The story you tell yourself about your afterlife affects your present life in subtle ways. Our beliefs about what happens to us after we die have shaped religions, cultures and personal philosophies.

One of the biggest questions we've ever asked ourselves is 'What happens after we die?` And it turns out, science and ...

Our beliefs about what happens after death have shaped religions, cultures, and personal philosophies. A 2021 survey found that in the United States, 83 percent of adults believe in an afterlife, ...

Humans have buried the dead with jewelry and other artifacts for tens of thousands of years. What does psychology say about the connection between grave goods and our afterlife beliefs? Humans began ...

(RNS) — The survey marks the first time Pew Research Center asked people outside the United States and Asian countries about practices related to Buddhism, Asian folk religions and New Age ...

Until very recently, I believed that there was no such thing as an afterlife. I was devoted to natural science and held views ...

This post takes up the widespread Third Day Afterlife experience, especially as we find it among ancient Persian Zoroastrians and California’s Chumash tribe. In an earlier post, we looked what ...

The Pew Research study of Americans’ beliefs about suffering that we blogged about yesterday also found that “many Americans believe in an afterlife where suffering either ends entirely or continues ...

How does a belief in the afterlife, or lack thereof, help us process death? Across cultures and time, humanity has sought to make meaning of death through ritual, art, myths, and religion. So how has ...

I know there is a Walgreens at the corner; I went there to get some toothpaste and a gift card just minutes ago, and I enjoyed a rather tasty strawberry milk from there as well. But when it comes to ...

What awaits us after this life? Is death an end or just a transition? Throughout history, different cultures and religions have allowed for different interpretations to the mystery of death.  Immerse ...