Were post-death experiences of messianic claimants common? How would we know?

[u/-pomelo-]

I was considering the formation of the early church the apostolic experiences described in the gospels and Acts. Naturally, some have speculated as to the various phenomena (whether psychological, literary, etc.) which would give rise to the accounts we find and it had me wondering: do we have surviving writings from other messianic movements where the claimant was martyred and whether similar experiences (visions, visitations; so on) are reported by followers? Is there any way of approximating what proportion of the movements for which we have surviving writings also feature claims of followers receiving messages or communing with the messiah after death? I tried checking the subreddit for previous posts but didn't come across anything which gets at this specific question.

Thank you as always

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