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Why the Vanishing Phenomena?
Posted on 22 May 2017, 8:11
“So why don’t we hear about that type of mediumship today?” That question has been put to me many times over the years by people who have read my books, journal essays, magazine articles, or this blog. The reference is to various types of mediumship that seem to have been more prevalent…
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Convincing Deathbed Phenomena
Posted on 08 May 2017, 8:31
The night before my 87-year-old mother died, she couldn’t stop talking. Outside of a few unintelligible mumbles, she had said nothing before that during her five-day visit. While seemingly asleep, she jabbered away through her last night in this realm. Because of her slurred speech resulting…
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The Shroud of Turin: Beyond Science?
Posted on 24 April 2017, 9:45
While watching the History Channel’s Easter special on the Shroud of Turin (The Face of Jesus Uncovered?), I was in awe of the capabilities of science and computer technology; however, I was also reminded of their limitations. The scientists studying the shroud (below) concluded that…
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Dr. Laurin Bellg Discusses Her NDE Research
Posted on 10 April 2017, 9:15
“It is impossible to be so close to the cutting edge of life and death and not be transformed by it in some way. Our beliefs and opinions about life and death are shaped by what we encounter.” So writes Laurin Bellg, M.D., in her recent book,
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Forever Family Foundation: Practical Bereavement
Posted on 27 March 2017, 8:48
When Bob and Phran Ginsberg (below) joined a support group for bereaved parents following the death of their daughter, Bailey, in an auto accident on September 1, 2002, they were informed that the subject of life after death was not suitable for discussion as it did not relate to coping with grief. …
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Reincarnation: Doing It All Over Again?
Posted on 13 March 2017, 10:06
There was a time when I enjoyed reading books about reincarnation. I was fascinated by the story of Bridey Murphy from the 1950s and by the research carried out by Professor Ian Stevenson, as reported by in Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation, and by Brian L. Weiss, M.D. in Many…
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The Defamation of Eusapia Palladino
Posted on 27 February 2017, 10:46
My good friend Michael Schmicker, the author of The Witch of Napoli, a somewhat fictionalized…
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Guarding Against Premature Cremation
Posted on 14 February 2017, 9:48
After recently rereading the account of Dr. George Rodonaia’s 1976 near-death experience, I paused to remind my wife that she should wait one week before having my remains cremated. I hope that my consciousness will have separated from my physical body well before one week, within a day or two,…
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Death and the Afterlife: Let us Persevere
Posted on 30 January 2017, 15:53
As a follow-up to my last blog post dealing with philistinism – our tendency to avoid talking about death and to seek a life of pleasure without any search for meaning, thereby leading to existential despair – I am going to let the world-renowned French astronomer Camille Flammarion (below) (1842-1925)…
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Will President Trump make us “One with our Toys”?
Posted on 16 January 2017, 9:21
As the United States prepares for a change of leadership, many people are still scratching their heads and wondering how Donald Trump, a man so seemingly unpresidential, at least in the more traditional or conventional ways, succeeded in the pursuit of the presidency. The media claims that it…
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