Friday, October 9th, 2026
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Next week's Afterlife Zoom Groups are listed at the bottom of this report and here as well.


COMMENTARY: DO WE RETAIN OUR INDIVIDUALITY?
In response to some writers who claim that we merge into the greater consciousness on death, or that everything we see and experience is just a projection or simulation, William Buhlman writes:

"Our loved ones continue to thrive after death; they are not projections or some digital information that fades! I know this from personal face-to-face contact with my “dead” loved ones during multiple OBEs. This includes my dead mother, uncle, and other loved ones. These experiences were life-changing for me, and I write about my experiences in detail in my five books.

My mother and uncle appeared to be young; middle to late 20s. My mother was radiant and energetic and escorted me to her modest astral dimension home and proudly showed me around. She also talked about her sisters living “down the street”, as she phrased it. Our communication was by direct thought transference, much more elegant than physical spoken words.

Her unconditional love was projected to me without the need for words. It was overwhelming! This gave me immense joy, comfort, and confirmation to absolutely know that our afterlife is a reality and not some B/S theory. This is one of the many reasons why our explorations of consciousness are important to all of us".


WHAT IS THE BEST EVIDENCE FOR LIFE AFTER DEATH?
Jeffrey Mishlove explains why he believes no single phenomenon proves survival after death, but argues that near-death experiences, reincarnation, mediumship, and other independent lines of evidence collectively point in the same direction.
0:00 Why a Unified Theory of the Afterlife Matters
3:42 The "Bundle of Arrows" Approach to Evidence
7:53 Are Near-Death Experiences Evidence of Survival?
17:17 Could Psi Explain Near-Death Experiences?
21:50 After-Death Communications
29:59 Does Reincarnation Support an Afterlife?
41:20 Peak-in-Darien Experiences and Possession Cases
45:26 Instrumental Transcommunication and Mediumship
59:05 Which Philosophy Best Explains the Evidence?





HE OPERATED ON 7,000 BRAINS - WHAT HE FOUND CHANGED HIS VIEW OF DEATH
After performing around 7,000 brain operations, neurosurgeon Dr. Michael Egnor began questioning whether the brain can fully explain human consciousness. From extraordinary neurological cases and split-brain research to near-death experiences, he outlines the evidence that changed how he thinks about the mind, consciousness and death.





SHE LEFT HER BODY AND SAW WHY SOULS CHOOSE SUFFERING
Joanna Oblander says she left her body and entered another realm where she watched souls prepare for a life on Earth — including choosing pain, illness, disabilities, and difficult experiences before birth. She watched one soul choose cystic fibrosis and was shown why suffering can look completely different from the perspective of the soul.





IS CONFUCIOUS DEAD? A DOCUMENTARY BY DR. KEITH PARSONS
While many people know about the work of direct-voice medium Leslie Flint, today largely because of the audiotapes of his seances, there are many other direct-voice mediums whose work is all but forgotten. In this video, Dr. Keith Parsons explains one of the fascinating cases in afterlife research involving the medium George Valiantine.





WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DIE? ARTHUR YENSEN'S NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE
In August of 1932, Arthur Yensen, had a near-death experience. His talks about what he discovered often brought criticism, especially from the church of the day. But fortunately, in 1955, he recorded his experiences in a book called "I Saw Heaven". Kevin Williams has placed extracts on his highly recommended near-death.com website. Read more.

"How are we saved?" This was his answer in his book. "By unselfish love. When we love unselfishly, our vibrations are so high that the only place we'll fit into is heaven. There is no other place we can go if we want to. This is divine justice because it gives all the people who ever lived, as well as all the higher animals who know right from wrong, an equal chance to eventually attain internal harmony which will fit them into some kind of heaven - regardless of their intelligence, education, indoctrination, ignorance, wealth or poverty." (Arthur Yensen)



THE AFTERLIFE JUDGES YOU BY WHOM YOU HURT: DR EBEN ALEXANDER
Dr. Eben Alexander revisits the seven-day coma that transformed his worldview and describes what he calls the Gateway Valley, the Core, his encounter with an infinitely loving divine presence, and the mysterious woman who accompanied him during his experience.
Timecodes:
0:00 - Episode Teaser
02:40 - Consciousness Beyond the Brain
06:34 - Eben's Near-Death Experience
11:00 - The Gateway Valley
15:11 - Meeting His Guardian Angel
22:54 - From Materialism to God
25:03 - Is Reality Consciousness?
30:41 - Reincarnation & Life Reviews
33:24 - Is There Time After Death?
39:39 - A Christmas Carol & NDEs
40:20 - How NDEs Transform Us
45:16 - The Golden Rule
52:49 - Psychedelics & Consciousness
58:09 - DMT vs Near-Death Experiences
1:02:20 - Dangers of Psychedelics
1:04:03 - The Greatest Lesson from NDEs





MORE TO DYING THAN MEETS THE EYE
Martha Atkins Ph.D. is passionate about educating people about end-of-life phenomena. She says, "the more we tell our stories, the more we are going to eradicate the fear (of death)." Those who work with the dying are familiar with patients seeing long-deceased loved ones, angelic beings, even hearing music and comforting voices as the patient nears death. Deathbed phenomena have been documented in the days, weeks, and months before death since the 1500s.





JURGEN ZIEWE
ANSWERS ABOUT THE AFTERLIFE NO 17
Jurgen Ziewe has been having out-of-body experiences in full waking consciousness for more than 50 years. He did a series of talks for us, answering questions about the afterlife. In this video, he answers more questions, including the very important one, how to move up into a higher plane if we get stuck on a lower Astral level.
To get inspiration and more in-depth knowledge of the Astral worlds refer to
Jurgen's Youtube Channel
Jurgen's books;
Visit his website.





QUESTION: THE DEATH SENTENCE
Victor, I have campaigned a long time against the death penalty. What is your position? Best Regards, John, Canada.

Victor: Good question, John. The information I get about anything spiritual usually comes directly from some highly credible source from the afterlife – that’s my authority. Silver Birch, whom I regard as a very highly credible source, states that it is wrong for the State to have the death penalty. It’s all right for killers to spend their life in prison for murder. It just may be that in time they will realize what they did and learn their lesson. But the reasons some people become killers are very complex. So, he says, if we kill murderers here, the problem is shifted to the afterlife. Killers sent to the afterlife have the ‘freedom’ to roam the dark astral level closest to earth to influence those still living and cause trouble.



CAN OUR NEGATIVE ACTIONS ON EARTH BE PRE-DETERMINED?
Does the man who commits a murder know in choosing his existence, that he would be a murderer?

"No; he knew that by choosing a life of struggle, he incurred the risk of killing one of his fellow creatures; but he did not know whether he would, or would not, do so. For there is, almost always deliberation in the murderer's mind before committing the crime and he who deliberates is, evidently free to do or not to do. If a spirit knew beforehand he would commit a murder, it would imply that he was predestinated to commit that crime. No one is ever predestined to commit a crime; and every crime, like every other action, is always the result of determination and free will." Allan Kardec The Spirits' Book #861


MEDIUMSHIP DEMONSTRATION OCTOBER 8th USA /October 9th Sydney
The Sydney Northern Beaches Spiritualists are organising demonstrations of mediumship free or by donation featuring excellent platform mediums giving readings via Zoom to those present. It is designed to be an easy way for people to have a first experience of mediumship. Doors open 15 minutes before starting time.

Deborah Romero, from Oxnard, California, is an evidential psychic medium, trance channeler, Reiki/energy healer, author, and spiritual teacher with over 25 years of experience in the healing and spiritual community. She is the host of the talk show and podcast Inspire (with Debbie Romero) and co-creator/host of Transcend with Debbie Romero, featuring discussions on spirit signs, mediumship, and the paranormal.

Ticket entry by donation (Zoom address issued on receipt ticket)
https://ticketstripe.com/NBS-ZOOM-DONATE-ROMERO

Times:
Pacific Time 4.00 p.m. Thursday Oct 8th
Phoenix 4.00 p.m. Thursday
Mountain time 5.00 p.m. Thursday
Central time 6.00 p.m. Thursday
Eastern Time 7.00 p.m. Thursday
London time 12 midnight Friday
Rome 1.00 am Friday
Perth/ Singapore 7.00 a.m. Friday
Brisbane 9.00 a.m. Friday
Sydney/ Melbourne 10.00 a.m. Friday Oct. 9th
New Zealand 12.00 noon Friday
Check time in your city
Coordinator:paulhinson@gmail.com



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Saturday, October 10th, 2026 / Sunday, October 11th, Australia

The Angel Guidance Group with Nancy Freier
This group meets every second Saturday of the month (Sunday in Australia). Angel-medium Nancy Freier 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. Nancy is the author of "Angel Guidance: Wisdom for Navigating Life's Challenges" and “You Can Talk With Your Angels” (both available on Amazon). Nancy is also the co-publisher with her brother Steve Freier of The Inner Voice e-magazine.Read it here for free: www.theinnervoicemagazine.com

Times:
Pacific time 11 a.m. Saturday 
Phoenix time 11a.m. Saturday
Mountain time 12 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 5 a.m. Sunday
New Zealand 7 a.m. Sunday 
Co-ordinator: Steve Freier
sgfreier23+AngelZoom@gmail.com
Check time in your city
Meeting link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85243991209?
pwd=RDZNczE4a3piVjR1UFM5VHRPeVZkZz09
Meeting ID: 852 4399 1209
Passcode: bck514


Saturday, October 10th, 2026 / Sunday, October 11th, Australia

Spiritist Literature: Directed Study (SLIDS)
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 7 a.m. Sunday
New Zealand 9 a.m. Sunday
Check the time in your city. 
Co-ordinator: Ana Castro
Just click this link to join.


Sunday, October 11th, 2026 / Monday,October 12th, Australia

Mediumship Development with Dr. Susan Barnes CSNU
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 4 a.m. Monday
New Zealand 6 a.m. Monday
Coordinator: Dr. Susan B. Barnes, CSNU susanbbarnes@gmail.com
Check time in your city.
Online in Zoom https://zoom.us/j/8738817733



Sunday, October 11th, 2026 / Monday,October 12th, Australia

Global Gathering: Our guest this week is Sheila Lowe, well known to most of our members as a prolific author, handwriting expert, group leader, and connoisseur of mediumship. For more than sixty years, Sheila Lowe has explored the fascinating world of handwriting, uncovering connections between handwriting, personality, identity, and human behavior. Case Files of a Handwriting Expert: Sixty Years in Search of the Truth takes readers behind the scenes of her remarkable career, including the famous, infamous, and more “mundane” cases that shaped her journey as a handwriting expert, author, and educator.


Times: NOTE TIME CHANGES
Pacific Time 1 p.m. Sunday 
Phoenix 1 p.m. Sunday
Mountain Time 2 p.m. Sunday  
Central Time 3 p.m. Sunday  
Eastern Time 4 p.m. Sunday
London 9 p.m. Sunday
Amsterdam 10 p.m. Sunday 
Sydney/Melbourne 7 a.m. Monday 
New Zealand 9 a.m. Monday
Check the time in your city
Co-ordinator: wendyzammit@gmail.com
https://zoom.us/j/7595442928


Monday, October 12th, 2026 / Tuesday, October 13th, Australia

Dream Circle 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 dreams.
See Kim's Walking Wisdom Trilogy on wakingwisdombooks.com


Times: NOTE TIME CHANGES
Pacific Time 1 p.m. Monday 
Phoenix 1 p.m. Monday 
Mountain Time 2 p.m. Monday  
Central time 3 p.m. Monday  
Eastern time 4 p.m. Monday 
London 9 p.m. Monday 
Amsterdam 10 p.m. Monday 
Sydney/Melbourne 7 a.m. Tuesday
New Zealand 9 a.m. Tuesday
Check the time in your city
Email: kmrainbow57@yahoo.com
https://zoom.us/j/7595442928


Tuesday, October 13th, 2026

Australian-based Physical Mediumship Development Circle (Dark Circle)
Every week, participants interested in developing physical mediumship sit in a darkened space in their own homes for 20 minutes, relax, and listen to music.

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
Brisbane 7 p.m. Tuesday
Sydney Australia 8.00 p.m. Tuesday
Auckland 10 p.m. Tuesday
Check time in your city
Email paulhinson@gmail.com for more information.


Tuesday, 13th October, 2026 /Wednesday 14th October, 2026 Australia.

Receiving Messages Through Spirit Art with Susan Barnes
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
Perth/Singapore 9 a.m. Wednesday
Sydney/Melbourne 12 noon Wednesday
New Zealand 2 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


Videos of past Global Gatherings


TEACHING CHILDREN SPIRITUAL TRUTHS
"Many people spend years, sometimes a lifetime, discovering spiritual truths, often through the deep sorrow of losing someone they love. Having found comfort and hope in the knowledge that life continues beyond death, it seems only natural to share these precious insights with the next generation.

"Children benefit greatly when they are introduced to values that bring purpose, meaning, and reassurance to life. By learning of a God of Love, Justice, and Compassion, rather than one of fear or punishment, they can develop a healthier and more uplifting understanding of themselves and the world." The Universal Spiritual Brother & Sisterhood (USB) highlights the
importance of teaching simple truths to young children (SL 321) in the book Spiritual Light, published by USB Vision Press.


DO ANIMALS HAVE SOULS?
Dr. Jackie Jones Hunt is an advocate for animals, and the author of Proof Animals Have Souls and 500+Celebrities: Go Vegetarian, as well as Moses, Jesus: The Shamans.
Jackie’s books, courses, lectures and articles are the product of her decades-long, ongoing, passion for her investigations into mediumship and her own personal, psychic and mediumistic experiences. She explores the objective evidence for the continuation of life after physical death, the objective reality and accuracy of the communications and their association with humankind’s evolving spiritual quest, from the earliest times, endlessly throughout the centuries.


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INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC - FOOD FOR THE SOUL! 'HEAL THE WORLD'
At this time of awakening of consciousness, let us keep in mind Michael Jackson's beautiful vision of a world healed and unified in love.

Lyrics: "Heal The World"
There's A Place In
Your Heart
And I Know That It Is Love
And This Place Could
Be Much
Brighter Than Tomorrow
And If You Really Try
You'll Find There's No Need
To Cry
In This Place You'll Feel
There's No Hurt Or Sorrow There Are Ways
To Get There
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Little Space
Make A Better Place... Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me If You Want To Know Why
There's A Love That
Cannot Lie
Love Is Strong
It Only Cares For
Joyful Giving
If We Try
We Shall See
In This Bliss
We Cannot Feel
Fear Or Dread
We Stop Existing And
Start Living Then It Feels That Always
Love's Enough For
Us Growing
So Make A Better World
Make A Better World... Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me And The Dream We Were
Conceived In
Will Reveal A Joyful Face
And The World We
Once Believed In
Will Shine Again In Grace
Then Why Do We Keep
Strangling Life
Wound This Earth
Crucify Its Soul
Though It's Plain To See
This World Is Heavenly
Be God's Glow We Could Fly So High
Let Our Spirits Never Die
In My Heart
I Feel You Are All
My Brothers
Create A World With
No Fear
Together We'll Cry
Happy Tears
See The Nations Turn
Their Swords
Into Plowshares We Could Really Get There
If You Cared Enough
For The Living
Make A Little Space
To Make A Better Place... Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me Heal the world we live in, save it for our children
Heal the world we live in, save it for our children
Heal the world we live in, save it for our children
Heal the world we live in, save it for our children

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