Concerning the Near-Death Visions of Fursa and Dryhthelm

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