bestseller and a seminal work in the field of NDE studies.