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 The Near-Death Newsletter is a free semi-monthly
newsletter which is emailed to subscribers every 1st
of the month and on every 15th of the month.
The mission of this newsletter is to inform, enlighten,
entertain, and aid the public in understanding the latest in all
things concerning the NDE
and related phenomena by promoting IANDS
(International Association for Near-Death
Studies), NDE
researchers, experiencers,
multimedia
resources, and events.
[Disclaimer: This newsletter is not affiliated
with IANDS; but the creator of this newsletter, Kevin
Williams, is a member of IANDS who is
dedicated to the IANDS mission.]
IANDS is the premier organization for NDE research.
Membership gives you access to subscribe to their prestigious
Journal
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Signs. You can join
online right from their website. Get connected
with the people and organization which will likely
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NDEs in the news |
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Notes from the webmaster |
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What's new at near-death.com |
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Discussion
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Q
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Books on the NDE |
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Websites on the
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Notes
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 Oneness, Synchronicity, and Love
My major experience
with synchronicity (meaningful coincidence) after my mother's death
made me more interested in how we are all
connected and the illusion of separation. It also
made me think back to when I first experienced it.
It happened before my manic depressive illness
began to throw me into cycles of depression and
mania. My reaction to synchronicity when it first
happen to me was not fascination, but more like
terror. It happened when I fell in love for the
first time while I was in college. For years, I
was a just a normal guy playing the field and lots
of one-night-stands. I convinced myself that I
would never do anything so stupid as to having a
steady relationship. Forget about marriage. I
played aggressively and didn't care how many
hearts I broke. I even had a reputation.
But then I dated a girl who was attending the same
class I was. She was different than the others I
went out with. She was on the same level as I was
and we shared many of the same interests. I was
finding it difficult to do what I normally do in
such a situation - keep from developing an
emotional bond with her. She was difficult to
ignore. I was entering uncharted territory I began
feeling insecure. I was losing control. The tables
were turning on me. Now I was becoming the one who
couldn't walk away. Infatuation melt-down. I
wanted to walk away but I couldn't stop thinking about
her. One night I had dreamt of her and saw her in
a way that I now know was meeting her "higher
self." I woke up and it seemed so real, I
strongly suspected that I had really met her in
the dream. I wanted to ask her but kept chickening
out. I felt like it was foolish to ask her such a
question. It would blow my cover and expose the
fact that I had a feeling for her. But I was even
more concerned about what answer I would receive.
If it was true, it would confirm my worse
nightmare. It would affirm that it wasn't just my
imagination. There was something crazy going on
here.
My life as a player was at stake. But my defensive
mechanisms were not working properly. My tough
facade as a uncaring heartbreaker was crumbling
away and revealing my true identity as a quaking bowl of
Jello. I couldn't concentrate on anything but her and
had trouble sleeping. Finally, I remember thinking something like, "If this
is what love is, then I don't want any part of it."
Little synchronistic things would happen that
would drive me crazy. I thought about calling her
on the phone and the phone rang and it's her. I bumped
into her by coincidence at a location I rarely
visited. It was the metaphysical equivalent of
randomly reaching into a haystack and finding a
needle on your first try. My studies began to
suffer and I was out of control.
And because I was raised in Christian environment, I
suspected that all supernatural things and
paranormal occurrences were "of the devil." With these strange
"magical" and seemingly "mechanical" things happening to
me, and the turmoil going on within me, I feared
what was happening was not entirely good.
What made it even worse was the fact that I could
tell she was experiencing the same things too. But
she seemed more confident than I was or at least
she was able to conceal it better than I. But I
knew without words, that she would be willing to plunge into the
sea of love with me. But I was like a little boy
too afraid to jump in. I knew I would disappear if
I did. I would fall completely head over heals in love with her and then she would
become my only world. Everything else would become
irrelevant to me in comparison. But I walked away
from her as if I had nearly been killed. It was a
near-love experience. I realized later, that I had
lost someone special. I wondered if she my soul
mate.
Over time, I have been able to put my fears of commitment,
intimacy, and surrender, into a growing
perspective. Surrendering to love is surrendering
to death; but in a metaphysical way.
I once read the NDE
account of a woman who succumbed to death and
found herself in the tunnel and being drawn toward
the loving light. Usually this is a very peaceful
and wonderful experience. But this particular
woman was hysterical. She obviously didn't know
what was happening to her. Because of this, she
was terrified and struggled to avoid what was
happening. She even tried grabbing the walls of
the tunnel to prevent being sucked into what she
perceived to be the fires of hell. I had to
chuckle when I read this because it was,
"There but by the grace of God go I."
I believe falling
in love and falling in death means surrendering to
the One-ness of the light which can be terrifying
if we have never experienced it before or don't
understand it. Being born into relative darkness
can foster an illusion of separation. Falling in
love or falling in death means discovering
One-ness. The light we bring into life is the same
light we realize at death. And this is why a
better understanding of death will helps us better
understand love. Synchronicity is a reminder that
our separation is an illusion. It is love letter
from heaven.
Peace and Light,
Kevin Williams
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What's new at near-death.com |
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NDE and Science addition |
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I have added new information concerning scientific discoveries
which suggests that the universe is built on consciousness
rather than matter. Consciousness seems to behave much
like a magnetic field. Recent scientific discoveries in NDE
research suggests that consciousness can transcend the
physical body. From our quantum consciousness we are
creating our own reality which is a holistic synthesis of
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NDE and the Temple |
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My research conclusions on this page focuses on a heavenly
structure resembling a temple or a library which people see
during a NDE. This structure has different names such as:
the Temple of Knowledge, the Temple of Wisdom, and the
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Real Events Can Be Observed While Outside of Your Body |
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Near-death researchers are particularly interested in studying
those NDEs which may provide an answer to the question of
whether the mind can function outside the physical body.
This is the first step in determining whether consciousness
can survive bodily death. This page describes some of the
scientific evidence. |
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Discovering the Lost Teachings of Jesus Thru NDEs |
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I added a section to my "About" web page concerning
my experience as a follower of Jesus in using NDE insights,
the archeological discoveries of the early Christian writings
in 1945 and the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947, and my own
personal experience, to shed light upon which Christian
doctrines to accept and which to reject. And how I
concluded with many other researchers that the original
teachings of Jesus and the early Christians resembled
Buddhism rather than the modern Christianity of
Jerry Falwell and the Catholicism of Madonna.
And how the light of modern NDEs is moving science,
religion, and the world toward a new paradigm - the final
stage in human evolution - a world full of Christs, Buddhas,
Abrahams, Muhammads, Zoroasters, Krishnas, etc.
A world full of spiritually awake and spiritually united
people. The resurrection of humanity from death and darkness. |
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Recent
additions and updates to www.near-death.com are also
listed on the "What's New" page on this website. |
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Q & A with
P.M.H. Atwater, L.H.D., Ph.D. (Hon.)
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An
in-depth look at the near-death phenomenon |
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 In this
section of the newsletter, P.M.H. Atwater will answer questions submitted to her from subscribers to this
newsletter. Atwater's
contribution to
near-death studies is considered to be one of the most
important as her first two books, Beyond
the Light
and Coming
Back to Life,
are
considered to be the "Bibles" of the NDE by
researchers and enthusiasts. If you have a question which you would like her to
answer for this column, just email your question to Kevin
Williams at http://www.near-death.com/contact.html for consideration.
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Atwater's latest book is entitled The New Children and
Near-Death Experiences
and is now available. In the Summer of 2004, her next book
entitled We Live Forever: The Real Truth About Death will be released but you
can order a reserve copy now.
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Question:
My husband and myself are both near-death
experiencers. I wish to give you our deepest gratitude for your research on NDEs and the aftereffects. We have
been spared much despair as a result. We also have a daughter, born in 1986 ... she's one of the Millennium
Kids. We also deeply thank you for researching these kids. Our own NDEs could not fully prepare us for this
incredible child! Who is now 17 years and the apple of our eye! Your research helped us not only to understand
what we were going through, but also our daughter's
unique characteristics.
I have thought to write you in the past. Now, I feel
I need qualified advice. Both my husband and I have experienced, for lack of better words, people from the
dark side? literally zeroing in on us. This has gone on since our NDEs. I realize it seems to be a taboo topic.
Are we unique in this? I will say we have learned a lot over the past 23 years since this first began. We have
been psychically attacked ... our family members have, etc. We have even been verbally told by a couple of
them, face to face. It isn't that we're afraid. Oh, we were,
but that was some time back. We just would like to know if others encounter this also? Is this an unspoken
aftereffect? I realize your reputation is at stake to write
me back, or to even enter into this. I would not desire to place that burden on you. It you have the time, then
perhaps you could just write back that others have reported this occurrence? Would that help? It sure would
help us to know that we are not the only ones, as this has attempted to occur again through a deceptive
association, and ill discernment on my part.
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P.M.H. Atwater's reply: People mean different things when they
talk about "the dark side." Some refer to psychic residue they feel around them that is uncomfortable
or cold or irritating. Some refer to etheric forms, beings, or disincarnates of the more threatening
type who are invisible to our physical eyes, yet are sometimes seen or heard by those more sensitive
and with the ability to do so. Still others refer to people in their environment who seem negative or hurtful, even folks far away whom they have never
met or heard of who attack them without provocation and for the express purpose of harm.
We don't have "spam blockers" for this, like those
we can install in our computers, yet in a way we do indeed have forms of protection that can work
like a spam blocker.
Before I talk about how we can protect ourselves, I first
want to say a few things. Anyone who has undergone a near-death experience, or any type of transformation
of consciousness that changed them in substantial ways - is more sensitive that ever before to the vast
array of sensations and input we can receive - and from greater frequencies of the electromagnetic
spectrum - than they were used to, even multiple
transmissions. This can be confusing. It can also be frightening, depending on the individual.
What we in research term "increased psychic abilities"
and more "psychic phenomena," often are simply words used to indicate that the faculties of experiencers
have expanded and enlarged. These people pick up more because they are now more open and receptive.
Some people are born with this sensitivity.
I have always recommended that classes in how to
develop and control psychic ability are helpful, the more the better IF from qualified teachers who are moral,
ethical, and with a strong spiritual dedicated to service.
The A.R.E. (Association For Research and Enlightenment, 215 - 67th Street, Virginia Beach, VA 23451-2061;
1-800-333-4499) is a wonderful place to begin. Everything they offer is tested, positive, and uplifting. There are
many other places to "plug in." As in the business world, "buyer beware." That means it is up to you to
check these people out, investigate resumes and testimonials. Then use the "heart test." If you feel
uncomfortable around any teacher, have warning dreams about attending that class, or for any reason feel that
being there is not right for you - leave! Don't allow peer
pressure or guilt to keep you there. Don't put yourself in a position to be "sold" by a charismatic personality.
If being there does feel right, stay and learn all that you can. It takes years. One class will not do the
job. The subject is a big one and you want a good introduction and ample opportunity to test and experiment. What works for others in not enough. You want to learn
what will work for you. (There are many good books out now and audio tapes that will be helpful in your quest.)
When it comes to psychic attacks, well, that's another matter. The old saying, "No one can hurt you unless
you let them" has a lot of truth in it. But, perhaps not in the way we think it does. The truth lies in your own
sense of self: how self-confidant and assured you feel, how willing you are to always check your own inner
guidance before you commit to anything, your dedication to always put God first in "ordering" your day, affirming
and knowing that Divine Guidance is always available and that you can use that Guidance by invoking its
reality. The best protection a sensitive person has, in my opinion, is a lifetime dedicated to the highest and
best they are capable of attaining, based on Divine Order
- maintained, nourished, and refined through daily meditation and prayer. Develop the inner life by choosing
the inner journey, to the wellspring of wisdom within you, your heart of hearts, the core of your Holy of Holies,
God. There is no substitute for the maturity and joy and peace this brings.
In saying this, I want to be fully honest and state that
anyone can be brought down; anyone can be tricked, anyone an be felled by those who are dedicated to the
"darkness" of ego and the lesser mind of thinking their religion or their belief demands that they judge others who do not conform to their idea of "perfection" or "perfect
action/response." I have been personally attacked by such people and with such psychic force that I instantly
developed the worst case of flu I have ever had and was sick abed for three weeks before the cause could be
isolated and removed. Pure possession, plain and simple. Cursing another, rituals or "spells" to destroy or hurt
another, praying for another's ill-fortune, causing a series
of circumstances to occur that will harm, planting the intention of accident or illness in another's mind or life
path ... all of this sets up the stage for possession ... either
via an invisible "intruder" or through the intervention of an
individual who lies or curses on purpose. When anything like this occurs, call on others for help. I did. I called on
my doctor because he is knowledgeable about such things, and I notified every prayer group and got on every prayer
list I could. This did the job.
What came next for me was a step that was mine to
take. I asked myself, what can I learn from this? Where is the gift? Always, always, always, we must take that
next step - otherwise we are vulnerable to something like this happening again. You are in charge. It is your
life. And nothing and no one can hurt you without your permission. In my own case, I was very tired when
the psychic attack occurred. That weakened me and made me more vulnerable than usual. I wasn't paying
attention to my own inner growth or inner status, and was taking for granted that daily prayer and meditation
was enough. I was in essence "zoning off" and becoming lazy and over-confidant. The attack incident was an
incredible gift to me, and I thank the people who did it. I forgive them and myself. I forgive the situation and
what I went through. The incident enabled me to reassess my sense of spirituality and how I felt about
people who thought differently than I do. It enabled me to "wake up" in how I felt about my life and my dedication
to service. Was I coming from ego or spirit? Was I willing to continue speaking up, taking a stand, or cower
into retirement and non-involvement? and at what range of vibration, what intention level, was I willing to
encompass and embrace my own inner journey?
The psychic attack for me became a rich and rewarding
opportunity to "look again" at where I was versus where I wanted to be. From that incident came a understanding
for me on the power of surrender and what it really meant spiritually and in my life.
I invite all of you to begin your inner journey, take
classes taught by mature and honest teachers on inner development, and include in your learning "package"
many opportunities to explore spirituality, what Deity means to you, your sense of "Self" and the life you
have been given. The more you embrace what is possible for you to attain, the less you will be bothered
by those who prefer to have someone else do their thinking for
them. Remember, a follower will never learn. Take the best you can find and apply it. God can do no more for
you than through you. I love that old saying that offers this advice: "Do not follow where the path leads.
Rather go where there is no path, and blaze a trail."
The "dark side" is just the reverse of the "light side."
Real lasting power lies in the fulcrum, the middle - the third way. (To read up about Third Way principles, I invite
you to obtain a copy of my book, Future
Memory. Don't forget, though, that "Future
Memory" is actually a labyrinth - the only book I have ever written that is
mathematically calculated on the format of a labyrinth. Every sentence, every paragraph, every page is part
of the math. And, like with a site labyrinth, you journey through its pages by staying "on the path" - no skipping
around or reading the last first. The material will constantly
enfold on you. Reading it straight through will allow you to move up in consciousness to the next highest level
possible for you at that time. That is what a labyrinth does
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Her
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At the NDE
Online Store you can find NDE products
such as books, documentaries, movies, music, magazines, and journals. More NDE
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Two of the world's most eminent thinkers - physicists
David Bohm, a former protégé of Einstein's and one of
the world's most respected quantum physicists, and
Stanford neurophysiologist Karl Pribram, one of the
architects of our modern understanding of the brain --
believe that the universe itself may be a giant hologram,
quite literally an image constructed, at least in part,
by the human mind. This remarkable new way of looking
at the universe explains now only many of the unsolved
puzzles of physics, but also such mysterious occurrences
as telepathy, out-of-body and near-death experiences,
lucid dreams, and even religious and mystical experiences
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In Peter Russell's worldview, science and spirit are not
in conflict. The bridge between them is light. From
science to God invites the reader to cross that bridge
to a radically different, and ultimately healing, view of
ourselves and the universe - one in which God takes
on new meaning, and spiritual practice a deeper significance. |
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Jean Houston - Among the provocative questions the
authors raise are: Is Armageddon a self-fulfilling prophecy?
Are we humans the imaginers or the imagined? Are the
eternal laws of nature still evolving? What is the connection
between physical light and the light of consciousness? |
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Unified Reality Theory describes how all reality evolves
from an absolute existence. It also demonstrates that
this absolute existence must have consciousness as
an attribute that's intrinsic to its being. Thus, Unified Reality
Theory shows that consciousness, rather than being a
product of the evolution of physical reality, is itself the
source of what we experience as physical reality, and
that physical reality is itself but one aspect of an evolving
universal consciousness. |
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Where are the edges
of the universe? Where are the edges of the self? Our lives,
he observes, are largely spent drawing boundaries between
life and death, good and bad, pleasure and pain, heaven and
hell, success and failure. We "live a life of opposites," and
we are "bewitched by boundaries" But "the ultimate
metaphysical secret," Wilber writes, "is that there are no
boundaries in the universe." Seeing through the illusion of
opposites is liberation - "the discovery of the Kingdom of
Heaven on earth." |
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The author
brings the most modern perspective of quantum physics to
the most ancient questions of religion and philosophy.
Taking the reader on a fascinating tour of both Western and
Eastern thought, Wolf explains the differing view of the soul
in the works of Plato, Aristotle, and St. Thomas; the ancient
Egyptian's believe in the nine forms of the soul; the Qabalistic
idea of the soul acting in secret to bring spiritual order to a
chaotic universe of matter and energy; and the Buddhist vision
of a “nonsoul.” And, Wolf mounts a defense of the soul
against its modern critics who see it as nothing more than
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Wolf explains how the new physics predicts the existence
of universes that are similar to and perhaps even
duplicates of our own universe. He describes what it
would be like to travel through a black hole to a parallel
universe and claims that the future must communicate
with the present. He answers the question of whether
the universe had a radius before we started to measure
it and argues that schizophrenics may be in touch with
parallel universes. Physics is becoming metaphysics. |
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This book is an expansion of
her original book, "Children of the New Millennium"
and it goes much further in examining children's cases;
a large and detailed Resource Section and Appendices. Included in the material is the story of the youngest
hellish case she has found, that of a nine-day-old infant. |
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"National Institute for Discovery Sciences" Website |
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Check out all the articles on their Consciousness Studies
section. Such as the world famous astronaut Dr. Edgar
Mitchell's article "Nature's Mind: the Quantum Hologram."
Dr. Ken Ring's article "Near-Death and UFO Encounters
As Shamanic Initiations: Some Conceptual and Evolutionary
Implications." Dr. Melvin Morse's article "Spiritual Visions
and Nonlocal Reality." And Dr. Michael Grosso's article
"Revising the Survival Research Paradigm" |
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"Laws of Wisdom - A Holistic Synthesis of Science
and Religion" Website |
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I stumbled onto this excellent
website not long ago and I was really impressed with
the amount of interesting information on it. You can even
download the entire site as an ebook or Power Point
presentation file for free! The webmaster is a lawyer
named Ralph and his website confirmed what I suspected all along. Science and religion can fail us when they
become belief systems instead of a method. Perhaps
its time to take another look at a method we are already
using to find truth - the legal system. By using specific
analytical and analogical tools used in courts, testimonial
and other evidence which science and religion cannot
quantify (such as some aspects of NDEs) can be
evaluated to discover truth. When science discovers
that there are no real laws and everything is quantum
relativity, then perhaps these tools should begin to
be considered when evaluating subjective and relative
experiences, testimony, and evidence |
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"The Society for Spiritual Regression"
Website |
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This is the website of the professional organization
dedicated to furthering research and advances in the
practice of Life-Between-Lives Hypnotherapy (LBL).
LBL, also known as Spiritual Regression, was first
developed by Dr. Michael Newton, author of the
best-selling Journey of Souls and Destiny of Souls.
LBL is a method to explore the journey of the soul
between incarnated lives on earth; it is an extension
and evolution beyond Past Life Regression. |
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"Chaos Theory - Chaos Consciousness and
Healing" Website |
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This is Iona Miller and Graywolf
Swinney excellent work. Chaos theory has revolutionized
science and has profound implications. It is only
a relatively recent discovery in nature and mathematics
that out of complete chaos you can find order. From
the creation of a fractal we can understand ourselves
and the world. A fractal is an aspect of the Whole
that is also the Whole itself. Kind of like a drop of
water from the sea, but not exactly. Fractals can
be seen, for example, as a snowflake, a computer
program, and even our very soul. |
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Tiffany Snow's "Worker for the Big Guy" Website |
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Tiffany Snow was struck by lightning, had a NDE
and returned with a gift of healing and a mission.
Now she teaches others how to activate their spiritual
gifts without having to be struck by lightning themselves! |
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If you know of any new NDE website or web article you would
like to see profiled, email to me the address of the website at: neardeathexperience@earthlink.net Thank you! |
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