Beyond death

Abstract

The purpose behind my choosing this somewhat vague area of theology is precisely because of its exciting phenomenological nature. As from a very tender age, I was obsessed about death and our destiny, especially since it was presented to us so bizarrely at the time. I remember in my early childhood I was completely taken up by a picture that hung over my bedroom door. Horrible devils stumbled over burning souls amidst scorching tongues of fire. Indeed I spent never ending sleepless nights hallucinating about the torments depicted therein. Somehow I felt that I was pre-destined to join them. [...]