4 (french) Werber, Bernard

According to Kabbalah, a number of physiological and
mental changes occur at the exact moment of physical
death. The Zohar explains that the Nefesh, or our bioenergy
dissolves with the deterioration of the body. Ministry
Rouach, related to the flow of vital energy, is a little more
long time but eventually also disappear. The party
transcendental the Nechamah, completely abandoned the
form body. This upper part of the Self is then received by
the souls of those who loved her for her life land. His father
and members already deceased family gather around the
Nechamah and he sees them, he recognizes like all those
he knew here and all accompanying his soul to where it
should remain.
At the time of death, it is allowed to see his parents and his
friends in the afterlife. If the deceased was virtuous, they
rejoice and welcome him. Otherwise, it is recognized by
those thrown into the Gehinom (purgatory). This is where
the souls are washed of their filth.
The Gehinom is discovered after physical death. Its
necessity may be compared to that of a good shower after
a game backbreaking or passage through a
decompression chamber of a scuba diver before rising to
the surface.
Extract from the thesis that unknown Death, by Francis
Razorbak.