An account of a normal man, much like anyone of us... In 1916, Archbishop Nikon, a member of the Holy Synod, reprinted this writing in his publication "Trinity Pages" with the following comments: "in regard to this narrative, in due time, we had correspondence with its author, who, after ascertaining its validity, testified that his subject, after relating his experience, entered into a monastery. In view of the fact that nothing in his narrative is in contradiction to the stand of the Church on the mystery of death and the life beyond death, we feel it beneficial to reprint this article as a separate publication." [From the inside cover of the issue of Orthodox Life, from which this is taken]