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.

Chapters

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