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For as long as we've been cognizant of our place within the universe, humans have been attracted to the notion of an afterlife. We see it every time we pass a church or graveyard. We hear about it every time someone makes reference to the dead passing on.

From the ancient Egyptian belief that our body and soul duplicate themselves in the kingdom

of the dead to the more modern iterations of heaven and hell represented by the Abrahamic religions,

our relationship with mortality and indeed religion

is largely informed by our unwillingness to accept death as the end.

Understandably, believing in an afterlife offers great comfort, yet simply believing

the dead continue to exist somewhere else isn't enough. Throughout history,

we've desperately sought ways to pierce the veil between life and death, to receive guidance

from those who have gone before us or glimpse what awaits us. This is why so many cultures have produced oracles and visionaries.

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