"By joining a particular free charity website you can shop online at over 500 participating stores and they will direct a portion of your purchase dollars (up to 27%) to IANDS as a contribution! Fund-raising for near-death research has never been easier! Even if you'd rather not fund-raise for near-death research, you're going to want to read the information on this web page just to learn how to fund-raise for any favorite cause of yours!"

Ken R. Vincent, the author of "Visions of God from the Near-Death Experience" explores the NDE in the context of the theology of Christian Universalism and shows how universal salvation is the most compatible doctrine with NDEs. Restorative Universalism is the belief of a judgment (the life review) after death which is followed by punishment for some but eventual universal salvation for all and is based upon two predominant teachings of Jesus in the gospels.

Read about Juliet's NDE which she had while in a coma from a battle with cancer. Her NDE had a profound and lasting effect on her life but, initially, she rarely spoke about it because of being judged and misunderstood when she did. But thanks to her joining the International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS) - the organization of NDE research and support - she's been able to share her experiences firsthand and generate great interest and deepening awareness of the profundity of the near-death and similar experiences in recent years. Today, she chairs the membership committee on the IANDS Board of Directors and facilitates the Friends of IANDS (FOI) in Maine.

This page has information for people interested in becoming a member of IANDS. If you haven't yet joined this wonderful organization, I encourage you to do so. There are many benefits for being a member. Their quarterly newsletter Vital Signs alone is worth becoming a member. You will also be receiving the only scholarly journal in NDE studies, the Journal of Near-Death Studies.

Recent additions and updates to near-death.com are also listed on the What's New page on this website.

"I was one with a creation of my own making that I was now living and walking in. I went down this pebbled road and stopped to examine a pebble. Even the small pebble was more beautiful than anything I had ever seen. It was like it emitted Glory and Love."

"What is truly staggering is that I saw it from the spirit's point-of-view (be it death or Hades) and through all the darkness I saw as Hades, my body, the only source of brilliant light, illuminating the whole place, while the core of this celestial, pure light was my heart."

"I found myself drawn to this overbearing bright light. The moment I was in it I fell to my face and began to cry. On my knees I could reason in my mind that I was surrounded by an entity that was so powerful and so unconditionally loving that I could not stand up in its presence because at the same time I was feeling burdened with guilt because of my life and all the sin that was in it."

"Anyway, the "void" I was taken to was grayish and foggy, almost cave-like. There was a being somewhere to the side or in back of me that I could not see that informed me that I needed to undergo "purification".

"I was just within moments of realizing that I wasn't on �Earth� when the feelings of joy, happiness, love, glee, everything that is tied to �all that's good� rushed over me and I can absolutely say I have never felt this way before. It was truly an amazing experience. If everyone in the world could feel the way I did at that moment, wars would be a thing of the past. The Earth would unite."

Hilton Hotel, Eilat, Israel - Under the auspices of: UNESCO, WAML, WPA, ICHLE, and SMLI. Organized by the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics, International Center for Health, Law and Ethics, University of Haifa School of Law.

The International Conference on Science and Consciousness - Albuquerque, NM - Speakers such as Dr. Raymond Moody, Peter Russell, and Stephen Halpern to name a few.

16th Conference of the International Transpersonal Association - Palm Springs, CA - We will explore how the new understanding of the nature and function of myth revealed by the work of Carl G. Jung, Marie-Louise von Franz, Joseph Campbell, Mircea Eliade, James Hillman, Marion Woodman, and others has revolutionized thinking in many areas of modern life � psychiatry, psychology, and psychotherapy, biology, anthropology, philosophy, theology, history, economy, and politics.

Mystics and Scientists Open Conference - Friends Meeting House, Euston Road, London NW1, Chair: David Lorimer - A special weekend with Dr. Raymond Moody.

International Association for Regression Research and Therapies Annual International Conference - Colorado Springs, Colorado at the Antlers Adam's Mark Hotel - Speakers include: Walter Semkiw, MD, Dr. Raymond A. Moody, Peter Novak, Judy Goodman, Dr. Janet Cunningham, Captain Robert Snow, Jeffrey Keene, William Barnes, Dr. Julia Ingram, Dr. Ronald P. De Vasto, and Michael J Tamura.

A.R.E. Edgar Cayce Conference - Virginia Beach, VA - Cutting-edge researchers show you how to safely enter expansive internal states, erasing fear of death, enabling deep peace. Speakers include Dr. Raymond Moody, Gilles Bedard, Robert J. Grant, Carol Bush, L.C.S.W.

PMH Atwater will answer questions submitted to her from subscribers to this newsletter.

My research conclusions concerning one of the most interesting aspects of NDEs. Many experiencers discover themselves outside of their body and observe events going on around their lifeless physical body or even around locations at great distances from their physical body.

I created this page a long time ago as one of my NDE research conclusions pages. It is next in line for a complete update. I am saving my best research conclusions for last. 

The following are the next research conclusion pages I am going to start creating or updating: The NDE and ------ Soul/Spirit, Telepathy, Homecoming, Told Not Ready, Guides, Angels, Animals, Physics, Suicide, Dreams, After-effects, Barriers, Return to body, Prayer, Sex