Tag Archive: Near Death Experience (NDE) / Life After Death / Out of Body Experiences (OBE)


On December 10, 2009, Crystal McVea, a thirty-two-year-old mother of four, stopped breathing. Her face turned a dark shade of blue, then black. Her mother screamed for help, and a nurse tried to revive her . . . to no avail. Today, Crystal does not remember what happened in that hospital room during the nine minutes she was unconscious and unable to breathe on her own. She has no memory of the panic and the rushing nurses and the loud cries of “Code Blue.” She simply remembers drifting off.

And she remembers waking up in heaven. For most of Crystal’s broken life, she felt utterly beyond the reach of God— if God was even real. Then came December 10—and the nine minutes that changed everything. Waking Up in Heaven invites readers along on a journey to witness the relentless pursuit of God in a life that was shattered and seemingly beyond hope, an awe-inspiring account of love, forgiveness, and redemption, and the healing power of God’s presence.

Crystal Leigh McVea was born in southwest Oklahoma and still lives there today. She is a schoolteacher and has four lovely children. Crystal and her husband Virgil, a US Army veteran, are devout Christians and active in their local church.

Alex Tresniowski is a former human-interest writer at People and has written several books, most notably The Vendetta, which was purchased by Universal Studios and used as a basis for the movie Public Enemies. His most recent book, An Invisible Thread, has spent more than twenty weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.

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Waking Up in Heaven

The remarkable story of an everyday woman, plagued with guilt and skepticism, who was dramatically changed by the nine minutes she spent in heaven.

Waking Up In Heaven Author Crystal McVea on FOX & FRIENDS

Waking Up In Heaven’s Author Crystal McVea’s interview on FOX&FRIENDS – 4/2/2013

Peter Shockey’s newest literary release Miracles, Angels & Afterlife shares with his devoted audience the most fascinating evidence of miracles on Earth. The author shares his own account of his brush with the miraculous and divine presence of angels. Shockey leads the reader through a meticulously researched and plotted telling of miracles through the ages and how their existence has changed our lives. Divine intervention has never been so tangible, so close as in these pages. This intriguing spiritual journey discusses the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, what lies in life and afterwards in the beyond. This book will inspire you to change the way you see miracles and the touch of the divine in everyday life.

Peter Shockey revolutionized the inspirational and holistic spiritual writing genre with Reflections of Heaven, originally published by Doubleday. He is an accomplished filmmaker of over twenty-five years, as well as a screenwriter, producer and documentary director. His best known documentary Life After Life, which aired on Discovery The Learning Channel, won a New York Film Festival award for its vivid and thought provoking discussion of near death experiences. You may have seen Peter on Oprah, the 700 Club and many other popular talk shows. He is also a much desired guest lecturer on the topic of the divine, angels and miracles

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Conclusion

People who have had a near-death experience are convinced that they had a glimpse of heaven. Although each near-death experience is unique, we find recurring messages in them. I have become convinced that by acknowledging the wonderful messages from those who had these experiences, people can become much happier. Furthermore, the messages relayed to them can make our world a better place. But these messages come right under the domain of religions that say they have the answers to many, if not all, spiritual questions relating to the purpose of our life: the way we should lead it and what will happen to us when we die. By forcefully maintaining that point of view over a long period, religions have claimed to have a monopoly on answers to spiritual questions.

For this reason it is interesting to compare the essences of religions with the essences of NDEs. I did that for the five major religions. My conclusion of this comparison is that the true essences of each of the five studied religions can be found in NDEs, but not the other way around. Not all essences of NDEs can be found in each religion. Therefore, NDEs seem to be more universal and more encompassing than each of the religions individually.

There are some wonderful messages relayed during NDEs. For many the most important message is the reassurance that life goes on after we die. And that is what NDEs tell us: We are eternal. Heaven is our birthright. However, the most important messages to me are the ones about love.

We are all loved beyond our wildest dreams. This love comes from the spirit world. When people meet what they describe as The Light, they feel overwhelmed by the greatness of its unconditional and limitless love. It is crucial to note that people who had an NDE consistently use the word unconditional.

Another message about love is that loving other people and nature is something that will be greatly appreciated. Astonishingly, this appreciation will come from ourselves! When we die, we will be able to see whatever we did for others, and we will see and even feel this as if we are these others. If we did something lovingly, we will feel the happiness from the ones for whom we did these loving things, and we will be happy with our actions. Of course, the contrary holds when we have hurt others. This is an absolutely amazing thing, because it means, in fact, that we are all profoundly interconnected.

A last message I would like to convey is that we are all important. The reason is that we all carry The Light within us and that we all have a significant task to fulfill on Earth. Remarkably, many people who claim to gain knowledge of their task say that returning to their body makes them forget what this is.

What, then, are some parallels between the NDE and religions? Interestingly, all religions stress that love is vital. God, Allah, Brahman, YHWH or the Buddhas love us immensely, but it is stressed that we have to love one another as well. In Christianity Jesus has a fantastic message for us. He says that the two most important commandments of Judaism, in fact, are equal. To love God with all your heart, soul, and mind is equal to the rule to love your neighbors as yourself. In Buddhism compassion is the centerpiece. In Islam, Allah is told to be most merciful and most compassionate, and his followers are urged to imitate this.

There are some interesting differences, too. For instance, Hinduism is the only mainstream religion to tell us clearly that we carry God within us. We are a part of God. And that is one of the important messages of NDEs: We have The Light within us, we are one with God. This is something that clashes with Christianity, Judaism and Islam, where God is some other entity outside us.

A major difference with Christianity has to do with the Original Sin that we all start with at birth and that is caused by the sin of Adam and Eve eating from the forbidden fruit in Paradise. But we should know that Jesus never mentioned original sin. Nor was it mentioned anywhere in the Old Testament. The truth is that this most important Christian dogma was developed many centuries after Jesus’ death. In NDEs we won’t find anything that remotely resembles Original Sin.

But let’s stick with the important parallel for us on Earth: Be aligned with the love of God, YHWY, Allah, Brahman or the Buddhas. It will make us happier.

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The Essence of Religions was written to discourage the misuse of religions. This book provides the tools we need to reconsider many of the dogmas of the five major world religions that have proven detrimental to both human coexistence and our planet’s survival. Furthermore, it seeks to replace these misguided belief sets with a more unifying and uplifting outlook that will benefit mankind as a whole. The author urges our alignment with “The Light” of unconditional love that can be found in the teachings of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism–and The Light of compassionate love in visions recounted to us by those who have undergone near-death experiences (NDEs).

The author of The Essence of Religions, Christophor Coppes, examines the NDE phenomenon as if it were a religious experience, placing it in context by comparing it to the five major world religions. Coppes gives a compelling argument that many characteristics of these religions’ view of the afterlife are analogous to the life-changing sensations and visions reported by those who have undergone an NDE. But he concludes that although the essence of these beliefs of the major religions can be found in NDEs, not all of the positive elements of an NDE experience can necessarily be found in the religions.

The Essence of Religions examines the major world religions with an eye to their positive aspects as well as their contradictions and fixations. Coppes delves into both the commonality of the religions, their fundamental differences, and how they relate to NDEs. The Essence of Religions is a vital tool for those curious about the NDEs and how they can inform us about our own spiritual beliefs to help us lead happier and fuller lives.

Christophor Coppes holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Groningen. Since 2008, he has been President of the International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS) in the Netherlands. He currently works at the Dutch Central Bank in Amsterdam monitoring developments in the international financial markets. He has published many scientific articles on finance while maintaining a strong interest in humanitarian issues.
Mr. Coppes’ first book was published in 1995 and is based on the true story of how friends and family lovingly looked after a terminally ill AIDS patient and helped him through the final stages of his life.

His second book, was written as result of his disgust and horror over the ethnical cleansing that took place under the eyes of Dutch soldiers in Srebrenica during the war in Bosnia Herzegovina, in 1995. He has written extensively on NDEs, his recent book Messages from The Light is about the messages that people had during their Near-Death Experiences.

“As we move away from worn-out dogma from both the religious and scientific realms toward a contemporary synthesis of understanding about our existence, Christophor’s refreshing and comprehensive analysis of major religions in light of the profound lessons from numerous NDE journeyers offers a rich new tapestry of understanding that I find most valuable.”
– Eben Alexander III, MD

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Christophor Coppes – Lives changed; the world changed

NDEs don’t only change the lives of those who have the NDE, but they also have, in principle, the potential to change the world at large. This is because they hold messages for everyone. From NDEs we understand that we are part of a Unity Universe, which surpasses our material four-dimensional world. In it we are thoroughly interconnected. Whatever we do, it has an effect on the rest of unity universe. All our actions, even the seemingly insignificant ones, ripple through universe.

Through this we have a creative but also a potentially destructive power within us. For instance, the Great Recession, which still affects especially the US, Europe and Japan, can be seen as the consequence of the many negative ripples that we caused by focusing on our short-term self-interest. Therefore, it is best for us to change our focus towards a longer-term “our-interest”. This is the most important message that can be derived from NDEs. The change of focus would really change the world. This would mean a next step in our human development. The way to do it is by becoming more aligned with The Light. These are extraordinary times and many NDErs are convinced that we will eventually succeed in realizing that change and that we are destined for a more wonderful world, materially as well as spiritually.

The bestselling author of Life After Life, Raymond Moody, offers a stunning, myth-busting memoir of everything he has learned in a lifetime studying “the other side” and our connection to it. The grandfather of the NDE (near death experience) movement, Raymond Moody has, in the words of Dr. Larry Dossey, author of The Power of Premonitions, “radically changed the way modern humans think about the afterlife.” Paranormal, essential reading for fans of Dannion Brinkley and Jeffrey Long, is “a thrilling and inspiring literary experience. Anyone who is not grateful for Moody’s immense contribution to human welfare ought to check his pulse.”

Book Description

From the bestselling author of Life After Life and pioneer researcher and leading authority on near-death experiences comes Paranormal, an intimate look at a lifetime spent fearlessly wrestling with humankind’s most important and perplexing question:

What happens when we die?

Paranormal begins with a harrowing account of Moody’s suicide attempt—due to an undiagnosed illness that led him into depression—and proceeds to explore his lifelong fascination with life beyond our bodies. Moody traces the roots of his obsession with the point of death and how, at age twenty-three, he launched the entirely new medical field of near-death studies. He went on to explore the world of past lives and possible reincarnation before stumbling into the fascinating realm of facilitated visions.

Moody’s rural research center, Theater of the Mind, dramatically advances paranormal research by melding ancient and modern techniques to arouse many of the transformative elements of the near-death experience in people who are still living.

After more than four decades of studying death and the possibility of an afterlife, Moody still sees endless promise in the fringes of psychological sciences, where he continues to seek answers to what happens to our souls after death.

Biography
Raymond Moody

Raymond Moody, M.D., Ph.D. is the bestselling author of eleven books which have sold over 20 million copies. His seminal work, Life After Life, has completely changed the way we view death and dying and has sold over 13 million copies worldwide. His latest book is GLIMPSES OF ETERNITY: Sharing a Loved One’s Passage from this Life to the Next.

Dr. Moody is the leading authority on the “near-death experience”–a phrase he coined in the late seventies. He is best known for his ground-breaking work on the near-death experience and what happens when we die. The New York Times calls Dr. Moody “the father of the near-death experience.”

Dr. Moody has enlightened and entertained audiences all over the world for over three decades. He lectures on such topics as: Near Death Experiences, Death With Dignity, Life After Loss, Surviving Grief & Finding Hope, Reunions: Visionary Encounters With Departed Loved Ones, The Healing Power of Humor, The Loss of Children, The Logic of Nonsense, and Catastrophic Tragedies & Events causing collective grief response.

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PARANORMAL: My Life in Pursuit of the Afterlife by Raymond Moody

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The bestselling author of Life After Life, Raymond Moody, offers PARANORMAL: a stunning, myth-busting memoir of everything he has learned in a lifetime studying “the other side” and our connection to it. The grandfather of the NDE (near death experience) movement, Raymond Moody has, in the words of Dr. Larry Dossey, author of The Power of Premonitions, “radically changed the way modern humans think about the afterlife.”

PARANORMAL: My Life in Pursuit of the Afterlife
By Raymond Moody

What can we expect after we die? – Dr Raymond Moody, US

Published on Sep 22, 2012

Raymond Moody (born June 30, 1944) is a psychologist and medical doctor. He is most famous as an author of books about life after death and near-death experiences (NDE), a term that he coined in 1975. His best-selling title is Life After Life.

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Anita was diagnosed with terminal cancer, and doctors told her family she was just hours away from death. It was at this point that she “crossed over” and then returned again into this world with a clearer understanding of her life and purpose on earth. This understanding subsequently led to a total recovery of her health.

Anita was born in Singapore of Indian parents, moved to Hong Kong at the age of two, and has lived in Hong Kong most of her life. Because of her background and British education, she is multi lingual and, from the age of two, grew up speaking English, Cantonese and two Indian dialects simultaneously, and later learned French at school.

She had been working in the corporate field for many years before being diagnosed with cancer in April of 2002. Her fascinating and moving near-death experience in early 2006 has tremendously changed her perspective on life. Her work is now ingrained with the depths and insights she gained while in the other realm. She works on the premise that our inner world (consciousness) is our primary reality, and if our internal state is healthy and strong, then our external world will align itself and fall into place as a result.

She is the embodiment of the truth that we all have the inner power and wisdom to overcome even life’s most adverse situations, as she is the living proof of this possibility.

Interview recorded 12/8/2012

The Most Compelling Scientific Evidence for Life Beyond Death Ever Compiled

Evidence of the Afterlife
shares the firsthand accounts of people who have died and lived to tell about it. Through their work at the Near Death Experience Research Foundation, radiation oncologist Jeffrey Long and his wife, Jody, have gathered thousands of accounts of near-death experiences (NDEs) from all over the world. In addition to sharing the personal narrative of their experiences, visitors to the website are asked to fill out a one hundred–item questionnaire designed to isolate specific elements of the experience and to flag counterfeit accounts.

The website has become the largest NDE research database in the world, containing over 1,600 NDE accounts. The people whose stories are captured in the database span all age groups, races, and religious affiliations and come from all over the world, yet the similarities in their stories are as awe-inspiring as they are revealing. Using this treasure trove of data, Dr. Long explains how medical evidence fails to explain these reports and why there is only one plausible explanation—that people have survived death and traveled to another dimension.

Jeffrey Long, M.D., is a radiation oncologist in Houma, Louisiana, and has appeared on NBC’s Today Show, ABC’s World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, FOX’s The O’Reilly Factor, and The Learning Channel. Long has also served on the board of directors of the International Association for Near-Death Studies and established the nonprofit Near Death Experience Research Foundation and the NDERF website.

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Evidence of the afterlife ? Dr Jeffrey Long

Dr. Jeffrey Long, Jody Long, and Paul Perry have teamed up to write this blockbuster book that became an instant bestseller after Dr. Long’s appearance on NBC’s Today Show.

“Evidence of the Afterlife” is by far the largest scientific study of NDE ever presented, and is based on researching over 1300 NDEs shared with NDERF. This book is scientific in content, yet easy and a delight to read. The people whose stories are presented span all age groups, races, and religious affiliations and come from all over the world, yet the similarities in their experiences are as awe-inspiring as they are inexplicable. Using this treasure trove of data, Dr. Long explains how medical evidence fails to explain these reports and why there is only one plausible explanation—that people have survived death and traveled to another dimension.

Bill O Reilly interviews Dr Jeffrey Long on the Afterlife

We’ve all read about near-death experience (NDE), the traumatically induced sensory phenomenon that many believe represents the gateway to heaven. The imagery (white light, tunnel, dead relatives, etc.), coupled with the intense feelings of bliss and oneness, typically make the most ardent nonbelievers reevaluate their beliefs after the experience. It is powerful stuff and, arguably, the most interesting of all mystical experiences.

With the publication of the book “Proof of Heaven” by Dr. Eben Alexander, the issue of whether NDEs represent evidence for the existence of heaven is, once again, part of the cultural conversation. So let’s join the discussion.

Because of his credibility as a neurosurgeon, Dr. Alexander’s NDE generated a great deal of attention. His case is unusually strong, not simply because of his scientific credentials, but because of what apparently happened to his brain. Due to bacterial meningitis his entire neocortex, the part of the brain that makes us human, presumably became disabled. Without the neocortex functional, a scientific explanation for his NDE becomes impossible.

Most of his colleagues could not offer explanations for what he saw. A few, however, refute his claims, including Dr. Martin Samuels, who said, “there is no way of knowing, in fact, that his neocortex was shut down. It sounds scientific, but it is an interpretation after the fact.” And therein lies the rub.

The operative word in near-death experience is “near.” Nobody actually dies and talks to us from heaven. Those who experience NDEs end up back here talking to Oprah. And they all say very similar things.

NDEs tend to have certain universal characteristics, according to Dr. Gregory Shushan, a religion scholar with anthropological training and author of Conceptions of the Afterlife in Early Civilizations: Universalism, Constructivism and Near-Death Experience. In other words, regardless of culture or time, the NDE themes consistently appeared in the ancient civilizations that he researched.

Furthermore, Dr. Shushan noticed that the various cultural beliefs about heaven are quite similar to the core characteristics of NDEs. What’s interesting is that this cross-cultural thematic consistency about heaven does not hold true for creation myths. In other words, every culture has a different narrative describing how things began, but the same narrative about how things end.

Ironically, this leads to the possibility that NDEs, as opposed to providing evidence for the existence of heaven, might very well be responsible for creating our belief in it.

It’s not difficult to imagine how this paradoxical understanding of the relationship between NDE and heaven could have evolved. The NDEs that occurred during ancient history — especially if it involved a respected elder or priest — would have been so instantaneously transformative, so powerfully seductive, that it would have been impossible for a culture not to incorporate the experience into a model of heaven. Then, over the centuries, all subsequent NDEs would serve to reinforce the belief.

It doesn’t get more upside-down than this.

Assuming for the moment that this explanation of how heaven came into being is accurate, one question remains: does it matter?

On a very practical level, changing people’s religious beliefs is virtually impossible. Faced with incontrovertible scientific evidence about evolution, some folks still cling to the belief that the earth is 6,000 years old because the Bible says so. Not all people of faith take every aspect of the Scriptures literally but, in general, religious beliefs become hardwired into the brain. With the exception of those who experience NDEs, rarely are people changing their mind.

If the NDE is a transitional experience to make death easier and not the gateway to heaven, do nonbelievers have to discard the concept of heaven altogether? Or, can we turn everything upside-down again and simply label our experience of self — our tiny speck of consciousness — heaven? In other words, maybe heaven is ephemeral not eternal. And at the end, our energy goes back into the energy pool.

At some point in time each of us will know the truth. However, if you don’t believe in heaven and you’re right, you’ll never know it. If you’re wrong, people will be waiting at the other end of the tunnel saying, “We told you so.”

Dr. Llyod Glauberman

Dr. Glauberman has a Ph.D. in psychology and has been in clinical practice since 1980. In 1988 he founded Psycho-technology, Inc., a personal development audio company and created a series of state-of-the-art hypno-technology audio programs. His audio programs utilize a unique multiple storytelling framework developed by Dr. Glauberman which leads to changes in thinking, feeling and behavior. His website is http://www.hppcds.com. Additionally, he speaks on a variety of psychological and health related topics.

Dr. Eben Alexander is a neurosurgeon who had a near-death experience that changed his life and beliefs about life after death. He has recently been featured in magazines and television shows, including Oprah’s Super Soul Sunday program.

Marilyn Schlitz did an exclusive interview with Eben as part of the Death Makes Life Possible documentary film that is currently in production.

Exclusive Interview with Dr. Eben Alexander

Our species is evolving in preparation for the new world on the horizon

• Explains how the increase in intuitive, creative, and abstract-thinking abilities of children as well as incidences of ADHD, dyslexia, and autism signal evolutionary changes at work in humanity–the emergence of the Fifth Root Race

• Connects the appearance of these traits with ancient myths and evolutionary calendars as well as predictions by Teilhard de Chardin, Edgar Cayce, and other visionary seers

• Reveals how these “new kids” act as agents for world change by reflecting back every misguided aspect of business, politics, religion, and culture

The past 30 years have seen a quantum leap in the intuitive, creative, and abstract-thinking abilities of children as well as an unprecedented rise in incidences of ADHD, dyslexia, and autism spectrum disorders. As P. M. H. Atwater explains, we are witnessing evolution at work. The changes in consciousness and brain function evident in these “new kids” signal the widespread emergence of the Fifth Root Race and, fortuitously, coincide with our transition into the Fifth World.

Providing a resource for parents and new kids themselves, Atwater explains what is happening to our species and our world–from neurological changes and climate upheavals to the drive to be constantly “connected” through screen-based technology and the unnecessary widespread use of drug therapies. Sharing individual case histories underscoring the traits of the new-child personality, she reveals how these children, born with universal consciousness encoded in their DNA, act as agents for world change by reflecting back every misguided aspect of business, politics, religion, entertainment, technology, and culture so we can’t ignore what needs to be repaired. Atwater shows how children labeled as autistic or otherwise “damaged” have enormous potential for greatness.

Connecting recent events and cultural shifts with creation myths, evolutionary calendars, and historical records from every culture as well as predictions by Teilhard de Chardin, Sri Aurobindo, Edgar Cayce, and other visionary seers, Atwater shows how the genetic shift now occurring follows the “Rule of Thirds” in its progression. Exploring timelines for the next several hundred years, she explains that the coming new world will be tailored specifically for the new kids, who will lead the way in the Great Shift from old world to new.

About the Author of Children of the Fifth World
P. M. H. Atwater, L.H.D., is a distinguished researcher of near-death experiences, prayer chaplain, spiritual counselor, and visionary. She is the author of 15 books including Beyond the Indigo Children. She lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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The 37th Annual SSF-IIIHS International Conference: PMH Atwater

Published on Jun 14, 2012 by ssfiiihs

THE 37th ANNUAL SSF-IIIHS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

The Role of Saints & Sages in the Evolution of Consciousness in a Transformed Humanity

Evolution is incremental. This year’s conference focuses on the knowledge that we have so far amassed, and on the mechanisms that have given birth to contemporary thought. We pay special attention to the continued blurring of the boundaries between science and spirituality; we note the historical landmarks that have defined themselves over time; and we listen to the echoes of past insight as they resonate, today.

As we struggle in a world perpetually more fearful and conflicted, the search for answers becomes even more desperate, and the need for guidance even more crucial. Saints and Sages act as ideal examples of human existence; as models of what the true human being is to become, in the Divine Plan.

The 2012 IIIHS Conference will once again provide a venue for pioneers of knowledge in the scientific, religious, and cultural traditions of the world to gather together, sharing experience, discovery, and understanding, offering continued hope for peace and well being, and blazing a trail, honed by thought and informed by spirit, to the future.
J.L.R.

PMH Atwater:
An original NDE researcher & author of ten books, including Near-Death Experiences: The Rest of the Story and Children of the Fifth World: A Guide to the Coming Changes in Human Consciousness
http://www.pmhatwater.com

Dr. P.M.H. Atwater on A Fireside Chat – The Great Shifting – Part 1/2

Published on Sep 24, 2012 by ZanyMysticRadio

My guest is PMH ATWATER, who returns to do a two-part series, titled: The Great Shifting: 2012 and Beyond, Part 1. In this first part, PMH sets the cosmic stage for the universal shifts which are occurring at every level throughout our universe. Visit her website to sign up for her free newsletter. I found her 10th book, “Near Death Experiences – the Rest of the Story” one of my Top 10 reads this year!
Dr. P.M.H. Atwater on A Fireside Chat – The Great Shifting – Part 2/2

Published on Sep 30, 2012 by ZanyMysticRadio

One of my favorite guests, PMH ATWATER, returns for part two of our experiment, “The Great Shifting: 2012 and Beyond”. In this 2nd show, we explore some of the obstacles humanity faces at the verge of awakening, such as HAARP, chemtrails and genetic manipulation. Another wonderful evening with one of the world’s greatest minds! At 82, in the top of her field of near death and consciousness research, she has finished writing her 11th amazing book. This will be sure to be a “mind blower”.
FORTHCOMING: Children of the Fifth World- A Guide to the Coming Changes in Human Consciousness.

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