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July 1, 2004
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NEWSLETTER |
Vol. 03 No.
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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
of Near-Death Studies and their newsletter
Vital
Signs. You can
join
online right from their website. Get connected
with the people and organization which will likely
provide the world with the evidence of our survival after
death. |
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NDEs in the news |
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Events concerning the NDE |
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Notes from the webmaster |
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What's new at near-death.com |
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Q
& A with P.M.H. Atwater, L.H.D., Ph.D. (Hon.) |
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Books on the NDE |
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Websites on the
NDE |
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Support
the search for the afterlife |
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Odds and ends |
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INTERNET -- (SkepticalInvestigations.org) |
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In a recent
article Susan Blackmore claims to have given
up. “At last, I've done it. I've thrown in
the towel”, she wrote. "Come to think of it,
I feel slightly sad. It was just over thirty
years ago that I had the dramatic
out-of-body experience that convinced me of
the reality of psychic phenomena … But
perhaps the real reason is that I am just
too tired - and tired above all of working
to maintain an open mind. I couldn't dismiss
all those extraordinary claims out of hand.
After all, they just might be true..." |
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LAFAYETTE, LA -- (KPLC TV) |
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Ezora is 88
years old and has always been deeply
religious. During her near death experience
she believes Jesus spoke to her: "I was
traveling. I traveled, I was trying, I was
trying so hard to get to the end. I wanted
to see what was behind that beautiful light.
That light was big as this house. And when
it opened up it said i had more work to do
and that's when I come back." |
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OJAI, CA -- (UPI) |
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Actor Larry
Hagman has told TV Guide Online he prefers
death to a second liver transplant. Hagman,
best known as the star of TV's Dallas, said
he told his doctors not to put him on a
transplant list after an infection struck
his liver late last year. Don't bother. I'm
72 years old. I don't want to deprive
somebody of a new liver just because I'm
greedy. |
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Larry Hagman's NDE testimony |
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PHILADELPHIA, PA -- (Los Angeles Times) |
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Authors Patricia
Kelley and Maggie Callanan, longtime
Washington, D.C.-area hospice nurses, had
heard similar talk so often from their dying
patients -- conveying this sense of moving
from one place to another, of being in
transition -- that they concluded it must be
a special language the dying have to
communicate what is happening to them ...
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. |
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"Final
Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness,
Needs and Communications of the Dying" |
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SALT LAKE CITY, UT -- (The Salt Lake City
Tribune) |
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The first time
Karen Bezoski left her body she was sitting
in a parapsychology class at Weber State
University in 1971. It was like the frequent
stories of near-death experiences,
weightless floating and walking into the
light, she recalls. Except she wasn't dying.
That experience, coached by meditation
experts from Berkeley, Calif., led Bezoski
toward a belief in reincarnation and "soul
travel," which eventually led her to
Eckankar, a New Age religion emphasizing the
importance of personal spiritual
development. |
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Events, Conferences, Workshops |
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 The
International Association for Regression
Research and Therapies (IARRT) will present
its 24th annual conference in Colorado
Springs, Colorado. The conference theme:
“Spiritual Revolutionaries: Evidence of
Reincarnation” will present such notable
researchers as: Walter Semkiw, Raymond Moody,
and Peter Novak. |
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Presented by the
Spiritual Paths Foundation and Aspen Cancer
Guides - Aspen Institute, Aspen
Chapel, 77 Meadowood Drive, Aspen, Colorado,
USA - Presented by: Rabbi Zalman Schachter,
Tsoknyi Rimpoche, Eve Ilsen, Dr Ira Byock,
Dr Marilyn Schlitz, Mother Tessa Bielecki,
William Cathers, Dr Ed Bastian, Tina Staley
- This 3-day program brings together
renowned experts from medicine, science,
philosophy, and spirituality to explore how
our lives can be made richer by embracing
the challenge of understanding and preparing
for the end of life and beyond. |
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Association for
Research and Enlightenment
(A.R.E.), Edgar Cayce
Virginia Beach Conference - Virginia
Beach, VA, USA - Charles Thomas Cayce, PhD,
President, presents an evening lecture
series. Four lectures deliver leading-edge
professionals from a variety of disciplines.
George Rodonaia, M.D., Ph.D., holds an
M.D. and a Ph.D. in neuropathology, and a
Ph.D. in the psychology of religion. He
underwent one of the most extended cases of
a “clinical near-death experience” ever
recorded. Today he is on sabbatical as
associate pastor of a Methodist church in
Texas. |
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Association for
Research and Enlightenment (A.R.E.) - Edgar
Cayce Virginia Beach 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. |
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Omega Institute for
Holistic Studies, Rhinebeck, New
York, USA - Featuring with Dr Raymond Moody,
Brian Weiss, John Holland and Suzanne
Northrop - This special gathering - a
favorite at Omega the past several years -
is an extraordinary opportunity to explore
the evidence for life after death with some
of the leaders in soul survival, past-life
therapy, reincarnation, communication with
the deceased, and the afterlife. |
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Los Angeles Convention
Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
- If it's outside of the box, it's all under
one roof exclusively at the ParaWorldExpo -
Over fifty internationally recognized
experts in parapsychology including Dr. PMH
Atwater (NDEs), Dr. Stanton Friedman (UFOs),
Dr. David Morehouse (Remote Viewing), Dr.
Walter Semkiw (Reincarnation), Carol Bowman,
MS (Children's past lives), and Dr. Hans
Holzer (Parapsychology). |
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Notes
from the webmaster |
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Kevin Williams writes
on:
"Do We Have The
Right To Die?" |
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 If
we assume that every human being born into this
world has a "right to life," then it logically
follows that every human being has a right to end
their life (or a "right to die"). Because death is a
part of life, a person's right to life logically
assumes a right to not have that life. Thus, any law
upholding a person's right to life has inherent
within that same law a person's right to die,
otherwise it would not be a right to life in the
proper sense of the term. But there is a legal
battle going on in America right now over whether or
not a person has a right to die (i.e., a right to
life). In the case of Terri Schiavo, a woman who has
been kept alive artificially for the past 13 years
even though she is in a "persistent vegetative
state" (i.e., a condition in which a person is
technically alive but brain dead), the government
stepped in to deny Terri the "death with dignity"
sought by her husband in accordance with Terri's
wishes. Does the government have the right to
prolong your life by artificial means whether you
desire it or not? The following is an article by
Josh Patashnik entitled "Life or Death: A
controversial Florida case reignites the debate over
right-to-die laws" published on January 1, 2004,
which clarifies the current debate. [ Read
more at this link ]
Peace and Light,
Kevin Williams |
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What's new at near-death.com |
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The following are the latest additions to
near-death.com website: |
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The NDE
of Susan Blackmore |
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Susan Blackmore
is a senior lecturer in psychology at the
University of the West of England, a
parapsychologist, a Zen Buddhist, and a
formidable skeptic of the Afterlife
Hypothesis surrounding the NDE phenomenon.
Blackmore is also one of the few leading NDE
researchers who have actually had a NDE. You
can read the detailed account of her NDE on
this web page. |
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Events concerning
the NDE |
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New conferences
and events have been added to this page to
fill through the year 2004. More events
coming. |
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What's New page |
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Recent
additions and updates to near-death.com are also
listed on this What's New page. |
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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.
Here latest books are entitled
We Live Forever: The Real Truth About Death
and
The New Children and
Near-Death Experiences.
If you have a question which you would like her to
answer for this column, just email your question to Kevin
Williams at webmaster@near-death.com for consideration.
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 QUESTION:
"Ponder this. 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?'
"The first time it happened, I was in total shock wondering
what in the world happened? They wanted a shower and asked
for special meals, which I provided. They asked for family
and I got on the phone and called, but most didn't come
because they had already given up hope. They all had an air
of peace about them.
"One family did come because this man had passed six times
in a month's time. Every time he came back he was more
outspoken. He told his boys the mistakes they were making
and told them to mend their ways. The last time was the last
time. But the family was so unsure, they asked that we hold
the body until it was for sure. We held him for 24 hours and
they stayed until the final end.
"Two days ago, we sent one to the funeral home and after two
hours she came to. She is hospitalized, entertaining
everyone. If their minds were more clear when they passed,
could they tell us more? Everyone of them came back
lecturing family with total grace. When I had my experience,
I didn't want to come back but was allowed to stay for a
while. Maybe they had unfinished business that was very
important to them. Guess I did, too.
"Any ideas? This still continues to baffle me." Love, Pat
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P.M.H. Atwater'S REPLY:
"Determining that moment of final death is always a puzzle.
Just because vital signs have ceased doesn't mean the soul
cannot return. I have a section in my book "The Complete
Idiot's Guide to Near-Death Experiences" that talks about
this and what the medical community now uses to make that
judgment call..." [ Read
more at this link ] |
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to all, PMH Atwater, L.H.D. |
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PMH Atwater's
website | Marketplace
(a public service)
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profiled on this website | |
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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 media products
are coming. |
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This
book gives details and deep insights into
what really happens when you die and what it
truly means. Atwater also explores such
mysteries as heaven and hell, the souls'
existence after death, the power of prayer,
and delves into the truths and myths about
death that may shed new light on the real
truth about life and living. |
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 This
is the classic guide to past-life recall,
written by one of the world's leading
experts. Hans TenDam's definitive study
includes fascinating stories and case
histories from around the world, as well as
intriguing theories about the relationship
between body and soul. It looks at all the
issues concerning reincarnation, including:
the most recent research, the relationship
between past-life memories and paranormal
abilities, cases of sudden recall of past
lives, karma, events prior to birth and
beyond death, and counseling techniques for
past-life therapy. On the strength of the
evidence in this fascinating book, it
becomes clear that the subject of
reincarnation holds great implications for
us all today. |
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 David's
near-death experience begins with a
description of his state of mind and life
directly before his accidental drug
overdose. While near-death, he meets a being
of light who guides him through the solar
system. David is then taken to a place near
our planet which is the equivalent of heaven
where he has a life review. After the review
he becomes aware he must decide to remain in
the spirit city or return to his physical
form. He is shown future events in his life
and is able to ask questions. |
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 Joseph
D. Ross, Jr., M.D. explores the supernatural
which reveals how love can transcend from
beyond the grave. The author invites readers
to share an incredible journey into the
world of dreams, paranormal experiences, and
psychic discernments. Through a variety of
unexplained phenomenon, the author delivers
a sensitive message of hope to the bereaved,
giving cause to view life and death in a new
way. It provides comfort and solace to those
who need help in accepting their own grief
and loss of a loved one. |
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 As
only he can, Aldous Huxley explores the
mind's remote frontiers and the unmapped
areas of human consciousness. These two
astounding essays are among the most
profound studies of the effects of
mind-expanding drugs written in this
century. His later works reflect an interest
in mysticism and the effect of the
consciousness-expanding drugs. |
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 Can
science demonstrate the existence of the
soul? In the wake of the revolution of
quantum physics, an increasing number of
scientists have acknowledged the very real
possibility of the existence of the soul.
Beyond Death sets out to prove the existence
of spirit and its survival after death from
empirical evidence gathered by qualified
researchers from a number of scientific
disciplines. Mind-matter interaction,
research into healing and remote viewing,
consciousness at the cellular level,
near-death experiences and biological
evidence of reincarnation are among the many
perspectives from which this crucial subject
is explored. |
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are exceptionally outstanding: |
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Support
the search for the afterlife |
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can your usual online shopping raise funds for
near-death research without any extra cost to you? By
joining the free charity website called iGive.com. Then
whenever you shop online and make a purchase at eBay,
Barnes & Noble, Land's End, Florist.com, Amazon.com
or over 500 other participating websites, iGive.com
has arranged to automatically direct up to 27% of the
purchase price near-death research (IANDS) as a
contribution. Become
a part of the family of people who are working to bring
proof of life after death to this world! Just click on
the graphic for more info.
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June 11, 2006 |
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