| Title: | Arcana Caelestia |
| Notice: | Directory listings are in topic 2 |
| Moderator: | NETRIX::thomas |
| Created: | Thu Dec 08 1983 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1300 |
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Help...
I just remembered a book I once owned, and loaned (like a fool)
to someone I'll never see again. I'm sure it's out of print, but
I'd like to find it again if I could. (I had it in paperback.)
The problem is I can't remember the title or author! I THINK it
had a title from Celtic myth or prose, and I THINK it was something
to do with death. (That's the topic of the book.)
The story is about a man who dies, and all the experiences he passes
through in death. It's the only sf book I've ever read that had
a detailled bibliography at the end which listed non-fiction source
material. It told, as a story (which, by the way, was ok but not
spectacular) about the various theories of the after-life and tied
many of them together into one "reality". I thought it was very
interesting. Kind of a philosophy/fiction/religion/who-knows kind
of piece.
Any hope anyone out there recognizes this title? My guess is that
it was published in the mid-to-late 70's. I'm pretty sure he cited
Kubler-Ross, for example.
Thanks for brainstorming this on for me!
Sherry
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| 618.1 | RE 618.0 | DICKNS::KLAES | Know Future | Fri May 13 1988 10:10 | 9 |
When the title of this book is found, would you please change
the title of this Topic (use the command SET NOTE/TITLE="title")
so that those in the future who are looking for this book to discuss
using the command DIR/TITLE=topicname can find it - unless of course
the book already exists somewhere in SF. There is a rule about
giving Topics identifiable titles in here. Thanks.
Larry
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| 618.2 | GYPSC::CHISHOLM | Dem Tambourines! | Mon May 16 1988 14:59 | 12 | |
Not sure if this is the one you mean, but could it be -
Brian Bates - The Way of Wyrd
it's not so much Celtic, more Druid, and I'm not sure if he
dies or whether he's entranced/drugged. It definitely had
an extensive bibliography, and was very detailed about life
in those times. Unfortunately it's in a loft in Glasgow at the
moment so I can't give more detail, but I enjoyed it.
Doug.
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| 618.3 | BPOV06::HARRINGTON | Career?! This is *JUST* a job! | Tue May 17 1988 14:49 | 13 | |
It sounds to me more like Richard Matheson's "What Dreams May Come." Somewhere in that book, either on the back cover, or in a foreward or after- word, there definitely was a reference to Kubler-Ross. Does this fellow's wife commit suicide later in the book, and does he travel down into "dark, slow, thick regions" to try to save her soul? And he decides to stay there with her because his "heaven" would be no heaven without her? And by deciding to stay, he imparts enough karma to her spirit to kick it back up into the reincarnation spiral? If so, that's "What Dreams May Come." ----- Shawn | |||||
| 618.4 | Thanks! | UCOUNT::BAILEY | Corporate Sleuth | Wed May 18 1988 10:40 | 11 |
Eureka!!
That's it! (I just love this conference!)
Thanks for the help, all. Now if I cna only find another copy of
the darned thing. At least it's easier if you know the title!
(I corrected the title, Larry...please leave the instructions for
the next time! Thanks!)
Sherry
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