Otherworld Journeys: Accounts of Near-Death Experience in Medieval and Modern TimesDozens of books, articles, television shows, and films relating near death experiences have appeared in the past decade. People who have survived a close brush with death reveal their extraordinary visions and ecstatic feelings at the moment they died, describing journeys through a tunnel to a realm of light, visual reviews of their past deeds, encounters with a benevolent spirit, and permanent transformation after returning to life. Carol Zaleski's