"Death the last voyage, the longest, and the best." - Tom Wolfe

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Near-Death Newsletter.................................. May 15, 2005
www.near-death.com ...................... Vol. 04, No. 05, Ed. 02
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(1) NDEs in the News
(2) Books on the NDE
(3) IANDS in the Spotlight
(4) Odds and Ends

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(1) NDEs in the News
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News From P.M.H. Atwater
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CHARLOTTSVILLE, VIRGINIA ..... (P.M.H. Atwater's Website)
Check out the latest news from P.M.H. Atwater on this web page:
http://www.cinemind.com/atwater/news.html

--- Announcement: PMH Atwater's next book "Beyond the Indigo
Children: The New Children and the Coming of the Fifth World"
will be available in September of this year from Inner Traditions,
Rochester, VT. Advance orders for this book can be placed at
Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1591430518/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20
or at Inner Traditions: http://www.innertraditions.com/isbn/1591430518

--- Sign-up for "The Sacred Journey Carribean Cruise" for Sept. 18-26,
2005 at this web page: http://www.cinemind.com/atwater/cruise/cruise.html

--- Listen to P.M.H. Atwater's interviews online with streaming audio.
http://www.cinemind.com/atwater/archive.html

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The IANDS Website has a New Look and New Content
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(May 15, 2005) ....................................... (Near-Death Newsletter)
The International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS) website
is in the process of redesign. In addition to a new graphical organization
and presentation, the new site incorporates a shopping cart, interactive
local group listings, and other features. Site content is also being reviewed
and reorganized to bring it up-to-date and and more user-friendly. IANDS
will be rolling out new features in the next few weeks, so be sure to check
back. Check out their new look and feel now.
http://www.iands.org/

--- Check out the IANDS News section: http://iands.org/news/index.php
Headlines include the following:
*** IANDS Makes "The Day I Died" Video Available.
*** IANDS Releases Expanded Version of Research Bibliography on CD-ROM.
*** IANDS Now Has a Whole Day Workshop at the ATP Conference.
*** IANDS Website Now Has a New Shopping Cart.

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IANDS Makes Available For Purchase the Ultimate NDE Video:
"The Day I Died"
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(May 15, 2005) ....................................... (Near-Death Newsletter)
The most compelling and up-to-date video on NDEs, “The Day I Died”
(produced in 2003 by the BBC) can now be purchased in the U.S –
and IANDS members receive a 40% discount off the price. The video
features in-depth case studies of NDEs including a dramatic veridical
(verifiably accurate) out-of-body experience, the most recent research
studies, and balanced interpretations of NDE experiences from both
skeptical and “believer” perspectives – virtually everything an inquiring
mind would need for an introduction to NDEs. IANDS highly recommends
this video! The video, which is being sold by Films for the Humanities
and Sciences (http://www.films.com/id/11685), comes with the rights
for unlimited public showing (schools, universities, houses of worship,
hospitals, hospices, community agencies and all other public venues)
but not broadcast rights over television or the internet. We urge you
to obtain this video and make it available to local groups in your
community or to give as a donation to libraries or other organizations.
http://iands.org/news/?p=6

--- Ordering instructions for IANDS members:
Visit Films for the Humanities and Sciences at http://www.films.com/id/11685
or phone 1-800-257-5126. Regular price for "The Day I Died" video = $149.95
Special IANDS member price (40% discount) = $89.95. Before placing your
order, contact the IANDS office to obtain the promotion code.
Phone: 860-882-1211 or Email: office@....

--- Ordering instructions for non-IANDS members:
Sign-up for an IANDS membership (only $45) at http://iands.org/joincard.html
and save on the purchase of the video:
Price of IANDS membership ($45) + "The Day I Died" video ($89.95) = $134.95
Price of "The Day I Died" video without IANDS membership = $149.95
Call the IANDS office at 860-882-1211 for details.

--- Description from Films for the Humanities and Sciences:
Titile: "The Day I Died: The Mind, the Brain, and Near-Death
Experiences". Recent studies of cardiac arrest survivors suggest
that near-death experiences may occur at times when the brain
has actually stopped functioning. Drawing conclusions from that
research, "The Day I Died" dares to suggest that the mind is not
dependent on the brain—and that NDEs may confirm it. "That
the mind is located in the brain is just a hypothesis. It’s never
been proven," says cardiologist Pimm van Lommel. Accounts of
NDEs, shared by the people who experienced them, are analyzed
by researchers and skeptics alike, providing a balanced look at
a theory of mind that, at least in scientific circles, has previously
been all but unthinkable. Original BBCW broadcast title: The
Day I Died. (60 minutes, color). For details, visit this site:
http://www.films.com/ItemDetails.aspx?TitleID=11685&

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When Heaven Couldn't Wait For One Man
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(May 17, 2005) ............................... (The Shreveport Times)
Telling the story to those who need to hear it, he says, is
the only reason he figures he's still here. That's after 34
medical procedures, after 16 years, and after being declared
dead by EMTs at the scene after the 18-wheeler rolled over
his car ... All he knew at that moment, after his most recent
conscious thought of rain and a bridge and a semi, was
standing outside a great mother-of-pearl gate. The faces
before him were of friends and family. He saw his grandfather,
who had died years before after being transported, with Piper
in the ambulance with him, to Bossier Medical Center. He
saw his American Indian great-grandmother, stooped by
osteoporosis, standing tall and smiling at him. He saw
friends who had died tragically as teens.
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050517/NEWS01/505170\
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--- Book: "90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death & Life" by Don Piper:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0800759494/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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A Fourth Chance
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(May 19, 2005) ..................................... (The Gleaner News)
The patient was oblivious to what was happening to her body
because, she said, she was talking to Jesus Christ, visiting a
heavenly garden with lush plants and chirping birds, and standing
outside Heaven's gate, which was not a golden gate as she'd
always envisioned, but instead a large, transparent pearl.
Carroll said her spirit left her body through her head, and three
times returned to her body. She describes Heaven as a place
with a "wall of jewels surrounding the whole land." She describes
Jesus as bearded with shoulder-length hair and dark skin. She
had previously always imagined him with white skin, she said.
Carroll wanted to remain in the comforting land where she could
smell roses, but she said she saw her great-grandmother, "who
died when I was in seventh grade. She called out to me and said
'LeaAnn, you must go home'" in order to raise her children."
http://www.courierpress.com/ecp/gleaner_news/article/0,1626,ECP_4476_3788970,00.\
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Do You Believe In Miracles?
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(May 15, 2005) .................................... (The Capital-Journal)
They're celebrating a miracle Monday night, an honest-to-goodness
living, breathing feel-good miracle that's almost impossible to believe.
Unless, of course, you believe in miracles and the power of prayer.
Bonnie Warner, the woman throwing the celebration party at the
Southwest Plaza Building she manages in Topeka, believes. She
looks at her 5-year-old grandson, Jacob Walker, and she believes.
Four months ago, Jacob came close to dying, so close that he
later would tell his mother he had been in heaven, going so far as
to describe how everyone was dressed in white and how he had
seen a young friend who had died. On Jan. 20, Jacob was playing
with his German shepherd on ice-covered Tanglewood Lake near
LaCygne when he fell through the ice ... They lowered a rescue
hook three times before finding Jacob's body lying in 12 feet of water
and finally pulling him up. Jacob had been under water for 19 minutes.
http://www.cjonline.com/stories/051505/pgo_jacobwalker.shtml

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Back On Her Feet
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(April 22, 2005) ............................... (Suburban Chicago News)
Running again after nearly dying from a brain injury, area
resident aims to help others. When Lombard resident Julie
Papievis suffered an almost fatal brain stem injury in a car
crash in 1993, no one, including her doctors, thought she
would survive, let alone run again ... Papievis has written
a book about her experience. "Go Back and Be Happy"
(Pleasant Word, 2005) will be released at the Downers
Grove race. The book chronicles her journey from her near-death
experience — when, she said, her grandmothers advised her
to "go back and be happy" — to the hours spent learning to
feed herself to finally being able to run again.
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/sunpub/wheaton/news/gw0422brain.htm

--- Book: "Go Back and Be Happy" by Julie Papievis:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1414103182/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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Chaplain Provides Training in Self-Induced Contact in the Afterlife
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(May 16, 2005) ........................................ (Buzzle News)
Determined to change the way people think about death and
dying, Robin Renee Bridges in her landmark book, "A Bridge
of Love between Heaven and Earth: Self-Induced Contact in
the Afterlife," furnishes detailed instructions in the art of
self-induced contact with loved ones in the afterlife ...For
everyone interested in exploring the worlds beyond this world
through unmistakable interaction with a loved one, this book
offers more than ample preparation to safely navigate the
realms to which we translate after death of the body.
http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/5-15-2005-69993.asp

--- NDE testimony of RobinRenee Bridges:
http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/3-1-2005-66442.asp

--- Website: Chaplain Robin Renee Bridges' "Spirit Sanctuary":
http://www.spirit-sanctuary.org

--- Book: "A Bridge of Love between Heaven and Earth" by Robin Renee Bridges:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0975465910/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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Researcher Says Near-Death Experiences Don't Have to be Spiritual
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(May 9, 2005) ................................... (Hamilton Journal News)
“There’s an overwhelming chain of evidence,” said Dr. Jeffrey Long of
Tacoma, Wash. “I think near-death experiences give us hope. We’re
here on earth to learn some important lesson that revolves around love
and relationships.” Long, who is a radiation oncologist, inadvertently
discovered medical research about near-death experiences during
his residency. Having heard about a near-death experience from a
friend also intrigued him, he said. Eighty-five percent of near-death
experiences are pleasant while 15 percent have frightening or even
hellish encounters. Since his research, Long and his wife, Jody, have
created a website called the Near-Death Experience Research Foundation.
http://www.journal-news.com/featr/content/features/stories/2005/05/07/HJN0507NEA\
RDEATH.html

--- Website: Dr. Jeff & Jody Long's NDE Research Fdn website:
http://www.nderf.org/

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Does Consciousness Exist Beyond the Brain?
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(May 11, 2005) .......................... (Science & Theology News)
This summer (June 2), Peter Fenwick, a neuropsychiatrist
with London University’s Institute of Psychiatry, will present
a lecture on consciousness. Fenwick will speak as part of
the ongoing “Voices from the Edge” lecture series, hosted
by the London offices of What Is Enlightenment? magazine.
The magazine’s goal is to create an international speaker’s
forum that presents visions and values for an evolving global
culture. In the “Voices from the Edge” forum, both presenters
and participants are invited to peer beyond the edge of our
current world crises and explore a new future of hope and possibility.
http://www.stnews.org/articles.php?category=events&article_id=500

--- Website: What Is Enlightenment? "Voices From the Edge":
http://www.wie.org/voices/

--- Magazine: "What Is Enlightenment?":
http://www.wie.org/magazine/

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Psychic Helps Family Find Missing Body
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(April 19, 2005) ........................................... (NBC News)
Initially family members put up missing posters in late
November and December 2004 around town and then
they went to police. Family members felt they had no
where else to turn. But when nothing came from that they
were led to a creek at Raceway Park early this evening
by a psychic. "I work a lot of murder cases," says Gale
St. John, an area psychic. "I'm a psychic detective and
the family learned about me. I've been on Larry King."
St. John says she told the family to come to the creek
behind Raceway Park. "Jesse started talking to me,"
St. John says. "I was in a store and he was more clear
than he'd ever been before. He told me where to go, and
within five minutes we were here." "We got here first,"
Dye says. "I identified him by his tattoos. It was my brother
and then we called police."
http://www.nbc24.com/Global/story.asp?S=3227613&nav=YA5MYorj

--- Video: Watch the Channel 24 NBC News video about this story:
http://media02.toast.net/nbc24.com/news/041805pmpsychicfind.wmv
(Note: Requires Windows Media Player. Download it free at this site:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/mp10/default.aspx )

--- Website: Psychic Gale St. John's personal site:
http://www.psychic-galestjohn.com/

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Voices of the Dead or All in the Head?
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(May 16, 2005) ............................................. (TVNZ News)
Can voices of the dead be heard on ordinary audio tapes
recorded in a quiet room? Swedish archaeologist, documentary
maker and artist Friedrich Juergenson pioneered research into
Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP). Eighteen years after his
death, interest in EVP is surging thanks to the horror movie
"White Noise" in which Michael Keaton receives messages
from his dead wife ... Juergenson first heard strange voices while
recording bird song in 1959. Recording silence and white noise
from the radio, he identified one of the voices as his dead mother
and concluded that all such voices must come from beyond the grave.
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_technology_story_skin/544325%3fformat=html

--- Website: American Association of Electronic Voice Phenomena:
http://www.aaevp.com/

--- Article: "The Real White Noise!" about EVP researchers Tom & Lisa Butler:
http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=7515

--- Book: "There Is No Death and There Are No Dead" by Tom & Lisa Butler:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0972749306/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

--- Movie: "White Noise" (DVD) starring Michael Keaton:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0007UC8YO/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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Dreams: What Does It All Mean? Take The Quiz and Find Out
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(May 3, 2005) .............................................. (Channel One)
Sweet dreams, daydreams, nightmares ... What could they
tell you about your hopes and fears? Do dreams even mean
anything? We took suggestions from specialists across the
field of dream interpretations, from dream expert Dr. Shelley
Wu (PhD., Psychology, SUNY-Buffalo) to the father of modern
psychoanalysis, Dr. Sigmund Freud. Just click the button to
get started.
http://www.channelone.com/life/2005/05/03/dream_decoder/

--- Articles: "Dreams and the Near-Death Experience" on near-death.com:
http://www.near-death.com/dreams.html

--- Examples of NDEs triggered by dreams:
J.A. -- http://www.near-death.com/forum/dream/000/01.html
Norma H. -- http://www.near-death.com/forum/dream/000/02.html
William Harris -- http://www.near-death.com/forum/dream/000/03.html
Skrzynski -- http://www.near-death.com/forum/dream/000/04.html
Ken Merriman -- http://www.near-death.com/forum/dream/000/05.html
Nick Gabaly -- http://www.near-death.com/forum/dream/000/06.html
Peter Little -- http://www.near-death.com/forum/dream/000/07.html
Dana -- http://www.near-death.com/forum/dream/000/08.html
Darlene Holman -- http://www.near-death.com/forum/dream/000/09.html

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The Practical Linguist: Mustering Up the Makings of a Language
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(May 13, 2005) ......................................... (The Daily Yomiuri)
Languages from past lives: Some people, under some circumstances,
seem to recall past lives and display familiarity with places, events
and languages that bear little relation to their present lives (I wrote
of this last month, April 8). Typically, the past lives are reexperienced
when the present personality is suspended, as it may be during a
trance. Some speakers of languages from past lives are "responsive,"
meaning they can hold a conversation in the second language. I wrote
last month that I am seeking an explanation that does not require
the hypothesis of reincarnation in order to account for this extraordinary
language ability.
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20050513wob1.htm

--- Wikipedia Encyclopedia's article on Foreign Accent Syndrome:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_accent_syndrome

--- Stroke Gives Woman British Accent:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3235934.stm

--- University Diagnoses Rare Foreign Accent Syndrome:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/11/031119075644.htm

--- Foreign Accent Syndrome Explained:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2300395.stm

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Author Brings Light to Pages of Latest Book
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(May 11, 2005) ...................................... (The Republic)
He said that he noticed that humans are always attracted
to light, that light was referenced constantly in the Scriptures,
and that scientific theory "always came back to light" ... "Light
is a some-thing and a some-one," he said. "Evolution is the
ascent to consciousness. But as you go backwards, physicists
generally agree that energy, or light, is the heart of everything,
the force that causes things to happen. De Chardin said that
matter is crumpled light." The central place light occupies in
the collective experience of humankind became the focus of
"Called into Life by the Light." The book synthesizes the
views of Thomas Aquinas, de Chardin and other "New Vision"
thinkers who see science, theology, mysticism, religion and
ecology as fundamentally interrelated ... "We are all drawn to light.
It captivates our attention and imagination. It is as if light is built
into each being. It is a symbol for goodness, health, joy and
happiness. It is basic to physical, mental and spiritual life," he
said, ever the teacher desiring to help a student understand.
"And at the heart of everything is a being who is light."
http://www.masslive.com/metroeastplus/republican/index.ssf?/base/news-0/11157112\
766260.xml&coll=1

--- Book: "Called into Life by the Light" by Bernard J. Fleury
Description: A non-fiction account of the human experience of light
in theology, philosophy, physics, medicine, and near-death
experiences. Light, the foundational stuff of all that exists, that elusive,
pervasive something that calls humans into life.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1403376557/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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Global Announcement Effects Transpersonal Psychology
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(May 5, 2005) .................................... (Transpersonal Media)
Transpersonal Media in Dallas, Texas, announced today the
global release of a major new DVD series focusing on the field
of Transpersonal Psychology. "Transpersonal Conversations"
is a six-part series of cinema-quality documentary interviews
with the founders and leaders of Transpersonal Psychology,
the field of psychology that scientifically studies Human spirituality
and consciousness. The series includes never before seen
interview footage with Dr. Stanislav and Christiana Grof, Charles
T. Tart, Ph.D., Frances Vaughan, Ph.D., Ralph Metzner, Ph.D.,
and James Fadiman, Ph.D. “We are very excited to be presenting
these unique and intimate interviews with the greatest theoretical
minds of transpersonal psychology,” said Transpersonal Media’s
president, Kevin Page. “Without the support of several institutions
like The Institute of Transpersonal Psychology and the Association
for Transpersonal Psychology a project of this size and scope
would never have been possible. This series is not only a labor
of love for our company…but it has historical significance for the field.”
http://www.transpersonalmedia.com/news.htm

--- Store: Transpersonal Media's online store:
http://www.transpersonalmedia.com/store.htm

--- Website: Institute of Transpersonal Psychology:
http://www.itp.edu/

--- Website: Association for Transpersonal Psychology:
http://www.atpweb.org/

--- Website: Dr. Charles T. Tart Home Page and Virtual Library:
http://www.paradigm-sys.com/cttart/index.cfm

--- Website: The Archives of Scientist's Transcendent Experience:
http://www.issc-taste.org/index.shtml

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Controversial Drug Ecstasy Might Be Used in Scientific Experiments
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(May 16, 2005) ............................... (Northern Light News)
There are two clinical tests currently being conducted in the
United States, with government approval, testing the merits
of Ecstasy and its potential to aid terminally ill patients of
anxiety as well as repressing suicidal thoughts while allowing
patients to express themselves to loved ones during their final
days ... Psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms,
is now being applied medically for obsessive stress disorder
and anxiety. The godfather of all hallucinogens, LSD, is soon
to be tested as a possible treatment for debilitating cluster
headaches. LSD was widely researched in the 1950s and 60s
for its ability to combat depression and schizophrenia.
http://www.northernlife.ca/policeBeatArticle.asp?28id2-pn=&view=87871

--- Book: Chapter Summaries of "DMT: The Spirit Molecule:
A Doctor's Revolutionary Research into the Biology of Near-Death
and Mystical Experiences":
http://www.rickstrassman.com/dmt/chaptersummaries.html

--- Article: "DMT, Moses, and the Quest for Transcendence":
http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/pc/dmt.html

--- Article: "Did Early Christians Eat Hallucinogenic Snails?":
http://people.etnoteam.it/maiocchi/fabbro.htm

--- Article: "The Eucharist Was Visionary Plants":
http://www.egodeath.com/eucharistwasvisionaryplants.htm

--- Article: "Amanita Muscaria Mushrooms and Religion":
http://www.egodeath.com/amanita.htm

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Canadian Discovers Atlantis Using Personal Computer
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(April 18, 2005) .................................... (PR Direct News)
While searching for the secrets of the Bermuda Tri-angle,
Chris Shearer stumbled upon a picture of what he believes
is the concentric rings and canal system where Atlantis
once flourished ... Back in the thirties Edgar Cayce who
was a world renowned psychic was quoted as saying that
parts of Atlantis would rise in '68 or '69, and indeed they did.
The Bimini roads were then discovered along with under
water temples which are also visible. The Bahama Islands
have been over looked as being Atlantis for many years,
until now. Not only was Edgar Cayce right about his readings
on Atlantis he is also right about the whereabouts. Chris has
done extensive research on the subject and conclude that
what he has discovered is in fact the lost city and continent of Atlantis.
http://www.prdirect.ca/en/view_release.aspx?TrafficID=2465

--- Website: Chris Shearer's "Atlantis Uncovered":
http://www.atlantisuncovered.com/

--- Article: Edgar Cayce's "Ancient Mysteries" ezine:
http://edgarcayce.org/am/

--- Article: Edgar Cayce's "Atlantis News" page:
http://edgarcayce.org/am/atlantisnews.html

--- Article: "Edgar Cayce on Atlantis":
http://edgarcayce.org/about_ec/cayce_on/ancient/index.html

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New, Portable CPR Machine Already Saving Lives
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(April 21, 2005) ........................................ (KSDK News)
Last week Calvin Boyd was mowing his lawn when his
heart failed. Calvin's wife administered CPR until help arrived.
Paramedics used the "Autopulse" on Calvin. A portable
CPR machine that automatically compresses the chest
taking into account a patients shape and size. For Calvin
the Autopulse was a lifesaver. "Within 2 minutes we
administered the Autopulse and when we checked to see
if he had his own pulse he did", said paramedic Chris
Jennings with the St. Charles County Ambulance District.
http://www.ksdk.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=78430

--- Website: The Autopulse Resuscitation System website:
http://www.zoll.com/autopulsebyrevivant.htm

--- Article: Man Revived By New Life-Saving Paramedic Technology
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/neighborhoods/stories.nsf/news/story/0968116CD9\
E2CD1386256FEF0054E337?OpenDocument

--- Article: CPR Instructions Should Focus on Continuous Chest
Compressions, UT Southwestern Physicians Recommend:
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=23972

--- Article: Newborn Resuscitation Debated in Court:
http://www.madison.com/tct/news/stories/index.php?ntid=38013&ntpid=5

--- Article: Man Saves Chicken With Mouth-to-Beak Resuscitation:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/04/16/entertainment/e19270\
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Defibrillators Seen as Answer in Wake of Boy’s Death
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(May 13, 2005) ................................. (The Pawtucket Times)
The sudden death of a 14-year-old baseball player this week may
spark a push to make defibrillators accessible during the town’s
myriad youth sporting events ... AEDs are far more automated and
require very little training compared to the defibrillators used by
paramedics and EMTs. Paquette said school district coaches and
other personnel would be shielded from liability by the state’s
Good Samaritan law. He said the AEDs give automated voice
commands to instruct users in how to properly use the machines ...
Superintendent John Tindall-Gibson said he wasn’t aware of any
defibrillators in Lincoln’s public schools but added that more and
more school districts are making them available. "It’s something
that’s starting to happen across the country," he said.
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Spirituality, Religious Practice May Slow Progression Of
Alzheimer's Disease
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(May 1, 2005) ............................................ (Science Daily)
Spirituality and the practice of religion may help slow the
progression of Alzheimer's disease, according to research
that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology
57th Annual Meeting ... "Spirituality and religiosity have been
linked to better health outcomes," said Kaufman. "Our research
addressed the question whether this link is also relevant in
Alzheimer's disease." Spirituality and private religious practices
accounted for 20 percent of the total variance. Kaufman said that
further studies are needed to better understand the connection
between religiosity and cognitive decline.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/04/050430222301.htm

--- Website: American Academy of Neurology:
http://www.aan.com/public/index.cfm

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Physician Assisted Suicide And Why Patients Are Motivated
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(May 8, 2005) ........................................... (Science Daily)
Patients motivated to seek a doctor for their death wish did
so after a deliberative and thoughtful process rather than on
impulse, according to a research study published in the Journal
of General Internal Medicine. The study involved 35 cases
in which patients considered physician-assisted suicide (PAS)
and presents data which until now has been very limited. Through
interviews with these patients and their family members,
researchers worked to obtain detailed information regarding
their thought processes, motivations, and experiences. It was
discovered that patients in this study were motivated to engage
in PAS due to three types of issues: illness-related experience
(fatigue, functional loss, or discomfort), loss of sense of self or
identity, and fears about the future (deterioration). None of the
patients seemed to be seriously depressed when they planned
the assisted suicide. The motivations expressed are similar to those
of other patients who decline life-sustaining treatment.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/05/050507182744.htm

--- Article: A Hospital Stay Can Make An Older Person More Likely
To Commit Suicide:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/05/050512201659.htm

--- Article: Ethics, the Constitution, and the Dying Process: The Case
of Theresa Marie Schiavo:
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/293/19/2403

--- Article: Anticipation Builds Around Schiavo Autopsy:
http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050510/NEWS/505100343/1004

--- Article: Orders Force Schools to Face Life-Death Decisions:
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/state/minnesota/11488551.htm

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Study: Data May Predict Sudden Heart Death
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(May 11, 2005) ............................................... (ABC News)
People whose hearts beat too fast during rest and too sluggishly
during exercise have a greater risk than others of dropping dead
suddenly from a heart attack, a study suggests ... Experts said the
findings don't mean healthy people should have routine stress tests.
But they said that when heart patients get the tests, doctors should
study the heart rate pattern for signs of trouble and not just look for
evidence of blocked arteries as most do now ... Sudden death occurs
when a heart attack, or sometimes an abnormal rhythm, stops the
heart. It strikes people as young as their 30s and 40s, and is responsible
for 5 percent to 10 percent of all U.S. deaths, or roughly 350,000 to
500,000 deaths a year.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory?id=748934

--- Article: Heart Rate is a Good Predictor of Sudden Cardiac Death:
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/extract/330/7500/1105-a

--- Website: American Heart Association on sudden death:
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=604

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A Timely Look at How We Die
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(May 11, 2005) ................................................... (USA Today)
"Time to Die: How American Hospitals Shape the End of Life" provides
an outstanding, timely examination of how and why people die or are
kept alive in U.S. society. The author observed how 27 people ended
their days ... One man in his 80s makes it clear to his longtime doctor
that he wants life-extending measures if they would lead to his health
being restored but not if the effort probably would be futile. Because the
doctor knows the patient's wishes, he is able to comfortably guide the
decision to remove him from a ventilator. Another elderly patient demands
to be allowed to die, yet his highly educated adult children disagree ...
The decision to put a loved one on a ventilator is often prompted by the
sight of watching him or her struggle for each breath. And once the ventilator
is in place, the decision to remove it becomes very difficult, because that
usually results in death. Hence, a deeply painful Catch-22.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/reviews/2005-04-27-time-to-die_x.htm

--- Book: "And a Time to Die : How American Hospitals Shape the End of Life"
by Sharon Kaufman:
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New Website Puts Your Medical Records Online
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(May 11, 2005) .................................................. (The Slate)
Patients can create their own online medical records, receive electronic
health alerts tailored to their ailments and exchange e-mail with their
doctors free of charge. The for-profit venture, called iHealthRecord, is
part of an ongoing trend toward converting patient records, many of
which still are maintained on paper, to the Internet ... "Paper kills, and
the faster we move into information technology, the faster we are going
to save lives,” said former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who has long
pushed for computerized medical records. “This is a very important interim
step in the right direction" ... Patients can create their own records by
going to the service’s Web site, www.ihealthrecord.org, whether their
doctors participate or don’t, but it is most useful when a patient’s physician
also is enrolled in the program.
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/nation/11615607.htm

--- Website: Free iHealthRecord portal to store your medical information:
http://www.ihealthrecord.org/

--- Article: Patient Medical Records Often Unavailable:
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20050510-020423-4834r.htm

--- Article: Stroke Victims are Often Taken to Wrong Hospital:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05129/501567.stm

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Negotiating The Terms of Your Death
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(May 10, 2005) ........................................... (Post Gazette)
The decision about when to say "enough" is now much more
complicated than just whether or not to turn off the machines.
Doctors at palliative-care centers and elsewhere are increasingly
amenable to pursuing aggressive treatment for patients who are
willing to endure it in order to gain even a little more time. And
physicians such as Ira Byock, director of the palliative-medicine
program at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, now coach patients and families
to decide among a variety of deaths -- some quicker than others,
or some more gentle than others. For example, stopping dialysis
in someone with kidney failure usually leads to a peaceful death --
the person gets sleepier and sleepier until he or she falls into a
coma and slips away. Alternatively, the patient would ultimately
die of something else, such as a severe infection or a gastro-intestinal
hemorrhage that could make for a more painful death. Some doctors
are reluctant to push aggressive treatment that will buy only
a little time and perhaps cause more suffering.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05130/502002.stm

--- Website: The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization:
http://www.nhpco.org/templates/1/homepage.cfm

--- Other End-of-life resources on the Internet:
Caring Connections: http://www.caringinfo.org/i4a/pages/Index.cfm?pageid=3366
Dying Well: http://www.dyingwell.org/
Compassionate Friends: http://www.compassionatefriends.org/
Growth House: http://www.growthhouse.org/

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In 1952, an American housewife under hypnosis recalled living a
previous life in eighteenth century Ireland as Bridey Murphy. This
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plausibility of rebirth, how can one intelligently decide if reincarnation
is fantasy or truth? Examining the debate from viewpoints of science,
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The author explains the science of events such as UFOs and
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This book is the culmination of 13 years of research bringing
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