"Seeing death as the end of life is like seeing the horizon
as the end of the ocean." - David Searls
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Near-Death Newsletter January 1, 2004
www.near-death.com Vol. 03, No. 01, Edition
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The Near-Death Newsletter is a free bi-monthly newsletter
which is emailed to subscribers on every 1st of the month
and every 15th of the month. The purpose for this newsletter
is to provide timely information to the general public concerning
the latest in everything having to do with near-death experiences
and related phenomenon. The newsletter's mission is to inform,
educate, enlighten, stimulate, entertain, aid, promote, and bring
people together who share a common love for near-death
experiences, near-death research, and near-death related
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Table of Contents
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(1) News about the NDE
(2) Notes from the webmaster
(3) What's new on near-death.com
(4) Discussion about the NDE
(5) Q & A with Dr. P.M.H. Atwater
(6) Television on the NDE
(7) Books on the NDE
(8) Web links on the NDE
(9) Odds and ends

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(1) News about the NDE
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*** Janice Holden is the new president of IANDS
NORTH TEXAS, TX - (NTDaily.com)
Holden was elected president by the board of IANDS directors
to serve a one-year term, ending in October 2004. The nonprofit
organization was established in 1978 and incorporated in 1982
as the first in the world to foster research in near-death studies.
http://www.ntdaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/11/26/3fc44a790c412


*** Ozzy Osbourne's near-death experience
HOLLYWOOD, CA - (E! Online)
Sharon Osbourne has revealed in a newspaper interview that
Ozzy had stopped breathing and had no pulse after crashing his
ATV Monday.
http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,13094,00.html?tnews


*** Toddler's miracle survival
FULLERTON, CA - (Orange County Register)
A toddler thought to have drowned in her family's pool was revived
40 minutes after doctors pronounced her dead.
http://www.paramedic.org.uk/Members/rspencer/toddler


*** Alarm bells
MELBOURNE, AUS - (The Age)
Recovering from her brush with death heralded the start of a new life
for her. "It changed everything," Cherie Sutherland says. She
immediately became a vegetarian, split with her husband, enrolled
in university and began studying others' near-death experiences.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/11/23/1069522469230.html


*** "I felt as if I had left my body"
QUEENSLAND, AUS - (The Sunday Mail)
When tennis player Mark Philippoussis described "watching"
himself winning the Davis Cup for Australia during his final-set
victory over Spain's Juan-Carlos Ferrero, another former
sportsman knew exactly what he was talking about.
http://www.thesundaymail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,8083062^2764,00.ht\
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*** IANDS Bibliography on CD-ROM now available
EAST WINDSOR HILL, CT - (Vital Signs)
If you want to research a topic related to NDEs, you can locate
every article on that topic ever published in the Journal for
Near-Death Studies.
https://www.iands.org/bibcd.html


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(2) Notes from the webmaster
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*** Kevin Williams writes:

"Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all! May this next
year bring much happiness and love to you and yours.

Announcing: Two Near-Death Newsletters per month starting in
January 2004!

"This newsletter is expanding and beginning in January, this newsletter
will be a bi-monthly newsletter instead of just one. You will be
receiving a newsletter on the 1st of every month and another on
the 15th of the month. By breaking the newsletter into two separate
ones, more space will be available for new information on the NDE.
There are many more benefits for this. Subscribers, such as yourself,
will receive more information every month more often. And those
of us who put this newsletter together, such as myself, can spread
the work throughout the month instead of facing a big end-of-the-
month deadline. And this means more "on time" newsletters which
is one of my New Year's resolutions. I also plan very soon to
purchase software to create a more professional newsletter which
will include graphics, photos, and designs. A plain text newsletter
will also always be available. So, everyone will be offered both
to choose from.

"As you may have read from my previous newsletter, I was in the
middle of preparing this December issue of the newsletter when
my family experienced several synchronistic messages around
the day of my mother's 2nd anniversary of her death. This was
a major event in my life because it resembled the same events
that occurred around my mother's memorial and around the day
she died. Only something like this, after-death communications
from my mother, can cause me to delay getting a newsletter out
on time. And it was this delay which made me realize that two
newsletters are better than one - to divide up the labor necessary
to get it out on time.

"I expect some good things to happen next year in the field of
NDEs and I will do my best to get to you the information you
need to stay current with what is happening. May everyone have
a most blessed Holiday Season!"

Peace and Light,
Kevin Williams


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(3) What's new on near-death.com
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The following are the latest additions to near-death.com website:

(1) The Twelve Beings of the NDE Zodiac
There is an astrological connection between the twelve soul patterns
of the zodiac, the twelve apostles of Christ, and the twelve Elders
of the Council of whom near-death experiencers are often brought
before to have a life review. This connection is supported by such
well known experiencers as Dannion Brinkley, Betty Eadie,
Edgar Cayce, Lynnclaire Dennis, and others.
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/research33.html


*** What's new
All the recent additions to this website are listed here on this
web page also.
http://www.near-death.com/whatsnew.html


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(4) Discussion about the NDE
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(1) Are NDEs merely hallucinations?

When studies show that psychedelic drugs, Hemi-Sync and
other methods can induce non-ordinary states such as an NDE,
this does not negate the afterlife theory. It only shows that
there is a biological component involved in the brain. Top
researchers investigating this question give their opinions. Also
included are links to related articles.
http://www.near-death.com/discussions/0017.html


*** Search NDE Discussions Archive
http://www.near-death.com/discussions.html


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(5) Q and A with Dr. P.M.H. Atwater
An in-depth look at the near-death phenomenon
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In this new section of the newsletter, P.M.H. Atwater, L.H.D.
will answer questions submitted to her from subscribers to this
newsletter. If you have a question that you would like her
to answer, just email your question to Kevin Williams at
webmaster@... for consideration.


P.M.H. Atwater's latest books, entitled "We Live Forever:
The Real Truth About Death," and "The New Children and Near-Death
Experiences" have now been released. You can purchase copies
online at Amazon at these links:

"We Live Forever: The Real Truth About Death"
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0876044925/neardeathexpe-20

"The New Children and Near-Death Experiences"
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1591430208/neardeathexpe-20

Dr. Atwater has this to say about "The New Children and Near-Death
Experiences": The publisher is Inner Traditions. I am very proud
of this book, and very grateful to Inner Traditions for allowing me
to do it - to enlarge and expand my previous work on child
experiencers of near-death states. This version has nearly 100 pages
more than the last, new cases, new research, plus an extensive
Resource Section. I think you will be quite surprised once you
begin reading it, to see how much is really there.


DEBRA WRITES: "I finally found myself in your book
"Coming Back to Life." I have not had a near-death experience,
butnonetheless have an enlightenment story you might be interested
in.


"In 2000, I became sick and underwent a very taxing chemotherapy
course. As far as a time line, this began in November, but worsened
considerably early in the next year. I had always been a disappointed
former Christian. I had been very angry with God for taking the lives
of my baby son and my mother. I raved at God.


"Then, amazingly, I began to have signs of psychic ability. I knew
what people were saying or doing when I wasn't in the same room.
Soon after I felt a totally compelling urge to search spirituality. This
was something I had never felt or done before. I am still studying
psychology, and I was getting my degree in science.


"A non-spiritual person suddenly became different. I felt love for
everyone. I began sending money to charities. Although I have
a very good job as Manager of Operations for a transportation
company, I went back to finish school in psychology; and my goal
is to help others. I told my husband that I would help those who
could not pay, for free. Everyone said that I glowed, and people
are attracted to me, as well as animals.


"Last week I faced a fear of spiders in my bathroom. I was readying
myself for work, and a black spider made its way across my floor,
then stayed perfectly still. I talked softly to it, and bent to touch it,
stroking its back lightly. Then, the spider followed me everywhere
I went until I had to leave for work.


"I don't consider myself anything special at all, but I am a changed
person. Is this possibly an enlightenment?"


ANSWER: "Your question, Debra, is so important, I've decided to
carry your entire e-mail. Thank you for giving me permission to
do this.


"According to most mystical and spiritual traditions, what you went
through and are continuing to experience is called an "awakening"
- an awakening to the reality of spirit, the reality of other worlds
and other ways of living that are better and more satisfying than
what you experienced previously. That need, that hunger for
something more in life, a greater reality, is instilled in all of us. It
is part of our core being, and is the key component to why food,
sex, gifts, power plays, accomplishments, relationships, fail to
provide that sense of completeness we seek. True satisfaction,
true peace, cannot be found in such endeavors.


"And therein lies the "rub."


"When things don't go right, when we feel victimized, hurt, betrayed,
confused, depressed, angry, or at odds with the world, we rail
against God, against life and the way it works, against ourselves
or others. Sooner or later, though, a moment comes when we relax
or let go or are somehow "distracted" enough that our state of
mind alters. Once this occurs, awakenings pop up. Seldom
dramatic but always uniquely special, awakenings are moments
when our perception expands. We see more, hear more, feel
more, sense more. We become fully alive. We feel loved and
loving - if only for a brief period of time. The spiritual truth of life
"visits" us and we suddenly "know" things that once seemed
beyond our knowing. Our hearts expands, as well, to embrace all
creatures, all beings, all life. An awakening is a shift of perception
that introduces you to a greater reality and a better way of living.


"Awakenings are experiences of enlightenment in the sense that
an "opening" has occurred - you have slipped through an invisible
portal of the mind and heart and discovered "summerland," the
existence of spirit.


"Back in the sixties and early seventies I was very active exploring
altered states of consciousness and psychic phenomena. This
led me to found Idaho's first non-profit metaphysical corporation
called "Inner Forum" (which was later run by a Board of Directors).
Every month I produced an event of some kind - talks, experiments,
demonstrations, gatherings of varied types - sometimes even twice
a month. These activities involved hundreds of people, eventually
thousands. I never did do anything "small" or half-hearted. I wanted
to know more about life, about human beings and what we were
capable of doing. Always, what was presented was done in a non-judgmental,
360-degree-fashion, so all sides of any given question or possibility
could be examined and explored. Those were heady times.


"Once I began my research of the near-death phenomenon, I had
this previous work to draw on. I could compare near-death events
with awakenings and the process of enlightenment. I could
compare "before" with "after". . . what was common; what was
different. This font of information proved to be invaluable. And it
is what enabled me to recognize that the aftereffects and how
individuals were affected by them were very similar, sometimes
virtually the same, from any type of transformative experience that
encompassed the spiritual, that unitive sense of belonging to a
greater reality filled with truth and love and joy. It just didn't
matter how it happened. What mattered was - that it happened!
To be healthy and whole, we need to open up to the spiritual.


"I no longer consider the near-death phenomenon to be a separate
or unique anomaly, but, rather, one of many types of the larger
genre called "transformations of consciousness."


"I suspect that the reason many near-death experiencers are so
challenged by the aftereffects is because of how the incident
occurs - suddenly and to a population that is unprepared,
uninformed, uninterested, and mostly unwilling. Transformations
that happen to those who are spiritually prepared, where some
sense of choice is present, are often easier to handle and adjust
to. Consider, too, that near-death cases come from people of
any age - including babies, toddlers, even pre-born. And, that
such cases often are medically monitored in a hospital setting
and can later be studied scientifically. The near-death phenomenon,
then, because its aftereffects are so similar to the transformative
process, offers the modern world a way to examine the mystical
realm of spirit in a logical, objective fashion - searching for evidence,
some kind of proof that spirit even exists, that we as human beings
might indeed be capable of abilities and awarenesses beyond
what science has decreed.


"The spiritual will not be denied. It is an integral part of what
constitutes our humanhood. We consist of and operate through
four levels or modes of existence: physical, emotional, mental,
and spiritual. Irrespective of belief, ours or anyone else's, there
is a God, an Allness, Isness, or Oneness, The Source of All Being,
that undergirds and empowers Creation.


"This One Mind, this Intelligence, does not behave or operate as
we do, but in larger more expansive manners. As has oft been
said, "What we consider a tragedy, The Master considers a
butterfly." Debra, this directly applies to your experience, your
anger at losing a son and a mother, your sense of feeling betrayed
and cheated; yet, suddenly, and without any clear choice or
decision on your part, feeling more loving and charitable, more
open, grateful, as if you had awakened from the "sleepfulness"
of living life unfulfilled and unknowing. You are now more alive
and vital, more responsive, happier.


"Learn everything you can about how to manage and control
your new psychic abilities, so they will have a positive and
enriching effect on your life. Learn everything you can about
spirituality and the mystical components to a healthy and more
satisfying way of living. Such study will lead you to the power
of meditation and prayer, and the grace of forgiveness and joy.


"To update you on my progress in dealing with a broken left wrist,
I am healing rapidly - which is amazing my doctor and therapist.
I fell at the Pittsburgh airport October 27th trying to catch my
flight (I missed it). My left wrist was broken in a complicated way
that necessitated surgery and the insertion of a steel plate. Surgery
was November 7th - 2 hours, but 3 hours in recovery. I guess they
had trouble "bringing me back." There were many other injuries,
but they were minor to the break. One week after the surgery I
could grasp, had nearly full use of all fingers, and could move my
arm in a fashion that surprised everyone. What accounts for this?
All your prayers for me, the power of positive thinking, and that
incredible orgone blanket I have that I wrapped my arm in daily.
If you want to know more about orgone blankets, be certain to
visit my website and specifically that section in The Marketplace
that talks about them and how to have one made for you.


ADDENDUM: On October 27, 2003, while hurrying to catch her connecting
flight at the Pittsburgh Airport, PMH took a nasty fall. She broke
her left wrist, dislocated the hand from the arm, injured four teeth,
and sustained numerous other injuries. It wasn't until November
7th that surgery could be performed and a steel plate inserted.
According to the hand surgeon, Dr. Michael Devine, "It was a
complicated break, the kind I seldom see or hear about." The
surgery lasted two hours but it took doctors three hours to bring
her back from the anesthesia.


Steff, the webmaster for her website, literally took over for awhile,
as PMH was unable to do much in the way of e-mail or writing,
prayer sessions or readings, travel or talk shows. Almost everything
ground to a halt. As of December 19th, six weeks after the
surgery, more x-rays were taken. The result: full, complete
healing of the bone, straight alignment between hand and arm,
with no evidence (other than the steel plate) that the bone was
ever broken!!!!!!!!! PMH is back in business. Yes, there's more
healing to do, range of motion to increase, and the challenge with
her teeth, but all in all what we have here is a miracle!


The doctor kept saying "this is extraordinary, unbelievable,
perfect. You see rapid healing like this with children and young
people, but almost never with a woman who is 66 years old.
Extraordinary!" To say PMH is elated would be an understatement.


"To all of you out there who prayed for me, thank you, thank you,
thank you! I am living proof of the power of prayer. Prayer works
miracles, maybe not our way but always the best way, that way
that honors what is for the highest good of all concerned. Please
keep those prayers going. On January 7th I find out about my
teeth. My grandson, who was also injured the same day I was
and in a similar manner, is remarkably recovered, although his
mother still suffers from the accident she was in. I know many are
hurting now, not just in our family. That is why I have included a
section in The Marketplace on Steve Anderson, a most incredible
healer, and on the Orgone Blankets made by Philip Knopp (I used
ours for pain control and it worked better than anything else I tried).


I wish in my Update that I recently sent out, that I had mentioned
the three healers who made the most important difference in my
own case. Primary is Dr. William G. Reimer. He is of advanced
age now and seldom takes on new patients. He is the one who
saved my life in 1977 when I died three times, and he has since
been ever at my side, as he puts it: "To make certain you live
long enough to get your work done." Bill is the finest healer I have
ever met, and I feel privileged to know him. The other two are
holistic/spiritual healers, also among the best I have ever known.
They are: Ellen Louise Kahne and Steve Anderson. Since they
are both still active in the healing arts, I will do my best to let
others know about them. Steve is already in The Marketplace on
my website at http://www.cinemind.com/atwater I hope Ellen will
soon be, too.


People call what happened to me a miracle. And it was. Yet
because of what happened to me I now have a different appreciation
of miracles. Certainly, a number of aspects were in place that
led up to my healing. A lot of people were praying for me; I was
often in prayer; my attitude was very positive and upbeat - even
when I was in pain; the three healers I mentioned above were busy
doing what they could; I had a wonderful surgeon and hand
therapist; I exercised my arm and hand as often as I could each
day; I had the support of a loving husband; and I ate right.


We all know aspects like these can lead to healing miracles.
Still, something quite different from all of this is what I believe
made the biggest difference in my case. I SLIPPED INTO JOY!
Just that. I didn't decide anything, nor did I move in consciousness.
I slipped, glided, really, into pure joy and I remained there and
I'm still there. Almost immediately after impact, after blood
spilled all over, after I screamed "Oh, No" when I saw my deformed
left hand and arm - almost immediately I slipped into a sense, a
feeling, a reality of pure joy that simply took over. I became joy
and joy became me. The pain spikes came. Sometimes I was
almost delirious with the pain. Language escaped me. All I could
say was simple disconnected words, when I could remember what
things were called. There were moments when the thoughts came
that I might lose the teeth that were injured, that I could never
write again or travel again or give talks again or share again or ...
Still, there was that joy, sparkling all over my nose and in my eyes
and up and down my body and in and out the injury and sometimes
tickling my ears. There it was. . . joy! And it wouldn't leave me
alone. I embraced the gift that was mine from the experience,
what I could learn from it, but the joy. How can I describe that?


I knew, just knew, that at each and every moment all was well.
It didn't matter if I was injured or deformed or would ever write
again. I was absolutely okay and all was well. Each second I
was exactly where I needed to be doing exactly what I needed
to be doing. I was joy and joy was me, and there was laughter.
Laughter! And everything I needed "appeared" or came to me
or I was led to ask for it at the right time in the right way. There
was Bill and Ellen and Steve and a host of others, and they were
my angels and I am so grateful to know them and to have
benefited from their loving care. Overlaying this, always, was
that joy, and still is.


Time and space have altered for me now. I have always "been"
joyful. Now I am joy. And in my joy I feel a sense of power I
have never felt before. I am sharing this with you because you
are my friends and because you are open to hearing about this
experience. Maybe you, too, have experienced the same thing,
or have an idea about it. In the sense of sharing, thank you for
listening. And thank you for being the joy you are, what we all
are. Maybe that's what God is....JOY!


"Happy Holidays to everyone. 2004 will be a tumultuous year
for good or ill. Focus on joy and be surprised!" PMH

P. M. H. Atwater, L.H.D.
www.cinemind.com/atwater

Website: http://www.cinemind.com/atwater/
Marketplace (a public service): http://www.cinemind.com/atwater/rosen.html
Research: http://www.near-death.com/experiences/experts05.html


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(6) Television on the NDE
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[Check your local TV listings for the correct time near you.]

*** December 25 - "Heaven Can Wait" (Drama)
An athlete dies and is granted by God to return to Earth in another
body. Warren Beatty, Buck Henry, James Mason, Charles Grodin


*** December 25,26 - Ancient Mysteries: "Heaven and Hell"
(Documentary) History Channel - The origin of angels and devils,
and heaven and hell are explored. Also: the influence of these
images throughout history.


*** December 28 - "Dragonfly" (Drama)
A doctor encounters young cancer patients who have had near-death
experiences and claim to have messages from his deceased wife.


*** December 28,29 - "Flatliners" (Drama)
Medical students experiment with the afterlife by inducing near-death
experiences that have strange aftereffects.


*** Find the TV series on cable that feature the paranormal (including NDEs)
http://www.near-death.com/tv.html


*** Search cable TV listings for NDE programs aired from Jan. 1
through Jan 15.
http://www.tvguide.com/listings/


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(7) Books on the NDE
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*** "The New Children and Near-Death Experiences" by Dr. PMH
Atwater (Available: Now)
This book is an expansion of her original book, "Children of the
New Millennium" and it goes much further in examining children's
cases; a large and detailed Resource Section and Appendices.
Included in the material is the story of the youngest hellish case
she has found, that of a nine-day-old infant.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1591430208/neardeathexpe-20


*** "We Live Forever: The Real Truth About Death" by Dr. PMH
Atwater (Available: Now)
Whatever you thought you knew about life and death, be prepared
for some surprises. This material is based on Dr. Atwater's 25 years
of researching the near-death phenomenon with thousands of
experiencers, other personal stories, plus what she herself witnessed
on the Inner Planes when she died in 1977.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0876044925/neardeathexpe-20


*** "The Birth Called Death: The Remarkable Story of One Woman's
Journey to the Other Side of Life" by Kathie Jordan (Available: Now)
From the age of 7 to the age of 22, Kathie Jordan's deceased
brother came to her at nighttime, pulled her from her body, and
guided her to heaven. In these nighttime journeys, she was taught
about the purpose of life in the body, the meaning of death, and
about the soul's progress in the afterlife. In these moments out of
her body, Kathie is taken to higher and higher levels of heaven,
where she meets and learns from spiritual teachers, including Jesus.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1883991773/neardeathexpe-20


*** "My Proof of Survival: Personal Accounts of Contact With the
Hereafter" by Andrew Honigman (Available: Now) For the past 50
years, "My Proof of Survival" has been one of FATE magazine's most
popular features. Now the best of these stories are presented in book
form for the first time-true accounts from ordinary people who have
had extraordinary encounters with the hereafter.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0738702641/neardeathexpe-20


*** "After Life: Answers from the Other Side" by John Edward, Natasha
Stoynoff (Contributor) (Available: Now) John Edward is the real deal.
He was tested in a recent university study by Dr. Gary Schwarz and
proven genuine. In "After Life," John answers your most often-asked
questions about how the mediumship process works on the Other Side,
while taking you on the inside of his own personal life as a husband
and new father. He shares what he's learned through his own recent,
personal losses and demonstrates that you're never too late to forgive -
and never too far away to love.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1932128069/neardeathexpe-20


*** View a complete list of the NDE books profiled on this website.
http://www.near-death.com/books.html


*** Search for NDE books at Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search?tag=neardeathexpe-20&keyword=n\
ear%20death%20experience&mode=books


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(8) Web links on the NDE
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*** International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS)
IANDS is the premier informational and networking organization
in the field of near-death studies which is devoted to exploring
near-death and similar experiences. Members are experiencers
and non-experiencers, professionals and the general public,
from every continent but the Antarctic. IANDS goals are to
encourage thoughtful exploration of all facets of near-death and
similar experiences; provide reliable information about near-death
and similar experiences to experiencers, caregivers, researchers,
and the public; and to serve as a contact point and community
for people with particular interest in near-death and similar
experiences. If you haven't yet joined this wonderful organization,
I encourage you to join online at their membership page. There
are many benefits for being a member. Their quarterly newsletter
Vital Signs alone is worth becoming a member. You will also be
receiving the only scholarly journal in NDE studies, the Journal
of Near-Death Studies. Visit their website by checking out the
excellent links below. Visit the foremost NDE website for reliable
information about NDEs, along with excellent resources and support.

Home page: http://www.iands.org
Site map: http://www.iands.org/toc.html
Join IANDS: https://www.iands.org/joincard.html
NDE Revelations: http://www.iands.org/revelations.html
Message Boards: http://www.iands.org/msgboards/messages/board-topics.html
Register your NDE: https://www.iands.org/archives.html
CD-ROM: https://www.iands.org/bibcd.html
Summaries of 17 NDEs: http://www.iands.org/pmh17.html
Plan on attending the IANDS Annual Conference... JUNE 24-26, 2004,
Evanston (near Chicago), Illinois at the Best Western.


*** The Living Well: Near Death Experiences. Afterlife. Ghosts.
Out of Body Experiences. Reincarnation. Communicating with
the Dead. Past Life Regressions. This is a very interesting web
page that I just came across and has lots of links to very interesting
NDE and NDE-related information.
http://www.thelivingweb.net/near_death_experiences_afterlife_ghosts.html


*** Is There a Hell?
This web page is a reprint of an article in the Spring 1992 Journal
of Near-Death Studies Vol.10, No.3 written by Dr. PMH Atwater
Dr. Atwater discusses current research into what are now termed
"distressing" or "unpleasant" NDEs, and her own findings from
interviews of over a hundred such cases. Atwater compares this
information with earlier reports from Maurice Rawlings (1978, 1980),
mythological traditions about the concept of hell, and renderings
from The Tibetan Book of the Dead (Evans-Wentz, 1957).
[Note: This is a fundamentalist Christian website that has some
misinformation about hell. I am only recommending this particular
web page to study.]
http://www.yourgoingtohell.com/doctor.html


*** Do a Google search for all the NDE websites on the internet
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=near-death


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


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