A Spirituality of Death in the Context of Pastoral Care and Counseling

In major world religious/spiritual traditions, death is accepted as a natural end of life and a point of transition into the unknown. In this paper, I reflect on how my personal experience as both a survivor from a Near-Death Experience (NDE) and as a theologian doing pastoral care and counseling. NDEs foster an internal sense of connection to the divine and to something greater or higher than the self which I call as the Spirituality of Death.

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This paper discusses the concept of death as the end of life and a turning point, and from the perspective of the author, combines personal experiences as a survivor of Near-Death Experiences and as a theologian to explore how Near-Death Experiences cultivate a connection to divinity and something greater than oneself.