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Where Airy Voices Lead: A Short History of Immortality

Where Airy Voices Lead: A Short History of Immortality

by Piotr Bienkowski
Where Airy Voices Lead: A Short History of Immortality
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Where Airy Voices Lead: A Short History of Immortality

Where Airy Voices Lead: A Short History of Immortality

by Piotr Bienkowski

Overview

Many have pursued, and continue to pursue, real immortality by seeking to prolong their lives on this earth. Others pursue symbolic or proxy immortality, through children, fame or being part of something long-lasting. One can imagine these different forms of immortality as a menu of options of how to live forever: you click the one that appeals to you most and best fits your beliefs, hopes, values and worldview.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781785356384
Publisher: Hunt, John Publishing
Publication date: 06/01/2020
Pages: 360
Product dimensions: 5.66(w) x 8.52(h) x 0.77(d)

About the Author

Piotr Bienkowski's background is as an archaeologist and museum curator. Among other positions he has been Professor of Archaeology and Museology at the University of Manchester and Head of Antiquities at National Museums Liverpool. He has published 15 books and 50 peer-reviewed papers. Piotr runs a cultural consultancy working in the UK and Europe. He is a leading authority on the archaeology of Jordan, and directs an excavation in Petra. He lives in Dumfries, UK.

Table of Contents

Preface 1

Acknowledgments 5

Prologue. An urge to immortality? 6

Part 1 Resurrection and the Immortal Soul 17

Chapter 1 Resurrection from the ancient Near East to Jesus 19

Chapter 2 The immortal soul 41

Chapter 3 Journeys to heaven and hell 67

Part 2 Transmigration and Transformation 113

Chapter 4 Reincarnation and the eternal spirit 115

Chapter 5 Immortal ancestors; death as transformation 148

Part 3 Longevity and Legacy 167

Chapter 6 From Gilgamesh to cryonics: the search for the everlasting body 169

Chapter 7 'I will establish for ever a name eternal!' 197

Part 4 Reflections on Immortality 219

Chapter 8 Science and philosophy v. immortality 221

Chapter 9 Is immortality a curse? 257

Epilogue. The ethics of immortality 279

Notes 289

Timeline 308

Further Reading 309

Bibliography 313

Select Index 334

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