Thank you for highlighting this subject. I was really engaged in the story and in wondering what would come next. Interesting juxtoposition of removing the possum (and your questions! - compassionate) and human experiences of death. I listened to much of the interview you linked -- profound experience C. Thomas Perry had.
I've been watching some of the other interview with this interviewer on You Tube. I had a taste of this beyond death and get it. I get the part where C. Thomas Perry said he felt dirty. I felt that high ethics -- there was so much to learn and understand about them and it was so so so much higher than we typically live or understand. And God well, it was all about God. God guiding you through these Infine realms. On that level we really were all one. One book that I feel is helpful in this "climb" is "The Seven Valleys" within a book called "Call of the Divine Beloved". (It's online - the language is old English at times). I enjoy the interviews with Renee Pasarrow about her near death experiences - I saw her in person speaking of her near death experiences in great detail. Oh, this is long....