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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I don’t know about you, but I don’t like thinking about my upcoming death. When I think about dying and departing this world, I imagine missing out on what’s happening. I’ll miss out on what my grown ...

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 ...

Scientists told study participants about a ghost in the lab; then they switched off the lights. The research is part of a larger body of work that aims to disentangle the link between our beliefs and ...

When nine-year-old Cole Sear whispers his famous line about seeing dead people in that flat, petrified voice, it’s supposed to be one of the scariest moments in The Sixth Sense, one of the ...

A 3,500-year-old Egyptian tomb reveals a dog named “He-of-the-Underworld,” a rare name likely linked to Anubis and beliefs ...