"At birth we cry. At death we understand why." - a Bulgarian proverb

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Near-Death Newsletter........................... September 1, 2005
www.near-death.com ........................ Vol. 04, No. 09, Ed. 01
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Table of Contents
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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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News From P.M.H. Atwater
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CHARLOTTSVILLE, VIRGINIA ..... (P.M.H. Atwater's Website)
-- "BEYOND THE INDIGO" TO BE RELEASED THIS MONTH:
P.M.H. Atwater's latest book "Beyond the Indigo Children: The New
Children and the Coming of the Fifth World" will be released this
month. You can order the book now from these sources:

(1) Publisher's website: http://tinyurl.com/7fjp4
(2) P.M.H.'s Indigo page: http://tinyurl.com/betnp
(3) Amazon book listing: http://tinyurl.com/dhjed
(4) Barnes & Noble nearest you: http://tinyurl.com/9wsu9
(5) Phone your local Barnes & Noble: http://tinyurl.com/7otsk

If people contact their favorite local bookstore and order the book
there, it will build demand for the book and more bookstores will
carry it.

This book is a powerful treatise on the new children, their
characteristics - positive/negative, generational markers; but more
importantly it puts their appearance on the earthplane in perspective
to the advance of root races (our gene pool as humans), the great
shifting, and the great ages. Should your group want P.M.H. Atwater
as a speaker on this subject, refer to her website for details
then contact her directly at atwater@....

--- FREE INDIGO "EXTRAS":

P.M.H. states: "I am very excited about "Beyond the Indigo Children"
so much so that I have created an EXTRAS web page and ebook so some
of the ideas and resources left over from the original printing could
be listed. Of concern to me is that you read everything in the Notes
Section of the book. That's because Notes functions as a Resource
Guide, filled with wonderful books, websites, contacts, and groups
of all kinds that will be most helpful to you and to kids. EXTRAS
is really more of a hodgepodge than anything else. Enjoy scrolling
through it." The Beyond The Indigo Children EXTRAS web page can be
found at http://tinyurl.com/8x4yp

--- FREE "CHALLENGE OF SEPTEMBER 11" MINI-BOOK IS NOW AVAILABLE:

Visit the web page at http://tinyurl.com/8mmpp to read the free
28-page mini-book by P.M.H. Atwater, L.H.D. It is the full account
of what P.M.H. saw on the "inner planes" over New York City while
she was there in spirit form as the second plane hit the North
Tower. This material was originally part of a book on death and
dying, but was immediately censored by numerous New York publishers,
as they felt the public was not ready to hear such things. States
P.M.H.: "The publishers are wrong, so here it is in mini-book form,
free to all. This Memorial may be quoted and used by anyone who is
respectful of what it contains. Just give proper credits." It is
also available in PDF ebook format at this address:
http://tinyurl.com/agsnp

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P.M.H Atwater Receives IANDS Outstanding Service Award
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(Sept. 10, 2005) ------------------------ (Near-Death Newsletter)
On September 10, 2005, the International Association of Near-Death
Studies (IANDS) presented P. M. H. Atwater, L.H.D. with their
"Outstanding Service Award," accompanied by a film tribute to
her in recognition of what she has achieved during the last three
decades. Her husband, Terry Atwater, was honored as the unsung
hero behind her work. Dr. Atwater told the audience: "Near-death
experiencers talk about angels. I want you all to know I married
mine." This award and tribute is especially meaningful to Dr. Atwater
because Pim van Lommel, M.D., the cardiologist from Holland whose
paper was published in "Lancet" medical journal was presented the
Bruce Greyson Research Award during the same ceremony. She
had been instrumental with several others in suggesting that he
publish his paper and that he send it to "Lancet." In 2001, when she
was staying with Pim and his wife at their home in Holland, she
"broke the rules of etiquette" and nagged him until he finally mailed
in his paper. It was published in "Lancet" on 12-15-01, the largest and
most thorough research ever done on near-death experiences, a paper
that has garnered global attention and has gone on to establish
near-death states as a real phenomenon, unrelated to oxygen
deprivation, drugs, hallucinations, and so forth. Seeing him receive
such a well-deserved award capped off the ceremony for her.
http://tinyurl.com/co5hc

--- Website: IANDS 2005 Conference: http://iands.org/conference/index.php

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Global Near-Death Experience Meetup Group is Formed
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(Sept. 1, 2005) --------------------------- (Near-Death Newsletter)
The Friends of IANDS Nashville coordinator Rev. Juliet Nightingale
has started an online meeting place for their Nashville NDE support
group using the free online service MeetUp.com. This online service
is ideal for groups that regularly meet face-to-face and need
a website to coordinate their activities and post messages but do not
want to hire a webmaster to build it. By using blog technology, local
groups can focus on their common interests without have to be
computer geeks. As an example, one of the most interesting success
stories of the 2004 presidential election was Howard Dean's use of
blogs to bring a lot of people together for a cause. Although his
campaign fizzled, his network of blogs was able to mobilize people
in a manner that had political organizations all over the U.S. take notice.
Now, IANDS support groups have a tool they can use to inform and
promote their organizations. Registration is free and any IANDS
support group can now freely have a website and online meeting
place. On September 24, 2005, FOI Nashville has scheduled a United Near-Death
Experience Meetup Day to create public awareness of this new resource and their
online meeting place and to bring NDE enthusiasts all over the world together.
http://neardeathexp.meetup.com/1/

--- Website: All NDE Meetup Groups: http://neardeathexp.meetup.com/

--- Website: What happens when NDE Survivors meet on the same day
around the world?: http://neardeathexp.meetup.com/day/t/teaser/

--- Website: Take the tour and learn more about Meetup.com:
http://www.meetup.com/tour/

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Near-Death Experiencers Needed For Documentary on History Channel
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(Sept. 1, 2005) -------------------------- (Near-Death Newsletter)
Bill Brummel Productions in Los Angeles, CA, is gathering testimonials
for an upcoming 1-hour documentary entitled "The History of Heaven"
to be televised on The History Channel later this year. Please email
your name, your testimony, and your contact information to Associate
Producer Ann LeSchander at annbbp@.... The History Channel
is currently airing another documentary by Bill Brummel Productions
called "Hell: The Devil's Domain" on September 15, 16, and 23. It
has a nice segment on hellish NDEs and includes the Rev. Howard Storm
giving his outstanding testimony. The documentary also includes an
in-depth history of Hades that traces the development of Christian,
Moslem, Jewish, and Buddhist conceptions of hell. It also features a
church in Texas where "demons" are cast out of people. The modern
Church of Satan is profiled as well as current portrayals
of Satan in popular culture. http://www.historychannel.com/

--- Video: "Hell: The Devil's Domain" (VHS): http://tinyurl.com/cdmg7

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Prominent NDEr Who Lost a Son in Iraq Receives National Attention
For War Protest
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(Sept. 1, 2005) -------------------------- (Near-Death Newsletter)
Nadia McCaffrey is a NDEr and the facilitator for the San
Francisco - Bay Chapter of IANDS and directs her own organization,
Changing the Face of Death, a not-for-profit organization dedicated
to public awareness, consciousness and service towards the dying. On
June 22, 2004, her son, Army National Guard Sgt. Patrick was killed
in an ambush in Iraq. At the time, the Defense Dept. had a ban on
press photos of coffins returning from Iraq; but this ban didn't apply to
Patrick's coffin because it was returning to California on a commercial
flight. Nevertheless, Nadia received national attention for this perceived
defiance of the ban. In January 2005, Nadia and other mothers of fallen
heroes founded Gold Star Families For Peace headed by Cindy Sheehan.
They are working actively to stop the war and bring our troops home.
Nadia is also a Coordinator for Gold Stars Speakers Bureau, a peaceful
pro-people organization that works with Gold Star Mothers.
http://tinyurl.com/aquvp

--- Article: Nadia McCaffrey's NDEs: http://tinyurl.com/7a9ld

--- Article: Mother Nadia McCaffrey Showed the World a Casualty of
the Iraq War: http://tinyurl.com/aq6dj

--- Article: Iraq Soldier's Mother Joins Protest:
http://tinyurl.com/ayf79

--- Article: Grieving Mother Becomes Symbol of Antiwar Movement:
http://tinyurl.com/7gh5d

--- Website: Nadia McCaffrey's Angelstaff Intl:
http://www.angelstaff.org/

--- Website: Gold Star Families For Peace: http://www.gsfp.org/

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NDErs May Have Predicted the Hurricane Katrina Disaster
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(Sept. 1, 2005) --------------------------- (Near-Death Newsletter)
On April 26, 2005, webmaster Kevin Williams received an email
from near-death experiencer Alan McDougall informing him
of a dream he had the previous night. The subject of the email
was "Dream of a disaster from Alan" and this was the contents
of the email (verbatim): "Dear All, Last night the 26/4/2005 at
4 a.m. I dreamed of a disaster happening somewhere on the
Earth at the time that the young peaches are still green in South
Africa. This is between August and October. Love, Alan."

Another NDEr by the name of Howard Storm was given the following
information during his NDE in 1985: "The United States has been
given more of everything than any other country in the history
of the world and it has failed to be generous with the gifts. If the
United States continues to exploit the rest of the world by greedily
consuming the world's resources, the United States will have God's
blessing withdrawn. Your country will collapse economically which
will result in civil chaos. Because of the greedy nature of the people,
you will have people killing people for a cup of gasoline. The world
will watch in horror as your country is obliterated by strife." Storm
asked the beings of light how this would come about and they
replied that "our society is very dependent on a lot of very fragile
things -- energy grid, transportation. In each geographical area of
the United States people used to be relatively self-sufficient as far
as agricultural products. Now, how long would any state survive
without the transport of food and energy?" Storm states, "What would
happen is these very complex and delicate grids of our economic
system would begin to break down. We've created a society of such
cruel and self-centered people that the very nature of civilization
would begin to break down. The angels showed me that what would
happen is that people would begin robbing the grocery stores, hording
goods, and killing one another for gasoline and tires, and as a
consequence everything would break down and would end up in chaos."
That's if we don't change for the better. Such visions of the future are
always conditional and based on current trends and free will.

Ned Dougherty, another NDEr, has been receiving messages from the
Archangel Michael which have a remarkable relevance to today's
headlines.

--- Article: Alan McDougall's NDE: http://tinyurl.com/ajetk

--- Article: Howard Storm's NDE prophecies: http://tinyurl.com/bqotc

--- Article: The NDE and the Future: http://tinyurl.com/a9op2 and
http://tinyurl.com/9k5rj

--- Website: Ned Dougherty's messages from Michael:
http://tinyurl.com/8o4bd

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"Visions of God from the NDE" Author on Universalism
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(Sept. 1, 2005) ------------------------ (Near-Death Newsletter)
Ken Vincent, Ed.D., is the author of "Visions of God from the
Near-Death Experience" - a book which superimposes the
wisdom of the sages of the world's religions upon accounts
of modern-day near-death experiences to illustrate the similarities
between them. He is also the author of "The Magi: From Zoroaster
to the Three Wise Men" in which he compares the Zoroastrian
religion of the Magi to Christianity to show the parallels of
Universal Restoration in both faiths. The idea of salvation for all
humanity is known as "Universalism" and the idea that all people
will be saved - either immediately or eventually - is called
"Universal Restoration." Ken's writings all contain a strong undercurrent
of universalist thought and his latest book, which has just been
released, is entitled "The Golden Thread: God's Promise of
Universal Restoration." Arguing that God is too good to condemn
anyone to an eternal hell, "The Golden Thread" offers a Biblical
interpretation present in the Christianity of the earliest followers
of Jesus to the Christianity of the 21st century. Proponents of
Universalism can be found today within a wide variety of
denominations from post-Vatican II Catholics to Primitive Baptists.
"The Golden Thread" brings together the Bible verses that ancient
and modern Universalist theologians have used to show that God is
the parent of all and, in the end, will save the "lost sheep" and the
"prodigal son." "The Golden Thread" continues with 2,000 years of
Christian mystical religious experience and modern-day near-death
experiences - testimony to God's abiding love for all.
http://tinyurl.com/e2ezm

--- Book: Visions of God from the Near-Death Experience:
http://tinyurl.com/dpvan

--- Book: The Magi: From Zoroaster to the "Three Wise Men":
http://tinyurl.com/dzljv

--- Article: NDEs and Universal Salvation: http://tinyurl.com/9u9nv

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The Resurrection Men
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(July 2005) ---------------------------------------- (ParamedicUK)
The Safar scientists have developed a way to put the dogs into
a hypothermia-like state - also known as suspended animation -
which puts the animals' metabolism on hold. The process involves
draining the dogs' veins of blood and then filling them with a near
ice-cold salt solution, which lowers body temperature to 7C
(usually 37C). They stop breathing and have no heartbeat or brain
activity, so are considered clinically dead. Three hours later, the
dogs' blood is replaced and they are brought back to life with a
gentle electric shock. The Safar scientists have since announced
that they hope to test their hypothermic cooling techniques on
humans and have gone as far as talking to hospitals about starting
trials on emergency patients. http://tinyurl.com/dobwa

--- Website: Safar Centre for Resuscitation Research
http://tinyurl.com/crg9s

--- Article: "Scientists Create a Pack of Bloodless Zombie Dogs":
http://tinyurl.com/7sbm6

--- Article: "Clergy Weigh In On Process for Reviving the Dead":
http://tinyurl.com/b2rb7

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Interview of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross on Living, Dying ... and Beyond
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(July 17, 2005) ------------------------------ (Mother Earth News)
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross is best known for her work with death and
dying, and her fame is well earned. More than any other individual
in the Western world, she has helped shatter the taboo that — as
recently as 20 years ago — isolated the terminally ill in an
atmosphere of nervous silence. Meanwhile, the Swiss-born physician
devised her celebrated five-stage (denial, anger, bargaining,
depression, and acceptance) model of the dying process ...
authored the classic book On Death and Dying (as well as a number
of other volumes on the subject) ... sparked the hospice movement
in the United States ... and helped millions of people learn to see
dying as "the final stage of growth" an integral part of life itself.
http://tinyurl.com/9fpoj

--- Article: Elisabeth Kübler-Ross on Near-Death.com:
http://tinyurl.com/e3tdb

--- Books: All books by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross:
http://tinyurl.com/clzkv

--- Website: Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's website:
http://www.elisabethkublerross.com/

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To Die and Come Back (The NDE of Ken Mullens)
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(Dec. 31, 2003) ---------------------------------------- (The Age)
Words can't really describe the magnitude of the all-consuming
love experienced when being in the light. And not only love but
perfection, peace, serenity, calmness and beauty. I felt that I was
safely home. I was over-awed with the experience. The wisps of
cloud are the things I can still remember most clearly - I just put
my arms out to feel these clouds and I couldn't feel anything, then
I looked and I had no arms and then I looked down and I had no body.
Strange as it must seem I had 360-degree vision because I looked
behind me and saw I had no back. But I did fully comprehend the
fact that I was probably the size of a ball, but it didn't frighten
me it was a feeling of "oh well, so what" ... The experience is just
so powerful, so all-consuming that the difficulty I had as a free spirit
was fitting back into the human physical form. I just didn't seem
to fit - I'm not talking size - it just didn't seem right. I'd gone
back home; back where I came from and then I had to come back here
and do this mission - to help people by telling them that in death
your mind, soul, spirit never cease. http://tinyurl.com/chzwn

--- Books: All NDE books by Ken Mullens: http://tinyurl.com/a7lww

--- Website: About Ken Mullens and his NDE: http://tinyurl.com/d3gbr

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Show and Tell - Malcolm Goddard Died For Six Minutes
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(July 25, 2005) ----------------------------------------- (ABC TV)
They apparently laid me out on a table, tennis table, and started
to work on me. The interesting thing for me is that I remember
watching them do it. I was basically - I was in a hangar at the
airport and it has a metal roof. Obviously, if I was above the
building I couldn't see them, but I actually remember seeing
everybody work on me. I remember seeing the nurse who was
called, coming from the first aid centre. She was walking along
and she stopped to walk to somebody along the way for a couple
of minutes. About a month later, when I went back to work, I asked
her about that and she was rather blown away. She said, "How
do you know that?" I said, "Well, I saw you." She goes, "You can't
have seen me, nobody saw me," and I said, "Well I did," and I
explained exactly what I saw had happened. She didn't speak to
me for a while after that.http://tinyurl.com/a37kz

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Back From the Dead: Hospital Revives Woman
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(August 4, 2005) -------------------------------- (Daily Bulletin)
Gay Hamm of Upland, was dead at San Antonio Community Hospital
and brought back to life after the Emergency Room and paramedic
worked on her for 45 minutes ... She wasn't breathing. Her heart
had stopped beating. She was, in fact, clinically dead ... It took
45 minutes of constant CPR, electric shock therapy and powerful
drug injections, but the team saved Gay Hamm ... She then related
a dream she had a few weeks before her collapse. "My mother and
grandmother, who are both deceased, came to me and wanted me to go
with them," she said. "I said no. I still had things to do here."
http://tinyurl.com/732b3

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Driver Recalls Near-Death Experience
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(Aug. 13, 2005) -------------------------- (Des Moines Register)
Curtis Boyer didn't hear the dire predictions. A soothing source
of peace ran through his mind. Boyer, who wrecked violently
in last year's Knoxville Nationals, spent 17 days in a coma
with severe head injuries. A doctor eventually told him he died
three times. And during those moments, Boyer said God spoke
to him. "I can remember being happy, excited, not sad or
depressed," said Boyer, who watched this year's Nationals from
a Knoxville Raceway suite. "I was like, 'Wow, I get to see dad
and grandma - loved ones who went to heaven. I remember
looking forward to going to heaven and the Good Lord came
to me and his exact words to me were, 'Curtis, you're not coming
home yet. You've got some more work for me to do here.' I was
like, 'Wow, I'm not going to die.' That's all I really remember
about the death part of it."
http://tinyurl.com/cw464

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Rulon's Life of Extremes
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(Aug. 29, 2005) --------------------------- (Casper Star Tribune)
While best known for his "Miracle on the Mat" at the 2000 Games
in Sydney, Gardner's book is themed around the "Miracle in the
Mountains," title of the 18th chapter. Recollections from his
near-death experience preface almost every chapter, but the
details about his misguided snowmobile journey in western
Wyoming take up 53 pages of the book. "Now it's one of my best
experiences," Gardner said. "I can reflect on it now and see some
joy and happiness from that night because I'm here to talk about it."
http://tinyurl.com/8cpvq

Note: Gardner recounts a vivid scene in which he saw God, Jesus
and his late brother Ronald beneath him. In 1979, Rulon's older
brother died at age 14 from aplastic anemia. He states, "I saw the
other side, and I came back. They allowed me to live. I saw Ronald,
and I knew everything was fine. I just asked for my life, to let me
finish the dream." Nobody has questioned his claim or doubted
the validity of his vision. At least, not to his face. "It's not for
me
or them to judge," Gardner said. "I saw what I saw. If people don't
believe, just wait. Reality is coming. Fate is there. If people don't
believe me, I have no problem with that. I know what I saw. Hey ...
in the big scope of things, you're nothing." http://tinyurl.com/aruzh

--- Video: Watch the NBC Today Show video clip about Rulon's NDE:
http://tinyurl.com/awslb

--- Book: "Never Stop Pushing: My Life from a Wyoming Farm to the
Olympic Medals Stand": http://tinyurl.com/apngs

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Question and Answer with Jane Seymour
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(Aug. 18, 2005) ----------------------------------- (Calgary Sun)
Seymour, 57, says she was dead for at least 30 seconds. Question:
Many people who have near-death experiences say they saw a white
light. Did this happen to you? Seymour: Absolutely. I left my body.
I saw the white light but refused to go to it. I stayed in a corner
of the hospital room watching the doctors try to resuscitate me ...
Question: I guess it's an understatement to say this was a profound
experience, but what did you take away from such an amazing event?
Seymour: When you almost lose your life you finally understand how
precious life is. It gave me such an incredible perspective on life.
I vowed I would never waste a moment of the life I was given back.
http://tinyurl.com/al95p

--- Article: NDEs of the Rich and Famous:
http://www.near-death.com/famous.html

--- Website: The Official Site of Jane Seymour:
http://www.friendsofjane.com/

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Inspiration For "Million Dollar Baby" Bounces Back as an Artist
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(Aug. 14, 2005) ------------------------------- (Kansas City Star)
Dallam relates this directly to a near-death experience during
her post-fight days. She left her body, which felt liberating to her,
but then encountered her mother, who had previously died from
breast cancer. Dallam's mother insisted that Katie return to her
body. They argued, but Katie eventually obeyed. Katie related
this story to Stone Phillips on the April 25 edition of Dateline NBC.
http://tinyurl.com/aup9g

--- Article: "Dateline NBC Interview: Female Boxer Faces Fight of
Her Life":

While her family wondered if she would survive, Katie says her
only memory from that time is a powerful vision. Her mother,
who had died years earlier of breast cancer, appeared to Katie.

Katie Dallam: We're sitting somewhere and I don't want to say in
the clouds, but it was somewhere high. I don't know. A mountain
or something. And I'm telling her, you know, that I'm coming to be
with her, that I want to live with her now. And she said, `You
can't.' And oh I'm very angry at her. And I remember just sort of
turning my head away from her and just feeling like how can she
say I can't? You know like that's all I wanted to do at that point.

Stone Phillips: And how did end?

Katie Dallam: Well she told me it wasn't my time yet. I mean I don't
know if this was a dream or what it was, you know? But it was just
like I have to - you have to go back down there, you know? And I
really didn't want to, but that was what she said, so that's what I did.

(Shortly after that vision, against all medical odds, Katie awoke
from her coma.)

Katie Dallam: I remember my dad standing there and I was saying,
where's mom? And then you know they would say, "Well, you know,
she's dead." And then I said, no she's not. I was just talking to
her. Where is she?

Stone Phillips: It had been that real.

Katie Dallam: Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah. In fact that was more real to me
than, you know waking up there was. http://tinyurl.com/7v9zp

--- Website: The Official Site of Katie Dallam:
http://www.kddallam.com

--- Movie: "Million Dollar Baby" (DVD): http://tinyurl.com/c5mt2
--- Movie: "Million Dollar Baby" (VHS): http://tinyurl.com/82ozz

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Life After Death
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(July 25, 2005) -------------------------------------- (Pressbox)
In 2003 Mr. Dovel wrote "My Last Breath," his autobiography
about two near-death experiences he has had, an inspirational
book. His two separate near-death experiences took place one
at the age of twelve and one at the age of twenty-five. The first
was as a result of him drowning in a neighbor's swimming pool.
He experienced the joy and piece that only heaven could give
as a result of his soul passing over to the other side. Enraged at
having to leave heaven, to return to earth, Mr. Dovel spent the
next twelve years drinking and drugging to cope with living in what
he believed was now hell. At the age of twenty-five Mr. Dovel had
attained a thousand dollar a week habitual drug habit. Mr. Dovel
thought that if he killed himself he would once again return to
heaven, but little did he know that he would spend three days in
hell as a result of his suicide. Upon returning to earth, once again,
he was forever changed and literally scared straight. htt
p://tinyurl.com/8z5j8

--- Article: Matthew Dovel's NDE: http://tinyurl.com/9fb2y

--- Website: The Official Site of Matthew Dovel:
http://www.mylastbreath.com

--- Book: "My Last Breath" by Matthew Dovel: http://tinyurl.com/awdgj

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Story of the Afterlife (Scroll down to the last story.)
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(Sept. 9, 2005) --------------------------- (The Telegraph Online)
When my grandmother was younger, she was having abdominal
surgery and her heart stopped. Keep in mind she was telling me
this story long before people ever talked about near-death
experiences. I had never known anybody who died, then lived to
tell about it. I remember the look in my grandmother's eyes when
she told me the story. She wasn't scared. She wasn't nostalgic.
She was just telling me about dying the way a history teacher would
tell you about the American Revolution. I remember seeing a light.
(Yes, that familiar white light.) It was like a tunnel, and I followed it
into a dining room with a big table. And here's where Grandma's
face lit up. I remember walking to the room and seeing your
grandfather and your aunt. Then I saw my father and my mother
and Esther and . . . (She went on to name each of her five siblings
that had died before her.) They were eating this wonderful meal. It l
ooked and smelled so delicious. I was hungry, and they kept inviting
me to sit down and eat with them. I wanted to. I really wanted to.
But I knew that if I sat, I'd never come back. So I told them I wasn't
ready yet and that I hoped I would see them again. They assured me that I
would. And then I woke up on the operating table. http://tinyurl.com/a8f23

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(July 28, 2005) --------------------------------- (Desert Dispatch)
Chavez said he had a near-death experience when he was declared
clinically dead on the operating table. He said he saw God, Jesus
and the Holy Spirit. Chavez said he was in a beautiful garden and
saw his uncle who died years ago. His uncle told him, "It is not
your time yet." "It was so joyful," Chavez said. "There are no words
for it. It is beyond anything you could imagine." Chavez said he
understood everything and the meaning of life but lost it when he
came back to life."I didn't want to come back," Chavez said."I wanted
to kill the doctor who saved me." Chavez said his heart is getting
worse but he still has hope. "The hardest part is not to remember
what you used to do," Chavez said. "Do what you can and be happy with
it, even with your limitations." Chavez said he is not satisfied but
he is happy. http://tinyurl.com/c69vx

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(July 26, 2005) --------------------------------- (Sacramento Bee)
In November 1973, when she was 31, Betty Jean Eadie entered
a hospital for a partial hysterectomy. Complications ensued,
and she believes she died in her hospital room, soon finding her
spirit in the presence of angels, Jesus and God. They gave her
a "tour" of the afterlife, delivering profound messages and
answering universal questions. Then Eadie's spirit was returned
to her body. In 1992 - after a long bout with depression, followed
by years of studying psychology and hypnotherapy and consulting
with other survivors of near-death experiences, or NDEs - Eadie
published "Embraced by the Light", a phenomenal best-seller.
She has published three follow-up books, "The Awakening Heart,"
"The Ripple Effect" and "Prayers and Devotions."
http://tinyurl.com/d645u

--- Article: Betty Eadie's NDE: http://tinyurl.com/cdtmq

--- Website: The Official Site of Betty Eadie:
http://embracedbythelight.com

--- Books: All books by Betty Eadie: http://tinyurl.com/77fpg

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Inuit Artist Makes Silent Stones Speak
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(Aug. 25, 2005) ----------------------------------- (Straight.com)
One day I woke up in a morgue, in Iqaluit, with a toe tag on,
Toonoo recounts. Ten years ago, during minor surgery, his
heart stopped. He was declared dead and wheeled away. Toonoo
describes his near-death experience, the sensation that his body
was made of jelly, that he had no bones, no legs, no arms, no hands.
He heard a booming voice behind him, telling him he never had to
work again - and he was very, very happy. It's the best thing
that can happen to a person, he says now. "To die."
http://tinyurl.com/76cgt

--- Website: Jutai Toonoo's Exhibition at the Marion Scott Gallery:
http://tinyurl.com/8h4re

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Can Walk With Kings and Not Lose the Common Touch
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(Aug. 26, 2005) --------------------------------------- (Sun Star)
The results of the biopsy revealed he might have only 6 months
to live but I kept the information to myself. He announced to his
grief-stricken family that he was prepared to meet his Maker
after living a full life. However, within a month after starting
medications he responded to treatment and was well until the middle
of 2004. After his 80th birthday, a scan revealed the cancer had
spread to his bones ... He would have left on July 2004, were it not
for God's will, the prayers of his loved ones and those who loved
him and the skillful hands of his doctors. He had a near-death
experience while undergoing one of only two dialysis treatments.
He claimed to have seen Jesus Christ shielding him from balls of
fire rolling towards him on a hillside. And God gave him back to
us for one more year. http://tinyurl.com/b6fqc

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(July 29, 2005) ------------------------------------------ (KOMO)
"You know how they say your life flashes before your eyes? No,
not with me. Everything slowed down and I could see it all, just
my body flipping around, hitting things. I kept waiting for the
screen to go blank, but it never did," he explains. You can
question the young man's judgment, but you cannot question
his attitude. Graham exudes positive energy, and he's not about
to let a near-death experience change his outlook on life.
"When you live through a 100 foot fall, you have to think the
Good Lord wants you around for a reason. This is a chance to
examine my life, to improve myself. It's really a positive."
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Heavens Above! You Can Now Study Angels
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(Aug. 26, 2005) ------------------------- (Ham & High Broadway 24)
She began to learn about the subject after being visited by her
angel in 1974. "I had this experience of a very bright light and
a feeling of comfort. I come from a rational background and it
was not an automatic acceptance that this is the thing that people
call an angel. I discovered that an angel is an energy field - a
creative energy field of experience. For everything that exists
the angel is trying to help it grow. It is a creative mentor. It is a
matter of tapping into it as an inner resource and have a
conversation with somebody inside yourself rather than blustering
your way through life. There are so many reports. Some people meet
them in a near death experience. My husband had a car accident
where his angel told him that nobody was going to get hurt."
http://tinyurl.com/7e494

--- Books: Theolyn Cortens' Angel Books on Amazon.com:
http://tinyurl.com/d4sts

--- Website: The Official Site of Theolyn Cortens:
http://tinyurl.com/9wula

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Out-of-Body Experiences May Come From Within
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(Aug. 23, 2005) --------------------- (University of Manchester)
Psychologists at The University of Manchester are investigating
the idea that out-of-body experiences, commonly thought of
as paranormal phenomena, may in fact have their roots in
how people perceive and experience their own bodies. Around
10% of the population have an out-of-body experience (OBE)
at some time, typically involving a sensation of floating and
seeing the physical body from the outside. It isn't uncommon
for people to have more than one OBE, and they may also occur
as part of the wider near-death experience some report experiencing
in life-threatening circumstances. Despite the high incidence of
OBEs however, there is still a great deal scientists don't know
about the phenomenon. http://tinyurl.com/8ykol

--- Article: Out-of-Body Experiences Probed:
http://tinyurl.com/exngh

--- Article: Scientists Need Out-of-Body Experiences:
http://tinyurl.com/c2peh

--- Article: University of Manchester's online survey / study:
http://tinyurl.com/bua3c

--- Books: Out-of-Body Experience Books on Amazon.com:
http://tinyurl.com/8cpz7

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Six-Dimensional Space!
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(Sept. 4, 2005) ---------------------------------- (Times of Oman)
Welcome to the fourth dimension. And the fifth, and the sixth.
A team of astrophysicists claims to have identified evidence
that space is six-dimensional. Joseph Silk of the University
of Oxford, England, and his co-workers say that these extra
spatial dimensions can be inferred from the perplexing behaviour
of dark matter. This mysterious stuff cannot be seen, but its
presence in galaxies is betrayed by the gravitational tug that
it exerts on visible stars. Silk and his colleagues looked at how
dark matter behaves differently in small galaxies and large
clusters of galaxies. In the smaller ones, dark matter seems
to be attracted to itself quite strongly. But in the large galactic
clusters, this doesn't seem to be the case. Strongly interacting
dark matter should produce cores of dark material bigger than
those that are actually there, as deduced from the way the cluster
spins. http://tinyurl.com/7znxm

--- Article: Parallel Universes, the Matrix, and Superintelligence:
http://tinyurl.com/cc2gs

--- Article: The NDE and Afterlife Realms on near-death.com:
http://tinyurl.com/6g373

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Coming Soon: "Embraced By The Light" the Movie
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(Sept. 1, 2005) ------------------ (EmbracedByTheLightTheMovie.com)
Betty J. Eadie looks ahead to the long-awaited release of the film
version of her best-selling book, Embraced By The Light. Her first
steps have been to establish a production company, Embraced By
The Light Productions, LLC, which she has licensed the rights to
for the movie. When asked about taking "Embraced" to film, Betty
said, "Certainly it is a whole new adventure for me. I look forward
to all that I will learn through the experiences ahead. Making this
movie will take tremendous effort and sacrifice. But I am excited
and confident, knowing I do not have to do this alone. Given the
importance of the film and its message, I have brought together a
trusted team of individuals who are close to me and close to the
heart of "Embraced". I remain prayerful and enthusiastic, knowing
that many others have yet to join my circle who feel drawn to
contribute their skills, resources and passion to the making of this
singular film. God has always brought to "Embraced" the right people
and opened the doors needed to keep his work moving forward in the
perfect way." http://tinyurl.com/8hgxh

--- Note from Kevin Williams: I attended a lecture by Betty Eadie
several years ago and she mentioned that Steven Speilberg offered
to make a movie about her NDE. She stood to earn millions of dollars
from the offer. But she told us she had to turn it down because they
wanted to make the movie without Jesus in it. She told us she refused
to have the movie made without Jesus in it because she said Jesus
was the central role of her NDE. I remember thinking that a movie
about Betty's NDE would be awesome. But now that she has her own
production company, perhaps some brave Hollywood-type like Mel Gibson
will show Hollywood that a movie about Betty's NDE would make the
hit movie "Ghost" (with Demi Moore) a box-office flop by comparison.

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BBC and Channel 4 Unveil New Generation of Death Documentaries
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(Aug. 30, 2005) --------------------------------- (Media Bulletin)
The BBC is attempting to demystify the taboo of death by
broadcasting what it claims will be one of the most controversial
programmes on UK TV with "How to Have a Good Death",
which will follow the last days of a terminally ill patient. The
90-minute programme, presented by Esther Rantzen, will be screened
in spring 2006 and will follow the life of a patient right up until
the moment they die. The documentary, produced by Endemol, is
being made to "give the public a new perspective on death". However,
it is expected to draw complaints from people who believe that
real-life programme-making has gone too far. http://tinyurl.com/dsvbj

--- Website: BBC Documentaries: http://tinyurl.com/b9g3v

--- Website: Documentaries on the NDE:
http://www.near-death.com/documentaries.html

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A Premonition Nightmare Come True
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(Aug. 25, 2005) ----------------------------------- (icNorthWales)
Another train, full of people and at express speed, came up and
dashed through smoke and flame into the tunnel itself. At this
point the lady woke up. She later learnt that her nine-year-old
daughter sleeping at a relative's house 60 miles away suffered
a similar nightmare on the same night. She dreamt she saw her
mother seated on one train and one of her mother's friends seated
on another and that these trains, travelling at a great rate,
collided and were smashed to smithereens. The Irish widow had planned
an excursion by the Irish Mail to North Wales, and she would have
been travelling with the woman her daughter saw in her dream.
But she was so impressed with the coincidence of the nightmares
that she decided to postpone the trip. Which was just as well. If she
had journeyed as planned, she would have become involved in a
horrible tragedy. http://tinyurl.com/ckrvw

--- Article: "Dreams of the Near-Death Experience":
http://www.near-death.com/dreams.html

--- Book: "The Dream Seer: Exploring Precognitive, Telepathic And
Instructive Dreams" by Cindi Goodenough Welch:
http://tinyurl.com/9f8z8

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A Dream Before Dying
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(July 25, 2005) ------------------------------------ (Newsweek)
As Bulkley reveals in a slender but powerful new book, "Dreaming
Beyond Death," many people have extraordinary dreams in their
final days and weeks. These dreams can help the dying grapple
with their fears, find the larger meaning in their lives, even mend
fences with relatives. Yet all too often, caregivers dismiss them
as delusional or unworthy of attention. Not Bulkley, who often
discussed dreams with patients at the Hospice of Marin in California.
Her experiences were the inspiration for the book, which she
coauthored with her son Kelly Bulkeley, a past president of the
International Association for the Study of Dreams. It is the first
volume devoted to the (paradoxically) life-affirming power of
pre-death dreams. And though the research is still preliminary, the
authors inject level-headed analysis into an arena often dominated by
seekers of the paranormal. http://tinyurl.com/9bm7l

--- Book: "Dreaming Beyond Death: A Guide to Pre-Death Dreams and
Visions": http://tinyurl.com/d85t3

--- Website: International Association for the Study of Dreams:
http://tinyurl.com/7b3ls

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(Aug. 27, 2005) ------------------------------- (The Courier-Mail)
When Eric, my partner, passed over in 2001, things changed.
Before he passed over we were always pretty much telepathically
connected. I knew from the minute I met him there was something
really special about him. He died of stomach cancer, it started
in his lungs and went down to his stomach and his bowel and
just ravaged his whole body. It was horrific. But the minute he
passed over, I felt a warm, loving feeling and I knew it was still
him. I was sitting there looking at his body and he said to me in
my head: "I'm OK and you're going to be OK too". The channelling
took off from there. I had little awareness of this gift before
he died. http://tinyurl.com/a33z4

--- Website: The Official Site of Amanda de Warren:
http://www.afterlifelink.com

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(Aug. 29, 2005) --------------------------- (The Villages Daily Sun)
Call it a mother's intuition, but Villager Phyllis Hotchkiss knew
something was wrong. She had dozed off and dreamt that she
and her youngest son, Brian, were on their favorite Disney ride,
then he walked away with angels in long flowing dresses. "I woke up
so fast, and it was like a bolt of lightning had gone through my
body, and my stomach was sick. I knew something was wrong.
I looked at the clock and it was 1 o'clock in the morning," she said,
recalling the wee hours of June 25, 1989, when the family was living
in Saugus, Mass. Brian had just turned 19 when he was found
murdered near a junk yard in a neighboring town. The death
certificate showed he died at 1 a.m... She thinks of her son daily.
"He's always with me," she said. "I had a dream one time that Brian
and I were in the kitchen. I was washing dishes and he was drying,"
she said, recalling that Brian asked her, 'Do you want to see where
I am now?' "It was unbelievable. I was standing with Brian in this
beautiful field of glowing flowers, and standing there feeling all of
this peace and love," she said, adding that she was eager to see more.
"Mom, you can't. It's not your time," she remembers Brian telling her.
http://tinyurl.com/9nfbw

--- Website: The National Organization of Parents Of Murdered
Children: http://www.pomc.com

--- Website: Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation:
http://www.mvfr.org

--- Book: "Dreaming Beyond Death: A Guide to Pre-Death Dreams
and Visions": http://tinyurl.com/d85t3

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Artist Paints Final Evidence in Amazing Case of Synchronicity
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(Aug. 5, 2005) ------------------------------------------- (PRWeb)
Dutch-born American artist and NDEr Peter Teekamp's story
reads like pure fiction. His 35-year art collection and history
points to the reincarnation of Paul Gauguin ... "It starts with a
near-death drowning as an infant, follows with a lifetime of art,
an abundance of strange coincidences and one very painful
experience about thirty years ago. The result was a discovery
of hidden faces I found in the artwork of the famous artist Paul
Gauguin. Since I had also been hiding faces in my own art for
years, I suppose you could say it was a 'trained eye' that made
them easy to recognize. During my life I was told by different people,
including psychics and clairvoyants, that I was Paul Gauguin and
my roots were in France ... There were so many incidents that
seemed to connect me to the controversial Gauguin ... In 2003, I
stumbled into the most amazing coincident of all. I found and
purchased a one-hundred and thirteen-year-old original Gauguin
charcoal drawing. Since I was also finishing my manuscript about my
connections with Gauguin and my discovery of his hidden faces, the
situation sounded so unbelievable that authenticating the drawing
became nearly impossible. I know in time, with the help of forensic
science, the drawing's validity will be proven.
http://tinyurl.com/an9jt

--- Article: The Reincarnation of Paul Gauguin as Peter Teekamp:
http://tinyurl.com/bjffu

--- Article: A Sketch By Paul Gauguin May Have Been Found:
http://tinyurl.com/afwt4

--- Website: Peter Teekamp Spirit Art Gallery:
http://tinyurl.com/7tmu2

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Archive of NDEs in the News
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Read all the major news articles concerning the NDE and related
phenomenon from 1995 to current. This is a permanent archive to
ensure that these news articles will always be available on the
internet. http://neardeath.home.comcast.net

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In this section of the newsletter, P.M.H. 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.

--- Books by P.M.H. Atwater: http://tinyurl.com/bvkmz

QUESTION: "How do you explain these experiences in the light of
other NDEs where the person is told they are there forever and can
never leave, i.e., Mary Baxter, John Bunyan, George Lennox, Kenneth
Hagin? Is it true that there are lots of cases where these
"experiences" have been made up?" -- Glenn

Read P.M.H.'s answer here: http://tinyurl.com/8wwbv

Blessings, P. M. H. Atwater, L.H.D.

--- P.M.H. Atwater's website: http://www.pmhatwater.com

--- Atwater's research on near-death.com:
http://www.near-death.com/atwater.html

--- Atwater's Marketplace (a public service):
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The Self-Full Life: A True Story That Will Help Your Soul Remember
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by Peg Abernathy -------------------------------- (Available: Now)
This book begins with the night of Peg Abernathy's death and
then chronicles the events that followed. Seven distinct Spirit
Guides were introduced to her approximately 20 years ago after a
near-death experience opened a Soul-portal that allowed her to return
to her physical existence with the ability to see the Human Aura.
And it was that event which quickly escalated her search for the
truth about what had actually occurred at the moment of her death
and more importantly, why it had occurred. Eventually, this journey
led her to receive her "Spiritual wings" and a stunning miracle as
she flew into the arms of seven Spirit Guides. Their unconditional love
and acceptance transformed her life as she took in their teachings
and wisdom on a daily basis. These messages, given with such
patience and tenderness, are being "turned outward" toward you as she shares
their ideas and Knowledge in an effort to help you recognize
your own Power of Will. These and other spiritually moving moments
are weaved into a powerful personal odyssey of life, death, and rebirth.
http://tinyurl.com/9bgjf

--- Article: Peg Abernathy on Spirit Guides: http://tinyurl.com/dtybg

--- Website: The Official Site of Peg Abernathy:
http://www.self-full-life.com

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Afterlife Encounters: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Experiences
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by Dianne Arcangel ................................. (Available: Now)
As a former hospice worker and director of the Elisabeth
Kübler-Ross Center, Dianne Arcangel was certain that visitations
from beyond death provided comfort and hope for loved ones still
grappling with their loss. As a researcher, however, she was unable
to find specific data to measure that comfort and hope. To remedy
this lack of information, she created the Afterlife Encounters Survey,
a five-year, international survival study. "Afterlife Encounters" reveals
the results of this landmark study and, for the first-time, offers a
systematic categorization of such encounters, explaining when these
encounters are most likely to occur and what type of apparition is
likely to appear. "Afterlife Encounters" presents not only the data,
but also the stories beyond the numbers, as friends and family
members relate their visitation experiences in their own words.
Included are amazing stories of the dead returning to tell loved ones
that they had been murdered and who it was that killed them; apparitions
revealing where family treasure was buried; even one spirit who provided a
remarkable account of the tragedies of 9/11 - weeks before those
events occurred.
The stats and stories that Arcangel shares are certain to stay with
you for a long time, as will her eye-opening conclusion: afterlife
encounters provide real, lasting comfort and hope to an astounding
97 percent of those loved ones who experience them.
http://tinyurl.com/9qbvp

--- Website: Dianne Arcangel's website:
http://www.afterlife-encounters.com/

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No Soul Left Behind: The Words and Wisdom of Edgar Cayce
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by A. Robert Smith ------------------------------- (Available: Now)
Few mystics can match the profound insight of Edgar Cayce.
A clairvoyant philosopher of vast breadth and kindly demeanor,
Cayce devoted his life to answering queries from tens of thousands
seeking advice on their spiritual quests and personal affairs.
His groundbreaking perceptions on the essence of healing, and
on dreams, karma, and reincarnation served to inform and transform
untold destinies. No one knows the work of this great visionary
better than A. Robert Smith, editor of his memoirs. Now, for the
first time, he decodes those enigmatic readings, and translates
them into a simple question-and-answer format. Authorized by the
Edgar Cayce Foundation and Association of Research and
Enlightenment, "No Soul Left Behind" covers a broad range of
vital subjects, from astrology, relationships, and wealth to good and
evil, the nature of the mind, the purpose of life ... and much,
much more. Here at last is a crucial yet lucid companion to the
ssential legacy
and inspired wisdom of Edgar Cayce. http://tinyurl.com/d6oz9

--- Articles: Edgar Cayce articles on near-death.com:
http://www.near-death.com/cayce.html

--- Books: All books on Edgar Cayce: http://tinyurl.com/8go8e

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The Dreamer's Book of the Dead: A Soul Traveler's Guide to Death,
Dying and the Other Side
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by Robert Moss ............................... (Availability: Now)
Robert Moss explains that we have entirely natural contact with the
departed in our dreams. It is during our dreams when they come
visiting and we may travel into their realms. As we become active
dreamers, we can heal our relationship with the departed and
move beyond the fear of death. We also can develop the skills to
function as soul guides for others, helping the dying to approach
the last stage of life with courage and grace, opening gates for
their journeys beyond death, and even escorting them to the Other
Side. http://tinyurl.com/8onhu

--- Books: All books by Robert Moss: http://tinyurl.com/882d7

--- Website: The Official Site of Robert Moss:
http://www.mossdreams.com

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Life before Life: A Scientific Investigation of Children's
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by Jim B. Tucker, Ian Stevenson .............. (Availability: Now)
For the past 40 years, doctors at the University of Virginia Medical
Center have conducted research into young children's reports of
past-life memories. Dr. Ian Stevenson, the founder of this work,
has always written for a scientific audience. Now, in this
provocative and fascinating book, Dr. Jim B. Tucker, a child
psychiatrist who currently directs the research, shares these
studies with the general public. Life Before Life is a landmark
work - one that has the potential to challenge and ultimately
change our understandings about life and death. Children who
report past-life memories typically begin talking spontaneously
about a previous life when they are two to three years old. Some
talk about the life of a deceased family member, while others
describe the life of a stranger. They may recount details about
previous family members, events in the previous life, or the way
they died in that life. The children tend to show a strong emotional involvement
with the apparent memories and often cry to be taken
to the previous family. In many cases, parents have taken their
children to the places they named, where they found that an
individual had died whose life matched the details given by
the child. During the visits, some children have recognized family
members or friends from that individual's life. Many children have
had birthmarks that matched wounds on the body of the deceased
individual. Researchers have studied more than 2500 such cases,
and their careful investigations have produced an impressive body
of work. JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association,
stated in a review of one of Dr. Stevenson's scientific books that,
"in regard to reincarnation he has painstakingly and unemotionally
collected a detailed series of cases ... in which the evidence is
difficult to explain on any other grounds."
http://tinyurl.com/875a8

--- Books: All books by Ian Stevenson: http://tinyurl.com/ca3kp

--- Website: Jim B. Tucker's website: http://tinyurl.com/cu5k3

--- Website: The Official Site of Ian Stevenson:
http://tinyurl.com/apgds

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Testimony of Light: An Extraordinary Message of Life After Death
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by Helen Greaves, C. W. Daniel ................. (Availability: Now)
This is a reprint of the classic after-death correspondence between
Helen Greaves and her close friend Sister Mary Frances, an Anglican
nun for 25 years before she died of cancer in 1965. Frances appeared
in spirit to Helen during the memorial service and later during a
meditation service in a chapel. This entire book was dictated to
Helen telepathically by Frances after her death via automatic writing.
Frances urged Helen to write down the information she was receiving
about the afterlife. Through Helen's pen, the nun describes the
sort of "heavenly rest home" that she found herself in on the Other
Side as she recuperated from her lingering death from cancer that had
drained her physically and mentally. She tells Greaves that after she
was recovered, she began to assist other newly arrived souls to
recuperate, too. She also gives examples of types of people who arrive
in the afterlife and what they must do to get on with their growth.
She also reveals what kinds of jobs, past-times, and education one
can look forward to on the Other Side. She also reveals how she was
devastated to discover in the afterlife the fruitlessness of the intense
efforts she'd made on Earth to achieve a breakthrough to higher
consciousness. This book is filled with information which corresponds
with what is known from near-death experiences.
http://tinyurl.com/amhrq

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Same Soul, Many Bodies: Discover the Healing Power of Future Lives
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by Brian L. Weiss -------------------------------- (Available: Now)
Brian Weiss, M.D., is most famous for his fascinating account
of the past lives of one of his patients, Catherine, recorded in
"Many Lives, Many Masters." It was almost a quarter-century ago
that he first attempted to pro-gress her into the future, but on that
one occasion she spoke not of her own future, but rather of her
vision of Weiss's future death - a slightly harrowing moment - and
they never went in that direction again. So for years, Weiss focused
only on leading his patients into the past, yet some of them
experienced spontaneous pre-cognitive moments - knowing what
will happen before it actually occurs. (Researchers into NDEs have
written about the phenomenon.) Then for awhile, and only on rare
occasions, he pro-gressed his patients forward but only in their own
lifetimes. More recently, when developing regression into past lives
with a large group on a cruise ship, one man went forward into the
future rather than backward, into an idyllic future life, and the passage
helped him emotionally. At that moment, Dr. Weiss had a stunning
insight, for he came to realize that past, present, and future are one,
and what happens in the future can affect the present, just as the past
also influences it. Now he has pro-gressed many patients withstriking
results, in which we learn what the future holds, and how we can all
influence it on our voyage toward immortality. The book's basic
concept is that the future is flexible, and that we will be present in that
future, learning life's lessons. Each chapter draws on case studies of
patients' pro-gression into the future to illustrate these lessons, namely
the life-affirming values of empathy, compassion, non-violence, patience,
and spirituality. "Same Soul, Many Bodies" will prove as utterly
fascinating as it is instructive. http://tinyurl.com/cvhoz

--- Books: All books by Dr. Brian Weiss: http://tinyurl.com/c9lj9

--- Website: The Official Site of Dr. Brian Weiss:
http://www.brianweiss.com

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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.

Home page: http://www.iands.org
Join IANDS: http://www.iands.org/joincard.html

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