What REALLY happens when you die?

This Easter weekend, as Christians reflect on the death and resurrection of Christ, the Mail asked eight leading thinkers from science, the arts and theology for their views on this eternal conundrum.

Their insights are chilling as they tackle humanity's eternal question: What happens when we die? Paulo Coelho is the Brazilian author of 30 international bestsellers including The Alchemist .

The only afterlife is in the memory of others, which in turn does not last long.

Carlo Rovelli is an Italian physicist and author whose books include The Order Of Time .

Elif Shafak is the Turkish - British author of 21 novels translated into 57 languages.

Dr Rupert Sheldrake is a biologist and author, but not an orthodox Christian .

Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain is a respected writer, broadcaster and convener of the Rabbinic Court of Great Britain .

Growing up, he was raised Catholic , so initially had childish images of Heaven and harps .

C.S. Lewis’s idea that what you come to after death depends on how you live.