"Truth sits upon the lips of dying men." -- Matthew Arnold

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Near-Death Newsletter ----------------- July 1, 2006
http://www.near-death.com --- Vol. 05, No. 07, Ed. 01
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(1)  News from P.M.H. Atwater
(2)  News from IANDS
(3)  NDEs in the News
(4)  Books on the NDE
(5)  IANDS in the Spotlight
(6)  Odds and Ends

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(1)  News From P.M.H. Atwater
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--- Announcing PMH Atwater's Q & A Blog!
PMH Atwater now has a blog at http://pmhatwater.blogspot.com
for which she answers questions submitted to her through the
Near-Death Newsletter. Submit your questions to P.M.H. Atwater
at atwater@....

--- Latest news from P.M.H.: http://www.cinemind.com/atwater/news.html
--- Is personality stored in celluar DNA? http://pmhatwater.blogspot.com/
--- Who 'sends' us our dreams? http://tinyurl.com/fl8ve
--- One-third of NDEs may be unpleasant: http://tinyurl.com/kvb7k
--- Is what I am doing good enough? http://tinyurl.com/zvmoq
--- Mental Illness and NDEs: http://tinyurl.com/k9f2b
--- Is there an NDE-position on abortion? http://tinyurl.com/e5v6y
--- Free Beyond the Indigo "Extras" (online): http://tinyurl.com/8x4yp
--- Free Beyond the Indigo "Extras" (ebook): http://tinyurl.com/9rwzg

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(2)  News from IANDS
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(3)  NDEs in the News
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*** Near-death experiences go under the French microscope:
More than 1,500 delegates including people who claim to have had
NDEs are attending the one-day conference, which aims to take
stock of the disputed phenomenon in the most scientific way
possible. http://tinyurl.com/zcd59

*** Actress Jane Seymour describes her NDE on Larry King Live:
"I was watching from the corner of the room. And I saw this white
light." http://tinyurl.com/bq9ug

*** UA doctor offers reason for near-death experience:
As the body fails, consciousness "leaks out" of the body and
becomes part of the "quantum void," he said. In that state,
consciousness can exist "for a time."
http://tinyurl.com/j8jya

*** Dave Bennett's near-death experience:
"I was in a dark void, but I felt a great peace. Then a light started
to glow around me, and I saw several light beings ...
http://tinyurl.com/jhrl5

*** Dannion Brinkley's mission at local VA hospitals:
Brinkley was in Spokane Monday visiting sick veterans at the local
Veterans Administration hospital. http://tinyurl.com/embqg

*** From life, to death, to life: Dick Reissner's NDE:
As the flatline on his heart monitor sounded his demise, the last
thing Reissner remembers seeing was the startled look on his
wife's face, which Sue Reissner refers to as her "silent scream."
http://tinyurl.com/eo5we

*** Author remembers meaning of life with near-death experience:
During the operation, a slip of the scalpel turned a nondescript
surgery into a flat-line emergency during which he became eerily
detached from his body yet aware of people and events immediately
surrounding him. http://tinyurl.com/errba

*** Near-death survivors recall "the Other Side":
The survey by psychiatrist Peter Fenwick of Kings College in London
followed a television program on the subject, after which 2,000
letters were received -- focused on correspondents who seemed to
have what researchers describe as "core" experiences,
Spiritdaily.com reported recently. http://tinyurl.com/kfrn4

*** A near-death experience:
The New York chapter of the International Association for Near-Death
Studies group facilitator recently told the story of his near-death
experience while working as a commercial diver in California in
1984.  http://tinyurl.com/kn4dt

*** Sharing their near-death experiences:
"People who were brain-dead could see what was going on in a
waiting room, or around them, in precise detail. We are not talking
about a hallucination here because it was quite real," he said.
http://tinyurl.com/ldjcx

*** Video: Christian Andreason describes his NDE:
"I felt myself being lifted up and surrounded by this light," he said.
In real time, he was only gone for two minutes, but what he saw felt
like it lasted a lifetime. http://tinyurl.com/7jn83

*** Video: Renee Pasarow speaks about her NDE:
A talk about her near-death experience, Baha'i Faith Educational
Series video tape, Reno, Nevada 1989.
http://tinyurl.com/evbxy

*** Video: Dr. George Ritchie NDE docudrama (6 min 46 sec)
At the age of twenty, George Ritchie died in an army hospital. Nine
minutes later, he returned to life. http://tinyurl.com/je699

*** Video: Dr. Maurice Rawlings: To Hell and Back (1 hr 28 min
52 sec). This video hosted by Dr. Maurice Rawlings, a noted
cardiologist, investigates life after death and his experiences with
patients that actually saw the Other Side.
http://tinyurl.com/hn6lm

*** Video: Dr. Maurice Rawlings on the NDE (1 hr 37 min 30 sec)
Dr. Rawlings discusses the near-death experiences of his own
patients brought back to life.  http://tinyurl.com/gceb4

*** Video: Bill Wiese describes his NDE: 23 Minutes in Hell
(1 hr 36 min 51 sec). Bill was placed in hell not as a casual observer,
but as someone who was not saved.
http://tinyurl.com/hugce

*** Video: Gary Habermas lectures on the NDE (58 min 0 sec).
Gary Habermas describes a number of cases of near-death
experiences and their implications for materialistic philosophy.
http://tinyurl.com/erc9r

*** Video: Rev. Kenneth Hagin's NDE docudrama (3 min 35 sec)
At the age of 15, Kenneth had a near-death experience which
resulted from a malformed heart - a condition he was born with.
http://tinyurl.com/j88mw

*** Videos: Conscious Media Network Video Interviews:
Watch online video interviews of NDE and consciousness-related
experts for free.  http://www.consciousmedianetwork.com/

*** Paraplegic chronicles his journey to healing mind-body connection:
In several "out-of-body experiences," as he calls them, he says he
watched what was happening like it was on TV.
http://tinyurl.com/z6ukf

*** Video: Death as an out-of-body experiance in Plato's Phaedo:
This video explores Phaedo's Death Yoga, recognizing death as an
out-of-body experience, and unpacks the definition of True
Philosophy and Phaedo's "Yoga of Death."
http://tinyurl.com/ktw35

*** Nearly comatose man's brain rewires itself in most dramatic
recovery in US history:
Doctors have their first proof that a man who was barely conscious
for nearly 20 years regained speech and movement because his
brain spontaneously rewired itself by growing tiny new nerve
connections to replace the ones sheared apart in a car crash.
http://tinyurl.com/h4vs9

*** Researchers find molecular "brake"' to cell death:
Researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer
Center have significantly refined the scientific understanding of how
a cell begins the process of self-destruction - an advance they say
may help in the design of more targeted cancer therapies.
http://tinyurl.com/jbuys

*** Learning about life from those facing death:
"Life happens now and it can be lost in yesterday or misspent
waiting for tomorrow," says Dr. William E. Hablitzel, author of "Dying
Was the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me: Stories of Healing
and Wisdom along Life's Journey."
http://tinyurl.com/h34mb

*** Brushes with death renew life for most:
Most people who brush up against death live with renewed vigor and
spirituality, said Lee W. Bailey, philosophy and religion professor at
Ithaca College in New York.
http://tinyurl.com/hho3s

*** Dead right:
"About 10 percent of people who come close to death or who survive
actual clinical death have a near death experience," according to
Peter Fenwick of the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, London.
http://tinyurl.com/kut64

*** "Mind over matter" no longer science fiction:
Brunner and two colleagues from the state-financed Wadsworth
Center in Albany, New York were demonstrating a "brain computer
interface (BCI)," an astounding technology which digitalizes brain
signals emitted as electrical impulses -- picked up by the electrodes
-- to convey intent.  http://tinyurl.com/k4qvd

*** Human brain waves control robot:
In a step toward linking a person's thoughts to machines, Japanese
automaker Honda said it has developed a technology that uses brain
signals to control a robot's very simple moves.
http://tinyurl.com/fgxus

*** Coming soon: mind-reading computers:
An "emotionally aware" computer being developed by British and
American scientists will be able to read an individual's thoughts by
analyzing a combination of facial movements that represent
underlying feelings. http://tinyurl.com/gwqlq

*** Woman with perfect memory baffles scientists:
Give her any date, she said, and she could recall the day of the week,
usually what the weather was like on that day, personal details of her
life at that time, and major news events that occurred on that date.
http://tinyurl.com/r6c2t

*** Satellite could open door on extra dimension:
An exotic theory, which attempts to unify the laws of physics by
proposing the existence of an extra fourth spatial dimension, could
be tested using a satellite to be launched in 2007.
http://tinyurl.com/m4hxb

*** The strange world of quantum entanglement:
Entanglement is a strange feature of quantum physics, the science
of the very small. It's possible to link together two quantum particles,
photons of light or atoms, for example, in a special way that
makes them effectively two parts of the same entity. You can then
separate them as far as you like, and a change in one is instantly
reflected in the other. http://tinyurl.com/jgnxv

*** Molecule-sized switch could control DNA machines:
A molecule-sized switch just 50 nanometers wide may someday
control microscopic machines and also could make DNA
sequencing faster, less expensive, and more precise.
http://tinyurl.com/zxf5j

*** The past-life memories of children:
His book "Life Before Life: A Scientific Investigation of Children's
Memories of Previous Lives" tries to verify statements from children
who claim to have had past-life experiences.
http://tinyurl.com/gj4a8

*** What is enlightenment? Explores "Reincarnation: the evolution of
death and life and everything in between":
Carter Phipps, senior editor of "What Is Enlightenment?" magazine,
takes readers on a scientific and philosophical journey into the
whole evolving process of death, reincarnation, and the afterlife.
http://tinyurl.com/f4nkr

*** Dreams that predict the future:
Famous psychic Edgar Cayce maintained that the visions presented
in dreams are necessary for personal development and should be
applied in waking life. http://tinyurl.com/fqjq3

***  Famous discoveries from dreams:
Otto Loewi and his Nobel Prize winning dream, Srinivasa
Ramanujan and his mathematical discoveries, Kekule and his
molecular discoveries, Louis Agassiz and his fossil discovery,
Madame CJ Walker and her million dollar product, Elias Howe and
the sewing machine, Abraham Lincoln and his premonition of death,
Paul McCartney and "Yesterday", Mary Shelley and "Frankenstein",
Stephen King and "Misery", Robert Louis Stephenson and Dr. Jekyll
and Mr. Hyde, Jack Nicklaus and his champion-winnng golf swing.
http://tinyurl.com/pnvbw

*** Tap your dreams to change your life:
A young guitarist has a dream in which he hears amazing guitar riffs.
He awoke abruptly and, in a near panic, grabbed his guitar, turned on
his recorder, and played the riffs from his dream before they faded
from his mind. The resulting song became the band's first
number one hit. The song revolutionized rock music. The young
guitarist was Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones and the song is
"Satisfaction."  http://tinyurl.com/gdlpe

*** Video: Excerpt from "How to trick your body into falling asleep to
enter a lucid dream":  http://tinyurl.com/g6cym

*** The real "Medium" writes about spirit world:
In her new book, "We Are Their Heaven," forensic psychic Allison
DuBois tells readers about her experiences with people who have
lost loved ones.  http://tinyurl.com/h73cz

*** Signs: Gifts from dead? Scientists study question; many
bereaved believe:
Butterflies, rainbows, garage doors that go up and down for no
reason -- these are the kinds of stories the living tell about signs
they believe they have received from the dead.
http://tinyurl.com/eabuo

*** "I've found God," says man who cracked the genome:
The scientist who led the team that cracked the human genome is to
publish a book explaining why he now believes in the existence of
God and is convinced that miracles are real.
http://tinyurl.com/myb9u

*** Dog makes cell phone call to save owner's life:
Beagle receives award after dialing 911 when man suffered seizure.
http://tinyurl.com/e5bed

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(4)  Books on the NDE
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--- NDE books and videos are available at the Near-Death Online
Store: http://tinyurl.com/bk3td

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Memoirs of a Psychic Spy: The Remarkable Life of U.S.
Government Remote Viewer 001
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by Joseph McMoneagle, L. Robert Castorr (Foreword), Edwin C.,
Ph.D. Joseph McMoneagle is a near-death experiencer who became
a remote viewer in the U.S. Army's "Stargate" Project - a top secret
intelligence-gathering initiative launched at the height of the Cold
War. This book recounts the author's distinguished military career
as well as his work with scientists who tested his abilities in the lab.
McMoneagle was awarded the Legion of Merit for his military service,
and has been featured in Newsweek, Time, and Reader's Digest, as
well as on ABC's Nightline and CBS's 48 Hours.
http://tinyurl.com/zj7rz

--- REFERENCE: Wikipedia listing: http://tinyurl.com/mzhq6
--- ARTICLE: McMoneagle's NDE testimony: http://tinyurl.com/owpnh
--- WEBSITE: Joseph McMoneagle's site: http://www.mceagle.com/
--- BLOG: Joseph McMoneagle's blog: http://blog.mceagle.com/
--- PRODUCTS: Joseph McMoneagle: http://tinyurl.com/romhv

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Entangled Minds: Extrasensory Experiences in a Quantum Reality
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by Dr. Dean Radin
The latest scientific research shows that psychic phenomena is both
real and widespread, and are an unavoidable consequence of the
interconnected, entangled physical reality we live in. In this
illuminating book, Radin shows how we know that psychic
phenomena such as telepathy, clairvoyance, and psychokinesis are
real, based on scientific evidence from thousands of controlled
lab tests. Radin surveys the origins of this research and explores,
among many topics, the collective premonitions of 9/11. He reveals
the physical reality behind our uncanny telepathic experiences and
intuitive hunches, and he debunks the skeptical myths surrounding
them. "Entangled Minds" sets the stage for a rational, scientific
understanding of psychic experience.
http://tinyurl.com/owegq

--- REFERENCE: Wikipedia listing: http://tinyurl.com/mprgv
--- ARTICLE: Dean Radin multimedia:  http://tinyurl.com/qlg3n
--- WEBSITE: The Official Site of Dean Radin: http://www.deanradin.com/
--- BLOG: Dean Radin's blog: http://deanradin.blogspot.com/
--- PRODUCTS: All products by Dean Radin: http://tinyurl.com/hnmsv

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Dreaming beyond Death: A Guide to Pre-Death Dreams and Visions
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by Kelly Bulkeley, Patricia Bulkley
Documented throughout time and across cultures, dreams
experienced by those on the verge of death can offer profound insight
into the process of dying and provide deep spiritual solace for the
individual passing away. The authors bring together their diverse
areas of expertise to create a guide to pre-death dreams that offers
practical advice and provides a broader understanding of this
phenomenon.  http://tinyurl.com/panq5

--- REFERENCE: Wikipedia listing: http://tinyurl.com/lultn
--- ARTICLE: "How Dreams Work": http://tinyurl.com/hzcoz
--- WEBSITE: Kelly Bulkeley's site: http://www.kellybulkeley.com/
--- PRODUCTS: All products by Kelly Bulkeley: http://tinyurl.com/oyyeh

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Suicide: What Really Happens in the Afterlife?
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by Jon Klimo, Pamela Rae Heath
This provocative study explores what happens to those who commit
suicide. Drawing on communications from the spirits of more than
100 "successful" suicides, it offers an intriguing look at what the
dead themselves say about suicide, its repercussions, and their
experiences in the afterlife.  http://tinyurl.com/etkls

--- REFERENCE: Wikipedia listing: http://tinyurl.com/efrhn
--- ARTICLE: Suicide and the NDE: http://tinyurl.com/gb8pt
--- WEBSITE: Pamela Heath's site: http://www.pamelaheath.com/
--- WEBSITE: Jon Klimo's profile: http://tinyurl.com/s95lq
--- PRODUCTS: All products by Jon Klimo: http://tinyurl.com/qod8z
--- PRODUCTS: By Pamela Rae Heath: http://tinyurl.com/q2h39

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(5)  IANDS in the Spotlight
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(6)  Odds and Ends
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Dear NDE Enthusiasts,

Due to health and technical difficulties, I am very late getting my
MAY online newsletter up. It is now available online here:
http://www.near-death.com/newsletters/2006/0501.html

A few weeks ago, I sent out the email version of the May newsletter.

I am almost done with the JUNE newsletter and will have it up
very soon. I will let everyone know about it in a few days. Sorry for
the delay.

For those who did not receive the email version of the MAY issue,
here is the Table of Contents:

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May 2006 Table of Contents
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(1)  News from P.M.H. Atwater
(2)  News from IANDS
(3)  Spring 2006 Journal of Near-Death Studies Available
(4)  Vital Signs Newsletter (Vol. XXV) Available
(5)  New Scholarly NDE Articles Published
(6)  NDEs in the News
(7)  The NDE-Sleep Study from the University of Kentucky
(8)  Comments from the NDE Experts
(9)  Comments from the Author of the Study
(10)  The Variety of News Headlines About the Study
(11)  Comments from Kevin Williams
(12)  Interesting Links About the Study
(13)  Newly Released NDE Books

Again, you can find the MAY issue online now at:
http://www.near-death.com/newsletters/2006/0501.html

The JUNE issue will be available in a frew days. Stay Tuned!

Peace and Light,

Kevin R. Williams
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- George Ritchie, M.D.

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(1)  What's New on Near-Death.com
(2)  NDEs in the News
(3)  Q & A with Dr. PMH Atwater
(4)  Books on the NDE
(5)  IANDS in the Spotlight
(6)  Odds and Ends

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(1)  What's New on Near-Death.com
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--- Scientific Evidence for Survival of Consciousness After Death:
http://www.near-death.com/evidence.html
I have greatly expanded this page by adding all 53 items of what I
believe are scientific evidence supporting the survival of
consciousness after death. This is an on-going project and as more
evidence comes to my attention, I will add them to this page.

--- The Quantum Mind of the NDE: How the New Physics Explains
Consciousness: http://www.near-death.com/quantum.html
This new page focuses on some of the qualities of the quantum realm
as revealed in quantum physics which correspond remarkably to the
realm of the NDE - a realm which I believer are one and the same.
This is an on-going project and I will add more on this topic as
time goes on.

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(2)  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)
Get the latest news from P.M.H. right here!
http://www.cinemind.com/atwater/news.html

HEADLINES FROM P.M.H.:
(a)  An Incredible Documentary About the New Kids
(b)  Memorial to Dr. William G. Reimer
(c)  Schedule: April 15 - The Hanover Writers Group,
Mechanicsville, VA
(d)  Schedule: April 17-20 - Spiritual Retreat in Missouri,
sponsored by IANDS, Mercy Center, St. Louis, MO
(e)  Schedule: May 12-16 - Evanston, Illinois. Meeting of IANDS/Chicago

FREEBIES FROM P.M.H:
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(c)   Free "The Challenge of Sept 11" (online): http://tinyurl.com/8mmpp
(d)   Free "The Challenge of Sept 11" (ebook):  http://tinyurl.com/agsnp

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April 17-20, 2006 Spiritual Retreat for Near-Death Experiencers
(The venue:  Mercy Center, St. Louis, Missouri)
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(April 1, 2006) 			            (IANDS)
The registration deadline for this retreat was March 27. IANDS is
sponsoring a truly unique time for NDErs to share experiences and
gifts in a peaceful and beautiful environment. The purpose is to help
NDErs integrate their experience, understand the aftereffects, and
find their spiritual purpose. In addition, tools will be utilized
to help NDErs better understand their needs, as well as establishing
a network to share their gifts and wisdom with the world. This retreat
was open for all NDErs - those who struggle with the aftereffects -
as well as "seasoned" experiencers. The focus will be about the
struggles and joys that the integrative process entails - all in a
loving and supportive setting. There will also be time and space for
meditation, quiet, and communion in truly beautiful surroundings.
http://tinyurl.com/f9scs
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: Mercy Center Conference/Retreat at St. Louis, MO
http://tinyurl.com/93mlw

--- Directions: Mercy Center directions: http://tinyurl.com/7uxoq
	         Google Maps directions: http://tinyurl.com/baelf

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More Information Available on the 2006 North American
IANDS Conference
(International Association for Near-Death Studies)
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(April 10, 2006) 			            (IANDS News)
Be sure to attend the October 25-28, 2006 IANDS Conference to
be held at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX.
The IANDS Conference web page states: "This entire project is, as
Dr. Peter Fenwick termed it, a "grand retrospective" of the field of
near-death studies in the three decades since 1975 when Raymond
Moody published "Life After Life," introducing the term and the
phenomenon of near-death experiences (NDEs) to public -- and most
professionals' -- awareness. The 2006 theme of the International
Association for Near-Death Studies conference will be a celebration
of "30 Years of Near-Death Experience Research: Integrating the Past,
Anticipating the Future.": http://iands.org/conference/index.php
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: Use Feedwhip to monitor changes to the IANDS Conference
page. Or any web page on the internet. It's free!
http://www.feedwhip.com/

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Visions of the Dying
(Dr. Peter Fenwick's Deathbed Experiences Research)
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(March 13, 2006) 			          (The Herald)
The three types of experience: (1) Deathbed visions – seen by
the person who is dying. The most common are "take away"
visions, where the person sees figures who have apparently
come to take them away on a journey through physical death.
May be a dead relative or religious figure. It is often a joyful
experience for them. (2) Experience of light – seen by either the
patient, the carers and sometimes by both. The light is often
radiant and described as being infused with love; it may envelop
the body and spread through the room. Sometimes something
interpreted as a soul or essence of the dying person is seen
leaving the body. (3) Deathbed coincidences – reported by
family or friends of the dying. They suddenly become convinced
a loved one is dying or dead, even though they are far away and
may not know the person is ill. The dying person may "visit", as
though saying goodbye, or the relative may awaken at the moment
of death: http://tinyurl.com/o9ypt
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: "Love and Light: the Science of Near-Death
Experiences" by Peter Fenwick: http://tinyurl.com/856dh

--- Website: Deathbed Experience Research Network:
http://tinyurl.com/hkeva

--- Book: "One Last Hug Before I Go: The Mystery and Meaning
of Deathbed Visions" by Carla Wills-Brandon
http://tinyurl.com/hxcvw

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Fascinating Look at Near-Death Experiences
(A book review of "What Happens When We Die" by Dr. Sam Parnia)
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(April 3, 2006) 			          (Cape Times)
He also discusses children who have had NDEs. One young boy,
Andrew, flummoxed his mother when he said he wanted to go
back to "the sunny place with the lady that floats", who turned out
to have been his late grandmother. His mother was astounded
when later a much healthier Andrew looked at a picture of his gran
as a young woman and said: "That's the lady who floats." This is a
book that you will want to give friends who have had similar
experiences, or who have lost someone and are hoping to somehow
find out where they are and what they would like us back on earth
to know. Parnia includes enough medical data about the brain and
our minds to give his account substance and to enable readers to
do their own research: http://tinyurl.com/hm948
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: Horizon Research Foundation:
http://www.horizonresearch.org/

--- Book: "What Happens When We Die?: A Groundbreaking
Study into the Nature of Life and Death" by Dr. Sam Parnia
http://tinyurl.com/dbtq2

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Correction in Reportings of Near-Death Experiences
(The percentage of NDE occurrence is actually lower)
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(April 4, 2006) 			   (P.M.H. Atwater)
There is now a concerted effort with researchers of near-death
states to "set the record straight" as to percentages of occurrence.
Most surveys conducted by various magazines and organizations
in the past were not scientific or even reliable. The problem is
ambiguous questions which slant answers. The result: overestimates,
that are based more on wishful thinking than anything close to
verifiable facts. The poll used today, giving an estimate of 15
million near-death experiencers in the United States (or 5% of
the population), was conducted by U. S. News & World Report in
1997. However, the figure more in keeping with actual case
reportings in the United States, Holland, and Germany is 4%
(which makes 11 million in the U.S.). What is of keen interest to
researchers is that the 4% figure for general populations is showing
up in other countries worldwide. Because of this, researchers are
down-scaling the percentages they quote. Some references: Random
inquiry in Germany (Schmied, et al) conducted in 1999 and the
original Gallup Poll done in 1982. For those people who were near
death, nearly died, or who did die but later revived or were
resuscitated, the estimate of one-third that was previously used to
indicate how many would have a near-death experience is also
over-inflated. The number is closer to between 12 to 20 percent.
The real problem here, though, is with children. There has never been
any survey of any kind that addresses child experiencers of near-death
states. A given assumption in poll taking is that an individual's
near-death experience occurred in adulthood. Preliminary work by
Melvin Morse, M.D., a pediatrician in the State of Washington,
suggests that with child experiencers the figure is closer to 70% -
more than double that of adults. Since Morse's work has yet to be
duplicated, especially in other countries, no conclusions can yet be
drawn as to what this difference might mean. It can be said that
near-death cases are on the rise. What cannot be said with any real
degree of confidence is by how much.
http://www.pmhatwater.com/

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Neuroscientist Finds Possible Explanation of Near-Death Experiences
(Mysterious Phenomenon May Be Related to Sleep Disorder)
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(April 11, 2006) 			    (ABC News)
Nelson, now a neurophysiologist at the University of Kentucky,
published one of the few studies on the subject in today's issue of
the journal Neurology. The study compares the sleep patterns of 55
people who have reported unusual sensations during a during
near-death experience to 55 people who haven't ... He and his team
of researchers discovered that the near-death study group had a
significantly higher rate (60 percent compared with 24 percent) of a
sleep disorder known as rapid eye movement, or REM, intrusion.
This disorder causes one of the most active dream states of sleep —
REM — to intrude into wakefulness, causing a person to sometimes wake
up and feel paralyzed, experience leg muscle weakness or wake up to
hear sounds other people didn't. This may explain why some people
have near-death experiences after undergoing a traumatic event that
causes unconsciousness, Nelson said. When a person is under the
threat, their fight-or-flight nervous system is evoked. But as they
come out of unconsciousness, some mental wires may be crossed.
http://tinyurl.com/kzqyr
*** Related items of interest:

--- American Academy of Neurology Journal Article:
"Does The Arousal System Contribute To Near Death Experience?":
Authors:  Kevin R. Nelson, Michelle Mattingly, Sherman A. Lee, and
Frederick A. Schmitt Website: http://tinyurl.com/gue5r
Abstract: http://tinyurl.com/eg68g
PDF:  http://tinyurl.com/fqvjy

--- Related: "Are Near-Death Experiences a Dream? People who have
near-death experiences more likely to find REM sleep intruding on
reality." http://tinyurl.com/gsjwt

--- Related: "Near-Death Experience: Find Out if You're a Candidate":
http://tinyurl.com/fahvj

--- Website: Kevin R. Nelson's faculty listing at University of KY:
http://tinyurl.com/zdmy6

--- Other Journal publications authored by Kevin R. Nelson:
http://tinyurl.com/l26m9

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William Buhlman, Author and Out of Body Explorer
(An interview with one of America's leading experts on OBEs)
--------------------------------------------
(April 1, 2006) 		       (Soul Travel Magazine)
Over the years I have conducted several experiments such as
attempting to move or alter a physical object. I have also observed
several physical people and events from the out-of-body state.
When I attempted to communicate with awake individuals they
didn't seem to notice my presence. On two occasions when I
contacted people during their sleep they recalled my interaction
as a dream state perception. Based on my experiences and the
feedback I have received from my online OBE survey I feel that
during an out-of-body experience we are communicating with the
subconscious mind of the person we contact. The best way to
obtain personal proof is to self-initiate an out-of-body experience
for yourself. Only then will you fully appreciate the reality and
potential of the experience. This is the reason I present over forty
different techniques in my books: http://tinyurl.com/lkefm
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: The Official Site of William Buhlman:
http://www.astralinfo.org

--- Website: William Buhlman's OBE Site:
http://www.out-of-body.com

--- Product:  All multimedia items by William Buhlman:
http://tinyurl.com/qg3m9

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The Out-of-Body Experience as Dimensional Translocation
(A look at scientific theories supporting a multi-dimensional reality)
--------------------------------------------
(April 5, 2006) 			      (Red Ice News)
Consensus reality in the "real world" is founded upon corporeal
entities beholding three-dimensional space. When out-of-body
explorers or UFO abductees claim that they passed through
solid walls during their experiences, they are contradicting perhaps
the most fundamental perceptions of human observers. Scientism
condemns such assertions as either fraudulent or hallucinatory
because if they were accepted as legitimate, our entire conception
of reality would collapse - an appalling prospect, challenging the
credibility of all self-appointed official observers. Nevertheless,
when faced with such an abundance of anomalous data any fearless
spectator might suggest that our concepts of dimensional location
need to be re-evaluated and clarified.
http://tinyurl.com/l8ja2
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: "A New Interpretation of Psi Phenomena" by Renée Haynes:
http://tinyurl.com/rx8xp

--- Products: Out-of-Body Experience Multimedia:
http://tinyurl.com/s23oj

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"Beyond the Indigo Children" Article at New Dawn Magazine
(by P.M.H. Atwater, L.H.D.)
--------------------------------------------
(March - April, 2006)                  (New Dawn Magazine)
It doesn't take someone like me to point out that there's something
remarkably different about the children in today's world. Parents and
grandparents, school teachers, counselors and therapists, anyone
who knows a child – all of them – say the same thing: our kids know
more than we do. And they're right. The kids do. "Two key
brain-building genes, which underwent dramatic changes in the past
that coincided with huge leaps in human intellectual development,
are still undergoing rapid mutations, evolution's way of selecting
for new beneficial traits," so said Bruce Lahn and his University of
Chicago colleagues in a study published in the journal Science,
dated 9 September 2005. Not everyone has both of these genes, yet
reports of mutation are increasing at an unprecedented rate: 70% of
the world's population now evidences one of them, 30% both ...
http://tinyurl.com/o4dlu
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: "Beyond The Indigo Children EXTRAS"
http://tinyurl.com/qbbsg

--- PDF: "Beyond The Indigo Children EXTAS"
http://tinyurl.com/qbbsg

--- Website: The Official Site of P.M.H. Atwater:
http://www.pmhatwater.com/

--- Book: "Beyond the Indigo Children: The New Children
and the Coming of the Fifth World" by P.M.H. Atwater, L.H.D.
http://tinyurl.com/7fjp4

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New NDE-Related Internet Radio Programs Now Online
(Internet radio is coming of age. So is internet video.)
--------------------------------------------
(April 3, 2006) 	          (Near-Death Newsletter)
Here is a list of some of the best internet radio interviews you will
ever hear on the internet:

(1)  Reverend Juliet Nightingale's "Toward The Light" Radio Show airs
Monday 8pm - 9pm PST. She features special guests who are both
experiencers and researchers; and there are call-in opportunities so
people can ask questions. http://tinyurl.com/rb63d

(2)  Dr. Jeff Long of www.nderf.org has interviews available to
listen to on the Coast to Coast Show with George Noory:
http://tinyurl.com/n2p82

(3)  Dr. Sam Parnia was interviewed on the Coast to Coast Show
with George Noory on March 6th: http://tinyurl.com/r226n
(You can also listen to interviews by Raymond Moody, Melvin Morse,
and other experts on Coast to Coast here: http://tinyurl.com/rxp3l )

(4)  Dr. P.M.H. Atwater interviews are available on these radio shows:
(a)  Interview archive # 1:  http://tinyurl.com/8dtdo
(b)  Interview archive # 2:  http://tinyurl.com/ckg34
(c)  Interview archive at "Beyond The Ordinary" website:
http://tinyurl.com/9olo9
(d)  Interview archive at "Mysteries of the Mind" website:
http://tinyurl.com/7hd4u
(e)  Iinterview archive with psychic Sahar Huneidi:
http://www.psychicsahar.com/
a.  Topic: "Beyond the Indigo Children": http://tinyurl.com/byu2r
b.  Topic: "Future Memory":  http://tinyurl.com/95tvt
c.  Topic: Adult NDEs: http://tinyurl.com/8zrwz
d.  Topic: Children's NDEs: http://tinyurl.com/a6l9p

(5)  Dr. Carla Wills-Brandon's "A Walk to the Other Side" airs
every other week, Thursdays 9pm - 10pm PST. Carla is the author
of "One Last Hug Before I Go: The Mystery and Meaning of Deathbed
Visions". http://tinyurl.com/aamof

(6)  Dannion Brinkley has available radio interviews to listen to
at the "News For The Soul" website: http://tinyurl.com/pmxlo

(7)  Betty Eadie has radio interviews available on Jerry Pippin's
Show: http://tinyurl.com/n7pod

(8)  Mike Pettigrew is founder of The Institute for Afterlife Research
and has several radio interviews available: http://tinyurl.com/rlm4z

(9)  Internet search for audio files about the NDE:
http://tinyurl.com/s4ucz
*** Related items of interest:
--- Article: Are you new to internet audio? Check out these tutorials:
http://tinyurl.com/ckb2y and http://tinyurl.com/s4bfz

--- Book: "The Music Internet Untangled: Using Online Services To
Expand Your Musical Horizons" by Andy Breeding (I highly recommend
this book/ebook): http://tinyurl.com/mmhvx

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ABC Documentary on Heaven Now Available in DVD and VHS
("Heaven -- Where Is It? How Do We Get There?")
--------------------------------------------
(April 3, 2006) 			            (ABC News)
People have dreamed of heaven, dedicated their lives to the promise
of heaven, even martyred themselves - committing heinous acts of
terrorism - for the promise of paradise. Is heaven simply a myth
dreamed up to give lives meaning, or is it a real place? Anchored
by Barbara Walters, this documentary explores the meaning of heaven
with religious leaders of the major faiths, scientists, people who
say they believe in heaven because they've been there, celebrities
who are vocal about their beliefs and even with terrorists. The DVD
version contains extended interviews with the Dalai Lama, Richard
Gere, Imam Feisal, Abdul Rauf, and Rabbi Neil Gilman.
http://tinyurl.com/hu5db
*** Related items of interest:

--- Videos: View these online video clips on the documentary:
- Barbara Explores Heaven: http://tinyurl.com/mf878
- Heaven Explored: http://tinyurl.com/mtrlp
- Is There Sex In Heaven?: http://tinyurl.com/ngtl3
- Homicide Bombers Pursue Heaven: http://tinyurl.com/n9jub
- Search the internet for online NDE videos using Blinkx:
http://tinyurl.com/g4tud

--- Article: An interview with Mitch Albom: "The Five People You
Meet in Heaven": http://tinyurl.com/msxfr

--- Article: An interview with Barbara Walters: "Heaven Is a Place
Where You Are Happy": http://tinyurl.com/prg6z

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The Movie "Stay" DVD is Released with NDE Feature "Departing Visions"
(Participate in their Collaborative Subconscious Experiment)
--------------------------------------------
(April 1, 2006) 	               (Cinescape Video & DVD)
The film centers on a suicidal college student and his doctor who
enter a twisted world of supernatural horror in Stay. Henry Lethem
(Ryan Gosling) plans to kill himself in three days, unless
psychologist Sam Foster (Ewan McGregor) can stop him. Henry's been
hearing disturbing voices and experiencing horrifying visions, but
where does imagination end and reality begin? Sam suddenly finds he's
losing his own grip on reality, as he, too, is thrust into a hellish
place between life and death. With the help of his girlfriend
(Naomi Watts), Sam races to unlock the terrifying secret behind
Henry's waking nightmare before it's too late.
http://tinyurl.com/geaem
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: The Official Site of "Stay" (participate in their
subconscious experiment): http://www.staythemovie.com

--- Movie:  "Stay" starring Ewan McGregor and Ryan Gosling
http://tinyurl.com/q92l2

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Hollywood Near-Death Experiences
(The NDEs of the Rich and Famous)
--------------------------------------------
(April 2, 2006) 	       (Near-Death Newsletter)
The following are this month's listing of celebrity near-death
experiences in the news:

Steven Spielberg's NDE Mini-Series Coming Soon:
http://tinyurl.com/a24qt

Ellen Barkin Survives Near Death Experience
http://tinyurl.com/m577j

Star Jones Cheats Death as She Undergoes Plastic Surgery
http://tinyurl.com/ppvc7

Tony Soprano's "Near-Death Experience in Newark"
http://tinyurl.com/pyyje

Tom Green Cheats Death in Costa Rica
http://tinyurl.com/o4snd

Nathan Fillion on "White Noise 2" Movie
http://tinyurl.com/qbqtw

The Family Guy Has a Near-Death Experience
http://tinyurl.com/pqj3j

Jayne Seymour: "Make the most of life."
http://tinyurl.com/njkux

Jerry Falwell: Near-Death Experience Changed Outlook on Life
http://tinyurl.com/sxha5

NDEs of the Hollywood Rich and Famous:
http://www.near-death.com/famous.html
*** Related items of interest:

--- Book: "The Hollywood Book of Death" by James Robert Parish
http://tinyurl.com/rbl4t

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April Schedule of NDE-Related TV Documentaries
(Check your local listings for the correct time)
--------------------------------------------
(March 30, 2006) 	 (Near-Death Newsletter)
I recommend www.tv.com or tv.yahoo.com as your online cable TV guide
to search for NDE and NDE-related cable programs scheduled for
your area. For online video searches, I recommend the awesome
mega-search engine www.blinkx.com.

April 10, 11 - "Heaven: Beyond the Grave" (Documentary) -
History Channel - Trace the evolution of the afterlife theory from
ancient Egypt to modern day: http://tinyurl.com/pooul

April 12 - "Proof Positive: Evidence of the Paranormal" (Documentary)
- Sci-Fi Channel - A look at three stories which contain convincing
evidence of the paranormal: http://tinyurl.com/pa5g4

April 14 - "Visions of Mary" (Documentary) - History Channel
- Dramatic recreations of credible apparitions of the Virgin Mary
including archival footage and photos: http://tinyurl.com/qs7he

April 16 - "The Search for Heaven" (Documentary) - WPXN
- Examines the scientific studies, personal testimonies and
experiences of those who have had a near-death experience.
http://tinyurl.com/np3er

April 16 - "Dying to Live" (Documentary) - Discovery Health
Channel - Pioneering neurosurgeons push the boundary between
life and death by reviving patients who have been clinically dead
for over an hour: http://tinyurl.com/rkpyj

April 16, 17 - "Mysteries of the Bible: Heaven and Hell" (Documentary)
- A&E Channel - Powerful images of heaven and hell have been around
since recorded history. Where do these images come from?
http://tinyurl.com/s2bg3

April 17, 18 - "Brainman" (Documentary) - Discovery Health Channel
- Meet a savant who can read a book every hour with a photographic
memory and do formidable calculations in his head within seconds ...
but cannot tie his own shoes: http://tinyurl.com/m3dyl

April 18, 19 - "The Unexplained: ESP, Dreams and Disasters"
(Documentary) - Biography Channel - Several cases suggestive
of ESP are profiled: http://tinyurl.com/qhf2w

April 20 - "Naked Science: Telepathy" (Documentary) - National
Geographic Channel - Scientists puts the phenomenon of telepathy
  to the test with their own tests and experiments.
http://tinyurl.com/p6mpe

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April 22, 2006:  IONS Global Consciousness Conference
(Venue: Lake Merritt, Oakland, California)
--------------------------------------------
(April 2, 2006)                (Institute of Noetic Sciences)
The science and study of consciousness offers important pieces
to the puzzle of global sustainability. This day-long conference
brings together pioneers at the frontiers of conscious change --
scientists, spiritual leaders, environmentalists, and social change
activists -- to expand the dialogue about how we create global
sustainability. After a vision-expanding morning and a heartfelt,
inspiring lunch, we'll move into specific action projects in the
afternoon, finishing the day with a bold, integrative vision and
celebration. The Global Consciousness Conference will chart the
path to a spiritually fulfilling, ecologically balanced, and socially
healthy worldview. It will also serve as the official book launch for
Entangled Minds, the new book by Dean Radin, IONS Senior
Scientist. Book signing with Dean will take place during the afternoon
  reception. Presenters include Duane Elgin (Awakening Earth);
Mark Plotkin (Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice); Andrew Beath
(Consciousness in Action); as well as IONS leaders James O'Dea
(President); Marilyn Mandala Schlitz (VP); Dean Radin (Sr. Scientist);
and Belvie Rooks (Board Member). Afternoon forums will feature
various community activists, with an opportunity to engage with their
projects: http://www.noetic.org
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: Download the free PDF schedule of events:
http://tinyurl.com/oagtd

--- Website: Register for the Conference:
http://tinyurl.com/gmm9b

--- Book: "Entangled Minds: Extrasensory Experiences in a
Quantum Reality" by Dean Radin: http://tinyurl.com/owegq

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May 5-6, 2006: Rhine Research Center's "After Death" Conference
(After death, what do we know?)
--------------------------------------------
(April 4, 2006) 		      (Rhine Research Center)
It is one of the great mysteries. But science has been able to
discover some things.This conference brings together leading
scientists and physicians in this area of research to present their
findings, under the auspices of The Rhine Research Center, in
Durham, North Carolina. Presenters include: Bruce Greyson,
Jim Tucker, Gary Schwartz, Larry Dossey, Stephan Schwartz,
Dianne Arcangel, Loyd Auerbach, Ginette Nachman, and Mary
Occhino. Learning Objectives: By the end of the conference,
participants will: (1) Have a good understanding of research findings
related to near-death experiences, children's memories of previous
lives, afterlife encounters, mediumship communication, and
apparitions. (2) Have a context in which to understand these
experiences. (3) Understand what the research is telling us about the nature of
consciousness. (4) Understand the implications of nonlocal awareness. (5)
Clinicians will be better equipped to support patients who report these
experiences: http://www.rhine.org
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: Schedule of Events: http://tinyurl.com/n3cuo

--- Article: Register for the Conference: http://tinyurl.com/lpkk6

--- Book: Journal of Parapsychology: http://tinyurl.com/r2mtc

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May 12-14, 2006: Remote Viewing Conference
(Venue: Alexis Park Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada)
--------------------------------------------
(March 30, 2006) 			     (IRVA Website)
The International Remote Viewing Association (IRVA) was organized
March 18, 1999, by selected scientists and practitioners meeting
in Alamogordo, New Mexico in conjunction with the first professional
conference on Remote Viewing in Ruiduso, New Mexico. The
concluded objective was to create an organization that would
provide a mechanism for evaluating the discipline called "remote
viewing", encourage scientifically sound research, propose ethical
standards and provide overview educational information to the public.
Presenters include: Russel Targ, Ingo Swann, Dean Radin,
William Tiller, Jessica Utts, Stephan Schwartz, Jeffrey Mishlove,
George McMullen, Elias Merhige, Noreen Renier, Lyn Buchanan,
and Paul H. Smith: http://www.rvconference.org/
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: "A Brief Time Line of Remote Viewing History"
http://tinyurl.com/megpf

--- Websites: Google rearch results for "remote viewing" sites:
http://tinyurl.com/e8nm9

--- Products: Remote Viewing Multimedia: http://tinyurl.com/g4nq7

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Tune Into Your Intuition
(Avery Center workshop teaches how to tap into your sixth sense)
--------------------------------------------
(April 1, 2006) 	             (Pensacola News Journal)
"I've always thought that I have something going on," said Rogers,
61, of Cantonment, who has taken the workshop. "Things would
hit me and they would come true. Off and on this would happen."
But Rogers, like many people, was too busy with career and family
to pay much attention. Then in December 2003, she had a near-death
experience and lay in the hospital for 48 days -- 21 of those days
in intensive care on a respirator, given a 20 percent chance to
live ..." "The majority of scientists meet the subject with
prejudice despite hundreds of studies documenting extrasensory
perception beyond a reasonable doubt," said Charles Tart, an
instructor at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology in Palo Alto,
Calif. "We have no idea what the mechanism is that makes this
happen," Tart said. "If we ever do understand, it will bring a new
understanding to the universe.": http://tinyurl.com/np93x
*** Related items of interest:

--- Workshop: "Developing your Intuition", A six-week workshop
by Teresa Brown, (850) 470-8430, www.averycenter.net
April 18 to May 23, The Avery Center, 1120 E. Avery Street,
Pensacola, FL.

--- Website: The Official Site of Teresa Brown
http://www.workingintuition.com/

--- Book: "The Purpose of Your Life: Finding Your Place In The World
Using Synchronicity, Intuition, And Uncommon Sense" by Carol
Adrienne, James Redfield: http://tinyurl.com/oqugs

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New Literature and Features Added to the Library of Exploratory
Science (Lexscien)
(Access some of the most important scientific information on
anomalies such as the NDE)
--------------------------------------------
(March 30, 2006) 	                (Lexscien.org)
This Library is C-FAR's (Centre for Fundamental and Anomalies
Research) online library of research literature on anomalies and
controversies in science and the humanities. It currently contains
the complete Journals and Proceedings of the Society for Psychical
Research (1884-present), the complete Journal of Parapsychology
(1937-present), and a selection of rare books in the field. They
are steadily adding more of the leading research literature in the
field. You can register for FREE to explore the open access sections
of the library. For an inexpensive subscription fee, you can access
the full library. In my opinion, this is one library whose time has
certainly come and is certainly worth checking out.
http://tinyurl.com/rxsne
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: The Library of Exploratory Science (Lexscien):
http://www.lexscien.org

--- Website: Centre for Fundamental and Anomalies Research:
http://www.c-far.org/

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Shocking Examples of Cellular Memory
(Transplant patients acquire memories of their donors)
--------------------------------------------
(March 30, 2006) 			        (Daily Mail)
Professor Gary Schwartz's findings are backed up by Dr. Paul
Pearsall, author of The Heart's Code, a book dealing with the
same phenomenon. Their casebook also includes: (1) A woman
who was terrified of heights until she was given the lungs of a
mountain climber. Dottie O'Connor, from Massachusetts, is now
a climber. (2) A seven-year-old girl had nightmares about being
killed after being given the heart of a child who had been murdered.
(3) Paul Oldam, a lawyer from Milwaukee, received the heart of
a 14-year-old boy and inherited his craving for Snickers. (4) And
a man of 25 received a woman's heart and, to his girlfriend's
delight, now wants to go shopping all the time.
http://tinyurl.com/pud3l
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: "The Cellular Memory: The Energetic Hologram of the
Formed Body-Mind": http://tinyurl.com/s4ba7

--- Article: One of most veridical examples of cellular memory
(The case of Claire Silvia): http://tinyurl.com/7s2da

--- Website: Google search results for "cellular memory":
http://tinyurl.com/lreq4

--- Book: "Explorers of the Black Box: The Search for the
Cellular Basis of Memory" by Susan Allport
http://tinyurl.com/sxmvb

--- Book: "The Heart's Code" by Paul P. Pearsall:
http://tinyurl.com/pjfyx

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Debating the Reality of ESP
(Scientists continue to review the phenomenon)
--------------------------------------------
(March 29, 2006)                  (The Daily Evergreen)
There is a debate over whether ESP is a real phenomenon.
Dr. Dean Radin, senior scientist at the Institute of Noetic
Sciences, a nonprofit organization conducting and sponsoring
leading-edge research on all facets of consciousness, believes
it is. "The reality of psychic phenomena is now no longer based
solely upon faith, or wishful thinking, or absorbing anecdotes.
It is not even based upon the results of a few scientific
experiments," according to his book, "The Conscious Universe."
"Instead, we know that these phenomena exist because of new ways of
evaluating massive amounts of scientific evidence collected over a
century by scores of researchers." ESP has a very old history, going
back to the Delphic Oracle in ancient Greece. Throughout history,
many cultures have believed some people possessed special powers.
http://tinyurl.com/l89tp
*** Related items of interest:

--- Blog:  The Official Blog of Dean Radin: http://deanradin.blogspot.com/

--- Website: The Official Site of Dean Radin: http://www.deanradin.com/

--- Website: Institute of Noetic Sciences: http://www.noetic.org/

--- Books:  List of all titles by Dean Radin: http://tinyurl.com/zzek6

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Pseudo-skeptic/magician James Randi Suffers a Heart Attack
(Has the "Amazing Randi" seen the light?)
--------------------------------------------
(April 1, 2006) 	           (Michael Prescott's Blog)
Anyway, in reading one of these Web sites - a message board
for fans for the magicians Penn & Teller, who are outspoken
skeptics - I was struck by some of the comments.  I thought I
would reproduce them here, along with my own remarks. The
messages begin with the expected good wishes for Mr. Randi.
Then a gadfly named Musico pipes up: "Hi, has James now
qualified for an "NDE"(near death experience)? Would he admit
to seeing "lights in tunnels" or "angelic beings"?? Perhaps he
might admit he actually prayed when he was going through his
recent experiences. If he has had an NDE he might now have
to pay himself the million dollars because he has just proven
the existence of paranormal phenomena!! I don't want to seem
cold hearted, just realistic about his whole existence."
http://tinyurl.com/obdwc
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: "A Skeptical Look At James Randi" by Michael Prescott:
http://tinyurl.com/8yad3

--- Article: "James Randi - His Amazing Role in the Great Psi Media
Circus": http://tinyurl.com/mqbv2

--- Article: "The Paradigm Police": http://tinyurl.com/oxfto

--- Books: All titles by Michael Prescott:
http://tinyurl.com/z2azs

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Art Buchwald Is Choosing To Die
(The famous author is choosing death instead of kidney dialysis)
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(March 28, 2006) 		     (Compassion & Choices)
We should all be so lucky. Art Buchwald can abbreviate a relentless
loss of body, mind and function because he has a life-saving
treatment to refuse. His death will be peaceful, painless and humane.
Refusal of medical intervention is legal everywhere. Compassion
& Choices' counselors can often tell callers that they already hold
the key to peaceful dying. But what about those who cannot choose
– those stuck in a dying process that is neither peaceful nor
painless? They cannot stop their suffering or hasten their death by
refusing treatment. We believe, and the Second Circuit Court agreed,
that they and Mr. Buchwald have a constitutional right to equal
protection of their choices. As we all know, in 1997 the Supreme
Court disagreed and punted to state lawmakers to correct the
injustice. We also help people not on life-sustaining treatment with
aid in dying. This is why we fight for its legalization in
California and Vermont today, and will fight in every state tomorrow.
Because, as Art Buchwald says, "If you have to go, the way you go is
a very big deal.": http://tinyurl.com/mmnj6
*** Related items of interest:

--- Articles: Free Living Will and Advance Directives download:
http://tinyurl.com/qx4cz

--- Articles: Document Database of End-of-Life Information:
http://tinyurl.com/mux9v

--- Website: Compassion & Choices Services:
http://tinyurl.com/m69vo

--- Website: Art Buchwald entry on Wikipedia encyclopedia:
http://tinyurl.com/mktd8

--- Books:  All titles by Timothy Quill, M.D. (the leading expert
on palliative care research and end-of-life issues:
http://tinyurl.com/mktd8

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How To Have A Good Death
(A new BBC documentary on terminal illness)
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(March 30, 2006) 			       (BBC Health)
This BBC documentary aired on March 30, 2006 and explored the
world of palliative care in Britain's hospitals. At their website,
you can find out more information about this documentary and about
end of life care in Britain. You can also download their free ebook
"Planning for a Good Death." You can also watch a video clip of
the show and check out all their resources about preparing for
this important transition. The Planning a Good Death booklet covers
areas such as care during illness, putting your affairs in order,
wills and planning a funeral, as well as information to help you
deal with the emotional aspects of dying and bereavement.
http://tinyurl.com/lcldh
*** Related items of interest:

--- PDF: "Planning a Good Death" Ebook: http://tinyurl.com/o2a2m

--- Website: BBC Live2Live site: http://tinyurl.com/sykya

--- Website: BBC TV Channels: http://www.bbc.co.uk/tv/

--- DVD: BBC documentary "The Day I Died: The Mind, the Brain, and
Near-Death Experiences": http://tinyurl.com/mh8yc

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Renowned Bird Flu Expert Warns: Be Prepared
("Even odds" that the virus mutate to an easily transmitted form)
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(March 14, 2006) 			       (ABC News)
"Society just can't accept the idea that 50 percent of the
population could die. And I think we have to face that possibility,"
Webster said. "I'm sorry if I'm making people a little frightened,
but I feel it's my role." Most scientists won't put it that bluntly,
but many acknowledge that Webster could be right about the flu
becoming transmissible among humans, even though they believe the 50
percent figure could be too high. Researcher Dr. Anne Moscona at New
York Weill Cornell Medical Center said that a human form may not
mutate this year or next -- or ever -- but it would be foolish to
ignore the dire consequences if it did. "If bird flu becomes not bird
flu but mutates into a form that can be transmitted between humans,
we could then have a spread like wildfire across the globe," Moscona
said: http://tinyurl.com/krxx9
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: What You Should Do To Prepare For An Epidemic:
http://tinyurl.com/mwftm

--- PDF: Download the free PDF ebook "The Bird Flu Report":
http://tinyurl.com/lme9q

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Geomagnetic Flip May Not Be Random After All
(Physicists predict the shift of the Earth's magnetic field)
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(March 21, 2006) 			      (Physics Web)
One of the most fascinating natural phenomena on Earth is the
flipping of its magnetic field, which has occurred hundreds of
times in the last 160 million years. When the magnetic field flips,
the North Pole becomes the South Pole and vice versa. The
last time this happened was some 780,000 years ago, so we
could be heading for another reversal soon. Now, physicists
in Italy have found that the frequency of these polarity reversals
is not random as previously thought but occurs in clusters,
revealing some kind of "memory" of previous events. Although
a full geomagnetic polarity reversal can take thousands of years
to complete, the implications could be enormous. As well as
affecting the migration trajectories of birds and other animals,
the disruption to the Earth's magnetic field could expose the
Earth to hazardous cosmic rays -- a scenario that some researchers
have linked to mass extinction events like the one that wiped out
the dinosaurs around 65 million years ago. Geoscientists believe
that our planet's internal magnetic dynamo is responsible for pole
reversals, but the actual mechanism is not well understood.
http://tinyurl.com/oavut
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: Cayce's Earth Changes Prediction Fulfilled:
http://tinyurl.com/peehm

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

--- Book: "When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance and
Planetary Survival" by Matthew Stein: http://tinyurl.com/rwaqt

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Read all the major news articles concerning the NDE and related
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(3)  Q and A with Dr. P.M.H. Atwater
      An in-depth look at the near-death phenomenon
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In this section of the newsletter, 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.

QUESTION:  "My question has to do with my near-death experience
back in 1979. I was shown what I should be doing with my life and told
what the purpose of my life is. The problem for me is I am not doing
what I was shown I should be doing, and I always hope and question
that what I am doing today - is that good enough? The purpose of my
life is tied to what I was shown, but I still feel that I am
accomplishing that or at least partially accomplishing it with the
life I lead today. Do you, yourself, have a response to this?"
-- Scott

P.M.H. ANSWER:  "Scott, this is a question that strikes at the heart
of every near-death or near-death-like experiencer. There is no
absolute here, for the issue is a spiritual one between the
experiencer and his or her relationship with God. You were at least
shown your purpose, Scott. That means you know what it is. Many were
never even given a clue. There is tremendous comfort in knowing what
it is. Yet, as you indicated, sometimes that knowledge is not
necessarily helpful. What if you can't or won't fulfill your task?
What if ... [ Read more at this web page: http://tinyurl.com/8wwbv ]

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PMH's NDE links:
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--- Her Official Website: http://www.pmhatwater.com
--- Her Multimedia page: http://tinyurl.com/9nmxc
--- Her Marketplace (a public service): http://tinyurl.com/q54st

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(4)  Books on the NDE
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--- NDE books and videos are available at the Near-Death Online Store:
http://tinyurl.com/bk3td

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The G.O.D. Experiments: How Science Is Discovering God
In Everything, Including Us into the Nature of Life and Death"
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by Gary Schwartz, William Simon      (Available: Now)
Schwartz, a University of Arizona professor of psychology and
neurology, believes passionately that 21st-century science
provides clues to G.O.D. -- the "Guiding, Organizing, Designing"
process animating the universe. With the fervor of an evangelist,
he draws on quantum physics, psychology, mathematics and
evolutionary biology to convert unbelievers to the idea that this
G.O.D. exists. He underwent his own conversion after testing
the claims of a man who said that his dreams could foretell the
future. In a kind of double-blind 10-day experiment, Schwartz
found that the man's dreams accurately described locations,
randomly selected, for them to visit each day.
http://tinyurl.com/lvz6g
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: Gary Schwartz's Open Mind Sciences:
http://www.openmindsciences.com

--- Website: Gary Schwartz's VERITAS Research Program:
http://veritas.arizona.edu

--- Book: "The Afterlife Experiments: Breakthrough Scientific
Evidence of Life After Death" by Gary Schwartz, William Simon
http://tinyurl.com/s7mrs

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"Talking With Angel: About Illness, Death, and Survival"
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by Evelyn Elsaesser-Valarino 	 (Available: Now)
The author has studied near-death experiences for over twenty
years and collaborated with Ken Ring on "Lessons from the
Light: What We Can Learn from the Near-Death Experience"
(2000). She is also the author of "On the Other Side of Life:
Exploring the phenomenon of Near-Death Experience" (1997).
"Talking With Angel" is the moving story of a young girl battling
leukemia. She realizes she is going to die and receives hope
and comfort through nightly conversations with her favourite doll
"Angel", who helps her embrace a new perspective on dying
and the possibility that consciousness may survive after death.
Her fear of death is ultimately lifted by new-found spiritual wisdom
and by the account of a near-death experience told to her by a
young companion: http://tinyurl.com/7gdle
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: The Official Site of Evelyn Elsaesser-Valarino:
http://www.elsaesser-valarino.com/

--- Book: All Titles by Evelyn Elsaesser-Valarino:
http://tinyurl.com/bko3d

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"Animals and the Afterlife: True Stories of Our Best Friends'
Journey Beyond Death"
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by Kim Sheridan 		 (Available: Now)
Do animals have souls? What happens when they die? This
subject has been the author's lifelong passion, and she has
made it her personal quest to find the answers. Along with her
own experiences, she has compiled the extraordinary experiences
of ordinary people that provides overwhelming evidence that
their does exist an afterlife for pets and animals. Today she
is a highly respected and sought after expert on this subject.
Much of her time is devoted not only to animals but to those who
are left behind when they pass. Kim's book provides reassurance
to anyone who has ever lost a beloved pet and provides
insight into the animal kingdom's place in the larger scheme
of things - both on Earth and in the spirit realm.
http://tinyurl.com/bxvv8
*** Related items of interest:

--- Articles: NDEs involving reunions with deceased pets:
http://tinyurl.com/qumdy

--- Website: The Official Site of Kim Sheridan:
http://www.animalsandtheafterlife.com/

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"Divine Nudges: Tales of Angelic Intervention"
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by Catherine Lanigan 		       (Available: Now)
In a series of illuminating tales, Lanigan takes us through the
incredible ways in which angels have brought her family and
friends to a greater awareness of the unseen world. Lanigan
shares her own near-death experience, the miraculous cure
of her brother who was in perilous circumstances but narrowly
escaped, and a visit from the afterlife by her grandmother,
along with other tales of ghosts and angels. Through these
experiences, we learn we are not alone and we are always
protected. Be they angels, or loved ones who have become
angels, these forces in our lives renew our faith in the divine.
http://tinyurl.com/9vkvm
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: Biography of Catherine Lanigan: http://tinyurl.com/azekp

--- Books: All Titles by Catherine Lanigan: http://tinyurl.com/afg6o

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"A Casebook of Otherworldly Music"
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by D. Scott Rogo 			   (Available: Now)
This book is a unique examination of an often-neglected subject:
psychic music. The book was originally titled "NAD: A Study
of Some Unusual "Other World" Experiences." What is NAD?
It's a Sanskrit term signifying transcendental, astral, psychic,
or paranormal music - music heard from no apparent source.
This book is Vol. 1 of "Paranormal Music Experiences." Vol. 2
is entitled "A Psychic Study of the Music of the Spheres."
Also recently released is another book by Rogo called "The
Search for Yesterday" which offers a critical and scientific
examination of reincarnation: http://tinyurl.com/bswq6
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: A Tribute to the D. Scott Rogo: http://tinyurl.com/7zyr2

--- Article: "Some Personal Thoughts on Survival":
http://tinyurl.com/7n62h

--- Books: All Titles by D. Scott Rogo: http://tinyurl.com/bg7hk

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"Conversations on Consciousness: What the Best Minds
Think about the Brain, Free Will, and What It Means to Be Human"
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by Susan Blackmore 		       (Available: Now)
NDE skeptic Susan Blackmore began conducting interviews
with leading figures in the study of consciousness for a proposed
(but never realized) radio series. Here in book form, organized
alphabetically, are 20 transcripts with scientists such as the
late Francis Crick, Daniel Dennett, Roger Penrose, David
Chalmers, Stuart Hameroff, and others. Blackmore asks, What's
the problem with consciousness? Why does it differ from other
targets of scientific inquiry? Blackmore also asks them why they
chose to study consciousness. Several refer to a fascination with
altered states of consciousness. Many abandoned fruitful research
careers in other areas to pursue these questions. Perhaps the
most extreme case is that of Francis Crick, a physicist who won
the Nobel Prize by decoding DNA's structure and then at age 60
turned his attention to consciousness work for a quarter of a
century. Crick's interview by Blackmore was his last; he died
shortly thereafter, in July 2004: http://tinyurl.com/78vnc
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: Susan Blackmore on near-death.com:
http://tinyurl.com/pmlbd

--- Website: The Official Site of Susan Blackmore:
http://www.susanblackmore.co.uk/

--- Book: All Titles by Susan Blackmore: http://tinyurl.com/8hte3

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(5)    IANDS in the Spotlight
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IANDS is the premier research organization in the field of
near-death studies. If you haven't yet joined this wonderful
organization, I encourage you to join online at their membership
page. There are many benefits for being a member. Their
quarterly newsletter Vital Signs is alone worth becoming a
member.

--- Home page:  http://www.iands.org
--- Join IANDS:  http://www.iands.org/joincard.html
--- Shop at IANDS:  http://tinyurl.com/8cxns

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HEADLINES FROM IANDS:
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IANDS News Page: http://iands.org/news/?cat=1
(a)  The Ultimate NDE Video
(b)  IANDS makes "The Day I Died" video available
(c)  Expanded Version of Research Bibliography on CD-ROM

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Dear NDE Enthusiasts,

The March 2006 Near-Death Newsletter is now online for your
enjoyment. Sorry for the delay.

Here is a list of changes made recently to the Near-Death.com
website. I know you will enjoy them.

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What's New on Near-Death.com as of March 11, 2006
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(1) March 1, 2006 Near-Death Newsletter
Web: http://www.near-death.com/newsletters/2006/0301.html
PDF: http://www.near-death.com/ebooks/newsletters/2006_03_01.pdf

I am almost ready to implement a new system to bring you
more timely and more informational newsletters.

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(2)  Documentaries of the NDE
http://www.near-death.com/documentaries.html
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I added more NDE documentaries to this page and gave
it a much needed facelift. More outstanding NDE
documentaries are on the way.

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(3)  T. Lee Baumann's "God at the Speed of Light"
http://www.near-death.com/physics.html
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I updated Dr. Baumann's page with new information concerning his
follow-up books Window to God: A Physician's Spiritual Pilgrimage"
and his soon to be released "The Akashic Light: Religion's Common
Road." I also added links to his archived interviews and
presentations and the two NDE documentaries he was featured in "The
Search for Heaven" and "The Evidence for Heaven."

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(4)  Christian Andreason's NDE
http://www.near-death.com/andreason.html
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I added one more question that is often asked of the award-winning
singer/songwriter and added his interesting and thorough answer.
The question he answers is: "How did your near-death experience
affect your music career?"

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(5)  Howard Pittman's NDE
http://www.near-death.com/forum/nde/000/89.html
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The illustrations on this web page are from Howard Pittman's
booklet "Placebo". I added a little bit of color to them to
enhance their appearance. I also added more of his amazing
experience while in this "second heaven" and while on his way
to the "third heaven."

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(6)  Arthur Yensen's NDE
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/reincarnation06.html
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I added the illustration that Yensen drew of his NDE which can
be found in his pamphlet "I Saw Heaven." Very interesting.

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(7)  Beverly Brodsky's NDE
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/judaism02.html
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I added a photo of Beverly which she emailed to me and some more
material about herself. I have been searching the internet for many
years for more info about her.

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(8)  RaNelle Wallace's NDE
http://www.near-death.com/wallace.html
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Another person I have been searching for more info about is
RaNelle Wallace and I recently discovered her website which
is filled with more information about her.

That is all for now. Thanks.

Kevin Williams
www.near-death.com

"When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that
something is possible he is almost certainly right. When
he states that something is impossible, he is very probably
wrong. The only way of discovering the limits of the
possible is to venture a little way past them into the
impossible. Any sufficiently advanced technology is
indistinguishable from magic." - Arthur C. Clarke, the inventor
of satellite communication

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Near-Death Newsletter.....................March 1, 2006
www.near-death.com ............ Vol. 05, No. 03, Ed. 01
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This is an abbreviated newsletter due to time restrictions that
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News From P.M.H. Atwater
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Get the latest news from P.M.H. right here!

(a)  A New Website on Dreams
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FREEBIES FROM P.M.H:
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(c)   Free "The Challenge of Sept 11" (online):
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Bruce Greyson to Give an NDE Presentation at
the Rhine Research Center on May 5th - 6th, 2006
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(March 1, 2006)                 (The Rhine Research Center)
Bruce Greyson of the University of VA  Division of Personality
Studies will give a presentation at the Rhine Research Center
in Durham, North Carolina during a conference entitled,
"After Death - What Do We Know?" This conference brings
together leading scientists and physicians in this area of
research to present their findings. Other presenters include:
James Tucker, MD; Stephan A. Schwartz; Dianne Archangel, MS;
Ginette Nachman, MD, PhD; Emily Kelly, PhD; Lloyd Auerbach, PhD;
Gary Schwartz, PhD. This event is open for all health care
professionals and interested laypeople. CMEs pending. To
register, or for further information, contact the Rhine Research
Center at (919) 309-4600, or email at Deana@...,
or visit their website at http://www.rhine.org/.
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: The Complete Schedule of Conference Events:
http://www.rhine.org/AfterDeathConference.htm

--- Books: A List of Publications Authored by Bruce Greyson:
http://www.parapsych.org/members/c_b_greyson.html

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Is There Life After Death? An Emminent International Cardiologist
Believes He Can Prove It!
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(February 20, 2006)                           (ClickPress)
A leading cardiologist -- who has become convinced of the
existence of life after death after hearing his patients'
experiences -- is talking about his research and beliefs at
a major conference in London in March. Dr. Pim van Lommel
was so inspired by the stories related by his patients of their
near-death experiences (NDEs) that he became the first medical
practitioner to risk his reputation with a full, systematic
trial into the phenomenon. He interviewed 344 heart patients
at his hospital in Arnhem, Netherlands who had all clinically
died, some for five minutes or longer, before being resuscitated.
Of these, 62 -- or 18 per cent -- reported some ongoing experience
after the medical monitors had pronounced them to be dead ... He
will be talking about his latest discoveries at the "Icons of
the Field" conference, which is being held in central London
on March 18 and 19.
http://tinyurl.com/rxnrj
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: "About the Continuity of Our Consciousness"
by Pim van Lommel:
http://tinyurl.com/89ro3

--- Article: The Lancet Study on NDEs:
http://iands.org/dutch_study.html

--- Website: "Icons of the Field" Conference:
http://tinyurl.com/78n7q

--- Book: "The Field: The Quest For The Secret Force Of The Universe"
by Lynne McTaggart:
http://tinyurl.com/pcpzw

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Science is Making Room for Near-Death Experiences Beyond
This World
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(February 18, 2006)                        (Deseret News)
Dreaming -- whether in pleasant reverie or nightmarish angst --
has long been accepted not only as a real physiological
phenomenon but as a common human experience. But when
the dying describe open-eyed visions of long-dead relatives
and friends, those who don't "see" the extra people in the room
usually grow skeptical. "Demented," "crazy" or "lost it" are the
labels, whether whispered or silent. Yet some of those who work
most closely with the dying report such events as highly spiritual
experiences that occur across faith traditions and cultures, and
includes agnostics and atheists. And though it is still taboo to
validate such things in clinical or academic settings, science is
making some room for near-death experiences beyond the tangible,
physical world. Meanwhile, hospice chaplains watch such "pre-death
visions" play out daily as their patients slip away.
http://tinyurl.com/p5fs7
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: "Palliative Care Perspectives" by James L. Hallenbeck:
http://tinyurl.com/rrxga

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Near-Death Experience, Consciousness, and the Brain:
A New Concept about the Continuity of Our Consciousness
Based on Recent Scientific Research on Near-Death Experience
in Survivors of Cardiac Arrest
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(January-March 2006)         (The Journal of General Evolution)
In this article first some general aspects of near-death experience
will be discussed, followed by questions about consciousness and
its relation to brain function. Details will be described from our
prospective study on near-death experience in survivors of cardiac
arrest in the Netherlands, which was published in the Lancet in 2001.
In this study it could not be shown that physiological, psychological,
or pharmacological factors caused these experiences after cardiac
arrest. Neurophysiology in cardiac arrest and in a normal functioning
brain will be explained. Finally, implications for consciousness
studies will be discussed, and how it could be possible to explain
the continuity of our consciousness. Scientific study of NDE pushes
us to the limits of our medical and neurophysiologic ideas about the
range of human consciousness and mind–brain relation.
http://tinyurl.com/pb4w8

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Near-Death Experiences and the Mystery of Consciousness
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(March 1, 2006)                 (Quantum Biocommunication)
Although we have all heard a great deal about near-death
experiences in the past 25 years, much of this has been
debate and controversy centred around whether they are
hallucinations or a glimpse of an afterlife. The true
significance of these experiences may soon finally be revealed
through scientific research. Recent medical studies in cardiac
arrest patients have begun to shed light on this fascinating
phenomenon and have indicated that the mind and consciousness
may in fact be what remains of us after death. If proven, this
will of course have huge implications for all humankind. In this
article I will examine our understanding of NDE during cardiac
arrest and their significance for the wider debate on the nature
of consciousness.
http://tinyurl.com/oqkmk
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: Horizon Research Foundation:
http://www.horizon-research.co.uk/

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New Scientific Evidence Heaven Really Exists: Blockbuster DVD
Includes Astounding Back-From-Dead Testimonials
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(March 2, 2006)                            (World Net Daily)
Until now, heaven has been just a matter of faith. But a new
documentary, "The Evidence for Heaven," available exclusively
through WND's ShopNetDaily online store, offers scientific evidence
for the afterlife. It includes medical testimonials, first-person
accounts of "resurrections" from the dead and the latest developments
on the scientific front. Is the inevitable conclusion to life's
exciting journey the termination of the human spirit and a plot in
the local cemetery? Or is there something beyond this life -- a
spiritual realm of some kind where the soul resides when we lay
this body down?
http://tinyurl.com/pmqzl
*** Related items of interest:

--- Product: "The Evidence for Heaven" (DVD)
http://tinyurl.com/nnoec

--- Products: More Documentaries on Life After Death:
http://www.near-death.com/documentaries.html

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The Miraculous Survival Story Of Michelle Funk
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(February 10, 2006)                           (CBS News)
Amazing, because when Michelle was 2-years-old something
devastating -- and miraculous -- happened. "We were out having
a picnic and me and my older brother, who was 4 at the time --
I was 2 -- we went across the street to throw rocks into the steam.
I was a clumsy two-year-old. I fell into the stream," Michelle
recounts. She was carried downstream, swept through a culvert
and trapped under the frigid water for a terrifying one hour and
six minutes. "I was clinically dead. They didn't think I would ever
survive when they pulled me out. I was an ice cube. I was blue,"
says Michelle ... Michelle made the Guinness Book of World Records
for the longest underwater submergence for surviving being
under water for 66 minutes.
http://tinyurl.com/pqeuh

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The Afterlife Experiments - Are Life and Love Eternal?
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(February 2, 2006)                (Quantum Biocommunication)
If it could be proved beyond a doubt and in an entirely
convincing way, if it could be proved scientifically, that life
and love are eternal: Would your love be enhanced? Would your
fears vanish? Would your purpose in life be magnified? How
would life be different for you if you knew that just as
patterns of dynamic light from distant stars continue to expand
into the universe, our light - our dynamic information and
energy, our soul and spirit - not only continue to expand into
the universe, but live and grow just as we do on the earth? That
the living soul can be likened to a dynamic living rainbow, a
vibrating spectrum of visible and invisible energies that shimmer
and shine forever? Consider a time when eternal life is an
accepted part of our universe. Imagine when the continuum for all
of our human relationships can be extended beyond the physical
years spent on earth. This book presents the scientific possibility
that all this, and more, has been proved and is real. How you handle
this information is up to you; even skeptics will begin to evolve
as a result of these findings.
http://tinyurl.com/q8ycy
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: Open Mind Sciences:
http://www.openmindsciences.com/

--- Article: Journal Article on Accuracy and Replicability of
After-Death Communication (HBO experiment):
http://www.openmindsciences.com/hbo-exp.htm

--- Book: "The Afterlife Experiments: Breakthrough Scientific
Evidence of Life After Death"
http://tinyurl.com/s7mrs

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Can You Have a Sex Life in the Afterlife?
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(March 3, 2006)                       (The Seattle Times)
To some Americans, eyebrows raise at the very idea of suicide
bombers believing their heavenly reward will include sex with
beautiful virgins. But aren't the 75 percent of Americans who
believe in an afterlife concerned that there might not be any sex
in their heaven? Mark Twain thought about this. In "Letters from
Earth," he writes of humankind: "He has imagined a heaven and has
left entirely out of it the supremest of all his delights -- the one
ecstasy that stands first and foremost in the hearts of every
individual of his race -- sexual intercourse!" For any sane person,
he wrote, heaven would be an intolerable bore ... Whether anyone
gets to hook up in heaven depends on whether you believe in
immortality of the soul or a full resurrection of the body, said
Segal, who is author of "Life After Death: The Afterlife in Western
Religions."
http://tinyurl.com/rgwgl
*** Related items of interest:

--- Articles: Search results from www.near-death.com:
Articles containing the word "sex": http://tinyurl.com/eh3we
Articles containing the word "sexual": http://tinyurl.com/pv8xg

--- Articles: Search results from the Internet:
Articles containing the words "sexual" and "death experiences":
http://tinyurl.com/kq2fh
Articles containing the words "intercourse" and "death experiences":
http://tinyurl.com/k53d7
Articles containing the words "genitals" and "death experiences":
http://tinyurl.com/geub9

--- Book: "The Beginner's Guide to Sex in the Afterlife: An
Exploration of the Extraordinary Potential of Sexual Energy"
by David Staume: http://tinyurl.com/odsey

--- Book: "Life After Death: The Afterlife in Western Religions"
by Alan F. Segal: http://tinyurl.com/pvufb

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Of Death, Dying and the Possibility of a Hereafter
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(March 1, 2006)                           (Buzzle News)
Discussion by a cardiologist of how both he and a dying
patient had a spiritual experience which convinced him that
death is a transition, not an ending ... But as he began to
intermittently lose consciousness in the Coronary Care Unit,
the pain that had oppressed him throughout his life began
to fall away. Father More had begun an astonishing series
of healing experiences that led to his religious and spiritual
awakening. Father More was simultaneously dying, and
moving into another realm, an inner journey that opened him
to a oneness with the divine, and an absolute peace he had
never before imagined. His prayers had been answered. At
the moment of his passing, Father More's last words were,
"I'm coming home to God."
http://tinyurl.com/lecna
*** Related items of interest:

--- Book: "Courageous Confrontations: Lives Transformed
by Life-threatening Illness" by Dr. Richard Helfant:
http://tinyurl.com/lsw4r

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Does Heaven Exist?
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(February 22, 2006)                          (CBS News)
"I felt myself leaving my body," said Bob Shutter. Shutter is a
guidance counselor in Bucks County. He was eight-years-old
and enjoying a summer day in a pond with his older brother when
he slipped on a rock, hit his head, and went under. "I could see
a real bright light," said Shutter. "Felt as if I was walking down
a path of love." Shutter's journey was interrupted when his brother
finally pulled him up. "I heard a voice and it said to me, 'It's
not your time, you gotta go back, it's not your time,' and my
brother pulled me out of the water," said Shutter. It was a heavenly
experience he will never forget and according to recent polls,
most of us believe in, but will it really be like it is in the movies
and why the fascination? "Heaven is a place everyone wants to go,"
said Anthony Destefano. Destefano has a degree in theology and
is the author of "The Travel Guide to Heaven," that is a best-seller
in 19 countries.
http://tinyurl.com/p6cv6
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: "Touched by the Extraordinary" site:
http://www.touchedbytheextraordinary.com/

--- Book: "The Travel Guide to Heaven" by Anthony Destefano:
http://tinyurl.com/s9hxq

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Scientists Suspect Paranormal Caused By Entangled Minds
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(January 26, 2006)           (Quantum Biocommunication)
One of the most surprising discoveries of modern physics
is that objects aren't as separate as they may seem. When
you drill down into the core of even the most solid-looking
material, separateness dissolves. All that remains, like the
smile of the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland, are
relationships extending curiously throughout space and time.
These connections were predicted by quantum theory and
were called "spooky action at a distance" by Albert Einstein.
One of the founders of quantum theory, Erwin Schrödinger,
dubbed this peculiarity entanglement, saying "I would not call
that one but rather the characteristic trait of quantum mechanics."
http://tinyurl.com/necfg
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: The Official Site of Dean Radin:
http://www.deanradin.com/

--- Book: "Entangled Minds: Extrasensory Experiences in a
Quantum Reality" by Dean Radin (Release Date: April 2006):
Pre-Order:  http://tinyurl.com/owegq

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Study of Paranormal Beliefs Garners National Interest
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( February 09, 2006)                  (The Vista Online)
Dr. Gary Steward Jr., associate dean of the College of Liberal
Arts, is receiving national attention for his recent study of
trends in paranormal beliefs among college students. The study
was conducted with colleague Dr. Bryan Farha at Oklahoma City
University. Farha has appeared on "Larry King Live" and
"National Geographic" to present his findings. "He actually had
the idea," Steward said. Steward said Farha found a 2001 Gallup
poll that listed 13 paranormal beliefs such as extrasensory
perception, psychic or spiritual healing, telepathy, haunted houses,
demon possession and aliens ... Areas that relate to Christianity,
however, such as demonic possession, remained almost the
same both locally and nationally. Steward said he expected more
skepticism as people attained more education, but he found that
a greater percentage of believers in all paranormal categories.
http://tinyurl.com/cffa3
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: "Do You Believe in Ghosts? If You Do, a Study Found
You May Be Smarter.:
http://tinyurl.com/bv65z

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Exploring Non-Local Consciousness with Remote Viewing
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(February 22, 2006)             (Quantum Biocommunication)
From this beginning, the authors weave together compelling
scientific evidence, ancient spiritual teachings, and dramatic
personal stories - from witnessing mysterious folk healers in
the Philippines to performing psychic experiments between
Moscow and San Francisco - while exploring the potential of
our "Nonlocal nonlocal" mind. In the book's first half, Targ
presents the conclusions of his 20 years of remote-viewing
experiments for the Stanford Research Institute, and reveals
for the first time the results of recently declassified, CIA
experiments in psychic spying during the Cold War. He details
extraordinary demonstrations of the mind's psychic abilities,
where people were able to describe distant places and activities
in precise detail.
http://tinyurl.com/rhaqx
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: The Official Site of Russell Targ:
http://www.espresearch.com/

--- Book: "Limitless Mind: A Guide to Remote Viewing and
Transformation of Consciousness" by Russell Targ
http://tinyurl.com/nao3k

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Evidence for Stronger Telepathy Found with Twins
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(February 28, 2006)             (Quantum Biocommunication)
On January 10th 2003, 8-year-old Richard Powles sat in
a soundproof room in a London television studio in front
of a table on which there was a cardboard box and a plastic
bucket filled with ice-cold water. On command, he rolled up
his sleeve and plunged his arm into the near-freezing water,
giving a gasp as he did so. In another studio well out of sight
or earshot, his identical twin brother Damien was wired up
to a four-channel polygraph (lie-detector) which, under the
expert supervision of polygrapher Jeremy Barrett, was
monitoring his respiration, abdominal muscles, pulse and
galvanic skin response (sweat on the hands) ...
http://tinyurl.com/phma6
*** Related items of interest:

--- Book: "Twin Telepathy: The Psychic Connection"
by Guy Lyon Playfair:
http://tinyurl.com/nyk6u

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Psychic Dream Nabs Murderer?
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(February 17, 2006)                     (Free Market News)
Two opponents in a Birmingham, Alabama city council race
clashed five years ago when one accused the other of murdering
his wife, backed only by the fact that the former had seen it in
his dreams. Rod Spraggins, who says he's psychic, accused
Barry Waites of the murder, a charge that seemed politically
motivated at the time. However, now a CNN report says Waites
has been arrested for the of the 1998 slaying of his wife, who
was found dead in their home.
http://tinyurl.com/py8mo
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article:  Political Whodunit Takes an Eerie Twist:
http://tinyurl.com/pfs48

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Ghost Provides Clue in Murder Trial
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(February 17, 2006)                      (Toronto Sun)
Lisa Posluns' ghost appeared in front of a janitorial superintendent
and gave him a clue about the identity of her alleged killer, court
heard yesterday. The first-degree murder trial of Nelson DeJesus
took a supernatural turn at the University Ave. courthouse when
Rui Marques testified that Posluns appeared before him about
four months after she was killed Nov. 2, 2002. "Lisa came to you?"
defence lawyer Mitchell Chernovsky asked Marques during
cross-examination yesterday. "She was like a shadow person,"
Marques said. "An aspiration ... apparition." He said the vision
pointed to a black table in an office he was cleaning at 94
Cumberland St. "I was trying to figure out what was the meaning
of all that," he said. "She pointed to the desk and she faded away
very quickly.
http://tinyurl.com/n58zq

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Ernesto Bozzano on the Phenomena of Bilocation
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(March 2006)                   (SurvivalAfterDeath.org)
This article by Carlos Alvarado Ph.D. was originally published
in the Journal of Near-Death Studies, 23(4), Summer 2005 ...
Italian psychical researcher Ernesto Bozzano (1862-1943)
was a well-known student of parapsychological phenomena
and a strong defender of the concept of survival of bodily death.
This paper includes an excerpt of what Bozzano referred to as
the phenomena of bilocation, a term he used for the phantom
limb sensations experienced by amputees, autoscopy, out-of-body
and near-death experiences (OBEs and NDEs), and a variety
of luminous or cloud-like emanations that clairvoyants claimed
left the body at the moment of death
http://tinyurl.com/lk6hg
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: "Study Aims to Find Why Missing Leg Still Hurts":
http://tinyurl.com/qpfjr

--- Website: Who is Carlos Alvarado?:
http://tinyurl.com/o8o5j

--- Book: "Getting Started in Parapsychology" by Carlos Alvarado:
http://tinyurl.com/muvsy

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Mysterious Orbs Of Light At North Texas Church
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(February 27, 2006)                          (CBS News)
In the world of the paranormal, experts say there are many
phenomena that can occur involving light. But one North
Texas church has reported not only the appearance of
orbs, but other religious manifestations ... He said, "We'd
started taking pictures at church and almost everyone
would just take a picture and these orbs of light would
show up." We decided to pay a visit to the church and take
our own picture. It revealed a very large blue orb hovering
over a woman's head as she was being prayed over.
http://tinyurl.com/otget
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: The NDE and Orbs:
http://tinyurl.com/rxx2j

--- Website: Ghosts of the Prairie site:
http://www.prairieghosts.com/

--- Website: The Paranormal Network:
http://www.mindreader.com/home/

--- Book: "Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places"
by Brad Steiger: http://tinyurl.com/8avdj

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Low-Tech Garment Holds Promise In Preventing Maternal Death
Related To Childbirth
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(March 2, 2006)                         (Medical News Today)
A simple, low-tech garment has the potential to prevent a
major cause of death among women who give birth in many
Third World countries, according to a new study by maternal
health researchers. Study findings show the use of a neoprene suit
can save the lives of women suffering from obstetrical hemorrhaging
due to childbirth. Hemorrhaging accounts for about 30 percent of
the more than 500,000 maternal deaths worldwide each year
due to childbirth, nearly all in poor countries, according to the
researchers ... "In our research, women who appeared clinically dead,
with no blood pressure and no palpable pulse, were resuscitated
and kept alive for up to two days while waiting for blood
transfusions," said Miller.
http://tinyurl.com/qmywv
*** Related items of interest:

--- Study: "BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and
Gynaecology" :
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/loi/bjo

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Grief Support Training Guide Now Available
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(February 08, 2006)                      (BusinessWire)
To provide a better understanding of grief as a normal and healthy
response to a loss, Journeys Project Films, a Vision4Media
company, has published a training guide to accompany its
award-winning DVD, "Journey of Loss...Discovery of Hope." The
new "Training, Counselors and Leaders Guide" that accompanies
the grief-support DVD was written by a leading authority on hospice
nursing practices to enhance the healthcare community's
understanding of bereavement issues ... The international Gold
Telly-winning DVD features survivors describing how they dealt
with the death of a spouse, a child, a parent, a sibling or a close
friend. It also has commentary from bereavement therapists, and
prominent Catholic, Jewish and Protestant clergy sharing their
perspectives on related spiritual issues, such as the belief in an
afterlife and the survivors' relationship to God.
http://tinyurl.com/qx5rm
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: Journey Project:
http://www.journeysproject.com/

--- Article: Journey Project's links page:
http://www.journeysproject.com/links.asp

--- Product:  "Journey of Loss...Discovery of Hope" (DVD):
http://tinyurl.com/jcb7v

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Archive of NDEs in the News
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--- Her Marketplace (a public service):
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(3)  Books on the NDE
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--- NDE books and videos are available at the
Near-Death Online Store: http://tinyurl.com/bk3td

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"Home with God: In a Life That Never Ends"
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by Neale Donald Walsch                  (Available: Now)
"Home with God" is the final book in Neale Donald Walsch's
"Conversations with God" series and perhaps the most important.
It addresses two topics that pervade our lives: death and afterlife.
Walsch draws on his intense personal dialogue with the Supreme
Deity to describe our place in God's Kingdom. A truly unique
spiritual series.
http://tinyurl.com/emav3
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: The Official Site of Neale Donald Walsch:
http://www.nealedonaldwalsch.com/

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"Spirit Communication: An Examination of the Extraordinary
World of Mediums, Psychics and Afterlife"
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by Roy Stemman                           (Available: Now)
Communication with those who have passed over has developed
hugely over the last 50 years. In this thought-provoking book, Roy
Stemman explores the main developments, from channelling spirit
guides to the amazing popularity of today's television mediums
such as John Edward, Gordon Smith and Derek Acorah. As well
as many intriguing facts about the history of spirit communication,
this book includes fascinating information about different types of
mediumship, spiritual healers, psychic surgeons and their amazing
claims, how crimes have been solved with help from the spirit world,
the Spiritualist view of reincarnation and the afterlife, and how
mediums have influenced generations of royalty and world leaders.
http://tinyurl.com/hwoof

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"Suicide: What Really Happens in the Afterlife?"
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by Jon Klimo, Pamela Rae Heath           (Available: Now)
This provocative study explores what happens to those who commit
suicide. Drawing on communications from the spirits of more than
100 "successful" suicides, it offers an intriguing look at what
the dead themselves say about suicide, its repercussions, and
their experiences in the afterlife. Bringing together the channeled
messages of three types of suicide -- traditional suicide, assisted
suicide, and the suicide mass murder adopted by terrorists -- the
book covers a wide range of topics, including why people commit
suicide, what it is like to cross over, adjustment problems, what
suicides would say to those left behind, and what they would tell
others thinking of taking their own lives. Additionally, the book
conveys powerful messages from suicide bombers, warning
potential terrorists of the serious karmic consequences that await
them. For anyone contemplating suicide or euthanasia, the book
offers profound, sometimes unsettling, insight into the ramifications
of these acts.
http://tinyurl.com/etkls
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: The Official Site of Pamela Rae Heath:
http://www.pamelaheath.com/

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"Life Is No Coincidence: The Life And Afterlife Connection"
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by  Sheryl Glick                       (Available: Now)
Share Sheryl Glick's journey from no belief in eternity; through a
visit from her deceased grandfather; to understanding that afterlife
is real ... and "coincidences" are life's signposts. Sheryl
writes, "I am very ill. I sense my deceased grandfather's presence.
He is trying to tell me something. Am I about to die? Has he
come for me? I shout into the dark, "I cannot hear you!" He tells
me I must write something for my father. Thirty-six hours later,
I learn my father just passed away. I am to write his eulogy."
That visitation opened wide swaths of understanding for author,
Sheryl Glick. She ultimately learned we all have the ability to
communicate with our guides … spirits of loved ones, guardian angels,
saints, or just "coincidences" that show us the way.
http://tinyurl.com/l2sr2

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(4)    IANDS in the Spotlight
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near-death studies. If you haven't yet joined this wonderful
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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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Get the latest news from P.M.H. right here!
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HEADLINES FROM P.M.H.:
(a)  P.M.H. Atwater Makes Rare SW Appearance
(b)  The Best Article on the NDE I Have Ever Read
(c)  Kenneth Ring turns 70
(d)  The Effect of Human Thought and Emotions on Weather Patterns
(e)  The Planetary Peace Gathering
(f )  Books For People In Prison - Please Help!
(g)  Free Mandalas for Creative Spirits

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IANDS Spiritual Retreat for Near-Death Experiencers to be
Held on April 17-20, 2006, at Mercy Center, St. Louis, Missouri
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(February 1, 2006) 			            (IANDS)
This retreat is open to near-death experiencers who wish to
come together in a peaceful setting to talk about issues
related to coming back and other topics of concern to NDErs.
Sign-up at this IANDS web page: http://tinyurl.com/agtks .
Registration deadline is March 15th, 2006. Price includes
room, breakfast, lunch, dinner and workshops.
http://tinyurl.com/7fea9
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: Mercy Center Conference/Retreat: http://tinyurl.com/93mlw

--- Directions to Mercy Center, St. Louis, MO:
(a)  Mercy Center directions: http://tinyurl.com/7uxoq
(b)  Google Map directions:  http://tinyurl.com/baelf

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2006 IANDS Annual North American Conference to be
Held on October 24-29, in Houston, Texas
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(February 1, 2006) 			            (IANDS)
The first day of the conference will focus on the needs and
interests of the medical community. Greater effort will be
made to appeal to physicians and nurses, and other health-care
providers. The remaining three days will cover the gamut of
near-death experiences, their aftereffects and implications.
The public is invited. Details given when available. Advance
information can be obtained through the IANDS office in
Connecticut: phone (860) 882-1211 or email office@....
http://iands.org/

--- Website: IANDS Conference web page: http://tinyurl.com/d2nxw

--- Subscribe to IANDS Mailing List: http://tinyurl.com/al9lq

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New IANDS Multimedia Downloads Now Available
(CD-ROMs, Audiocassettes, PDFs, and MP3s)
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(February 1, 2006) 			            (IANDS)
You can now purchase IANDS Conference presentations
from the following years: 2005 (download or CD-ROM),
2004 (download or CD-ROM), 2003 (download or audio tapes),
  2002, 2001 (download or audio tapes), 2000 (download or
audio tapes), 1999 (audio tapes), 1998 (download or audio
tapes), 1997 (audio tapes), 1996 (audio tapes), 1995 (audio
tapes), 1994 (audio tapes), and 1993 (audio tapes). Also
available from IANDS include: NDE Research CD-ROMs,
free downloadable NDE Brochures, Selected Bibliography
of Near-Death Experiences, Near-Death Experiences: Index
to the Periodical Literature through 2001, and the Journal of
Near-Death Studies.
http://tinyurl.com/7gypm
*** Related items of interest:

--- CD-ROMs and Audiocassettes from IANDS: http://tinyurl.com/7gypm

--- PDFs from IANDS: http://iands.org/brochures.html

--- MP3s from IANDS: http://tinyurl.com/8u37n

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Brief Encounters of a Different Kind
(The NDE of Diane Willis)
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(January 30, 2006)  Columbia Chronicle Online
In 1994, Diane Willis was sitting at home reading the Chicago
Tribune when it happened. The article she was reading,
"Beyond the crystal ball" by Marya Smith about local psychic
and spiritual author Sonia Choquette, began to do something
Willis hadn't expected ... Willis had a near-death experience
without having been injured or hospitalized. This event, as
well as others, would later influence her to found the Chicago
chapter of the International Association of Near-Death Studies ...
Through a series of events, Willis discovered Transitions, a
spiritual bookstore, and decided to visit it one day when she
had time. Upon arriving at the store, she found out that Choquette
was going to be speaking and signing copies of her book
The Psychic Pathway that following Sunday.
http://tinyurl.com/747ba
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: Chicago IANDS: http://chicagoiands.org/

--- Website: The Official Site of Diane Willis: http://dianewillis.com/

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Life Goes On
(Pim van Lommel's NDE Research)
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(January 2006) 	 Ode Magazine
When the The Lancet published his study of near-death
experiences, Dutch cardiologist Pim van Lommel couldn’t
have known it would make him into one of the world’s
most-talked-about scientists. It seems everyone wants to
know about the man who managed to get his study of this
controversial topic published in one of the leading journals
of medical research. Yet it’s not really surprising that its
publication in 2001 created a stir. Never before had such
a systematic study been conducted into the experiences
of people who were declared dead and then came back to life ...
http://tinyurl.com/9q9q7
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: The Lancet Study on NDEs: http://www.iands.org/dutch_study.html

--- Article: The Continuity of Our Consciousness: http://tinyurl.com/89ro3

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Is There Life After Death?
(Pim van Lommel's Press Release)
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(January 19, 2006) 		             PRWeb
Top cardiologist to talk at London conference about near-death
experiences (NDEs). He claims to have proven the existence
of life after death in scientific trial. A leading cardiologist — who
has become convinced of the existence of life after death
after hearing his patients’ experiences — is talking about
his research and beliefs at a major conference in London in
March. Dr. Pim van Lommel was so inspired by the stories
related by his patients of their NDEs that he became the
first medical practitioner to risk his reputation with a full,
systematic trial into the phenomenon ...
http://tinyurl.com/9a9sf
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article:  Pim van Lommel's reply to pseudoskeptics: http://tinyurl.com/dm83p

--- Event:  A Living The Field Conference, London, UK: http://tinyurl.com/78n7q

--- Website: The Official Site of Lynne McTaggart:
http://www.livingthefield.com/

--- Book: Order a FREE copy of Lynne McTaggart's 48-part course in holistic
living:
http://tinyurl.com/apglv

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Former Atheist to Tell How Near-Death Changed Life
(Rev. Howard Storm's discusses his NDE)
(Note: You may need to register to read this article. It's free)
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(January 28, 2006) 	           Dayton Daily News
In 1985, Storm lay dying of a perforated intestine in a Paris
hospital when he underwent "the most amazing experience."
"Doctors said I was on death's door. Then Satan took me
down to hell and tormented me," he recalled. "In that place
I called out to Jesus; not out of faith, out of desperation. I didn't
know what else to do. Jesus grabbed me and took me up
toward Heaven. I saw myself lying in the bed. I couldn't believe
it was me. I kept telling myself 'I'm not crazy.' Jesus and I
conversed, and he gave me a life review. It was so vivid and
profound, it totally changed my life."
http://tinyurl.com/7zlru
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: Howard Storm's NDE: http://www.near-death.com/storm.html

--- Book: "My Descent Into Death: A Second Chance at Life":
http://tinyurl.com/avf7t

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World Renown NDEr and Singer Produces a New CD Called
"The Side Effects of Dying"
(The NDE Music of Pam Reynolds & Rob Robinson)
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(January 1, 2006) 	 NDE Records
Review:  Many people know of Pam Reynolds because her
NDE is one of the most medically documented and verifiable.
Her NDE testimony has become a benchmark case for the
survival of consciousness after death. Pam's life signs were
absent and by all medical criteria she was dead for almost
an hour. While there are many NDE books available, Pam
has now presented the NDE message in a entirely original
and exciting way. She and her writing and singing partner,
Rob Robinson, have produced a CD called "The Side Effects
of Dying" ...
http://tinyurl.com/7a55c
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: Pam Reynold's NDE: http://tinyurl.com/bs2pk

--- Website: The Official Site of Pam Reynolds: http://tinyurl.com/8k9yh

--- Website: Pam's NDE Record Company: http://www.nderecords.com/

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Breathe and Experience God
(The NDE of Julie Lapham)
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(January 15, 2006) 		   News Record
An accident in a chemistry lab when Julie Lapham was 26
changed her life in a way she never imagined. One minute
she was an up-and-coming scientist, and the next she lay
dying from a severed artery and nerve in her wrist. What she
described as a near-death experience ultimately led her
down a new career path. "I remember floating above them
as they worked on me in the hospital, and then I saw a light,
and then something made me turn and the experience was
over," said Lapham, 61 ...
http://tinyurl.com/8vtob
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: Themis Institute: http://www.themisonline.org/

--- Book: "After the Ecstasy, the Laundry: How the Heart
Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path": http://tinyurl.com/9mkb9

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Spielberg's "Nine Lives"
(A Steven Spielberg NDE mini-series coming soon)
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(January 17, 2006) 		         Film Stew
DreamWorks and Spielberg have been given the green light
to do another miniseries for the NBC-owned Sci Fi Channel,
by the same team that did Steven Spielberg's "Taken". The
12-hour mini will be called "Nine Lives", about characters in
grief over the loss of loved ones, and how they manage to
reunite with them in near-death experiences ...
http://tinyurl.com/a24qt
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: Sci-Fi Channel on "Nine Lives": http://tinyurl.com/c7o4o

--- Website: The Official Site of Dreamworks: http://www.dreamworks.com/

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Laugh? I Nearly Died
(The "NDE" of Hollywood Actor Alan Alda)
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(January 28, 2006) 		   The Standard
When Alan Alda survived a life-threatening operation he felt
like a man reborn. His only illness now, he tells Tom Shone,
is his compulsion to amuse. In autumn 2003, Alan Alda was
in Chile recording a segment for Scientific American Frontiers,
a popular science program he has fronted for almost 20 years.
He was staring up at the Andromeda Galaxy through a telescope
when he came down with fierce abdominal cramps ... The book
started as an account of his near-death experience in Chile, which
he passed to his friend, the actor Charles Grodin, who passed
it to his editor at Random House.
http://tinyurl.com/d7o7k
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: The Official Site of Alan Alda: http://www.alanaldabook.com/

--- Website: Scientific American Frontiers: http://www.pbs.org/saf/

--- Book: "Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: And Other Things
I've Learned" by Alan Alda: http://tinyurl.com/8nqvf

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Dante's Inferno: Is It Real? Author Describes Nightmare of
Unimaginable Proportions -- His Near-Death Experience in Hell
(The NDE of B. W. Melvin)
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(December 11, 2005) 	             PRWeb
Containing scenes of the afterlife once repudiated as untrue
and mythical, "A Land Unknown: Hell's Dominion" by B.W.
Melvin paints a vivid portrayal of what actually does lie beyond
the grave. The descriptions of hell are incredibly detailed.
Melvin encountered demonic creatures only imagined by
horror movie screenwriters ...
http://tinyurl.com/c2to4
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: Xulon Press: http://tinyurl.com/cbg8o

--- Book: "A Land Unknown: Hell's Dominion" by B. W. Melvin:
http://tinyurl.com/7f3b3

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Doctor Ossie Launches Near-Death Experience
(A Holographic Explanation of the NDE)
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(December 18, 2005)                Jamaica Gleaner
The issue of consciousness in the materialistic and non-materialistic
world has long been a topic of debate among members of the
philosophical and scientific community. In his new book,
"Near-Death Experience ­ A Holographic Explanation," Hon.
Dr. Oswald Harding tackles this question head-on, zoning in
on a particular phenomenon, the near-death experience (NDE) ...
http://tinyurl.com/9586b
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article:  A Simple Introduction to the Holographic Universe
by Michael Talbot: http://tinyurl.com/3yzq9

--- Article: "Nature’s Mind: the Quantum Hologram"
by Edgar Mitchell, Sc.D.: http://tinyurl.com/9vhlp

--- Articles: Consciousness and Physics articles compiled
by David Chalmers Ph.D.: http://tinyurl.com/a8zle

--- Book: "Near-Death Experience: A Holographic Explanation"
by Dr. Oswald Harding: http://tinyurl.com/cxxah

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Pre-Birth Existence -- New Research and Case Studies
Reveal Truths About Where We Come From and the Meaning
of Human Existence
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(January 12, 2006) 		            PRWeb
When does human existence begin? And, where do we come
from? Insights into these and other significant questions are
revealed in the recently released book, "Songs of the Morning
Stars", by Arizona researcher and author, Sarah Hinze. This
powerful and insightful volume comes as the result of nearly
two decades of extensive research, including in-depth interviews
with hundreds of parents who have had personal encounters
with their children before birth or even before conception.
According to Hinze, “These unborn children can warn, protect
and enlighten us from another plane of existence. Most often
they appear to announce it is their time to be born.”
http://tinyurl.com/dvku9
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: Pre-Birth Experiences in the Media: http://tinyurl.com/ch9po

--- Website: The Official Site of Sarah Hinze: http://www.royalchild.com/

--- Book: "Songs of the Morning Stars" by Sarah Hinze: http://tinyurl.com/dt46j

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Can Quantum Physics Explain the Paranormal?
(Has the brain explained the mind fully?)
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(December 1, 2005)  Quantum Biocommunication
Two main problems with explaining the paranormal with current
science are: (1)  In some paranormal phenomena, telepathy,
for example, there is a transfer of information from one person
to another at a distance but without any obvious physical means.
How does information get from one point of space to another
without the exchange of something physical, a signal for example? ...
http://tinyurl.com/axjjt
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: Quantum Biocommunications: http://www.quantumbiocommunication.com/

--- Article: "Scientific Proof of the Existence of God":
http://tinyurl.com/9e5n4

--- Book: "The Self-Aware Universe"  by Amit Goswami: http://tinyurl.com/b8epd

--- Book: "SynchroFile: Amazing Personal Encounters With Synchronicity And
Other Strange Phenomena" by Raymond E. Fowler: http://tinyurl.com/akuoj

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Is Science Ready For The Conscious Universe?
(Does a science of consciousness exist?)
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(November 7, 2005)  Quantum Biocommunication
In science, the acceptance of new ideas follows a predictable,
four-stage sequence. In Stage 1, skeptics confidently proclaim
that the idea is impossible because it violates the Laws of
Science. This stage can last from years to centuries, depending
on how much the idea challenges conventional wisdom. In
Stage 2, skeptics reluctantly concede that the idea is possible,
but it is not very interesting and the claimed effects are extremely
weak. Stage 3 begins when the mainstream realizes that the
idea is not only important, but its effects are much stronger
and more pervasive than previously imagined. Stage 4 is
achieved when the same critics who used to disavow any interest
in the idea begin to proclaim that they thought of it first. Eventually,
no one remembers that the idea was once considered a
dangerous heresy ...
http://tinyurl.com/aqvjh
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: The Official Site of Dean Radin: http://www.deanradin.com/

--- Book: "The Conscious Universe: The Scientific Truth of Psychic
Phenomena" by Dean Radin: http://tinyurl.com/9jkk3

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Searching for the Memory of the Universe
(How quantum physics reveals life’s biggest mystery)
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(December 10, 2005) Quantum Biocommunication
Quantum physics has long sought after a “Theory of Everything”
(TOE), or a single mathematical equation that could account
for all the laws in the universe. In "Science and the Akashic
Field", Laszlo proposes that a genuine TOE is achievable.
Western scientists are beginning to discover what has been
documented by Eastern sages and mystics for thousands of
years; that within nature exists an interconnecting field that
interweaves every atom, cell, organism, and mind, throughout
time – “The Akashic Record.” This field acts as “the memory
of the universe” and “continuously interacts with matter at every
level from subatomic to cosmic to influence the way every living
thing grows, adapts, and evolves.”
http://tinyurl.com/dmpvc
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: Ervin Laszlo at Inner Traditions: http://tinyurl.com/dm3t4

--- Book: "Science and the Akashic Field: An Integral Theory
of Everything"  by Ervin Laszlo: http://tinyurl.com/cl5yx

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Magic, Deeds, and Universalism
(NDE researcher Ken R. Vincent's article on Universalism)
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(December 1, 2005) 	 Universalist Herald
In ancient Greece, the Afterlife in very early times was seen
as a very gloomy place where everyone went. But by the time
of Plato, the idea of judgment according to deeds had developed.
In Plato’s Republic, the story is told about Er, the world’s
oldest recorded near-death experiencer, who revives on his
funeral pyre and tells of a judgment at death by three judges.
The good ascend to Paradise, and the evil descend to Hell.
But after a period of time, Plato also mentions the possibility
of reincarnation. Pythagoras also was an advocate of reincarnation.
In the mysteries that were popular in the later Greek and Roman
periods, we are given a chance for an “up-grade” in the Afterlife
via the magical rites of the mysteries of Orpheus, Dionysus,
Demeter and Persephone, Mithra, Isis and Osiris, etc ...
http://tinyurl.com/8sm85
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: "The NDE and Christian Universalism": http://tinyurl.com/9u9nv

--- Website: The oldest continuously published liberal religious periodical
in North America - The Universalist-Herald: http://www.universalist-herald.net/

--- Book: "The Golden Thread: God's Promise of Universal Salvation"
by Ken R. Vincent: http://tinyurl.com/e2ezm

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Top Court Protects Assisted Suicides
(Supreme Court strengthens your right to life and death)
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(January 18, 2006) 		    Daily Record
The Supreme Court Tuesday blocked the Bush administration's
attempt to punish doctors who help terminally ill patients die,
protecting Oregon's one-of-a-kind assisted-suicide law ...
The administration improperly tried to use a federal drug law
to pursue Oregon doctors who prescribe lethal doses of
prescription medicines, the court said in a rebuke to former
Attorney General John Ashcroft. The 6-3 ruling could encourage
other states to consider copying Oregon's law, used to end
the lives of more than 200 seriously ill people in that state.
The decision, one of the biggest expected from the court this
year, also could set the stage for Congress to attempt to outlaw
assisted suicide ...
http://tinyurl.com/b4fqf
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: "Suicide and the NDE": http://www.near-death.com/suicide.html

--- Website: End-of-Life Choices Organization: http://tinyurl.com/e2bry

--- Website: Compassion & Choices Action Center: http://tinyurl.com/akrc4

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Preparing for the Coming Influenza Pandemic
(Download your free PDF about "Bird Flu")
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(December 1, 2005)      Ancient Visions of Modern Wisdom
An extraordinary event is happening right now in Southeast
Asia that has the potential to affect humanity in ways thought
banished years ago. Scientists are closely monitoring what
looks like the birth of a super strain of one of humankind’s
oldest and most persistent enemies, the influenza virus. This
new strain has the potential to kill hundreds of millions given
the right conditions. According to the World Health Organization
and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the
required conditions are now in place. We stand on the verge
of a once a century influenza pandemic, an event quite different
from our routine seasonal flu. Pandemic flu spreads like wildfire
through the human race leaving death, chaos, and civil disorder
in its wake. John Jay Harper is the author of Tranceformers:
Shamans of the 21st Century
http://tinyurl.com/9uamx
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: Download your free PDF about "Bird Flu":
http://www.johnjayharper.com/

--- Articles: Centers For Disease Control and Prevention Articles:
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/

--- Book: "Tranceformers: Shamans of the 21st Century"
by John Jay Harper: http://tinyurl.com/e3zy3

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Teen Saves Woman Who Once Saved Him
(A good example of karmic debt in action)
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(February 6, 2006) 		 WGRZ
A buffalo teen has saved the life of the same woman who
saved his life years earlier. Seven years ago, Lancaster's
Kevin Stephan was a bat boy for his little brother's little-league
baseball team. A player who was warming up accidentally hit
him in the chest with a bat. Kevin's heart stopped beating ...
"All I remember is that I dropped the bat off, and all of a
sudden just got hit in the chest with something, and I turned
around and passed out," Kevin said. Fortunately, a nurse
whose son played on that team was able to revive Kevin and
save his life.
http://tinyurl.com/b4n98
*** Related items of interest:

--- Articles: Wikipedia's listings of these related topics:
(a)  "Karma": http://tinyurl.com/7l2sj
(b)  "Synchronicity": http://tinyurl.com/d2jqb
(c)  "Nondualism": http://tinyurl.com/7r9ft
(d)  "Oneness": http://tinyurl.com/79ymg

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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.
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(2)  Q and A with Dr. P.M.H. Atwater
       An in-depth look at the near-death phenomenon
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In this section of the newsletter, 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
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QUESTION 1:  "... When I was back in my body after the emergency
caesarian in which I stopped breathing for 45 minutes and was
stone cold gone. When I came back, for weeks my body felt like
someone had draped a heavy skeleton over me ... but I wonder
if you've ever heard of this strange misfit approach on reintegration
after a near-death experience?" -- Jenny

QUESTION 2:  "... There is one important issue I have not been
able to find information about anywhere: the effect of mental illness
on what happens to people when they die ... Could a person die
and find out that they suddenly have a very different personality
than they did on earth, because their personality traits were
conditioned by the health or sickness of the brain, and the brain
is now dead?" -- Eric

P.M.H. ANSWERS HERE: http://tinyurl.com/8wwbv

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P.M.H.'s Online Radio Interviews Archives:
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--- Listen online any time to these interviews with P.M.H.:
(a)  http://tinyurl.com/8dtdo
(b)  http://tinyurl.com/ckg34

--- Listen to her interviews at Beyond The Ordinary:
(a)  http://tinyurl.com/9olo9

--- Listen to her interviews with Mysteries of the Mind:
(a)  http://tinyurl.com/7hd4u

--- Listen to her interviews with Psychic Sahar Huneidi on these topics:
(a)  "Beyond the Indigo Children": http://tinyurl.com/byu2r
(b)  "Future Memory": http://tinyurl.com/95tvt
(c)   Adult NDEs: http://tinyurl.com/8zrwz
(d)   Children's NDEs: http://tinyurl.com/a6l9p

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--- Her Official Website: http://www.pmhatwater.com
--- Her Multimedia page: http://www.near-death.com/atwater.html
--- Her Marketplace (a public service):
http://www.pmhatwater.com/goddessrunes.html

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(3)  Books on the NDE
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--- NDE books and videos are available at the
Near-Death Online Store: http://tinyurl.com/bk3td

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"What Happens When We Die: A Groundbreaking Study
into the Nature of Life and Death"
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by Sam Parnia 	                (Available: Now)
Dr. Sam Parnia faces death everyday. Through his work as
a critical-care doctor in the emergency room, he became
very interested in some of his patients' accounts of the
experiences that they had while clinically dead. He started
to collect these stories and read all the latest research on
the subject and decided to conduct his own experiments
into the state of the human mind and brain at the end of life,
by using a cardiac arrest model.
http://tinyurl.com/dbtq2
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: Horizon Research Fdn: http://www.horizonresearchfoundation.com/

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"Talking With Angel: About Illness, Death, and Survival"
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by Evelyn Elsaesser-Valarino 	 (Available: Now)
The author has studied near-death experiences for over twenty
years and collaborated with Ken Ring on "Lessons from the
Light: What We Can Learn from the Near-Death Experience"
(2000). She is also the author of "On the Other Side of Life:
Exploring the phenomenon of Near-Death Experience" (1997).
"Talking With Angel" is the moving story of a young girl battling
leukemia. She realizes she is going to die and receives hope
and comfort through nightly conversations with her favourite doll
"Angel", who helps her embrace a new perspective on dying
and the possibility that consciousness may survive after death.
Her fear of death is ultimately lifted by new-found spiritual wisdom
and by the account of a near-death experience told to her by a
young companion.
http://tinyurl.com/7gdle
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: The Official Site of Evelyn Elsaesser-Valarino:
http://www.elsaesser-valarino.com/

--- Book: All Titles by Evelyn Elsaesser-Valarino:
http://tinyurl.com/bko3d

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"Animals and the Afterlife: True Stories of Our Best Friends'
Journey Beyond Death"
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by Kim Sheridan 		 (Available: Now)
Do animals have souls? What happens when they die? This
subject has been the author’s lifelong passion, and she has
made it her personal quest to find the answers. Along with her
own experiences, she has compiled the extraordinary experiences
of ordinary people that provides overwhelming evidence that
their does exist an afterlife for pets and animals. Today she
is a highly respected and sought after expert on this subject.
Much of her time is devoted not only to animals but to those who
are left behind when they pass. Kim’s book provides reassurance
to anyone who has ever lost a beloved pet and provides
insight into the animal kingdom's place in the larger scheme
of things - both on Earth and in the spirit realm.
http://tinyurl.com/bxvv8
*** Related items of interest:

--- Articles: NDEs and Animals: http://www.near-death.com/animals.html

--- Website: The Official Site of Kim Sheridan:
http://www.animalsandtheafterlife.com/

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"Divine Nudges: Tales of Angelic Intervention"
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by Catherine Lanigan 	 (Available: Now)
In a series of illuminating tales, Lanigan takes us through the
incredible ways in which angels have brought her family and
friends to a greater awareness of the unseen world. Lanigan
shares her own near-death experience, the miraculous cure
of her brother who was in perilous circumstances but narrowly
escaped, and a visit from the afterlife by her grandmother,
along with other tales of ghosts and angels. Through these
experiences, we learn we are not alone and we are always
protected. Be they angels, or loved ones who have become
angels, these forces in our lives renew our faith in the divine.
http://tinyurl.com/9vkvm
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: Bio of Catherine Lanigan: http://tinyurl.com/azekp

--- Books: All Titles by Catherine Lanigan: http://tinyurl.com/afg6o

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"A Casebook of Otherworldly Music"
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by D. Scott Rogo 			   (Available: Now)
This book is a unique examination of an often-neglected subject:
psychic music. The book was originally titled "NAD: A Study
of Some Unusual "Other World" Experiences." What is NAD?
It's a Sanskrit term signifying transcendental, astral, psychic,
or paranormal music - music heard from no apparent source.
This book is Vol. 1 of "Paranormal Music Experiences." Vol. 2
is entitled "A Psychic Study of the Music of the Spheres."
Also recently released is another book by Rogo called "The
Search for Yesterday" which offers a critical and scientific
examination of reincarnation.
http://tinyurl.com/bswq6
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: A Tribute to the D. Scott Rogo: http://tinyurl.com/7zyr2

--- Article: "Some Personal Thoughts on Survival": http://tinyurl.com/7n62h

--- Books: All Titles by D. Scott Rogo: http://tinyurl.com/bg7hk

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"Conversations on Consciousness: What the Best Minds
Think about the Brain, Free Will, and What It Means to Be Human"
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by Susan Blackmore 	 (Available: Now)
NDE skeptic Susan Blackmore began conducting interviews
with leading figures in the study of consciousness for a proposed
(but never realized) radio series. Here in book form, organized
alphabetically, are 20 transcripts with scientists such as the
late Francis Crick, Daniel Dennett, Roger Penrose, David
Chalmers, Stuart Hameroff, and others. Blackmore asks, What's
the problem with consciousness? Why does it differ from other
targets of scientific inquiry? Blackmore also asks them why they
chose to study consciousness. Several refer to a fascination with
altered states of consciousness. Many abandoned fruitful research
careers in other areas to pursue these questions. Perhaps the
most extreme case is that of Francis Crick, a physicist who won
the Nobel Prize by decoding DNA's structure and then at age 60
turned his attention to consciousness work for a quarter of a
century. Crick's interview by Blackmore was his last; he died
shortly thereafter, in July 2004.
http://tinyurl.com/78vnc
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: Susan Blackmore on near-death.com:
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/experts09.html

--- Website: The Official Site of Susan Blackmore:
http://www.susanblackmore.co.uk/

--- Book: All Titles by Susan Blackmore: http://tinyurl.com/8hte3

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Near-Death Newsletter..........................November 1, 2005
www.near-death.com .....................Vol. 04, No. 11, Ed. 01
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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, VA ................. (P.M.H. Atwater's Website)

ANNOUNCEMENT: "Beyond the Indigo Children: The New Children
and the Coming of the Fifth World" hit bookstores September 28th.
Get a copy. I know you will be surprised by what is in the book! It
is now time for all of us to move beyond labels such as indigo,
crystal, star, sky, cosmic, and psychic, and take a real look at
the REAL children now entering our world - and the Great Shifting
occurring everywhere!
http://tinyurl.com/7fjp4

LATEST HEADLINES FROM P.M.H:
(1)  The Effect of Human Thought and Emotions on Weather Patterns\
(2)  The Planetary Peace Gathering
(3)  Books For People in Prison - Please Help
(4)  Free Mandalas for Creative Spirits
http://www.cinemind.com/atwater/news.html

FREEBIES FROM P.M.H:
(1)  Free Indigo "Extras" (web): http://tinyurl.com/8x4yp
(2)  Free Indigo "Extras" (PDF): http://tinyurl.com/9rwzg
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(4)  The Challenge of Sept 11 (PDFk): http://tinyurl.com/agsnp

WHAT'S NEW ON P.M.H.'S WEBSITE:
(1) Article: "Earth Changes Have Begun": http://tinyurl.com/78ctp
(2) Book Review: "Talking with Angel: About Illness, Death and
Survival," by Evelyn Elsaesser-Valarino: http://tinyurl.com/dt7gg
(3) Book Review: "Hear His Voice: The True Story of a Modern Day
Mystical Encounter with God!" by Nancy Clark: http://tinyurl.com/b34dz
(4) Upcoming Radio/Online Interviews: http://tinyurl.com/7b45m

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Halloween Special: A Spirit Photo
(Caution: This photo may shock you.)
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(October 30, 2005) -------------------- (Near-Death Newsletter)
In the spirit of Halloween (pun intended), I found a photograph
on the Internet which is the best "ghost" photo I have ever seen.
A teen was murdered in his home and his mother was so despondent
that she put her home on the market for sale and moved into an
apartment. In the process of selling her home, she took a number
of photographs of the interior of her home. When she received the
developed photographs, she looked through them all to see how they
turned out. When she came across one particular photograph, however,
what she saw shocked her so much that she ...
http://www.near-death.com/special/ghost_photo.html
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: "The Best Ghost Photos Ever Taken" from About.com:
http://tinyurl.com/bzzb4

--- Website: Credibility and Ghost Photos: http://tinyurl.com/d9lt9

--- Book: "Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places":
http://tinyurl.com/8avdj

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Near-Death Experiencers Wanted
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(October 30, 2005) -------------------- (Near-Death Newsletter)
The following organizations are looking for NDErs to share their
story:

(1)  A top UK publisher is looking for personal NDE accounts
preferably from experiencers living in the UK. Contact Tammy Cohen
at tammymichael@....

(2)  A national magazine called First For Women is seeking to
interview women who have had a NDE. Send a photo and full contact
info to: Christine Coppa, ccoppa@..., Bauer
Publishing, Special Projects, 270 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs,
NJ, 07632, phone: (201) 569-6699 x394, fax: (201) 569-6264.

(3)  NDErs needed for interview for a History Channel documentary
called "The History of Heaven" to be televised later this year.
Please email Associate Producer Ann LeSchander at annbbp@...
with your name, your testimony and your contact information.
http://www.near-death.com/studies.html
*** Related items of interest:

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

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Out-of-Body or All in the Mind? (Dr. Sam Parnia's NDE research)
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(September 22, 2005) --------------------------------- (BBC News)
Reports of OBEs and NDEs are often simply anecdotal, but the
hospital environment allows Sam Parnia to monitor and compare
oxygen, carbon dioxide and salt levels in the patients who did
and did not have either experience. His study also involves a novel
method of testing if the "self" actually does leave the body during
an OBE. Sam has suspended boards below the ceiling and these have
images on the upper side. The idea is that if people do look down
from above, they may recall the extra information. As yet, no
patients have reported seeing these images. Whether these phenomena
are visions of a dying brain or paranormal activity, Dr Parnia says
science needs to offer an explanation of what happens when we die.
"I think that NDEs hold the key to finally solving this mystery. In
studying them further we will be able to discover the true nature
of the relationship between the mind and the brain and answer
the wider questions regarding the existence of an afterlife."
http://tinyurl.com/bru58
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: Is Out-of-Body All in the Mind?:
http://tinyurl.com/chft8

--- Website:  Horizon Research Foundation:
http://www.horizonresearch.org

--- Book: "What Happens After Death" by Sam Parnia:
http://tinyurl.com/dbtq2

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A Tunnel Back to Life (Patrick Tierney's NDE)
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(October 30, 2005) ---------------------------------- (UOL News)
I felt a pinch in my chest and I found myself in a tunnel, what
seemed to be a tunnel. I walked or floated down the tunnel until
I came to ... two more tunnels. One was very bright and the other
one was black. So I took the one on the right, which was light,
and suddenly appeared before a picket fence, similar to the
fences you'd find around the old railway stations ... I was looking
out on an area which was multi-coloured. The colours were
beautiful. I can't describe them. The only way I could describe
them - it was a very, very beautiful garden. What seemed a few
seconds, my parents appeared from the side, were standing in
front of me, smiling. My mother-in-law, she joined them. They're
all smiling and I had the urge to go through the fence, through a
gate into the garden. And my father gave me a look which fathers
give to naughty children. In other words: "Don't do that, or else."
So I didn't go through the gate. Next thing I found I was back in
the tunnel going the way I'd come.
http://tinyurl.com/ccpfh
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: The NDE and the Tunnel on near-death.com:
http://tinyurl.com/chft8

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Seeing The Light  (Rev. Elkan Kemp's NDE)
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(October 26, 2005) ----------------------------- (Herald Tribune)
Watching himself die and be resuscitated -- twice -- has brought
the Rev. Elkan Kemp to his own interpretation of a relationship
with God ... "I remember I was in the hospital and they were trying
to resuscitate me," Kemp said. "And I was off in one side of the
room watching what was going on while they were trying to bring
me back to life. At the time, it was not an emotional experience,
but just a matter-of-fact experience of witnessing it." Then there
was the pneumonia incident, when Kemp spent too long a period
on his back. It caused his breathing to become impaired and he
suffocated. "I saw the doctors working on my body, lifting me up.
And I heard the death rattle. The doctor pulled the sheet over my
body and said, 'We're done.' Then the nurse pulled it off and tried
again, and I came back," Kemp said. "It was kind of like a dream
or a nightmare."
http://tinyurl.com/8nzt3
*** Related items of interest:

--- Book:  "How to Love Like Jesus Lived" by Rev. Elkan Kemp:
http://tinyurl.com/7rhq4

--- Book:  "Breaking Down the Walls of New Jericho" by Rev. Elkan
Kemp: http://tinyurl.com/9md9s

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How Many Dance on the Pin? (Mark Patterson's NDE)
Note: You may have to register to read this article. It's free.
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(September 28, 2005) ------------------------ (The Daily Iowan)
He floated into an "almost blinding white light," he said. "I heard
dolphins clicking, and there was this really white light with a
blue hue," said Patterson, now 35. "Then I saw seven angels,
and they took me into a building. They were your traditional
angels with wings and everything. They were 14 feet tall, and
they were all females." During his time with the angels, Patterson
said he learned that God and angels love people's souls
unconditionally, understanding that the mind is a separate entity
that can force people to make bad decisions. "You feel so
peaceful and loved," he said, describing the angels' presence.
He added the angels explained to him people are reincarnated
until they learn to respond with love in bad situations instead of
anger. When he awoke in his bed the next morning after being
slammed back into his body, he didn't tell anyone about his
experience, but he did change his life. "I try to spend time
meditating, and it made me study religions to find the common truth
among all of them," said Patterson, who earned an undergraduate
degree in psychiatry. "It made me 100 percent responsible for myself."
http://tinyurl.com/c9c4c
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website:  The Official Site of Mark Patterson:
http://tinyurl.com/8svmo

--- Book: "A Mystic's Way" by Mark Patterson:
http://tinyurl.com/doehd

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The Write Time (Graham Taylor's NDE)
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(October 7, 2005) ------------------------------------ (icWales)
"I've always been interested in the paranormal. I had a near-death
experience when I was six years old. I drowned in a river and
was resuscitated by my sister. While I was drowned I saw
another boy in the water. I was being dragged away from him
and I realised that this other boy was me. So I knew at the age
of six that there is some form of other existence and from then
on I've been searching, through every job and life situation I've
had, for this paranormal life ... When I published Shadowmancer
I had a series of dreams that told me what was going to happen
in the future and they've all come true," he explains.
http://tinyurl.com/bfalo
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: The Official Website of Graham Taylor:
http://www.shadowmancer.com

--- Book: "Shadowmancer" by Graham Taylor:
http://tinyurl.com/d2zc4

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Back from the Dead (Sgt. David Gratton's NDE)
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(October 3, 2005) --------------------------- (Sheffield Today)
A soldier "died" for 40 minutes after a horrorible car crash -
then amazed his Sheffield family by regaining consciousness.
Sgt. David Gratton was about to be deployed to Iraq when his
Army Land Rover was involved in a serious motorway collision.
The 22-year-old squaddie was brought back to life at a top
intensive care unit ... "My son was clinically dead for 40 minutes
but somehow a surgeon managed to save his life." David, who
was based at Aldershot Army barracks in Surrey, was travelling
in an Army Land Rover when it collided with another vehicle.
Rescue teams who attended the accident on the M3 in Basingstoke
in February failed to detect breathing and thought David had died.
Doctors later conducted a medical test which showed he had
the same level of consciousness as a dead body.
http://tinyurl.com/a37zb

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Near Death Experience (Joanie Thurston's NDE)
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(October 30, 2005) --------------------------- (BellaOnline)
Take Joanie Thurston for instance. She was a 52 year old woman
when she crashed her late model compact car into a light pole.
The force of the impact crushed her chest and caused major
internal damage. Moments later Thurston watched the paramedics
pull her from her car from above. Joanie wrote a book about her
near death experience called Possible Fatal with fellow writer,
Wally Johnston. She candidly reveals that one of the true miracles
of her near death experience is that she was changed for the better.
From everyday personality shifts to eradicating deep emotional
wounds, Thurston's NDE and its aftermath is a powerful biographical
testament.
http://tinyurl.com/d9utw
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: The Official Site of Joanie Thurston:
http://www.possiblefatal.com

--- Book: "Possible Fatal" by Joanie Thurston:
http://tinyurl.com/9e6g4

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Tapes of Mellen-Thomas Benedict's NDE Presentations Are Available
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(October 30, 2005) ---------------------- (Virginia Beach IANDS)
On October 1, 2005, Mellen-Thomas Benedict spoke at the
Virginia Beach IANDS and an audiocassette tape and a VHS
videotape of his presentations were made. Copies are available
of his first presentation (a 2-hour audio tape) and his second
presentation (a 3-hour video) through the Virginia Beach IANDS.
For a donation to the Virginia Beach IANDS of $10 (also add $2
for shipping & handling), you can get either the audio tape or the
video tape. For a donation of $20 (also add $2 shipping & handling),
you can get both which is the recommended package from the
Virginia Beach IANDS. Place your order by sending an email to
Dick Dinges at RichardADinges@.... Specify whether you
want the 2-hour audio tape, the 3-hour video, or both (the
recommended package). Make your check out to "VBIANDS" and mail
it to this address: Dick Dinges, VBIANDS, 1285 Paramore Drive,
Virginia Beach, VA 23454.
http://www.vabeachiands.org
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: Mellen-Thomas Benedict's NDE Testimony on near-death.com:
http://tinyurl.com/36md6

--- Website: The Official Site of Mellen-Thomas Benedict:
http://www.mellen-thomas.com

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Research to (Nearly) Die For
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(September 10, 2005) --------------------------- (Wired News)
Scientists probing the paranormal said on Wednesday they
hoped to set up a major experiment in Britain trying to find out
once and for all whether the mind can step outside the body
at the brink of death. The proposed study would involve interviewing
people who had survived cardiac arrest to see if they had had an
out of body experience while on the operating table. "Over the
course of a year we hope this would give us 100 people who
leave their bodies," neuropsychiatrist Peter Fenwick told reporters
at the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement
of Science. The researchers plan to ask 25 hospitals to place
special objects and pictures around their cardiac units. Each
survivor who then claimed to have an out of body experience --
where they typically hover near the ceiling watching the resuscitation
process -- would be asked if they had noticed any of the objects.
"If they do notice them when the brain is not functioning then it
makes the case for the mind being separate from the brain," he said.
http://tinyurl.com/e4nlj
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: Science and Spirituality: A Challenge for the 21st
Century: http://tinyurl.com/8upsm

--- Article: Peter Fenwick on What Is Enlightenment:
http://tinyurl.com/856dh

--- Book: All Titles by Peter Fenwick on Amazon.com:
http://tinyurl.com/dvma5

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Near-Death Experiences With Meningococcal Disease
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(July 2005) ------------ (Journal/Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)
Near-death experience is a term used to describe a unique
psychological experience in individuals who survive a life-threatening
medical condition such as cardiac arrest and includes one or several
of the following elements: the sensation of seeing one's body from a
vantage point outside the physical body (out-of-body experience);
entering a tunnel; meeting living or dead relatives; a strong
positive affect; encountering "religious" aspects such as a "being of
light," lights and colors, a celestial landscape or a deity; a
panoramic life review; and a ...
http://tinyurl.com/d8lhm
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: Journal of of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry:
http://tinyurl.com/8kpfd

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Maybe Death Isn't So Bad After All
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(September 15, 2005) -------------------------- (Nashville Scene)
The group, Friends of the International Association for Near-Death
Studies, have been meeting every fourth Saturday for about two
years. In the case of the mediator, Rev. Juliet Nightingale, her
life has slipped precariously from her hands not once, but three
times, from bouts of colon cancer, pneumonia and meningitis.
But these folks aren't concerned with the particulars of how they'd
died, but rather, how to live seeing what they've seen, knowing
what they know ... Nightingale mentions that she jetted around the
universe in death, and while she "saw scenes that were difficult to
look at," she never felt afraid. There is no ego in death, she
explains -- no attachment to people or things. What keeps spirits
around, according to these folks, is the energy of the living, who
refuse to let them pass. So the notion that people live on forever
in our memory, while comforting to us, may not be that great a shake
for those trying to get to more exciting destinations.
http://tinyurl.com/8fa4c
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: The Official Site of Juliet Nightingale:
http://www.towardthelight.org

--- Website: Nashville Friends of IANDS:
http://tinyurl.com/88u9q

--- Book: Titles by Nashville NDErs:
http://tinyurl.com/b5hwg

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Out-Of-Body Experiences: Life Changing Benefits
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(September 2005) --------------------------------- (Lightworks)
The following are some of the many benefits that out-of-body
experiencers have reported worldwide in the last three decades ...
Development of a greater awareness of reality ... Personal
verification of our immortality ... Accelerated personal development
... A decreased fear of death ... Increased psychic abilities ...
An increased desire for answers ... Realizations concerning death ...
Accelerated human evolution ... Spontaneous healing ... More
expansive self-concept ... Increased spirituality ... Recognizing
and experiencing past-life influences ... Accelerated psychological
change ... Obtaining personal answers ... Encountering a being
of light, an angel, or nonphysical resident of some kind ... An
increased respect for life ... Increased self-respect,
self-responsibility and inner dependence ... A reduction in hostility,
violence and crime ... Increased knowledge and wisdom ... A profound
sense of knowing instead of believing ... An inner calmness ... An
increased zest for living ... Increased intelligence, memory recall
and enhanced imagination ... A sense of adventure.
http://tinyurl.com/c298z
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: The Official Site of William L. Buhlman:
http://www.astralinfo.org

--- Book: All Titles by William L. Buhlman:
http://tinyurl.com/exx6t

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Academia Embraces Spooky Studies
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(October 11, 2005) --------------------------- (Wired News)
At two of America's best universities, professors and doctors
are studying the existence of the soul, near-death experiences
and reincarnation ... The University of Virginia's Division of
Personality Studies is another hotbed of afterlife inquiry. It's
home to both near-death studies (why do people have visions
on the operating table?) and a researcher who compiles
reports of children who talk about their past lives. Have these
researchers actually found anything to suggest the existence
of a soul or afterlife? Schwartz said his research with about
20 mediums proves that some do indeed have a connection
to the dead, or at least a way to glean details about them.
http://tinyurl.com/by3s6
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: University of Virginia Division of Personality Studies:
http://tinyurl.com/2krrs

--- Website:  The VERITAS Research Program:
http://veritas.arizona.edu

--- Book: "A World In A Grain Of Sand: The Clairvoyance Of
Stefan Ossowiecki" by M. Barrington, Ian Stevenson, Z. Weaver:
http://tinyurl.com/7gc68

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Two People Discuss How Dying, Living Changed Them
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(August 11, 2005) --------------------------- (ThisWeek News)
Nancy Clark is not afraid of dying. Neither is Dennis Hale.
Been there. Done that. Came back. Their deaths, they say,
changed their lives, and for the better. Clark, a resident of
Dublin, and Hale, who lives in the small town of Rock Creek
outside of Ashtabula, have both had what they classify as
near-death experiences. Clark is convinced she died during
the birth of her son in 1962. Hale firmly believes he passed
away in 1966 while floating on a life raft in Lake Huron following
the sinking of an ore freighter on which he was a member of
the crew. In addition, Clark had what she terms a "transcendent
experience" while delivering a eulogy in 1979 for a close family
friend who had been killed in a plane crash in Alaska. Clark
had attempted to completely ignore that first experience in 1962,
but not so in 1979 when, she says, once again she lifted out
of her body and saw that bright light. No longer concerned with
what people might think of her mental state, Clark began telling
family and friends what had happened to her in that funeral home.
http://tinyurl.com/9opcb
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: The Official Site of Nancy Clark:
http://www.freewebs.com/nancy-clark/

--- Website: Columbus, Ohio Friends of IANDS facilitated by
Nancy Clark: http://tinyurl.com/aau8n

--- Book: "Hear His Voice: The True Story of a Modern Day
Mystical Encounter With God" by Nancy Clark:
http://tinyurl.com/e46pw

--- Book: "Sole Survivor: Dennis Hale's Own Story" by Dennis Hale,
Pat Stayer, Jim Stayer":
http://tinyurl.com/7mxvl

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Racing Veteran Back From the Dead
(The NDE of Rinaldo Maestrelli)
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(October 15, 2005) --------------------------- (The Scotsman)
"For 35 minutes he was dead, the doctors said, but somehow
his heart came back and it started beating again." Roberto
Zanini, a cardiac specialist at the hospital, said: "You do
sometimes get these sort of unusual cases in medicine. "For
25 minutes we had fought to save him with electrocardiogram
and massage but there was no response. "When there was
no sign of heart or brain activity he was declared dead, but
under Italian law he still had to be kept attached to the monitor
for two hours. Then a full 35 minutes later the machine beeped
again and his heart started beating. "Further chest massage
was given and he responded well this time - so much so that
he was able to speak and eat a light meal. "As a matter of
routine we checked the monitor and it was in perfect working order.
"The patient is still in hospital but is responding well to
treatment." Mr Maestrelli is now understood to be recovering.
Yesterday his wife, Anna Maria, said: "We just can't believe it.
This is truly a miracle."
http://tinyurl.com/9dnbp

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A Skeptic's Search For Proof of Afterlife:
"Spook" Applies Science to the Realm of Belief
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(October 9, 2005) ------------------ (San Francisco Chronicle)
And in the last chapter, "Six Feet Over," Roach reports on the
study that most excites her. At the University of Virginia Hospital,
Professor Bruce Greyson has set up a computer screen facing
the ceiling of a defibrillator-insertion surgery room where patients
routinely have "near-death experiences." During such out-of-body
wanderings, people often claim that they float somewhere near
the ceiling, watching their own surgery in progress. If so, they will
be able to see -- and later describe -- the image on Greyson's
computer screen, which would not be viewable from elsewhere
in the room. (Too bad the study is in too early a stage to have
produced any reportable data.) ... Indeed, this personal journey is
what the book most successfully captures: How a skeptic learned to be
a believer (or a possible believer, anyway), and still keep her wit
intact. http://tinyurl.com/8fy4l
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: Death Becomes Her: Morbid Curiosity Led Author to
"Spook": http://tinyurl.com/9kauc

--- Article: Near-Death Experiences as Evidence for Survival of
Bodily Death: http://tinyurl.com/cndje

--- Website: University of Virginia Division of Personality Studies:
http://tinyurl.com/2krrs

--- Book: "Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife" by Mary Roach:
http://tinyurl.com/crqjt

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Robbery Victim Survives With 6 Bullets in Head
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(October 6, 2005) -------------------------- (The Decatur Daily)
The six bullets lodged in Jim Holladay's skull sometime make
his ears ring when he passes through a metal detector. But
he said they also gave him an opportunity to hear a joyful sound
never heard on Earth. For seven minutes that "seemed like
an eternity" Holladay, the victim of a 1992 robbery, said he
was dead. Before doctors at Huntsville Hospital revived him,
he said, he saw heaven approach, only to learn it wasn't his
time to be there. "But I was there long enough to hear the
heavenly choir," he said. "It was the most beautiful thing I ever
heard. It was way better than any rock band." Doctors told
Holladay, 39, at the time, that he seemed upset when his heart
started beating again. Holladay said he was mad because he
couldn't stay in heaven.
http://tinyurl.com/a3wx4

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Dog from the Afterlife Warns Woman of Need for a Mammogram
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(October 19, 2005) --------------------------- (eMediaWire)
In the Andersons' new release "Rainbows & Bridges: An Animal
Companion Memorial Kit", they deal with all aspects of pet loss,
including after-death reunions. McCluskey says in "Rainbows &
Bridges" that her deceased Great Dane Keira communicated
in a dream that her sister, of whom the dog had been fond, needed
a breast exam immediately. McCluskey related the warning to
her sister via an e-mail letter. About a week after the dream,
McCluskey's sister phoned and said that indeed, she had been
putting off having an exam of a lump in her right breast. She hadn't
wanted to alarm McCluskey by telling her about it. After reading
the letter about McCluskey's dream with Keira, the sister got a
mammogram and thankfully, found that the lump was benign.
http://tinyurl.com/c7nlz
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: Near-Death Experiences with Animals:
http://www.near-death.com/animals.html

--- Website: The Angel Animals Network:
http://www.angelanimals.net

--- Book: All Titles by Allen & Linda Anderson:
http://tinyurl.com/b43wn

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Comatose Man Could Hear Everything
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(October 6, 2005) ------------------------------ (Cape Times)
An Italian man who spent two years supposedly unconscious
in a deep coma and written off by doctors as nearly dead,
awoke saying he had heard and understood everything
happening around him during his ordeal. Salvatore Crisafulli,
a father of four, is describing his case as a "miracle". His
brother said Crisafulli was "an Italian Terri Schiavo case",
a reference to the brain-damaged Florida woman who died
in March after her feeding tube was removed. Crisafulli, 38,
who had been injured in a road accident in 2003, emerged
from the coma three months ago, but began speaking only
recently. His first word was "Mama".
http://tinyurl.com/c9zax

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Greetings From Beyond: Loved Ones Have a Way of Reaching Us,
Even in the Afterlife
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(October 9, 2005) ---------------------- (Lansing State Journal)
She said that after some of the patients died, she continued
to work with their family members. "They were grieving, but
they were rational," Apollon said. "They were experiencing the
presence of their loved ones. They would sometimes hear them
calling out their names or they would be sitting on the couch and
suddenly the seat next to them would start to go down" ... She's
fascinated by what patients have told her about psychic dreams.
Most dreams are psychological, with issues from daily life and
symbols that may help provide meaning to them. Psychic dreams
are different. "A psychic dream may be one where you said to
your loved one before you go to bed, 'I hope we have a visit,'"
she said. "They're so real, and when you wake up it's a very
different experience than a psychological dream. You know that
you have had a connection with your loved one."
http://tinyurl.com/cfhpc
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: Messages From Beyond: 5 Ways Lost Loved Ones
Communicate with Family and Friends:
http://tinyurl.com/a4f7d

--- Website: The Official Site of Susan Barbara Apollon:
http://www.touchedbytheextraordinary.com

--- Book: "Touched by the Extraordinary: An Intuitive Psychologist
Shares Insights, Lessons, and True Stories of Spirit and Love to
Transform and Heal the Soul" by Susan Apollon:
http://tinyurl.com/96ent

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Talk On After-Death Communications to Benefit Katrina Relief
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(October 11, 2005) --------------------------- (Tribune-Review)
Bill Guggenheim, co-author of "Hello from Heaven!," was invited
by Nick Roy, of Greensburg, who for nearly three years has led
meetings at WCCC to discuss purported contact from dead
people ... Guggenheim will talk about reported after-death
communication incidents that people claim helped them through
the loss of loved ones ... Roy's interest in after-death
communication began years ago, when he believes that his dead
brother contacted him by phone. He started a discussion group at
WCCC after he researched after-death communication and found others
with similar experiences. More than 400 people have attended and
enrollment has increased this semester ... His interest began in
1978 at a seminar by Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, an expert on
death and dying who said a deceased patient "came back" to her.
Two years later, Guggenheim said, he had an experience that
saved the life of his youngest son, Jonathan, when he was a toddler.
The family had a pool with a locked safety gate, but the boy somehow
got through. Inside the house, Guggenheim claimed, he heard "in
his head" the voice of his dead father. "He told me to go outside
and check the swimming pool," he said. He found Jonathan floating
face down in the water. The boy survived. "That really grabbed my
attention," Guggenheim said.
http://tinyurl.com/dz4zs
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: Hello From Heaven! Site:
http://www.after-death.com

--- Book: "Hello from Heaven: A New Field of Research-After-Death
Communication Confirms That Life and Love Are Eternal" by Bill
& Judy Guggenheim:
http://tinyurl.com/7jzgl

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Family Says Deceased Psychic Writes From Beyond the Grave
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(October 20, 2005) ------------------------------ (Yahoo News)
Rob Macomber and his family say they have been receiving
communications via "automatic writing transmissions" from
the spirit of the deceased psychic, Ruth Montgomery. The
Macombers are writing a book based upon the automatic writing
communications they say they began receiving after Mrs.
Montgomery's June 10, 2001 death. According to the Macombers,
these transmissions occur when the energy of a departed spirit
enters the body and moves the pen in the hand across the paper
on its own ... The book includes: A 3-part action plan that provides
solutions to the planet's greatest troubles. Why 50% of the book's
profits will be donated to help address the world's single most
pressing problem: the plight of the Third World. Ruth's description
of Heaven and the hope that she and the Spirit Guides have for
humanity. In one of her communications, she told the Macombers,
"It is fun doing this work from 'The Other Side.' There is so much
freedom 'up here' . . . I can't wait for the day when humans on Earth
will experience this kind of bliss." In another message, the Spirit
Guides explained: "To give away our many secrets is such a relief."
http://tinyurl.com/8zum3
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: Ruth Montgomery on near-death.com:
http://tinyurl.com/aladr

--- Article: A Conversation with Ruth Montgomery:
http://www.tanika.com/ruth.htm

--- Book: "A World Beyond" by Ruth Montgomery:
http://tinyurl.com/axqdw

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A Walk to the Otherside
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(October 27, 2005) ------------------------------- (BBS Radio)
Dr. Carla Wills-Brandon debuted her new radio show, "A Walk
to the Otherside" on October 27th. Carla is the author of
"One Last Hug Before I Go: The Mystery and Meaning of
Deathbed Visions." Her radio show airs every other week
Thursdays 9 pm to 10 pm CST and her topics include healthy
spirituality, life after death research, healing grief and more.
Call-ins are welcome. Carla's up-beat program takes the fear
out of death by focusing in on research and investigation into
the incredible, mystical experiences that often occur around
the time of physical death, such as after death communications,
the paranormal departing visions of the dying and those who
love them, near death experiences and premonitions. For more
information on how to tune in every other Thursday night, visit
her website.
http://tinyurl.com/aamof
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: The Official Site of Carla Wills-Brandon, Ph.D.:
http://www.carlawillsbrandon.com

--- Books: All Titles by Dr. Carla Wills-Brandon on Amazon.com:
http://tinyurl.com/c9e4a

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Dreams May Ease Passing: Authors Reveal Theory on Dreams and Dying
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(October 19, 2005) -------------------- (Idaho Mountain Express)
To paraphrase Jane Austen, there are two truths universally
known. Everybody dies and everybody dreams, whether they
can remember them or not. An emerging notion is that the
dreams we have before we die may be particularly significant
and can be used to ease a terminal person and their families'
pain and grief. The Rev. Patricia Bulkley worked as a spiritual
counselor at a hospice in Marin County, Calif., for more than
10 years. What she found when speaking to patients was many
of her patients had stories to tell and dreams to share ... The
authors focus on three types of dreams and the symbols inherent
in them. These are dreaming that one is going on a journey and
all the excitement that entails, seeing dead who act as a guide,
and dreams where the dreamer resolves a conflict or faces a
recurrent sense of anxiety.
http://tinyurl.com/a2f7f
*** Related items of interest:

--- Audio: Listen to Newsweek's audio clip of Rev. Patricia Bulkley:
http://tinyurl.com/desj7

--- Website: International Association for the Study of Dreams:
http://www.asdreams.org

--- Book: "Dreaming Beyond Death: A Guide to Pre-Death
Dreams and Visions" by Kelly Bulkeley, Rev. Patricia Bulkley:
http://tinyurl.com/d85t3

--- Book:  Read the first chapter of "Dreaming Beyond Death" (PDF):
http://tinyurl.com/bs6za

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Inside with Real-Life Ghost Whisperers
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(October 13, 2005) ----------------------- (Yahoo! Entertainment)
"Our research strongly suggests that [Van Praagh] is actually
receiving communication with the consciousness and energy
of the person who died," says Dr. Gary Schwartz of the University
of Arizona. "The simplest explanation that accounts for the largest
amount of information is the survival of consciousness after death."
Van Praagh is on a mission to help people understand that, so
they can evolve to the next life without fear. "The dead have a lot
to teach us," he says. "The dead always leave gifts behind. We
have to be open to receiving them. We are all connected in some
cosmic way. We are all one." "Mediums: We See Dead People"
also follows John Holland to a restaurant in Little Italy where he
"reads" the death of mobster Joey Gallo more than 30 years ago;
we visit the home of psychiatrist Raymond Moody, who is the
leading investigator of what he calls "life after life" and watch
Pam Coronado as she works with police to help solve crimes.
http://tinyurl.com/c9nv6
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: Real-Life Ghost Whisperer: James Van Praagh:
http://tinyurl.com/cq4zl

--- Article: Is This Woman A Real-Life Ghost Whisperer?:
http://tinyurl.com/8vdys

--- Article: On The Set of "Ghost Whisperer":
http://tinyurl.com/7rxc3

--- Website: The Official Site of James Van Praagh:
http://www.vanpraagh.com

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Death as a Trip
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(October 28, 2005) -------------------- (Mail & Guardian Online)
The Tibetan Book of the Dead is a kind of Baedeker (i.e. travel
guide) for the afterlife and, like the best guidebooks, its
reassuring refrain is "Don't panic!" After death, it says, you will
be assailed by thunderous sounds and bewildering apparitions as
first the peaceful deities rise before you, then the wrathful ones,
who drink blood and eat the entrails of bloated corpses. If you are
very unlucky, Yama (representing the forces of impermanence
and the laws of cause and effect) will chop off your head, lick out
your brains and drink your blood, then eat you. The trick is not
to be afraid and to remember that you don't have a body any more,
so he can't hurt you ... This idea fascinated Jung, who revered
The Tibetan Book of the Dead as a great psychological work.
According to Highest Yoga Tantra (from which The Tibetan Book
of the Dead derives), only during the process of dying can we
achieve liberation from the cycle of existence. Advanced yogis
can make trial runs by inducing a deathlike state, but after death
the rest of us must try to remember what we've read in The Tibetan
Book of the Dead and put it into practice.
http://tinyurl.com/begzm
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: The NDEs of Buddhists on near-death.com:
http://www.near-death.com/buddhism.html

--- Article: "The Tibetan Book of the Dead" on About.com:
http://tinyurl.com/7lnly

--- Book: "The Tibetan Book of the Dead" translated by Graham
Coleman, Gyurme Dorje, Thupten Jinpa:
http://tinyurl.com/94yde

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Homicide Police Captain Discusses Past Life as Artist
Carroll Beckwith
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(October 6, 2005) ------------------------- (NewsReleaseWire)
Captain Snow did not believe in reincarnation when he went
for a past life regression on a dare made by a fellow police
officer. To his surprise, in the regression Snow had a vivid
past life memory, which he states was "more real" than waking
consciousness. In the memory, he saw himself as an artist
painting a portrait of a hunchback woman. Snow remembered
20 specific details of this lifetime ... When Snow wandered into
a small art gallery in the French Quarter, he was shocked to find
the portrait of the hunchback woman, exactly as he had seen it
during the past life regression. The portrait was done by the
artist Carroll Beckwith. Snow found that Beckwith had a diary
preserved at the New York Academy of Design and upon reading it,
Captain Snow was able to validate all 20 memories from his
past life regression, which led to his writing, "Looking for Carroll
Beckwith." In this book, Captain Snow states he has proven
reincarnation to be true and remarks that if his reincarnation
case was presented in court, he would win "without plea bargaining."
Captain Snow has the same facial features as Carroll Beckwith.
http://tinyurl.com/8zb57
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: Robert Snow's Reincarnation Case in Detail:
http://tinyurl.com/7nwf4

--- Website: The Official Site of Robert Snow:
http://www.robertsnow.com

--- Book: "Looking for Carroll Beckwith: The True Story of a
Detective's Search for His Past Life" by Robert Snow:
http://tinyurl.com/ballz

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Rebirth: Girl Tracks Old Parents
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(October 4, 2005) ----------------------------- (Times of India)
It was almost like living a miracle for a Gujjar family based in
south Delhi -- a four-year-old angel called Manisha walked
into their arms on the shraddh of their daughter who died about
five years ago. Manisha, the little girl, claimed that she was
their deceased daughter Suman, who had died of typhoid at
the age of 15 on December 14, 2000. The infant, who apparently
has vivid memories of her last birth, took to her "past-life
parents" as her own. "She ran into our arms when she saw us. She
pointed to me and said voh nahi yeh mere papa hai ," says
Chaudhary Kamal Singh, her father of the last birth.
http://tinyurl.com/bj829
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: "Reincarnation" on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reincarnation

--- Website: The Official Site of Carol Bowman:
http://www.childpastlives.org

--- Book: "Life Before Life: A Scientific Investigation of
Children's Memories of Previous Lives" by Jim Tucker:
http://tinyurl.com/7m9pz

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Ketamine Fact File
(An anaesthetic that triggers OBEs and NDEs)
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(October 7, 2005) -------------------------------- (BBC News)
The anaesthetic ketamine is growing in prevalence on the UK
dance scene, recent surveys have found. Best known by the
street names K, Special K and Vitamin K, ketamine is a
synthetic "dissociative" anaesthetic used for medical and
veterinary purposes ...  Ketamine is dose-specific so the amount
taken determines the level of effect. At low doses the user
may feel euphoric, experience waves of energy, and possibly
synaesthesia - sensations such as seeing sounds or hearing
colours. At higher doses the user might become paralysed,
experience hallucinations and alternate realities, and a feeling
of disassociation giving an "out of body" experience known
as the "K-hole". Dr Susan Blackmore took ketamine in an
experiment - hear her experiences by clicking the audio button
above. "It is an extraordinary thing to be lying on your back,
not to be able to move anything at all except your eyes ..."
http://tinyurl.com/dm6w8
*** Related items of interest:

--- Psychologist Susan Blackmore on taking drugs for inspiration:
http://tinyurl.com/9uzc4

--- Article: Dr. Karl Jansen's Ketamine Research on near-death.com:
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/lsd03.html

--- Book: "Ketamine: Dreams and Realities" by Dr. Karl Jansen:
http://tinyurl.com/caftf

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Web Site Takes Hauntings and Ghosts Seriously
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(October 23, 2005) ------------------------ (South Bend Tribune)
Spend some time on the Shadowlands Web site, and you'll
hear plenty of ghost stories ... Carlson counts herself as one
of those people. Now 43, she says she's dealt with ghosts
ever since age 2, when she almost died while stricken with
spinal meningitis. She recalls a "typical" near-death experience
with a twist: moving through a dark tunnel toward a bright light,
then seeing a woman who looked like her grandmother, and
hearing the woman say "you have a lot of people to help and to
make understand." Years later, she says, she was thumbing
through a family photo album and spotted the mysterious woman.
It was her great-aunt, she says, who had died years before her
experience. That was the first of many encounters with ghosts,
she says. Now, she spends much of her time looking for them
as director of the Las Vegas Society for Supernatural Investigation.
She also spends much time helping with the Shadowlands site,
and takes seriously the ghost stories visitors submit.
http://tinyurl.com/c564e
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: The Official Site of the Shadowlands:
http://www.theshadowlands.net

--- Website: South Jersey Ghost Research video archive:
http://www.sjgr.org/video.htm

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Experiences of Life, Death Shape Views in Oregon
(The doctor-assisted suicide debate)
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(October 2, 2005) -------------------------- (Stateman Journal)
Bill Fox, 75, said he supports the law [doctor-assisted suicide]
but that the safeguards -- such as requiring two doctors to ensure
a patient is mentally competent and terminally ill -- are necessary.
"A person in my stage now -- I have a few aches and pains -- no,
I wouldn't want to do it now, and I shouldn't have the right to do it
now," he said. "But if it got to the point of having a tremendous
amount of pain, I'd like the choice. I won't say that I would run to
my doctor and grab pills, but I would like the choice." Fox's
decision to support the law is partly because he survived an auto
accident that killed his wife and left him in a coma for three weeks
when he was 35. "I had an out-of-body experience -- a near-death
experience," he said. "I could look down at the operating table and
see the doctors. There was a sense of peace and calmness and joy
almost." His experience left him with no fear of death, so if
someday he is in terrible pain and dying of a terminal illness, he
said he wants the option of going to that peaceful place again."
http://tinyurl.com/c6h3b
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: Compassion in Dying's Political Action page:
http://capwiz.com/compassionandchoices/home/

--- Website: Death With Dignity National Center:
http://www.deathwithdignity.org

--- Book: All Titles on Euthanasia on Amazon.com:
http://tinyurl.com/a823z

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Deep Sleep Can Make You Practically Unconscious
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(September 29, 2005) ---------------------------------- (KSDK)
New research shows some levels of sleep are so deep you're
practically unconscious. Researchers studied the brain activity
of study participants when they were asleep and awake. They
found that when participants were in the deepest levels of sleep,
the brain was not sending messages to other areas of the brain
like it did during wakefulness. Sleep basically cut off communication
between areas of the brain ... In the study, researchers activated
specific areas of the brain with magnetic stimulation, then using
an EEG measured the response to the stimulation. (The "message"
is sent along nerve pathways to many areas of the brain.) During
the day, the stimulation was spread across the brain. During sleep,
the stimulation was contained only to that region and was not
passed along to other areas. According to the lead author, "the
brain breaks down into little islands that can't talk to one another."
http://tinyurl.com/86xjg

--- Article: Dreams and the NDE on near-death.com:
http://www.near-death.com/dreams.html

--- Article: One Woman's Veridical OBE During Sleep:
http://www.near-death.com/tart.html

--- Article: Dream Lucidity and the NDE:
http://tinyurl.com/doopj

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12 Things that Science Can't Explain ... But That Happen Anyway
(Near-Death Experiences is one of them)
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(September 30, 2005) ---------------------- (The Remote Viewer)
In the past three decades scientific evidence has accumulated
showing that the present scientific paradigm is broken. In the
hard sciences: (1) DARK MATTER of an unknown form makes
up most of the matter of the universe. (2) THE LAW OF GRAVITY
appears to be seriously broken. (3) COLD FUSION. (4) CHARGE
CLUSTERS. Under certain conditions, billions of electrons can
"stick together" in close proximity, despite the law of
electromagnetism that like charges repel ... (5) COSMOLOGY. (6) SPEED
OF LIGHT, once thought unbreakable, has been exceeded in several
recent experiments. (7) ESP. Large-scale experiments by the Princeton
PEAR Lab as well as other laboratories have proven that ESP is
a real, statistically verifiable scientific phenomenon. (8)
PSYCHOKINESIS, or Mind Over Matter. (9) REMOTE VIEWING. (10) TIME AND
PROPHECY. One unusual aspect of ESP, remote viewing and
psychokinesis is that "time" doesn't seem to matter. (11) OUT-OF-BODY
EXPERIENCE. (12) GHOSTS.
http://tinyurl.com/duv3y
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: The Official Site of Dr. Claude Swanson:
http://www.synchronizeduniverse.com

--- Book: "The Synchronized Universe: New Science of the Paranormal"
by Dr. Claude Swanson:
http://tinyurl.com/7rpac

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Name That Metaverse
(Virtual Reality as Another Dimension)
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(October 6, 2005) -------------------------------- (CNET News)
When tens of thousands of people can gather in a fully 3D
environment to buy and sell fanciful clothing, defy gravity
by flying, make friends from all over the world, build residential
communities, speculate on land prices, and create and license
software, what do you call it? For three years, Linden Lab, the
publisher of "Second Life," has grappled with that question.
"Second Life" is one of a very small number of so-called
virtual worlds that eschew the traditional medieval fantasy-based
role-playing game play common to such online blockbusters as
"World of Warcraft," "EverQuest" and "Ultima Online." As such,
Linden Lab is loathe to call "Second Life" a game, despite the
accessibility of such a term.
http://tinyurl.com/8h6jv
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: The Pros and Cons of Virtual Reality:
http://tinyurl.com/d394k

--- Article: Brave New World:
http://tinyurl.com/cys8x

--- Website: "Second Life" Virtual World:
http://www.secondlife.com

--- Website: Nick Bostrom's "Simulation Argument":
http://www.simulation-argument.com

--- Book: "Glimpses of Heaven, Visions of Hell: Virtual Reality and
its Implications" by Barrie Sherman, Phil Judkins:
http://tinyurl.com/ar8y3

--- Book: "Maya: The World as Virtual Reality" by Richard Thompson:
http://tinyurl.com/8k9rh

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Blind Woman Recognises Colour by Touch
(NDErs also experience synesthesia)
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(October 2005) -------------------------------------- (Ananova)
A blind woman has baffled scientists after proving on TV that
she can distinguish between colours by touch. Gabriele Simon,
48, from Wallenhorst in Germany, revealed her ability in her
country's most popular TV show Wetten dass. She used her
fingertips to recognise the different colours of various t-shirts
and blouses while blindfolded. She said: "I took me 20 years
to master this skill. It is a combination of pure learning and
concentration." Ms Simon added: "This ability really gives me
more independence, as I don't need to ask my mother about
what to wear anymore."
http://tinyurl.com/c3hkt
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: Wikipedia on "Synesthesia":
http://tinyurl.com/b2qax

--- Article: Google search results for "synesthesia" "near-death":
http://tinyurl.com/9bqmd

--- Book: "Synesthesia: Perspectives from Cognitive Neuroscience"
by Lynn C. Robertson, Noam Sagiv:
http://tinyurl.com/9o3nm

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Quantum Immortality - A Thought Experiment
(Immortality may be possible in the quantum realm)
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(October 10, 2005) --------------- (QuantumBiocommunication)
Imagine that a physicist detonates a nuclear bomb located beside
her. In almost all parallel universes, the nuclear explosion will
vaporize the physicist. However, there should be a small set of
alternative universes in which the physicist somehow survives
(ie. the set of universes which support a "miraculous" survival
scenario). The idea behind quantum immortality is that the
physicist will remain alive in, and thus able to experience, at least
one of the universes in this set, even though these universes
form a tiny subset of all possible universes. Over time the physicist
would therefore consider herself to be living forever ... Proponents
point out that while it is highly speculative, quantum immortality
violates no known laws of physics.
http://tinyurl.com/8nrk3
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: The Man Who Would Murder Death:
http://tinyurl.com/9mume

--- Book: "Physics of the Soul: The Quantum Book of Living, Dying,
Reincarnation and Immortality" by Amit Goswami
http://tinyurl.com/dg3vz

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Scientists Able to Move an Object Without Touching
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(September 7, 2005) ------------------------------ (Scotsman)
Scientists at Edinburgh University have developed a way of
moving an object without touching it, in breakthrough research
which could be as revolutionary as the discovery of electricity.
The team of researchers has been able to move objects across
flat surfaces and even up a slope with nothing more than a
light beam. In the future, the technology could be developed
to make molecular machines, and with research could eventually
lead to the development of artificial muscles which can perform
specific physical tasks. Scientists believe such machines could
one day be used to control the movement of drugs around the human
body, making sure they go exactly where they are needed. And they
could also find their way into "smart" materials, which can change
their properties in response to a stimulus such as light.
http://tinyurl.com/bluqe
*** Related items of interest:

--- Book: "The Pk Man: A True Story of Mind over Matter"
by Jeffrey Mishlove, John E. Mack
http://tinyurl.com/82dag

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Get Prepared: Preparedness An Everyday Task for Everyday Life
(How to survive the coming Earth changes)
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(October 30, 2005) ------------------------ (American Red Cross)
Being prepared for emergencies is crucial at home, school,
work and in your community. Disaster can strike quickly and
without warning. It can force you to evacuate your neighborhood,
workplace or school or can confine you to your home. What
would you do if basic services -- water, gas, electricity or
telephones -- were cut off? Local officials and relief workers
will be on the scene after a disaster, but they cannot reach
everyone right away. Therefore, the best way to make you and
your family safer is to be prepared before disaster strikes ...
Possible disasters include blackouts, chemical emergencies,
drought, earthquakes, fires, floods, heat waves, hurricanes,
mudslides, terrorism, thunderstorms, tornadoes, tsunami, volcanoes,
wild fires, and winter storms.
http://tinyurl.com/c6f97
*** Related items of interest:

--- Product: "The Guide" Survival Kit by Basic Outdoor Life
Sustainment: http://tinyurl.com/9putk

--- Product: Adventure Medical Backcountry First Aid Kit:
http://tinyurl.com/dhv4g

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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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(2)  Q and A with Dr. P.M.H. Atwater
      An in-depth look at the near-death phenomenon
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In this section of the newsletter, 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: "A woman whose sister had an abortion years ago,
then in recent years became very religious and was feeling guilty
and troubled about the abortion she once had, contacted me to
see if there were any insights in near-death research that might
help her sister. "I have never really done much research about
abortions except that I know the Bible is actually pro-choice
because of all the abortions "God" caused in the Old Testament,
and the abortions which the prophet Moses prayed would happen
to Israel's enemies which 'God' answered. And I know about the
story of Josiane Antonette who had an abortion which resulted in a
near-death experience - a wonderful one. I am pro-choice myself
and believe NDErs in general support pro-choice. But to find out,
I spent most of the day searching case histories concerning abortions
and miscarriages. I stumbled across one particular near-death
experience involving a miscarriage that, truly, was one of the best
cases I had ever heard of. It was so full of insights, so very
touching, it just "blew" me away. Then I discovered to my complete
amazement that I had been reading about your near-death experience.
You! One of the many aspects to your testimony that amazed me was
that you chose not to have an abortion, yet you stated that you would
defend any woman's right to choose to have one. This was all the
confirmation I needed to answer the woman concerned about her
sister. But, I'd like to ask you, is there a NDE-position on
abortion? What have you found in your research?" -- Kevin Williams

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

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

- P.M.H. Atwater's website:
http://www.pmhatwater.com
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http://www.near-death.com/atwater.html
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http://www.pmhatwater.com/goddessrunes.html

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(3)  Books on the NDE
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--- More NDE books available at the Near-Death Online Store:
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New NDE Books Coming Soon!
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The following NDE Books are due for release on January 2006:

"What Happens when We Die: A Groundbreaking Study into the
Nature of Life and Death" by Sam Parnia: http://tinyurl.com/dbtq2

"Conversations on Consciousness: What the Best Minds Think
about the Brain, Free Will, and What It Means to Be Human"
by Susan Blackmore: http://tinyurl.com/78vnc

"Animals and the Afterlife: True Stories of Our Best Friends'
Journey Beyond Death" by Kim Sheridan: http://tinyurl.com/bxvv8

"Divine Nudges: Tales of Angelic Intervention by Catherine Lanigan:
http://tinyurl.com/9vkvm

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Is There Life After Death? (2 Compact Discs)
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by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross ----------------------- (Available: Now)
In 1969, Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross changed the way we think
about the final stage of our lives with her revolutionary book,
"On Death and Dying." Now, in this landmark recording, this
revered researcher speaks about her largely private revelations,
observations, and conclusions on life after death. Dr. Kübler-Ross,
the first scientist to embark upon a genuine inquiry on the
similarities between near-death experiences of people all over the
world, gathered empirical data and personal impressions from
countless studies that informed her opinions on what awaits us all
when we leave this life. From her family archives comes a rare
published audio of this trailblazing author speaking in her own
words, as she engages the oldest question of all: Is There Life
After Death?
http://tinyurl.com/b5oub
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: Elisabeth Kubler-Ross on near-death.com:
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/experts02.html

--- Website: The Official Site of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross:
http://www.elisabethkublerross.com

--- Books: All Titles by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross:
http://tinyurl.com/ae5e6

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Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife
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by Mary Roach ------------------------------- (Available: Now)
Roach travels the world in search of answers: she heads to
India to conduct research with a doctor who investigates cases
of children whose families claim they are reincarnations of
people from nearby villages and have the memories to prove it;
she goes to the University of Arizona and meets with mediums
currently working today; she tries her hand at telecommunication
with the dead in the forests of California; and she even tries her
hand at getting in touch with her own inner medium at a school
in England. Roach is dogged in her approach as she examines
each phenomenon through the lens of scientific fact. In the end,
she usually walks away skeptical. The journey itself, however,
is gripping, and Roach's witty asides liven up an already
interesting and unusual read.
http://tinyurl.com/crqjt
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: A Book Review of "Spook" by Skeptic's Dictionary:
http://tinyurl.com/awnv9

--- Website: The Official Site of Mary Roach's Spook Site:
http://www.booknoise.net/spook/

--- Website: The Official Site of Mary Roach's Stiff Site:
http://www.booknoise.net/stiff/

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The Truth about Medium: Extraordinary Experiments with the real
Allison DuBois of NBC's Medium and other Remarkable Psychics
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by Gary E. Schwartz, William L. Simon --------- (Available: Now)
Every Monday night millions of Americans tune into Medium, NBC's
new hit drama featuring Allison DuBois, an ordinary woman who helps
police solve baffling crimes through her ability to communicate with
the dead. What most don't know is that this fictional character is
based on a true-life medium named Allison DuBois, who is a consultant
to the show. For the past four years, DuBois has been the subject of
rigorous scientific experiments conducted at the University of
Arizona by Harvard-trained psychologist Gary Schwartz. The Truth
about Medium chronicles many of those experiments and reveals hard
laboratory evidence that psychic ability and mediumship are real.
http://tinyurl.com/9yhwm
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: The Official Site of Gary E. Schwartz:
http://www.openmindsciences.com

--- Website: The Official Site of Allison DuBois:
http://www.allisondubois.com

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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 ------------------------------ (Available: Now)
In The Dreamer's Book of the Dead, Robert Moss explains
that we have entirely natural contact with the departed in 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/dxrva
*** Related items of interest:

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

--- Book: All Titles by Robert Moss on Amazon.com:
http://tinyurl.com/dk7o9

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Afterlife Encounters: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Experiences
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by Dianne Arcangel, Gary E. Schwartz ----------- (Available: Now)
Afterlife Encounters is the culmination of the Afterlife Encounters
Survey, Arcangel's five-year, international survival study. Arcangel
presents all-new, first-hand accounts from individuals who've
experienced visitations from the dead. Afterlife Encounters reveals
the results of that 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. Arcangel's eye-opening conclusion is that Afterlife
Encounters provide lasting comfort to those who are mourning the loss
of a loved one. http://tinyurl.com/7hs2r
*** Related items of interest:

--- Website: The Official Site of Dianne Arcangel:
http://www.psychomanteum.com

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Induced After-Death Communication: A New Therapy for Healing
Grief and Trauma
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by Allan Botkin, R. Craig Hogan --------------- (Available: Now)
Induced After-Death Communication is a new therapy that has
helped thousands of patients permanently assuage their grief by
allowing them private communication with their departed loved ones.
Botkin, a clinical psychologist, created the therapy while
counseling Vietnam vets in his work at a North Chicago VA hospital.
Induced After-Death Communication presents the story of how Botkin
initially made his discovery and includes 84 cases of patients who
have experienced the therapy's profound healing effects. After more
than two decades as a clinical psychologist specializing in the
treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Botkin founded the
Center for Grief and Traumatic Loss.
http://tinyurl.com/9hgzl
*** Related items of interest:

--- Article: Dr. Allan Botkin's research on near-death.com
http://tinyurl.com/dg2qg

--- Website: The Official Site of Dr. Allan Botkin:
http://www.induced-adc.com

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(4) IANDS in the Spotlight
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IANDS is the premier research organization in the field of
near-death studies. If you haven't yet joined this wonderful
organization, I encourage you to join online at their membership
page. There are many benefits for being a member. Their quarterly
newsletter Vital Signs is alone worth becoming a member.

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

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

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(1)  NDEs in the News
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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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(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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(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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Health Issues Make Man Slow Down, Examine Life
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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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Near-Death Events Are Lively Topic
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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."
http://tinyurl.com/aajs3

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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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--- 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

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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
Memories of Previous Lives
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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
through Progression Therapy
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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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is alone worth becoming a member.

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

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(1)  NDEs in the News
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News From P.M.H. Atwater
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CHARLOTTSVILLE, VIRGINIA ..... (P.M.H. Atwater's Website)
September is almost here. Look for my newest book, "Beyond the
Indigo Children: The New Children and the Coming of the Fifth World"
(Inner Traditions). You can order the book now from the publisher
or Amazon (see the links provided below). What would really help,
though, is if you went to your favorite local bookstore and ordered it
there. If enough people do that, it builds demand. This is what is
needed for bookstores to carry the book. The 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 me as a speaker on this subject, refer to my website
for details then contact me directly via atwater@.... I am
thrilled to say that Tim Razzaq of "Learn 365" is sponsoring my
appearance October 9th in the inner city of Trenton New Jersey at the
Latino Community Land Trust (details on my website). I hope there
will be many more such invitations. Thank you, PMH

--- Books for ordering "Beyond the Indigo Children: The New Children
and the Coming of the Fifth World":

(1)  Publisher's website:    http://www.innertraditions.com/isbn/1-59143-051-8
(2)  P.M.H.'s Indigo page:  http://www.cinemind.com/atwater/c5pe.html
(3)  Amazon book listing:   http://tinyurl.com/dhjed
(4)  Find a Barnes & Noble in your  area: 
http://storelocator.barnesandnoble.com/
(5)  Order by phoning your local Barnes & Noble: http://tinyurl.com/7otsk

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Scientists Kill Dog, Resurrect Hours Later
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(June 27, 2005) ----------------------------------- (Free Internet Press)
Scientists have created eerie zombie dogs, reanimating the
canines after several hours of clinical death in attempts to
develop suspended animation for humans. US scientists have
succeeded in reviving the dogs after three hours of clinical
death, paving the way for trials on humans within years.
Pittsburgh's Safar Centre for Resuscitation Research has
developed a technique in which subject's veins are drained
of blood and filled with an ice-cold salt solution. The animals
are considered scientifically dead, as they stop breathing and
have no heartbeat or brain activity. But three hours later, their
blood is replaced and the zombie dogs are brought back to life
with an electric shock.
http://freeinternetpress.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3901

--- Related article: "Pitt Scientists Resurrect Hope of Cheating Death":
http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/trib/regional/s_348517.html

--- Related article: "Blood Swapping Reanimates Dead Dogs":
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,160903,00.html

--- Related website:  Safar Centre for Resuscitation Research:
http://www.safar.pitt.edu/content/programs/safar/index_safar.html

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Near-Death Experiences Are Attracting the Attention of
Distinguished Researchers
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(June 13, 2005) -------------------------------------------- (Red Nova)
When Deb Foster died in a San Diego hospital, she found herself
on a stairway surrounded by cats and dogs and mesmerized
by a celestial blue sky, the likes of which she had never seen
on Earth. When it was Mary Clare Schlesinger's turn, she hovered
above her bed in the intensive-care unit, watching her husband
and daughter react in shock and fathomless grief at the thought
of her passing. Beverly Brodsky said she went on a spectacular
journey through a tunnel of intense light, a magic ride with angels
and a shapeless God to a place of perfect knowledge, wisdom,
truth and justice. All three said the journeys on which they embarked
while "clinically dead," a period of a few moments when their hearts
stopped, transformed their lives and left them with no fear of death.
http://tinyurl.com/7s3lh

--- Related article: Beverly Brodsky's NDE on near-death.com
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/judaism02.html

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Extreme States
[Note: The full version of this article can be read online by registered
Discover Magazine subscribers or purchased by Discover.com members]
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(July 1, 2005) ------------------------------------ (Discover Magazine)
After emerging from a coma caused by bacterial meningitis, young
Jamie Untinen sketched her resuscitation by pediatrician Melvin Morse’s
partner David Christopher. The figure with the red shirt is Jamie
floating out of her body. She said the rainbow represented “who I
am and where I am to go" ... Eight-year-old Crystal Merzlock nearly
drowned and was without a heartbeat for 19 minutes. She later
drew this sketch of her near-death experience, depicting herself in
heaven. She told pediatrician Melvin Morse that she recalled hearing
someone say that she must return to help with her baby brother
(pictured below the blue line), who was born months after the incident ...
As Newberg and D’Aquili point out in their book "Why God Won’t Go Away",
“the brain would have no choice but to perceive that the self is endless
and intimately interwoven with everyone and everything the mind senses.
And this perception would feel utterly and unquestionably real.” They
use the brain-scan findings to explain the interconnected cosmic unity
that the Buddhists experienced, but the results could also explain what
Morse calls the “universal, unifying thread of love” that people with
near-death experience consistently reported ... None of this work is
without controversy, but an increasing number of scientists now think
that our brains are wired for mystical experiences. The studies confirm
that these experiences are as real as any others, because our involvement
with the rest of the universe is mediated by our brains. Whether these
experiences are simply right temporal lobe activity, as many suspect,
or, as Britton’s work hints and Morse believes, a whole brain effect,
remains an open question. But Persinger thinks there is a simple
explanation for why people with near-death experience have memories
of things that occurred while they were apparently dead. The memory-forming
structures lie deep within the brain, he says, and they probably remain
active for a few minutes after brain activity in the outer cortex has stopped.
Still, Crystal Merzlock remembered events that occurred more than 19
minutes after her heart stopped. Nobody has a full explanation for this
phenomenon, and we are left in that very familiar mystical state: the one
where we still don’t have all the answers.
http://www.discover.com/issues/jul-05/features/extreme-states/

--- Special thanks to Ken Vincent  for letting me know about this article:
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/origen021.html

--- Related book: "Why God Won't Go Away: Brain Science and the Biology
of Belief" by Andrew Md Newberg, Eugene G. D'Aquili, Vince Rause
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/034544034X/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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NDE Researcher Presents Evidence of the Efficacy of Prayer
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(June 26, 2005) -------------------------------------------- (PressBox)
Dr. Peter Fenwick, a Neuropsychiatrist from the Institute of Psychiatry,
is an expert on workings of the brain that appear to fall outside
conventional understanding. He presented his latest findings to
the Festival of Science, taking place this week at the University of
Salford. Current knowledge about the human mind cannot explain
how prayer works -suggesting that the mind has unknown powers
that can reach out and affect other people. Dr Fenwick said, "These
are very good studies, properly done. Subjects who are unaware
they are being prayed for can be significantly helped.
http://tinyurl.com/d3bop

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Artist Paints a Picture of Recovery
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(June 22, 2005) -------------------------------------- (Scotsman.com)
[Note: The following NDE is interesting because the experiencer
acknowledges having a NDE but is unaware that he was outside
of his body.]
Bellany, 63, described an eerie "near-death" experience. He
passed out, and friends described how he went blue, he said.
"They thought I was away, I had actually gone." But when he
woke in hospital, he was convinced he had simply got up from
the street and walked to the exhibition. "I [thought I] just walked
up to the Mitchell, because it was only about 200 yards away. I
saw all the people were there, and I said, 'Look, he won't be long'.
"I remember speaking to two or three people there, and the
organisers, the people who run the gallery. I said I had better go
back and tell them to hurry up. "I just went up and told them we
would be on our way. I must have been dead when this actually
happened. I was absolutely positive I had done this and was telling
everybody. It was about four days later that my wife, Helen said,
'You didn't go anywhere'."
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=684632005

--- Related article: "People Who Don't Know They're Dead":
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art32933.asp

--- Related website: The Official Site of John Bellany:
http://www.bellany.com/

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Suspensions & Tensions (Part I)
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(July 2005) ------------------------------------ (Fakir Rants & Raves)
[CAUTION: This article deals with people who perform the Native
American ritual of body suspension called O-Kee-Pa to experience
NDEs. The photos are in this article are very graphic.]
"And there it was at the end of a short dark tunnel, a great
shimmering ball of white light!! It radiated intense waves of love
like I’d never felt before. This incredible love was directed at me --
personal and totally non-judgmental, unconditional, accepting. I
passionately wanted to be swallowed up by that Light. In rapid
telepathic communication, the Light spoke. It said: “Hello. I’m you
and you are Me. And I’m as close to God as you’ll ever be. I am the
One who made you and I am the One who will take you back. I
brought you here. Remember the book? I am always here to guide
you regardless of the form in which you see me”. I asked the Light,
“Do you always appear like this?” “No,” it replied, “I appear in any
form you think I can appear”. Again I asked a question, “Is there only
one of you”? The Light shimmered again and answered. “Of course not.
Everyone has a White Light, but all of us are One. And One of us is
powerful enough to create or destroy a world or universe. Let me show
you”. I cannot describe what happened then. I was led on a fantastic
tour of things made and not made and music that accompanies it all
into a Divine Order. I pleaded with the Light to embrace me. It said no,
do not come closer. If I was embraced, I could not go back. The Light
told me I had to return to my body and work through it until my task was
finished. What task? The next thing I knew, I was back in the darkened
garage laying on the floor with Davy Jones and Joe by my side. They
said I had hung deathlike for twenty minutes."
http://ww1.bmezine.com/news/fakir/20040115.html

--- Related article: "Suspensions & Tensions" (Part II)
http://ww1.bmezine.com/news/fakir/20040508.html

--- Related article: "It's Time for Volunteer "Flatliner" Experiments!"
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/editorial01.html

--- Related articles: More OBE and NDEs from O-Kee-Pa suspension:
http://ww1.bmezine.com/ritual/bme-ritu-exp-s7-001.html

--- Related website:  Fakir Musafar's Body Play site:
http://www.bodyplay.com/

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Women Fall Into Trance During Orgasm
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(July 2, 2005) -------------------------------------------- (Scotsman.com)
What goes on in a woman's brain during orgasm has been
scientifically revealed for the first time - almost total blackout
and sheer pleasure. The findings partially explain the mystery
of what is referred to as "la petite morte" or "the small death"
in classical works. Researchers using brain scans found they
could identify women who were "faking it" because during a
true orgasm the cortex, which controls the conscious part of the
brain, shuts down completely ... "Do you say to a women, 'here
is a near-death experience we'd like to help you achieve in order
to get an orgasm'; or do you say 'this is so wonderful, it takes you
out of yourself and we'll help you get there?'"
http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=680192005

--- Related article: Margaret Birkin's NDE triggered by orgasms:
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/triggers21.html

--- Related website: Dr. Jenny Wade's site on Transcendent Sex:
http://www.transcendentsex.org/pages/1/index.htm

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TV Medics Raise False Hopes of Coming Back From Dead
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(June 30, 2005) -------------------------------------- (Scotsman.com)
Television medical dramas which suggest patients are regularly
brought back from the dead are portraying "a terrible distortion
of reality", doctors warned yesterday. Shows such as ER, Casualty
and Holby City often depict characters being revived by cardiac
pulmonary resuscitation (CPR), through manual first aid or electronic
pads in hospital. But doctors at the British Medical Association
annual conference yesterday said fewer than half of patients whose
heart stops in hospital survive, of which only a third live to be discharged.
If they suffer an attack in the street, the situation is worse, with
only 2 per cent surviving.
http://news.scotsman.com/health.cfm?id=717542005

--- Related article: "Sudden Death Risks Highest First Month After
Heart Attack":
http://www.suntimes.com/output/health/cst-nws-heart23.html

--- Related article: "Community Rallies to Put Defibrillators in All
School Buildings":
http://www.sedaliademocrat.com/News/295893601826405.htm

--- Related product: Phillip's HeartStart Home Defibrillator:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00064CED6/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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How Dreams Are a Gateway to the Spiritual Realm
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(June 27, 2005) --------------------------------------- (SFGate.com)
When we look at our dreams, there's a tendency to see them in
psychological terms. How do you make a connection between
dreams and spirituality? All of the world's major religions speak
in one voice on this question. They tell us that human beings are
in more direct communion with the divine in our dreams than
during any other state of consciousness. There is, in other words,
an ancient, archetypal connection between dreaming and
communion with whatever language a tradition uses to describe
the divine, whether it's God, the goddess, the ancestors, the
spirits or what have you. In addition to that, there's a sense
[in religious traditions] of the dream world as being a means of
access to the nonmaterial plane.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/g/archive/2005/06/27/findrelig.DTL

--- Related article:  "Dreams and the NDE" on Near-Death.com:
http://www.near-death.com/dreams.html

--- Related book: "The Living Labyrinth: Universal Themes in Myths,
Dreams and the Symbolism of Waking Life" by Jeremy Taylor
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0809137666/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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Book Review: "The Afterlife Experiments" by Gary E. Schwartz, Ph.D.
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(July 2005) ----------------------------------------- (Venture Inward)
[Note: The following is a sneak preview of an article appearing
in the September/October edition of Venture Inward Magazine]
Reviewed by Henry Reed. The Afterlife Experiments Reveal Love.
What if you could have a scientific reason to believe what you
already in your heart know is true? The Afterlife Experiments:
Breakthrough Scientific Evidence of Life after Death (Pocket Books)
by Gary E. Schwartz, Ph.D. offers such a gift for those who know
that life is eternal, that the soul survives death of the physical body.
A professor at the University of Arizona, Dr. Schwartz’s groundbreaking,
double-blind experiments have attracted a lot of attention. His
methodology removes all the skeptics’ objections to survival research
except one – that he does such research in the first place. As a
scientist, Dr. Schwartz likes to develop hypotheses and test them.
He believes that his work offers evidence that supports the hypothesis
that living info-energy systems, once created, continue indefinitely – i.e.,
that there are eternal souls. He doesn’t say he has “proof” of life after
death. How can you prove to someone else, he asks, that you love
a particular person? Not by what you say, nor by what you do,
because those words and actions could be motivated by something
other than love. You just “know” inside that you love that particular
person, but how do you “prove” it to someone else? That’s one problem.
Another problem is this: How do you know that you are correctly
interpreting what you experience as “love”? ...
http://arebookstore.com/product.asp?pn=5982&SID=I07065&EID=E070605&eicioi=58504

--- Related website: Dr. Gary Schwartz's Afterlife Experiments:
http://www.openmindsciences.com/

--- Related book: "The Afterlife Experiments: Breakthrough Scientific
Evidence of Life after Death" by Gary E. Schwartz, Ph.D.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743436598/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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Reincarnation: Best Evidence
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(June 17, 2005) -------------------------------------------- (Book of Thoth)
Is there good evidence for reincarnation? Researchers say yes...
[The evidence includes:] The concept of reincarnation - that our
souls may experience many lifetimes over centuries, maybe even
thousands of years - has been present in virtually every culture
since ancient times ... Past Life Regression Hypnosis ... Illnesses
and Physical Ailments ... Phobias and Nightmares ... Physical
Appearance ... Children's Spontaneous Recall and Special Knowledge ...
Handwriting ... and Birthmarks and Birth Defects.
http://tinyurl.com/awlzj

--- Related articles: Reincarnation Evidence on Near-Death.com:
http://www.near-death.com/reincarnation.html

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Parents Think Boy Is Reincarnated Pilot
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(June 30, 2005) -------------------------------------------- (ABC News)
Over time, James' parents say he revealed extraordinary details
about the life of a former fighter pilot -- mostly at bedtime, when
he was drowsy. They say James told them his plane had been
hit by the Japanese and crashed. Andrea says James told his
father he flew a Corsair, and then told her, "They used to get flat
tires all the time" ... Andrea says James also told his father the
name of the boat he took off from -- Natoma -- and the name of
someone he flew with -- Jack Larson. After some research, Bruce
discovered both the Natoma and Jack Larson were real. The
Natoma Bay was a small aircraft carrier in the Pacific. And Larson
is living in Arkansas .. He said James told him he had been shot
down at Iwo Jima. James had also begun signing his crayon drawings
"James 3." Bruce soon learned that the only pilot from the squadron
killed at Iwo Jima was James M. Huston Jr. Bruce says James
also told him his plane had sustained a direct hit on the engine.
http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/Technology/story?id=894217&page=1

--- Related website: Carol Bowman's Children's Past Lives Research Center:
http://www.childpastlives.org/

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Jewish Past Lives of Popes Benedict XVI and John Paul II
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(June 9, 2005) ----------------------------------- (NewsReleaseWire)
Jewish past lives of Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI
are presented on the web site of respected reincarnation researcher,
Walter Semkiw, MD, to commemorate the birthday of Anne Frank,
which is June 12. The reincarnation case of Barbro Karlen/Anne
Frank is also presented ... Recent reincarnation research, including
two cases studied by Dr. Stevenson at the University of Virginia,
demonstrates that from one incarnation to another, facial features,
personality traits and linguistic writing style remain the same.
Multiple independently researched cases that demonstrate these
phenomena are compiled in Dr. Semkiw’s book, “Return of the
Revolutionaries: The Case for Reincarnation and Soul Groups Reunited.”
http://tinyurl.com/d7x3l

--- Related website: Dr. Walter Semkiw's Return of the Revolutionaries:
http://www.johnadams.net/

--- Related book: Dr. Semkiw's groundbreaking book "Return of the
Revolutionaries":
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1571743421/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

--- Related article: "Dorothy Dandridge - Halle Berry Reincarnation":
http://www.johnadams.net/cases/samples/Berry-Dandridge/index.html

--- Related article: "The Reincarnation of Abraham Lincoln into John F.
Kennedy":
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/reincarnation08.html

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Science Magazine Pops 125 Questions Scientists Have Failed to Answer
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(July 1, 2005) --------------------------------------- (Science Magazine)
In a special collection of articles published beginning 1 July 2005,
Science Magazine and its online companion sites celebrate
the journal's 125th anniversary with a look forward -- at the most
compelling puzzles and questions facing scientists today. A
special, free news feature in Science explores 125 big questions
that face scientific inquiry over the next quarter-century; accompanying
the feature are several online extras including a reader's forum on
the big questions. These questions include: What is the Biological
Basis of Consciousness and How Are Memories Stored and Retrieved?
When science can define consciousness it will be easier to prove
scientifically whether or not consciousness survives bodily death.
http://www.sciencemag.org/sciext/125th/

--- Related ebook: Download the free PDF ebook version of this article:
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/309/5731/78b.pdf

--- Related article: A shortened summary version of this article:
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/sci;309/5731/75

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Brain Scans Show Hypnosis Helps to Focus the Mind
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(June 27, 2005) ------------------------------------------ (Nature.com)
Therapists who swear that hypnosis can help their patients now
have more evidence to back their claim. A study of brain-scan
images shows that hypnosis can indeed alter cognitive activity
after subjects have come out of the trance state, and that this
can help them concentrate on certain tasks. In a study published
this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science,
hypnotized subjects outperformed their peers at a classic test
of mental focus. And scans pinpointed the area of the brain
responsible for this lasting effect.
http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050627/full/050627-2.html

--- Related article: "Hypnotic Suggestion Reduces Conflict in the
Human Brain"
http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/0503064102v1

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This Machine Reads Your Mind
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(July 2005) -------------------------------------------- (Netscape News)
Your private thoughts may not be so private. Scientists from
Japan and the United States have figured out how to read a
person's mind by remotely measuring brain activity, extracting
information of which the subject is not even aware. Science
fiction? No. It's real. So far it's pretty rudimentary stuff in that the
mind-reading machine can only identify visual patterns a volunteer
can see or has chosen to look at. But the researchers are hopeful
that the approach will eventually probe into a person's awareness,
focus of attention, memory, and movement intention, report
New Scientist and Scientific American.
http://tinyurl.com/cdzgh

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Scientists to Create Digital Copy of Brain
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(June 8, 2005) -------------------------------------- (Computing.co.uk)
Swiss scientists and IBM have announced plans to create a detailed
digital model of a neocortical column, a tiny but crucial area of the
human brain. Professor Henry Markram ... says the simulation will
"phenomenally" accelerate the pace of neuroscience research.
"Some experiments, just to study one pathway, may take us three
years to complete. With this model, we could do them in a day or
even a couple of hours," he said. Under the Blue Brain project, IBM
is building a custom version of its Blue Gene supercomputer with
8,000 processors, each of which will simulate the behaviour of one
to two neurons ... "This whole machine will be converted into one tiny
little column, simulating about 10,000 neurons," said Markram.
By comparison, the human neocortical column, which measures about
half a millimetre wide and two millimetres long, contains between
50,000 and 70,000 neurons, with five to 10 kilometres of "cables"
connecting them. The entire human brain contains about a million
of these columns.
http://tinyurl.com/7apv3

--- Related article: "Scientists Utilize Molecule as Basic Transistor --
Breakthrough Could Be Important for Future Computers":
http://tinyurl.com/a84zg

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Scientist Creates 3-D Holographic Video
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(June 15, 2005) ---------------------------------------- (Sci-Tech Today)
A University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center scientist has
developed the world's first three-dimensional holographic movies.
Harold Garner, professor of biochemistry and internal medicine,
was cited by Popular Science magazine's list of the top five "great
ideas for the future," featured in the June 2005 issue, for his invention,
a table-top black box that plays three-dimensional holographic video
footage ... "An important next step is to take our proof of principle
technology that we have now and move it into a commercial entity,"
he said. "We think the two initial markets will be in medical visualization
and military applications, such as heads-up displays for helmets and
military aircraft and coordinating battlefield information." Garner said
long-term entertainment applications of the technology could include
3-D multiplayer games, theme park, advertising displays, and "Holo TV."
http://tinyurl.com/774j7

--- Related article: "30 GigaByte Affordable Holographic Storage Next Year":
http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2005Jun/gee20050614030928.htm

--- Related articles: The Holographic nature of the NDE Life Review:
http://tinyurl.com/b6ehs
http://tinyurl.com/dkmf6
http://tinyurl.com/7jtrq

--- Related article:  Heavenly Computers seen in Heavenly Temples
during NDEs:
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/research08.html#computers

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Teleporting Over the Internet
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(June 17, 2005) ------------------------------------------ (BBC News)
Computer scientists in the US are developing a system which
would allow people to "teleport" a solid 3D recreation of themselves
over the internet. Professors Todd Mowry and Seth Goldstein
of Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania think that, within
a human generation, we might be able to replicate three-dimensional
objects out of a mass of material made up of small synthetic "atoms".
Cameras would capture the movement of an object or person and
then this data would be fed to the atoms, which would then assemble
themselves to make up an exact likeness of the object.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4102018.stm

--- Related article: Teleportation Breakthrough Made (June 16, 2004)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3811785.stm

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New Model Permits Time Travel
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(June 17, 2005) -------------------------------------------- (BBC News)
If you went back in time and met your teenage parents, you could
not split them up and prevent your birth - even if you wanted to, a
new quantum model has stated. Researchers speculate that time
travel can occur within a kind of feedback loop where backwards
movement is possible, but only in a way that is "complementary"
to the present. In other words, you can pop back in time and have
a look around, but you cannot do anything that will alter the present
you left behind. The new model, which uses the laws of quantum
mechanics, gets rid of the famous paradox surrounding time travel.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4097258.stm

--- Related article: "Remembrance of Things Future: The Mystery of Time":
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/28/science/28time.html

--- Related article: Time travel and the NDE:
http://tinyurl.com/aual5

--- Related book: "Future Memory: How Those Who "See The Future"
Shed New Light on the Workings of the Human Mind" by P.M.H. Atwater
http://www.cinemind.com/atwater/future.html

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Inter-Dimensional Journey to the Outer Limits of Science
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(July 3, 2005) -------------------------------------------- (Scotsman.com)
"Warped Passages" by Lisa Randall. This is an intelligent book
about a very complicated subject. Randall, a leading American
theoretical physicist, believes that the three dimensions of space
we see around us are not the whole story. There are other, higher
dimensions, which may explain why gravity is so much weaker
than magnetism - making it possible, for example, for us to stick
things on fridge doors. She refers to these higher dimensions as
"passages", and her explanation of them takes us through chapters
such as 'Entryway Passages', 'Restricted Passages', 'Voluminous
Passages' and even a 'Profound Passage' - all of which is apt to
raise a snigger from any Julian Clary fans ... Randall takes us through
"grand unified theories", which attempt to connect particles in a
single model, but which have the snag of predicting that every atom
in the universe will ultimately evaporate. She leads us on to superstring
theory and "brane worlds", which picture particles as tiny vibrating
filaments and the universe itself as a giant wobbly sheet.
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/review.cfm?id=729972005

--- Related book: "Warped Passages" by Lisa Randall (due for
release Sept. 2005):
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060531088/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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Why Make a Matrix? And Why You Might Be In One
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(July 2005) ----------------------------- (Simulation-Argument.com)
Why the Matrix? Why did the machines do it? (Human brains
may be many things, but efficient batteries they are not.) How
could they justify a world whose inhabitants are systematically
deceived about their fundamental reality, ignorant about the
reason why they exist, and subject to all the cruelty and suffering
that we witness in the world around us? ... The existence of
unnecessary evil is one of the most powerful arguments against
the belief that the world was created by an all-powerful, all-knowing,
and perfectly good God. Theologians have spent centuries trying to
answer it, and with very questionable success. But the problem
of evil is only a problem if one assumes that the world was created
by an omnipotent and perfectly good being. If one assumes
instead that the creator was not perfectly good, and perhaps not
even omnipotent, then it would be much easier to reconcile the
view that our world was created with its seemingly obvious ethical
shortcomings. What about you? You’re not all-powerful, all-knowing,
and perfectly good. But what if you had the ability to create this
kind of Matrix, would you do it? Even if you would not have chosen
to create a world like this, there are many other people who do not
share your scruples. If these people had the ability to create Matrices,
some of their works might well look like the world in which we find ourselves.
http://www.simulation-argument.com/matrix2.html

--- Related article: The Matrix seen in NDEs:
http://tinyurl.com/88qx2

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Academic Society Looks at Death
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(June 5, 2005) -------------------------------------- (The Korea Times)
According to Choi, the study of thanatology, which up to now has
been almost non-existent in Korea, lies in achieving "right dying."
"Thanatology is the scientific study of death which emphasizes
the idea that death is not an extinction of life but the transition of life.
Many see this transition as a rite of passage that should be undergone
consciously and with dignity,’’ Choi said ... At the seminar, Choi
announced his paper on the theme of near-death experiences,
claiming it is not a groundless notion. "In Western countries, it has
already been considered as a subject for positive research, an
only way to approach the real substance of death and newly establish
attitude of Koreans toward death, who often excessively adhere
to death,’’ he said.
http://tinyurl.com/7nu4c

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Distant Voices
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(July 2005) -------------------------------------------- (Fortean Times)
Breakthrough. Seven years later, in 1959, the real breakthrough
came. Friedrich Jurgenson, a Latvian-born artist and documentary
film producer, was recording birdsong at night in the woods near
his home in Mölnbo, Sweden, for a documentary film he was
making. On playback, he noticed a man’s voice speaking Norwegian
and discussing the nocturnal habits of birds. Despite the striking
coincidence of subject, Jurgenson thought that somehow his recorder
had picked up a normal radio transmission. But he was shaken when,
recording again some weeks later, he captured another, female voice.
The voice enquired: “Friedel, my little Friedel, can you hear me?”
Friedel was Jurgenson’s pet name, and he immediately recognised
his mother’s voice. She had died four years previously. Now convinced
that he had established a link with the beyond, Jurgenson carried on
recording, capturing hundreds of discarnate voices, speaking in
numerous languages, many of which appeared to respond to him
personally and which he identified as deceased family members
and friends. Jurgenson published his findings in the 1964 book
"Voices from the Universe," attracting attention from other researchers,
including Dr. Hans Bender, head of the parapsychological research
unit of the University of Freiburg. Bender put his own team of scientists
to work on the voice phenomenon, and their results – recordings of
voices speaking recognisable words obtained by using blank tapes
and normal tape recorders in a silent environment – seemed to vindicate
the reality of Jurgenson’s experiments.
http://www.forteantimes.com/articles/194_evp1.shtml

--- Related book: "Voices From Paradise: How the Dead Speak to Us"
by Judith Chisholm:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1897766599/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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Doctors Are Trying to Get "Complicated Grief' Recognized
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(July 1, 2005) ---------------------------------------- (Foster's Online)
In the months after David Golebiewski's 19-year-old daughter was
killed in a car crash, grief consumed his life. He couldn't go to
the restaurant where his daughter had worked, and he spent
five hours a day in Internet chat rooms with other parents who
lost children. Doctors say Golebiewski was suffering from
"complicated grief" -- a condition some hope will soon be
recognized by the American Psychiatric Association.
http://tinyurl.com/9hsz4

--- Related article: "New Treatment For Complicated Grief":
http://newsbureau.upmc.com/TX/ShearGriefStudy.htm

--- Related articles: JAMA's articles on Complicated Grief:
http://tinyurl.com/df6uc

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Help Save Seven Lives - Be an Organ Donor
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(July 1, 2005) -------------------------------------- (Star-Exponent)
LifeNet, a non-profit agency that coordinates organ and tissue
donation started a Web site in 2003 coordinated with the
Department of Motor Vehicles. It provides information and an
opportunity for people to register as donors online. Every person
has the potential to save seven lives when they die by donating
their heart, liver, pancreas, two kidneys and both lungs, LifeNet
spokeswoman Dena Reynolds said. One person can also
enhance the lives of 50 people in need of tissue donations, such
as cornea replacements or skin for burn victims. The shortage
of organ donors exists because many people don’t document
their wish to be a donor or believe in widely-held myths, Reynolds said.
http://tinyurl.com/bxwxy

--- Related website: LifeNet
http://www.lifenet.org/

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Remember Flim-Flam: How to Be a Modern Skeptic
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(June 22, 2005) -------------------------------------------- (Slate)
[Note: This is an excellent article about the sad state of affairs
of today's believers in the skeptic movement.]
"[James] Randi had for decades used his insider's knowledge of
the flim-flam trade to humiliate a generation of occultists. Chief
among his trophies was Uri Geller, an Israeli-born, disco-era mentalist
who claimed, among other things, that he had the ability to soften
metal and move a compass needle with his mind ... Since that glorious
display of public humiliation, the Amazing Randi has taken on
levitators, psychic surgeons, dowsers, and astrologers ... To us,
Uri Geller seemed small-time: The enemies we had in mind were
fundamentalist ideologues, like the ones on the Kansas school board
who have tried to demote evolution in the science curriculum. That's
the conundrum of the modern skeptics movement: Intelligent Design
theorists and deniers of global warming may very well be phonies and
scoundrels, but no one is going to debunk them in the classic sense.
You can't reveal their hidden microphones or mimic their tricks with
sleight of hand. Intelligent Design, after all, is an attempt to recast
(even to "rebunk") Creationism in scientific terms. The best weapon
against it isn't dramatic exposé, but scientific argument. So a change
in tactics makes sense for the movement."
http://slate.msn.com/id/2121239/

--- Related article: "Debunking the Pseudo-Skeptics and Debunkers
of NDEs" by Kevin Williams:
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/skeptic09.html

--- Related articles: "Debunking Common Skeptical Arguments Against
Paranormal and Psychic Phenomena" by Winston Wu
http://www.victorzammit.com/skeptics/winston.html

--- Related website: James Randi Educational Foundation's articles on NDEs:
http://tinyurl.com/b5rwy

--- Related articles:  Google search results - "James Randi" "near-death
experiences":
http://tinyurl.com/8aun5

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Autopsy Shows Terry Schiavo was in Persistent Vegetative State
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(June 16, 2005) ------------------------------------- (The News-Herald)
The autopsy released Wednesday on Terri Schiavo backed her
husband's contention that she was in a persistent vegetative
state, finding she was severely and irreversibly brain-damaged
and blind as well. It also found no evidence that she was strangled
or otherwise abused before she collapsed. Yet medical examiners
could not say for certain what caused her sudden 1990 collapse,
long thought to have been brought on by an eating disorder.
http://tinyurl.com/7urue

--- Related articles: SourceWatch.com's archive of Terry Schiavo
Circus atrocities:
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Terri_Schiavo#.22

--- Related article: A photo history of the Terry Schiavo Circus:
http://tinyurl.com/a5q6t

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In this section of the newsletter, P.M.H. will answer a question
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P.M.H.'s. latest books are entitled:

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

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

QUESTION:  "I recently got a hold of one of your IANDS cassette
tapes from your talk about "Revelations" at the 2004 IANDS conference
in Illinois. I have been experiencing a lot of synchronicity lately about
the coming earth changes, the next evolutionary step for humanity,
and the year 2012. Hopefully, I will have enough free time to examine
these things further. Someone asked me a question about 2012,
which I thought would be a good question to ask you. With the
elections over and the current danger of our Republican government
turning our society into a Taliban society where women's and gays'
rights are suppressed and valuable stem-cell research possibly
becoming a 'tool of Satan'  by the far-right wingnuts, I am beginning to
wonder if America is in fact losing its way. I voted for Bush because
I am a fiscal conservative and military hawk, but now I am afraid that
the radicals might try to take control of the Republican Party and
impose their own interpretation of morality on people. I am glad the
divisive election is over. I am not certain whether the bitter resentments
from both sides are a healthy thing for our democracy."  -- Kendall.

Read P.M.H.'s answers
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Buy P.M.H. Atwater's audio cassette "Revelations" online ($9):
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On Grief and Grieving : Finding the Meaning of Grief Through
the Five Stages of Loss
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by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, David Kessler ..... (Availability: Now)
Shortly before her death in 2004, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and David
Kessler, her collaborator, completed the manuscript for this, her
final book. On Grief and Grieving is a fitting completion to her
work. Thirty-six years and sixteen books ago, Kübler-Ross's
groundbreaking On Death and Dying changed the way we talk
about the end of life. Now On Grief and Grieving will profoundly
influence the way we experience the process of grief. On Death
and Dying began as a theoretical book, an interdisciplinary study
of our fear of death and our inevitable acceptance of it. It introduced
the world to the now-famous five stages: denial, anger, bargaining,
depression, and acceptance. On Grief and Grieving applies these
stages to the process of grieving and weaves together theory,
inspiration, and practical advice, all based on Kübler-Ross's and
Kessler's professional and personal experiences, and is filled with
brief, topic-driven stories. It includes sections on sadness, hauntings,
dreams, coping, children, healing, isolation, and even the subject
of sex during grief. "I know death is close," Kübler-Ross says
at the end of the book, "but not quite yet. I lie here like so many
people over the years, in a bed surrounded by flowers and
looking out a big window ... I now know that the purpose of my
life is more than these stages ... It is not just about the life lost
but also the life lived." In one of their final writing sessions, Kübler-Ross
told Kessler, "The last nine years have taught me patience, and
the weaker and more bed-bound I become, the more I'm learning
about receiving love." On Grief and Grieving is Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's
final legacy, one that brings her life's work profoundly full circle.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743266285/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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Dreaming beyond Death: A Guide to Pre-Death Dreams and Visions
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by Kelly Bulkeley, Rev. Patricia Bulkley .... (Availability: Now)
Documented throughout time and across cultures, dreams
experienced by those on the verge of death can offer profound
insight into the process of dying and provide deep spiritual solace
for the individual passing away. In Dreaming Beyond Death,
Kelly Bulkeley and Patricia Bulkley bring together their diverse
areas of expertise to create a guide to pre-death dreams that
offers practical advice and provides a broader understanding
of this phenomenon. Drawing from a rich understanding of dreaming
in culture, history, psychology, and through modern dream study,
this book explicitly addresses three common aspects of pre-death
dreams and offers interpretations that will aid both the dying person
and the caregiver. Rev. Patricia Bulkley's experience with the
transformative possibilities of pre-death dreams as a hospice spiritual
counselor lend this book a deeply personal and human touch, while
Kelly Bulkeley's insightful analysis and intellectual framework make it
easy to understand the deeper meanings behind this type of dreaming.
A final chapter provides resources and concrete methods for a caregiver
to respectfully guide a dying person through the dreaming process and,
ultimately, to a sense of peace.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0807077208/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

--- Related website:  The International Association for the Study of Dreams
http://www.asdreams.org/

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Window to God: A Physician's Spiritual Pilgrimage
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by T. Lee Baumann  ................................ (Availability: Now)
Author T. Lee Baumann was introduced to the Edgar Cayce
material through the publication of his first book, "God at the
Speed of Light." Upon that discovery, Dr. Baumann began to
research Cayce's special gifts and the credibility of his readings,
medical and spiritual. In this book Baumann takes many of the
medical and spiritual readings and analyzes them through the
use of scientific and experimental data, medical references,
quantum physics texts, the world's major religions, and more.
Baumann was continually amazed at the knowledge Edgar Cayce,
a man with only an eighth-grade education, possessed. In this
book you will read the words of a medical doctor and former skeptic
as he explores the world of America's most documented psychic
and his amazing contribution to the medical and esoteric worlds,
as T.L. Baumann opens the Window to God.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0876045069/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

--- Related article: T. Lee Baumann's "God at the Speed of Light" page:
http://www.near-death.com/physics.html

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Soul Signs: An Elemental Guide to Your Spiritual Destiny
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by Rosemary Altea ...................................... (Availability: Now)
In Soul Signs, internationally renowned spiritual medium Rosemary
Altea (The Eagle and the Rose) introduces us to a system of soul
typing that encompasses all living beings and explores the true
nature of the soul. Moving beyond the well known astrological
and sun signs, Rosemary Altea has created an entirely new
system for understanding our signs. She describes a constellation
of qualities derived from the soul that explain our personality, our
drive, and enable us to understand our most fundamental selves.
Are you a strong-willed, emotionally driven, perfectionist Retrospective
soul? A thrill-seeking, nonconformist, romantic but fickle Traveler soul?
What about your mate? There are 13 soul signs in all. Once readers
learn the science behind soul typing, they will enjoy "typing" their
friends, family, and even celebrities to better understand why some
people seem so happy, others at war with themselves, and-the
most fun - who belongs together.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/159486229X/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

--- Related website: Rosemary Altea's"Voice of the Spirit World" website:
http://www.rosemaryaltea.com/index1.cfm

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(4)    IANDS in the Spotlight
============================================

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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SEPTEMBER 8 - 10, 2005 - IANDS Annual Conference
"Message and Meaning: Using the Near-Death Experience as a
Tool for Living"
-----------------------------------------------------------

*** Hotel reservations can now be made at:
Virginia Beach Resort Hotel & Conference Center
2800 Shore Drive, Virginia Beach, VA USA 23451
(800) 468-2722   http://www.virginiabeachresort.com/
Mention IANDS to receive a $95 per night rate
(instead of the normal $135).

Check out the IANDS Conference page for more info:
http://www.iands.org/conf.html

*** Get a free copy of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Near-Death
Experience when you join IANDS. P.M.H. Atwater's 480-page
book has been called the "Encyclopedia of the NDE." This
offer is good while supplies last. Go to IANDS's join page for
more information about becoming a member:
https://www.iands.org/joincard.html

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Rather, our concern must be to live while we're alive -- to release
our inner selves from the spiritual death that comes with living
behind a facade designed to conform to external definitions
of who and what we are." - Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

"Seeing death as the end of life is like seeing the horizon
as the end of the ocean." - David Searls

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Near-Death Newsletter.................................. June 15, 2005
www.near-death.com ...................... Vol. 04, No. 06, Ed. 02
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researchers, experiencers, events, and multimedia resources.
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Vital Signs newsletter. You can join IANDS at their website. Get
connected with IANDS because they will probably be the organization
who will someday provide the scientific evidence proving that human
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I am too ill right now to send out a regular newsletter so this
edition of the newsletter will be brief.

I will be well enough to send a regular newsletter on July 1.

Here are some wonderful changes that I plan to implement
very soon for this newsletter:

(1)  SYNDICATION - This newsletter will soon become syndicated
so that it can easily and automatically be "feed" into any website
or blog.

(2)  HTML NEWSLETTERS - I plan to begin using professional
looking email for this newsletter for those who are not satisfied
with plain text email.

(3)  NEAR-DEATH BLOG - I plan to obtain a blog to post this'
newsletter to rather than on my website. Blogs are the best
medium for news, newsletters, and news-related articles.

(4)  MORE NDE NEWS - I will soon be implementing a "news
aggregator" to find more and more relevant news related to NDEs.
Using an aggregator will make it easier to find and post such
relevant news articles to a blog.

(5)  ARCHIVE OF NDE NEWS - For a long time now, I have not had
the time to update this archive of past NDE news. Once I implement
these new changes I will have more time to do so.

(6)  ONLINE NDE STORE - I have never been satisified with my
current online store for various reasons and I plan to implement
a much better one soon which will offer a better variety of NDE
products such as books, ebooks, audiobooks, mp3 audio,
video, DVD, etc...

(7)  TUTORIALS - I have accumulated a wealth of information
for anyone wanting to have a website or blog. I plan to publish
my webmaster resources on my website to help others do what
I am doing. I have invested a lot of time and money to learn my
webmaster skills and I plan to freely share it all. Included will be
my recommendations for building and maintaining a website
and/or blog.

(8)  MORE NDE MATERIAL - Because I have spent that last
several years focused mainly on the technical aspects of my
website and newsletter, I will soon be able to focus once again
on adding more NDE testimonies and research once all the
above technology is implemented. A lot of people have been
asking me why I haven't been adding new NDE material. This
is why. Stay tuned!

Here are some links to interesting websites I have visited recently:

(1)  Virginia Beach Friends of IANDS:
http://www.vabeachiands.org/index.htm

(2)  Elaine Resnik's article about "How A NDE Brought One Woman
To Her Spiritual Path":  http://www.thirdmill.com/elaineresnik/

(3)  Beyond The Ordinary:
http://www.beyondtheordinary.net/pmhatwater.shtml

(4)  Encyclopedia sites on NDEs:
Wikipedia:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-death_experiences
Lockergnome:  http://encyclopedia.lockergnome.com/s/b/Near-death_experience

(5)  Sociology of Death and Dying:
http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/death.html
(A person can spend days at this wonderful site)

(6)  The Art of NDEr Alex Grey:
http://www.alexgrey.com/

(7)  Death Is An illusion:
http://www.deathisanillusion.com/

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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 Children" coming soon:

Publisher's website:    http://www.innertraditions.com/isbn/1-59143-051-8
P.M.H.'s Indigo page:  http://www.cinemind.com/atwater/c5pe.html
P.M.H.'s news page:    http://www.cinemind.com/atwater/news.html

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IANDS in the Spotlight
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EAST WINDSOR HILL, CONNECTICUTT ... (IANDS website)

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

-----------------------------------------------------------
SEPTEMBER 8 - 10, 2005 - IANDS Annual Conference
"Message and Meaning: Using the NDE as a Tool for Living"
-----------------------------------------------------------

*** Hotel reservations can now be made at:
Virginia Beach Resort Hotel & Conference Center
2800 Shore Drive, Virginia Beach, VA USA 23451
(800) 468-2722   http://www.virginiabeachresort.com/
Mention IANDS to receive a $95 per night rate
(instead of the normal $135).

Check out the IANDS Conference page for more info:
http://www.iands.org/conf.html

*** Get a free copy of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Near-Death
Experience when you join IANDS. P.M.H. Atwater's 480-page
book has been called the "Encyclopedia of the NDE." This
offer is good while supplies last. Go to IANDS's join page for
more information about becoming a member:
https://www.iands.org/joincard.html

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Kevin R. Williams
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Webmaster of "Near-Death Experiences and the Afterlife"
http://www.near-death.com
Author of the NDE book "Nothing Better Than Death"
http://www2.xlibris.com/bookstore/bookdisplay.asp?bookid=15695
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"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.
It is the source of all true art and science." -- Albert Einstein

"The unconscious psyche believes in life after death" - Carl Jung, M.D.

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Near-Death Newsletter.................................... June 1, 2005
www.near-death.com ..................... Vol. 04, No. 06, Ed. 01
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experiencers, events, and multimedia resources.

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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)
PMH Atwater's next book "Beyond the Indigo Children: The New
Children and the Coming of the Fifth World" will be available in
August/September this year from Inner Traditions, Rochester, VT.
Advance orders for the book can be placed in two months.

--- A New 2-Hour Talk by P.M.H. Entitled "Beyond the Indigo Children":
Any individual or group may sponsor a talk by P.M.H. This new talk
centers around the New Children, Root Races (the genetic stock
of humankind), and the march of generations. Through the traditions
of prophesy and mystical revelation, social sciences, and the in-depth
research of children's near-death experiences and children in general,
we are able to recognize that what is now emerging throughout the
human family and across our planet, challenges the glitsy promotions
of Doomsday Raptures and the exclusivity of specialness promoted
by labels such as indigo, crystal, sky, or star children. What comes
into focus if we look deeper than the glitzy is a picture of ascension
energy, what it means and how it affects humankind, along with a better
understanding of root races and generational markers. By using the
neutral term, "new," Dr. Atwater examines the full range of characteristics
exhibited by our young people. The new children are powerful and they
are powerfully motivated to change things - if - we can help them defuse
and redirect their anger, a peculiar impatience with anything false, overly
exaggerated, or inauthentic. The new children are not like any other
generation of record. How they differ is nothing short of amazing!

--- Read about P.M.H. at the 1st Annual Parapsychology Conference in Istanbul: 
http://www.cinemind.com/atwater/istanbul.html

--- Announcement from P.M.H.:  Our Sacred Journey Cruise to the
Caribbean this September has been cancelled by VanGuard Tours.
Apparently, a certain number of people had to sign up for this Cruise
by June 5th.  We did not know this originally, and proceeded promoting
it with the idea that signups could continue until early September.
Although we would love to have done this, and had big plans for the
Cruise, maybe the energy switched and we are needed elsewhere. Both
Terry and I affirm Divine Order in this regard, and are grateful to VanGuard
Tours for giving us this opportunity and to all of you for helping us
promote it!
Thank you.

--- Listen to online streaming audio interviews of P.M.H. Atwater:
http://www.cinemind.com/atwater/archive.html
http://www.cinemind.com/atwater/interv2.html

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University of Virginia Seeking NDE and Other Paranormal Testimonies
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(June 1, 2005) ------------------ (Univ. of VA Personality Studies)
If you have had a near-death experience or other unexplained
experience, you are invited to be in communication with Dr.
Bruce Greyson and his team of researchers. Dr. Greyson would
like to correspond with as many NDErs as possible. The other
researchers and their specialties are listed below. When you
respond, please send your name and postal address and/or
e-mail address. Accounts can be sent as well. If not, they will
ask for them later. You can read about the research Dr. Greyson's
team is doing on their website (click on the link provided below).
This research includes not only NDEs, but deathbed visions, and
other phenomena that suggest we may survive bodily death.
Visit the website and click on "Types of Experiences We Study"
for an interesting read. Then you can respond by contacting
Dr. Greyson at (cbg4d@...) to report near-death
experiences, or Dr. Jim Tucker (jbt8n@...) to report
children with memories of previous lives, or Dr. Emily Kelly
(ewc2r@...) to report any other experiences, such as
apparitions, deathbed visions, and communications from deceased
loves ones.
http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/personalitystudies/research.cfm

--- More About the Types of Experiences Researched:
http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/personalitystudies/case_types.cfm

--- Contact Page for the Dept. of Personality Studies:
http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/personalitystudies/contacting_us.c\
fm

--- Books and Articles by Division of Personality Studies Staff:
http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/personalitystudies/publications.cf\
m

--- More about the Division of Personality Studies Staff:
http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/personalitystudies/staff.cfm

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Upcoming NDE Events Around the World
For the full list see: http://www.near-death.com/conferences.html
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--- June 24 - 27, 2005:  Association for the Scientific Study of
Consciousness (ASSC) 9th Annual Meeting, "Problems of
Space and Time in Perception and Action". California Institute
of Technology, Pasadena, California, U.S.A.:  http://assc.caltech.edu/assc9/

--- July 1 - 3, 2005:  "What The Bleep Do We Know" Prophets
Conference Series, The Benson Hotel, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.
http://www.greatmystery.org/bleep-portland.html

--- July 6 - 11, 2005:  Institute of Noetic Sciences International
Conference, Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 2799 Jefferson Davis
Highway, Arlington, Virginia, U.S.A.
http://www.noetic.org/events.cfm?Start=11&State=&View=112

--- July 7 - 10, 2005:  The Scientific & Medical Network Annual
Gathering, "Science, Consciousness, and Healing in the 21st
Century,  Haus Altenberg, Odenthal-Altenberg, Germany
http://www.datadiwan.de/SciMedNet/

--- July 23 - 24, 2005:  A Transdisciplinary Conference, "Altered
States: Transformations of Perceptions, Place and Performance",
Portland Square, University of Plymouth, U.K.
http://www.planetary-collegium.net/conferences/detail/200507

--- Aug. 11 - 15, 2005:  Parapsychological Association 48th Annual
Convention, IONS Retreat Center, 101 San Antonio Rd, Petaluma,
California, U.S.A.:
http://www.noetic.org/events.cfm?Start=21&State=&View=140

--- Aug. 12 - 14, 2005 : "What The Bleep Do We Know" Prophets
Conference Series, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
http://www.greatmystery.org/bleep-vancouver.html

--- Aug. 17 - 20, 2005:  Toward a Science of Consciousness
Annual Conference, "Methodological and Conceptual Issues"
Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
http://www.cfs.ku.dk/tsc2005/

--- Aug. 26 - 28, 2005:  "Beyond the Brain VI: Memory Beyond
the Brain", sponsored by The Scientific and Medical Network,
University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK.
http://www.datadiwan.de/SciMedNet/events/pdf/BB_05.pdf (PDF)

--- Sept. 4, 2005:  Society for Psychical Research 29th International
Annual Conference, University of Bath, Bath, UK
http://www.spr.ac.uk/index.php3?page=conferences

--- Sept. 8 - 10, 2005:  International Association for Near-Death
Studies (IANDS) North American Conference, "Message and
Meaning: Using the Near-Death Experience as a Tool for Living",
Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S.A.
http://iands.org/conference/index.php

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Houstonian Believes He Saw Heaven During Near-Death Experience
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(May 23, 2005) .......................................... (Click2Houston)
Ten years ago, Andreason died as a result of an interaction between
prescription pain pills and dental surgery. "I felt myself being lifted up
and surrounded by this light," he said. In real time, he was only gone
for two minutes, but what he saw felt like it lasted a lifetime. "I was
walking through this garden, looking at all these colorful flowers that
are alive, and there's all this beautiful beyond blue water that is sparkling
and tingling and it sings," Andreason said. He believes the garden
was heaven. While there, he said he was shown his life's review.
"All of a sudden, I found myself in a long hallway of doors," he said.
"One was this beautiful gothic-looking wood door and as I would peer
thru the door, I would literally see an existence I was participating in."
http://www.click2houston.com/news/4520678/detail.html

--- View the video of Christian Andreason describing his NDE:
http://www.click2houston.com/video/4523880/detail.html

--- Christian Andreason's NDE page on near-death.com:
http://www.near-death.com/andreason.html

--- Christian Andreason;s music CD: "The Rhythm of Life" :
(Listen to online MP3 samples of Christian's music)
http://www.allaboutchristian.com/listeningstore/index.html

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Actress Jane Seymour Describes Her NDE on Larry King Live
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(May 23, 2005) ...................................................... (CNN)
"I was looking down at my body. I was looking down. I saw this
man screaming, yelling, "emergency, emergency!" I was now
rolled over, I was half-naked. I had two huge syringes in my backside,
and I was watching from the corner of the room. And I saw this
white light. I had no pain, I had no tension, I just kind of looked,
and then went, "that's very strange. That's me. But that can't be
me if I'm here. And then I realized that I was out of my body and
that I was, you know, going to die ... all of a sudden I just looked,
and I went, no, no, I'm not ready to go away. I want to get back
in that body. I have children I want to raise. And there's so much
I want to do, I want to give back, I want to do so much in the world,
and I'm just -- I'm not ready to go."
http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0505/23/lkl.01.html

--- Read more about Jane Seymour's NDE here:
http://www.near-death.com/famous.html

--- Seymour's Sleep Problems After Near-Death Experience:
http://tinyurl.com/9h3wr

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

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The Most Startling Development in World History
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(May 24, 2005) ............................................ (WorldNetDaily)
Arjun died at age 5. The gist of his story: At six o'clock on an
April evening in 2001, Arjun was accidentally electrocuted by
220-volt wires touching his head. His parents took him to a
medical clinic where they worked on his body for two hours
without success. They tried CPR, electroshock paddles, adrenaline
shots ­ all the usual. But they couldn't get him off flatline. So the
doctor charged them 5,000 rupees (about $110) and told them
to call an undertaker. But they didn't. Instead they called Rod
at the nearby Deliverance Church. He then called upon Savitri,
one of his staff members. Savitri brought two other Christians to
Arjun's home, and the five of them began praying over the dead body
about 10:00 p.m. They prayed their hearts out for six hours with
pleading and tears. Then, at 4:00 a.m. the next morning, Arjun
snapped back to life with no brain damage, no physical problems.
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44416

--- Read all 5 NDE testimonials associated with this article:
http://www.megashift.com/html/Resurrections.html

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Physics Meets Paranormal ­ Finding Nearest Openings to
Seven Parallel Universes ­ Near-Death Experiences
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(May 28, 2005) ............................................. (India Daily)
When our spirit is allowed freedom through death or through
transcendental meditation, the unleashed electromagnetic flux
crates the miracle ­ it finds an immediate opening to the
parallel Universe in the close vicinity ... This has now been
verified by Transcendentalist Kurt Kawohl from the USA. When
he had a near-death experience in 1956 at age fifteen his soul
traveled into a higher-level parallel universe. What happens to
us after death has now been made clear. Kurt twice repeated
this experiment in 2001 when he placed his body in stasis and
used his psychic power via transcendental meditation to again
access this parallel universe where spiritual life thrives. Some
researchers believe that parallel universes exist in our immediate vicinity.
http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/2923.asp

-- Read about Kurt Kawohl's NDE: http://transcendentalists.org

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Getting Intimations of (Im)mortality
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(May 24, 2005) ............................................ (India Times)
On the night of June 10, 1978, Desmond Graveney either died
or didn’t; it’s not very clear. Rushed to hospital after a horrific
car accident in the US, his heart stopped beating on the operating
table. “Suddenly all the pain just went away,” says Graveney, “and
I found myself looking down at my body from a point near the
ceiling. After a while I heard the doctors pronounce me dead
and an uncomfortable buzzing noise started behind my head.
Then I found myself moving swiftly along a long dark tunnel at
the end of which was a brilliant white light that was a loving
spirit of some kind. This being seemed to indicate to me that I
should go back and the next instant I felt a tug and I was back
on the table with all the pain.”
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1119485.cms

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Death a "Thing of the Past"
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(May 23, 2005) ........................................ (News.com.au)
Death could become a thing of the past by the mid-21st century
as computer technology becomes sophisticated enough for
the contents of a brain to be "downloaded" on to a supercomputer,
according to a leading British futurologist ,,, Among other
eyebrow-raising predictions by Ian Pearson, head of the futurology
unit at British telecommunications giant BT, is the prospect of
computer systems being able to feel emotions ... While the
predictions might sound outlandish, they were merely the product
of extrapolations drawn from the existing rate at which computers
are evolving, Mr Pearson said in an interview.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15375641-13762,00.html

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Why I Believe in Higher Dimensions
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(June 1, 2005) ............................................. (Telegraph)
Lisa Randall, one of the world's most influential physicists,
explains why we need more than three dimensions to understand
the cosmos ... Perhaps the best way to understand what these
extra dimensions would be is the way Edwin Abbott described
them in his book Flatland, written in the late 19th century. Suppose
there was a society that, unlike ours, could detect and experience
a world with only two dimensions: the Flatland of the title. Its
inhabitants wouldn't perceive a third dimension, even though the
dimension really did exist. If an object like a sphere were to pass
through their universe, Flatlanders would never perceive it in its
entirety; instead, they would see a succession of disks that grew
in size and then became smaller. Because they register only two
dimensions, Flatlanders could only mathematically piece together
the fact that the object they had seen was the analogue of their disk,
but in one higher dimension. Similarly, the fact that we see only
three dimensions doesn't mean there might not be more.
http://tinyurl.com/956fl

--- Harvard Physics Professor Lisa Randall's Faculty page
http://www.physics.harvard.edu/randall.htm

--- Scientists Propose New Way to Probe Dark Energy:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0505/17darkenergy/

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Jury Hears Intense Tale of Survival From Fiery Crash
(Note: You may have to register for free to read this article.)
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(June 2, 2005) ..................................... (Kansas Ctiy Star)
Michael Nolte sometimes made jurors cry when he testified for
three hours Wednesday about despair, loss and pain he suffered
from a fiery interstate crash involving a trooper's car. He recounted
a near-death experience floating above his body and told of guilt
felt because he lived two years ago, while Missouri Highway Patrol
Trooper Michael Newton died ... During the helicopter ride to a
Columbia hospital, he said he ascended into what he described
as a kind of warm tunnel and watched from above as medics worked
on him. “It was a soft, pleasant and really good place you want to go —
I could hear laughter around the corners.” But then he was back in
his body. Someone on the helicopter asked him the level of his pain,
on a scale of 1 to 10. “It was higher than a 10, but a 10 was all they gave
me.”
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/11791813.htm

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A Culture of Death
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(June 2005) ......................................... (Scientific American)
In the underworld of assisted suicide and euthanasia, Russel Ogden
examines the means and methods -- even as he is shunned by
academia and chased by the law ...  In 1994 Ogden published his
master's thesis, which documented the inner workings of this illicit network ...
He wants to know who asks for assisted death, who provides it and
how it is done. Such grisly details were revealed in Ogden's first study,
in which 17 individuals, including doctors, nurses, counselors, social
workers and two priests, told him precisely how they had helped AIDS
patients kill themselves ... These people were first- or second-timers,
"not serial death providers," Ogden remarks. "They weren't sure what
they were doing." He concluded that the lack of medical knowledge, as
well as the unavailability of suitable drugs and ignorance of lethal doses,
contributed to the additional suffering. "This study showed that without
medical supervision and formal regulations, euthanasia is happening in
horrific circumstances, similar to back-alley abortions," he declares.
http://tinyurl.com/cq3a5

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Brain Freeze as Medical Strategy
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(May 23, 2005) ..................................... (Pasadena Star-News)
Procedure appears to limit damage. For 24 hours, Hamilton Loeb lay
unconscious inside a cold blue suit that put his brain on ice. Four
times, his heart had stopped beating and he was shocked back to
life. Then doctors essentially refrigerated him, in a bid to avert the
brain damage that too often cripples survivors of cardiac arrest.
Today, the 53-year-old Washington lawyer is back to normal, and
he credits the cold with protecting his brain. Chilling the sick may
sound counterintuitive, but research shows mild hypothermia cooling
the body just a few degrees can significantly improve the odds of
a full recovery after cardiac arrest. Now scientists are trying to prove
whether a cool-down can protect against some of the damage from
other disorders, too:
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/Stories/0,1413,206~24533~2884364,00.html

--- "Cool Cap" Could Freeze Brain Damage In Newborns:
http://www.nbc10.com/health/4488020/detail.html

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What's It Like Waking Up After 10 Years "Asleep?"
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(May 5, 2005) .............................................. (BBC News)
After a New York fireman who barely said a word for a decade
began talking profusely, what are the experiences of people
who wake up from comas and vegetative states after long periods?
"I want to talk to my wife," was Donald Herbert's first sentence
in a decade. The 43-year-old then began speaking at length to
loved ones, who feared he would never recover after a roof
collapsed on him in 1995. He was initially in a coma, then he
regained consciousness, but his speech was slurred and his
vision unclear, with no memory of relatives. Another American,
Terry Wallis, who came round in 2003 after a 19-year coma,
still thinks it is 1984 and has severe memory problems.
There is a fascination with this deep state of unconscious, a
"twilight zone" between life and death and a place few of us
ever explore. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4515711.stm

---  Miracle Coma Cure Raises Others' Hopes:
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3191887

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Scientist Spooked By Ghost Study
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(May 19, 2005) .............................................. (BBC News)
A scientist investigating one of the UK's "most haunted" locations
has said "something quite odd" was going on. Professor Richard
Wiseman used 200 volunteers to carry out a study of Mary King's
Close in Edinburgh. It yielded reports of apparitions, phantom
footsteps, unexplained cold spots and unseen hands ... Prof.
Wisemen sent groups of volunteers to four locations, without
telling them that only two sites had a strong reputation for being
haunted. The aim was to compare reports from the different sites.
About 70% of those visiting the "haunted" locations reported unusual
phenomena. In contrast, only 48% of people exploring the locations
not reputed to be haunted had spooky experiences.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4564383.stm

--- Ghost Reports Are Put to the Test:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4541593.stm

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   Lightning Kills Father Visiting His Son's Grave
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(May 30, 2005) ................................... (Arizona Daily Star)
While visiting the grave site of his son, a 70-year-old Tucson man
was struck by lightning Saturday night. His body was found early
Sunday at East Lawn Palms Cemetery. Joseph Cooper's body
was found under a tree at the cemetery, 5801 E. Grant Road. His
son, Oscar, died on Sept. 15, 1996, at the age of 30. A family
representative said relatives were in shock Sunday and declined
comment until later. Maintenance employees at East Lawn found
Cooper's body and called Tucson police at 6:28 a.m., said Sgt.
Kerry Fuller, a police spokeswoman. Homicide detectives and a
doctor from the Medical Examiner's Office confirmed significant
evidence that lightning was the cause of death, Fuller said. Entry
and exit wounds, bruises and other injuries were found on the body,
Fuller said, but an autopsy will be performed to confirm the cause.
Fuller said deaths caused by lightning strikes are unusual in Tucson,
even during severe storms. Local statistics weren't available Sunday,
but the National Lightning Safety Institute reported 17 deaths in Arizona
from 1990 to 2003, according to its Web site.
http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/metro/77459.php

--- Read about Dannion Brinkley's NDE and learn how wonderful
it is to die from lightning strike:
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/evidence11.html

--- Dannion Brinkley Central at News For The Soul:
http://www.newsforthesoul.com/dannion/dannion-article.htm

--- Listen to Dannion Brinkley on online streaming audio:
http://www.newsforthesoul.com/death.htm

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Newly Developed Treatment for Severe Grief Shown More Effective
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(May 26, 2005) .......................................... (Newswise)
A recently developed method for treating complicated grief, which
includes discussing certain aspects of the death of a loved one,
was found more effective than a standard therapy for depression,
according to a study in the June 1 issue of JAMA ... Bereavement-related
major depressive disorder (MDD) is a well-recognized consequence
of loss. Complicated grief also occurs in the aftermath of loss but is
different from depression. Key features of complicated grief, persisting
more than 6 months after the death of a loved one, include (1) a sense
of disbelief regarding the death; (2) anger and bitterness over the death;
(3) recurrent pangs of painful emotions, with intense yearning and
longing for the deceased; and (4) preoccupation with thoughts of the
loved one, often including distressing intrusive thoughts related to the death.
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/512155/

--- JAMA's news release on the grief study:
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/293/21/2601

--- Watch the online video on JAMA's grief study:
http://66.250.77.147/JAMA/JAMA3503_WM.htm

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Study of Compassionate Care
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(May 24, 2005) .................... (Indiana Univ. School of Med.)
Patients approaching the end of life can significantly reduce their
depression symptoms and improve their sense of spiritual well-being
according to a study published in the current issue of the Journal of
Palliative Medicine ... Some were randomly assigned to support
groups, which met monthly progressively discussing more difficult
and challenging issues. They addressed topics such as recognizing
and asserting needs, feelings and emotions, symptom control, living
well while sick, intimate relationships, spiritual needs, end-of-life
planning and decision making, hope and gratitude, and legacy.
Other patients received what is called “usual care,” and received
mailings of standard support materials related to their disease, many
of which could be found in their doctors’ offices. “We were able to
improve depression symptoms and lessen death anxiety, which led
to better spiritual well-being,” says Dr. Miller. “We consider this pilot
work as a promising approach, but a lot of work needs to be done to
fully meet patients’ needs at this most difficult time in their lives.”
http://medicine.indiana.edu/news_releases/viewRelease.php4?art=338

--- The Journal of Palliative Medicine:
http://www.liebertpub.com/publication.aspx?pub_id=41

--- Pain Relief for Cancer Patients in Nursing Homes is Inadequate (PDF)
http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/jpm.2005.8.273

--- Sedation for Terminally Ill Patients with Cancer with Uncontrollable
Physical Distress:  http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/jpm.2005.8.20

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It's Official: Love is Kinda Crazy!
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(May 31, 2005) .................................. (The Gainsville Sun)
Researchers analyze love-crazed brains. New love can look for
all the world like mental illness, a blend of mania, dementia and
obsession that cuts people off from friends and family and prompts
out-of-character behavior - compulsive phone calling, serenades,
yelling from rooftops - that could almost be mistaken for psychosis.
Now for the first time, neuroscientists have produced brain scan
images of this fevered activity, before it settles into the wine and
roses phase of romance or the joint holiday card routines of long-term
commitment. In an analysis of the images appearing in The Journal
of Neurophysiology, researchers in New York and New Jersey argue
that romantic love is a biological urge distinct from sexual arousal .../
"When you're in the throes of this romantic love it's overwhelming,
you're out of control, you're irrational, you're going to the gym at 6 a.m.
every day - why? Because she's there," said Dr. Helen Fisher, an
anthropologist at Rutgers University and the co-author of the analysis.
"And when rejected, some people contemplate stalking, homicide,
suicide. This drive for romantic love can be stronger than the will to live."
http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050531/WIRE/205310310/11\
17/news

--- Love More Powerful Than Sex, Study Claims:
http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/050531_love_sex.html

--- Those Old Crooners Were Right, Love Really Can Make You Crazy
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=10524

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An Autistic Savant Explains How He Can Instantly Multiply Large Numbers
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(Feb. 12, 2005) .................................... (Guardian Unlimited)
Daniel Tammet is an autistic savant. He can perform mind-boggling
mathematical calculations at breakneck speeds. But unlike other
savants, who can perform similar feats, Tammet can describe how
he does it ... Ever since the age of three, when he suffered an epileptic
fit, Tammet has been obsessed with counting. Now he is 26, and a
mathematical genius who can figure out cube roots quicker than a
calculator and recall pi to 22,514 decimal places. He also happens
to be autistic, which is why he can't drive a car, wire a plug, or tell
right from left. He lives with extraordinary ability and disability. Tammet
is calculating 377 multiplied by 795. Actually, he isn't "calculating": there
is nothing conscious about what he is doing. He arrives at the answer
instantly. Since his epileptic fit, he has been able to see numbers as
shapes, colours and textures. The number two, for instance, is a motion,
and five is a clap of thunder. "When I multiply numbers together, I see two
shapes. The image starts to change and evolve, and a third shape emerges.
That's the answer. It's mental imagery. It's like maths without having to
think.":  http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,,1409903,00.html

--- Music Does Talking:
http://www.thesunchronicle.com/articles/2005/05/31/city/city3.txt

--- Welcome to the Mind-Body Revolution:
http://cms.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-19930701-000031.html

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Astronaut Says Some Events Are Unexplainable
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(May 20, 2005) ................................. (The Gainesville Sun)
The sixth man to walk on the moon spoke about his experience
with unexplainable phenomena Thursday to a skeptical audience
of about 100 scientists. Edgar Mitchell, an astronaut on Apollo 14,
talked of the experiences that led him to research the unexplainable
at the 24th annual meeting of the Society for Scientific Exploration
at the Best Western Gateway Grand Hotel in Gainesville. "It isn't
science, but personal experience, that stimulates you to do good
science," he said. Mitchell, who holds a doctorate in aeronautics
and astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
worked on the first extended research trip to the moon in 1971. He
founded the Institute of Noetic Sciences to sponsor the study of
unconventional scientific models, such as intuition and feeling, and
he was inducted into the Space Hall of Fame in 1979 and the Astronaut
Hall of Fame in 1998. His interest in the unexplainable began on his
way back to Earth aboard Apollo 14. He gazed out the window and
realized he was connected to the stars, his colleagues and the planet
through his own molecules, he said. "You could see the Earth, the moon
and the stars with each rotation of the spacecraft," Mitchell said. "The
stars were literally brighter for me. It was an awesome, awe-inspiring
view of the heavens."
http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050520/LOCAL/205200322/1\
078/news

--- Institute of Noetic Sciences:  http://www.noetic.org/

--- Society for Scientific
Exploration:  http://www.scientificexploration.org/jse/abstracts.php

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Physics Principles Too Shortsighted, Nobel Winner Says
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(June 2, 2005) ......................... (Science & Theology News)
Physicists have problems with their belief systems and the field of
physics is in crisis because of it, said Nobel Prize-winner Robert
Laughlin at a recent Boston University lecture ... Laughlin,
co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics in 1998, compared
physicists to monotheists who hold one belief and defend it even
when presented with contradictory evidence. Instead of questioning
their original belief, he said, they would question the validity of the
evidence challenging it ... “Physics is now in the midst of a crisis,
an ideological battle,” he said. “The most fundamental things you
know may not be fundamental" ... Laughlin also argued that, for
mysteries like why atoms are so uniform throughout the galaxy,
physicists form creation myths to explain away these quandaries.
Inflationary cosmology, he said, is the “myth” created to solve this
problem by saying that during the expansion after the big bang,
matter became uniform ... The best chance at solving some of these
mysteries of the universe, Laughlin suggests in "A Different Universe,"
is to avoid the reductionist approach of studying particles too minute
to measure, and to look at the basic realities of the natural world.
The exact characteristics of substances like ice or salt is not fully
understood, he said, but may reveal more about the universe than
the far reaches of space or the first nanofraction of a second after the
big bang.
http://www.stnews.org/articles.php?article_id=591&category=research

--- Robert Laughlin's book "A Different Universe: Reinventing Physics from
the Bottom Down":
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/046503828X/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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   Biggest Ever Cosmos Simulation
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(June 1, 2005) ........................................... (BBC News)
Astronomers have used supercomputers to re-create how the
Universe evolved into the shape it is today. The simulation by
an international team is the biggest ever attempted and shows
how structures in the Universe changed and grew over billions
of years. The Millennium Run, as it is dubbed, could help explain
observations made by astronomers and shed more light on the
Universe's elusive dark energy field. Details of the study appear
in the latest issue of Nature magazine. "We have learned more
about the Universe in the last 10 or 20 years than in the whole
of human civilisation," said Professor Carlos Frenk, Ogden
professor of fundamental physics at the University of Durham
and co-author on the Nature report. "We are now able, using the
biggest, fastest supercomputers in the world, to recreate the whole
of cosmic history," he told the BBC. The researchers looked at
how the Universe evolved under the influence of the mysterious
material called dark matter.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4600981.stm

--- World's Largest Supercomputer Simulation Explains Growth of Galaxies:
http://www.physorg.com/news4343.html

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Astronaut Asks Congress to Investigate Threatening Asteroid
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(May 19, 2005) ........................................ (Science.com)
The asteroid, named 2004 MN4, was found last year. It orbits the
Sun but crosses the path of Earth. In December, preliminary
observations showed it might strike in 2029, according to NASA
scientists. It briefly had the highest odds ever assigned to a possible
collision. Further investigation ruled out the 2029 impact scenario,
but scientists cannot yet rule out an impact in 2036. The odds of
a collision in 2036 are about 1-in-10,000, Schweickart says.
In fact, there are several scenarios between 2034 and 2065 in
which 2004 MN4 has even smaller odds of striking. Schweickart
and other scientists stress, however, that future observations are
likely to reduce all these odds to zero.
http://www.space.com/news/050519_asteroid_mission.html

--- View the Animation of Asteroid's Close Brush with Earth:
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/asteroid_animation_040319.html

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Delirium in ICU Patients a Predictor of Mortality
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(June 2, 2005) .................................... (News-Medical.net)
There are an estimated 6,000 intensive care units in the United States
caring for approximately 55,000 patients daily. Between 60 percent to
80 percent of these patients develop a brain dysfunction known as
delirium, which according to a group of physicians at Vanderbilt Medical
Center is an independent predictor of mortality ... "The dilemma in
critical care is that people often develop brain dysfunction or delirium
in the ICU setting which is thought to be of no real importance to survival
or long-term quality of life," Ely said. "Frankly, it's been overlooked by
medical teams for years and is simply called 'ICU psychosis ... Five years
ago, we began studying delirium in the ICU at Vanderbilt, after realizing
that older people are more frequently going to ICUs and the added risk
of developing brain dysfunction was present" ... Ely said the first problem
with delirium is the mortality rate. The second is cost. The estimated cost
of treating delirium in the ICU ranges from $4 billion to more than $20 billion
nationwide. Third, Ely and his team assert, is the impact the duration and
severity of delirium will likely have on the neuropsychological deficits of
these patients.  http://www.news-medical.net/?id=580

--- Read about the ICU Delirium and Cognitive Impairment Study Group:
http://www.icudelirium.org/

--- Download the PDF ebook "ICU Delirium Training Manual":
http://www.icudelirium.org/delirium/training-pages/CAMICU%20presen.pdf

--- View the online training video on ICU Delirium:
http://www.icudelirium.org/delirium/training-pages/CAM-ICU%20Video%20without%20p\
pt.mpg

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California Assisted-Suicide Bill Heads to Assembly Vote
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(May 26, 2005) ........................ (San Francisco Chronicle)
A bill to make California the second state in the nation to allow
physician-assisted suicide cleared a key committee Wednesday,
setting up a first-ever state Assembly vote on the issue ... If signed
into law, certain terminally ill Californians would be able to obtain
a lethal dose of medication from physicians after a waiting period
and multiple medical evaluations ... Despite physician-assisted
suicide consistently polling well, California voters turned down a
ballot measure on the issue in 1992. Also Wednesday, the
committee passed legislation that would legalize same-sex
marriage in California on a 13-5 party line vote, ensuring that
measure, too, will face a full Assembly floor vote.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/05/26/BAG6QCUL7C1.DTL

--- Follow the Status of the California Assisted-Suicide Bill:
http://www.caforaidindying.org/id2.html

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Curtailing Our Right to Know About the Right to Die With Dignity
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(May 19, 2005) ............................................... (National Forum)
OPINION: If the new Spanish film "The Sea Inside" teaches us
anything, it is that no amount of law and legislation can prevent
a person who wants to die from devising the ways and means
to take their own life ... The life and death of lead character and
real-life person, Ramon Sampedro, has long been a cause celebre
in Spain. Paralysed from the neck down from a diving accident at
26, Sampedro spent his next 28 years as, in his words, a head
attached to a corpse. Deeply resentful of being forced to live a life
that he defined as having little quality, Sampedro repeatedly petitioned
the Spanish and European courts. Repeatedly, Sampedro was
denied permission to ask for assistance to die, a request he believed
he had the right to make. The law disagreed. Most people believe
in death with dignity. In this, Sampedro was not exceptional. At the
end of the day it is of little importance that he was not terminally ill.
Rather, what mattered to him was that his life had so little dignity,
that death was a preferable option.
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=3472

--- Elderly Denied Dignified Death:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4575641.stm

--- Old People "Left to Die in Pain":
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8122-1626022,00.html

--- The movie "The Sea Inside" (DVD) at Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00080Z53O/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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Dr. Clifford Pickover on Cloning, Abortion, and Stem Cell Research
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(June 1, 2005) ....................................... (Spiked-Science)
OPINION:  The notion that an embryo, or a fertilised egg, should be
considered human is certainly open for debate. As reported in
Science magazine, "zygotic personhood" - the idea that a fertilised
egg is a person - is a recent concept. Before 1869, for example,
the Catholic church believed that the embryo was not a person until
it was 40 days old, at which time the soul entered. Aristotle also
presumed this 40-day threshold. If the early embryo was soulless,
then perhaps early abortion was not murder. Pope Innocent III
determined, in 1211, that the time of ensoulment was anywhere
from three to four months. In Jewish law, the fetus becomes a full-fledged
human being when its head exits the womb. According to the Talmud,
before the embryo is 40 days old, it is 'maya b'alma' or 'mere water'.
http://www.spiked-online.com/articles/0000000CAA8D.htm

--- Edgar Cayce on How the Soul Incarnates Around the Time of Birth:
http://edgarcayce.org/ps2/soul_life_past_lives.html

---Viable Stem Cells Identified in Failing Hearts:
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=571&ncid=571&e=13&u=/nm/20050601/hl_nm\
/stemcells_heart_dc_1

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May is the Month For Suicides
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(May 9, 2005) ................................................. (BBC News)
Summer sunlight helps to trigger a seasonal rise in suicides,
claim UK researchers. The Priory Group says more people
take their lives in May than in any other month, which could
be down to the climate. The extra sunshine, which helps combat
depression, may also provide the people the energy they need
to act on their suicidal feelings, they believe. There is one suicide
every 84 minutes in UK and Ireland. Around 6,300 people take
their lives each year, the Priory Group said. Professor Chris
Thompson, the group's director of healthcare services, said
research showed there was a direct link between the amount of
sunshine and the national suicide rate. In Scandinavia and Canada,
studies have shown that those who commit suicide have low levels
of a "happy" brain chemical called serotonin. Others have shown
that serotonin levels often rise with the amount of sunlight a person
is exposed to.  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4528883.stm

--- "Suicidal Genes" Identified:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1263322.stm

--- Suicide "Determined at Birth":
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3684702.stm

--- Intellect Linked to Suicide
Risk:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4187881.stm

--- On Our Own Terms: Bill Moyers on Dying:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/onourownterms/resources/eol_sites.html

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Five Quick Ways to Make a Difference in Stopping Global Warming
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(June 1, 2005) ................................ (Environmental Defense)
Global warming is the # 1 environmental issue facing the Earth.
NDE visions of the future suggests that there is a high probability
that major natural disasters are coming unless we take better
care of this planet and everyone living on it. So here are five things
you can do to help stop global warming and prevent these horrible
NDE visions of the future from actually happening:

(1)  Send a message to car makers:
http://actionnetwork.org/campaign/car_company_lawsuit/3dbn5s4l5738be

(2)  Buy only Earth-friendly seafood. Download this wallet-sized list
(PDF) to print out:
http://www.environmentaldefense.org/documents/1980_pocket_seafood_selector.pdf

(3)  Utilize these 20 practices in your daily routine to help undo
global warming:  http://www.undoit.org/undoit_20steps.cfm

(4)  Sign the online petition to tell Congress to sign the Climate
Stewardship Act:  http://actionnetwork.org/campaign/globalwarming_petition

(5)  Love and respect everything and everybody. NDE insights
suggest that our lovely planet Earth and everything in it is actually
a single living organism. When we do unto others, we do unto Earth.
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/research02.html

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QUESTION # 1:  "I tried to find "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Near-Death
Experiences" and found that it is out of print. Is that true? I want to
find out whether the traditional bad NDE trip with fire and demons,
etc., whether such experiencers ever saw other people being rescued
from the fire by angels, spirits?" -- Glenn

QUESTION # 2:  "After my NDE five years ago, you were very
generous to answer two questions for me. Your responses have
been very helpful. I would like to ask your opinion about something
which I find very unnerving. I don't know whether it is happening
or is just a product of my imagination. "My nephew married a few
weeks ago. He was born on the day we buried my father, his
grandfather. I felt like my father was sitting in the first pew in front
of me at the wedding. He was just there for the wedding, and I
never felt him around again. Then yesterday, we were at the funeral
of a good friend's 26-year-old son who died, probably from an
accidental overdose of prescription drugs. He had been married
only two months. I believe that I saw him sitting on a step directly
in front of his family through the whole funeral service. I have no
one to ask about these things, so if you have a minute, could you
please give me your opinion on this?" -- Beth

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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1591430208/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20
--- "We Live Forever: The Real Truth About Death":
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0876044925/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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(3)  Books on the NDE
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A Trip to the Stars
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by Melvin Forrester ................................... (Availability: Now)
EXCERPT:  "My message is simple; there is life after death.
Upon death we return to the source from whence we came.
The nature of the source can best described with the words
eternal energy of Love ... All answers lie within each of us, we
only have to open up to the inner spirit and remember. We
don't have to wait for cosmic alignment and magnetic fields
to charge us with energy and release us to a new higher level
of development. All that you need, you have already within you..
I cannot say it enough; you originated from the source, collectively
you are the source and you will return to the source."
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Afterlife Knowledge Guidebook: A Manual for the Art of Retrieval and
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by Bruce Moen ..................................... (Availability: Now)
Bruce Moen a former engineer who received his original
training in out-of-body experiences from the famed Monroe
Institute and has become one of the foremost authorities on
the subject. Each of his books describe his numerous voyages
of discovery into the afterlife via astral travel. His newest book
is a simple system of concepts, techniques and exercises
people around the world have successfully used to explore the
afterlife safely and reliably for themselves. One no longer
needs to take anyone else's word for the truth about our afterlife:
you can find it out for yourself through your own direct experience.
Moen leads ten to fifteen afterlife workshops annually, teaching
others the proven techniques shared in this book. Moen states,
"Exploring the afterlife is so simple, that the hardest thing to do
is believe you're doing it!" Using his simple system, hundreds
have proven to themselves that we continue to exist beyond
physical death.
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--- Bruce Moen's Afterlife Knowledge
website:  http://www.afterlife-knowledge.com/

--- More information about the "Afterlife Knowledge Guidebook":
http://www.afterlife-knowledge.com/alkgidbk.html

--- Other books and videos by Bruce
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by Lee Lawson ..................................... (Availability: Now)
Despite the skepticism many people profess about ghosts
and spirits, a USA Today-CNN-Gallup poll shows that almost
70 million Americans believe it is possible to communicate
with the dead. Many have actually experienced visitation. Lee
Lawson brings to light these surprisingly common - yet often
secret - reunions with parents, lovers, relatives, and friends from
the afterlife. Told with respect and dignity, these deeply personal,
life-altering "love letters from the infinite" will resonate with anyone
grieving a loss and grappling with accompanying fear, depression,
or guilt. Hopeful and comforting, this treasury of real-life encounters
highlights a love that never dies and celebrates a faith in the
continuum of  life:
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--- The Home Page of Lee Lawson:  http://www.leelawson.com/

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by Gustav Theodor Fechner .................... (Availability: Now)
Fechner was a 19th-century physicist, psychologist, and
metaphysicist who examined the question of life after death
and produced a classic, groundbreaking guidebook about it.
Fechner explains that death is a "birth" into another form of
existence where the quality of life is determined by one’s
actions here on Earth. Right actions are the way to better
spiritual living. False actions provide nothing and can debilitating
to spiritual living. This book was first published with an introduction
by William James, arguably the most insightful philosopher
of the late 19th century, as well as a forefather of modern psychology.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1578633338/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

--- Gustav Theodor Fechner mega-links website:
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What to Do when a Loved One Dies: A Practical and Compassionate
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by Eva Shaw ....................................... (Availability: Now)
Every one of us will someday have to deal with the death of a
loved one, yet we are rarely prepared. From organ donation
and planning the funeral to living with suicide and practical
matters of trusts and wills, this indispensable reference guides
the reader through a wide range of concerns. If you have recently
experienced death, you know it’s impossible to prepare. Yet
with the information within these pages, you should be able to
handle the situation. In a difficult time, this book can help
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--- Read an excerpt from this book in PDF
format:  http://www.writeriffic.com/w2dsample.pdf

--- Read the Table of Contents from this book in PDF
format:  http://www.writeriffic.com/w2dtoc.pdf

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(4)    IANDS in the Spotlight
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IANDS is the premier research organization in the field of near-death
studies. If you haven't yet joined this wonderful organization, I encourage
you to join online at their membership page. There are many benefits for
being a member. Their quarterly newsletter Vital Signs is alone worth
becoming a member.

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Near-Death Newsletter.................................. May 15, 2005
www.near-death.com ...................... Vol. 04, No. 05, Ed. 02
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Table of Contents
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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
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http://www.transpersonalmedia.com/news.htm

--- Store: Transpersonal Media's online store:
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--- 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.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14521121&BRD=1713&PAG=461&dept_id=2449\
1&rfi=6

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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:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743264762/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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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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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)
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 August/September this year from Inner Traditions,
Rochester, VT. Advance orders for the book can be placed in two
months.

--- 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 Online Streaming Audio Interviews of P.M.H. Atwater:
http://www.cinemind.com/atwater/archive.html

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Reverend G. Gorden Allen Has Another NDE
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SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA .... (Near-Death Newsletter)
For over thirty years, G. Gordon Allen was a successful businessman
and private investment banker whose firm began in Seattle, Washington
and expanded to the UK and continental Europe. Then in 1993, Allen
died and had a major near-death experience that totally changed his life
forever. Allen never returned to his former profession; instead he took up
the spiritual mantle and empowerments given to him at the time of his
death. For the next twelve years, Allen mission was to work with the
poor and disadvantaged in obtaining subsidized housing and to share
his spiritual encounter which proved to him that there is indeed life after
death and a God who loves us all. In 2003, Allen was the subject of a
BBC documentary called "The Day I Died" which aired worldwide on
The Learning Channel. In 1994, Allen founded the non-profit corporation
Completion Ministries with a group of other Christians whose mission is
to pass on the true message of Christ and his teachings of eternal life.
In addition to Completion Ministries, Allen was led by the Holy Spirit to
establish the Christian Family Online portal which is dedicated to cross
denomination unity and the spiritual growth of all humanity. In the fall of
1999, Completion Ministries was registered as a religious organization
with the UK charities commission qualifying it to operate everywhere
within the E.U. under the European commissions.

Then on March 17, 2005, Allen suddenly became very ill for no apparent
reason and died once again. Paramedics revived him and took him to
the hospital where he died again. For four days, Allen was out of his
body while doctors placed him on life support and tried in vain to
discover a diagnosis. Allen later described being attacked by demonic
forces during his NDE. While in the heavenly dimensions, Allen
experienced a battle raging over his fate between the forces of light and
the forces of darkness. Allen described not only being subjected to
attacks by evil beings; but also he experienced the depth of heavenly
love. When he re-entered his body on the morning of the fifth day, his
doctor told him, "You have been gone a long time." Doctors still do not
know why he became ill and all of his tests turned out to be normal.

Allen was given teachings and directions during his NDE for which he
learned that now is the time for a worldwide spiritual Christian
ecumenical movement to occur. Currently, He and members of his
ministry are directing their energies toward organizing groups of
interested Christians worldwide for the purpose of furthering the
education of spiritual matters and its application in real life. Completion
Ministries is looking for associates worldwide who can offer their time
and energy in the service of others.

--- Download an article on the BBC documentary "The Day I Died"
(in PDF format):
http://www.near-death.com/ebooks/nde/bbc_the_day_i_died_article.pdf

--- Download the free PDF reader to read the article if you don't already
have the reader: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

--- The website of Reverend G. Gordon Allen Ministries:
http://www.gordonallen.org/Joyce/gordonallen.html

--- Rev. G. Gordon Allen's Christian Family online portal:
http://www.christianfamily.org/christianfamily.shtml

--- The website of Rev. Allen's Completion Ministries:
http://www.gordonallen.org/Joyce/completionministries.html

--- To volunteer your services, email Completion Ministries at
completion@... or phone 1-206-523-4321.

--- To receive Rev. Allen's NDE testimony, contact him directly at
1-206-527-1500 or email him with your name and telephone number
at completion@....

--- Tell the BBC that you want "The Day I Died" available for sale at the
BBC feedback page at http://www.bbc.co.uk/feedback/ or the
BBC contact page at http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/contactus/prog_info.shtml.

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David Stacy Describes His Near-Death Experiences
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(April 1, 2005) .............. (HometownSource.com)
Stacy claims today, that he had slipped out of consciousness from the
food poisoning and began an out-of-body experience that lasted until the
third day, Easter Sunday and then came to. "It was like I was in the
most beautiful place I had every been in my life," he recalled. "I had no
desire to come back..." But what was most significant, Stacy indicated,
was that the experience had changed his life. "I had a deep desire
[after that] to seek after God's ways," he explained.
http://www.hometownsource.com/2005/April/1generations.html

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Why Louise Russo Chose Life
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(May 2, 2005) .................................. (The Star)
"I felt very light. I felt I was traveling at high speed." Once she slowed,
she saw tall figures — no faces visible — illuminated by a bright white
light. And then the voice. Calm and beautiful, neither male nor female,
but one betraying a sense of ... humour? "I asked if I could just visit my
grandparents," Russo recalls, chuckling at her request. "But I needed to
  go back to my children." The tug of motherhood. The voice laughed.
(Note: You may have to register for free to read this article.)
http://urlsnip.com/928667

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Near-Death Experiences Submitted by Ava Belle Chucta
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(April 2005) .......................... (Fate Magazine)
"I was lying in bed, so sick, when all of a sudden I found myself up in
the clouds. I knew I was on my way to Heaven, and I began to cry,
thinking that my mother would be sad because I was gone ... Suddenly,
I found myself going through a tunnel of light. When I got to the end of
the tunnel I stepped into the golden light that surrounded me with such
love. I felt so good, and I wanted to stay. I could see people in the
distance waving to me ... When I stepped into the golden light, I
thought, Oh boy! I'm here at last! But there was a gentleman standing
just inside the light. He smiled, shook his head, and wham! I was back
here again. I'm sure it was Jesus."
http://www.fatemag.com/2005_04surv.html

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Scientific And Spiritual Significance of Near-Death Experiences Studied
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(May 1, 2005) .......................... (Union-Tribune)
Dr. Ellis of Scripps said the fact that most resuscitated patients do not
report NDEs may be likened to the fact that some people vividly
remember dreams while others have no memory of them at all. Surviving
patients in van Lommel's study who reported NDEs were interviewed
again at two-and eight-year intervals, and compared with a control group
of patients who did not have the experience. Researchers were struck,
van Lommel said, by how the NDE patients had been transformed.
Nearly all had no fear of death, believed in an afterlife, and strongly
believed that what was truly important in life was "love and compassion
for oneself, for others and for nature."
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20050501-9999-lz1c01dead.html

--- Titus Rivas' article on Pim van Lommel's groundbreaking NDE study:
http://members.lycos.nl/Kritisch/SurvivalNDE.html

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Brain Scans May Help Validate Near-Death Experiences' Claims Doctor
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(April 2005) ...................... (The Psychic Times)
One of the world's leading researchers into near-death experiences
(NDEs) has called for the use of brain scans to help discover if changes
have taken place in the brain after an NDE.  Dr. PMH Atwater, based in
Virginia, USA, told The Psychic Times: "There is a pattern of
psychological and physiological changes after an NDE. These can be
incredible. For example, the average near-death experiencer is without
vital signs for between five to twenty minutes, but it's not unusual to find
this extending for an hour or more. It is not exceptional for people to
revive in the morgue. Yet, no matter how long they are deprived of
oxygen and the heart is not beating, these people literally come back
smarter than they were before. "Whether they have extreme or partial
intellect enhancement, they invariably come back as creative intuitives
and creative problem solvers. I call the near-death experience a brain
shift. This is why I want before and after brain scans. If we can
establish clinically that the NDE changes the structure of the brain it will
be a tremendous discovery. "As far as I'm concerned the after effects of
an NDE are what validate the experience. You cannot talk about the
experience without talking about the after effects."
http://www.thepsychictimes.com/articles/atwater.htm

--- Soul Travel Magazine's article "Is the Brain a Modem for God?":
http://www.soultravel.nu/2003/030918-human-brain/index.shtml

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Former Senator Bob Dole Discloses Near-Death Mishap
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(April 10, 2005) .................... (Contra Costa Times)
Dole, 81, the former Senate majority leader and the Republican
presidential nominee in 1996, said the accident occurred Jan. 11 at his
Watergate apartment in Washington as he was picking up a suitcase
and lost his balance and fell. He said he had undergone hip replacement
surgery in New York the month before. His doctors told him that the
blood thinner he was taking after the hip surgery had caused internal
bleeding and apparently led to his fall ... Dole said he was so ill that
apart from everything else his doctors did to save his life, they told him
that "a higher power intervened to halt the bleeding and avert fatal
complications." (Note: You may have to register to read this article.)
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/11359541.htm

--- Read about former president Bill Clinton's NDE:
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3685687

--- Read about former president Ronald Reagan's NDE:
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=37509

--- Read about former president Abe Lincoln's reincarnation:
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/reincarnation08.html

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Ohio Boy Brought Back To Life Is Reunited With Rescuers
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(April 30, 2005) ...................... (News Channel 5)
He was 3 when he died on the Middle Fork of the Flathead River last
May. That's not overdramatizing his story, which was the centerpiece of
this year's annual fundraising banquet for the ALERT air ambulance
service. Jacob's story requires no embellishment. He was clinically
dead after his family's canoe tipped on the river and he was tossed
downstream. He was found lifeless, with no heart beat and no breath.
His condition didn't change through two long hours of CPR by Glacier
Park rangers, the ALERT flight crew, and emergency-room staff at
Kalispell Regional Medical Center. Some professionals say 20 minutes
is the standard for CPR. After that, the chance of brain damage is too
great and the chance of survival is too small to continue. Jacob's
rescuers ignored the textbooks and their watches; after two hours of
intense efforts, they were rewarded with Jacob's beating heart.
http://www.newsnet5.com/health/4434603/detail.html

--- Parents Trying to Let Boys Be Boys Despite Their Big Scare:
http://www.newarkadvocate.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050430/NEWS01/5043003\
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"Profound" Experience Overwhelms Skier
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(April 29, 2005) ................................ (Vail Daily)
While Charles Horton's body heals, his spiritual being is restless.
Horton, the 55-year-old Steamboat Springs man rescued Monday
after nine days stranded in the wilderness with a broken leg, now
rests comfortably in a bed at Yampa Valley Medical Center. The
magnitude of his ordeal and the effect it's had on others overwhelms
him. The questions he asks of himself also are profound and moving,
perhaps understandable only to others who have faced their own
mortality. "It's made me question why I'm here," Horton said through
chapped lips Friday. "What have I done since I've been here? Do I
have a right to walk away from this alive?"
http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20050429/NEWS/104290032

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Scientific Investigation Supports Idea That "Dead" Researcher
Has Communicated With His Wife
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(April 2005) .......................... (The Psychic Times)
On January 15, 2004, at the age of 79, Montague "Monty" Keen,
one of Britain's most prominent psychical researchers, collapsed
and died while participating in a public debate on telepathy at the
Royal Society of Arts in London. A few weeks later, Veronica Keen,
Monty's wife, contacted Dr. Gary Schwartz at his University of
Arizona research laboratory and informed him that she had received
messages from her husband through several mediums requesting
that Schwartz conduct some research with him ... Schwartz and
Dr. Julie Beischel, his research associate, then designed a two
phase, multi-medium experiment with four research mediums
participating, one of which was Allison DuBois on whose career as
a psychic legal investigator the new NBC series 'Medium' is based.
http://www.thepsychictimes.com/articles/montykeen.htm

--- Dr. Gary Schwartz Continues Survival Research:
http://www.thepsychictimes.com/articles/schwartz.htm

--- Visit Dr. Schwartz's VERITAS Research Program website:
http://veritas.arizona.edu/

--- Visit Dr. Schwartz's Open Mind Sciences website:
http://www.openmindsciences.com/

--- Biography of Montague Keen:
http://www.survivalafterdeath.org/researchers/keen.htm

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Was Discovery of Body a Coincidence or Psychic Phenomena?
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(April 5, 2005) ...................... (First Coast News)
Residents of Turner County wonder whether it was a mere coincidence
or an eerie phenomena that a missing man's body bobbed up in a lake
just as a psychic drew near. A self-described "psychic detective"
contacted by the man's family found the body in the lake after she says
a feeling pulled her there. On March 19th, Lynn Ann Maker made her
discovery as she waded into the lake ... Anxious to learn the fate of
their loved one, Wallace's family searched the Internet for a psychic
they believed could help them. They chanced upon the 33-year-old
Maker, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She agreed to come to Ashburn, a
farming town of four-thousand located about 150 miles south of Atlanta.
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/strange/news-article.aspx?storyid=35139

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People Who Don't Know They're Dead
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(April 17, 2005) ............................... (PRWeb)
Imagine: You're cruising down the highway, blasting the stereo and
doing your best Bette Midler imitation while enjoying the view when
suddenly you are standing outside your car, which is no longer your car,
but a twisted mass of metal. You try to open what was once the driver's
door and your hand passes through the handle. What was tangible no
longer is and you struggle to find the meaning. You hear voices, you
see people all around you, but you have no idea who they are; you are
not afraid, but you are terribly confused. What happened? Why is your
car in a tangle? Why can the EMTs administering to someone on the
ground not hear or see you? You don't know it yet, but you're dead.
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2005/4/emw229767.htm

--- Spirit Possession Observed During an NDE:
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/ritchie02.html

--- Psychiatric Treatment of Ghost Possession:
http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2005/04/classic_case_psychi.html

--- Exorcism in Russia:
http://paranormal.about.com/od/demonsandexorcism/a/aa031405.htm

--- Book: People Who Don't Know They're Dead:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1578632978/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

--- Book: The Unquiet Dead: A Psychologist Treats Spirit Possession:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345460871/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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Reincarnation - Fact or Fiction?
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(April 27, 2005) ............................... (Cybernoon)
In 1937, four-year-old Shanti told her parents that she missed her
husband (of a previous life) Kedar Nath, who lived in Mathura and was a
cloth merchant. She supplied his address and so much information
about her previous home that the parents finally wrote to Kedar Nath,
who had since remarried. He came to Shanti's house in Delhi and
she "immediately" recognized the "stranger" as her husband ... This
case was studied by Dr. Ian Stevenson of the University of Virginia,
who believed that we have to return many times before achieving the
perfection, which permits re-union with our creator.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?H2A713FFA

--- US Diplomat, Fulbright Director, Discusses His Past Lives:
http://www.expertclick.com/featuresusa/default.cfm?action=details&ID=8795

--- Return of the Revolutionaries website:
http://www.johnadams.net/index.html

--- European Cases of the Reincarnation Type:
http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/162/4/823

--- The NDE and Reincarnation section of near-death.com:
http://www.near-death.com/reincarnation.html

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Organ Transplants and Cellular Memories
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(April 2005) ............................. (Nexus Magazine)
According to this study of patients who have received transplanted
organs, particularly hearts, it is not uncommon for memories,
behaviours, preferences and habits associated with the donor to be
transferred to the recipient ...  In 1997, a book titled "A Change of Heart"
was published that described the apparent personality changes
experienced by Claire Sylvia. Sylvia received a heart and lung transplant
at Yale–New Haven Hospital in 1988. She reported noticing that various
attitudes, habits and tastes changed following her surgery. She had
inexplicable cravings for foods she had previously disliked. For example,
though she was a health-conscious dancer and choreographer, upon
leaving the hospital she had an uncontrollable urge to go to a Kentucky
Fried Chicken outlet and order chicken nuggets, a food she never ate.
Sylvia found herself drawn toward cool colours and no longer dressed in
the bright reds and oranges she used to prefer. She began behaving in
an aggressive and impetuous manner that was uncharacteristic of her
but turned out to be similar to the personality of her donor. Interestingly,
uneaten Kentucky Fried Chicken nuggets were found in the jacket of the
young man (her donor) when he was killed.
http://www.nexusmagazine.com/articles/CellularMemories.html

--- Claire Sylvia's Afterlife Connection Proof:
http://www.near-death.com/dreams.html

--- Book: "A Change of Heart : A Memoir" by Claire Sylvia, William Novak:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0446604690/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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Synchronicity: The Key of Destiny
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(April 2005) ......................... (New Dawn Magazine)
Going through a half-forgotten collection of old photographs, you're
surprised to find the snap-shot of a friend you lost contact with years
ago. Just then the telephone rings and the voice on the other end of the
line belongs to the same person in the photo ... These are typical
incidents of synchronicity. And while most people brush them aside as
insignificant happenstance, some of the greatest minds in history have
grappled with this universal enigma. "Synchronicity" was coined by last
century's leading psychologist, Carl Gustav Jung. Fascinated as he was
by it, even Albert Einstein could not understand how it worked.
http://www.newdawnmagazine.com/Articles/Synchronicity.html

--- Connected By The Human Jigsaw Puzzle:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2090-1590445,00.html

--- Scientific Proof of Non-random Compatibility between People:
http://www.compatti.com/compatti/servlets/StartServlet?source=prw&target=/compat\
ti/News041129.jsp

-- Book: SynchroFile: Amazing Personal Encounters With Synchronicity by Raymond
Fowler:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0595315895/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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Long-Married Couple Die on Same Day
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(April 24, 2005) ............................ (ABC News)
Alexander J. Vance and his wife, Leola, made a life together for nearly
64 years. This week, they died 14 hours apart at Schnepp's Health Care
Center ...  The couple stayed in their home for as long as they could,
until Parkinson's disease forced Alexander Vance to move into a
nursing home in February. Earlier this month, Leola Vance, who had
been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, began complaining that her head hurt.
It later was determined that she had bleeding in her brain. By April 15,
her husband also had taken a turn for the worse and both were in a
coma in a nursing home. "It was almost like a race," Phil Vance
said. "They always said they wanted to go together and I sometimes
think they were telepathically communicating about who would go first.
But we were told she might live for several more days."
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/news/strange/042505_ap_sn_married.html

--- Two Men Hunting Together Die of Apparent Heart Attacks:
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/bizarre/3155923

--- Two Air Force Men Die in Bike Crashes:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10118750

--- Marina Couple Die 35 Minutes Apart in Hospital:
http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/11353914.htm

--- 114-Year-Old Twins Die on Same Day:
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_786691.html?menu=news.latestheadlines

--- Amazing Coincidental Deaths:
http://paranormal.about.com/library/weekly/aa031102a.htm

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Scientists Say Everyone Can Read Minds
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(April 27, 2005) ......................... (Live Science)
Empathy allows us to feel the emotions of others, to identify and
understand their feelings and motives and see things from their
perspective. How we generate empathy remains a subject of intense
debate in cognitive science. Some scientists now believe they may have
finally discovered its root. We're all essentially mind readers, they say.
The idea has been slow to gain acceptance, but evidence is mounting.
http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/050427_mind_readers.html

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Transcendental Meditation Extends Lifespan
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(May 2, 2005) ................ (Medical News Today)
The American Journal of Cardiology reports in its May 2, 2005, issue
that the Transcendental Meditation technique, a non-drug stress-
reduction method, reduces death rates by 23% and extends lifespan.
The first-of-its-kind, long-term, randomized trial evaluated 202 men and
women, average age 71, who had mildly elevated blood pressure.
Subjects in the study participated in the Transcendental Meditation
program; behavioral techniques, such as mindfulness or progressive
muscle relaxation; or health education. The study tracked subjects for
up to 18 years. Vital statistics were obtained from the National Death Index.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=23697

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Prayer Saved Courageous Woman's Life
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(May 1, 2005) ............... (The Mississauga News)
The Palestinian terrorists, who called themselves the Egypt Revolution,
demanded to go to Libya. When they were refused, the plane was
diverted and landed in Valetta, Malta. There, the terrorists lined up
passengers, shot them point-blank every 15 minutes, threw them down
a 25-foot staircase and left them to die. When it was her turn, Pflug did
one thing: Pray. "I didn't know what else to do," she said. "I just asked
for life and I knew if I lived I'd be okay, and I knew if I died I'd also be
okay." When it was her turn to be shot, Pflug said a feeling of
reassurance and safety washed over her. The terrorists opened the door
of the plane, pressed a .38 calibre gun hard into her head and she felt
something hard.
http://www.mississauganews.com/mi/news/story/2732154p-3162471c.html

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Far-Off Healing
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(May 2, 2005) ................. (Los Angeles Times)
Many Americans pray for the health of loved ones; others turn to
shamans or Reiki. Now science is putting these practices to the test ...
For each of the next eight days, the healer will pray 20 minutes for the
cancer patient's recovery, without the woman's knowledge. A surgeon
has inserted two small fabric tubes into the woman's groin to enable
researchers to measure how fast she heals. The woman is a patient in
an extraordinary government-funded study that is seeking to determine
whether prayer has the power to heal patients from afar — a field known
as "distant healing."
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-prayer2may02,0,3690879.story?coll=l\
a-home-health

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"Mind And Brain Seem To Be Separate" Says Professor
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(April 2005) .................... (The Psychic Times)
Professor Peter Fenwick, one of the world's leading researchers into
near-death experiences, has told an audience of his belief that NDEs
seem to provide evidence which strongly suggests that the mind and
brain are not the same ... "We need now some theories about the
causation of NDEs. Now, you can't say these are transcendent
experiences because the people are unconsciousness. You can't say
they are psychological because the brain isn't working. You can look at
physiological models as to what state the brain is in, and if the brain
function won't support the experience you have to argue that mind and
brain are separate."
http://www.thepsychictimes.com/articles/fenwick.htm

--- Study Into Near-Death Experiences Supports Theory of a "Sixth Sense":
http://www.soultravel.nu/2003/031003-NDU/index.shtml

--- Visions of a Dying Brain or Visions of a New Science of Consciousness:
http://www.damaris.org/dcscs/readingroom/2001/neardeathexperiences.htm

--- Out of Body Experiences and Temporal Lobe Function:
http://www.shef.ac.uk/psychopathologysymposia/pastevents/2001/fenwick.html

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Mind-Reading Machine Knows What You See
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(April 25, 2005) ...................... (New Scientist)
It is possible to read someone's mind by remotely measuring their brain
activity, researchers have shown. The technique can even extract
information from subjects that they are not aware of themselves. So far,
it has only been used to identify visual patterns a subject can see or
has chosen to focus on. But the researchers speculate the approach
might be extended to probe a person's awareness, focus of attention,
memory and movement intention. In the meantime, it could help doctors
work out if patients apparently in a coma are actually conscious.
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7304

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Are We Just Really Smart Robots?
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(April 2005) .............................. (Reason Online)
Two books on the mind put the human back into human beings ...
These books cast light on how it is possible to have a rich mental life
while living in a physical universe. In so doing, they throw up roadblocks
against any push for political authoritarianism or social engineering that
might arise from increased knowledge of how brains work. Far from
advancing tyranny, neurobiology may be starting to provide a deeper
understanding of what human freedom is all about.
http://www.reason.com/0504/cr.ks.are.shtml

--- David Chalmer's mega-resource website on consciousness:
http://consc.net/resources.html

--- Book: "On Intelligence" by Jeff Hawkins and Sandra Blakeslee:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0805074562/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

--- Book: "Mind: A Brief Introduction" by John R. Searle:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0195157338/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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Twin Researchers Find Genetic Roots of Religiousness
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(April 29, 2005) .......... (Science & Theology News)
A recent study of twin brothers had researchers doing a double take
when they found a strong link between genetics and religiousness.
The finding may help researchers pinpoint how "God genes" influence
us as we mature. Although the families in which people grow up
influence how religious they become, genetic predispositions to
religiousness or spirituality become more apparent when children leave
those environmental influences behind to start their own lives. Laura
Koenig, the lead author of the study published in the April issue of the
Journal of Personality, said, like all behavioral geneticists, she was
trying to uncover the origins of behavior and how to explain the
differences among people with varying degrees of religiousness.
http://www.stnews.org/articles.php?article_id=424&category=Research

--- Could the "God Gene" Be Named After Its Creator?:
http://www.stnews.org/articles.php?article_id=315&category=Research

--- God's Genes (Part 1):
http://news.inq7.net/lifestyle/index.php?index=2&story_id=31001&col=130

--- In Search of God's Genes (Part 2):
http://news.inq7.net/lifestyle/index.php?index=2&story_id=32252&col=130

--- God's Genes: Coding For Something (Part 3):
http://news.inq7.net/lifestyle/index.php?index=2&story_id=33125&col=130

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Michio Kaku Talks Parallel Universes
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(May 2, 2005) ................. (BBC Science News)
Tom Brown: "In theory, is it possible to use the space between the
Universes, leaving and re-entering, in order to travel many light years
within our Universe, but without time having passed?" Dr Michio
Kaku: "Einstein's equations give us a possibility to leap into hyper-
space through a worm-hole to reach another universe. However, we don't
have enough energy to open up such a hole and we don't know how
stable such a hole might be.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/spacechat/livechat/michio_kaku.shtml

--- The NDE and the Tunnel Research Conclusions:
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/research16.html

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Human Hibernation May Buy Time for Lifesaving Treatments
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(April 27, 2005) ................. (Daily News Central)
Researchers have succeeded for the first time in inducing a state of
reversible metabolic hibernation in mice, and they think they can do it
in humans too. The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center scientists
who conducted the experiments say the accomplishment may open the
door to new ways to treat cancer and prevent injury and death from
insufficient blood supply to organs and tissues ...  While the notion of
putting a human or a human organ into an oxygen-free state of
biological limbo and then reversing the process at will with no ill effects
may sound like science fiction, dozens of documented cases exist of
humans surviving prolonged hibernation-like states with no lingering
physical or neurological damage. In May 1999, for example, a female
Norwegian skier was rescued after submersion in icy water for more
than an hour. When rescued she was clinically dead with no heartbeat,
no respiration, and her body temperature had fallen to 57 degrees
Fahrenheit (normal is 98.6 F). She was resuscitated and since has
made a good physical and mental recovery.
http://health.dailynewscentral.net/content/view/676/31/

--- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center website:
http://www.fhcrc.org/

--- Reversible Metabolic Hibernation Induced Successfully:
http://www.rxpgnews.com/research/metabolism/article_1249.shtml

--- Forced Hibernation Could Save Human Lives - Study:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=691522

--- NOVA Science Now article: Frozen Frogs:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3209/05.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3209/05-cures.html

--- Creatures Frozen for 32,000 Years Still Alive:
http://www.livescience.com/othernews/050223_arctic_life.html

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Defibrillators Trickling Into Public Places
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(April 22, 2005) ...................... (Vail Daily News)
A lot of technology is packed into an automated external defibrillator.
But using one correctly takes training. That's why a supply of nearly
three dozen defibrillators is being doled out slowly. As people who work
in schools, libraries and other public buildings are trained to use the life-
saving devices, their buildings get one or more of the machines ...
Hooking up the defibrillator's electrodes to someone who has collapsed
will tell whoever is running the machine what's going on inside that
person's chest. Most of the time, the machine will tell the operator that
CPR is needed to revive the patient. And, as the operator works away,
the defibrillator can determine how long to keep going with CPR.
http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20050422/NEWS/104220029

--- Defibrillators Placed In All Schools In Town:
http://www2.townonline.com/stoughton/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=230578

--- Schools Seeing Wisdom in Having Defibrillators:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38751-2005Apr8.html

--- Teen's Death Prompts Gift From Foundation:
http://www.lebanondailyrecord.com/articles/2005/04/20/local_news/news01.txt

--- Buy your own personal Automated External Defibrillator (AEDS) at Amazon for
$1,495:
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Organ Donation: Don't Let Myths Stand In Your Way
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(May 1, 2005) .............................. (Mayo Clinic)
Approximately 88,000 people are on the national organ transplant
waiting list, waiting for kidneys, livers, pancreases, intestines, hearts
and lungs. Nearly 7,000 people died waiting for an organ transplant in
2004 — that's almost 19 a day. They died because not enough organs
were donated for transplantation. Perhaps no other surgery has
generated the amount of myth, mystery and perhaps a sense of the
macabre as has organ donation. If you've delayed your decision to be a
donor because of a belief you've never fully explored, here are answers
to some common organ transplant myths and concerns.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?objectid=C57D6832-F754-4669-99C99A04900E827\
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--- How To Be An Organ Donor:
http://www.shareyourlife.org/become.asp

--- United Network For Organ Sharing:
http://www.unos.org/

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California Governor Reportedly Would Consider Assisted Suicide Bill
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(April 19, 2005) ............. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Supporters of legalizing physician-assisted suicide say a senior aide to
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has told them the governor is "very open-
minded" on the issue and is allowing his administration to scrutinize a
bill that would bring the practice to California ... The measure seeks to
allow terminally ill individuals with less than six months to live to receive
a lethal prescription. A series of consultations would follow a request,
and only patients able to administer a dosage themselves would be
covered under the law.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/04/19/BAG\
KJCB3DF1.DTL

--- Poll Shows Most Americans Want Oregon-Style Law:
http://www.endoflifechoices.org/learn/who/news.jsp?reqID=100849&TopicId=null

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Scientists Find Climate Change "Smoking Gun"
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(April 29, 2005) ................. (Los Angeles Times)
The Earth is now absorbing so much heat from the sun that the soot
and greenhouse gases that humans are putting in the air appear to be
the only reasonable explanation for the warming trend, according to
research released Thursday by a team of prominent climate scientists.
The scientists from NASA, Columbia University and the U.S.
Department of Energy determined that precise, deep-ocean
measurements showed a rise in temperature that matched their
computer model predictions of what would happen in an increasingly
polluted world.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-warm29apr29,1,2782701.stor\
y?ctrack=1&cset=true

--- Read about NDE visions of the future foretelling possible catastrophic
natural disasters:
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/research32.html

--- Edgar Cayce's visions of Earth's catastrophic future:
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/cayce11.html

--- Edgar Cayce's interpretation of the Book of Revelation:
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/cayce10.html

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20 Simple Steps to Undo Global Warming
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(March 23, 2005) ....... (Environmental Defense)
Here are 20 simple steps that can help cut your annual heat-trapping
emissions by thousands of pounds ... Dishwasher tips ... Washing
machine settings ... Water heater cap ... Thermostat adjustments ...
Air conditioner check ... Best lightbulb choices ... Water heater
tweak ... Shower head switch ... Weatherstripping ... Energy
efficiency ... Driving less ... MPG criteria ... Waste reduction ... Clothes
washing tip for spring and summer ... Home insulation ... Good
windows ... Neighborhood greening ... New appliances ... Reducing
waste ... Staying on top of the issues.
http://www.undoit.org/undoit_20steps.cfm

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(2)  Q and A with Dr. P.M.H. Atwater
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In this section of the newsletter, PMH Atwater will answer a question
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P.M.H. Atwater's latest books are entitled:

--- "The New Children and Near-Death Experiences":
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--- "We Live Forever: The Real Truth About Death":
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QUESTION:  "I just got through reading your book, We Live Forever,
which is fantastic! Can you explain reincarnation? Do we keep coming
back to earth to grow our spirits or can we go to other realms in the
universe? Also, 'karma' means 'action/reaction.' But, didn't Jesus say
through forgiveness we burn our karma?" -- Beth

ANSWER by PMH ATWATER:  "No one can explain reincarnation,
Beth. Many try, but none have been successful. The truth is we simply
do not know how reincarnation works, even though there is ample
evidence to indicate that "life after life" does occur. Something from us
continues after death, and continues to take on different forms. I believe
that "something" is the soul, and that it is the soul that animates us and
gives us the creativity, the expressiveness, the spark of life that we
have. The soul does indeed grow and learn and enlarge and expand, and
it seems to do this through embodied experiences of various kinds. The
soul is not limited ..."
[ Read more at http://www.near-death.com/atwater/column/index.html ]

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

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(3)  Books on the NDE
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The Gift: ESP, the Extraordinary Experiences of Ordinary People
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by Sally Rhine-Feather, Michael Schmicker .... (Availability: Now)
Can some people really see the future, or read other peoples' minds,
or psychically observe events unfold, as they happen, even when they
take place hundreds or even thousands of miles away from them? Yes,
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credibility to paranormal research. Using real case histories from the
Rhine Research Center's ever-growing database of more than 14,000
ESP reports - the world's largest collection of ESP experiences - Dr.
Feather explains what ESP is and how it operates through dreams,
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compelling scientific evidence for the reality of ESP, covers the research
on precognition, clairvoyance and telepathy from more than 50 years of
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role played by our personality, our psychological, physical and
emotional states in terms of helping or hindering ESP. These stories of
the extraordinary experiences of ordinary people will intrigue and inspire
you as well as convince you that a "sixth sense" is within the power of
our minds.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312329199/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

--- The Rhine Research Center: http://www.rhine.org/

--- Michael Schmicker's website: http://www.thegiftesp.com/

--- Dr. Sally Rhine-Feather's biography page:
http://www.booksbymichael.com/SallybioRevised.html

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Spirit Orb Phenomena: Fact or Fiction?
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by Anthony Kevan Sercombe ........ (Availability: Now)
Ghostly apparitions have always fascinated humans as they offer the
possibility of learning more about life on the Other Side. A lesser known
phenomenon is that of "spirit orbs" which are the souls of deceased
human beings which can be captured with a camera. Anthony
Sercombe's book, Spirit Orb Phenomena: Fact or Fiction?, is a
pioneering work in this field. The author shares how spirit orbs can
easily be confused with reflected light on the camera lens and other
natural anomalies; and how true images of spirit orbs are definitely not
camera tricks. The book contains many illustrations (98 color
photographs) which provide compelling evidence of the spirit orb
phenomena for which the reader can judge for themselves whether they
are real or not. One of the appealing facts about this phenomena is that
it only requires anyone with a digital camera to capture such intriguing
images. Spirit Orb Phenomena: Fact or Fiction? offers a fascinating
introduction and explanation about this lesser known and lesser
understood topic. It also offers a doorway into the mysterious world of
the afterlife.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1419602926/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

--- The NDE and Orbs Research Conclusions:
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/research17.html

--- Google image search results for "orbs":
http://images.google.com/images?q=orbs&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tab=ii&oi=imagest

--- Orb Study Lightworks Plasma Imaging website:
http://orbstudy.com/BIZyCart.asp?NEXTPAGE=Index.htm&GROUP=Special&STYLE=Base&CLI\
ENT=OrbStudy

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Forever Ours: Real Stories of Immortality and Living from a
Forensic Pathologist
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by Janis Amatuzio ............... (Availability: Now)
(On 4 Compact Discs - 4 hours)  Forensic pathologist Janis Amatuzio
first began recording the stories told to her by patients, police officers,
and other doctors because she felt that no one spoke for the dead. She
believed the real experience of death - namely, the spiritual and
otherworldly experiences of those near death and their loved ones - was
ignored by the medical professionals, who thought of death as simply
the cessation of breath. She knew there was more. From the first
experience of a patient in her care dying to the iraculous "appearances"
of loved ones after death, she began recording these experiences. Dr.
Amatuzio found that by telling the story of their death to a loved one,
she could help bring some sense of completion to the grieving family
and friends. Written by a scientist in approachable, nonjudgmental
language for anyone who has lost someone they love, this book offers
stories that can't be explained in purely physical terms.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1577315200/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

--- An excerpt of "Forever Ours" by Dr. Janis Amatuzio:
http://innerself.com/Testimonials/amatuzio_1235.htm

--- New Connexion's interview with Dr. Janis Amatuzio:
http://www.newconnexion.net/article/03-05/amatuzio.html

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A Different Universe: Reinventing Physics from the Bottom Down
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by Robert Laughlin ................ (Availability: Now)
Robert Laughlin is a Nobel Prize-winning Professor of Physics at
Stanford University and in his book he proposes nothing less than a
new way of understanding fundamental laws of science. In this age of
superstring theories and Big-Bang cosmology, we're used to thinking of
the unknown as being impossibly distant from our everyday lives. The
edges of science, we're told, lie in the first nanofraction of a second of
the universe's existence, or else in realms so small that they can't be
glimpsed even by the most sophisticated experimental techniques. But
  we haven't reached the end of science, Laughlin argues - only the end
of reductionist thinking. If we consider the world of emergent properties
instead, suddenly the deepest mysteries are as close as the nearest
ice cube or grain of salt. A Different Universe takes us into a universe
where the vacuum of space has to be considered a kind of solid matter,
where sound has quantized particles just like those of light, where there
are many phases of matter, not just three, and where metal resembles
a liquid while superfluid helium is more like a solid. It is a universe
teeming with natural phenomena still to be discovered. This is a truly
mind-altering book that shows readers a surprising, exquisitely
beautiful and mysterious new world.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/046503828X/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

--- Dr. Robert Laughlin's website at Stanford University:
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/physics/people/faculty/laughlin_robert.html

--- Reinventing Physics: the Search for the Real Frontier:
http://chronicle.com/temp/reprint.php?id=nmsi7ebjjeu402lhjrlke4ae7wxpakvx

--- Dr. Robert Laughlin on the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect:
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/biographies_scientists/114430

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Your Dream Interpreter: Over 1,200 Symbols and Themes Revealed
to Bring Clarity and Insight to Your Life
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by Tony Crisp ................... (Availability: Now)
Tony Crisp has been a dream counselor for over 30 years and is a
best-selling author. In his book, Tony decodes dreams and gives
straightforward interpretations to the most frequently dreamed dream
symbols and images that reveal the meaning of your own dream
message. The first section includes exercises, over 40 true dream
stories, and questionnaires which show you how to make the most of
your dreams, including how to recall your dreams and how to
understand key symbols. This book is a comprehensive dictionary of
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includes the most significant people and places of the dream world,
including dream archetypes, the all-powerful messengers of the
subconscious, as well as landscape and environment, spiritual
symbols, animals and birds, and significant objects. More than just a
dream dictionary, this fact-packed reference book will provide you with a
wealth of fascinating information to help you unlock the power of your
dreams.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0762106123/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

--- Tony Crisp's website at Random House:
http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=6023

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The Way Things Are: Conversations with Huston Smith on the
Spiritual Life
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by Huston Smith, Phil Cousineau .... (Availability: Now)
The Way Things Are is a collection of interviews and essays by best-
selling author and religious studies authority Huston Smith. In his most
accessible and personal book to date, Smith discusses "the spiritual
life" with well known writers and luminaries. Readers will find Smith in
conversation with some of the world's most influential personalities and
religious leaders such as religion scholar Philip Novak, Joseph
Campbell, Aldous Huxley, Timothy Leary, Daisetz Suzuki, Ram Dass,
and the Dalai Lama. Throughout these engaging exchanges Smith
speaks with passion and humor of his upbringing as the son of
missionary parents in China, of the inspiring and colorful individuals
he has known, and of his impressions of the different religious and
philosophical traditions he has encountered. A fascinating view of the
state of world religion and religious leadership over the past fifty years,
the book also looks to the future with a final interview on the vital
importance of the transcendent message of religion for the post-9/11
world.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0520244893/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

--- Houston Smith's website: http://www.hustonsmith.net/

--- Huston Smith on The Psychology of Religious Experience:
http://www.thinkingallowed.com/smith.html

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Near-Death Newsletter.............................................. April 15,
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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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make your life more effective and more fun. See you in September!
(This Cruise is especially geared to near-death experiencers and those like
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Survivors Tell of Life After Near-Death Experiences
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EXETER, NEW HAMPSHIRE  --------------------  (Exeter News-Letter)
"My heart literally burst," Rodgers said. "The priest was waiting for
me when I got to the hospital to give me last rites. I remember looking at
him and at the doctors, and everything went black." From there, Rodgers
said he heard the doctors crack his chest, heard medical terms being used,
and also visited the hospital chapel - while the medical team was operating
on him. "There were people in the chapel crying, a man who lost his
daughter that day, another woman. There was no priest there, just those
people," Rodgers said. "It was very odd." Rodgers said when he visited the
chapel after his recovery it looked exactly as he'd seen it earlier, though he'd
never actually been inside.
http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/exeter/04152005/news/37090.htm

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Matters of Life and Death
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ANCHORAGE, ALASKA  -----  (Anchorage Daily News)
I was visiting my neighbor Don, a retired fisherman, when he got
talking about an old school friend who nearly drowned after falling
through the ice while clamming. When the lifesaving crew reached
him, his buddy punched the first  rescuer in the head. Later, he told
Don that he had heard glorious music, seen bright lights and felt warm
and content. He was more than a little ticked at being pulled back
onto the dark, freezing shore. "After that he wasn't afraid of anything,"
Don told me. Hertz, our electrician, used to be a logger. He once was
hit by afalling tree and had what he knows was a vision of the next
world. He says he felt completely free as he hovered above the people
who eventually brought him back to life. Hertz is Catholic and seems
to accept death better than most of us do.
http://www.adn.com/life/story/6352695p-6229997c.html

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Seeing the Light: Hovering on the Edge of Life, People Tell What
They Saw and Felt While Near Death
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DECATUR, ILLINOIS  ------------------------------------  (Herald & Review)
In that instance, Clack felt the sensation of rising out of bed, pain-free,
moving into "the pure white light. I could feel the warmth of the light, the
cool freshness of the air rushing around me, the sweet scent of a field of
wildflowers and the most beautiful soft music I had ever heard." "Without
question, I was entering paradise, but as I did, I was also seeing myself
lying on the bed below and watching the doctors and nurses frantically
trying to resuscitate meand stop the blood flow." When it occurred to
her that leaving her family and new baby would not only be a shock but a
hardship, she came back to that "aching body, convulsing and begging
them to let me go back." That experience has enabled her to know the
material values of the world aren't as important as family and love.
http://www.herald-review.com/articles/2005/04/18/life/1007308.txt

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Howard Storm's Story Continues With Book and Mission
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CINCINNATI, OHIO  ----------------------------------  (The Cincinnati Post)
[Howard Storm] spent three years at the United Theological Seminary
in Dayton and became pastor of Zion United Church of Christ in Norwood,
where he has served for the past 14 years ... In two weeks, his resignaion
from Zion United will become official. He will then devote himself to a
non-profit he calls Mission to Belize. The focus is on the Mayan village
of San Victor, situated in a flat stretch of cane country about a mile from
the Mexican border. "If the people there were any poorer, they'd be dead,"
Howard said ... Every other month or so, Howard puts together teams of
whoever wants to go - a batch of 50 from Brossart and Holy Cross high
schools is heading down for 10 days in June, followed by church groups
from Evansville and Mason ... On an early visit there three years ago, he
asked the people what the village needed most.  "The universal answer
was, 'We need a church,'" he says.
http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050409/LIFE02/504090305/1\
007/LIFE
*** Zion United Church of Christ in Norwood, OH:
      http://www.zionchurchnorwood.org/
*** Howard Storm's NDE testimony:
      http://www.near-death.com/storm.html
*** "My Descent into Death: A Second Chance at Life" by Howard Storm:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385513763/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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What Happens After We Die?
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BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS ------------------------------  (WBUR.org)
Most people say they believe in an afterlife. Over the centuries
artists, poets and philosophers have struggled to capture celestial
splendor in words and images.It seems that we are all anxious to
believe in heaven as a blissful resting place, a kind of reward for all
our earthly labors -- yet few of us know much about it -- and it's clear
that people have questions. Books dealing with the subject like "The Five
People You Meet in Heaven" and "Left Behind" are nnial bestsellers.
So why is it that we are so interested in what happens after we die?
Is heaven a particularly Western obsession? And what are the
important differences between how other faiths understand the afterlife?
Exploring life after death, human notions of immortality.
http://www.theconnection.org/shows/2005/04/20050408_b_main.asp

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Is Anybody Out There
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM  -----------------------  (Times Online)
Dr. Peter Fenwick, a neuropsychiatrist at the Institute of Psychiatry,
in London, works on near-death experiences. Fenwick is also chair
of the Scientific and Medical Network, which held its annual Mystics
and Scientists conference last weekend. Charla Devereux, of the
network, says: "Research into the paranormal is becoming more
accepted by the scientific establishment, particularly among
younger academics. There will always be scepticism, but that's no
problem as long as minds aren't closed. And on the other side there
is still a lot of flakiness. o it can be difficult walking a central road to
get the best from both sides." Patricia Robertson has conducted
triple-blind experiments on mediums alongside Professor Roy. She
says: "We are convinced that some mediums can impart to a sitter
information about people who have died that they couldn't possibly
know in any normally accepted way. I'm not saying that it comes from
the dead, but the most plausible explanation is that the information
is coming from the deceased personalities."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8123-1559001,00.html
*** Scientific and Medical Network website:
http://www.datadiwan.de/SciMedNet/home.htm
*** The Scotsman news article about Peter Fenwick:
http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=609&id=999952003

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Blind Man Displays "Sixth Sense"
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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA  ---------  (Disabilities.AFreePress.com)
Scientists writing in the journal Nature Neuroscience have described
their experiments with a completely blind British man who "possesses
an apparent sixth sense that lets him recognize emotions on people's
faces." This 52-year-old lab subject somehow uses a part of his brain not
normally used for sight to process visual signals linked to emotions.
When the scientists showed him images of circles and squares, he
could only guess at what they were at an accuracy no greater than
chance expectation. But when he was presented with photos of happy,
sad or fearful human faces, his accuracy rate became uncanny, far
beyond chance. Brain scans taken when he was sensing the faces showed
an activation of the brain's right amygdala, which responds to non-verbal
emotional signs.
http://www.disabilities.afreepress.com/articles/index.cfm?artOID=295470&cp=30945\
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Colorful Evidence of Ever-lasting Life; True Story Backed with Astounding
Lifetime Art and Gauguin Book Collection Ccoming to Auction
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BREMERTON, WASHINGTON  ---------------------------------  (PRWeb)
With a reputation as a painter of spirits and angels, near-death
experiencer eter Teekamp is auctioning coincidence on eBay.
Convinced after a lifetime of connections and discoveries that his life's work
was meant to help make the point in a powerful way that we have all been
here before. Teekamp believes the only way to illustrate that fact is
with the physical evidence of more than 200 of his paintings and 250
drawings dating back to the early 1970'S ... As completely ironic and
unbelievable as it sounds, in December 2003 Teekamp  discovered and
purchased what is believed to be a century-old Gauguin masterpiece
charcoal drawing. The unsigned charcoal is understood to be one of the first
Tahitian Gauguin compositions that was said to have 'not survived' ...
The phenomenal chains of coincidence and well-researched art and quotes
from Gauguin come in the form of a manuscript, a journal filled with
sparks  and Hollywood In addition to the mystical Teekamp art collection
and the publicized Gauguin drawing, this one-of-a-kind auction adds a
bonus gift to the successful bidder of 50% net book royalties for the next
five years for the yet unpublished true story.
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2005/4/emw227177.htm
*** Peter Teekamp: The Reincarnation of Paul Gauguin?
       http://www.near-death.com/experiences/art02.html
*** Peter Teekamp's art gallery: http://www.peterteekamp.com/

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Total Recall
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CALCUTTA, INDIA  -----------------------------------------  (The Telegraph)
A three-decade-old Indo-American research project suggests reincarnation
might actually be a scientific fact ... Bangalore's National Institute
of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) and the University of
Virginia have been studying and documenting reincarnation since 1974.
The three-decade-old research is now throwing up results. "We now have
enough evidence to believe in reincarnation," says Dr Satwant Pasricha,
head of department, clinical psychology, NIMHANS ... One of Pasricha's
early subjects was Naresh Kumar. He was born in 1981 in Baznagar,
a village near Lucknow. By the age of four, Naresh was talking of a
past life. He called himself Mushir Ali, and said he had lived in a nearby
village, Kakori and had died in a road accident while carrying mangoes
in his horse-cart. The researchers thought it was significant that Naresh's
favourite game as a child was to tie a rope to his bed and pretend to
drive a horse-cart. When Naresh's parents took him to Kakori, he said
he recognised Mushir Ali's family, friends and relatives. The researcher
points out that Naresh was born with a depression on his chest — and
Mushir Ali's post-mortem report said he had been hit at the same spot.
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050410/asp/look/story_4592540.asp
*** NIMHANS website:  http://www.nimhans.kar.nic.in/
*** Division of Personality Studies, University of Virginia website:
http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/psychiatric/stevenson.cfm
*** The Near-Death Experiences of Hindus:
http://www.near-death.com/hindu.html

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Edgar Cayce Film Wins Sedona Film Festival Award, Honors
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HOPKINSVILLE, KENTUCKY -----------------------  (Kentucky New Era)
A documentary film about Hopkinsville native and renowned psychic
Edgar Cayce won the Directors' Choice Award Sunday at the 11th
annual Sedona International Film Festival in Sedona, Ariz. "Edgar
Cayce, Beautiful Dreamer" was also selected as the "Festival Favorite"
and "Most Thought-Provoking Documentary" during the four-day event ...
The hourlong documentary traces Cayce's life from his birth near
Hopkinsville in 1877 to his death in Virginia Beach, Va., in 1945. Using
his skills as a clairvoyant, Cayce is credited with more than 14,000
medical diagnoses and readings while under hypnosis. He is known
worldwide as the "Sleeping Prophet."
http://www.kentuckynewera.com/articles/stories/public/200503/08/04by_news.html
*** "Edgar Cayce: The Beautiful Dreamer" (VHS or DVD)
       http://www.caycecures.com/Holiday/catalog/beautiful.htm
       Edgar Cayce's near-death experiences:
       http://www.near-death.com/experiences/cayce01.html

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Will Asteroid Destroy the Earth?
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SEOUL, KOREA  ----------------------------------------  (The Korea Times)
Will an asteroid hit Earth this century, threatening to end all life
as featured by such disaster movies as ``Armageddon'' and ``Deep
Impact?'' Experts point out there is no cause for public concern as
an actual collision is very unlikely despite recent reports on the
substantial odds of an asteroid catastrophe in the mid-2030s. "Current
risk analysis of near-Earth asteroids (NEAs), including 2004 MN4,
indicates that no Earth encounters are of big concern for this century,''
said Yonsei University professor Byun Yong-ik. Byun added that NEAs
have constantly passed nearby or sometimes hit the Earth for the
past 4.6 billion years after the solar system was formed and there is
no reason to worry now.
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/tech/200504/kt2005041818355112350.htm
*** The NDE Interpretation of the Book of Revelation is Symbolic:
      http://www.near-death.com/experiences/cayce10.html

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Hang in There: The 25-Year Wait for Immortality
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NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK  -----------------------  (Live Science)
Time may indeed be on your side. If you can just last another quarter
century. By then, people will start lives that could last 1,000 years
or more. Our human genomes will be modified to include the genetic
material of microorganisms that live in the soil, enabling us to break
down the junk proteins that our cells amass over time and which they
can't digest on their own. People will have the option of looking and
feeling the way they did at 20 for the rest of their lives, or opt for an
older look if they get bored. Of course, everyone will be required to go
in for age rejuvenation therapy once every decade or so, but that will
be a small price to pay for near-immortality. This may sound like
science fiction, but Aubrey de Grey thinks this could be our reality
in as little as 25 years. Other scientists caution that it is far from clear
whether and for how long science can stall the inevitable.
http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/050411_aubrey_interview.html
*** Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence's website:
      http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/sens/

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Matrix Loaded: In Your Brain, Soon
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM  -------------------------------  (GG2.net)
Japanese entertainment giant Sony has patented an idea for transmitting
data directly into the brain, with the goal of enabling a person to
see movies and play video games in which they smell, taste and,
perhaps, even feel things -- the patent, which is based only on a theory
and not on any invention, marks the first step towards a "real-life Matrix".
In the science fiction film of that name, cyber-reality is projected into the
brains of people via an electrode feed at the back of their necks. In Sony's
patent, the technique will be entirely non-invasive -- it will not use brain
implants or other surgery to manipulate the brain. The patent has few
details, describing only a device that will fire pulses of ultrasound at the
head, to modify the firing patterns of neurons in targeted parts of the brain.
The aim, it says, is to create "sensory experiences", ranging from
moving images to tastes and sounds.
http://www.gg2.net/viewnews.asp?nid=241&tid=in_fe&catid=Interviews%20&%20Feature\
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*** Read about the NDE Matrix:
      http://makeashorterlink.com/?J177356EA
      Article: Parallel Universes, the Matrix, and Superintelligence:
      http://www.kurzweilai.net/meme/frame.html?main=/articles/art0585.html

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Is Consciousness Definable? Four Brain Scientists and Four
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WASHINGTON, DC  -------------------------------------------------- (PBS.org)
One problem is that there are too many definitions! And getting these
four guests to agree on what consciousness is and what causes it, is
a fun but hopeless task that is revelatory at the same time. These
four leading brain scientists couldn't even agree on at what level a
simple "memory" was stored, whether as a gross "brain circuit," at
the synapse between nerve cells, or in the microstructure of the nerve
cells as some sort of quantum effect. But why should it be any different
now? Philosophers have debated the "mind-body problem" and the
existence of "free will" for thousands of years. However, never before
have we been in a position to examine the brain with such precision.
Even as we begin to understand the deep science that underlies our
cognitive processes, there is no letup in arguments whether we are
anything other than automata, just reacting to stimuli -- vastly more
complex than a bacterium to be sure -- but fundamentally little different.
http://www.pbs.org/kcet/closertotruth/explore/show_12.html
*** Download the transcripts of this show in PDF format:
http://www.pbs.org/kcet/closertotruth/transcripts/312_consciousness.pdf

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New Virtual Reality Chair to Explore Frontier of Telepresence
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ALBERTA, CANADA  --------------------------------------  (ExpressNews)
Computer scientists at the U of A have already created technology
allowing people to sit across from three-dimensional recreations of
each other, even though in reality they may be thousands of miles
apart ... Imagine a world, for example, where professors of surgery
transmit hand and scalpel movements, as well as what they see while
operating, thousands of miles across a computer network, where it is
recreated in an operating room ... Families separated by travel will
spend meals together through what is called "telepresence," said
Boulanger. "You would wear special goggles - and we're working on
that - which would allow you to see your wife sitting in front of you,
having a day-to-day conversation. In the future you will have virtual
encounters like this, people you want to be part of a meeting sitting
beside you virtually and having a conversation."
http://www.expressnews.ualberta.ca/article.cfm?id=6476
*** Related articles on transcendental consciousness:
      Charles Tart on Consciousness as Virtual Reality:
      http://www.paradigm-sys.com/cttart/sci-docs/ctt90-mpasa.html
      http://www.paradigm-sys.com/cttart/sci-docs/ctt91-mecgv.html
      David Bohm's on Dreams as Virtual Reality:
      http://www.escapefromwatchtower.com/virtualreality.html
      IBM on the Quantum Realm as Virtual Reality:
      http://www.research.ibm.com/quantuminfo/teleportation/
      Top Scientist on Life as Virtual Reality:
      http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1358588,00.html
      New Technology Enhances Computer Virtual Reality:
      http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/03/050326001659.htm
       Ingo Swann Calls Remote Viewing a Virtual Reality:
      http://www.fastcompany.com/articles/2005/03/kurzweil.html
      Charles Tart on the After-Death State as Virtual Reality:
http://www.esalenctr.org/display/confpage.cfm?confid=9&pageid=121&pgtype=1
      NDEs, Autoscopy, and Bilocation as Virtual Reality:
      http://www.near-death.com/experiences/research11.html

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Finding My Religion: Fred Alan Wolf from "What the Bleep
Do We Know?" on Spirituality
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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA ------------------------------- (SF Gate)
The surprise indie hit film "What the Bleep Do We Know?" tackles
some of life's biggest questions, without really answering them:
Where have we been? Why are we here? Where are we going? Part
documentary, part feature, it's a quirky film that draws parallels
between the mysteries of quantum physics -- a mind-expanding field
whose findings suggest many so-called laws of science are a lot less
ironclad than we once thought -- and some of humankind's most
vexing spiritual queries.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/g/a/2005/04/04/findrelig.DTL
*** Related news articles:
      What The Bleep Do We Know? website: http://www.whatthebleep.com/
      The Universe of Fred Alan Wolf:  http://www.stardrive.org/fred.shtml

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California Panel OKs Right-To-Die Measure
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SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA ---------------------- (Associated Press)
A legislative committee Tuesday approved a measure modeled after
an Oregon law that would allow the terminally ill to end their lives with
a doctor's assistance ...  Supporters said the measure would give
people with no more than six months to live the choice to end their
lives with a self-administered drug prescribed by a physician ...  Former
Oregon Gov. Barbara Roberts testified for the bill, saying Oregon's
assisted-suicide law — the only one of its kind in the nation — has
been used sparingly and properly and has led to better care for people
facing death. "The law has broad and deep political and public support
in our state," she said.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050413/ap_on_re_us/assisted_suicid\
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*** Yahoo! News full-coverage on Assisted Suicide & Euthanasia:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/fc?cid=34&tmpl=fc&in=US&cat=Assisted_Suicide
      Contact your Assembly representatives and encouraging them to
support right-to-die laws:
http://capwiz.com/endoflifechoices/mail/oneclick_compose/?alertid=7221251

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Because She's Earned It
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WASHINGTON, DC  ----------------------------------------  (Townhall.com)
I want Terri Schiavo to die because I believe she's earned it. I don't
view death as the end of the journey of a human soul. I view it as a
transition ... I cannot believe that it is God's plan that the life experiences
of a man; wisdom gained, lessons learned and love experienced,
should, upon death, disappear as if they never were. I believe that
there's something to follow the life we know on this earth; and I believe
that most of the people fighting to keep the body of Terri Schiavo
alive feel the same way. These feelings give rise to some questions of
my own; questions for the devoutly religious people who are fighting
to keep Terri Schiavo alive.  Do you believe in God's promise of
everlasting life?  Do you believe that the reward for a life well spent
on this earth is a life with God in heaven after you die? If you do, then
a few more questions if you will. Do you believe that the human
soul can make the transition to everlasting life while the human body
that carried that soul through life clings to life on this earth? If you do,
then you must surely believe that Terri Schiavo has earned and is
already enjoying her reward in heaven. That being the case, why is it
so important to you that the now-unneeded body of Terri Schiavo is
kept alive?
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/nealboortz/nb20050324.shtml

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Experts Say Schiavo Case Prompts Need For Education
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BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA  -------------------  (Associated Press)
Dr. Ronald Cranford, a brain death expert at the University of Minnesota,
represented Michael Schiavo at a 2002 court hearing, testifying that
he was convinced Terri Schiavo was in a persistent vegetative state.
Cranford said medical providers could face additional legal and ethical
issues in coming years as a large portion of the country's population
passes retirement age. He said many Americans, including himself and
his wife, may refuse to enter a nursing home even if their health is
declining. "That's a controversial issue, but it's a fact of life," he said.
In North Dakota, a bill awaiting Gov. John Hoeven's signature, would
combine parts of the states existing laws for living wills and durable
powers of attorney for health care. Wetzel and others who supported
the measure say it will make the delicate matter of registering how
one wants to be cared for in one's final days less confusing. Jane
Voglewede, a lawyer for MeritCare Health System of Fargo, said
widespread publicity about the Schiavo case has left many North Dakotans
with the incorrect perception that medical, legal and ethical questions
about withholding or ending life-sustaining treatment are unsettled.
Many of those issues have been decided, she said. It was the lack
of a binding document showing Schiavo's medical wishes that made
the case difficult to resolve, Voglewede said. "It's not whether or not
you can do this. It's whether she made her wishes clear," Voglewede said.
http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/news/politics/11354928.htm
*** Related news articles of interest:
      Doctors Explain the "Persistent Vegetative State":
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/03/23/TERMS.TMP

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Haven't Filled Out a Living Will Yet? Download It Now (PDF format)
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SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA  ------------  (Near-Death Newsletter)
For the sake of your family, download the "Five Wishes" Living Will
now. The Five Wishes Living Will is unique in that it is valid in 36 states
and was created by the nation's leading experts in end-of-life care
with the help of the Amercian Bar Association. It serves the function
of BOTH a living will AND a durable power of attorney so you don't
need to have both. And it is void of "lawyer speak" and is very easy
to use. All you have to do is check a box, circle a direction, or write
a few sentences. The Five Wishes Living Will has been featured on
CNN and NBC's Today Show and in the pages of Time and Money
magazines. Newspapers have called "Five Wishes" the first "living
will with a heart."
http://www.near-death.com/ebooks/end_of_life/five_wishes_living_will.pdf
*** Then submit your completed Five Wishes document to the
      U.S. Living Will Registry: http://www.uslivingwillregistry.com/default.htm

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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.
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Extra-Dimensional Universe: Where the Paranormal Becomes Normal
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by John R. Violette --------------------------------- (Availability: May 2005)
The author explains the science of events such as UFOs and abductions,
mystical and psychic phenomena, and the near-death experience -- events
that shouldn't exist in a 3-D world, but which happen everyday. An
advancement of the classic theories of R. M. Bucke and P. D.
Ouspensky, this book presents the larger framework of space and time
necessary for understanding how psychic phenomena happen and why
some people experience it while others don't. In the tradition of recent
bestsellers "The Holographic Universe" and "The Field," independent
scholar Violette explains why a 3-D worldview simply doesn't work and
why expanded consciousness is the missing link in current extra-dimensional
theories.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1571744460/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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The Vision: Out-of-Body Revelations of Divine Wisdom
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by Jaap Hiddinga ----------------------------------- (Availability: May 2005)
Visions and out-of-body experiences are not uncommon, but few have
been experienced in such depth, and articulated with such clarity,
as those of Jaap Hiddinga. He began to have them as a young child,
and out of the thousands he has accumulated since then he presents
here some of the most powerful. They range from the Christ awareness
that came into the world at the birth of Jesus to travels in other dimensions,
in other times, in this universe and beyond. Along the way he raises
questions and suggests answers about the origins of Christianity, the
nature of the quantum world, the links between the earthly and spiritual
worlds, and the future of humanity.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1905047053/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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Eternity and Me: The Everlasting Things in Life and Death
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by Allan Kellehear ----------------------------------------- (Availability: Now)
The forty short reflections in this book address the ways in which we
face the prospect of death and loss. The first twenty reflections are
designed to be read by (or to) anyone living with a life-threatening
illness; the other twenty are reflections on living with grief, especially
bereavement. Each reflection is based on a single story drawn from
one of three sources: Dr. Kellehear's professional experience with
individuals living with dying or loss; his own experiences and stories
from childhood; and the retelling of some of the great myths and legends
about life, love, and death, selected from around the world-from Ireland to
Japan, from Melanesia to China. These reflections are stories about
how we can make the most of life in the shadow of death and loss.
They are designed to instill hope and meaning in the difficult times
that can accompany human mortality.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0895032988/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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The Farewell Chronicles: On how We Really Respond to Death
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by Anneli Rufus ------------------------------------- (Availability: May 2005)
The longer we live, the more people around us will die. This book
helps us tell the truth - to ourselves, to the dead, and to each other.
Revisiting the deaths of many people she has known including loved
ones, casual acquaintances, children and adults, friends and enemies -
prize-winning journalist Anneli Rufus gives powerful, eloquent voice
to everyone who has ever lost anyone and whose reactions wouldn't
fit into the standard template of "feel sad, cry, then get over it."
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1569243816/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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Mystery of Reincarnation: The Evidence and Analysis of Rebirth
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by J. Allan Danelek -------------------------------- (Availability: May 2005)
In 1952, an American housewife under hypnosis recalled living a
previous life in eighteenth century Ireland as Bridey Murphy. This
case became widely publicized and sparked a Western interest in
reincarnation that continues today. With arguments supporting and
debunking the validity of the famous Bridey Murphy case and the
plausibility of rebirth, how can one intelligently decide if reincarnation
is fantasy or truth? Examining the debate from viewpoints of science,
religion, psychology, and logic, J. Allan Danelek helps readers
understand this controversial issue from all sides. He takes a discerning
look at past life regression, scientific explanations, common
religious/philosophical objections, and reincarnationist concepts in
Gnostic Christianity. Danelek also poses theories that explain the
mechanical process and purpose of rebirth.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/073870704X/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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Physicalism, or Something Near Enough
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by Jaegwon Kim and Harry Frankfurt ------- (Availability: May 2005)
Contemporary discussions in philosophy of mind have largely been
shaped by physicalism, the doctrine that all phenomena are ultimately
physical. Here, Jaegwon Kim presents the most comprehensive and
systematic presentation yet of his influential ideas on the mind-body
problem. He seeks to determine, after half a century of debate: How
much physicalism can we lay claim to? He begins by laying out mental
causation and consciousness as the two principal challenges to
contemporary physicalism. How can minds exercise their causal
powers in a physical world? Is a physicalist account of consciousness
possible? Mind-body reduction is required to save mental causation.
But are minds physically reducible? Kim argues that all but one type of
mental phenomena is reducible, including intentional mental phenomena,
such as beliefs and desires. The apparent exceptions are the intrinsic, felt
qualities of conscious experiences ("qualia"). Kim argues, however,
that certain relational properties of qualia, in particular their similarities
and differences, are behaviorally manifest and hence in principle reducible,
and that it is these relational properties of qualia that are central to their
cognitive roles. The causal efficacy of qualia, therefore, is not entirely
lost. According to the author, then, while physicalism is not the whole
truth, it is the truth near enough.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0691113750/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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Animals on the Other Side
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by Sylvia Browne and Chris DuFresne ------------- (Availability: Now)
The renowned psychic Sylvia Browne and her son explain for pet owners
what animals experience when their life on earth is over and what is
waiting for them when they return home to the other side. Popular
questions such as "Does my pet miss me?" "Did he know I loved him?"
"Can he hear me when I talk to him?" "Can he come back to visit me?"
and "How will I be able to find my pet when I go home?" are answered.
The story begins when the spirit of Sylvia Browne's dog, Jolie, leaves
her body and goes home to live on the other side. Jolie runs, jumps,
and plays with her eternal friends all around the world, devoid of the
pain and suffering she was experiencing on earth. This is a comforting
account of a pet's journey through one life and on to the next that
explains how animals enjoy eternal happiness right alongside the
people who love them.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0971784345/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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(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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Check out the latest news from P.M.H. Atwater on this web page:
http://www.cinemind.com/atwater/news.html
Announcement: The title to PMH Atwater's next book has changed to:
"Beyond the Indigo Children: The New Children and the Coming of the
Fifth World," due out August/September this year from Inner Traditions,
Rochester, VT. Advance orders for the book can be placed in two months.
PMH Atwater's movie review of "Indigo" can be read on this web page:
http://www.cinemind.com/atwater/AboutIndigo.html
Sign-up for "The Sacred Journey Carribean Cruise" for Sept. 18-26, 2005
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Aftermath of a Child's Near Death Experience
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(March 3, 2005) ..........................................................
(Buzzle.com)
A child's near death experience enables her to perceive unseen dimensions
and to interact with the dead ... I learned to fly to the ceiling turning flips
in
the ether like a trapeze artist. I looked down on my body as it lay sleeping.
I stretched the perimeters of my room until it felt smooth to me. I let it curl
in upon itself like a nautilus shell. I walked on my "nautilus shell" room
leaving
footprints as if it were wet sand. Then the room would quickly unwind,
spinning me along with it until I ended up in the far corner of the ceiling.
This
dizzying ride was one of my favorite games. As time passed, I realized that
I saw the world in a way that others didn't. I saw people and things that
others could not see. I told my parents about these people and things. They
patronizingly listened to my "stories," and then they smiled and assumed that
I had imaginary friends and some outlandish ideas.
http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/3-1-2005-66442.asp

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Paranormal: Near Death Experiences
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(March 30, 2005) ............................................................
(KFYR TV)
For example ... one night ... in trying to resuscitate a young heart attack
victim ...  a man in his 40s ... He says the man was shocked nearly 30 times
... with no result and finally, he cracked the man's chest open and began
actually pumping the man's heart with his hand. We were performing an
internal massage and as this was happening I felt something on the back of
my hip. I thought at first perhaps it was one of the nurses leaning over me
or something so I looked over my shoulder and when I looked over my
shoulder there was no one there... and then obviously I turned to my right
and realized it was the man's hand and he had it on my hip and he was
looking directly at me.
http://www.the-book-of-thoth.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=95

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Near-Death Experiences and UFO Kidnappings
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(April 2, 2005) ...........................................................
(RRRGroup Blog)
Those familiar with the near-death phenomenon, particularly the tunnel
with a bright light at the end of it and a usually benign figure who
comforts the dying person, might find commonality with the UFO abductee
tales and other flying saucer encounters over the years. The near-death
experience is mystical, and can be dealt with along theological lines, or
with the help of William James' The Varieties of Religious Experiences and
more recent tomes such as Raymond Moody's Life After Life ... Our point
here is to note that the tunnel of light might give a clue to what is going on
in the dying episodes and the UFO kidnapping encounters, and this might
involve offputting scenarios to some: time-travel or parallel universes.
http://rrrgroup.blogspot.com/2005/04/near-death-experiences-and-ufo.html
*** Betty Andreasson's alien abduction and NDE:
      http://www.near-death.com/experiences/triggers19.html

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Dream a Little Dream - of You
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(March 25, 2005) ......................................... (Tahlequah Daily
Press)
Precognitive dreams - dreams of things to come - are common among
young adults who are expecting a child, said Parrish. It has been her
experience that expectant couples seem to be more open to precognition
about the health, name and even sex of their unborn baby ... After a
near-death experience at age 23, Rev. Carol Parrish initiated a spiritual
mission that led her to found Sancta Sophia Seminary, an esoteric Christian
educational organization. The seminary assists students in discovering the
"Christ-Within" and prepares them to serve humanity.
http://www.tahlequahdailypress.com/articles/2005/03/25/news/top_stories/aaaadrea\
m.txt
*** Rev. Carol Parrish's website: http://www.sanctasophia.org/

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David Stacy Never Thought He Would Live
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(April 1, 2005) ................................................. (Princeton
Union-Eagle)
"By that time, I was completely in a coma," he said, recalling that
his stomach felt as hard as wood. The doctor had told his parents that
David might or might not make it until the next morning. Stacy claims today,
that he had slipped out of consciousness from the food poisoning and
began an out-of-body experience that lasted until the third day, Easter
Sunday and then came to. "It was like I was in the most beautiful place
I had every been in my life," he recalled. "I had no desire to come back."
... But what was most significant, Stacy indicated, was that the experience
had changed his life. "I had a deep desire [after that] to seek after God's
ways," he explained.  http://www.hometownsource.com/2005/April/1generations.html

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Man Frozen to Save His Life
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(March 31, 2005) ............................................................
(ABC News)
Doctors freeze man who nearly drowns, bring him back to life. A Christmas
holiday vacation in Mexico was nearly tragic for Dan O'Reilly and his
family. But after a near-death experience - and groundbreaking medical
procedure that brought him back to life - O'Reilly is a grateful, lucky man ...
He showed no signs of life. Attempts to revive him failed and doctors said,
he was without oxygen for about 45 minutes ... "This gentleman was
critically ill," said Joseph Varon, the first physician who examined O'Reilly.
"Basically, he was almost dead to the point that I was about to declare him
brain dead."  http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Health/story?id=628745&page=1

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Man Survives Doctor Assisted Suicide Attempt
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(March 6, 2005) .................................................. (Associated
Press)
A terminally ill cancer patient who tried to end his life with drugs
prescribed under Oregon's assisted-suicide law awoke three days
later, alert and talkative, his wife said. David Prueitt, who had lung
cancer, took what was believed to be a fatal dose of a barbiturate
prescribed by his doctor in January. He fell into a coma within minutes,
but woke up three days later, said his wife Lynda Romig Prueitt. Prueitt's
wife told The Oregonian newspaper that he asked, "Why am I not dead?"
Prueitt, 42, lived for two more weeks before dying of natural causes at his
Estacada home, about 35 miles southeast of Portland.
http://wusatv9.com/health/health_article.aspx?storyid=37730

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Mystery of Canine Suicides at Eerie Bridge
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(March 3, 2005) .............................................................
(The Herald)
Animal experts admitted yesterday they had no explanation for a spate
of what appear to be canine suicides – all from the same spot. At least
five dogs have jumped to their deaths from a bridge over a burn at Overtoun
House in the past six months. In the most recent case, a woman out walking
her dog watched in disbelief as her pet suddenly vaulted over the parapet
and plunged 40 feet to its death. Joyce Stewart, a leading animal
behaviourist ... said the pattern of deaths at the bridge was abnormal. She
said: "Dogs are very able to gauge the heights and depths they can safely
jump. Some people will say this is very spooky and would look for another
reason. "I have never heard of a dog committing suicide. Often if they know
they are going to die, they might go into hiding, but I have never heard of
them actually taking their own lives.
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/34553.html
*** Related news articles:
      Jumbo Squid Mass "Suicide" Stumps California Scientists:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/02/0223_050223_giantsquid.html
      Mass Suicide of the Whales:
      http://www.encounter.co.za/article/24.html
      Dolphins Attempt Mass Suicide:
      http://searchthefreakingweb.com/node/222
      Animal Models of Self-Destructive Behavior and Suicide:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=2\
410895&dopt=Abstract

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Whiteland Boy Honored For Rescuing Grandpa
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(March 14, 2005) .........................................................
(Daily Journal)
Using techniques he had learned in health class and from watching the
Discovery Health channel, he cleared the moss from his grandfather's
mouth and gave him two breaths on the steep bank. Then he ran. By the
time he got back to the pond with his grandfather's friends, Watson had
slid back into the water. Only his face was showing. They waited for
paramedics. They prayed. Watson said he remembers watching his friends
and grandson hover near his body. It was like an out-of-body experience,
he said. 
http://www.thejournalnet.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=113&ArticleID=497\
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A Lifesaver For Local Kids
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(March 17, 2005) ............................................................
(CBC News)
After a near-death experience on Duxbury Beach in August 2002, Michael
Carr has made sure the device that saved his life is available to as many
Natick residents as possible. Since Carr suffered a sudden cardiac arrest
and was revived with an automated external defibrillator (AED) two years
ago, he is making it his personal mission to get these small machines into as
many public buildings as possible. Carr and his family recently donated four
defibrillators to the town's elementary schools that did not have one. Thanks
to their generosity, Memorial, Bennett Hemenway, Brown and Johnson
schools all are equipped with defibrillators. Now every public school in Natick
is prepared in case a child or staff member experiences sudden cardiac
arrest. 
http://www2.townonline.com/natick/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=216152
*** Related news articles:
      National Center For Early Defibrillation:  http://www.early-defib.org/
      Survivor Stories:  http://www.early-defib.org/survivors_real.asp
      Red Cross' Automated External Defibrillators (AED) page:
      http://www.redcross.org/services/hss/courses/aed.html

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Text From Beyond the Grave (sort of)
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(Feb. 4, 2005) ................................................................
(The Inquirer)
Her handset had received a text message from her dead husband ... Just
before his death he had sent her an affectionate text message.
Subsequently her daughter traveled to Mauritius to sort out his affairs
and while there sent a text back to her mother. When it arrived, buried
away in the daughter's own text was the loving message her husband
had previously sent. The woman treasured this message but it had
disappeared again a few days later when she switched the phone back
on again. She was heart-broken, but then suddenly the exact same
message arrived for a second time. It transpired the second message
coincided with her daughter returning to England and switching her
handset back on again. The [network] might have viewed the original
text as unsent and delivered the message again. But how on earth the two
messages got mixed up remains a mystery.
http://theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=21099

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Website Recruits Dying Patients to Deliver Telegrams to the Dead
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(March 13, 2005) ................................................... (Telegraph
News)
Afterlife Telegrams, a non-profit making organisation, asks those who
wish to contact a dead relative or friend for a "donation" of $5 (Ł2.60) a
word.  The message is then memorised by a terminally ill volunteer who
will endeavour to pass it on when he or she dies. The fee, depending on
the wishes of the messenger, is then given to a relative, a charity or put
towards the payment of medical bills. All the volunteers have a prognosis
of survival for a year or less. If they live longer than a year, the fee is
reimbursed and the telegram is "delivered" free.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/03/13/wdead13.xml&sShe\
et=/news/2005/03/13/ixworld.html
*** Afterlife Telegrams website: http://www.afterlifetelegrams.com/AFTERLIFE/

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Hospital Uses Internet in End-of-Life Care
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(March 17, 2005) ............................................................
(CBC News)
Toronto's Princess Margaret Hospital has launched a website to provide
terminally ill cancer patients with psychological support during their
final days. Princess Margaret offers an integrated palliative care program
that combines medical treatment with information for terminally ill patients
and their families. Its website, Caring to the End of Life, is part of the
initiative, which aims to integrate mind, body and soul. Death and dying
are neglected areas in the field of medicine, noted Gary Rodin, a palliative
care specialist who heads the program. Cancer care and medical treatments
focus on cure for chronic disease, but doctors may not be trained to give
adequate pain relief and emotional support, he said.
http://toronto.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=to-hospital20050317
*** Caring to the End of Life website:
      http://www.caringtotheend.ca/index.php?cc=1

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European Cases of the Reincarnation Type
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(April 2005) ............................... (The American Journal of
Psychiatry)
A brief description of a typical case of the reincarnation type would
show the following features: (1) Starting in years 2 - 4, the child
spontaneously narrates details of a previous life. (2) Volume and clarity
of statements from the child increase until ages 5 - 6, when the child
talks less about them. (3) By age 8, remarks about previous life generally
cease. (4) Unexpected behavior unusual for child but concordant with
behavior of deceased person occur, e.g., phobias for guns or special
interests and appetites. (5) In many cases the child has a birthmark or
congenital deformity that corresponds in location and appearance to fatal
wounds on the body of the previous personality. A high number of
reincarnated personalities report violent death, which the child alludes to.
(6) In some cultures the individual who "reincarnates" predicts his or her
next incarnation and may appear in a dream to the expectant mother of
the child to announce an intention to reincarnate in the baby. (7) After
the age of 10 these child subjects usually develop normally.
http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/162/4/823
*** Related news articles:
*** Download the article in PDF format:
      http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/reprint/162/4/823.pdf
      Download the free Adobe Reader if you don't already have it:
      http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
*** University of Virginia, Division of Personality Studies website:
      http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/personalitystudies/
*** Dr. Ian Stevenson - The Pioneer in Reincarnation Studies:
      http://www.near-death.com/experiences/reincarnation01.html
*** Dr. Ian Stevenson's book "European Cases of the Reincarnation Type":
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0786414588/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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Life After Death: Hope Reincarnated
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(April 3, 2005) ..........................................................
(Deccan Herald)
According to an ongoing research by the National Institute of Mental
Health & Neuro Sciences (Nimhans) and University of Virginia,
"reincarnation appears to be the best interpretation" of the claims of
memories of previous lives "on the basis of the research evidence
available across several cultures (in the East and West)", said Head of
Department of Clinical Psychology, Nimhans, Satwant Pasricha.
"Reincarnation is a possibility with the data we have. However,
there are still many questions that need to be answered," said Dr.
D Nagaraj, director, Nimhans. "The evidence so far suggests that
reincarnation is worth a second look. There are fringe areas but the
findings of researchers who have spent a lot of time on the subject
cannot be rubbished," said Dr. Chitaranjan Andrade, professor of
psycho-pharmacology, Nimhans. Nimhans and University of Virginia
are the only universities in the world working on the subject so far.
Dr. Pasricha has investigated and participated in about 500 cases of
children (referred as subjects) since 1973 who "claim" to remember
previous lives. 
http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/apr32005/212835200542.asp

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Has a Famous 19th Century Artist Reincarnated to Discover One of
His Own Drawings?
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(April 1, 2005) .............................................. (Khalsa News
Network)
Peter Teekamp is ant artist and near-death experiencer living in
Washington state who accidentally discovered a drawing that might
be worth millions. He believes the drawing to be an original artwork by
the famous 19th century post-impressionist artist Paul Gauguin. He
discovered the drawing hanging on the wall of a restaurant which he
visited by pure chance. Coincidentally, Teekamp happened to be writing
a book about Gauguin at the time. Having studied Gauguin for many
years, Teekamp knew a Gauguin when he saw one. Eventually he
bought the drawing from its owner for $5,000. After further examination
and an ugly court battle with its previous owner, Teekamp gathered
evidence to support the claim that it is indeed an original Gauguin.
Forensic experts are needed to prove the age of the drawing and
examine the evidence. The concept for a documentary or reality-based
follow-up is being considered. The Wildenstein Institute in Paris is the leading
authority on the works of Gauguin and have been contacted for their
analysis. http://www.peterteekamp.com/kevins_website_page.html

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No Way to Heaven for Born Heathens
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(March 26, 2005) ...................................................... (New
Scientist)
How religious you are as an adult depends at least partly on your
genes, a study of twins suggests. Past studies have found that children
  tend to mirror the religious beliefs and behaviour of their parents. Now
a team led by Laura Koenig at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis
  has shown that the influence of environmental factors wanes in adulthood,
while genetic factors become more important in determining how religious a
person is. The team asked 169 pairs of identical twins and 104 pairs of
fraternal twins born in Minnesota, all male and in their early 30s, how often
they and their family went to religious services, prayed and discussed
religious teachings compared with when they were growing up. While the
identical twins' behaviour remained similar in adulthood, greater differences
emerged between fraternal twins as they aged (Journal of Personality,
vol 73, p 471). http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18524925.300

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Dr. Claude Swanson Builds Scientific Evidence in Support of the Paranormal
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(March 3, 2005)
.................................................................... (PSI Talk)
Dr. Claude Swanson was educated as a physicist at MIT and Princeton
University ... His principal interest has been unified field theory, the
so-called "Theory of Everything" which could explain the universe at the
deepest possible level. This has led him to investigate many aspects of the
paranormal, which appear to be completely real phenomena which violate
our present science ... At the same time, thousands of out-of-body and
near-death experiences show that other dimensions and other realities do
exist. This has been the domain of speculation by theoretical physics, but
OBE and NDE cases indicate that parallel realities and dimensions are in
some sense real. And finally, paranormal research suggests that the human
soul, the center of human consciousness, can survive death and is
apparently an energy form which can move and exist independently of the
body. Science is discovering that, in the words of the pioneer Robert
Monroe, " we are far more than our physical bodies."
http://www.psitalk.com/swanson.html
*** Dr. Claude Swanson's book "The Synchronized Universe":
      http://www.synchronizeduniverse.com/about_book.htm

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The Rational Mystic
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(March 26, 2005) ........................................................
(Dallas News)
More and more research is coming out related to the mind-body connection,
and some investigators have come to the conclusion that the mind is
simply not confined within the brain, that the brain is a vehicle for the
mind, and not the source of the mind. So phenomena like out-of-body
experiences and near-death experiences and so on can only be explained
if we expand our understanding of the mind. The relationship of the mind
and the brain is like the relationship between electricity and a battery.
(May need to register to read.)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/points/stories/032705dned\
imarkides.aa5dc.html

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Proving the Patient-Doctor Brain Bond, Telepathically
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(March 1, 2005) ........................................................
(Ivanhoe Health)
You've heard of telepathy -- it's when you can communicate with someone
just by thinking about it. Now, a researcher in Seattle says her studies
show that, at least for some people, it works. Leanna Standish, ND, Ph.D.,
a neuroscientist at Bastyr University in Seattle, calls the phenomenon
"distant neural signaling." She agrees it sounds kind of whacky, and she
can't explain why it works with some people and not others, but after
several experiments, she's convinced the phenomenon is real. In one study,
Standish recruited 30 pairs of volunteers who knew each other and in some
cases were related.
http://www.ivanhoe.com/channels/p_channelstory.cfm?storyid=10697
*** Dr. Leanna Standish's website:
http://www.universityhealthclinic.com/seattle-naturopath-leannastandish.html

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Brain Chip Reads Man's Thoughts
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(March 31, 2005) ......................................................... (BBC
News)
A paralysed man in the US has become the first person to benefit from a
brain chip that reads his mind. Matthew Nagle, 25, was left paralysed
from the neck down and confined to a wheelchair after a knife attack in
2001. The pioneering surgery at New England Sinai Hospital, Massachusetts,
last summer means he can now control everyday objects by thought alone.
The brain chip reads his mind and sends the thoughts to a computer to
decipher. He can think his TV on and off, change channels and alter the
volume thanks to the technology and software linked to devices in his
home.  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4396387.stm

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New Research Opens a Window on the Minds of Plants
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(March 3, 2005) ...................................... (Christian Science
Monitor)
Hardly articulate, the tiny strangleweed, a pale parasitic plant, can
sense the presence of friends, foes, and food, and make adroit decisions
on how to approach them. Mustard weed, a common plant with a six-week
  life cycle, can't find its way in the world if its root-tip statolith - a
starchy
"brain" that communicates with the rest of the plant - is cut off. The
ground-hugging mayapple plans its growth two years into the future,
based on computations of weather patterns. And many who visit the
redwoods of the Northwest come away awed by the trees' survival for
millenniums - a journey that, for some trees, precedes the Parthenon.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0303/p01s03-usgn.html
*** Dr. Tony Trewavas's website:
http://www.biology.ed.ac.uk/plant/pages/staff_pages/T_Trewavas_staffpage.htm

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Inventor of NDEs in Computer Neural Networks Disputes Contentions of
Celebrated Inventors
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(March 15, 2005) .....................................................
(PRNewswire)
For decades, Dr. Thaler has been a pioneer in the area of artificial
intelligence. Beginning with some very highly unorthodox theoretical
physics experiments in 1975, he embarked upon what many AI onlookers,
such as NASA, have called AI's best bet at creating human to trans-human
level intelligence in machines. In these initial, strictly curiosity-driven
investigations, he built, trained, and then destroyed artificial neural networks
and discovered that all of the key features of the core near-death experience
were duplicated within these destruction sequences. Most importantly, he
observed that within their last gasps, expiring neural networks produced
coherent and often useful new ideas. After very careful experimentation, he
discerned those levels of damage producing the highest turnover of such
novel concepts and then attached another neural network to automatically
mine for the best of these emerging ideas. In so doing, he produced an
invention called the "Device for the Autonomous Generation of Useful
Information," or what the attentive public came to know as the "Creativity
Machine Paradigm." http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050315/latu023_1.html
*** Dr. Stephen Thaler's website:
      http://www.imagination-engines.com/nde/ndetext.htm

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Schiavo Dies, Ending Bitter Case Over Feeding Tube
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(March 31, 2005) ................................................... (Herald
Tribune)
"Mr. Schiavo's overriding concern here was to provide for Terri a
peaceful death with dignity," Mr. Felos said in an afternoon news
conference. "This death was not for the siblings, and not for the spouse
and not for the parents. This was for Terri." ... It drew religious
conservatives and abortion opponents who took up the Schindlers' cause,
saying no life should end prematurely.  And just as the case of Karen Ann
Quinlan prompted a debate nearly 30 years ago over the "right to die," the
Schiavo case seemed to focus as much on the "right to live." ... The Vatican
  issued a statement calling Ms. Schiavo's death a "violation of the sacred
nature of life" that had "shocked consciences."
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050401/ZNYT02/50401074\
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*** Related news articles:
      Dehydration is Part of a Natural Death in Humans:
      http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_2637805
      Terri's Wishes Come First:
      http://www.beliefnet.com/story/163/story_16326_1.html
      Coma and Persistent Vegetative State:
      http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/921394859.html
      Right-to-Die Case Highlights Brain Mysteries:
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2005/apr/05/yehey/enter/20050405ent1.html

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Politics, Hypocrisy Distort Schiavo Case
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(March 31, 2005) ................................................ (The Stanford
Daily)
The ethical dilemma: The debate over euthanasia is significant, but it
is not new. To frame this debate, there are several distinctions that one
ought to make. The first is between active and passive euthanasia. Active
euthanasia involves withdrawing treatment from a patient causing that
patient to die, while passive euthanasia involves withholding potentially
lifesaving treatment from the outset. In essence, it's the difference between
killing someone and allowing someone to die. Regardless, if the patient is
better off dead, then the patient is better off dead. How he or she gets to
that point seems peripheral. The second distinction - between voluntary and
non-voluntary euthanasia - is more important. Voluntary euthanasia occurs
at the informed request of a competent patient, while non-voluntary
euthanasia involves a patient who is not competent to give consent.
http://daily.stanford.edu/tempo?page=content&id=16561&repository=0001_article
*** Related news articles:
      Bush Signed Right-to-Die Law in Texas:
http://springfield.news-leader.com/news/morenationworld/20050322-Bushsignedright\
.html
      Bush's 'Blind' Justice in Texas Executions:
      http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0702-04.htm
      Tom DeLay Let Brain-Damaged Father Die:
      http://www2.cbs5.com/topstories/topstories_story_086205147.html
      Bill Frist Has Pulled the Plug Regularly as a Heart Surgeon:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_report/story/292714p-250596c.html
      Bill Frist Views Video, Disputes Schiavo Diagnosis:
      http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6448213/did/7235267/
      Jeb Bush Questioned Schiavo Diagnosis Based Upon "Quack" Evidence:
      http://mediamatters.org/items/200503300004
      Jeb Bush Calls for State Custody of Schiavo:
      http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/22703.htm
      Schiavo Case Draws Support from Anti-Abortion Movement:
      http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1494271
      Schiavo Judge Greer Asked to Leave Church:
      http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/9774
      Pope Declares Feeding Tube Removal Immoral:
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1079804685953_2?s_name=&no_a\
ds=
      Pope's Use of Feeding Tube Prompts Ethical Questions:
      http://www.insidebayarea.com/argus/news/ci_2631928
      Jerry Falwell Put on Ventilator in Hospital:
      http://www.freep.com/news/nw/falwell30e_20050330.htm
      Jesse Jackson Jumps Into Florida Right-To-Die Case:
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050329/ts_nm/rights_schiavo_dc
      Parents of Schiavo Allow Direct-Mailing Firm to Sell List of Supporters:
      http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/03/29/news/list.html
      The Terry Schiavo Flying Circus:
      http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00015.htm

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Is Removing Nutrition The Best Way To End a Life?
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(March 13, 2005) ................................................. (Telegraph
News)
Sheila Mclean argues if we are to permit doctors to assist death, then
we owe it to the patient, family and healthcare professionals to decide
what is the most dignified and ethical way to help the patient die ... There
are, therefore, two issues raised by cases of this sort. The first is whether
or not it is ever right to allow someone to die. The second relates to the
method of bringing about the death – would it be more ethical to end the
patient's life by way, for example, of a lethal injection rather than removing
the essentials of life and causing a slow, arguably undignified, death? The
realities of modern life require a principled response to these difficult
questions.  http://www.sundayherald.com/48839
*** Related news articles:
      Must We All Die With a Feeding Tube?:
       http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4669899/
      Support Right-to-Die Legislation:
http://www.endoflifechoices.org/act/leg_change/index.jsp

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Last Message of Pope John Paul II
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(April 4, 2005)
................................................................... (OpEdNews)
The Pope had refused to go back to the hospital, when his health
began to seriously deteriorate, and perhaps prolong his life with the
latest artificial life support system ~ all of which were available to him ~
but, instead, he chose to welcome his death and, in the process, teach
us his greatest lesson ... Elizabeth Kubler Ross is correct when she
writes, " Death may be viewed as the curtain between the existence
we are conscious of and one that is hidden from us until we raise the
curtain." We can raise the curtain now if we stop being controlled by fear
and begin to trust and express our deepest feelings ~ especially love and
our deepest urge to unite and cooperate with one another. And yes, that
was, in essence, the last message of Pope John Paul II.
http://www.opednews.com/roland_040405_pope.htm

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John Paul II's Death a Blessing Not Thwarted by Medical Science
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(April 5, 2005) .............................................................
(Herald Tribute)
All who care about the pope, who chose not to be returned to a
hospital, have reason to be thankful that he simply died. At the hospital,
who knows? Could doctors have used some desperate measure to stabilize
him in some near-death state, and kept him there for hours or days or
weeks, maybe even years, with or without his awareness? Imagine how
much worse, how pointlessly unaccepting of death, that could have been.
Imagine if he had fallen into a condition like the one Terri Schiavo suffered,
with the pope's body stabilized but his higher brain function gone. Some
brave cardinal could have eased a lot of people's confusion by better
studying the medical evidence in Terri Schiavo's case. Such a cardinal
could have said, months ago, that there was no hope in her case,
either. No hope,  I mean, that conscious human life would return to her body,
because her cerebral cortex, which had been destroyed and largely
replaced by spinal fluid, could not regrow.
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050405/COLUMNIST36/504\
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Equating Body With Spirit Confuses Issue
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(March 17, 2005) ..................................................... (Palm
Beach Post)
The pope has for years insisted that the most elemental biological
definition of the body's existence is, in fact, life. He argues to preserve
a zygote as a human being at the beginning of the human process and the
body, devoid of spirit, at its end. He has chosen to combat contraception,
abortion and euthanasia in such a way as to make life, as he understands
it, the ultimate good. No situation, no medical condition can justify modifying
his absolute interpretation. That is simplistic thinking in the face of terribly
complex issues ... Still, a clutch of politicians has recently joined the pope
in insisting that even the questionable biological functioning of a body is life
and that nothing should threaten it ... The life of a human being is precious,
unique, to be preserved and honored. The artificially continued existence
of a body without that life is medical manipulation.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/content/accent/epaper/2005/04/01/a3e_gushee\
_0401.html
*** Related news articles:
      Vatican: Tube Withdrawal an Execution:
      http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4884621,00.html
      When Does an Embryo Become a Person?:
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3861/is_200201/ai_n9064043
      Stem-Cell Research is Pro-Life:
      http://news.bostonherald.com/opinion/view.bg?articleid=76444

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QUESTION:  "I had all the beautiful usual 'symptoms' and the continuing
absolute awareness of 'truth,' but I also had one I've never seen retold.
When I was back in my body after the emergency Caesarean, in which I
stopped breathing for 45 minutes and was stone cold gone, when I came
back, for weeks my body felt like someone had draped a heavy skeleton
over me. I was hunched over with the weight of it and had to learn to
move with it again. I shuffled rather than walked, turned like a robot
rather than a human. Every joint was sooooooooo hard to manipulate and it
seemed like such a complicated process. To get a wrist to move in order to
work fingers was such a conscious effort and they creaked and grated,
bone against bone, very unpleasant but not painful. It was like my mind was
processing the movement of bone, sinew, tissue, muscle, joints - literally as
if someone had draped a body over me and I had to figure out how to work
it, like a puppeteer being inside a mannequin. It felt very cumbersome and
very unevolved. My initial delight years after when I discovered other people
had experienced the tunnel and the light of pure love, has always niggled
that no one else seems to report this dysfunction of the body and soul on
rejoining. It's funny, even though I had had a Caesarean, it didn't seem to be
that area that grated. Moving a finger was a slightly comical process. My
story is, of course, much bigger, but I wonder if you've ever heard of this
strange misfit approach on reintegration?" -- Jenny

ANSWER by PMH ATWATER:  "I had to laugh at your description of
reintegration.  Please don't misunderstand me. I mean no disrespect, but I
dealt with something similar myself after two of my three near-death
experiences. Yes, I have heard of this before with others, many times in
fact, but not told in quite the same manner that you did - of a skeleton draped
over you, the weight, the discomfort. You are the first to use such an
analogy. Let me say, though, that it is not unusual for an experiencer to feel
"out of sorts" or somehow alienated from his or her physical body upon
re-entry and afterwards ..."
[Read more at http://www.near-death.com/atwater/index.html ]

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by Yvonne Perry .....................................................
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In her new book, "More Than Meets the Eye," Yvonne Perry address topics
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Mortal Minds: The Biology of Near Death Experiences
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by Dr. G.M. M. Woerlee ...........................................
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The author is an NDE skeptic and an anesthesiologist with more than
twenty years of hospital experience, Dr. Woerlee has been struck over the
years by the similarities between the body's symptoms under anesthesia
and its reactions near death. Among the issues he addresses are the
sensations of being disembodied that those near death often describe, the
perception that mind and body are separate components of existence,
whether there is such a thing as a soul, the physical effects of decreased
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rapturous experiences of eternal peace to diabolical dreams.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1591022835/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20
*** Dr. G.M.M. Woerlee's website:
      http://www.mortalminds.org/
*** Dr. Woerlee's friendly debate with Kevin Williams:
      http://www.near-death.com/experiences/articles009.html
*** Titus Rivas' book review of "Mortal Minds":
      http://members.lycos.nl/Kritisch/mortalrev.html

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Eyes of an Angel: Soul Travel, Spirit Guides, Soul Mates, and the
Reality of Love
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by Paul Elder ................................................... (Availability:
April 2005)
Open a psychic doorway to the spirit world ... That's exactly what
happened to Paul Elder following a NDE at the age of 41 - a psychic
doorway opened and his ordinary life has never been the same. Except
that Paul Elder's life has never been ordinary. A former television news
reporter and mayor of a Canadian city, Elder gained international recognition.
Now, as a result of his spiritual experiences and publication of this book, he
will be known as a brave pioneer and outspoken advocate for the personal
and scientific study of the spirit world around us. Passing repeatedly through
that psychic doorway, Elder returned with a series of stunning revelations
as to our true nature and purpose in the universe. A compelling, inspiring,
and important book, Eyes of an Angel integrates near-death and out-of-body
experiences in a way that has never been done before.  A story of hope and
courage that can instantly change millions of lives, it will give readers of
books like "Conversations with God" inspiration to create their own
dialogue with their own spirit guides and Gods. Quite unlike any other
book on the market, Eyes of an Angel offers a gripping, first-hand account
of a remarkable spiritual adventure. Its story will keep you spellbound, while
its messages resonate deep within your soul. Neale Donald Walsch says the
following about the book: "If you want to open your own conversation with
God, this is a book you should read."
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1571744290/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20
*** Read Chapter One excerpt about his NDE:
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Allison's deceased great-grandfather came to her with a message for her
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Allison shared his comforting words with her mother and thus began a
lifetime of creating connections between loved ones and those they have
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this book will help you see that there is a living energy beyond death.
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*** Allison DuBois' website:  http://www.allisondubois.com/
*** NBC Television program "Medium" website:  http://www.nbc.com/Medium/

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by Carey R. Carlson ...............................................
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Over the last century scientists have made tremendous strides in
understanding the physical nature of the universe and the biochemical
nature of life. Yet the most salient feature of individual lives - our
day-to-day
consciousness and experience of the world, or "sentience" - remains
stubbornly immune to scientific explanation. This divide is called the
"mind-body problem," and it is centuries old. In this book, author Carey
Carlson performs two valuable tasks. First, he lays out the mind-body
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"I'm Still Here"
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by Martha Pierce Copeland .................................... (Availability:
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The American Association of Electronic Voice Phenomena (AA-EVP
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in actual contact beyond life's veil. Despite the apparent finality of death
from
an automobile accident, Cathy has managed to transmit messages to her
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communication with our deceased loved ones is possible. EVP is just
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the world since the advent of modern electronic devices.
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Proof of God: A Near-Death Experience and Spiritual Life
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After a NDE in the 1980's, Elizabeth began to have a lifetime of
extraordinary experiences including out-of-body

*** THIS IS A SPECIAL ISSUE DEALING WITH RIGHT TO DIE ISSUES ***

"I lay down my life. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my
own accord." - Jesus Christ declaring his right to die (John 10:17-18)

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(1)    The Case for Terri Schiavo
(2)    End of Life Issues in the News
(3)    Books on End of Life Issues
(4)    IANDS in the Spotlight
(5)    Odds and Ends

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(1)    The Case for Terri Schiavo
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Terri has been in a vegetative state for 15 years and doctors have determined
that there's "no hope of recovery" for her. She is "awake" but "unconscious"
and she cannot feel pain. Most of Schiavo's cerebral cortex has been
completely destroyed, replaced by spinal fluid. A court-appointed neurologist
assessed that Terri has no electrical activity in her cerebral cortex on an
EEG, and a CT scan showed massive atrophy in that region. It was determined
that her occasional apparent responses are, in reality, random reflex behavior
common to such patients, and that therapy would be fruitless. But her
parents believe that Terri responds to them. Experts say it is just "wishful
thinking." Accordingly, all therapy for her halted in late 1992.

Terri is living somewhere between life and death in a limbo-like "Twilight Zone"
of consciousness condition (probably in a perpetual out-of-body state).
There have been 19 judges in 6 different courts through 7 years of
litigation which have ruled to honor Terri's right to die. There have been
3 relatives of Terri's testify in court that Terri told them she would not want
to be put on life support as her grandmother was against her wishes. The
court has found "clear and convincing evidence" that Terri's wishes is to
be allowed to die.

The enemies of a person's right to live and die on their terms use words
such as "Nazi Germany," "torture," "execution," "legalized murder," and
"barbaric." But experts say that ending Terri's artificial feeding will lead
to a gentle and peaceful death. The decision to end life support is a
common one. Terri's case is not somehow unique. Allowing hopelessly
brain-damaged patients to die from dehydration is commonplace in this
country, doctors say. Most terminal care decisions are not made by
courts or legislators, but quietly by families.

Now the ultimate intrusion has occurred. Congress has intervened in an
attempt to nullify Terri's end-of-life wishes. Terri is being exploited for
political and religious purposes. But the battle is over a person's right to die
on their own terms and the sanctity of the marriage bond between two people.
And unimaginable smear tactics are being used against Terri's husband
by uninformed people who want to restrict the freedoms inherent in the
human processes of birth, sex, and death. Yet, Terri's husband is vowing
to carry out his wife's wishes. The "sanctity of marriage" decisions is now
at stake. The respect of decisions made between husbands and wives
are on the line.

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(2)    End of Life Issues in the News
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Husband Wins Long Battle To Let Wife Die
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(March 20, 2005) --------- MIAMI, FLORIDA  --------------- (Sunday Times)
A feeding tube has been removed from a brain-damaged Florida woman
at the centre of a right-to-die battle fought for years in the courts, her
husband's lawyer said. A last-ditch bid by US Congress to keep the woman
alive was "nothing short of thuggery", lawyer George Felos said. The
court-ordered removal of the tube follows a protracted legal dispute
between Terri Schiavo's husband and legal guardian Michael Schiavo,
and her parents Robert and Mary Schindler. The tube has kept Mrs
Schiavo alive since a heart attack starved her brain of oxygen in 1990,
leaving her in what the courts declared was a permanent vegetative state.
Mrs Schiavo was 26 when she became ill, without a will or written directive
about what end-of-life care she might want. Her husband said she would
not want to be kept alive. Her parents argued that she responded to them
and could be helped with therapy. Court-appointed doctors said Mrs Schiavo,
now 41, was in a persistent vegetative state and would not recover.
http://www.sundaytimes.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,7034,12596639%255E950,00.\
html
*** Related articles:
	 Doctors Remove Feeding Tube To Allow Brain-Damaged Woman To Die
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/03/19/wschia19.xml&sSh\
eet=/news/2005/03/19/ixworld.html
	 Legal Battle Still Rages over Brain Dead Woman
	 http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4282667
	 Congress Fails To Stop Removal of Comatose Woman's Feeding Tube
	 http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=621560
	 ABC News Schiavo Case Slideshow
	 http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Schiavo/popup?id=530886
	 ABC News Streaming Video of Feeding Tube Removed (requires Real Player)
	 http://abcnews.go.com/US/Video/videoSmil?id=594427
	 Download Real Player (free): http://www.real.com/player/?src=realplayer

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Timeline: Terri Schiavo case
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Feb. 1990:  Terri Schiavo suffers a heart attack from possible potassium
imbalance causing brain damage and persistent vegetative state.

July  1993:  Terri's husband and parents dispute over Terri's care.
Parents try to have husband removed as Terri's guardian. The case
is later dismissed.

Feb. 2000:  Court approves husband's request to remove Terri's
feeding tube.

April 2001:  Higher courts refuse to intervene and Terri Schiavo's tube
is removed. But another judge orders the tube reinserted two days later.

Feb. 2002:  Mediation attempts between husband and parents fail.
Husband again seeks permission to remove feeding tube.

Nov. 2002:  Court finds no evidence that Terri has any hope of
recovery and again orders tube removed.

Oct. 2003:  Tube removed for second time. Florida Governor Jeb Bush
signs hastily passed bill allowing him to intervene, then orders tube
reinserted.

Dec. 2003:  Independent guardian finds "no reasonable medical hope"
that Terri will improve.

Sept. 2004:  Florida Supreme Court strikes down Jeb Bush's "Terri's Law"
as unconstitutional.

Feb.  2005:  After declining to give the parents more time to pursue
other legal and medical options, the court gives permission for tube removal.

Mar.  2005:   U.S. House passes a bill aimed at keeping Terri alive.
Florida House passes a bill intended to keep Terri alive.
U.S. Senate passes a bill different from U.S. House version.
But feeding tube is removed. Court rules in favor of husband.

*** More detailed timelines:
	 Timeline from Death with Dignity Organization:
	 http://www.deathwithdignity.org/press/schiavo.asp
	 Key Events In The Case of Theresa Marie Schiavo:
	 http://www.miami.edu/ethics2/schiavo/timeline.htm
	 Schiavo Case Timeline:
	 http://www.local10.com/news/4295429/detail.html
	 Timeline of the Case:
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050318/NEWS01/503180359\
/1006
	 Legal Timeline:
	 http://news.tbo.com/news/MGBFGD8HK5E.html

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Experts Say Ending Feeding Can Lead to a Gentle Death
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(March 20, 2005) --------- NEW YORK, NY  ----------- (New York Times)
To many people, death by removing a feeding tube brings to mind the
agony of starvation. But medical experts say that the process of dying
that begins when food and fluids cease is relatively straightforward, and
can cause little discomfort ...  In fact, declining food and water is a
common way that terminally ill patients end their lives, because it is
less painful than violent suicide and requires no help from doctors.
Terri Schiavo, who is in a persistent vegetative state, is "probably not
experiencing anything at all subjectively," said Dr. Emanuel, and so the
question of discomfort, from a scientific point of view, is not in dispute.
Patients who are terminally ill and conscious and refuse food and
drink at the end of life say that they do not generally experience pangs
of hunger, since their bodies do not need much food. But they can suffer
from dry mouth and other symptoms of dehydration that can be treated
effectively. Once food and water stop, death usually comes in about two
weeks, and is caused by effects of dehydration, not the loss of nutrition,
said Dr. Sean Morrison, a professor of geriatrics and palliative care at
Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. "They generally slip into a
peaceful coma," he said. "It's very quiet, it's very dignified - it's very
gentle."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/20/national/20death.html?oref=login
*** Related articles:
	 Experts: Schiavo Would Die Peacefully:
	 http://www.indystar.com/articles/0/230819-4310-010.html
	 Schiavo Would Die a Good Death:
http://www.canada.com/calgary/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=82147b17-f762-47a\
d-8446-e9ddb96d0c32
	 Peaceful Death Predicted:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002212826_schiavoside19.html
	 Nurses of Hospice Patients Who Refuse Food and Fluids Report Peaceful Deaths:
	 http://www.swedish.org/17601.cfm
	 Patients Who Refuse To Eat Die Peacefully:
	 http://www.nursing2003.com/pt/re/nursing/fulltext.00152193-200310000-00039.htm
	 Comfort Measures For The Terminally ill. Is Dehydration Painful?:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Abstra\
ct&list_uids=4056276
	 What Happens To Patients Without Feeding Tubes:
	 http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/03/18/dehydration.death.ap/
	 Path to a Peaceful Death:
	 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64718-2004May28.html

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Decision To End Life Support a Common One
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(March 18, 2005) --------- SCRANTON, PA  ---------- (Associated Press)
Hospitals and nursing homes don't track how many Americans die each
year after being "unplugged" from some form of life support, but the
number is likely to be at least in the tens of thousands, doctors said
Friday ... Every day at hospitals and nursing homes, relatives of patients
who have been rendered unresponsive by a stroke or Alzheimer's disease
instruct doctors to detach their loved one from a ventilator or remove a
feeding tube ... "It's so common, many hospitals don't require these kinds
of decisions to be brought before an ethics panel anymore," said Laurie
Zoloth, a professor of medical ethics Northwestern University. American
Medical Association guidelines bar doctors from performing euthanasia
or participating in assisted suicide, but also require physicians to respect
a patient's wishes to forgo care, even if it is life sustaining.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apscience_story.asp?category=1500&slug=Wi\
thdrawing%20Life%20Support
*** Related articles:
	 Families, Doctors Regularly Deal With Tough Choice:
	 http://www.observer-reporter.com/291565844590636.bsp
	 Death From Dehydration Common, Placid, Doctors Say:
	 http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/11183111.htm
	 Most Terminal Care Decisions Are Not Made by Courts or Legislators,
              but by Families:
	 http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Schiavo/story?id=590373&page=1
	 Doctors Overwhelmingly Support Ethics of Removing Feeding Tube:
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/businesswire/2005/03/20/businesswire20050320005032r1\
.html

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The Right To Die On One's Own Terms Is The Whole Point
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(February 25, 2005) ------- TOLEDO, OHIO  ------------ (The Toledo Blade)
Legal challenges to both the will of state voters in the Oregon case
and the will of Michael Schiavo to fulfill his wife's end-of-life preferences
in Florida illustrate remarkable abuses of authority. And the courts have
said as much. Prolonging both cases with increasingly tedious litigation
is really more about advancing political and philosophical agendas than
about honoring the clear wishes of the electorate or those of a husband
on behalf of his severely brain-damaged spouse.
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050225/COLUMNIST13/502250364\
/-1/NEWS11
*** Related articles:
	 Whose Life Is It Anyway?:
	 http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/jan262005/f5.asp
	 Who Controls Your Life Or Death Choice?:
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2003/11/06/who_\
controls_your_life_or_death_choice/
	 Should The State Make Life-or-Death Medical Decisions?:
	 http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0831/p02s02-usju.html
	 Do We Have The Right To Die?:
	 http://www.near-death.com/experiences/suicide11.html
	 It's My Life, It's My Decision:
	 http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/specialnews/death/
	 It Is My Right To Die As I Choose:
	 http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Jan/16/op/op10p.html
	 Right To Die Is a Necessary Freedom:
	 http://www.timesheraldonline.com/Stories/0,1413,296~31504~2759600,00.html
	 Who Has The Right To Die?:
	 http://www.ocolly.com/new_ocollycom/show_story.php?a_id=25579
	 Poll Shows Strong Support For Doctor-Assisted Suicide:
	 http://www.zogby.com/Soundbites/ReadClips.dbm?ID=10649

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Schiavo's Wishes Recalled In Records
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(November 8, 2003) ----- ST. PETERSBURG, FL  ---- (St. Petersburg Times)
It was a somber family gathering in the days after Michael Schiavo's
grandmother died in 1988. Doctors had tried to revive the woman despite
her written directive that she not be resuscitated. As family talked at a
luncheon after her death, someone recalled Terri Schiavo speaking her
mind. "Terri made mention at that conversation that, "If I ever go like
that, just let me go. Don't leave me there. I don't want to be kept alive
on a machine,"' Scott Schiavo, Michael Schiavo's brother, told lawyers
years afterward. As lawyers and the public debate Mrs. Schiavo's life,
a look back at hundreds of pages of court transcripts reveals testimony
largely forgotten in the national debate about her right to die. That
testimony helped a judge decide in 2000 that Mrs. Schiavo, left severely
brain damaged after collapsing in 1990, would not want to be kept alive
by artificial means.
http://www.sptimes.com/2003/11/08/Tampabay/Schiavo_s_wishes_reca.shtml
*** Related articles:
	 Man Insists On Wife's Right To Die:
http://www.ac-ranger.com/news/2005/03/11/Issues/Man-Insists.On.Wifes.Right.To.Di\
e-892891.shtml
	 Michael Schiavo Vows To Carry Out Wife's Wishes:
	 http://28news.com/stories/2003/10/031023schiavo2.shtml
	 "Clear And Convincing Evidence" of Schiavo's Wishes Challenged:
http://www.insightmag.com/news/2005/03/07/National/clear.And.Convincing.Evidence\
.Of.Schiavos.Wishes.Challenged-887473.shtml
	 Keeping Woman Alive Disregards Her Personal Rights:
http://www.thebatt.com/news/2003/10/14/Opinion/Keeping.Woman.Alive.Disregards.He\
r.Personal.Rights-527592.shtml
	 Family Fights Over Woman's Right to Die:
http://www.thehilltoponline.com/news/2003/10/31/NationWorld/Family.Fights.Over.W\
omans.Right.To.Die-545195.shtml
	 Our Lawmakers May Not Be Acting In Terri's Interest:
	 http://www.tampatrib.com/News/MGBJKTMT56E.html

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The Time Has Come To Let Terri Schiavo Die
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(March 18, 2005) ---------NEW YORK, MY --------- (MSNBC News)
The sanctity of marriage: Remember the recent debate about gay
marriage and the sanctity of the bond between husband and wife?
Nearly all of those now trying to push their views forward about what
should be done with Terri Schiavo told us that marriage is a sacred
trust between a man and a woman. Well, if that is what marriage
means then it is very clear who should be making the medical decisions
for Terri — her husband. But, isn't it true that tough questions
have been raised about whether he has her best interests at heart?
They have. But, these charges against Michael Schiavo have been
heard in court again and again and again. And no court has found
them persuasive. Has there really been careful review of this case?
Is Terri really unable to think or feel or sense? Will she never recover?
The flurry of activity in Washington and Tallahassee might make you
think there has not. But that is not so. There have been at least
11 applications to the Florida Court of Appeal in this case resulting
in four published decisions; four applications to the Florida Supreme
Court with one published decision (Bush v. Schiavo); three lawsuits in
federal district court; three applications to the U.S. Supreme Court and
nearly untold motions in the trial court. This has got to be the most
extensively litigated "right-to-die" case in U.S. history. No one
looking at what has gone on in the courts in this case could possibly
deny that all parties have had ample opportunity for objective and
independent review by earnest and prudent judges of the facts and trial
court orders.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7231440/
*** Related articles:
	 Life-And-Death Choice Is Tough, But It's Spouse's:
	 http://www.keepmedia.com/ShowItemDetails.do?itemID=590840&extID=10029
	 Terri Schiavo And The Sanctity Of Marriage:
	 http://www.mollygolightly.com/
	 Husband Criticises Congressmen For Denying His Wife The Right To Die:
	 http://www.sundayherald.com/48478
	 Husband Must Defend His Guardianship of Terri Schiavo:
	 http://www.cnsnews.com/Culture/Archive/200311/CUL20031105f.html

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Life Support Can Cease If Patient's Wish Is Clear
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(March 19, 2005) ------ SAN JOSE, CA  ----------- (San Jose Mercury News)
Legal experts say no more than 20 percent of Californians put their
wishes about life-sustaining medical treatment in writing. However, the
Health Care Decisions Law, which went into effect about five years ago,
established directions for how people can record their intentions. The
law provides that a person, while still competent, can direct life support
to be withdrawn under "conditions specified by the person and not limited
to terminal illness, permanent coma or persistent vegetative state.'' Among
other things, a person can designate a legal surrogate to make medical
decisions if he or she is rendered incompetent. So-called ``advance directives''
can be obtained easily from lawyers, doctors, the California Medical
Association and retail outlets that carry legal documents.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/the_vall\
ey/11179117.htm
*** Related articles:
	 Schiavo Case Spotlights Living Wills:
	 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,150870,00.html
	 Living Will Laws, Alone, Can't Prevent End-of-Life Disputes:
	 http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20031030/5635436s.htm
	 Schiavo Case Forcing Public To Face End-of-Life Issue:
	 http://www.sbsun.com/Stories/0,1413,208~12588~2773143,00.html

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Vegetative State Is Like Awake Coma
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(March 19, 2005) -------- LOS ANGELES, CA --------- (Los Angeles Times)
A persistent vegetative state is something different, "sort of like being
in an awake coma," said Dr. David A. Goldstein of the Keck School of
Medicine at the University of Southern California. The patients' eyes are
open, they have sleep-wake cycles, and it often appears that they are
interacting with visitors, which makes it very hard on families. The brain
of such patients is functioning only at a very rudimentary level, said Dr.
Kenneth V. Iserson of the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center
in Tucson. They cannot feel pain, express themselves or receive communication.
They may even have grimaces or smiles or other facial movements that
look like they are reflecting emotions, but "there really isn't a significant
relationship with the outside world," Goldstein said. And the longer the
state persists, "the less likely they are to come out of it," Keane added.
Schiavo has been in this condition for 15 years, "and it is very, very unlikely
she would wake up," he added. Now that Schiavo's feeding tube has been
removed, changes in her condition will be slow to occur and barely perceptible
at first. In the first couple of days, she may -- or may not -- feel some pangs
of hunger or thirst. "Most patients don't seem to give any outward evidence
that they are in pain," Goldstein said. After a couple of days, her kidneys
will begin to fail, releasing toxins into her blood stream that will anesthetize
her body. Soon after, she will lapse into a coma. Eventually, she will stop
breathing. The whole process could take from one to two weeks total. "This
is not a cruel procedure," Goldstein said. "It is unlikely that [she] will feel
pain in any way that we as sapient people will identify. Many family members
think it is a very comforting procedure, ... because this is not the way we
think
we want to live."
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05078/474107.stm
*** Related articles:
	 Terri Died Long Ago:
	 http://www.mensnewsdaily.com/archive/r/reyes/2005/reyes032105.htm
	 Doctors: There's "No Hope Of Recovery":
http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-hsveg194182499mar19,0,103377.story?coll=ny\
-health-headlines
	 Parents' Belief Schiavo Can Respond Is "Wishful Thinking," Expert Says:
	 http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0321Schiavo-Brain-ON.html

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Living in Limbo: Terri Schiavo Today
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(March 20, 2005) --------- LOS ANGELES, CA -------- (LegalZoom.com)
In May 1998, eight years after his wife lost consciousness, Michael
petitioned Florida's guardianship court. Why? To terminate life-prolonging
procedures. He asked the court to let her die. Terri's brain had deteriorated.
Any hopes for recovery, short of a true miracle, were gone. Michael
believed Terri would choose to die if she could decide for herself. She
wouldn't want to be kept alive artificially. The trial court determined Terri
was in a persistent vegetative state and that Michael was right. Terri's
parents disagreed and challenged the decision, kicking off court proceedings
that continue to this day. On October 15, 2001, after the Florida Supreme
Court denied the last in a string of appeals, Terri's nutrition and hydration
tube were to be removed.
http://www.legalzoom.com/articles/article_content/article9921.html
*** Related article:
	 The Twilight Zone Of Consciousness:
	 http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,524498,00.html
	 Between Life And Life:
	 http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7244230/site/newsweek/
	 The Vegetative State: A Fate Worse Than Death:
	 http://www.near-death.com/experiences/suicide10.html
	 Persistent Vegetative State Raises Ethical Questions:
	 http://voice.paly.net/print_story.php?id=1151
	 A Vegetative State Poses Religious, Ethical Quandaries:
	 http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20031027/5622720s.htm

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Brain-Damaged Florida Woman Invited To Testify Before Congress
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(March 18, 2005) ------- WASHINGTON, DC  ------- (Associated Press)
Senate Republicans, embroiled in the life-or-death legal battle over
the severely brain-damaged Terri Schiavo, invited the Florida woman
to testify to Congress in a procedural move intended to keep her on
life support. The Senate Health Committee has requested that Terri
and her husband Michael appear at an official committee hearing on
March 28. A statement from the office of House Majority Leader Bill
Frist, R-Tenn., on Friday said the purpose of the hearing was to review
health care policies and practices relevant to the care of non-ambulatory
people. Frist's statement noted that it is a federal crime to harm or
obstruct a person called to testify before Congress, thus stopping any
action that could threaten the health of the woman.
http://wusatv9.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=38081
*** Related articles:
	 Senators Ask Feeding Tube Be Reinserted:
	 http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=595113
	 Keeping Politicians Out of Your Final Days:
	 http://www.sptimes.com/2003/11/01/Columns/Keeping_politicians_o.shtml
	 The Ultimate Intrusion:
	 http://www.sptimes.com/2005/03/17/Opinion/The_ultimate_intrusion.shtml
	 Politicians Rush To Write Laws To Run Your Life:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-locmiket18031805mar18,0,1691\
69.column?coll=orl-home-headlines
	 Congress To Intervene In Schiavo's Case:
	 http://news.tbo.com/news/MGB2MELDG6E.html
	 Politics At The Forefront In Brain-Damaged Woman Case:
	 http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/11161877.htm
	 Bush Signs Bill to Prolong Life of Brain-Damaged Woman:
	 http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-03-21-voa12.cfm

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Bill Could Nullify End-of-Life Wishes
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(March 16, 2005) ---- TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA ---- (Tallahassee Democrat)
The law would mean that if patients do not have a living will (about
85 percent of us), family members would find it almost impossible to
follow their loved ones' wishes that they avoid invasive tube feeding ... It
is worth noting that most people, when asked whether they would want
to be kept alive by a feeding tube if they became permanently unconscious
like Terri Schiavo, answer "no" ... It would simply extend the suffering
experienced by her family to countless others by tying the hands of
those trying to respect their loved ones' wishes.
http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/democrat/news/opinion/11143294.htm
*** Related articles:
	 Can Bush Legally Force Terry To Be Fed?:
	 http://civilliberty.about.com/b/a/037375.htm
	 Florida Bill Would Dictate Health Care Decisions:
	 http://www.endoflifechoices.org/learn/who/news.jsp?reqID=100827
	 Majority of Doctors Support Ethics of Physician Assisted Suicide:
	 http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050303/35492_1.html
	 Time To Let Terri Go:
	 http://www.sptimes.com/2004/11/07/Opinion/Time_to_let_Terri_go.shtml
	 Rushing To "Save" Terri Schiavo May Not Be Helping Her At All:
	 http://www.tampatrib.com/News/MGBJ1RK6E6E.html
	 A Compassionate Government Would Embrace Death With Dignity:
	 http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2002193767_floyd02.html
	 Suicide Law Has Legal Foundation:
	 http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~417~2730887,00.html
	 Terminally ill Have Right To Die On Own Terms:
	 http://www.tomharpur.com/articles/StarRecent2004/DEC1204.asp
	 Exploiting Terri:
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050203/OPINION02/5020303\
70/-1/OPINION

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For the sake of being fair and balanced, here are some anti-right-to-die
articles:
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Starving Terri Schiavo To Death Would Be An Abomination
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(March 10, 2005) ------ WASHINGTON, DC ----- (MichNews.com)
Surely Terri Schiavo's God-given and inalienable right to life should
trump Michael Schiavo's judicially created "right" to kill her, by
withholding food and water until she expires, based solely on highly
interested testimony that Terri had expressed an aversion to being
kept alive artificially and notwithstanding the credible testimony of a
friend of Terri with no financial interest in the case that Terri disapproved
of cruel Karen Ann Quinlan jokes and euthanasia. But, Judge Greer
won't admit it. So it's up to the Bush administrations in Washington,
D.C. and Tallahassee, Florida and the Florida Legislature to act.
http://www.michnews.com/artman/publish/article_7194.shtml
*** Related Articles:
	 Terry Schiavo - This isn't Nazi Germany:
	 http://talk.myoc.com/showthread.php?t=13940
	 The Torture and Execution of Terri Schiavo:
	 http://www.mensnewsdaily.com/archive/m-n/manion/2005/manion032005.htm
	 The Cruel And Unusual Mercy Killing of Terri Schiavo:
	 http://www.theconservativevoice.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3981
	 Vatican Calls for Keeping Schiavo Alive:
	 http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4881515,00.html
	 Legalized Murder Looms in Florida:
	 http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=17185
	 "Please Save My Little Girl":
	 http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/leasesave20.htm
	 Pro-Life Leaders Working Together to Save Terri Schiavo:
	 http://www.operationrescue.org/schiavo/
	 Christian Medical Expert Disputes Secular Views in Schiavo Case:
http://www.lifeway.com/lwc/article_main_page/0,1703,A%253D155295%2526M%253D50011\
,00.html
	 US Congress Leaders Invoke Emergency Powers To Save Brain-Damaged
             Woman:
	 http://www.gymuser.co.uk/news/2005/march/story-60266.htm
	 GOP Asks Brain-Damaged Woman to Testify:
	 http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/1111160771
	 Businessman Offers $1 Million to Keep Terri Schiavo Alive:
	 http://www.earnedmedia.org/ga0310.htm

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How To Prepare For The End Of Your Life
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(March 20, 2005) ----- SACRAMENTO, CA ---- (Near-Death Newsletter)
The following is a list of resources to help you prepare for your end of life.
*** Learn more about end-of-life issues:
	 Death With Dignity FAQs:
         http://www.togopeacefully.com/
	 Yahoo! News Full Coverage: Euthanasia:
         http://story.news.yahoo.com/fc?cid=34&tmpl=fc&in=US&cat=Assisted_Suicide
	 Google Directory on End-of-Life:
         http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Issues/End-of-Life/
	 Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide (all sides):
         http://www.religioustolerance.org/euthanas.htm
	 Stanford University's Voluntary Euthanasia Site:
         http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/euthanasia-voluntary/
	 About.com's Euthanasia Laws and Debate:
         http://dying.about.com/od/euthanasi1/
	 Hospice and Palliative Care Info:
         http://www.nhpco.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3254
	 The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity:
         http://www.cbhd.org/
*** Learn about estate and funeral planning:
	 Estate planning:
        
http://www.aarp.org/life/endoflife/Articles/a2003-12-04-endoflife-guide.html
	 Healthcare planning:
         http://www.abanet.org/aging/toolkit/home.html
	 Funeral planning:
         http://www.funeralplan.com/funeralplan/
	 Hospice planning:
        
http://www.aarp.org/life/endoflife/Articles/a2003-12-02-endoflife-hospice.html
	 Palliative care planning:
        
http://www.aarp.org/life/endoflife/Articles/a2003-12-02-endoflife-palliativecare\
.html
*** Prepare your end of life documents:
	 Last will and testament:
        
http://www.aarp.org/life/endoflife/Articles/a2003-12-04-endoflife-will.html
	 Financial power of attorney:
        
http://www.aarp.org/life/endoflife/Articles/a2003-12-02-endoflife-financialpower\
.html
	 Health care power of attorney:
        
http://www.aarp.org/life/endoflife/Articles/a2003-12-02-endoflife-finalwishes.ht\
ml
	 Living will:
         http://www.agingwithdignity.org/
	 Ethical will:
         http://www.cbhd.org/
	 Do-not-resuscitate order:
         http://www.uslegalforms.com/sample/US/US-PRM-12.htm
	 Organ donation:
         http://dying.about.com/od/organdonation/ss/htorgandonor.htm?nl=1
	 Medic Alert's documents service:
         http://www.medicalert.org/Main/AdvanceDirectives.aspx
*** Mega-resources for end-of-life:
	 Award-winning end-of-life portal:
         http://www.growthhouse.org/
	 AARP's end-of-life resources:
        
http://www.aarp.org/life/endoflife/Articles/a2003-12-04-endoflife-webresources.h\
tml
	 PBS.org's "On Our Own Terms":
         http://www.pbs.org/wnet/onourownterms/resources/eol_sites.html
	 Eldercare mega-links:
         http://elderresources.blogspot.com/
	 Healthcare mega-links:
         http://healthcareresources.blogspot.com/
	 Financial sources mega-links:
         http://financialsources.blogspot.com/
*** Dealing with a terminal situation:
	 A guide to first steps:
         http://www.pbs.org/wnet/onourownterms/articles/first.html
	 Help with self-deliverance:
         http://www.finalexitnetwork.org/criteria.htm
*** Join End-of-Life organizations:
	 End-Of-Life Choices:
         http://www.endoflifechoices.org/index.jsp
	 Compassion In Dying:
         http://www.compassionindying.org/index1.php
	 Death With Dignity:
         http://www.deathwithdignity.org/
	 Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization:
         http://www.finalexit.org/
	 Google Directory of Right-to-Die organizations:
http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Issues/End-of-Life/Euthanasia/Pro-Euthan\
asia/Organizations/
*** Get involved with End-of-Life legislation:
	 End-Of-Life Choices action page:
         http://capwiz.com/endoflifechoices/home/
	 Death With Dignity action page:
         http://deathwithdignity.org/getinvolved/
	 Partnership For Caring action page:
         http://www.partnershipforcaring.org/TakeAction/action_content.html
	 Compassion In Dying action page:
         http://www.compassionindying.org/giving.php
	 Final Exit Network action page:
         http://www.finalexitnetwork.org/

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Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted
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by Derek Humphry ............................................(Availability: Now)
This is the "Bible" of the right-to-die movement by a man who helped
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later began the modern right-to-die movement by starting the Hemlock
Society. "Final Exit" is the most famous textbook on dying with dignity.
It is the ultimate "how-to" textbook selling worldwide since 1991. It provides
guidance for the terminally or hopelessly ill competent adult who wishes
to avoid further unrelieved pain and distress.
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Medical ethicists Quill and Battin introduce 21 classic and new
arguments for the US legalization of physician-assisted dying. They
argue that pitting "Death with Dignity" laws against palliative care is a
false framing of the debate. Scholars, legal experts, and advocates
examine ethical issues, end-of-life options, the views of patients and
people with disabilities, and the Dutch and Oregon experiences.
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Nursing a parent, spouse, other relative, or friend through the painful
progress of a terminal disease is not a road best traveled alone. This
book offers warmth, encouragement, and the medical, legal, financial,
and emotional advice you need when caring for an ailing loved one.
Drawing on the experiences of dozens of ordinary people who have
cared for relatives and friends ill or dying from cancer, Alzheimer's
disease, heart disease, stroke, emphysema, diabetes, AIDS, and
other serious conditions -- along with the practical wisdom of distinguished
medical, legal, financial, and psychological experts -- this sound,
compassionate guide provides field-tested advice on every aspect of
caring for the sick including: doing battle with insurance companies,
managing symptoms such as nausea or pain, exploring experimental
and alternative therapies, and maintaining cash flow and coping with bills.
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Long Goodbye: The Deaths of Nancy Cruzan
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by William H. Colby .........................................(Availability: Now)
In 1987, as a young lawyer, Colby took as his first case what appeared
to be a simple probate issue - guardianship rights of the parents of a
young woman who was in a persistent vegetative state after being
severely injured in a car accident. Because the Cruzans wanted to
remove their daughter's feeding tube, the case generated a firestorm
of publicity and protests from right-to-lifers. Drawing on the taped
recollections of Cruzan's father and his own records, Colby chronicles
the stark human drama of a family forced to live its most intimate moments
in the courts and the media. He tracks the case from its beginning in
probate court in a small town in Missouri to the U.S. Supreme Court.
After three years of litigation and seven years spent in a vegetative
state, Cruzan was finally permitted to die. This is a truly riveting look at
the case that sharpened public debate about the medical and legal
issues surrounding brain death and the right to die with dignity.
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Dying Right: The Death With Dignity Movement
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by Daniel Hillyard & John Dombrink ...................(Availability: Now)
This book provides an overview of the Death With Dignity movement,
a history of how and why Oregon legalized physician-assisted suicide,
and an analysis of the future of physician-assisted suicide. Engaging
the question of how to balance a patient's sense about the right way
to die, a physician's role as a healer, and the state's interest in
preventing killing, Dying Right captures the ethical, legal, moral and
medical complexities involved in this ongoing debate.
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Last Wish
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by Betty Rollin .................................................(Availability:
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TV journalist Betty Rollin chronicles her mother's two-and-a-half year
illness with ovarian cancer, from the diagnosis to her decision to end
her unrelenting pain and nausea through suicide. The details of Rollin's
role in helping to carry out her mother's last wish by providing information,
support, and the means necessary to act upon the decision are widely
known through prepublication media coverage.
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Physician's Guide to End-of-Life Care
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by Lois Snyder & Timothy E. Quill, M.D.................(Availability: Now)
Identifies clinical, ethical, and public policy challenges in end-of-life
care and offers recommendations on how to better address these
problems. Part I focuses on building relationships among doctors, patients,
and families, cultural differences in attitudes towards palliative care,
and what to do when the patient cannot speak for himself. Part II presents
practical approaches to common problems, illustrated with clinical
cases in management of pain, depression, and delirium. Part III deals
with legal, financial, and quality issues. Snyder teaches bioethics at
the University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics; Quill teaches in the
Program for Biopsychosocial Studies at the University of Rochester
School of Medicine.
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The Good Death: The New American Search to Reshape the End of Life
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This book is a full-scale examination of one of today's most complex
issues: the profound change in the way Americans think about and
confront death. Drawing on more than six years of firsthand research
and reporting, noted journalist Marilyn Webb builds her account around
intimate portraits of the dying themselves. She explains why some
deaths become shockingly difficult - and needlessly painful - and how
the struggles over end-of-life decisions can pit patient and family against
hospitals, doctors, insurance companies, religious groups, and the law.
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Near-Death Newsletter..............................................March 1, 2005
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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)
Check out the latest news from P.M.H. Atwater at her website.
Announcement: "The New Children and The Fifth World, Prophecy and
Evolution". Sign-up for "The Sacred Journey Carribean Cruise" for
Sept. 18-26, 2005. And much more...
http://www.cinemind.com/atwater/news.html

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Upcoming Conferences and Events
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*** March 18, 2005: Nursing Seminar in Franklin, Tennessee
Presenters include: PMH Atwater, Pam Kircher, Dannion Brinkley,
Henry Reed. http://www.cinemind.com/atwater/sched.html#oneheart

*** March 30 - April 3, 2005:  27th Annual EDEC Conference in
Albuquerque, NM. Association for Death Education and Counseling's
annual conference. http://www.adec.org/conf/index.htm

*** April 22 - 27, 2005: 7th Conference on Science & Consciousness in
Santa Fe, NM. Presenters include: Gary Schwartz, Stanislav &
Christiana Grof, Charles Tart, Lee Baumann, Peter Russell, and Joseph
Chilton Pearce. http://bizspirit.com/science/index.html

*** May 14 -15, 2005: International Parapsychology Conference in
Istanbul, Turkey. Presenters include: Gary Schwartz, P.M.H. Atwater,
Janet Cunningham, John Palmer. http://www.ipc-istanbul.org/eng/hakkimizda.asp

*** May 20 – 29, 2005: SSF-IIIHS International Conference Montreal,
QC, Canada. Presenters include: Raymond Moody, Melvin Morse,
Joyce Hawkes, Sean David Morton.
http://www.iiihs.org/conference_introduction_2005.htm

*** June 24 - 27, 2005:  ASSC Annual Conference, Pasadena, California
Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness' annual conference
http://assc.caltech.edu/assc9/

*** August 17-20, 2005:  TSC Annual Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark
Toward a Science of Consciousness annual conference.
http://www.cfs.ku.dk/tsc2005/

*** Sept. 8 - 10, 2005:  IANDS Annual Conference, Virginia Beach, VA
"Message and Meaning: Using the Near-Death Experience as a Tool for
Living." http://www.iands.org/conf.html

*** Sept. 16 - 18, 2005:  CEP Annual Conference, Oxford, UK
Consciousness and Experiential Psychology annual conference
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/cep/latest_conference.html

*** Sept. 18 - 26, 2005:  P.M.H. Atwater's "Sacred Journey Carnival
Cruise". Puerto Rico, U.S. & British Virgin Islands. Call (800) 624-7718
for reservations. http://www.cinemind.com/atwater/cruise/cruise.html

*** Visit the NDE Events Around The World page for more conference info:
http://www.near-death.com/conferences.html

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BBC Documentary "The Day I Died" To Be Shown On UKTV
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(March 6, 2005) ........................................................ (UKTV)
For those of you fortunate enough to watch the UK's premiere
documentary channel (BBC), one of the best NDE documentaries
ever produced will be shown on March 18, 20, and April 13, 2005.
The documentary features the NDE testimonies of Rev. Gordon Allen
and Pam Reynolds -- two extraordinary people who experienced
two extraordinary NDEs. Someday I hope the BBC will make this
documentary available for sale worldwide.
http://www.gordonallen.org/Joyce/gordonallen.html
*** Tell the BBC that you want "The Day I Died" available for sale
at the BBC feedback page:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/feedback/
or the BBC contact page:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/contactus/prog_info.shtml
*** Visit Rev. Gordon Allen's Christian Family website:
http://www.christianfamily.org/christianfamily.shtml
*** Read about Pam Reynolds' fascinating NDE:
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/evidence01.html
*** Read the BMJ Journal's articles mentioned in the documentary:
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/326/7383/288
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/eletters/326/7383/288#29446
*** Download the PDF ebook about "The Day I Died":
http://www.near-death.com/ebooks/nde/bbc_the_day_i_died_article.pdf
*** You will need the Adobe PDF Reader to read it. Download it here:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

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Some Heart Recipients Report Strange Changes
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(Feb. 27, 2005)  TUCSON, ARIZONA ----------- (Arizona Daily Star)
People who get donor hearts, develop new and surprising tastes and
traits, then trace them to the donor. It's an eerie phenomenon that
has triggered controversy and skepticism ... No scientific evidence
exists to explain how characteristics of an organ donor might live on
in the person who gets their organ. But theories and speculation
abound, from the transforming power of beating a death sentence to
the notion that the body's cells store memory. Some blame the toxic
effects of potent transplant drugs and heavy anesthesia, while others
cite the psychological trauma of knowing someone had to die to save
a life. But even the self-described skeptics admit there may be more
to this than imagination, though they insist it happens to a minority
of patients.
http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/dailystar/63240.php
*** Read about Claire Sylvia's veridical dreams of her organ donor:
http://www.near-death.com/dreams.html
*** Purchase Claire Sylvia's book "A Change of Heart":
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0446604690/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20
*** Purchase the video which profiles Claire Sylvia - "The Secret World of
Dreams":
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1568552769/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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Spiritual Awakening and the Near-Death Experience
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(Feb. 25, 2005)  NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK -------- (BeliefNet)
So in the early '70's, when I began to hear that ordinary men and women
injured in a car wreck, or having major surgery on the operating
table, felt their consciousness bathed in a flood of light, I got very excited.
Their descriptions didn't sound that different from the enlightenment I
was striving to reach by stilling the mind in meditation. By a lucky
break, I got the chance to correspond personally with the guru of the
near-death movement, the late Dr. Elizabeth Kubler Ross. She confirmed
my hopes: the experience of light and bliss was indeed connected with
something that happens at the time of death, or what our body believes
is death. Because I was nowhere near enlightenment despite all my
long hours of meditation, Dr. Kubler Ross's news opened to me a world
of spiritual possibilities I had not dreamed of before. And then, the
unthinkable happened: a member of my family had a near-death experience.
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/160/story_16084_1.html

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Doctor Talks About Near-Death Experiences
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(March 4, 2005)  BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA ----------(KFYR TV)
Patrick Atkinson had a near-death experience at 13 when he drowned.
He describes leaving his body and traveling down a vast tunnel toward
a bright light ... a classic experience. It's not a bad experience, it's not
a painful experience, it's not a lonely experience ... because there are
people waiting for you. Along with the complete accompaniment of love.
This feeling of comfort of going home is one that people frequently
describe ... and another significant detail ... they usually lose their fear of
death.
http://www.kfyrtv.com/showNews.asp?whatStory=3579

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Man Revives After Being Dead More Than 90 Minutes
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(Feb. 25, 2005)  GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN ------- (PubNewswire)
Life after death has been chronicled in a new book from Revell entitled
"90 Minutes in Heaven". Immediately after being killed in a car accident
nearly fifteen years ago, Don Piper went to heaven. EMTs on the scene
determined he had been killed instantly after a semi had swerved into
his lane, crushing his car. But Piper was unaware of the chaos swirling
around his body on earth - he knew only that he was surrounded by
loved ones and friends, magnificent light, a sense of pure peace and the
most glorious music he had ever heard. "When I died, I didn't flow through
a long, dark tunnel. I had no sense of fading away or of coming back.
I never felt my body being transported into the light. I heard no voices
calling to me or anything else. Simultaneous with my last recollection
of seeing the bridge and the rain, a light enveloped me, with a brilliance
beyond earthly comprehension or description. Only that. In my next
moment of awareness, I was standing in heaven," writes Piper, in
90 Minutes in Heaven.
http://www.publishersnewswire.com/booknews/2005-02-0222-002.shtml
*** Purchase the book "90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Life and Death":
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0800759494/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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Life is Sweeter After Near-Death Experiences
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(Feb. 22, 2005)  NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE ----------- (Tennessean)
This intimate understanding of matter may be at least one reason why
it is completely reasonable and rational for Degenhardt to explain so
matter-of-factly how his essence sat up one night and communicated
telepathically with his father. ''We were basking in each other's presence
and having this jubilant reunion,'' Degenhardt said. ''Then, I was back
in my body, back asleep.'' Shortly thereafter his mother came in to tell
him his father, who was hospitalized with cancer, had died. He told her
he already knew. That moment in 1982, when he was 20, changed
Degenhardt forever. He has been ridiculed and threatened with
institutionalization, yet the married father of twins from Murfreesboro
also has been treated as an expert on the mysteries of life and death.
He has been featured on talk shows such as Donohue and in a documentary
on near-death experiences by local TV anchor Demetria Kalodimos ...
This also is why Degenhardt, now 43, has just self-published a book,
Surviving Death, in which he answers the questions most commonly
asked by the people who have had near-death experiences, out-of-body
experiences and what they term ''spiritually transformative'' experiences,
the interesting and unexplainable that leaves lasting effects on a person.
The book will be available this Easter 2005.
http://www.tennessean.com/features/health/archives/05/01/65947053.shtml?Element_\
ID=65947053
*** Pre-order a copy of Scott Degenhardt's book "Surviving Death":
http://www.thedegshop.com/products.html

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Surviving A Kick In The Head
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(Jan. 18, 2005)  MELBOURNE, AUSTRAILIA ------------- (The Age)
I was walking a horse through a paddock and he kicked me in the
head ... Then I found myself sitting on the Hurricane fence of the
paddock where this had happened. There were a couple of ambulance
officers working on me and they looked quite frantic, so I guess they
were trying to revive me. I was told after the accident that my heart
had stopped and they had to get me going again. I remember sitting
there and just looking down with mild indifference, I wasn't emotional
or carried away. The world looked normal to me, there was no bright
light, or angels or anything. Then at one stage I basically shrugged
my shoulders and thought, "Oh well, I guess I'll go back now." There
was no pulling either way, no struggle. I was just comfortable, there
was no decision to make, I was always going to go back. I really felt
like I was me in a bodily form, sitting there on the fence, not a floating
spirit.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Surviving-a-kick-in-the-head/2005/01/17/1\
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The Man Who Died a Hundred Times
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(March 2, 2005)  ATLANTA, GEORGIA ---------------------- (News 11)
The fact that McClatchey got to the hospital alive was amazing enough.
What happened next made medical history. "He was so unstable that
he would literally be shocked, go back into regular rhythm long enough
to start to wake up and then he would fibrillate again, and lose
consciousness and we'd have to shock him again," Dr. Wilmer said.
In the first hour, McClatchey's heart stopped 50 times and he could
see it coming. "I remember seeing the heart monitor. It's kind of amazing
to watch your own heart ….And you know you have about three
or four seconds before you're gonna black out," he said.
http://www.11alive.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=59732

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(March 02, 2005)  MONTICELLO, MINNESOTA ---- (Monticello Times)
The Rotary Club has purchased seven defibrillators – which are used to
interrupt cases of sudden cardiac arrest – and is working with local
business owners to have the devices installed on their premises, with
employees trained to use them ... The Rotarians' goal, said Steve
Johnson, the program's committee chair, is to save lives ... Sudden
cardiac arrest (SCA) is usually caused by an electrical malfunction
of the heart called ventricular fibrillation: a quivering of the heart muscle
that makes it unable to pump blood. Once that circulation stops, a
person quickly loses consciousness and the ability to breathe. The
success of resuscitation drops by about 10 percent with each passing
minute, and after 10 minutes in cardiac arrest, a person's chance of
survival is only about 2 percent.
http://www.monticellotimes.com/main.asp?SectionID=10&SubSectionID=76&ArticleID=3\
49&TM=20005.11
*** Read the Red Cross' website about Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs):
http://www.redcross.org/services/hss/courses/aed.html
*** Browse through the variety of defibrillators available for sale:
http://www.americanaed.com/

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John Paul Writes of Near-Death Experience After 1981 Shooting
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(Feb. 23, 2005)  ROME, ITALY ---------------- (Los Angeles Times)
Felled by a would-be assassin's bullet, the leader of the Roman
Catholic Church lay close to death as he was rushed to a hospital.
Floating near unconsciousness, Pope John Paul II forgave his
attacker, yet somehow remained confident that he would live. "Oh,
my God! It was a difficult experience," the pope recalled. Finally
passing out in the hospital as doctors frantically gave him blood,
he nearly died: "I was practically on the other side," John Paul said.
These are some of the most personal, emotional passages from a
new book by the pope, due to be released today, in which he writes
for the first time about his feelings in the hours after the May 13, 1981,
assassination attempt. A Turkish gunman shot John Paul as he
rode in an open car through St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-popebook23feb23,1,7831283.st\
ory?coll=la-headlines-world&ctrack=1&cset=true
*** Read the following related articles:  "Pope Is Put On Respirator":
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/02/25/pope_is_put_on_respi\
rator/
"Pope Was Near Death":  http://www.cfra.com/headlines/index.asp?cat=2&nid=24528
"Pope's Health Raises Questions About Life Support":
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-02-24-pope-inside_x.htm
"Pope Health Poses Vatican Dilemma":
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4250543.stm
"Pope's Ordeal Gets His Key Message Across":
http://news.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=229972005

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Florida Judge Rules Terri Schiavo's Feeding Tube Will Be Removed
March 18th
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(Feb. 25, 2005)  PINELLAS PARK, FLORIDA --- (Associated Press)
A judge gave Terri Schiavo's husband permission to remove the
brain-damaged woman's feeding tube in three weeks, handing him
a victory in his effort to carry out what he says were his wife's wishes
not to be kept alive artificially ... The Schindlers do not believe their
daughter is in a persistent vegetative state as court-appointed doctors
have ruled. A leading Vatican cardinal also has weighed in on behalf
of keeping Terri Schiavo alive. "If Mr. Schiavo legally succeeded in
provoking the death of his wife, this would not only be tragic in itself,
but it would be a serious step toward legally approving euthanasia in
the United States," Cardinal Renato Martino, the head of the Pontifical
Council for Justice and Peace, told Vatican Radio on Thursday.
http://www.aclj.org/news/Read.aspx?ID=1228
*** Read a related news article from the Death With Dignity organization:
http://www.deathwithdignity.org/fss/news.asp
*** Read a related news article:  "How ICU Nurses Prepare Families for
Withdrawal of Life Support":
http://stti.confex.com/stti/sos13/techprogram/paper_11751.htm
*** Read an article by Kevin Williams "Do We Have The Right To Die?"
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/suicide11.html

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Nurses of Hospice Patients Who Refuse Food and Fluids Report
Peaceful Deaths
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(July 25, 2003)  BURLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS ---- (HealthGate)
A study in the July 24, 2003 issue of The New England Journal of
Medicine surveyed a group of Oregon hospice nurses and reported
that one-third of them had at least one patient who had refused to
eat or drink in order to hasten death. Furthermore, the nurses rated
92% of these patients deaths as good, meaning they were peaceful,
with little apparent suffering and pain. http://www.swedish.org/17601.cfm
*** Read the following related news articles:
"New England Journal of Medicine Study on Hospice Patients":
http://www.nhpco.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3840&openpage=3840
"Patients Who Refuse To Eat Die Peacefully":
http://www.nursing2003.com/pt/re/nursing/fulltext.00152193-200310000-00039.htm
"Withholding and Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatment":
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20001001/1555.html
"Is Withholding Hydration a Valid Comfort Measure in the Terminally ill?":
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstra\
ct&list_uids=3181763
"Comfort measures for the terminally ill. Is dehydration painful?":
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Abstra\
ct&list_uids=4056276

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Author Anne Rice Gives Lift to Pastor Howard Storm's "My Descent
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(Feb. 21, 2005)  MCLEAN, VIRGINIA  ------------------- (USA Today)
She is a best-selling author known for novels about vampires. He is
a minister who says he has seen and talked with angels. Anne Rice
and Howard Storm have never met, yet they are working together to
promote Storm's book,"My Descent Into Death: A Second Chance
at Life" ... While in the hospital, Storm says, he had a near-death
experience that didn't fit the stereotypical version — the one in which
people experience a bright light and the presence of love. Instead,
Storm says he was viciously attacked by creatures he sensed were
once human. During those attacks, he says, he heard a voice telling
him to pray. Storm knew no prayers but began murmuring lines from
the 23rd Psalm, the Pledge of Allegiance and The Star-Spangled Banner.
Then, he says, he was in the presence of Jesus and angels.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2005-02-21-rice-storm_x.htm
*** Read an excerpt from Rev. Howard Storm's book "My Descent Into Death":
http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/excerpts/2005-02-21-descent-death_x.htm
*** Purchase Rev. Howard Storm's book "My Descent Into Death":
http://www.randomhouse.com/doubleday/catalog/display.pperl?0385513763

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Local Woman's "Grief Dreams" Are Part of New Book
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(Feb. 24, 2005)  GENEVA, NEW YORK ------- (Finger Lake Times)
Not long after Carin Cunningham's dad died of cancer in October 2003,
she and other members of her family began having dreams about him.
Dreams that left her looking for answers. After the first one, Cunningham
woke up feeling like her father, Frank Caravita, was still alive, because
he looked healthy and because it hadn't felt like a dream. Describing
the incidents as vivid visits, Cunningham said that during one dream
her father hugged her, and she actually felt the hug. "I can't even tell
you the emotions," she said. "You just know they're still around. It's very
comforting. You feel this joy." The Hillcrest Avenue mom and teacher
began looking for information on the Internet and came across a Web
site called www.griefdreams.com, which was seeking submissions for a
book, titled "Grief Dreams" by T.J. Wray and Ann Back Price.
http://www.fltimes.com/Main.asp?SectionID=38&SubSectionID=121&ArticleID=7460
*** Purchase the book "Grief Dreams": http://www.griefdreams.com/purchase.asp

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Angelic Visions
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(Jan. 27, 2005)  LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM ----- (The Guardian)
Canadian inventor Troy Hurtubise could rewrite the physics rulebook
if his newest creation lives up to the claims of its supporters, who
apparently include MIT engineers and French government officials.
"The Angel Light," they say, makes solid objects transparent ... His
newest creation would, literally, change the way physicists view the
world around us. The 8 ft long Angel Light, looking like a sci-fi laser
cannon, came to Hurtubise in a dream, as he says do most of his
inventions. "I saw it, the whole casing and everything, and I saw what
it could do," he told a Canadian newspaper. "I had the same dream
three times, and by the third time I had it in my head and I started to build
it."
http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/sciences/story/0,12243,1399124,00.html
*** Visit Troy Hurtubise's Breakthrough Angel Light website:
http://www.americanantigravity.com/hurtubise.shtml
*** Read a related article: "Creativity and Inventions That Came From Dreams":
http://science.howstuffworks.com/dream7.htm
*** Read excellent articles about "Dream Incubation":
http://www.experiencefestival.com/dream_incubation
*** Read how your dreams are a connection to the afterlife:
http://www.near-death.com/dreams.html

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Ghosts In A Machine
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(March 5, 2005)  LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM ---- (Times Online)
What is it that triggers the brain to produce a religious experience?
Jerome Burne investigates ...  For years brain researchers shied
away from exotic experiences such as hallucinations, near-death
experiences or "intimations of the divine", on the grounds that there
was no way to study them scientifically. But as consciousness has
become an academically respectable topic, it has become harder
to ignore "altered states". If memory and imagination can be linked
to the activity of groups of neurons, couldn't the experience of being
"at one with the universe" just be the result of brain cells firing?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8123-1509923,00.html
*** Read Olaf Blanke's "Out-of-Body Experience and Autoscopy of
Neurological Origin":
http://brain.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/127/2/243
*** Read about veridical perception in near-death experiences:
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/evidence02.html

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Brain Study Points To "Sixth Sense"
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(Feb. 25, 2005)  WASHINGTON, DC ------------------ (Science Blog)
Following the Asian tsunami, scientists struggled to explain reports
that primitive aboriginal tribesmen had somehow sensed the impending
danger in time to join wild animals in a life-saving flight to higher ground.
A new theory suggests that the anterior cingulate cortex, described
by some scientists as part of the brain's "oops" center, may actually
function as an early warning system -- one that works at a subconscious
level to help us recognize and avoid high-risk situations. While some
scientists discount the existence of a sixth sense for danger, new
research from Washington University in St. Louis has identified a brain
region that clearly acts as an early warning system -- one that monitors
environmental cues, weighs possible consequences and helps us adjust
our behavior to avoid dangerous situations. "Our brains are better at
picking up subtle warning signs than we previously thought," said Joshua
Brown, Ph.D., a research associate in psychology in Arts & Sciences
and co-author of a study on these findings in the Feb. 18 issue of the
journal Science. http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/node/7036
*** Visit Dr. Joshua Brown's website:  http://iac.wustl.edu/~jwbrown/
*** Read the article "Learned Predictions of Error Likelihood in the
Anterior Cingulate Cortex":
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/307/5712/1118

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Moving The Conscious Mind
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(Feb. 14, 2005)  DALLAS, TEXAS ---------------- (The UTD Mercury)
He said scientists have been able to teleport quantum particles for
some time now, and the conference posed the question if the same
could be done to a human body with its conscience. Barber said
there were debates regarding the relationship between consciousness
and quantum matter. Many argued consciousness was something
more complex than matter because it enables  the way we "formulate
our experience." He noted Karl Pribram from Georgetown University
said "things" in the brain need to be thought of as "wave forms" rather
than plain matter. Others suggested the duality between matter and
consciousness, which could make the prospect of human teleportation
feasible. Barber says in his report - soon to be published in the English
Journal of Conscious Studies - that scientists and neurologists "thought
consciousness a case of matter and energy," and the artists saw it
as a "virtual reality where our attempts at explaining sensory input
creates something new from shared archetypes and metaphors."
http://www.theutdmercury.com/news/2005/02/14/LifeArts/Moving.The.Conscious.Mind-\
862712.shtml
*** Read the following related articles: "Quantum Games":
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/iw/2005/02/27/stories/2005022701071500.htm
"Michio Kaku: Mr. Parallel Universe":
http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,9830,1419422,00.html
"Time Bandits: What Were Einstein and Godel Talking About":
http://www.newyorker.com/critics/atlarge/?050228crat_atlarge
"Einstein's Miracle Year":
http://www.theconnection.org/shows/2005/02/20050204_b_main.asp
"In The Stars: Hawking's Beautiful Mind":
http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20050215-022440-3390r

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(March 4, 2005)  VENICE, CALIFORNIA --- (Phenomena Magazine)
When John Jay Harper's best friend, George, an optics physicist,
died of a heart attack in 1987, at age 40, Harper went to Alabama
and served as a pallbearer at the funeral. The two men had met two
decades earlier, while assigned to the U.S. Army Missile Command
in Germany, and had become fast friends. George's death sent
Harper into an intense grieving process. Seven months later and 2500
miles away at his new home in Silverdale, Washington, Harper awoke
about 4 o'clock one morning to find an image of George standing over
him in the master bedroom ... Though the act of seeing George's image
only lasted a couple of minutes, for Harper the passage of time felt
like a glimpse at eternity. It was a life altering experience, a mystical
awakening, that plunged Harper into ever deeper realms of scientific and
esoteric research consuming the next 15 years of his life.
http://www.phenomenamagazine.com/0/editorial.asp?aff_id=0&this_cat=The+Ghost+Ins\
ide&action=page&obj_id=2715&type_id=5&cat_id=121&sub_id=0
*** Visit Dr. John Jay Harper's "Ancient Visions of Modern Wisdom"
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Mysteries of the Mind
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(Feb. 28, 2005)  WASHINGTON, DC --- (U.S. News & World Report)
"Most of what we do every minute of every day is unconscious, "
says University of Wisconsin neuroscientist Paul Whelan. "Life would
be chaos if everything were on the forefront of our consciousness." ...
Says Clinton Kilts, a professor in the department of psychiatry and
behavioral sciences at Emory, "There is nothing that you do, there
is no thought that you have, there is no awareness, there is no lack
of awareness, there is nothing that marks your daily existence
that doesn't have a neural code. The greatest challenge for us is to
figure out how to design the study that will reveal these codes."
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/050228/health/28think.htm

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We Are The Final Frontier
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(Feb. 10, 2005)  LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM -----(The Guardian)
Ian Sample asks leading scientists what comes next ... We will
invent our successors ... We will understand the human mind ... The
existence of parallel universes ... We will change our genetic makeup ...
We will find out if we are alone ... Humans become a collective intelligence ...
We'll understand thoughts and feelings ... The end of the individual ...
What if God lives in a part of our brain? ... What it means to be a
person ... Conscious machines ... Higher dimensions ... Humans are
less miraculous than we thought.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,13026,1409019,00.html

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It's All in the Mind: Scientists Still Trying to Explain Deja Vu
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(Feb. 15, 2005)  CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA ----- (Daily News)
There have been attempts at clearing up the phenomenon, which
some people see as evidence for the belief that after death the soul
passes to another body, whether human or animal. One point of
departure for researchers has been that a deja vu experience is
linked to an experience in a dream that has been half or totally
forgotten. Two French writers on the topic, Marc Tadie and his
brother Jean-Yves, point to this in their book "Le Sens de la Memoire."
It is characteristic of the experience that one is certain for a moment
that one has lived through this experience before, but can simply
not remember at what point in time. "In a dream the consciousness
can move freely in a space without limits, in which past and future
blend," the two Tadies say. In a contribution last year to the German
magazine Gehirn & Geist (Brain and Spirit, published by Heidelberg)
reference is made to research into memory processes conducted by
John Gabrieli and his team at Stanford University in California.
http://www.dailynews.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=500&fArticleId=2411407
*** Visit John Gabrieli's website at Stanford University:
http://gablab.stanford.edu/people/gabrieli/

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What The Bleep?
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(Feb. 23, 2005)  TUCSON, ARIZONA --------------- (Explorer News)
According to the study guide, "'What the Bleep' proposes that there
is no solid, static universe 'out there,' waiting to be comprehended
by our probing minds, but that reality is so mutable, it is affected
by our very perception of it." The proposal is based on a widely
accepted tenant of quantum mechanics - physics at the subatomic
level - that describes the bizarre nature of electrons. Electrons, it so
happens, act like both waves and particles. As waves, they have no
precise location. They're more like fields of probability. As particles,
they stop being like probability fields and collapse into solid objects
that have a place in time. Even more bizarre, according to the study
guide, quantum physics shows that "unobserved electrons act differently
than measured ones. When they are not measured, electrons are
waves. When they are, they become particles." "What the Bleep Do
We Know" poses a question engaging to spiritual seekers like Rae:
What if human consciousness can collapse the possible into the actual?
http://www.explorernews.com/articles/2005/02/23/northwest_-_pima_county/northwes\
t02.txt
*** Order the documentary DVD to be released March 15, 2005:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0006UEVQ8/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20
*** Download the "What The Bleep" Study Guide (PDF):
http://www.bleepspace.com/download/WTBstudyGuide.pdf
*** Download the PDF reader from Adobe if you don't have it:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
*** Visit the "What The Bleep" website:  http://www.whatthebleep.com/

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Predicting the Future with Random Numbers?
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(Feb. 14, 2005)  SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS ------- (Unknown Country)
The Global Consciousness Project is in the process of developing
data that suggests that there is a level of human emotion or thought
that can collectively affect random number generators, and that it is
at least somewhat predictive of large scale negative events, especially
those that are human-generated, such as the attack on the US World
Trade Center on September 11, 2001. If the data remains consistent,
then it could be that scientists will be able to predict the future. More
importantly, it will mean that each of us, on some level, knows at least
enough about the future to sense when something big is about to happen.
Individually, this awareness is apparently quite weak. Collectively, though,
if scientists can find no conventional explanation, then it would seem
that it is measurably strong. http://www.unknowncountry.com/news/?id=4422
*** Visit Princeton University's Global Consciousness Project:
http://noosphere.princeton.edu/

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The Mystery Of The Earth's Magnetic Field Reversals May At
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(Feb. 24, 2005)  YARDLEY, PENNSYLVANIA --- (Popular Mechanics)
Some scientists suggest it is time for the poles to reverse ... Jeremy
Bloxham of Harvard University told scientists at last year's meeting
of the American Geophysical Union that the Earth's magnetic field
decreased by 10 percent during the past 150 years. There is a real,
albeit slight, chance that it could disappear entirely. The consequences
would be far worse than having to rely on GPS alone for navigation. The
sun is forever kicking cosmic sand in our face in the form of electrically
charged particles. The magnetic field diverts them, producing the astonishing
northern and southern lights. Without the magnetic field, the planet would
be a much more hostile place.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/research/1282336.html
*** Read more about the Pole Shift predicted by NDErs:
Edgar Cayce's predictions: http://www.near-death.com/experiences/cayce11.html
Other NDE predictions: http://www.near-death.com/experiences/research32.html
Crystalinks website on Pole Shift: http://www.crystalinks.com/poleshifts.html

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

P.M.H. Atwater's latest books are entitled
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"We Live Forever: The Real Truth About Death"
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QUESTION:  "I am a 54-year old male and suffered a near fatal air crash
when I was 25. During the incident, the helicopter of which I was a crew-
member was caught in a downdraught as we flew over a cliff. The aircraft
was thrown down the escarpment and dropped almost 1,800 feet in 4 - 5
seconds before regaining flight, missing the ground by approximately
100 feet. During this ordeal, I had the sensation of slow motion thinking
where my whole life and loved ones in it went through my thought processes.
At the end, I knew death was imminent yet instead of panic there was a
complete acceptance of what was about to occur and a complete peacefulness.
The only sense I was aware of was sight as I saw the blade going around
above me. The peace I felt was as if I had already passed over. Is there a
hidden message that I cannot fathom in this experience?"... Tony

ANSWER by PMH ATWATER:  "First of all, let me say that it is common
for an individual in a life-threatening situation, child or adult, to have an
out-of-body experience and/or find his or herself engaged in a life review.
You never mentioned an out-of-body experience, but you did a life review.
Because these two elements occur with such frequency to people, they
have been trivialized by scientific and medical investigators as a mere
artifact of the brain, not to be taken seriously. What we find in near-death
research, however, is that ...
[Read more at http://www.near-death.com/atwater/index.html ]

P. M. H. Atwater, L.H.D.
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My Descent into Death: A Second Chance at Life
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by Howard Storm .....................................(Availability: Now)
This is one of the greatest NDE stories ever told. It was first
released on July 10, 2000, and now a second edition will be released
this February 15th. Not since Betty Eadie's "Embraced by the Light"
has a NDE story been so utterly different from most others or more
compelling. Perhaps no one but Howard Storm has fallen to such
great depths, then risen to such great heights, and lived to tell about
it. Rather than being welcomed by light beings immediately after death,
Howard was tortured by monstrous beings of depravity. But a simple
childhood prayer allowed him to be rescued by Jesus himself and be
taken to heaven. As it was with Betty Eadie, Howard's story is a
great message of hope and a great message of redemption. Anne Rice,
who wrote the Foreword of Howard's book, had this to say about it:
"This is a book you devour from cover to cover, and pass on to others.
This is a book you will quote in your daily conversation. Storm was
meant to write it and we were meant to read it." When Anne Rice read
Howard's manuscript she was so overwhelmed, she volunteered to
provide the foreword.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385513763/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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Why I Live: Personal Testimonies of a Doctor of Metaphysical
Sciences in Cosmic Consciousness, Chakra Activation, Near-Death
Experience, and More
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by Lionel Maithri ......................................... (Availability: Now)
Lionel Maithri was born in Sri Lanka and at the age of seven he had
a cosmic consciousness experience which implanted in him a source
of inner energy to find answers to all his questions. His life was
completely changed by this experience, but he was frustrated at
that time by his inability to verbalize what he experienced. In 1993,
he had a near-death experience during a by-pass surgery which
enhanced his spiritual development process. Details of these
experiences and their impact on his life are described in this book.
This book is a synthesis of his deep knowledge and wide experience.
His aim is to share with all others his own experience of what has
helped him in self-development throughout the course of his life.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1413474594/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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Is There an Afterlife?: A Comprehensive Overview of the Evidence,
from East and West
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by David Fontana ........................................ (Availability: Now)
Do aspects of our personality survive our physical body? The fruit
of many years research and experience by a world expert in the
field, Is There an Afterlife? presents the most complete survey to
date of the evidence, both historical and contemporary, for survival
of physical death. This evidence includes the study of mediumship,
poltergeists, the electronic voice phenomenon (EVP) and much more.
David Fontana also looks at the question of what survives, and has
some particularly interesting insights to share on the subject of
consciousness. Could consciousness be, as suggested by recent
brain research and quantum physics, primary to rather than dependent
on matter? Fontana completes this fascinating book by discussing the
possible nature of the afterlife, the common threads in Western and
Eastern traditions, group souls and reincarnation.
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by Robert Moss ........................................... (Availability: Now)
The ancient teaching of the Iroquois Native Americans is that dreams
are experiences of the soul in which we may travel outside the body,
across time and space, and into other dimensions -- or receive visitations
from ancestors or spiritual guides. Dreams call us to remember our
sacred contracts and reclaim the knowledge that belonged to us, on
the levels of soul and spirit, before we entered our present life experience.
Robert Moss was called to these ways when he started dreaming in a
language he did not know, which proved to be an early form of the
Mohawk Iroquois language. From his personal experiences, he developed
a spirited approach to dreaming and living that he calls "active dreaming."
This book is at once a spiritual odyssey, a tribute to the deep wisdom
of the First Peoples, a guide to healing our lives through dreamwork, and
an invitation to soul recovery.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1594770344/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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Cosmologists agree that the universe arose suddenly out of absolute
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legal editor of the Chicago Tribune and a spiritual skeptic until 1981.
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The Road to Reality
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The Wisdom Paradox: The New Science of Wisdom and How the Mind
Can Grow Stronger as We Grow Older
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In "The Wisdom Paradox," world-renowned neuropsychologist Elkhonon
Goldberg argues that though some mental abilities (such as recent-
memory recall) decline as the mind enters the "autumn season" of
our life span, the brain becomes more powerful in its ability to recognize
patterns. As a result, we are able to make decisions at more intuitive
and effective levels -- a late-emerging mental strength he terms "wisdom."
In lively, accessible prose, Goldberg delves into the mechanisms of the
mind, outlining how the elegant structures of the brain develop and
change over the course of a lifetime as they work increasingly in concert.
Goldberg is the author of "The Executive Brain: Frontal Lobes and the
Civilized Mind" and is a clinical professor of neurology at the New York
University School of Medicine. He is in private practice in neuropsychology
and is an active researcher in the field of cognitive neuroscience.
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	 (1) .... NDEs in the News
	 (2) .... Books on the NDE
	 (3) .... IANDS in the Spotlight
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(1) .... NDEs in the News
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  Woman Wakes From 20 Year Coma
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND  -----  (TVNZ Interactive)
A U.S. woman who has spent the past 20 years in a coma-like state has
inexplicably awoken and can now speak, news reports said. Sarah Scantlin
was 18 years old when, as a pedestrian, she was injured in a hit-and-run
accident that left her in a semi-vegetative condition, aware of her
surroundings but unable to speak or move. Since that time, she has been
in a care centre in the Midwest US state of Kansas. Scantlin's parents
unexpectedly received a phone call last week from the nursing home where
their now 38-year-old daughter resides. However, instead of the call being
about Sarah, it was actually from Sarah. "Hi mum," she said to her mother.
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_world_story_skin/473592%3fformat=html
*** Read testimonials from people who had NDEs while in a coma:
The Trigger of Coma: Derry Bresee's coma NDE:
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/triggers13.html
Juliet Nightingale's coma NDE:  http://www.near-death.com/nightingale.html
Nadia McCaffrey's coma NDE: 
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/suicide05.html
Rene Turner's coma NDE:  http://www.near-death.com/experiences/judaism01.html
Alan McDougall's coma NDE:  http://www.near-death.com/forum/coma/000/01.html

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Brain-Damaged People Show Signs of Awareness: Study
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SOMERVILLE, NEW JERSEY  -----  (DrKoop.com)
People with severe brain damage who appear to be completely unaware
may in fact know what's going on around them but are unable to respond,
The New York Times reported Tuesday. A study using magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) technology involved two young men determined to be
minimally conscious. Doctors noted the patients' brain activity while a
close relative recounted familiar experiences, comparing this activity to the
same sharing of experiences among healthy people.
http://www.drkoop.com/newsdetail/93/1505724.html

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Dreams Can Come True - and Save Lives
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM  -----  (icNorthWales)
The twin worlds of dreams and reality can sometimes overlap - with
extraordinary results. Take the case of a Mr. Boardman, who was saved
from certain death by a dream. Mr Boardman had been preaching one
night in 18th century Mold and was making his way across the Dee
estuary, when the tide came in quicker than he had anticipated and he
found himself in a very perilous position. The water had soon risen up
to his knees, and he gave himself up as lost. But then he saw two men
running down a hill and, to his joy, he saw them get into a boat. He was
rescued! ... One of his rescuers told him: "I dreamed I must get to
the top of such a hill; when I awoke the dream made such an impression
on me, I could not rest..."
http://icnorthwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/regionalnews/tm_objectid=15174586&metho\
d=full&siteid=50142&headline=dreams-can-come-true---and-save-lives-name_page.htm\
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*** Read how our dreams are a connection to the afterlife:
http://www.near-death.com/dreams.html

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Was It a Dream, or Voice From Beyond the Grave?
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CHEBOYGAN, MICHIGAN ----- (The Cheboygan Daily Tribune)
In 1985 I moved to Cheboygan and never heard from Joe again until few
months ago. That kind of surprised me because Joe had died in 2002 and
a few months ago was 2004. This is what happened: One night in
November 2004 I had a dream. In the dream my Copper Country friend
Joe is talking on the phone with me. This is what he says, "I'm living
in the land of Beulah. It's a wonderful government. Let my wife know." ...
After I mailed the letter, I kept wondering what Joe's wife's reaction must
have been when she read it. Like, who goes to "Beulah" after they die?
I also kept hoping that Beulah wasn't the name of one of Joe's old
girlfriends. Anyway, yesterday I got a letter from Joe's wife and guess
what one of her favorite songs is? Hold onto your socks ... It's none other
than "Dwelling in Buelahland."
http://www.cheboygannews.com/articles/2005/02/14/news/opinion/opinion2.txt

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Science Points to a "Sixth Sense"
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NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK  -----  (Forbes.com)
Research in young volunteers points to some kind of "sixth sense" -- a
mechanism in the brain that picks up on subtle clues, then sends out
subconscious signals of trouble ahead. The finding could help explain
certain intuitive phenomena seen among humans. For example, in the
recent Asian tsunami, aboriginal people sought out higher ground in the
moments before the disaster, as did many wild animals. Could subtle
changes in weather or the environment have warned them early on?
Just such an early warning system may exist in the anterior cingulate
cortex, a brain area important in processing complex information, according
to a report by psychologists at Washington University in St. Louis. Their
findings appear in the Feb. 18 issue of the journal "Science."
http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/health/feeds/hscout/2005/02/17/hscout524046.html
*** Read about the psychic connection to the afterlife:
http://www.near-death.com/paranormal.html

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Monkeys Control Robotic Arm With Brain
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WASHINGTON, DC  -----  (Yahoo! News)
With the help of a computer, monkeys using only their brain signals
are now able to move a robotic arm to feed themselves pieces of fruit
and vegetables, researchers report. The achievement could mark a major
advance in the development of brain-controlled artificial limbs for people,
the scientists said. "The beneficiaries of such technology will be patients
with spinal cord injuries or nervous system disorders such as amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis [ALS]," project senior researcher Andrew Schwartz,
professor of neurobiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine,
said in a prepared statement.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=97&ncid=97&e=5&u=/hsn/20050218/h\
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Local Medium Uses Power To Help Authorities
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DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA  -----  (NBC17.com)
Much like Allison Dubois in NBC's "Medium," Anne Poole uses a power she
doesn't entirely understand to help authorities solve hard-to-crack crimes...
Poole discovered her power at age 10, and now police departments across
the country have used her clairvoyance to help find bodies and crime scenes
or create profiles of killers ... In a test where a subject is asked to use his
or
her mind to send images shown on a screen from one room to another, the
average person acting as a receiver correctly picks the image about a quarter
of the time, which researchers say amounts to random chance. When Poole
is the receiver, she gets it right more than half the time.
http://www.nbc17.com/news/4173113/detail.html

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Psychics Led Police to Schoolgirl's Killer
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM  -----  (Scotsman.com)
A garage worker who raped and murdered a schoolgirl was caught
after his victim's mother turned to psychic detectives for help. Police
had run out of leads in the hunt for the killer of Susanne Erbe, 16, but
he was tracked down after her mother, Sigrid, got in touch with mediums
who allegedly made contact with the spirit of the dead girl. Ms Erbe, 45,
told a court in Mannheim, Germany, she had been sceptical about the
psychics' planned seance. But she went on: "Susanne told me her killer
was a Croatian man in his mid-20s. They were even able to work out
where to look for him. They said he could be found at a garage in
Mannheim."
http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=99272005

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Our Multi-Dimensional Nature as a Soul:
An Introduction to Life Between Lives Spiritual Regression (article)
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MORTON GROVE, ILLINOIS  ----- (Lightworks Monthly Aspectarian)
Based upon his hypnotic regressions with over 7,000 Life Between
Life clients, Dr. Newton has described a realm of spirit which is
consistent with, yet far more elaborated, than that found in the NDE
and OBE literature. His writings are among the most significant, in
terms of both the depth and inspiration, of any you will find in the
metaphysical and spiritual literature regarding the Path of the Soul
and life after death.
http://www.lightworks.com/MonthlyAspectarian/2005/February/feature2.htm
*** Also see "A Conversation With Gary Zukav":
http://www.lightworks.com/MonthlyAspectarian/2005/February/conversation%20Zukav.\
html

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Last Fatima Virgin Witness Dies
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM  -----  (BBC News)
The last surviving witness to whom the Virgin Mary is said to have
appeared in a series of apparitions in Portugal in 1917 has died aged 97 ...
She was one of three shepherd children who claimed they spoke to
the Virgin Mary near Fatima town over six months. The apparitions
turned Fatima into one of Catholicism's most revered sites. The Virgin
Mary is said to have revealed prophecies of key 20th Century events,
including the end of World War I, the start of World War II and the rise
and fall of Soviet communism.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4263279.stm
*** Read more about the Fatima after-death communications:
http://www.fatima.org/essentials/facts/
*** Read the Vatican's publishing of the Third Secret of Fatima:
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_d\
oc_20000626_message-fatima_en.html
*** Read about corresponding prophecies revealed from NDEs:
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/research32.html

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*** Near-Death Experiencer Who Foretold 9-11 Warns of U.S. East Coast Tsunami
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SOUTHAMPTON, NEW YORK  -----  (Mission of Angels Fdn)
From Ned Dougherty, author Fast Lane to Heaven ... During the first
experience on Long Island, New York, I was clinically dead in an
ambulance when I had visions of global geopolitical and geophysical
events that I understood would occur in the future. In March, 2001, my
non-fiction book, Fast Lane to Heaven, was published containing many
of these future visions, including that a major terrorist attack would befall
New York City or Washington, DC, severely impacting the way we lived
in the United States. Several pages of the Future Visions chapter
clearly describe the rise of terrorism in the world and current global
geopolitical events, particularly in the Middle East. The book also
contained predictions of future earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tidal
waves as a result of a shifting of the Earth axis. In the last few days,
scientists have been suggesting that the recent 9.0 Asian earthquake
may have caused the Earth axis to shift ... In the book, I described the
vision of a massive tsunami descending on the U.S. eastern seaboard.
I was specifically shown this event taking place on Eastern Long Island,
in New York City, and Miami in order for me to comprehend the scope
and magnitude of this future event.
http://www.missionofangels.org/messages.html
*** Read the recent news article "Scientists Warn of East Coast's
Vulnerability To Tsunamis":
http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/politics/10850179.htm
*** Read Ned Dougherty's "Fast Lane To Heaven":
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/157174200X/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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A Lucky Break on Friday the 13th, 2029: Giant Asteroid Will Narrowly Miss Earth
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MELBOURNE, AUSTRAILIA  -----  (Herald Sun)
A HUGE asteroid expected to fly by Earth in 2029 will be visible from
Europe, Africa and Asia -- but not Australia, scientists said yesterday ...
Named 2004 MN4, it was discovered last June and then seen again in
December when scientists said it had the highest odds of hitting Earth
ever given to an asteroid. Subsequent observations refined its future path.
NASA scientists said on April 13, 2029, the asteroid will be about 36,350
kilometers from Earth's center. Of the 10 known closest asteroid fly-bys,
2004 MN4 is by far the largest object, said Steve Chesley of NASA's jet
propulsion laboratory.
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,12159013%255E663,00.ht\
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*** Visit NASA's Near-Earth Object Project:  http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/

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Coming Soon: Immortality?
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NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK  -----  (CBS News)
The claims are fantastic, but Kurzweil is no crank. He's a recipient
of the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT prize, which is billed as a sort of Academy
Award for inventors, and he won the 1999 National Medal of Technology
Award. He has written on the emergence of intelligent machines in
publications ranging from Wired to Time magazine. The Christian Science
Monitor has called him a "modern Edison." He was inducted into the
Inventors Hall of Fame in 2002. Perhaps the MIT graduate's most famous
inventions is the first reading machine for the blind that could read any
typeface. During a recent interview in his company offices, Kurzweil sipped
green tea and spoke of humanity's coming immortality as if it's as good
as done.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/02/13/tech/main673726.shtml

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Girl Gives New Life to 20
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM  -----  (The Sun)
A pretty 23-year-old girl killed in a car smash has given up to twenty
people the chance of a new life. Blonde graduate Clare Ekins was
carrying an organ donor card when she died instantly in a head-on
crash as she drove to work. Because she was young, fit and healthy
her tissues were ideal for transplants - and her parents gave the go-ahead.
Dad Graham, 54, a headmaster, told yesterday how he and teacher
wife Evie, 53, had no hesitation. He said: "We knew how strong her
feelings were. Clare thought society should help others and wanted to
do her bit."
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005062341,00.html
*** Donate life by becoming an a organ donor:
http://www.shareyourlife.org/become.asp

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Sign a Petition For Congress to Undo Global Warming
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WASHINGTON, DC  -----  (Environmental Defense League)
The evidence for global warming mounts: record heat waves and melting
ice shelves melting. The year 2004 was the fourth warmest year on record.
The 10 hottest years on record have all occurred since 1990. Global
warming is the most serious threat to the Earth. But we can undo it. Tell
Congress to pass the McCain-Lieberman Climate Stewardship Act by
signing a petition. Then tell your friends.
http://www.environmentaldefense.org/home.cfm

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TV Special on Heaven Reveals Startling New Evidence of Life after Death
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DENVER, COLORADO  -----  (PRNewswire)
The world premiere of the special entitled "The Search for Heaven,"
which airs on the PAX-TV Network during February 2005 Sweeps
Saturday, February 19 from 9 -10 PM EST/PST, examines the ancient
biblical view of death in light of new scientific evidence, and several
remarkable true-life dying experiences... Cardiologist Michael Sabom,
shares the astonishing account of Pam Reynolds' near-death experience
while connected to a vast array of bio-monitors during surgery which
prove scientifically that her visions were not the result of brain seizure,
drug induced hallucinations or from external stimuli ... Another medical
expert and author of "God at the Speed of Light," Dr. T. Baumann advances
the new theory that God is actually light! Baumann asserts, "I feel
there is a common element to balance the arguments for near death
experiences and the existence of Heaven. The common element is
light ... light is omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent and has a
consciousness."
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050214/sfm224_1.html
*** Reserve your DVD copy of "The Search For Heaven":
http://heaven.grizzlyadams.tv/

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My Descent into Death: A Second Chance at Life
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by Howard Storm                (Availability: Now)
This is one of the greatest NDE testimonies ever told. It was first
released on July 10, 2000, and now a second edition has been released
on February 15th. Not since Betty Eadie's "Embraced by the Light"
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compelling. Perhaps no one but Howard Storm has fallen to such
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it. Rather than being welcomed by light beings immediately after death,
Howard was tortured by monstrous beings of depravity. But a simple
childhood prayer allowed him to be rescued by Jesus himself and be
taken to heaven. As it was with Betty Eadie, Howard's story is a great
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was so overwhelmed, she volunteered to provide the foreword.
http://www.randomhouse.com/doubleday/catalog/display.pperl?0385513763

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Is There Life After Death?: An Examination of the Empirical Evidence
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by David Lester                    (Availability: Now)
There exists a large body of research on topics relevant to the
question of life after death. This book objectively examines that
research, drawing together the observations of social science
regarding such phenomena as reincarnation, near-death experiences,
deathbed visions, cases of possession by dead spirits, and apparitions
of the deceased. It considers possibilities including survival of
consciousness and survival of personality, and reflects on the logical
problems inherent in any model of postmortem survival." An extensive
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possibility of life after death.
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Grief Dreams: How They Help Us Heal after the Death of a Loved One
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by Tina J. Wray and Ann Back Price     (Availability: Now)
The authors present four basic categories of grief dreams -- the
visitation dream, in which the deceased simply spends time with the
griever; the message dream, in which counsel is given; the reassurance
dream, in which the dreamer feels comforted about the fate of the dead
person or her own ability to cope; and the trauma dream, in which the
dreamer relives some unpleasant aspect of the death or of experiences
with the dead person in life. Suggestions are then given for using the
messages of these dreams and for understanding the nature of the
grieving process.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0787976784/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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Take a fantastic voyage through other dimensions. McKnight was one of the
first, and most successful, researchers to work with Robert Monroe and
The Monroe Institute in Virginia. She spent eleven years doing
research in a laboratory setting. With the help of Monroe and his
Hemi-Sync technology that put her into altered states of consciousness,
she explored and reported on various levels of non-physical reality. Written
or every soul on the planet, these unforgettable adventures emphasize that
all of us have angels and spirit guides waiting to help us discover the inner
workings of the multiple worlds in which we exist and to which we will all
one day journey.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1571744134/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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you to join online at their membership page. There are many benefits for
being a member. Their quarterly newsletter Vital Signs is alone worth
becoming a member.

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	 (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'a Website)
*** Attend the IANDS Conference on Sept. 8-10, 2005, in Virginia
Beach, VA.
*** Then on Sept. 18-26, 2005, take a Sacred Journey Caribbean
Cruise with PMH Atwater and Dannion Brinkley who will be sharing
some time and space on the same shipping line. Although their
engagements are separate, the two groups will enjoy each other's
company whenever possible. Dannion and Atwater will have new
books out by then. Dannion's book is "Messages from the Light,"
and PMH's is "The New Children and The Fifth World, Prophecy
and Evolution." A great synchronistic deal.
http://www.cinemind.com/atwater/cruise/cruise.html
Download the PDF: http://www.cinemind.com/atwater/cruise/SacredCruise.pdf

*** Volunteers Needed For Important NDE Research
CHARLOTTSVILLE, VIRGINIA ----- (P.M.H. Atwater'a Website)
If you have had a NDE or other unexplained experience, you are invited
to correspond with Dr. Bruce Greyson and his team of researchers.
Please send your name and postal address and/or e-mail address to
the corresponding researcher. Contact Dr. Greyson at cbg4d@...
to report NDEs, or contact Dr. Jim Tucker at jbt8n@... to
report children with memories of previous lives, or contact Dr. Emily
Kelly at ewc2r@... to report any other experiences, such
as apparitions, deathbed visions, and communications from deceased
loves ones.
http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/personalitystudies/case_types.cfm

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Get a Free Copy of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Near-Death
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Join IANDS and receive a free copy of P.M.H. Atwater's 480-page
"encylopedia of the NDE."  "The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Near-Death
Experience" has been called "the Ultimate NDE Guide". Ken Ring,
Ph.D. had this to say about Atwater's guide: "This book by PMH Atwater
is to me the definitive work on near-death experiences, and stands
somewhere between being a Bible for the field and an encyclopedia
of it. It is a tremendous achievement - and its warm, compulsively
readable, engaging, provocative and fun as well." This offer is good
while supplies last. Visit IANDS join page for more information about
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Participate in a Study by Completing an Online NDE Questionnaire
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SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA  -----  (Near-Death Newsletter)
Researchers at Wichita State University are investigating the after-effects
of the NDE by learning more about its impact on peoples' lives. If
you have had a NDE and decide to participate, you will be asked to
answer an anonymous questionnaire which will take approximately
10 minutes to complete. Any information obtained in this study will
remain confidential and anonymous. Visit their website to decide if
you would like to participate:
http://www.angelfire.com/jazz/jazjef/_private/NDE_consent_VS.htm

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Questioning Life After Death: Doctor Conducts Studies on Near-Death
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DENTON, TEXAS  ----- (The North Texas Daily)
Consciousness may be more than just a product of brain activity,
according to Dr. Jan Holden, a professor in NT's department of
Counseling Development and Higher Education. Holden is involved
with a study on near-death experiences at the University of Virginia,
which started last March ... With this in mind, Holden designed a
method of proving this phenomenon. A laptop computer that opens
flat hangs on the ceiling with the screen facing away from the floor.
A series of animations runs once the computer starts up. Holden's
husband, a computer software engineer, developed the program.
With this study, Holden hopes to provide support for the theory that
consciousness is more than a product of brain activity. "If consciousness
is a product of the brain, then when the brain dies, consciousness
dies. If the brain is like a cell phone in the field of consciousness,
then when the brain dies, consciousness continues," she said.
http://www.ntdaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/01/21/41f0a79e73d4c
*** Visit the IANDS website at:  http://www.iands.org/

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Univ of VA Research Mirrors Television's "Medium"
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA  -----  (The Daily Progress)
The inspiration for NBC's new drama "Medium" is participating in a
University of Virginia study that seeks to prove whether the living
can talk to the dead. "Medium" tells the real-life story of Allison
DuBois, an Arizona mother of three who claims to see dead people
and helps police solve murder cases ... "We know it can be done.
There is a history of mediums who worked under these conditions
in the '20s and '30s and did quite well," Kelly said. "It's a matter of
identifying someone who can do well under these conditions." This
is the first study that UVa has conducted studies with mediums in
30 years. The Division of Personality Studies typically researches
reincarnation, near-death experiences, death bed visions and
out-of-body experiences.
http://www.dailyprogress.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=CDP%2FMGArticle%2FCDP_Ba\
sicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031780290543&path=
*** Visit the UVa Division of Personality Studies:
http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/personalitystudies/
*** Read about the Scole psychic study of the '20s and '30s:
http://www.survivalafterdeath.org/articles/keen/scole.htm
*** Visit Allison DuBois' website:
http://www.allisondubois.com/default.htm

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Linking Out-of-Body Experience and Self Processing to Mental
Own-Body Imagery at the Temporoparietal Junction
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WASHINGTON, DC  -----  (The Journal of Neuroscience)
Abstract:  The spatial unity of self and body is challenged by various
philosophical considerations and several phenomena, perhaps most
notoriously the "out-of-body experience" (OBE) during which one's
visual perspective and one's self are experienced to have departed
from their habitual position within one's body. Although researchers
started examining isolated aspects of the self, the neurocognitive
processes of OBEs have not been investigated experimentally to
further our understanding of the self. With the use of evoked
potential mapping, we show the selective activation of the temporoparietal
junction (TPJ) at 330-400 ms after stimulus onset when healthy
volunteers imagined themselves in the position and visual perspective
that generally are reported by people experiencing spontaneous OBEs.
http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/abstract/25/3/550

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Man Starts Breathing After Being Declared Dead
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RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA  -----  (WSOCT.com)
Steve Green says he was ready to make funeral arrangements after
his brother had been hit by a car and declared dead on a Franklin
County road. Now, he's hoping those arrangements won't be necessary.
Just as a medical examiner was unzipping a body bag Monday night
to examine Larry Green's body to determine a cause of death, he
discovered Larry Green was breathing. That was two hours after he'd
been hit by a car and pronounced dead at the scene by emergency
medical technicians.
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/4132535/detail.html
*** Watch the online news video about this story:
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/news/012505_NW_deadandalive.html#

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Linking Life After Death To Subatomic Physics
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INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA  -----  (VNN)
If you have evidence of the existence of a spiritual world, a world of
help and guidance and sympathy, then you can hold to it in spite
of every denial of the materialists, who can only base their denial
on the absence of any sensory stimulus to their material organism.
Such a world may exist all round us, and yet can only be spiritually
discerned. The faculty of discernment does exist in some people,
and their positive evidence overweighs a wilderness of negation
from people whose perceptions are limited to the bodily senses.
http://www.vnn.org/editorials/ET0212/ET26-7687.html

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"What The Bleep Do We Know?" Study Guide Now Available
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA  -----  (What The Bleep website)
The creators of "What the BLEEP Do We Know?" and the Institute
of Noetic Sciences (IONS), have created a free Study Guide to be
used by individuals and groups to maximize the personal benefit
each viewer can receive from the film. The Guide is a free gift to
fans of the movie. It is intended to help spread the value that is
available by focusing on, understanding, integrating, and embodying
many of the principles offered in the film. Written, compiled, and
edited by the IONS staff and other professionals, the Guide provides
a framework for individuals and groups to explore, discuss, and
deepen their involvement with "What the BLEEP's" primary themes.
http://www.bleepspace.com/download/WTBstudyGuide.pdf
*** You will need to have the Adobe Reader installed to read the PDF file:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

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Recent Discoveries Raise New Theories on the Origin of Life
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NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK  -----  (The Epoch Times)
Research in near-death experiences suggests that after death a
person is still alive in some other form. British scientists report that
many people who have been brought back to life in emergency
rooms are able to recount in detail how their souls had exited their
bodies and floated above the medical personnel. Reincarnation
treatment is gaining approval from more and more people. In such
treatment, patients could find what body parts were injured in their
previous lives. In some cases, this treatment has been more
effective in diagnosis than CT, MRI and blood tests.
http://english.epochtimes.com/news/5-1-26/26040.html

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From Death, a New Life Blooms
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EUGENE, OREGON   -----  (The Register-Guard)
Only a few weeks later, Crystal Houser was dead. Her new heart
and lungs seemed fine, her death unexpected and quick ... Nichols
suffered from an elevated type of pulmonary hypertension - a hole
in her heart ... She almost didn't make it. Like Houser, Nichols had
a severe reaction to some of the post-surgery medicines she was
required to take ... Her life in the balance, Nichols said she had a
dream or near-death experience in the hospital in which she was
greeted by several deceased family members - and a girl with
blond hair she didn't recognize. Nichols said she wanted to go with
the family members and girl, who made it clear to her that "it was
not my time" to join them. Nichols believes the girl was the
blond-haired Houser.
http://www.registerguard.com/news/2005/01/26/d1.cr.krystal.0126.html

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Psychic Helps B.C. Police Find Hiker's Body
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NELSON, BRITISH COLUMBIA  -----  (CBC News)
Police in Nelson, B.C., have found the body of a young woman who
disappeared last March, and they credit a local psychic for pointing
them in the right direction. Kimberley Anne Sarjeant was last seen
walking alone in a popular hiking spot near Nelson. Police say they
used every tool at their disposal to try to find her, including search
dogs, helicopters and infrared heat detectors. When none of the
standard techniques seemed to work, Sgt. Steve Bank called on a
local psychic for help.
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/01/27/psychic-body050127.html

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Good For the Heart
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JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON  -----  (Mail Tribune)
The paramedics called RVMC and told the hospital to assemble the
cardiology team. Gross and a team of assistants were waiting for
Day when the ambulance arrived. "He looked dead," Gross recalled.
Twenty-one minutes after Day rolled into the hospital, Gross had
opened an artery in his leg, inserted a wire in the artery, guided it to
Day's damaged heart and installed a stent to repair the damaged
coronary artery. Day remembers looking down at his body, watching
from the ceiling while doctors worked to save his heart — an
"out-of-body" experience like those reported by many people who
have hovered between life and death.
http://www.mailtribune.com/archive/2005/0120/local/stories/01local.htm

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Russian DNA Discoveries Explain Human Paranormal Events
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VALLENTUNA, SWEDEN  -----  (Red Ice Net)
Esoteric and spiritual teachers have known for ages that our body
is programmable by language, words and thought. This has now
been scientifically proven and explained. The human DNA is a
biological Internet and superior in many aspects to the artificial one.
The latest Russian scientific research directly or indirectly explains
phenomena such as clairvoyance, intuition, spontaneous and
remote acts of healing, self healing, affirmation techniques, unusual
light/auras around people (namely spiritual masters), mind's influence
on weather patterns and much more.
http://www.red-ice.net/specialreports/paranormaldna.html

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Marginalizing Bin Laden
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PETROLIA, CALIFORNIA  -----  (CounterPunch)
At the other extreme was "Why We Should Love Osama Bin Laden,"
in which Kevin Williams, who maintains near-death.com, an otherwise
estimable clearinghouse for near-death experiences, tells us:
"Although I believe that Bin Laden should be captured and imprisoned,
I believe that we should love the man as we should love everyone --
unconditionally. . . . [the] terrorist attacks are really a cry out for help
and it is our obligation to help them."
http://www.counterpunch.org/wellen01272005.html
*** Read Kevin Williams' article "Why We Should Love Osama Bin Laden":
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/editorial03.html

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Numbers May Lead Believers to Future
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FORT COLLINS, COLORADO  -----  (Colorado State Collegian)
Tafoya believes his ability to crack codes came after an out-of-body
experience he had in 1977 while at his father's funeral. "During my
experience, I heard a voice that said: 'it's all in the numbers,'" Tafoya
said. "That's when the ability came." Like he predicted Sept. 11, 2001,
Tafoya believes that 2005 holds some political events. Through his
mathematical equation, Tafoya determined that 2005 will be an
action year because the digits 2 + 0 + 0 + 5 = 7.
http://www.collegian.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/01/20/41ef52647e04b

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Climate Change Disaster by 2026
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM  -----  (BBC News)
Dangerous levels of climate change could be reached in just over
20 years if nothing is done to stop global warming, a WWF-UK
study claims. At current rates, the Earth will be 2 degrees Celsius
above pre-industrial levels some time between 2026 and 2060, says
a paper by Dr Mark New of Oxford University. Temperatures in the
Arctic could rise by three times this amount, he says. It would lead
to a loss of summer sea ice and tundra vegetation, with polar bears
and other animals dying out.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/4218441.stm

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Escape From the Universe
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM  -----  (Prospect Magazine)
Einstein's general relativity theory allows for the existence of
"wormholes" or gateways connecting parallel universes, sometimes
called "Einstein-Rosen bridges." But it is still unknown whether
quantum corrections make such a journey possible or not. Although
once considered a preposterous idea, the concept of the "multiverse"
—that our universe coexists with an infinite number of parallel
universes—has recently generated much interest among physicists
from several directions.
http://prospectmagazine.co.uk/article_details.php.6701.html
*** Read about the NDE "wormhole" to another dimension:
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/research16.html

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Dr. Death to Teach Australians How to Make Their Own Suicide Pills
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM  -----  (The Daily Telegraph)
A controversial euthanasia campaigner nicknamed Dr. Death is to run
suicide seminars in Australia where people will learn how to make
their own "death tablet''. Dr. Philip Nitschke says that the so-called
"Peanut Pill" - named after a slang term for barbiturates - will be "more
reliable and far more effective'' than other methods of suicide ... Dr.
Nitschke, 57, the director of Exit International. Australia's voluntary
euthanasia organisation, said that 30 of his 3,000 members will meet
at a secret location in the Australian outback to work on the deadly
recipe later this year. At the end of the weekend workshop, each will
leave with a 10g "death pill'' that they have made themselves.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=P8&targetRule=\
10&xml=/connected/2005/01/26/ecneuth23.xml
*** Visit the website "Fierce Goodbye: A Faith-Based Perspective on
Suicide":  http://www.fiercegoodbye.com/
*** Visit Dr. Philip Nitschke's website "Exit International":
http://www.exitinternational.net/
*** Buy the DVD documentary "Fierce Goodbye":
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00061UI3C/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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

P.M.H. Atwater's latest books are entitled
"The New Children and Near-Death Experiences"
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1591430208/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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

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SEPTEMBER 18 - SEPTEMBER 26, 2005:
Take the Sacred Journey Cruise to the Caribbean with P.M.H. and
Terry Atwater for a Seminar at Sea. Learn more here:
http://www.near-death.com/atwater/special/cruise.html
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QUESTION:  "Have you come across any near-death experiencers
who were blind or deaf?" -- Jeffrey

ANSWER by PMH ATWATER:  I encountered some adult near-death
experiencers who were blind, most of them since birth, in my research,
but no children who were. Of the adult experiencers, all of them claimed
to see and clearly during their near-death episode. What amazed
me is that those who were blind since birth - never saw - recognized
colors instantly and knew what color was which just by the site of it,
and used the right words to describe what they saw - even if it was to
describe people who entered their hospital room, people they had never
before touched, heard, or were around ...
[Read more at http://www.near-death.com/atwater/index.html ]

P. M. H. Atwater, L.H.D.
http://www.cinemind.com/atwater/
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(3)....Books on the NDE
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My Descent into Death: A Second Chance at Life
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by Howard Storm
This is one of the greatest NDE stories ever told. It was first released
on July 10, 2000, and now a second edition will be released this
February 15th. Not since Betty Eadie's "Embraced by the Light" has
a NDE story been so utterly different from most others or more
compelling. Perhaps no one but Howard Storm has fallen to such
great depths, then risen to such great heights, and lived to tell about
it. Rather than being welcomed by light beings immediately after
death, Howard was tortured by monstrous beings of depravity. But
a simple childhood prayer allowed him to be rescued by Jesus
himself and be taken to heaven. As it was with Betty Eadie, Howard's
story is a great message of hope and a great message of redemption.
Anne Rice, who wrote the Foreword of Howard's book, had this to
say about it:  "This is a book you devour from cover to cover, and
pass on to others. This is a book you will quote in your daily
conversation. Storm was meant to write it and we were meant to read
it." When Anne Rice read Howard's manuscript she was so overwhelmed,
she volunteered to provide the foreword.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385513763/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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Mysteries of Consciousness
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by David D. Weisher MD
Are you the sum aggregate of an epiphenomenon of random firing
neurons that simply no longer exists after the complex system
dies or are you a spirit that temporarily resides in this "brain machine"
that is liberated upon the death of this complex neurological system?
These two philosophies are not only basic, they are opposite and
opposing. Both can not be truth. Either Life is a koas between two
nothings or it is a complex and dynamic co-existence between the
physical and spiritual worlds. This book examines this question
like no other because of the unique background of the author. Not only a
neurologist which gives him a position of some authority on this
subject but he is also an engineer which contribute a degree of logic
to the equation.
http://www2.xlibris.com/bookstore/bookdisplay.asp?bookid=26272
*** Read an interesting NDE excerpt from "Mysteries of Consciousness":
http://www2.xlibris.com/bookstore/book_excerpt.asp?bookid=26272

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Tranceformers: Shamans of the 21st Century (E-Book)
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John Jay Harper is a clinical hypnotherapist in Spokane, Washington
who has written an ebook that integrates the NDE within the framework
of both science and religion; specifically it is a theory on the operation
of cosmic consciousness itself. His passion for learning about the
hereafter was inspired by a 1988 after-death visitation with a deceased
colleague - an experience which changed him from skeptic to mystic.
It was this close encounter and the myriad of questions it generated
which relentlessly drove him to solve the riddle of life after death and
publish his findings. His book has recently been released as an ebook
which is the only version that reflects Earth Changes predictions and
includes overall major textual improvements. His ebook is available
for immediate purchase and download at his website:
http://www.johnjayharper.com/
*** "Tranceformers: Shamans of the 21st Century" (paperback):
http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?&isbn=0-595-22975-1
*** John Jay Harper's Science of Soul Online Store:
http://associatesshop.filzhut.de/shop/index.php?ID=466487857d3f1a1421c0ab10c8e34\
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Near Death and out-of-Body Experiences (Auspicious Births and Deaths)
Of the Prophets, Saints, Mystics and Sages in World Religions
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by Marilynn Hughes
Ever wanted to know about some of the most fascinating moments
in religious history? Moments when prophets and world religions
were born? Final words and moments of the great prophets? Out-of-
body experiences which led to the prophet's missions? Near-death
experiences and afterlife visions experienced  by the prophets, saints,
mystics and sages? If so, this book is for you! Culled from some of
the most remote ancient texts on world religion, these expressive
moments in religious history are compiled in the actual words of
those who witnessed or recorded these events.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1411619161/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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Soul Journeys: My Guided Tours Through the Afterlife
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by Rosalind A. McKnight
Take a fantastic voyage through other dimensions. McKnight was
one of the first, and most successful, researchers to work with
Robert Monroe and The Monroe Institute in Virginia. She spent
eleven years doing research in a laboratory setting. With the help
of Monroe and his Hemi-Sync technology that put her into altered
states of consciousness, she explored and reported on various
levels of non-physical reality. Written for every soul on the planet,
these unforgettable adventures emphasize that all of us have angels
and spirit guides waiting to help us discover the inner workings of
the multiple worlds in which we exist and to which we will all one
day journey.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1571744134/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20

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The Marriage of the Sun and Moon: Dispatches from the Frontiers
of Consciousness
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by Dr. Andrew Weil
From the great popularizer of alternative medicine, here is a collection
of essays about his travels to South America in the early 1970s in
search of information on altered states of consciousness, drug use
in other cultures, and other matters having to do with the complementarity
of mind and body. Andrew Weil's experiences during this time laid
the foundation for his mission to restore the connection between
medicine and nature. In The Marriage of the Sun and Moon, now
updated with a new preface by the author, the esteemed Dr. Weil
first attempts to empower patients to take fuller charge of their
destinies.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0618479058/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20
*** Visit Dr. Weil's website:  http://www.drweil.com/u/Home/index.html

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From Science to God: A Physicist's Journey into the Mystery of
Consciousness
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by Peter Russell
Peter Russell went from being a strict atheist and scientist to
discovering a profound personal synthesis of the mystical and the
scientific. That transition is the basis of his book which he blends
physics, psychology, and philosophy to reach a new worldview in
which consciousness is a fundamental quality of creation. Russell
shows how all the ingredients for this worldview are in place; it
remains only to put the pieces together and explore the new picture
of reality that emerges. Integrating a deep knowledge of science
with his own experiences of meditation, Russell arrives at a universe
similar to that described by many mystics - one in which the inner
and outer worlds no longer conflict. The bridge between them, he
shows, is light, and this book invites readers to cross that bridge to
find new meaning in God and a deeper significance in spiritual practice.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1577314948/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20
*** Visit Peter Russell's wonderful website:
http://www.peterussell.com/index2.html

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Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction
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by Susan Blackmore
The famous NDE skeptic's latest book challenges the reader to
reconsider key concepts such as personality, free will, and the soul.
How can a physical brain create our experience of the world? What
creates our identity? Do we really have free will? Could consciousness
itself be an illusion? Exciting new developments in brain science are
opening up the debate on these issues. Blackmore combines the
perspectives of philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience - and
serves as a launch pad for further exploration of this "last great
mystery of science."
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0192805851/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20
*** Visit Susan Blackmore's website:  http://www.susanblackmore.co.uk/

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Secrets and Mysteries of the World
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by Sylvia Browne
From the Great Pyramid to Stonehenge, Sylvia reveals amazing
facts about some of the world's most mysterious sites. The truth
behind sacred and controversial objects such as the Shroud of
Turin and the Holy Grail are brought to light; and fascinating and
mystifying topics such as crop circles, the Lost Continent of
Atlantis, UFOs, Easter Island, and much more are examined and
clarified. Sylvia tears away the obscure and timeworn explanations
that hide the underlying truths about these fascinating subjects.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1401900852/ref=nosim/neardeathexpe-20
*** Read Sylvia Browne's NDE testimony:
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/paranormal07.html

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SEPTEMBER 8 - 10, 2005 - IANDS Annual Conference
"Message and Meaning: Using the Near-Death Experience
as a Tool for Living"

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	 (1)....NDEs in the News
	 (2)....Notes from the Webmaster
	 (3)....Books on the NDE
	 (4)....IANDS in the Spotlight
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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'a Website)
*** The Sacred Journey Caribbean Cruise date has been moved up to
September 18-26, 2005. Click on the link provided for more information
about the cruise: http://www.cinemind.com/atwater/cruise/cruise.html
Download the PDF: http://www.cinemind.com/atwater/cruise/SacredCruise.pdf

*** Advance orders available for Atwater's new book "The New Children
and The Fifth World, Prophecy and Evolution," due for release August
2005. Click on the link provided for more information:
http://www.cinemind.com/atwater/c5pe.html

*** "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Near-Death Experiences" is now
out-of-print. The last remaining copies are available at a special discounted
website price and personally autographed.
Read more about "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Near-Death Experiences":
http://www.cinemind.com/atwater/cig.html
Get your copy here:  http://www.cinemind.com/atwater/CigOrd.html

*** Have you witnessed a religious apparition? Perhaps of Jesus, Mary,
Moses, etc? Irene Blinston of the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology in
Palo Alto, California is conducting a research project on apparitions. If you
are
25 years old or older, and you experienced one or more religious apparitional
encounters before the age of 13 years old, please visit her website for more
information on how you can participate in her study:
http://www.apparition-research.com/

*** Have you seen the movie "What the Bleep Do We Know?" yet?
The sum of what comes from near-death experiences, death-bed visions,
spiritual transformations, and from the depths of the new sciences and
what has been discovered about the universe, is embraced in this film - and
in a manner you can grasp. The DVD is scheduled for release Spring, 2005,
and you can pre-order it at the 20th Century Fox online store:
http://www.foxhome.com/whatthebleep/
Visit the "What The Bleep Do We Know" website: http://www.whatthebleep.com/

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NDE Participants Sought For Research on the Effects of NDEs on Marriage
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DENTON, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS  -----  (Near-Death Newsletter)
A reseacher named Rozan Christian is exploring the effects of a
potentially life-changing event on marriage, including a NDE, on one of the
martial partners. If you are married or divorced, and during that marriage you
or your spouse experienced a potentially life-changing event, your
participation in this study is welcomed. Your involvement would require less
than one hour in the comfort of your own home or other location of your
choosing to complete several brief questionnaires regarding your experience
and marriage. Your participation would remain confidential. The types of
life-changing events of interest to the study include the following: a NDE, the
birth of a child, a move to a new home, a career change, a significant change
in financial status, or the death of a loved one. If any of these apply to you
and
your spouse, your participation in this study is welcomed. If you are interested
in participating, please contact Rozan Christian via e-mail at rozanc@...
or telephone at 972-741-8387.
http://www.iands.org/msgboards/messages/1625/104744.html?1106061464

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White Noise: More Fact than Fiction
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BALTIMORE, MARYLAND  -----  (PRWeb)
When asked about her near-death experience during a brutal attack by the
Rte 29 Corridor Rapist, Sandi recalls the event with remarkable clarity.
"One moment I was fighting him off and the next I remember thinking,
'Oh wow, I'm dead'. I felt exactly the same as I always did, except I had
no body. It felt wonderful and free. But as I saw my lifeless body and
watched my assailant strangling me; I knew he had not meant to kill me ...
Even though he was wearing stocking mask From the other side, I saw his
face," states Athey. "I heard God say, 'You must go back, you have work
to do' So I went back into my body and started fighting for my life."
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2005/1/emw197203.htm
*** Visit Sandi Athey's website:  http://www.psychicsandi.com/

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  Varied Readings on Arizona Ppsychic
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TUSCON, ARIZONA  -----  (The Arizona Star)
"There is no question this is not a fraud - some people really can do
this, and Allison is one of them," said psychology professor Gary E.
Schwartz, who directs the UA's Human Energy Systems Laboratory
where the experiments with Dubois and other well-known mediums -
including John Edward of TV's "Crossing Over" fame - have been conducted.
http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/dailystar/57187.php
*** Visit Allison Dubois' website:  http://www.allisondubois.com/
*** Visit Dr. Gary Schwart's research website:  http://veritas.arizona.edu/

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Hit Maker of the 1950s Sees Her Star Shine Once Again
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HAVERHILL, NEW HAMPSHIRE ----- (Concord Monitor Online)
I had a near-death experience after my children were in college.
(I had) a malignant growth on my parathyroid gland - which is right
next to the vocal chords. (I was unconscious, and) there was a
meadow, and a maypole surrounded by girls dancing, in long, white
dresses. They stopped dancing, and one of them turned around to
face me. It was my mother, and she was waving at me. It was
glorious, and it was beautiful, and then I heard one of the doctors
say, "She's comatose," and I came to..."
http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050102/REPOSITORY/501\
020379/1001/NEWS01

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  Visions of Mum While Under 13-Tonne Bus
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QUEENSLAND, AUSTRAILIA  -----  (The Sunday Mail)
After the 13-tonne bus he was working on fell on top of him, Mr
Culvert clinically died four times. Yesterday the 54-year-old wept as
he remembered seeing a vision of his recently dead mother after the
bus fell on him. "I saw my mum while I was under the bus," Mr Calvert
said. "I really knew something was wrong then. "She was standing
there looking 20 years younger, wearing a floral dress, but the funny
thing was she didn't have any legs and she was shaking her finger
at me saying, "Not yet, not yet."
http://www.thesundaymail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,11869368%255E421,0\
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Doctor Explores Belief of Rebirth in Judaism
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MIAMI, FLORIDA  -----  (The Miami Herald)
How does a Yale-educated doctor trained in forensic psychiatry become
convinced he was a Babylonian priest in a former life? By conducting
research, evaluating data and approaching results with an open mind,
says Dr. Brian Weiss, a Miami-based psychiatrist and the nation's
foremost practitioner of past-life regression therapy ... Among Orthodox
Jews, particularly the ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Jews who kept much of
the mystical tradition