COMMENTARY: OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCES (ASTRAL PROJECTION) 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 bodies looking down on them.
They are reported in all indigenous cultures and by many famous writers who wrote about their OBEs.
There has been limited research done on them,
but it appears that between 5 and 15% of the population have reported having an out-of-body experience at least once. In the United States, Karlis Osis and Ernst Bonitta spent several years doing scientific research with Alex Tanous. A psychic, Christine Whiting, was able to see him when he was out of his body and described in detail his position, the shirt with rolled-up sleeves and the corduroy pants he was wearing.
However, it is only recently that there has been a massive increase in accounts of what the afterlife is like based upon out-of-body experiencers travelling further than the earth-like astral into the higher etheric realms, sometimes for many hours at a time, These accounts provide a rich database of information about the afterlife, sometimes even more detailed than that provided by near-death experiences. They also totally corroborate what mediums have been telling us for centuries.
And, with organisations like The Monroe Institute and the International Academy of Consciousness teaching people ways to have their own experiences, and with the internet to share them, we can expect OBEs to contribute to a massive awakening of human consciousness.
WILLIAM BUHLMAN - A PASSIONATE ADVOCATE FOR OBE TRAINING William Buhlman states he has been having out of body experiences for more than 40 years. He has been teaching courses on how to have an out-of-body experience at the Monroe Institute and independently for more than thirty years. His first book Adventures Beyond the Body (1996) explains the basics. His second book The Secret of the Soul—Using Out-of-Body Experiences to Understand Our True Nature (2001) deals with some of the different kinds of OBEs both positive and unwelcome. He talks about OBEs in children, OBEs caused by combat and trauma, meeting loved ones in the afterlife and transformational experiences. His book has excellent chapters on the history of OBEs and on ways to have an OBE. He also discusses what can be expected from an OBE and what the benefits are. His bookAdventures in the Afterlife explains what happens when you die.
OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCES AND SPIRITUALISM Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) was a brilliant scientist, inventor, and scholar, who holds a special place in Spiritualism. Considered one of the three smartest people who ever lived, he began having out-of-body experiences at the age of 55. For the next 27 years, he explored other dimensions. He wrote 18 books explaining that there are many different levels of existence where people live very pleasant and interesting lives, just as real as ours on Earth. This was a huge shock to Protestant Christianity which taught that after death it was either heaven sitting on a cloud or the fires of hell. Swedenborg is said to have appeared to many of the pioneers of Spiritualism and Spiritism, and, together with Benjamin Franklin, was the force behind the coming of Spiritualism in 1848. Read Michael Tymn's fascinating article.
DO YOU HAVE A HOUSE IN HEAVEN?
Emanuel Swedenborg says you do. In this episode, host Curtis Childs from the Swedenborg Foundation focuses on Swedenborg's firsthand accounts of the afterlife. Learn how your house in heaven will reflect your mind, and will change as you go through changes.
A BRAZILLIAN PIONEER OF OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCES - AUDIOBOOK IN ENGLISH Dr. Waldo Vieira (1932-2015) had his first lucid out-of-body experience in 1941 at the age of 9, something he describes in this video. He retired from medical practice at a young age and spent the final 30+ years of his life full-time researching consciousness in general and out-of-body experiences in particular. His book Projections of The Consciousness recounts 60 of the author's most illuminating out-of-body experiences (OBEs, astral projections) from a six-month period in 1979.
This classic book, reveals the wide range of experiences that a person can have outside the body such as meeting up with deceased loved ones, interacting with helpers (spirit guides), assisting in more pathological dimensions, as well as experiencing the state of cosmo-consciousness. Listen to the free audiobook.
SPIRIT-ORGANISED WRITING PARTNERSHIP
Alberto Oyarvide tells us that Spirit used Dr. Waldo Viera and Chico Xavier to write several books dictated by Spirit authors. Each would be given alternating chapters without the knowledge of the other. This began when Xavier wrote in automatic writing dictated by Andre Luiz Evolution in Two Worlds. It was only when Xavier finished the heap of disjointed chapters that his "guiding spirit" told him to contact Dr. Vieira. Dr. Vieira's chapters - written without knowing the previous chapter by Xavier - took up the narrative exactly where the other had left it. That was the first of 17 books they would write together in the same way.
INTERVIEW WITH ASTRAL PROJECTOR SHARON SANANDA KUMARA
Sharon Kumara has been a conscious out-of-body explorer & lucid dreamer since 1999 when she began studying and inducing out-of-body experiences (OBEs) to help her connect with her deceased father. She has subsequently documented thousands of OBEs and continues her regular practice of conscious exploration. Sharon teaches regular courses on OBEs & Lucid Dreaming through her Academy. Sharon is also an ET contactee, since childhood and continues to have real-time experiences.
Sharon will be our guest at next Sunday's Global Gathering at 2 p.m. Pacific time
(see details below)
NEARER MY GOD TO THEE - STEVE BECKOW'S NEW MAPS OF HEAVEN - EXPANDED EDITION Steve Beckow is a true scholar of the afterlife. In this expanded edition of his "New Maps of Heaven", he has collected accounts from many sources that he references on life in the higher dimensions (see the extensive Bibliography at the end). He uses this information to visualise the future of Earth in its coming "Golden Age" foreseen by Silver Birch and others.
He writes:
"I have the very pleasant task of helping to banish a false and insubstantial fear. That’s our fear of something that never happens to us - death - but just to our discarded bodies and yet something we fear above all else. Welcome to a soon-to-be world without death, a benevolent, nourishing, and supportive world where love flows like a river and we have all we need. A world in which we never age and never fall sick. If we eat, it’s because we want to." Access the 415-page pdf version of his book here.
OBE EXPLORER CREATES VISUAL DIARY OF THE AFTERLIFE REALMS Jurgen Ziewe has been having out-of-body experiences in full waking consciousness for more than fifty years. He has travelled to many different realms and interviewed people. Later, as a graphic artist, he created images of what he has seen. Some time ago he did a series of talks for our Global Gathering, the videos of which he edited as Afterlife Answers on his YouTube channel. To date he has written three books on his experiences: Multidimensional Man andVistas of Infinity and his recent masterpiece Elysium Unveiled which as well as text contains over 25 illustrations of things he personally saw.
KEITH PARSONS' NEW VIDEO ON ETTA WREIDT
This documentary by Dr Keith Parsons is about a woman whose accomplishment as a direct-voice medium put her in a bracket reserved only for the best in the world. She was thoroughly investigated by numerous reputable psychical researchers who were truly impressed by her and by her spirit control, Dr Sharp. Their ability jointly to manifest the voices of the deceased, without any vocal utterance from Henrietta herself, resulted in admiration from thousands of people in the United Kingdom, United States, and Canada in the period up to 1942. The duration of this video is 27.17
GORDON PHINN'S SPIRIT SEARCH AND RESCUE GROUP Gordon Phinn is an extraordinary medium, poet, scholar, writer, storyteller, and spiritual teacher (see his profile on Reality Unmasked to get some idea of the depth of his work). He also has had more than 20 years of out-of-body adventures and is well-known for his spirit rescue and retrieval work. Below are links to the first two retrieval meditations he led with members of his bi-weekly Zoom group (held on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month at 3 p.m. Eastern time). There will be a group held in the coming week (see in the Zoom Groups below for details) to make up for a group missed yesterday due to the wrong room number being put in this report :-( First guided meditation - May 1st 2024 Second guided meditation -
May 15th 2024
RAISING FUNDS FOR THE CITY OF LIGHT
Inge Crosson explains why José Medrado's City of Light unexpectedly needs some extra help to comply with new fire regulations that require work costing R$150,000 ($45,000 AUD or $30,000 US) to be completed by the end of 2024. Otherwise all the brilliant programs at the complex will have to close (something that may please those made uncomfortable by Medrado's stance against corruption and greed). This is a short extract taken from Inge's full talk at May 24th Zoom Global Gathering.
We know that times are tough for a lot of people, but if you are in a position to make a donation large or small to enable the City of Light to continue its life-changing spiritual work, it will be very much appreciated.
SYDNEY NORTHERN BEACHES SPIRITUALIST CHURCH TODAY FRIDAY Northern Beaches Spiritualist Church (Sydney, Australia), is having a face-to-face meeting on Friday 7th June 2024, at Manly Vale Community Centre - Innes Road Hall at 7.15 p.m..
The meeting is free of charge but donations are gratefully accepted to defray church running costs.
Local Donations to BSB 484-799; A/C No. 165 648 823
See location and transport details.
The guest medium this month is Ben Graham, a very popular Sydney medium.
All enquiries to Paul Hinson Advall@iinet.net.au
+61(0)2 9949 6209
NEXT WEEK'S FREE AFTERLIFE ZOOM GROUPS - ALL WELCOME
August Goforth: Exploratorium.
August, a licensed psychotherapist in private practice in New York City, leads a participatory "Exploratorium" where readers of the book "The Risen" will be encouraged to offer ponderings and ideas on grief and growth. Free PDF copies of the book are available here.
This group meets on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month.
Afterlife Book Club with Gary Langley
1st Thursday of the month at 5 p.m. California time.
Book of the month for June 2024 Riley Heagerty's Etta Wriedt.
(The Author will be in attendance).
Pacific time 5 p.m. Thursday
Phoenix 5 p.m. Thursday
Mountain time 6 p.m. Thursday
Central time 7 p.m. Thursday
New York time 8 p.m. Thursday
London 1 a.m. Friday
Sydney/Melbourne 10 a.m. Friday
New Zealand 12 noon Friday Check time in your city
Contact: Glangley@mcn.org
https://zoom.us/j/3155117825?pwd=RWtBOVJRRFJP
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Saturday June 8th 2024 / Sunday June 9th Australia
The Angel Guidance Group meets every second Saturday of the month (Sunday in Australia and New Zealand) with Angel Medium Nancy Freier, Author of "Angel Guidance: Wisdom for Navigating Life's Challenges" and publisher of "The Inner Voice e-magazine". Nancy leads the group into a growing awareness of those in the higher realms of Spirit and the ways they guide us through the lessons and challenges we face.
Each meeting is unique. We explore the methods of communication with The Greater Reality, share enriching real-life stories with Spirit, and discuss enlightening Q&As about the communication process and the messages we receive. You are welcome to join this angelic-inspired conversation.
Times:
Pacific time 11 a.m. Saturday
Phoenix time 11 a.m. Saturday
Mountain time noon Saturday
Central time 1 p.m. Saturday
Eastern time 2 p.m. Saturday
London 7 p.m. Saturday
Rome 8 p.m. Saturday
Sydney/Melbourne 4 a.m. Sunday
New Zealand 6 a.m. Sunday Check time in your city
Co-ordinator: Steve Freier
sgfreier23+AngelZoom@gmail.com
Meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85243991209?
pwd=RDZNczE4a3piVjR1UFM5VHRPeVZkZz09
Meeting ID: 852 4399 1209
Passcode: bck514
Saturday June 8th 2024 / Sunday June 9th 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 1 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 6 a.m. Sunday
New Zealand 8 a.m. Sunday
Check time in your city
Co-ordinator: Ana Castro
Just click this link to join.
Sunday June 9th 2024/ Monday June 10th Australia
Mediumship Development with Dr. Susan Barnes. Developing the skills of mental mediumship and blending with spirit.
Meetings: Every 2nd and 4th Sunday
Note: If Dr. Sue is not there at the appointed time, it is probably because she is dealing with an ongoing health issue.
She apologises in advance and will try to be back next time.
Times:
Pacific Time 10 a.m. Sunday
Phoenix time 10 a.m. Sunday
Mountain Time 11 a.m. Sunday
Central Time noon Sunday
Eastern Time (New York) 1 p.m. Sunday
London 6 p.m. Sunday
Rome 7 p.m. Sunday
Sydney/Melbourne 3 a.m. Monday
New Zealand 5 a.m. Monday Check time in your city
Coordinator: Dr. Susan B. Barnes, CSNU susanbbarnes@gmail.com
Online in Zoom https://zoom.us/j/8738817733
Sunday June 9th 2024/ Monday June 10th Australia
Global Gathering: every Sunday/Monday This weeks guest speaker, Sharon Sananda Kumara, remembered her unique gifts & abilities after her 2nd Near Death Experience in 2001. She is an avid conscious out-of-body experience traveler, having documented over 2,000 conscious OBEs to date ever since the loss of her stepfather in 1998. She is also an ET contactee, since childhood and continues to have real-time experiences. Sharon has a successful practice as a Psychic-Medium, Channel, Spiritual Counselor & Hypnotherapist specializing in Past Life Therapy & Contactee memory recovery. She is the founder of The Kumara Academy of Transformation, facilitating various metaphysical classes & offerings.
Her YouTube channel is: Ascension Gateway.
Times:
Pacific Time 2 p.m. Sunday
Phoenix 2 p.m. Sunday
Mountain Time 3 p.m. Sunday
Central time 4 p.m. Sunday
Eastern time 5 p.m. Sunday
London 10 p.m. Sunday
Vienna 11 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
Please note: We have had a recent problem with Zoom bombers. If we don't let you in because we cannot identify you from your login name, either answer the question we will send you in the waiting room chat box or email the co-ordinator.
Monday June 10th 2024/ Tuesday June 11th Australia GOSH: Gatherings over Strange Happenings with Kim Parker When: Every two weeks on Mondays (UK EUROPE and USA) and Tuesdays at
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 2 p.m. Monday
Phoenix 2 p.m. Monday
Mountain Time 3 p.m. Monday
Central time 4 p.m. Monday
Eastern time 5 p.m. Monday
London 10 p.m. Monday
Vienna 11 p.m. Monday
Sydney/Melbourne 7 a.m. Tuesday
New Zealand 9 a.m. Tuesday Check time in your city
Email: Kim at kmrainbow57@yahoo.com https://zoom.us/j/7595442928
Tuesday June 11th 2024
Australian-based Physical Mediumship Development Circle (Dark Circle) Every week participants interested in trying to develop physical mediumship sit in a darkened space in their own homes for 40 minutes, relax, and listen to music. This is a long-term project and participants must be prepared to sit in harmony without much seeming to happen on the surface.
Times:
Pacific time 3 a.m. Tuesday
Phoenix time 3 a.m. Tuesday
Mountain Time 4 a.m. Tuesday
Central Time 5 a.m. Tuesday
Eastern Time (New York) 6 a.m. Tuesday
London 11 a.m. Tuesday
Rome 12 noon. Tuesday
Perth/Singapore 6 p.m. Tuesday
Sydney Australia 8 p.m. Tuesday
Auckland 10 p.m. Tuesday Check time in your city
Email Paul Hinson Advall@iinet.net.au for more information and Zoom link.
Tuesday June 11th 2024/ Wednesday June 13th Australia
Spirit Art We are meeting to create spirit art with messages.
No art experience required.
Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday
If Dr. Sue is not there at the appointed time, it is probably because she is dealing with an ongoing health issue.
She apologises in advance and will try to be back next time.
Times:
Pacific time 6 p.m. Tuesday
Phoenix time 6 p.m. Tuesday
Mountain Time 7 p.m. Tuesday
Central Time 8 p.m. Tuesday
Eastern Time (New York) 9 p.m. Tuesday
London 2 a.m. Wednesday
Sydney/Melbourne 11 a.m. Wednesday
New Zealand 1 p.m. Wednesday Check time in your city
Coordinator: Dr. Susan B. Barnes, CSNU susanbbarnes@gmail.com
Online in Zoom https://zoom.us/j/873881773
Wednesday June 12th 2024/ Thursday June 13th Australia
Spirit Search and Rescue with Gordon Phinn
1st and 3rd Wednesdays
This meeting is a make-up for the missed meeting on the first Wednesdsay yesterday due to our putting in the wrong room number :-(
Gordon Phinn is an extraordinary medium, poet, scholar, writer, storyteller, and spiritual teacher. He has just released a memoir covering the last ten years of his out-of-body adventures called "Moving Through Many Dimensions" [check out the Contents in the READ SAMPLE]
We have persuaded him to share some of his more interesting experiences of helping people whose minds have not adjusted to the fact that they are dead.
Wednesday June 12th, 2024 / Thursday June 13th , Australia
Platform Mediumship with Paul M. Hinson
2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month USA / at 4.30 p.m. Pacific time
Paul is an English medium now based in Sydney. He does "platform readings" giving messages to most people present.
Times:
Pacific Time 4.30 p.m. Wednesday
Phoenix 4.30 p.m. Wednesday
Mountain time 5.30 p.m. Wednesday
Central time 6.30 p.m. Wednesday
Eastern Time 7.30 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 June 12th, 2024 / Thursday June 13th , Australia
USA-based 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.
THIS GROUP IS CURRENTLY TAKING NEW MEMBERS
Email r.craig.hogan@afterlifeinstitute.org for meeting guidelines,
Times:
Pacific 6 p.m. Wednesday
Arizona 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 9 a.m. Thursday
Sydney/Melbourne 11 a.m. Thursday
New Zealand 1 p.m. Thursday Check time in your city
Email r.craig.hogan@afterlifeinstitute.org for meeting guidelines,
Thursday June 13th 2024 / Friday June 14th Australia
Pet Communication Groupwith Gretchen Bickert
Times:
Pacific time 1 p.m. Thursday
Phoenix time 1 p.m. Thursday
Mountain time 2 p.m. Thursday
Central time 3 p.m. Thursday
New York time 4 p.m. Thursday
London 9 p.m. Thursday
Sydney/Melbourne 6 a.m. Friday
New Zealand 8 a.m. Friday
Contact Gretchen: ursus88@gmail.com https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87870490412?
pwd=KzMvTlNFRTdRQWtiY002YzBnOWgzZz09
Contact Gretchen: ursus88@gmail.com Check time in your city
DO WE MEET OUR PETS IN HEAVEN?
Do pets in heaven communicate with people After death? Animal communicator Brent Atwater is certain that they do.
SILVER BIRCH CONFIRMS THAT WE ALL ASTRAL TRAVEL "You come to our world now, but you do not remember. You visit the spirit world every night, that is your preparation. Otherwise, it would be such a shock when you come here to start your real life in earnest. When you pass on, you will remember the visits." (Teachings of Silver Birch p. 122).
DO YOU HAVE TROUBLE MEDITATING?
There is a certain mythology that seems to have attached itself to the practice of meditation. There are also a few myths that keep people from enjoying this ancient and life-enhancing daily ritual. In the video below, Light Watkins debunks the 5 most common myths and show you how you can benefit from very simple meditation in just 10 minutes a day.
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HIGHLY INSPIRED MUSIC:"YOU ARE LOVED (DON'T GIVE UP)".
The message of the song is the same as the one that comes back to us from thousands of near-death and other afterlife experiences - we are all loved beyond our comprehension.
Enjoy this powerful performance from Joshua Winslow Groban (born February 27, 1981), an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He was charted in 2007 as the number-one best selling artist in the United States, with over 22.3 million records. As of 2022, he had sold over 25 million records worldwide. Groban originally studied acting, but moved to singing as his voice developed.
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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 bodies looking down on them.
They are reported in all indigenous cultures and by many famous writers who wrote about their OBEs.
Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) was a brilliant scientist, inventor, and scholar, who holds a special place in Spiritualism. Considered one of the three smartest people who ever lived, he began having out-of-body experiences at the age of 55. For the next 27 years, he explored other dimensions. 
Dr. Waldo Vieira 
Spirit used Dr. Waldo Viera and Chico Xavier to write several books dictated by Spirit authors. Each would be given alternating chapters without the knowledge of the other. This began when Xavier wrote in automatic writing dictated by Andre Luiz 
Steve Beckow is a true scholar of the afterlife. In this expanded edition of his "New Maps of Heaven", he has collected accounts from many sources that he references on life in the higher dimensions (see the extensive Bibliography at the end). He uses this information to visualise the future of Earth in its coming "Golden Age" foreseen by Silver Birch and others. 
Gordon Phinn is an extraordinary medium, poet, scholar, writer, storyteller, and spiritual teacher (see
Northern Beaches Spiritualist Church (Sydney, Australia), is having a face-to-face meeting on Friday 7th June 2024, at Manly Vale Community Centre - Innes Road Hall at 7.15 p.m.. 
August Goforth: Exploratorium.
The Angel Guidance Group meets every second Saturday of the month (Sunday in Australia and New Zealand) with Angel Medium Nancy Freier, Author of 
Spiritist Literature: Directed Study (SLIDS) with Ana Castro. 
Developing the skills of mental mediumship and blending with spirit.
This weeks guest speaker, 
When: Every two weeks on Mondays (UK EUROPE and USA) and Tuesdays at 
Every week participants interested in trying to develop physical mediumship sit in a darkened space in their own homes for 40 minutes, relax, and listen to music. This is a long-term project and participants must be prepared to sit in harmony without much seeming to happen on the surface.
We are meeting to create spirit art with messages. 
Gordon Phinn is an extraordinary medium, poet, scholar, writer, storyteller, and spiritual teacher. He has just released a memoir covering the last ten years of his out-of-body adventures called 
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. 
"You come to our world now, but you do not remember. You visit the spirit world every night, that is your preparation. Otherwise, it would be such a shock when you come here to start your real life in earnest. When you pass on, you will remember the visits." (Teachings of Silver Birch p. 122).
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