�At the last moment, when his breathing told us this was it, he opened his eyes and looked straight at my mother. Eyes that hadn't opened for days did, and they weren't chalky or vague. They were clear and blue and full of love. And they closed with his last breath. If a death can be lovely, his was.�

"Twice President Reagan faced life-threatening experiences and twice he had encounters with angelic beings who comforted him and helped pull him through his medical crises, says a new book, "Hand of Providence: The Strong and Quiet Faith of Ronald Reagan," by Mary Beth Brown.

Jan Holden, a near-death researcher, said �I think the near-death experience is really a unique view into death. There's nothing like hearing from somebody who's been there. The experiences are so profound and they're hyper-real. People who have near death experiences say it's realer than here.� (See Jan Holden on streaming video on their web page.)

"The light I saw was the light at the end of the tunnel that people see when they die," he said of his near -death experience and his resurrection. "I was there, right there at the end of the tunnel. was ready to go to the other side. They (paramedics) said I was dead for a few seconds but somehow came back to life. Now I feel blessed, like God gave me a second chance. All I could say is thank God for letting me live and continue with my career."

"The authors termed the phenomenon "nearing death awareness" - a state they think reveals what dying might be like and what a person needs to die peacefully ... Patients commonly reported deathbed visions of movement toward something and of being greeted by deceased loved ones who were helping them to "cross over" in their last moments."

"Dr. Stuart Hameroff is also expected to be on the silver screen sharing his knowledge about alternate universes, human consciousness and the mind in two more upcoming flicks - a film about about mysticism produced by Madonna and in an upcoming boxed-set DVD edition of "The Matrix" trilogy of movies. He has already appeared in a BBC special about near-death experiences called "The Day I Died."

The death of former President Ronald Reagan coincided with a rare and important astronomical event called the "Transit of Venus." The Reagan Administration's dependence on astrology during the 1980's may have helped Reagan from being killed in the assassination attempt on his life in 1981 and from succumbing to the so-called "Presidential Death Cycle" - a 20-year cycle Jupiter and Saturn conjunctions believed to be partly responsible for the assassination or death while in office of every U.S. President since William Harrison in 1840. Evidence will also be presented which validates astrology scientifically, Biblically, and in NDE research.

The NDE testimonials which I receive by email from people are now categorized based on the catalyst that triggered the NDE. Besides the trigger of experiencing clinical death, other categories include NDEs triggered by coma, seizure, hallucinogens, meditation, hypnosis, dreams, extreme stress, and others.

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"I could see a number of what appeared to me as mysteriously strange beings roaming about. Some laughing and giggling while others were weeping, moaning, groaning or making strange noises. I somehow gained the impression that most if not all of these beings were being taunted, either by themselves or by some sort of external force. I also heard the most extraordinarily spellbinding music."

"I shot out of the top of my head and lingered only moments while everyone freaked out. Then I was in a dark cobblestone tunnel that seemed wet. I was a sphere illuminating everything around me. It felt to me like a completely natural state. I was flying so fast through the tunnel excited to reach the end. As I came closer to a bright light I noticed that the tunnel veered to my left."

"Love and light flowed through me, spreading out like a lighthouse beam, illuminating everything around me. The light grew inside me, and I expanded like a huge balloon until the van and its contents seemed small. A sense of peace and acceptance filled me. I knew I was close to leaving my body. I could sense the timeline of my life, both backward and forward."

"I felt like I was entirely separate from my body. I felt confused, because at first I felt like I was in my subconscious thoughts and they were going around on a big wheel and I could not place where I was. I began seeing people - no names - and what looked like a city."

"Suddenly, standing before me in a dark, cool place was the Virgin Mary. There was a star or stars above her head, and she was pregnant. Her face was a young girl's but she had knowing in her liquid black eyes. Her hands were extended, her fingers stretched down to me. Her gown was yellow in color."

"I was taken to a place called the "Intergalactic Library of Light" and met a group of beings called the "Intergalactic Council of Five." I was telempathied a lot of information regarding a "Creator Level Mandate" that was bringing what has been called the "Luciferian Rebellion" to an end."

"At the climax of my meditational experience, a tunnel or vortex became visible and it took all of my concentration to "focus it" ... then, I could feel it "attach" to my mind and I was able to enter it. While there, I began to weep and feel the presence of God even though I never before actually believed in it."

"I recognized a beautiful looking figure glowing the most intense blue I've ever seen. Eventually he allowed me to see him as how I'd always imagined him. It was Jesus. Directly behind him I saw God, but only as a ball of the most brilliant bright light. The sun is only a pale yellow shadow compared to his brilliance. Yet it didn't hurt to look at him."

"I felt myself in a state of bliss and remember looking at the sides of the tunnel which was enveloping me. Then telepathically, I heard a voice say, "We are very happy with you," which I have attributed to my parents who had both died of cancer a few years before."

"My grandmother looked good, healthy and concerned for me and my mother. She told me that if I ever wanted to talk to her that all I had to do was pray to Jesus and she will get the message. She told me that she was happy and that she loved both me and my mother. She told me to tell my mother that her death was not her fault and that we both needed to stop feeling guilty for her death."

Dr. PMH Atwater will answer questions submitted to her from subscribers to this newsletter. Her next question is:
"I work and care for people in a large Alzheimer unit. I have seen some die, and be full code for a good thirty minutes. Before death they were totally comatose, even for a year or more. Then after they were prepped to be sent to the funeral home, they sat up and spoke for the first time in years. Their first words were "I am alive! Why are you doing this?"If their minds were more clear when they passed, could they tell us more?

Cindi is the author of "The Dream Seer: Exploring Precognitive, Telepathic and Instructive Dreams" and "The Final Chapter: Unraveling Death's Deeper Meaning." Her book "The Final Chapter" expands on the NDE by providing more insight into its psycho-spiritual cousin, the DRE (the "Death-Related experience"). It also broadens the work of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross to more fully address the spiritual aspect of the grieving process; and, delineates the transitional stages that one can encounter as a result of the transformational power of the DRE. More about this can be found at her website: www.dragonflypublications.com

David's research examined the meaning of the awareness of reports of NDEs for elderly individuals and whether such awareness may help reduce their fears of death. The participants of this research were 40 dementia-free elderly people between the ages of 67 and 95 (28 women and 12 men) who were living in 2 independent living facilities. The findings suggest that the sharing of accounts of NDEs may help the elderly cope with fears of death, and may provide counselors with an additional resource to use to help those elderly individuals who fear death.