"If you would indeed behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide
unto the body of life. For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea
are one." - Kahlil Gibran

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Near-Death Newsletter............................................January 1, 2005
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(1)....NDEs in the News
(2)....Q & A with Dr. PMH Atwater
(3)....Books on the NDE
(4)....IANDS in the Spotlight
(5)....Odds and Ends

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(1)....NDEs in the News
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How You Can Help Those Suffering From the Quake and Tsunami
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WASHINGTON, DC ----- (American Red Cross)
The American Red Cross is not a government agency and all Red Cross
disaster assistance is free thanks to the generosity of people like you.
The value of your donation is increased by the fact that the ratio of
volunteer Red Cross workers to paid staff is almost 36 to one.
Note: Be careful of bogus websites posing as disaster relief organizations.
The Red Cross is perhaps the safest and most cost-effective disaster
relief organization on the planet.
https://www.redcross.org/donate/donation-form.asp


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Faiths Ask of Quake: "Why Did You Do This, God?"
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM ----- (Reuters)
In one modern view, he said, God does not interfere in the affairs of his
creation. Disasters like the tsunami occur for the natural reasons
scientists say they do. "This is not something that God has done.
God hasn't picked out a certain group of people in a certain area of
the world and said: 'I am going to punish them,"' he said. "The world
has certain imperfections built into the natural order, and we have to
live with them. The issue isn't 'Why did God do this to us?' but 'How
do we human beings care for one another?"'
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=570&ncid=570&e=2&u=/nm/20041230/\
sc_nm/quake_religion_dc
*** Amit Varma at "India Uncut" is blogging the tsunami aftermath at
ground level, and it is a more horrific scene than can be imagined from
the news reports and helicopter tours. To read his astonishing survival
stories of this tragedy visit: http://indiauncut.blogspot.com/


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Scientists: Quake May Have Made Earth Wobble
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA ----- (Reuters)
The deadly Asian earthquake may have permanently accelerated
the Earth's rotation, shortening days by a fraction of a second and
caused the planet to wobble on its axis, U.S. scientists said Tuesday.
Richard Gross, a geophysicist with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
in California, theorized that a shift of mass toward the Earth's center
during the quake Sunday caused the planet to spin 3 microseconds,
or millionths of a second, faster and to tilt about an inch on its axis.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/12/29/quake.wobble.reut/index.html


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Did Animals' Sixth Sense Save Them From Tsunami?
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JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA ----- (Reuters)
Wild animals seem to have escaped the Indian Ocean tsunami, adding
weight to notions they possess a "sixth sense" for disasters, experts
said on Thursday. Sri Lankan wildlife officials have said the giant waves
that killed over 24,000 people along the Indian Ocean island's coast
seemingly missed wild beasts, with no dead animals found.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/12/30/quake.animals.reut/index.html


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Do Animals Have Souls?
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SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS ----- (Unknown Country)
One listener writes: "I witnessed a television interview between Diane
Sawyer and Roy of Siegfried and Roy. What I remember the most
was Roy's memories of his NDE with his tigers. When he was at the
point Anne was, Roy's tigers were in his near-death experience. No doubt,
when it is my time, my cats should greet me -- they are my family!"
http://www.unknowncountry.com/diary/?id=172


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Higher States of Consciousness
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EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND ----- (The Scotsman)
The depictions on the cave walls and the content of modern human
trance-like states are strikingly similar and reproducible. Vision-questers,
by whatever route, feel they leave their bodies, pass through a hole or
aperture and along a tunnel or vortex. Early on, they see geometric
shapes, lines and zig-zags. Later they encounter scary animals which
must be overcome before meeting a spiritual supreme being. Other
features common to multiple cultures are emerging from water; flight;
a bright and blinding light; and, curiously, bleeding from the nose or
mouth. In some cultures, aspiring shamans were obliged to go through
painful and dangerous ordeals which really did bring them to the brink of death.
http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=4442005


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Minister's Wife Succumbs To Pneumonia
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SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA ----- (The Shreveport Times)
Twenty-five years ago, Lily Schmitt, who had muscular dystrophy and
scleroderma, was feeling too weak to participate in Christmas Eve
activities. But while she was waiting at home for her husband, she had
a "death experience" in which she met Jesus. Afterward, she felt good
enough to attend a second Christmas Eve service.
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050101/NEWS01/501010\
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Near-Death Experience Heals Insomnia Through Music
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RICHARDSON, TEXAS ----- (PRWeb Press Release)
Marcey Hamm has a near-death experience then starts composing
music that heals insomnia.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/12/prweb189436.htm
*** Read about Marcey Hamm's near-death experience:
http://www.healingproducts.com/marcey_info.htm
*** Listen to sound clips of her beautiful NDE music:
http://www.healingproducts.com/musicbymarcey.htm


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Postmaster Finds Balance Through Yoga
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SONORA, CALIFORNIA ----- (The Union Democrat)
"My body was so exhausted that I went into shock. When I lost
consciousness, I began coming out of my body," she said. "I was
hovering over my body in the most tranquil state. Words can't even
explain it." She had another out-of-body experience when her father
died in 1998 at a Bay Area hospital ... "It was the sound of grief that
filled the room and then it just stopped," she said of the crying. Once
the tears ceased, she looked out the window and saw three bright lights,
which she believes were angels coming for her father. Davis told her dad
he could go with the angels so he stopped breathing and the lights
went away, she said. "I'm not afraid of death," Davis says. "Death is
freedom. I know that sounds really strange, but there's liberation in death."
http://www.uniondemocrat.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=16020


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Study Shows No Stay On Death
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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS ----- (Reuters)
The common perception that terminally ill people try to hang on until
after a major event like their birthday or a big holiday isn't true, according
to a study. Records for more than 300,000 cancer victims who died in the
state of Ohio between 1989 and 2000 showed they had no special capability
or willingness to keep going until after Christmas, Thanksgiving, or their
birthdays, the report said. "Analysis of thousands of cancer deaths shows
no pattern to support the concept that 'death takes a holiday,'"
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=856&ncid=856&e=2&u=/nm/20041221/\
od_uk_nm/oukoe_health_holidays


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Reanimators Try to Grasp the Afterlife Mystery
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MOSCOW, RUSSIA ----- (Pravda)
This is an interesting article on how some scientists believe that by
reducing the near-death experience to its physical components in
the brain, they are somehow refuting any spiritual components which
may be associated with it. Such researchers often dismiss the
near-death experience as being caused by brain anomalies despite
the fact that the cause of near-death experiences is not relevant to
whether they are actual transcendental experiences or not. Such
reductionism only shows that near-death experiences have a physical
component. However, to disprove the tremendous amount of existing
scientific evidence supporting the reality of a non-physical component
to near-death experiences is the "ball" in the skeptic's court which
they have yet to even notice.
http://english.pravda.ru/science/19/94/378/14745_afterlife.html


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Scientific Proof of Paranormal Ignored
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MAKATI, PHILIPPINES ----- (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
"I can cite the massive scientific data collected by Dr. J. B. Rhine
of Duke University to prove the existence of telepathy and clairvoyance,
the 20-year experiments conducted by physicists Dr. Russell Targ
and Dr. Puthoff of the Stanford Research Institute on remote viewing,
and the highly controlled studies of Dr. Robert Jahn of Princeton
University proving the existence of telekinesis beyond reasonable
doubt. But most critics have never really bothered to look at these
scientific proofs and evidence."
http://news.inq7.net/lifestyle/index.php?index=2&story_id=22545&col=3


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Theoretical Physicists Cast Fascinating Light on the Universe
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DETROIT, MICHIGAN ----- (Detroit Free Press)
What if I told you the finest minds of our generation now think that our
universe is probably only one of many universes? In other words,
everything that is, as you and I have always understood it, is only
one of many --possibly infinite -- separate everythings that are? I'm not
talking about separate planets or even separate galaxies. I mean
separate universes.
http://www.freep.com/features/books/salij26e_20041226.htm
*** Related news article: The First Evidence For String Theory?
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/fundamentals/mg18424781.400
*** View two news video clips about "String Theory: The Real Matrix":
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/minutes/q_30122.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/minutes/q_3012.html
*** You will need QuickTime software installed to view these.
If you don't have QuickTime, download it for free here:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
*** Related science article: Imagining Other Dimensions
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/dimensions.html
*** Related NDE article: The multi-dimensional realm of the NDE:
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/research20.html


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Near-Death Experience Leads Hopkins to Church
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA ----- (The Daily Progress)
Hopkins was loading a truck in 1980 when he fell on his back.
Looking up, he saw a brilliant rainbow and thought, "I'd really like
to have something that beautiful in my life," he recalled. Hopkins
quit his job. He said he had realized his life was empty because it
consisted only of working and making money. A lifetime spent
chasing the dollar, he said, can destroy a person's humanity.
http://www.dailyprogress.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=CDP%2FMGArticle%2FCDP_Ba\
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Medical Technology Explains About Afterlife Scenarios and Reincarnation
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WHITEHOUSE STATION, NEW JERSEY --- (The India Daily)
According to Dr. Weiss, he understands what really happens after
death and how souls keep coming back till they reach immortality.
Shanti Devi was born (or perhaps more accurately stated, reborn) in
Delhi in 1926. When she was four years old she made a startling
declaration to her family: "This is not my real home! I have a husband
and a son in Mathura! I must return to them!" The young girl was able
to provide many details of her past life, including descriptions of her
previous home and family in Mathura. At the prompting of Mahatma
Gandhi, a team of researchers was put together to examine her claims.
According to reincarnation expert Dr. Ian Stevenson, Shanti Devi's
past life memories matched the facts uncovered by the panel's investigation.
http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/12-12g-04.asp
*** Dr. Brian Weiss' new book "Same Soul, Many Bodies":
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743264339/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20
*** Visit Dr. Weiss' website: http://www.brianweiss.com/


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The Journey of Generations
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DES MOINES, IOWA ----- (Des Moines Register)
One of the most comforting things she shared was her near-death
experience. She had been in a coma for many days. Suddenly,
she opened her eyes and asked all of her kids to get together so
she could say how much she loved them and to tell them goodbye.
Then she went back into a coma. She saw a brilliant light, Grandpa
Blomme and the Lord. They asked her if she were ready, and she
said, "No." So Grandma came out of the coma and lived a few more
years. As we talked, I knew the experience was helping her to accept
her death with a little less fear and it was easing my acceptance
of her leaving.
http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041226/OPINION01/41226\
0318/1035/OPINION


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A Taste of Heaven
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SYDNEY, AUSTRAILIA ----- (The Sydney Morning Herald)
"People who have near-death experiences have caught a glimpse of
heaven and not wanted to come back to earth," Manning says. "They
talk of a blinding light, a sense of peace and the overwhelming desire
to get back there." ... One of my most precious gifts was a picture from
a child who knew they were going to die. This child drew a sun with
big spikes for rays and underneath was written: 'Death is like being
in the sunshine every day.'
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Opinion/A-taste-of-heaven/2004/12/21/1103391735177.ht\
ml?oneclick=true
*** Note: You may have to register to read this article. It's free.


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Near-Death Experience Forces Partner to Rethink Her Lifestyle
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NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK ----- (New York Lawyer)
Crain says she had just made it to the hospital, where she was being
prepped for an angioplasty, when her heart stopped. She says a
cardiology team used a defibrillator 17 times to revive her, but she
was "down" for 33 minutes.
http://www.nylawyer.com/news/04/12/122204j.html


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"Dying" Drunk Gets an Earful and Awakes From Coma
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NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK ----- (The New York Post)
A man who drank himself into a coma and lay near death in a hospital
bed suddenly woke up after hearing that his boss had commanded,
"Get your ass back to work!" ... DiPasquale's friend Ralph Nash figured
there was nothing to lose, and decided to deliver the message, whispering
into his pal's ear, "Charlie says to get out of bed and get your ass back
to work." Five minutes later, DiPasquale suddenly awoke and uttered,
"I've got to get to work." And he began a quick recovery.
http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/37253.htm


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Study Disputes the Randomness of Dreams
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DALLAS, TEXAS ----- (RedNova News)
The finding that the brain compartmentalizes dreams into two separate
sleep periods may also put to rest the theory that dreams are no more
than a meaningless rehash of random images, according to the
researchers... McNamara's next series of experiments will look at just that
possibility, comparing sleepers' dream patterns with the socializing they
conduct during the following day. If those experiments show a real correlation,
he said, "it may mean that if you want to understand why people do the
things they do in the day -- in terms of their social interactions -- one place
to look is dreams."
http://www.rednova.com/news/display/?id=112054


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Sleep Paralysis and Astral Projection
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MAKATI, PHILIPPINES ----- (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Almost everyone goes out of his body while asleep and travels. Most
of the time however this happens without "awakening" in the astral world
so we may not realize what has really happened when we wake up.
That's when the trouble begins. We become frightened because we can't
move. We try to return to our body but we cannot because, the more we
struggle, the more there will be a misalignment in the vibrations between
the astral and physical body. When a person feels like he is flying or
being smashed, it is because his astral body is really flying while his
physical body remains in bed. That's why doctors call this "hallucination."
Actually it is not.
http://news.inq7.net/lifestyle/index.php?index=2&story_id=21135


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Out of Body Experiences and Their Neural Basis
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM ----- (British Medical Journal)
In summary, the neurological evidence shows that out of body experiences
are related to a disintegration within personal space (multisensory
dysfunction) and a disintegration between personal space (vestibular) and
extrapersonal space (visual) due to interference with the temporo-parietal
junction. In science the most challenging phenomena are often the ones we
take for granted in our everyday lives. Excellent examples are the perception
of the self and the experienced spatial unity between self and body. As argued
by others, both folk psychological notions are challenged by out of body
experiences. The reviewed evidence from neurological patients experiencing this
striking dissociation between self and body shows that out of body experiences
are culturally invariant phenomena that can be investigated scientifically.
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/329/7480/1414


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Ecstasy May Ease Fears of Dying Cancer Patients
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EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND ----- (The Scotsman)
The small four-month study is expected to begin early next spring. It
will test the drug's effects on 12 cancer patients from the Lahey Clinic Medical
Centre in the Boston area. The research is being sponsored by the
Multidisciplinary
Association for Psychedelic Studies, a non-profit group that plans to raise
250,000 (-184,816) to fund it. MAPS, on its web site, touted the study's
approval,
saying "the longest day of winter has passed, and maybe so has the decades-long
era of resistance to psychedelic research."
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3933999
*** Read about actor Larry Hagman's NDEs triggered by LSD and liver failure:
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/triggers04.html
*** Visit the M.A.P.S. website: http://www.maps.org/


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Questions Arise Over Fate of Digital Information After Death
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NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK ----- (Associated Press)
This week, a Michigan man publicized his struggle to access the Yahoo
e-mail account belonging to his son, Marine Lance Cpl. Justin M. Ellsworth,
20, who was killed Nov. 13 in Iraq. Though Yahoo's policies state that
accounts "terminate upon your death," John Ellsworth said his son would
have wanted to give him access ... To release those messages in such
circumstances, Yahoo said, would violate the privacy rights of the deceased
and those with whom they've corresponded ... The easiest approach,
Internet scholars say, is simply to leave behind a password ... "When one
family member tells another where the important paperwork is, the will,
safe deposit box key, etc., the list of passwords is going to be added to that."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/12/24/build/n\
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Ghosts In The Machine
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EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND ----- (The Scotsman)
Thomas Edison, inventor of the phonograph, wrote: "If we can evolve
an instrument so delicate as to be affected by our personality as it
survives in the next life, such an instrument, when made available,
ought to record something." Tom and Lisa Butler, co-directors of the
AA-EVP, have no doubt these "messages" are more than stray
electromagnetic radiation or random noise. "We have a high degree of
confidence that the voices and other forms of these phenomena are
not able to be explained using currently understood physical principles,"
says Tom, an electronic engineer based in Reno, Nevada (his wife,
Lisa, is a psychologist). "The one hypothesis that answers all of the
evidence coming from EVP is the Survival Hypothesis - that is, that the
personality of a person survives the death of the physical body."
http://news.scotsman.com/features.cfm?id=4082005
*** Read about the EVP movie "White Noise" opening January 7:
http://www.whitenoisemovie.com/
*** Visit the website for the American Association for EVP:
http://aaevp.com/


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Remote Viewing Tibetan Monks See Extraterrestrial Powers
Saving the World From Destroying Itself in 2012
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WHITEHOUSE STATION, NEW JERSEY --- (The India Daily)
Remote viewing is nothing new in Tibetan monasteries. For thousands
of years remote viewing in the middle of other spiritual activities have
dominated Tibetan culture. What some Indian tourists came to learn
from a few Tibetan monasteries under the current Chinese rule is
extremely alarming and fascinating.
http://216.132.172.70/indiadaily/editorial/12-26-04.asp


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Major Climate Change Occurred 5,200 Years Ago:
History Could Repeat Itself
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COLUMBUS, OHIO ----- (Space Daily)
Glaciologist Lonnie Thompson worries that he may have found clues that
show history repeating itself, and if he is right, the result could have
important implications to modern society. "The climate system is
remarkably sensitive to natural variability," he said. "It's likely that it is
equally sensitive to effects brought on by human activity, changes like
increased
greenhouse gases, altered land-use policies and fossil-fuel dependence. Any
prudent person would agree that we don't yet understand the complexities with
the climate system and, since we don't, we should be extremely cautious in
how much we `tweak' the system," he said. "The evidence is clear that a major
climate change is underway."
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/iceage-04k.html


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Asteroid Has 1-in-60ish Chance of Earth Hit
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MCLEAN, VIRGINIA ----- (USA Today)
An asteroid that has a small chance of hitting Earth in the year 2029
was upgraded to an unprecedented level of risk Friday, Dec. 24.
Scientists still stress, however, that odds are further observations will show
the space rock won't be on a collision course with the planet. The risk rating
for asteroid 2004 MN4 was raised Friday by NASA and a separate group of
researchers in Italy. The asteroid's chance for hitting Earth on April 13, 2029
has now been categorized as a 4 on the Torino Scale. The level 4 rating -- never
before issued -- is reserved for "events meriting concern" versus the vast
majority
of potentially threatening asteroids that merely merit "careful monitoring."
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2004-12-25-meteor-potential-hit_x.htm


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The Gift of Life: Take Time to Sign Organ Donor Card
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SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA ----- (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
The shopping is almost behind you, but have you crossed the ultimate
last-minute gift off your list? Are you an organ donor? ... More than
87,000 people are waiting for transplants, and 15 of them die every day,
when they can't wait any longer. Though there were 6,000 deceased organ
donors in 2000, there were another 9,000 who suffered brain death and could
have donated organs and tissue but didn't ... "This is why we really encourage
people to tell their families that they want to be organ donors, so they know
their wishes will be honored," Larson says. "These conversations may be very
hard, but they're very important. (Note: You may have to register to view this
article.)
http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/10480166.htm?1c
*** Become an organ donor: http://www.organdonor.gov/
*** Download a Living Will form:
http://www.1stoplegal.com/forms/willsliving.htm
*** Learn about your end-of-life choices:
http://www.ltc-resources.com/Directives.html
*** Download the Advance Directives:
http://www.uslivingwillregistry.com/forms.shtm
*** Store your advanced directives online: http://www.uslivingwillregistry.com/
*** Protect your right to die with dignity:
http://www.endoflifechoices.org/index.jsp
*** Visit this mega-resource website: http://elderresources.blogspot.com/


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Archive of NDEs in the News
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(2)....Q and A with Dr. P.M.H. Atwater
........An in-depth look at the near-death phenomenon
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In this section of the newsletter, PMH Atwater will answer a question
submitted to her from subscribers to this newsletter. If you have a
question that you would like her to answer for this column, just email
your question to me at: webmaster@... for consideration.

P.M.H. Atwater's latest books are entitled
"The New Children and Near-Death Experiences"
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"We Live Forever: The Real Truth About Death"
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Take the Sacred Journey Cruise to the Caribbean with P.M.H. and
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QUESTION: "I'm very interested in NDEs and have read your Q & As with
great interest. I have a question that Kevin Williams was not able to answer:
I've heard that it's possible souls leave bodies just before imminent death.
I remember reading about the woman who witnessed the terrorist plane
crash at the Pentagon on 9-11, and just one second before impact, she
saw 'glowing orbs' exiting the top of the plane. I've read that the reason for
this is not only to spare the pain, but that after a body is damaged, the actual
soul will arrive in heaven malformed, and must be tended to (this is according
to the book, "Destiny of Souls"). If this is true, my question regards the
poor civilian in Iraq who had his head cut off with a knife, which took an
agonizing one minute. Do you think the soul exited early, knowing that there
was no chance for survival? And if it did, would the 'body' that's left continue
screaming while the cutting is still going on? Or would all consciousness and
bodily functions cease as soon as the spirit departs? These are difficult
questions, I know, and we can't be certain. But I would appreciate any
comments you might have." -- Fred.


ANSWER by PMH ATWATER: "In esoteric traditions dating back several
hundred years (written) and much further back in oral histories, it is said
that the soul usually leaves the body before death occurs. We are also
told that the way to tell if the soul is gone, is that the body will ..."
[Read more at http://www.near-death.com/atwater/index.html ]

P. M. H. Atwater, L.H.D.
http://www.cinemind.com/atwater/
http://www.near-death.com/atwater.html
Marketplace (a public service):
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(3)....Books on the NDE
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*** The NDE Online Store includes NDE books, videos, movies,
documentaries, magazines, and other media.
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Galactica: A Treatise on Death, Dying and the Afterlife
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by Marilyn Hughes
The author takes you on an out-of-body journey into the worlds of the
galactic heavens -- the worlds beyond death. Traveling the road of
terminal illness, you'll follow the footsteps of a soul preparing for death,
learn from those who have already crossed over, and witness the after-death
experience of a soul as she leaves this world. Opening the door to the
ancestors,
you will meet those who have gone before, hear their stories, be amazed at their
watchful care over the current generation, and see how they live in the world
beyond.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1411615867/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20


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Parapsychology In The Twenty-first Century: Essays On The Future
Of Psychical Research
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by Michael Thalbourne and Lance Storm
A collection of essays focusing on the future of the psychical research field.
One essay speculates about a future where psychic phenomena are studied
in every university. Another essay identifies 10 areas of potential difficulties
facing parapsychology. Other essays deal with areas where conclusions
may need re-examination and refinement while presenting possibilities for
innovative approaches to the future study of parapsychology. Some of the areas
of study covered include altered states of consciousness, telepathy,
meta-analysis,
the theory of psychopraxia, and sociological and phenomenological issues.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0786419385/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20


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Angel First Aid: Rx for Success
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by Sue Storm
At 18 months of age, Sue Storm had her first encounter with angels.
A near-death experience allowed her to learn firsthand that the angels
are always with us. Since that time, she has been able to hear, see,
and feel the presence of angels. In 1985, she was given a divine
directive to "help people." Following the divine plan, the angels have
kept Sue very busy doing interviews, lectures, seminars, writing and
counseling. After answering thousands of questions, Sue realized that
people need a simple way to help themselves collaborate with the
angels to make their lives easier and more enjoyable. From this,
"Angel First Aid was born."
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0967529115/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20
*** Visit the Angel Lady's website:
http://www.theangellady.net/contact.html


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Consciousness: An Introduction
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by Susan Blackmore
The famous NDE skeptic brings together all the major theories of consciousness
studies -- from those rooted in traditional Western philosophy to those coming
out of neuroscience, quantum theory, and Eastern philosophy. This book
is divided into 9 sections that examine such topics as how subjective
experiences
arise from objective brain processes, the basic neuroscience and neuropathology
of consciousness, altered states of consciousness, mystical experiences and
dreams, and the effects of drugs and meditation. It also discusses the nature of
self, the possibility of artificial consciousness in robots, and the question of
whether
or not animals are conscious. Enhanced by numerous illustrations and profiles of
important researchers, the book also includes self-assessment questions, further
reading suggestions, and practical exercises that help bring the subject to
life.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/019515343X/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20


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Universe on a T-Shirt: The Quest for the Theory of Everything
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by Dan Falk
This book contains essentially no math and is perfect for anyone who wants
a concise, easy-to-read guide to one of the great quests of human civilization:
the search for the ultimate laws of physics. Beginning with the speculations
of the Greek philosophers, the author takes you through relativity, quantum
mechanics and the latest developments in string theory. The book is well
illustrated with photos and diagrams and begins with the quote: "My ambition
is to live to see all of physics reduced to a formula so elegant and simple that
it
will fit easily on the front of a T-shirt." This is the "holy grail" of
contemporary
physics and it is called the "Theory of Everything".
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/155970733X/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20


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(4)....IANDS in the Spotlight
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IANDS is the premier research organization in the field of near-death
studies. 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 is alone worth
becoming a member.

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SEPTEMBER 8 - 10, 2005 - IANDS Annual Conference
Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
Check out the IANDS Conference information page.
http://www.iands.org/conf.html

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