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Upcoming events
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*** January 8-10, 2003 - IANDS North American Conference
"Healing and the NDE" - Sheraton Waikiki Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii
Our aim is to reach out to health-care professionals of all types:
doctors; nurses; psychologists, psychiatrists and other mental
health counselors; hospice workers; energy healers, etc.

*** March 17, 2003 - 7 p.m. - Near Death Experience Alternatives
St. James, Piccadilly, London SW1 - Do NDEs point to 
consciousness beyond the brain? By Dr. Peter Fenwick, Institute of 
Psychiatry, University of London), President of the Horizon Foundation 
(formerly the International Association for Near-Death Studies UK). 
Is our consciousness just a mass of brain processes? An evolutionary 
by-product with no meaning or purpose? Or is it something beyond 
the brain - a bridge to other powerful, hidden dimensions of reality?

*** April 25-30, 2003 - Fifth International Conference on Science 
and Consciousness - Albuquerque, NM
"Consciousness Exploring Itself" - Presenters include, Ralph Metzner,
Peter Gorman, David Feinstein, Gregg Braden, John Hagelin, Amit 
Goswami, Vasant Lad, Onye Onyemaechi, Don Campbell, William Tiller, Alexander and Ann Shulgin, and many others.

*** May 16 -18, 2003 - Pure and Convincing: Children's Near Death 
Experiences & Past Lives - A.R.E. Conference, Virginia Beach, VA
From the innocent and fresh experiences of children comes a fresh 
understanding of what lies beyond this life: fascinating research on the 
innocent and pure experiences of children, presented by the foremost 
experts in this field. Melvin Morse, MD; Kimberly Clark Sharp, LCSW;
Charles Thomas Cayce, PhD, Carol Bowman, MS; ; Robert J. Grant

*** If you know of any events involving the NDE, please email me
the information at http://www.near-death.com/contact.html

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New NDE TV listings
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(Check your local TV listings for the correct time nearest you.)

*** Jan. 9, 12 - "Defending Your Life" - TMC
Albert Brooks and Meryl Streep find love in an afterlife way station where 
fates are determined. NOTE: This is an excellent movie which is based
on NDE information. It is a funny, romantic, and tear-jerking movie. 
Brooks must defend his life during his life review before a Council of Elders.

*** For paranormal television series that include NDEs, click here.

*** Search TV listings for NDE programs
TV listings in this section of the newsletter span from Jan. 1 through 
Jan. 15. After Jan. 15, search the cable listings for TV listings from 
Jan. 16 through Jan. 31. A search using keywords such as: death, 
near-death, afterlife, reincarnation, heaven, hell, hereafter, afterworld, 
beyond, and otherworld, the other side.

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New NDE books
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*** Best Evidence: An Investigative Reporter's Three-Year Quest to Uncover the Best Scientific Evidence for ESP, Psychokinesis, Mental Healing, Ghosts and Poltergeists, Dowsing, Mediums, Near Death Experiences, Reincarnation, and Other Impossible Phenomena That Refuse to Disappear 
by Michael L. Schmicker
"In Best Evidence, Michael Schmicker assembles scientific documentation for experiences that many readers intuitively believe are real, despite mainstream skepticism: ESP, psychokinesis, mental healing, ghosts and poltergeists, dowsing, mediums, near-death experiences, reincarnation, and, as Schmicker puts it, "Other Impossible Phenomena That Refuse to Disappear."

*** The Afterlife Codes: Searching for Evidence of the Survival of the Soul
by Susy Smith, Suzy Smith, Gary E. R. Schwartz, Linda G. S. Russek
"Susy Smith's thirtieth book contains more of the profoundly inspirational knowledge about life after death that she has received over the years from her mother and her spirit colleagues. Through the Survival Research Foundation and the Susy Smith Project at the University of Arizona, Smith hopes to scientifically prove that consciousness survives after physical death. She relives her years of awakening to a strong belief in life after death, and her psychic research spanning four decades of growing knowledge and changing attitudes about this controversial field. 

*** As I Lay Dying: Meditations Upon Returning
by Richard John Neuhaus
"Neuhaus, who found himself drifting in and out of consciousness after a 
tumor ruptured his intestines and the subsequent botched surgery caused internal hemorrhaging. One night he was visited by two beings, which he calls angels, who assured him that "Everything is ready now."

*** Though You Die: Death and Life Beyond Death
by Stanley Drake
"Death is a certainty that affects us all, something that every human being must eventually face. And more is known about human death than many people realize. A growing number of people have experienced the brink of death and an "out-of-body experience." Some feel they have in fact chosen to return to life after hours on the operating table."

*** Death: The Great Mystery of Life
by Herbie Brennan
" Herbie Brennan turns his attention to ghosts, mediums, out-of-body experiences (OOBE) and other psychic phenomena which are clearly his chief interest more skeptical readers may raise an eyebrow. Brennan has done a number of experiments using hypnosis to trigger OOBE in subjects and the results of these, along with examples done by others in the field, are used to support his arguable conclusion that "there is a substantial body of evidence to suggest the second body everyone experiences during an OOBE is something more than a subjective reality."

*** Immortal Remains: The Evidence for Life After Death
by Stephen E. Braude
(No summary available)

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

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New NDE web links
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*** Life After Death (LAD) Discussion Forum
Lou Famoso has created this new forum as another location for you
to post your LAD (or NDE) and discuss related topics. Posting your
NDE on as many forums as possible is a good way to get your message
to as many people as possible. Check it out."

*** Renee Paraslow [ Pasarow], A Talk on Her Near-Death Experience
"It was the love of God, and the love all things sacred and all things 
beautiful and all things just, and I could go on and on and on but this 
was what propelled me on was my connection and my affection for God."

*** Near-Death Experiences in Thailand: Discussion of case histories
"Several studies have indicated that the phenomenologies of NDEs 
is culture-bound. The observation that the Being of Light can appear 
differently according to a person's expectations of what God will be 
like supports the notion that a person's religion also plays a role. In 
this article, we will examine eleven NDEs collected in Thailand."

*** Sir Martin Brofman in conversation....the Near Death Experience 
That Changed his Life
"The being said that because my reason for wanting to return was 
somebody outside myself, I would be allowed to return. Before I had 
the chance to express that I didn't really want to return, there was a 
rapid, confused movement, something happened,"

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

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