COMMENTARY: OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCES EXPANDING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE (AND THE AFTERLIFE)
For over 2,000 years there have been reports of people finding themselves floating up above their bodies while sleeping, or finding themselves suddenly behind or above their body looking down on it. Many famous writers of last century wrote about their OBEs: Ernest Hemingway; Tolstoy; Dostoevsky; Tennyson; Edgar Alan Poe; D H Lawrence; Virginia Woolf. A most highly credible scientist, Dr Robert Crookall, analyzed over 700 reports of OBEs from all over the world. He was surprised that they were all consistent. (Crookall 1970).
As well as spontaneous cases, several controlled experiments have been done. In England the Society for Psychical Research investigated a great number of cases of OBEs. In some of them the person in the out-of-body state could be seen by another person. In the USA Dr. Karlis Osis and Loyd Auerbach worked extensively with Alex Tanous who was able to go out of his body consciously at will. A psychic, Christine Whiting, was able to see Tanous when he was out of his body. She described in detail his position in the room and the shirt with rolled-up sleeves and the corduroy pants he was wearing. Read more about the incredible Alex Tanous. Keith 'Blue' Harary, was able to lie down in a sealed laboratory room and project himself to another house twenty yards away. While there he was able to read letters and report accurately on where the other experimenters were sitting.
These days there are
many books on how to have an OBE yourself (see Robert Peterson's excellent list and reviews). There are also courses where people can be guided to have these experiences and integratrate them and Facebook groups where experiencers can compare notes. Most people say that once they learn that they are more than their physical body they lose all fear of death. Read more.
ROBERT MONROE EXPLAINS HIS FIRST OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCE
In this 1979 video interview, Robert Monroe talks about his first OBE and how he spent almost a year proving to himself that his experience was not an hallucination.
HEMI-SYNCH PRODUCTS FROM THE MONROE INSTITUTE The non-profit Monroe Institute is the world leader in human consciousness exploration. Founded in the early 1970s as an educational and research organization by Robert A. Monroe, its experiential programs are offered on the main campus in Faber, Virginia USA as well as in 12 additional countries and online.
Using specially designed binaural beat audio-guided technology, originally developed by Bob Monroe, participants learn valuable tools to explore, navigate and use non-physical aspects of their own higher consciousness. People can attend retreats or work from home with Hemi-synch Meditation Products.
THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CONSCIOUSNESS (IAC) The International Academy of Consciousness is an education and research organization dedicated to investigating the nature of consciousness. It does this through the exploration of human exceptional experiences such as the out-of-body experience (astral travel or astral projection), clairvoyance, expansion of awareness, extra-sensory perception, channelling, near-death experience, energy healing, and other psychic phenomena.
IAC is very proud that its flagship course, the Consciousness Development Program, which can be taken in-person or online. It has just won 1st place in the Life Transformation category in the UK’s Kindred Spirit Magazine 21st Anniversary Awards.
JUDY HILLYARD ACCOMPANIES PEOPLE CROSSING OVER One of the practical applications of OBEs is to remove the fear of dying. Toward the end of her 47-year career in critical care nursing and education, Judy Hillyard took two different programs from the Sacred Art of Living Center in Bend, Oregon (USA). She wanted to learn more about working with the dying within critical care in a way that was not being done – helping to support the dying process rather than just trying to stave off death. During one of those sessions, Judy learned about a practice used by some Anam Caras - Celtic words meaning soul friend or soul companion - to assist the dying by escorting the person across the veil at the moment of death. Watch this fascinating interview to the end.
QUESTION: Can the spirit of a child who dies "before his time" be as advanced as an adult?
"He is sometimes much more so; for he may previously have lived longer and acquired more experience, especially if he be a spirit who has already made considerable spiritual progress. And many times the spirit of a child is more advanced than that of his father. This is because when we come to earth we arrive here with the level of spirituality we had in the afterlife."
The Spirits' Book
MEDIUM MARISA RYAN PRESENTS THE SPIRIT WORLD EXPERIENCE Marisa Ryan begins her talk by recounting how she was contacted by a spirit who wanted to bring her murderer to justice. She claims to have interviewed hundreds of spirits asking them how they died, who met them, and what happened during their life reviews. She then does a mediumship demonstration.
SCIENCE IS STILL DEVELOPING
NIKOLA TESLA - the great scientist and inventor said:
"Physics, extends beyond what is scientifically known today. The future will show that what we now call occult or the supernatural is based on a science not yet developed, but whose first infant steps are being taken as we speak!" According to some sources Tesla was receiving EVP voices in 1901. He died in 1943 and today he is still working from the afterlife with several researchers. Sonia Rinaldi details ground-breaking EVP and ITC communications with Tesla in this wonderful e-book. Read more.
JOHN EDWARD READINGS
One of the signs of an excellent medium is their ability to give small evidential details that are known only to the deceased and the person having the reading. John Edward (his full name is John Edward McGee Jr. but his father did not want the McGee name associated with mediumship) is well known for the surprising details he brings through.
A TESTIMONIAL FOR JOHN EDWARD
26-year-old Kyle died in an auto accident. His sister was devastated. She didn't believe in after-death communication so she set up a test for her brother before she and her mother had a private reading with John Edward. Judy Collier's book Quit Kissing My Ashes is available in Kindle format.
MATERIALISATION IN DAYLIGHT WITNESSED BY PROMINENT PEOPLE
No doubt, one of the greatest materialization mediums was Carmine Mirabelli. A book about him, 'O MEDIUM MIRABELLI' tells of materializations that occurred in broad daylight in the presence of up to 60 witnesses who represented the leading scientific and social circles of Brazil. Among those who witnessed sensational materializations in daylight were the President of Brazil himself, the Secretary of State, 72 doctors, and many other professionals in business and administration. Read more.
LINDA ZELIK: DEMYSTIFYING AFTER DEATH COMMUNICATION
Dr. Gloria and Dr. Heidi Horsley talk with their guest Linda Zelik about how she learned to recognise signs from her deceased son Kevin and how these signs have changed her life and have been a source of tremendous solace and hope. She is the author of "From Despair to Hope: Survival Guide for Bereaved Parents".
Saturday November 18th 2023 / Sunday November 19th in Australia
WORLD HEALING MEDITATION Susanne Wilson is convening a half-hour meditation for world peace. "Let’s realize how powerful we are by being power-filled for manifesting peace!"
Times:
Pacific time 9 a.m. Saturday
Phoenix time 10 a.m. Saturday
Mountain time 10 a.m. Saturday
Central time 11 a.m. Saturday
Eastern time 12 noon Saturday
London 5 p.m. Saturday
Vienna 6 p.m. Saturday
Sydney time: 4 a.m. Sunday
Auckland: 6 a.m. Sunday Check time in your city
Click the link on Susanne's website.
Saturday November 18th 2023 / Sunday November 19th in Australia
Spiritist Literature: Directed Study (SLIDS) with Ana Castro.
A free Zoom group about Spiritism, Kardec, and Chico Xavier. See videos of previous meetings
Times:
Pacific time 1 p.m. Saturday
Phoenix time 2 p.m. Saturday
Mountain time 2 p.m. Saturday
Central time 3 p.m. Saturday
Eastern time 4 p.m. Saturday
London 9 p.m. Saturday
Rome 10 p.m. Saturday
Sydney/Melbourne 8 a.m. Sunday
New Zealand 10 a.m. Sunday
Check time in your city
Co-ordinator: Ana Castro
Just click this link to join.
Sunday November 19th 2023 / Monday November 20th Australia
Global Gathering: Community Gathering - a time to check in with what everyone has been reading, doing and experiencing. These meetings are always a wonderful opportunity to share resources and plan future meetings. This session will not be recorded.
Times:
Pacific Time 12 noon Sunday
Phoenix 1 p.m. Sunday
Mountain Time 1 p.m. Sunday
Central time 2 p.m. Sunday
Eastern time 3 p.m. Sunday
London 8 p.m. Sunday
Vienna 9 p.m. Sunday
Sydney/Melbourne 7 a.m. Monday
New Zealand 9 a.m. Monday Check time in your city
Co-ordinator: wendyzammit@gmail.com https://zoom.us/j/7595442928
Monday November 20th 2023 / Tuesday November 21st Australia
GOSH: Gatherings over Strange Happenings with Kim Parker When: Every two weeks on Mondays (UK EUROPE and USA) and Tuesday 7 a.m. (Sydney). A small group that meets to share and explore the meaning of strange experiences like missing time, seeing scenes from another time, interacting with a person who suddenly wasn't there, bi-location etc. If it's something you cannot share easily with others, bring it to this group to get validation and speculate on its cause. See short video about GOSH
Times:
Pacific Time 12 noon Monday
Phoenix 1 p.m. Monday
Mountain Time 1 p.m. Monday
Central time 2 p.m. Monday
Eastern time 3 p.m. Monday
London 8 p.m. Monday
Amsterdam 9 p.m. Monday
Sydney/Melbourne 7 a.m. Tuesday
New Zealand 9 a.m. Tuesday Check the time for your city
Email: Kim at kmrainbow57@yahoo.com https://zoom.us/j/7595442928
Wednesday November 22nd 2023/ Thursday November 23rd Australia
Platform Mediumship with Paul M. Hinson
2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month USA / at 4.30 p.m. Pacific time
Paul is a classically trained English evidential medium now based in Sydney. He does "platform readings" giving messages to a number of people in the audience.
Times:
Pacific Time 3.30 p.m. Wednesday
Phoenix 4.30 p.m. Wednesday
Mountain time 4.30 p.m. Wednesday
Central time 5.30 p.m. Wednesday
Eastern Time 6.30 p.m. Wednesday
London time 11.30 p.m. Wednesday
Perth 7.30 a.m. Thursday
Singapore 7.30 a.m. Thursday
Sydney/ Melbourne 10.30 a.m. Thursday
New Zealand 12.30 p.m. Thursday Check time in your city
Coordinator: wendyzammit@gmail.com https://zoom.us/j/7595442928
Wednesday November 22nd 2023/ Thursday November 23rd Australia
Physical mediumship development group Every Wednesday with Rob Blackburn and Craig Hogan. Participants sit in a darkened space in their own homes; the group has been going for some time and members are experiencing phenomena.
Times:
Pacific and Arizona time 6 p.m. Wednesday
Mountain time 7 p.m. Wednesday
Central time 8 p.m. Wednesday
New York time 9 p.m. Wednesday
London 2 a.m. Thursday
Perth 10.a.m. Thursday
Sydney/Melbourne 1 p.m. Thursday
New Zealand 3 p.m. Thursday Check time in your city
THIS GROUP IS CURRENTLY TAKING NEW MEMBERS
Email r.craig.hogan@afterlifeinstitute.org
MEET THE FOUNDER OF "THE DODO" Izzie Lerer's vision was nothing short of wanting to change the world in relation to the way animals are treated. After completing a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Columbia, with a focus on human/animal relationships and animal ethics, she realised that becoming an academic was not the way. Instead, she started The Dodo, an online media platform that has become the #1 digital content brand for animal lovers. It aims to educate, entertain and inform the audience about important issues and relatable stories that animal people want to watch, read about, and share.
SPIRITUAL SURVIVAL SKILLS FOR A WORLD IN CHAOS
Accessing the Strength, Wisdom, and Equanimity to meet the Challenges of our moment, Craig Hamilton from Evolving Wisdom shares a helpful meditation practice. Watch this free 90 minute workshop now.
WE ARE NOT DIVIDED
"It has become conventional wisdom that we are hopelessly divided. But this narrative masks a larger truth: that we humans are incredibly skilled at overcoming division.
"We Are Not Divided" is a collaborative multimedia journalism project dedicated to revealing that truth by telling the stories that show our capacity, and our deep desire, to bridge our divides.
Read these inspiring stories.
WILL YOU BE IN AUCKLAND BETWEEN Wednesday 22nd November and
Sunday 26th November 2023?
LIVE MEDIUMSHIP DEMONSTRATIONS BY EXCELLENT SYDNEY MEDIUMS
The Northern Beaches Spiritualist Church (Sydney, Australia) is a new spirit-inspired venture having its face-to-face meetings at Manly Vale Community Centre
2 Innes Road Manly Vale Sydney
at 7 p.m. on the first Friday of every month.
Join us for the very first meeting
on December 1st 2023. Medium Ben Graham.
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ONE OF ABBA'S GREATEST HITS: "I HAVE A DREAM" Sing along..."I believe in Angels." Read more.
LyricsI have a Dream
I have a dream, a song to sing
To help me cope with anything
If you see the wonder of a fairy tale
You can take the future even if you fail
I believe in angels
Something good in everything I see
I believe in angels
When I know the time is right for me
I'll cross the stream, I have a dream
I have a dream, a fantasy
To help me through reality
And my destination makes it worth the while
Pushing through the darkness still another mile
I believe in angels
Something good in everything I see
I believe in angels
When I know the time is right for me
I'll cross the stream, I have a dream
I'll cross the stream, I have a dream I have a dream, a song to sing
To help me cope with anything
If you see the wonder of a fairy tale
You can take the future even if you fail
I believe in angels
Something good in everything I see
I believe in angels
When I know the time is right for me
I'll cross the stream, I have a dream
I'll cross the stream, I have a dream
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For over 2,000 years there have been reports of people finding themselves floating up above their bodies while sleeping, or finding themselves suddenly behind or above their body looking down on it. Many famous writers of last century wrote about their OBEs: Ernest Hemingway; Tolstoy; Dostoevsky; Tennyson; Edgar Alan Poe; D H Lawrence; Virginia Woolf. A most highly credible scientist, Dr Robert Crookall, analyzed over 700 reports of OBEs from all over the world. He was surprised that they were all consistent. (Crookall 1970). 
The non-profit Monroe Institute
"He is sometimes much more so; for he may previously have lived longer and acquired more experience, especially if he be a spirit who has already made considerable spiritual progress. And many times the spirit of a child is more advanced than that of his father. This is because when we come to earth we arrive here with the level of spirituality we had in the afterlife." 
SCIENCE IS STILL DEVELOPING
BY PROMINENT PEOPLE 
Susanne Wilson is convening a half-hour meditation for world peace. "Let’s realize how powerful we are by being power-filled for manifesting peace!"
Spiritist Literature: Directed Study (SLIDS) with Ana Castro.
When: Every two weeks on Mondays (UK EUROPE and USA) and Tuesday 7 a.m. (Sydney).
Platform Mediumship with Paul M. Hinson
Every Wednesday with Rob Blackburn and Craig Hogan. Participants sit in a darkened space in their own homes; the group has been going for some time and members are experiencing phenomena. 
FEEDBACK: (Three only)