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Concerning the Near-Death Visions of Fursa and Dryhthelm

Concerning the Near-Death Visions of Fursa and Dryhthelm

Update: 2025-08-30
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This episode we explore two glimpses of the afterlife presented by the Venerable Bede and consider how they relate to the modern conception of the near death experience.

Today's Text:
Bede. Ecclesiastical History. In The Complete Works of Venerable Bede. Edited and translated by J.A. Giles, vols. II & III, Whittaker and Co., 1843. Google Books.

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00:00:00 Introduction
00:12:37 Text: The Visions of Fursa from Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica
00:24:05 Commentary
00:29:59 Text: The Vision of Dryhthelm from Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica
00:43:34 Commentary. cont.
01:00:35 Riddle
01:02:09 Outro
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Concerning the Near-Death Visions of Fursa and Dryhthelm

Concerning the Near-Death Visions of Fursa and Dryhthelm

Medieval Death Trip