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Near-Death Newsletter Vol.1, No.12 December 01, 2002

HAPPY THANKSGIVING AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
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In this issue
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* Nothing Better Than Death
* NDEs in the news
* The Forum
* What’s new
* NDE discussion
* From the webmaster
* Upcoming events
* New NDE TV listings
* New NDE books
* New NDE web links
* Odds and ends
* Subscribe instructions


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A new NDE book, "Nothing Better Than Death," by Kevin Williams,
the webmaster of near-death.com, has arrived.
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*** "Nothing Better Than Death" is a book that provides a
comprehensive look at NDEs and their insights. Many skeptical
questions concerning NDEs are thoroughly answered. A
section on religion and the NDE is included. Also included is
an NDE resource section containing information about everything
NDE. Near-Death Studies (IANDS) information is also provided.
This book explains the reasons why there is nothing on earth
that is better than being dead. - 292 pages - Paperback
Xlibris Publishing Co.
http://www2.xlibris.com/bookstore/bookdisplay.asp?bookid=15695


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NDEs in the News
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*** "Electrodes trigger out-of-body experience"
Activity in one region of the brain could explain out-of-body
experiences.
http://www.nature.com/nsu/020916/020916-8.html


*** "A Nigerian pastor dead for 48 hours and has an NDE"
Pastor Daniel Ekechukwu dies from an automobile accident.
After being dead for 2 days, rigor mortis had stiffened his
limbs. He was partially embalmed, but came back to life
while in his coffin to reveal his journey to heaven and hell.
http://home-1.tiscali.nl/~tdruiter/heaven&hell.htm
http://www.born-again-christian.info/african.resurrection.htm


*** "Faith: Dead and Smiling"
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- "When my father died on
the operating table, something extraordinarily beautiful happened.
At the very instant of his death, a radiant and contented smile
spread over his face. And there it remained until we buried him."
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20021120-053742-9504r


*** "Dead But Awake: Is It Possible?"
Two British scientists are seeking £165,000 ($256,000) to
carry out a large-scale study to discover if clinically dead
people really have out-of-body experiences.
http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,55826,00.html


*** "An Artist Is Inspired By His Near-Death Experience"
While he lay in a coma in the hospital, he recalls becoming
aware of something "in the back of me, like a beam of light,
brighter than the sun, brighter than any light I had ever seen."
He describes an out-of-body experience that includes traveling
through a tunnel, a phenomenon periodically related by people
who've been near death. But Warmack's has a twist: He also
felt that he was traveling back in time.
http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/20021114imaginationp2.asp


*** "Drummer From The Rock Group 'Travis' Describes His NDE"
Neil Primrose has spoken for the first time about the swimming
pool accident that almost cost him his life. The Scottish star,
who broke his neck after diving into to a shallow pool five months
ago, says he was convinced death was near when he saw faces
of family and friends flash before him as he began to drown.
http://www.dotmusic.com/news/November2002/news27151.asp


*** "UPN's TV NDE Drama 'Haunted' Is Cancelled"
'Haunted' stars Matthew Fox ("Party of Five" ) as a private eye
who, after a near-death experience, sees ghosts. The spirits
sometimes help with his cases, in exchange for their souls
being freed.
http://tv.zap2it.com/news/tvnewsdaily.html?28783


*** "Miramax makes moves on NDE movie"
The fictitious psychological thriller, "The I inside," centers on a
man who awakens with amnesia after a near-death experience.
In searching for his identity, he discovers that he has the power
to travel back in time and change events in order to resolve the
mysterious murder of his brother. Miramax Films has sealed a
deal to acquire all North American distribution rights.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/bpihw/20021126/en_bpihw/miramax_m\
akes__inside__moves_on_phillippe_thriller


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The Forum
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*** Alise's NDE:
"Getting 'out' of my body was like going through a magnetic
field, like each magnet was attracted to the other and then to
another and another until the first was attracted to the last
and then I was free. I knew I had just gone through the elements
of the earth that made up my physical body."
http://www.near-death.com/forum/0052.html


*** Lisa's NDE:
"I 'awoke' standing upright in the back of what looked like a large
auditorium-type place, without the chairs. The wall were gold and
had jewels embedded in them."
http://www.near-death.com/forum/0053.html


*** Email your NDE to me for possible inclusion in the Forum
webmaster@... or post your NDE at the NDE
Bulletin Board at: http://forums.near-death.com


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What’s new
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*** "Soul mates and Consciousness"
The research of Dr. Jeff and Jody Long of NDERF (NDE Research
Foundation) at www.nderf.org is profiled here.
http://www.near-death.com/long.html


*** "Dr. John Jay Harper's research"
His book, Transformers: Shamans of the 21st Century and his
after-death visitation is profiled.
http://www.near-death.com/harper.html
Also, read an interesting article concerning his research on Xzone:
http://xzone-radio.com/xchronicles/Page%2015_dec2002.jpg


*** "Speaking schedules and events"
Find out where the NDErs, researchers, and organizations have
events for you to attend.
http://www.near-death.com/schedules.html


*** "NDE studies and research"
A listing of studies for NDErs to join and for people to help
contribute to the advancement of NDE research.
http://www.near-death.com/studies.html


*** "NDE prophecy" (Kevin's theory concerning the future
is added to the bottom of the NDE prophecy web page)
"I believe Jesus was reincarnated sometime between 1998
and 1999 ... For a thousand years, souls from the hell
realms will not be allowed to reincarnate to the earth as
they have for millions of years ... This will lead to a civilization
which has evolved to a higher level of spiritual awareness.
Then, after about a thousand years, souls from the hell
realms will again be permitted to reincarnate to earth. But,
at this time, the higher spiritual awareness on earth will
help them expand their consciousness to a higher spiritual
level." http://www.near-death.com/prophecy.html


*** "NDEs of the Rich and Famous" (Here is an addition
I made at the top of this page) "The NDEs of rich and famous
people are particularly interesting. They are rolling in the
money. They are known all over the world. They are often
beautiful, articulate and very talented in what they do. With
this in mind, why would such a person reveal to everyone
that they came back from the dead? Money? They already
got that. Fame? They already have that too. In fact, by telling
everyone they came back from the dead, they risk more
harm than good I believe. People who reveal such things to
others often become the butt of jokes or are thought to be
crazy. Why would anyone rich and famous subject themselves
to this? This is even more true specially when it results in
the possible loss of fame and money. The only rational
reason that such people, who have everything to lose and
nothing to gain when they reveal to everyone that they came
back from the dead, is that it really happened and they want
to share it with the world. Such people cannot be said to be
doing it "for the money" or "for the fame." The following are
such people who risked it all to tell their story."
http://www.near-death.com/famous.html


*** "Can eternal bliss become 'blissed-out'?"
(Additional comments were added to the bottom of this
Discussions web page) Find the comments by Dave, a
professional medical illustrator, at the end of the page.
http://www.near-death.com/discussions/0005.html


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NDE discussion
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*** "The NDE and Time"
A comprehensive analysis of the connection between the
near-death experience and the measurement of time.
http://www.near-death.com/discussions/0008.html


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From the webmaster
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*** "The NDE and Forgotten Knowledge"
Near-death experiences are providing us with answers as
to why we are born without knowledge of our pre-birth, afterlife,
and past-live memories.
http://www.near-death.com/discussions/0007.html


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Upcoming events
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*** Have you ever wondered if there are NDE-related seminars
going on in your area and you have no clue how to find them?
How about NDE-related lectures, programs, workshops, conventions,
conferences, events, presentations, courses, meetings, classes,
networks, retreats, speaking engagements, fairs, learning exchanges,
expositions, volunteer work, talks, forums, research institutes,
study groups, associations, jobs, organizations, support groups,
religious activities, hospice societies, and support groups? But
you have no idea where and how to find them? I sure have! So,
my next project will be to create a better way to find such NDE
happenings in your area. And all directly from my website! It is
a feature whose time is well overdue. Stay tuned!


*** January 8-10, 2003 - IANDS North American Conference
"Healing and the NDE" - Sheraton Waikiki Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii
Our aim is to reach out to health-care professionals of all types:
doctors; nurses; psychologists, psychiatrists and other mental
health counselors; hospice workers; energy healers, etc.
http://www.iands.org/conf.html


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New NDE TV listings
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*** Dec. 6, 9 - "MSNBC Investigates: Back From The Dead"
This documentary investigates people who have had near-death
experiences or have recovered from long-term comas are the
subject of this report.


*** Dec. 6, 9 - "MSNBC Investigates: I Hear Dead People"
This documentary examines the popularity of psychics. Included
are believers and skeptics.


*** Dec. 1, 7, 8, 9, 10 - "Defending Your Life" - HBO, SHOWTIME
In this movie, Albert Brooks and Meryl Streep find love in an afterlife
way station where fates are determined. NOTE: This is an excellent
movie which is based on new age information provided by Shirley
MacLaine. It is a funny, romantic, and tear-jerking movie. Brooks
must defend his life during his life review before a Council of Elders.
Don't miss this one.


*** Dec. 4, 5 - "Ancient Almanac: Jacob's Ladder" - HISTORY
Channel - This documentary profiles the Old Testament story of
Jacob's ladder, in which Jacob sees a stairway to heaven. This
story is one of several visions of heaven in the Bible that resembles
a near-death experience.


*** Dec. 4, 5, 9 - "Heaven Sent" - SHOWTIME Movie - 100 min.
A young punk has a change of heart after a near-death experience
puts him in touch with a friendly angel.


*** For television series featuring the paranormal (including NDEs)
http://www.near-death.com/tv.html


*** Search TV listings for NDE programs
TV listings in this section of the newsletter span from Dec. 1 through
Dec. 15. After Dec. 15, search the cable listings for TV listings from
Dec. 16 through Dec. 31. A search using keywords such as: death,
near-death, afterlife, reincarnation, heaven, hell, hereafter, afterworld,
beyond, and otherworld, the other side.
http://www.tvguide.com/listings/search/Search.asp


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New NDE books
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*** "A Stranger in Paradise" - by Julie Chimes
Julie Chimes was on the receiving end of a paranoid schizophrenics
desire to save the world. Armed with a large carving knife and the
strength of madness my assailant managed to stab me 32 times.
"Not surprisingly I exited life with a certain haste and found myself
on the other side of the door marked death. This was the beginning
of a very different take on life and death. My story is unusual
because my NDE was amidst extreme violence and yet my
experience was of a peace, humor, forgiveness and love."
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0747526443/neardeathexpe-20


*** "Tranceformers: Shamans of the 21st Century" - by John Jay Harper
This is the true story of the author's contact with a "dead" colleague,
a former physicist with the U.S. government. Overwhelmed, he spent
the next ten years collecting life-after-death experiences from both the
scientific and spiritual literature to compare his encounter with others
on record. The common theme that emerged was trance.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0595229751/neardeathexpe-20


*** "Religion, Spirituality and the Near-Death Experience"
by Mark Fox - "Where do people go during a near-death experience?
What do they see? Why are their remarkable stories so often
correlative? Are they persuasive evidence of life after physical death?"
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0415288312/neardeathexpe-20


*** "Life and Afterlife" - by R. W. Lowrie
A modern approach to personal spirituality and religion, including
ideas about the afterlife, based on science instead of faith and
dogma. Includes new concepts of post mortum survival and the
conditions to be expected there.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0872084019/neardeathexpe-20


*** "Unanswered Question: Death, Near-Death, and the Afterlife"
by Kurt Leland - (no description of this book could be found)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1571742999/neardeathexpe-20


*** "In Another Life: Reincarnation in America" (***VIDEO***)
by Gold Thread Video Productions - An overview of how Americans
have been encountering reincarnation: scientific research; near-death
experiences, young children speaking of their past lives; personal
experiences including past-life memory "flashbacks", experiences
in workshops and past-life therapy, and the introduction of eastern
teachings. Research by the following individuals are profiled:
Dr. Ian Stevenson, Tom Shroader, Carol Bowman, Linda Adler,
Roger Woolger, Swami Yogeshananda, Don E. Stevens, Meher
Baba. Throughout the video there are first-hand accounts, including
the powerful testimony of Jeff Keene, a Fire Dept. Captain, who
has strong memories of living the life of the Civil War general,
General John B. Gordon, and the amazing circumstantial evidence
to prove it. Purchase the video here:
http://www.ial.goldthread.com/tapeorders.html


*** "Walking in the Garden of Souls" - by George Anderson,
Andrew Barone - George Anderson gives advice from the
hereafter, for living in the here and now The world's premier
medium shares wisdom that has come to him from souls on
the other side. Our spirituality is like a garden, they tell us,
and it must be tended carefully. To become beautiful, blooming
examples of the Infinite Light in the garden of earth, we need
space and time to grow.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0425186113/neardeathexpe-20


*** "Blessings from the Other Side" - by Sylvia Browne,
Lindsay Harrison - Sylvia gives wisdom and comfort from the
afterlife for this life. The author believes that if people can
remember why they are here and what they are supposed to
be doing here, their lives will ultimately become happier,
healthier, and more spiritually fulfilling. With chapters on
forgiveness, past lives, contacting the Other Side, and discovering
life's purpose, she also tells uplifting stories of those who, with
her help, found their way.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0451206703/neardeathexpe-20


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*** John Foreman's NDE page
"I was told: "Tell them! Tell them! Tell them!" Followed by:
"Jack! You must go back! You have not completed your
mission on earth!" I then went back down through the tunnel
or whirlwind to my body. They were finishing all of what ever
they do before moving me to the morgue. The only place
around the body that was clear of people was my feet. I
re-entered my body through my toes."
http://www.spiritweb.org/Spirit/nde-foreman.html


*** Ian McCormack's NDE page
"I asked God how could I possibly return back down the
tunnel and back into my hospital bed. He spoke and said,
"Son, tilt your head, now feel the liquid drain from your eye.
Now open your eye and see." And I was immediately back
in my physical body."
http://www.aglimpseofeternity.org/testimony.htm


*** K. Ohrstrom's Swedish NDE page
God told him that he would go back, it wasn't his time to
die. "God didn't want to let me in," the boy said. He wasn't
exactly overjoyed with this fact, as one might imagine.
Instead he said this with quite some disappointment.
"So it won't hurt you to die, the boy said. I know, because
I died." http://home.swipnet.se/NDU/engbakgrund.htm


*** Nadia McCaffrey's Changing the Face of Death
"It was then that I saw a beautiful being of light hovering
above in the room, who introduced herself to me as "I am
your little mother of the sky." She was beautiful. I still
see her so clearly, as though she was standing in mid air,
glowing with an extremely bright and powerful light. A
wondrous light that filled me with loving and warm sense
of serenity."
http://www.changingthefaceofdeath.org/detail.cfm?menu_id=2479


*** Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross' Circumstantial Evidence
"Here we will know that the absolutely only thing that matters
is love. Everything else, our achievements, degrees, the money
we made, how many mink coats we had, is totally irrelevant.
It will also be understood that what we do is not important.
The only thing that matters is how we do what we do. And the
only thing that matters is that we do what we do with love."
http://www.chariscorp-wordgems.com/death.nde.evidence.ross.html


*** If you know of any new NDE website or web article you
would like to see profiled, email me the address of the website.
Thank you!


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