Dr. Passavant’s Account of a Peasant Boy

Dr. Passavant relates the case of a peasant boy, who after a short but painful illness, apparently died, his body being perfectly stiff. He, however, revived, complaining bitterly of being called back to life. He said he had been in a delightful place, and seen his departed relations. There was a great exaltation of the faculties after this; and having been before rather stupid, he now, whilst in body lay still and immovable and his eyes closed, prayed and discoursed with eloquence. He continued in this state for seven weeks, but finally recovered.

Richard Pike, Life’s Borderland and Beyond (London: Derry and Sons, 1900), 305.