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NEWSLETTER |
Vol.
03 No. 08 Ed. 2 |
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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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Notes from the webmaster |
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What's new at near-death.com |
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NDEs
in the forum |
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IANDS
information |
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Coming
attractions |
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Support
the search for the afterlife |
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Odds and ends |
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Archive of
NDEs in the news website
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Read all the major news articles concerning the NDE
and related phenomena from 1995 to current.
This is a permanent archive to ensure that these
news articles will always be available on the
internet. |
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History Channel Documentary Seeking Hellish NDEs
(not an active link) |
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LOS ANGELES, CA -- (Near-Death Newsletter) |
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Deb Nelson, an
Associate Producer with Bill Brummel
Productions in Los Angeles, CA, is gathering
testimonials for an upcoming 2-hour
documentary entitled "The History of Hell"
to be televised on the
History Channel later this year. If you
have had a hellish NDE, please contact Deb
Nelson at
debnbbp@earthlink.net for a possible
interview. She is requesting the following
information: your name, your testimony, and
your contact information. |
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NDE
Books Are Going Out-Of-Print
(not an active link) |
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA -- (P.M.H. Atwater's Website) |
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I consider
myself a connaisseur of NDE books and for
some time now I have been horrified at how
many NDE books are going out-of-print. For
example, PMH Atwater's classic books
Beyond
the Light and The
Complete Idiot's Guide to NDEs will be
discontinued this Fall. So if you don't have
these two books in your library, you better
get a copy now before it is too late. It is
sad to see such good books become no longer
available or harder to find. This means the
NDE researchers and experiencers who author
such books do not get financial compensation
for their hard work which lessens the
incentive for more NDE books to be published
in the future. So, do not take it for
granted that these wonderful books will be
available forever. Help support NDE research
by buying NDE books. |
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SAN DIEGO, CA -- (TheSanDiegoChannel.com) |
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"It started to
shut down my lungs, which then caused me to
go into cardiac arrest and that's when I was
gone." Foster said she went "somewhere
else." "I was on the other side -- on a
staircase that went up very high into the
sky ... It's indescribable, the color of the
sky. It's the deepest, purest blue you will
ever see. It was the perfect moment," Foster
said. She was pronounced clinically dead. |
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HUNTSVILLE, AL -- (The Huntsville Times) |
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He flat-lined
twice more on the operating table. "I saw
most of it," he said, admitting that "sounds
crazy." He said he saw the scene, and his
own body, from the corner of the room. Lee
was tempted not to "go back," he said. "I
felt so good, and I felt so safe, and I
really didn't want to come back," he said.
Lee said no one thought he was going to
live, and when he came out of a coma days
later, he was angry - not at his attacker,
but at his helpless state. |
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SOUTHLAKE, TX -- (Fort Worth Star Telegram) |
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Pat Summerall
isn't sure if what he experienced four
months ago was a stream of consciousness or
just an anesthetized moment. But he imagined
himself, slowly and systematically, slipping
into death. "I remember feeling myself
shrinking, getting smaller and smaller,
until I got down to where I was only the end
of my backbone ... the coccyx, I think it's
called," said Summerall, forever the
perfectionist when it comes to commentary.
He held his thumb and index finger less than
an inch apart. "That's all the bigger I
was." |
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WASHINGTON, DC -- (NPR) |
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From heavenly
choirs to the circles of hell, from sitting
shiva to waiting for resurrection, the
peoples of the book have evolved their ideas
of the afterlife as they traveled through
history. Join NPR's Neal Conan for a look at
the social history of life after death. |
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VACAVILLE, CA -- (The Reporter) |
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In her teens and
20s, she believed she was an atheist. But
during a near-death experience, she found
herself bargaining with God, promising to
return to church if she survived. Rather
than go back to Catholicism, though, "I
joined a fundamentalist Christian
community," she said. The community was
almost cult-like, she said. Tactics such as
sleep deprivation were employed on members,
and rules, such as those forbidding men to
take care of their children, were common.
"My first marriage was an arranged
marriage," Warwick-Sabino said. |
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GETTYSBURG, PA -- (The Digital Collegian) |
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The network
contacted the group and asked to carry out
investigations for a new series, "Proof
Positive," set to debut in October. The show
will examine the paranormal not only by
showing witnesses and investigators, but by
focusing on actual proof of ghosts and
otherworldly activity. Gettysburg was picked
because it has several locations rumored to
be haunted. |
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Notes
from the webmaster |
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Kevin Williams writes: |
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How to
Share Your NDE With the World |
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This
article describes (1) how to create a website to
share your NDE on, (2) how to publish a book about
your NDE and sell it on your website, (3) how to
transform your NDE book into an ebook and sell it on
your website, (4) how to create a newsletter to
promote your NDE, website, book and ebook, (5) how
to get your NDE testimony, your website, and your
book noticed by the mass media, and finally (6) How
to earn a living on the internet and maybe even quit
your job. Basically, I am going to share my secrets
with the whole world. [Read
more here]
Peace and Light,
Kevin Williams |
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What's new at near-death.com |
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Search the
NDE Forum archives (1) and the
NDE Forum archives (2) |
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The Fourth NDE
of Mr. M |
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"As we
progressed, I could feel the weight of the
world and its density rapidly diminish.
Darkness began falling away and, gradually,
we entered a realm which seemed to reside in
the deep reaches of an illuminated space. I
could simultaneously see in all directions
at once and, in the distance, saw that our
destination was a Citadel of Light." |
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Sixwings' NDEs |
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"Jesus spoke to
me of Charlie Manson at this point. His
loving tenderness in speaking of him quite
shocked me. Jesus knew also that I had close
relatives who were intimate with someone who
arrived on the Tate crime scene; therefore,
we heard the unpublished gruesome details
within hours. I could not imagine anyone
doing such atrocities to another and "have a
chance in hell," of escaping hell. Now,
hearing Jesus speaking of "My, Charlie"????
With such tenderness??? He said this to me,
"You wonder at my love for him at how dear
he is to me. It is because I know why he did
what he did. I knew Charlie from the
beginning. I was there when he was a child.
I know the pain that his sin is rooted in. I
know his pain."" |
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Matthew
Dovel's NDE |
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Returning to
Earth after feeling the love and peace that
pervades heaven caused him to spend his
teenage years filled with angst and disgust
over the ugliness in the world. He turned to
drugs and alcohol to escape the pain of
being separated abruptly from paradise and
the Lord. Matthew spent 10 years addicted to
drugs and alcohol. Like many recovering
addicts, he had to hit bottom before
deciding to quit using addictive substances.
Dovel's unusual �bottom� was a three-day
trip to hell -- literally. Dovel eventually
attempted suicide to spur his reentry into
heaven. To his shock, he spent three days in
hell, but returned to tell about the
experience. |
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Donna Gotti's
NDE |
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"They told me
they were Escort Angels and had come to take
me Home. But before we could go, I had to
look at the body I was leaving behind. She
was twenty-five years old and in perfect
health, except for the loss of blood and
spirit. I determined that the situation was
not serious enough, and in less than an
instant I reentered my physical body through
the navel. I was back on Earth and suffering
from Homesickness." |
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Addy's NDE |
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"I remember that
I saw three monks who guided me through a
sort of a tunnel. I was a bit afraid but at
the same time I also felt as if I was meant
to be there. The tunnel seemed to be
never-ending but finally I saw a beautiful
golden light and I knew that I had reached
the end of the tunnel. After that, I reached
a place that was like no place on Earth." |
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Kathleen
Young's NDE |
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"I was extremely
frightened. I opened my eyes and all I saw
was pure blackness. I was floating in this
black void. It was as though I was just
floating there and the noise did not stop.
The only way I can really describe it is
like being pulled by a vacuum. I was
floating in this darkness for only a second
and I was aware that I was dead.I remember
just knowing I was dead." |
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Jeanne
Ciampa's NDE |
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"Then a huge
wave of peace flew over me like right now as
I write this. I feel the presence of angels
as I felt it then. Peace, no wanting, no
pain, no longing just bliss. Then I saw my
past present and future like a continuous
roll of film and then ... I saw Jesus on the
cross taking his last breath. I saw my body
in a heap on the ground. I was above. There
seemed to be no differentiation of time. It
was all one." |
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James T's NDE |
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"And before I
took that breath of water, I simply
abandoned my life, psychologically, and in
that letting go, was immediately embraced
with the most profound sense of peace and
calm. I always thought it must be like being
in your mother's womb, the sense of
weightlessness, floating in this perfect
fluid that had no sense of temperature, it
simply matched that of my whole being. And a
comforting, quiet, dull white hum of a
noise. Every sense felt this perfect comfort
of an absolute love and belonging. I simply
became this perfect white light." |
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Michelle
Dillon's NDE |
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"I knew I was
going Home. Only then he turned to me and I
saw his face which was - not beautiful - way
beyond beautiful. It was way past perfect.
It was - I don't really know, but I can
still see him and it's WAY beyond. It was
love, LOVE, not (I'm very frustrated, I
can't explain it) worldly, but LOVE as it
looks in the flesh. And he smiled at me and
I smiled back and knew I was loved. I KNEW I
was LOVED. I KNEW it. I can't explain that.
It's more than thinking someone loves you.
It's more than loving your children. It is
LOVE. And I knew it." |
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Sandy Lemke's
OBE |
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"All of a sudden
my body lifted up to the ceiling and my real
body was lying in bed yet. I was up above
and he met me there. Took my hands and
merged with me. It was the most wonderful
experience I have ever had. It is
indescribable. I just know after we
separated again he knew everything about me
that would have took years to tell someone
and this took like a minute. I also knew
everything he ever wanted to tell me in
seconds. It was so peaceful and relaxing, so
wonderful." |
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The
following articles are coming soon in the next newsletter
and/or following editions: |
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Q and A with
P.M.H. Atwater, L.H.D., Ph.D. (Hon.) |
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Dr. PMH Atwater will answer questions submitted to her from
subscribers to this newsletter. Her next
question is:
"I saw a news article on the Internet
recently about
a monkey that had a NDE
and afterward it would no longer walk like a
monkey, but, instead, would walk like a
human. It seems to me that this is a clear
demonstration of how the NDE is a catalyst
for evolutionary change. I know that you
have written extensively about NDEs and
their nature to produce evolutionary change.
I was wondering what you believe are the
ramifications of this news. Thanks a bunch,
Mike." |
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Dr.
David San Filippo's Doctorate Dissertation |
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"The Value of the Awareness of NDEs for
Reducing Fears of Death for Elderly Persons" |
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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. His
website at
www.lutz-sanfilippo.com is certainly
worth checking out. |
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Barbara
Harris Whitfield's NDE |
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Barbara is a NDE
researcher/experiencer and the author of the
NDE books
Full Circle,
Spiritual Awakenings, and
Final Passage. She was on the Board of
Directors of IANDS and a faculty member with
Rutgers University for twelve years. She has
spent six years researching the aftereffects
of the NDE at the University of Connecticut
Medical School and is a consulting editor
and contributor for the Journal of
Near-Death Studies. Barbara and her husband
Charles are well-known for their timely and
helpful information on recovery from abuse,
trauma, addiction, PTSD and other disabling
core problems which they provide on their
website at
www.barbarawhitfield.com. |
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NDE Book
Reviews |
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Coming soon to
my website is a section devoted solely to
book reviews of NDE and NDE-related books.
My goal is to have reviews of every book on
these topics that was ever published. |
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More NDE
Research Conclusions |
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The following
research conclusions topics are coming soon:
Soul & Spirit, Told not ready, Spirit
guides, Telepathy, Homecoming, Animals, Art,
and Angels. |
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