NDE’s and IANDS are in the news!!
The following news items are courtesy of IANDS
Afterlife Awareness Conference Debut
 The inaugural Afterlife Awareness Conference (AAC) is in Phoenix, AZ from April 29 – May 1, 2011 and features PMH Atwater and Bill Guggenheim as keynote speakers. Hosted by the newly formed Afterlife Education Foundation, the AAC program has presentations on after-death communications, out-of-body experiences, near-death experiences, psychic research and related studies. |
| Dr Moody’s new book: Glimpses of Eternity |
 Dr. Raymond Moody’s new book, Glimpses of Eternity: Sharing a loved one’s passage from this life to the next, on Shared Death Experiences was recently published. Written with Paul Perry, this book provides numerous examples of the shared death experience in which persons present at the death of a loved one experience leaving their own body, viewing the life review of their loved one and traveling part-way toward the Light. Moody describes seven key elements of the shared death experience which are very similar to those of the near-death experience.Watch this YouTube video of Dr. Raymond Moody’s interview with Paul Perry.
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| “Heaven is for Real” |
 An amazing NDE account of 4-year-old Colton Burpo who, during an emergency appendectomy, slips from consciousness and enters heaven. Colton’s story includes very interesting verifications of his deceased great grandfather (who died 30 years prior to Colton’s birth) and his mother’s prior miscarriage, with impossible-to-know details about each. Also see the newly released book about his NDE, Heaven is for Real: A little boy’s astounding story of his trip to heaven and back. |
| Series on BIO Channel focuses on NDEs |
The BIO Channel has a new segment for the critically acclaimed “I Survived…” franchise with “I Survived… Beyond and Back,” chronicling the stories of people who flat lined; some for a few seconds, others for up to an hour, and came back to life. The one-hour series features six episodes and airs Sundays at 10PM ET/9PM CT/11PM PT on BIO Channel. Consult local TV listings to verify availability in your area. View previous full episodes here.
Movie Review
Hereafter
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This is the film industry’s latest attempt to portray the subject of life beyond death as viewed from the perspective of a near-death experience and mediumistic communications with the deceased. Unfortunately, “Hereafter” falls short in terms of living up to contemporary research on these topics but has teased public attention to at least take another look.
For those with more than a superficial awareness of the research on NDEs and/or medium readings (in a controlled study environment), this movie can be an opportunity to get together with like-minded colleagues or friends after watching, to discuss the details and explore various viewpoints.
The acting is reasonably good and the three segmented story-lines are suitably entertaining to make the movie worth watching even while overlooking the somewhat contrived ending.
The following are links to recently released news articles:
Wall Street Journal article: Seeking Proof in Near-Death Claims – written by Melinda Beck
online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304248704575574193494074922.html
MSNBC: Head Toward the Light: The Science of Near-Death Experiences – written by Diane Mapes
If you have any difficulties with the above links, information is available on the home page of the IANDS website at IANDS.org.
