Threshold

terminal lucidity and the border of life and death
Alexander Batthyány
Book - 2023

"Dr. Alexander Batthyány's Threshold is the first major account of terminal lucidity: the remarkable return of clarity and cognition at the end of life. Terminal lucidity is a relatively common but poorly understood phenomenon. Near the end of life, many people--including those who are comatose, or have suffered brain injuries or strokes, or have been silenced by mental illness or deep dementia--experience what seems a miraculous return. They regain their clarity and energy, are able to talk with families and caregivers, recall their lives, and in some cases report conversations and details that occurred while they were unconscious or seemingly unaware of their surroundings. In this remarkable book, cognitive scientist and Director of the Viktor Frankl Institute and Viktor Frankl Archives Dr. Alexander Batthyány offers the first major account of terminal lucidity, utilizing hundreds of case studies to explore the mind, the body, the nature of consciousness, and what the living can learn from those who are crossing the border from life to death. Astonishing, authoritative, and deeply moving, Threshold opens a doorway into one of life's--and death's--most provocative mysteries"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Batthyany, Alexander (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Essentials, 2023.
Edition:First edition.
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505 0 |a On being someone. On being someone, and yet to die ; Death, disease, and the question of who we are ; The return of the self ; Setting the scene -- Terminal lucidity. Approaching terminal lucidity: the pilot story and its aftermath ; "We need to talk": the loneliness of witnessing the unexpected ; Casting out the nets ; Witnesses -- Mind at death, mind at large. White crows ; Mind and brain in extreme states ; Mind at death ; Perception at the end of life ; Mind, memory, and vision near death ; Relating the NDE and TL ; Making sense of it -- Person, death, and meaning. A sheltered self ; Why it matters. 
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