The Brighter Side of Death" is a serious inquiry into the meaning of existence and an attempt to make philosophy, theology, spirituality, and religion acceptable topics of conversation again, as they were for Socrates, Plato, Pascal, and Kant.  Yet, it is far from a pedantic tome in recounting disarming personal memories.The author focuses on epiphanies as a pathway to meaning, and self-examination, observation, and reflection, as the guiding methodology for the rest of the book.