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Aabsolution, 187accidental death
life-review, 131natural life span, 108reincarnation, 153
Acharya (spirit entity), 171addiction, 165–166, 170–172afterlife
adjustment problems, 83–85, 157, 208
Buddhist concepts of, 29–32Christian concepts of, 22–26definition of, 211discarnate spirits, information
from, 209discovering one’s own answers,
41–44entering, death as, 79–86experiences, and beliefs during
life, 14–15as extension of the stages of life,
7–8helping people come to terms
with, 44–46Hindu concepts of, 33–35ignorance about, 161–163Islamic concepts of, 28–29Jewish concepts of, 26–27and mainstream science, 35–38parapsychological perspectives
on, 38–41Swedenborg on, 71–73See also death, survival of; stages
of the after death processagnosticism, 19–20, 41–42, 178Akashic Records, 41
alcohol addiction, 170–171Alexander (a channeled group
being)on karma and the life-review,
147“moral balance” of the soul, 138on reincarnation, 151
“allotted time” on earth, 107–110American Book of the Dead (Gold),
31–32American Psychological Association
(APA), 46Anderson, George (channel)
emotional suffering of souls, 160“guardian angels,” 143“hospitals of reflection,” 116judgment, 134levels of existence, 102–103,
104, 110prayer to help spirits, 179, 180spirit greeters, 99–100, 111spiritual growth and change, the
possibility of, 141spiritual work in the afterlife,
142angels
asking for help from, 189–190as spirit guides, 98Swedenborg on, 72See also guardian angels
animals, as spirit greeters, 99annatta (Buddhist term), 30anomalous cognition, 39APHRAAR, spirit of, channeled by
Robert James, 81, 88apparitions, deathbed, 64–65
See also ghosts
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ASC (Altered State of Consciousness)
Bruce Moen on, 73sensitivity in, 171and the trance state of mediums,
48, 197astral
definition of, 211as depicted by Anthony Borgia,
65and the levels of existence,
102–107See also lower astral realm
atheism, 18, 178attachment, mental, in the afterlife,
107attachment of spirits, 168–169,
172attraction, the law of. See “law of
attraction”Atwater, P. M. H., 56, 180Auerbach, Loyd, 167–168auras, as providing protection, 172automatic writing
definition, 211the technique of, 200use of, by conscious mediums,
48–49automatisms, 49
Bbabies, special treatment of the
spirits of, 119Bacci, Marcello, 201–202Bacon, Francis (the channeled spirit
of), 140Banks, Frances (channeled by Hel-
en Greaves), 118–119Barbanell, Sylvia (medium)
on the grief of parents, 159on spirit communication during
sleep, 194on the spirits of babies and
children, 119–120bardo (postmortem process in Ti-
betan Buddhism), 30Bayless, Raymond, 201beliefs about the afterlife
and the life-review, 131–132and potential confusion after
death, 89–90, 91preexisting, 83–85
Besant, Annie, 108Bible, as source of Christian belief,
23–25Bird, Frances, 141body, separating from at death,
92–95, 204Borgia, Anthony, 65–67, 146brain imbalances, genetic, and the
afterlife, 79breathing, focusing on, in self-
hypnosis, 197Buckley, Heather, 158–159Buddhism and the afterlife, 29–32,
34, 134bullying of spirit entities, 172, 189
CCahagnet, L. Alph, 108, 140–141candles, use of, 185, 197Cardoso, Anabela, 201–202Carroll, Johanna (medium)
confusion in the afterlife, 92dark energy and reincarnation,
154–155family karma, 149–150the Healing Room, 119
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on pain during death, 80prayer for the dead, 179reincarnation of suicides, 152spiritual work in the afterlife,
143“stuckness” in the afterlife, 84terrorists, afterlife reviews of,
132Catholic (Christian) concepts of
the afterlife, 23, 25, 34, 187celebrities, fans’ grief for, 159certainty about survival of death,
the basis of, 17–18chakras, 211channeling
Aldous Huxley on, 35definition of, 211description of, 47–51to make contact with the dead,
197–202as used in this book, 5See also individual channels
(mediums)Channeling (Klimo)
definition of terms, 50as definitive book, 47exploring your potential for, 199“receiving spiritual experience,”
55on religious founders, 54
channels, 211See also mediums; individual
channelscharacter, effect of death on, 79children
abused, and moving on in the afterlife, 188
parents’ grief for, 158–159on the spirits of babies and
children, 119–120Chino, Yuko, 141–142Christ, Jesus, and afterlife expecta-
tions, 24Christ, the Second Coming of. See
Judgment DayChristianity
Aldous Huxley on, 35and belief in the afterlife, 22–26Christ, as source of mystical
information, 54–55judgment in, 134and the Spiritualism movement,
39tradition of channeling, 51
clairaudience, 48clairvoyance, 48cleaning a location, and negative
spirits, 185, 192cleansing, as afterlife theme, 209
See also life-review; spiritual development
“clear white light,” 30, 32See also white light
Cockell, Jenny, 63cognitive dissonance, 84, 211comatose states after death, 87–88,
97communication with the dead. See
contact with the deadcommunication with the living
afterlife attempts, 123–127as learned in the afterlife, 159via dream states, 158
communities, managed, 120–122, 206
computers, used in EVP/ITC ex-perimentation, 202
confusion of the newly dead
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emotional state at the time of death, 85–86
holding pattern for, 117–118Jon Klimo’s father, 12the manner of death, 81–83preexisting afterlife beliefs, 83–85recognizing death, 87–91in separation from the body,
92–95spirit guides and helpers, the
assistance of, 96–101Swedenborg on, 71
consciousness, higher states ofand mediumship, 197and NDE experiences, 57–58
contact with the deaddreams, 11, 158, 194–195meditation, 196–197mediumship and channeling,
197–202reasons for interacting with the
dead, 175counseling, in the afterlife, 129Crookall, Robert
on death by explosion, 82the life-review, 131shedding of the body, 92the “silver cord,” 93–94sleep recovery period after death,
115Cummins, Geraldine, 162
Ddeath, and entering the afterlife
beliefs, preexisting, 83–85emotional state at the time of
death, 85–86judgment, 134–135karma, 145–150
life review, 128–133life span, the question of, 107–
110loved ones, reuniting with,
111–113manner of death, 81–83meeting with others, 135–137moving through levels, 102–107pain, the question of, 79–81recognizing death, 87–91recovering, 114–122reincarnating, 145, 150–156separating from the body, 92–95spirit helpers, 96–101spiritual growth, 137–139spiritual work, 140–144visiting the living, 123–127
death, survival ofAldous Huxley on, 34–35interest in, 16–21purposes of this book, 4–5, 8Spiritualism movement, 39–41super-ESP hypothesis, 40–41survival hypothesis, definition of,
215See also afterlife
deathbed apparitions, 64–65depression
and afterlife adjustment, 166in the living, and attached spirits,
169developmental stages of life, 7–8
See also stages of the after death process
discarnate spirits or entities. See spirits, discarnate
doctors, spirit, in the afterlife, 119See also guides and helpers in the
afterlife
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dream statesand after death experiences, 11and communication with the
living, 158, 194–195Dresser, Charlotte, 119drugs and addiction, 165–166Duke University parapsychology
department, 39–40DVP (direct voice phenomena),
201–202, 212
Eearthbound spirits, 167–172, 212“earthwalkers,” 108Eastern philosophies, and the after-
life, 34Edmonds, John, 143–144Edward, John, 119, 137, 158Egyptian Book of the Dead, 134,
138electromagnetism, 36emotional states at the time of
death, 85–86energy
negative, erasing, 192positive, adding, 192–193restoration of, in healing centers,
120energy, the ability to perceive, 106ESP (extrasensory perception), 39,
59etheric body, 80euthanasia, 148evil and goodness, 72–73, 155evil beings, moving them along,
189–190EVP (Electronic Voice
Phenomena)definition of, 212
description of, 49, 51–53, 200–202
and requests for prayers, 179–180
EVP/ITC phenomena, 51–53, 202existence, personal, 7, 102–107existential psychology, 44–45expectations of the afterlife
and afterlife adjustment problems, 161–163
religious and personal, 21–35and spirit greeters, 98–99
experiences after death, 14–15explosions, as manner of death, 82extrasensory perception. See ESP
Ffaith, 17–18, 54family and friends in the afterlife,
98, 111–113family karma, 149–150, 152fanaticism, 162fear
helping spirits move along, 177–178, 187–188, 190
Swedenborg on, 104Flavell, Margaret, 108Ford, Arthur
afterlife expectations, 161–162channeling a suicide, 94–95on judgment, 135reincarnation, 152the sleep recovery period, 116
forgivenessin the afterlife, 136–137and karma, 148–149and prayer, 180
Foster, Jean (medium)channeling Hiram, 124
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the life-review and emotional pain, 160
on the reunion with loved ones, 112
on the role of spirit guides, 98spiritual work in the afterlife, 142See also Hiram
fragment, definition of, 212fraud and mediumship, 38free will after death, 96–97frequency
higher, and the afterlife, 37, 69–70
increasing, to make contact with spirits, 198–199
and the levels of existence, 102–103, 110
Mark Macy on, 52friends and family in the afterlife,
98, 111–113funerals, spirits attending their
own, 124–125
GGan Eden (Judaic Garden of
Eden), 27gehinnom (Judaic hell), 27ghosts
definition of, 212Loyd Auerbach on, 167–168Myers on, 64–65See also moving spirits on
God, as described in the Bible, 23–25
going to the Light, 212See also Light, the
Gold, E. J., 31–32goodness and evil, 72–73
Greaves, Helen, 118–119greeters, afterlife. See guides and
helpers in the afterlifeGreyson, Bruce, 56grief
as experienced in the afterlife, 157–160
of the living for the dead, 158–160
Grof, Stanislov and Christina, 45–46
Grossman, Leonard (channeled by Suzane Northrop), 85
group deaths, 82–83group entities
definition, 212forming of, 156moving them on, 188–189
group karma, 150growth, spiritual. See spiritual
developmentguardian angels, 121, 191
See also angelsguides and helpers in the afterlife
difficulty in perceiving, 86, 100–101, 161, 205
helping troubled spirits in the afterlife, 172
meeting, 96–101, 204–205moving spirits on, 184remaining with you, 191the reunion phase, 111–113See also moving spirits on;
psychic rescue workguides to the living, 143Gwyneth the Lifegiver (channeled
by Jean Marshall), 164
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Hharm to the living, 167–172Harsch-Fischbach, Maggy and
Jules, 66hatred
and delay in the reunion phase, 112
effects of on spirits, 159at the time of death, Motoyama
on, 86hauntings
as attempts to harm the living, 167–172
definition of, 212Myers on, 64–65and non-recognition of death,
89See also moving spirits on
healing, situations of, in the after-life, 118–120
Heath, Pamelaexperience as a psychic medium,
6on Japanese POWs, 86on spirits attending their own
funerals, 126heaven
Christian belief in, 22and “good” people, 23jannah, in Islam, 28Judaic Gan Eden, 27svargam, in Hinduism, 33Swedenborg on, 72
hellBruce Moen on, 73–74Christian belief in, 22, 25–26and the individual nature of the
afterlife, 14–15jahannam, in Islam, 28
Judaic gehinnom, 27narakam, in Hinduism, 33Suzane Northrop on, 106Swedenborg on, 72–73, 104–
105helpers after death. See guides and
helpers in the afterlifehelping spirits in the afterlife, by
the livingmoving spirits along, 181–193ways to help, 175, 177–180, 208
“higher self” channeling, 50Hinduism and the afterlife, 33Hiram (the channeled soul of),
137–138, 142, 154Holmes, Jesse Herman, 85holy beings, as spirit greeters and
guides, 99Human Personality and Its Survival
of Bodily Death (Myers), 64–65Huxley, Aldous, 33–35hypnotic regression. See past-life
regression
Iignorance about the afterlife,
161–163illusions, and afterlife adjustment
problems, 164–166immortal soul. See soul, immortalincense, use of, 185information sources for this book,
3–5interacting with the dead. See con-
tact with the deadinterlife, definition of, 213Islam
the Islamic Book of the Dead, 89, 123
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judgment in, 134Muhammad as source of
visionary information, 55tradition of channeling, 50–51view of the afterlife, 28–29
isolation for afterlife restoration, 116–118
ITC (Instrumental Transcommuni-cation), 49, 51–53, 213
Jjahannam, (Islamic hell), 28James, William (channeled by Jane
Roberts), 67–68jannah, (Islamic heaven), 28Jesus Christ, 23, 54–55Jones, Sheila, 84–85, 96–97, 134Judaism, 26–27, 51judgment
by God, belief in, 23as theme in channeled material,
134–135See also self-judgment
Judgment Dayas described in the Bible, 23–24in Islam, 28tehiyat hameitim (Judaism), 27
Jurgenson, Friedrich, 52
KKalu Rinpoche, 80Kardec, Allan (medium)
after death confusion, 94afterlife process of the insane, 79difficulty of the death transition,
80enemies and combatants, 164karmic retribution, 147violent death transitions, 90
karmaBruce Moen on, 74in Buddhism, 29, 30channeled information, 145–150definition, 213in Hinduism, 33one understanding of, 20and past-life research and
therapy, 62–63working out of, and
reincarnation, 151Klimo, Jon
his father’s death, 9–14, 88increasing your vibratory rate,
199life span continuum, views on,
6–7See also Channeling
Knight, Ralph, 159Koran (or Qur’an), 28Kubis, Pat, 170–171
L“labyrinth,” 31–32Lanthos, channeled by Jozef Rulof,
80, 94last rites, Catholic, 187“law of attraction”
Bruce Moen on, 73–74Helena Roerich on, 105and karma, 207Swedenborg on, 105and unevolved mindsets, 165
Lawrence of Arabia, channeled by Jane Sherwood, 87–88
Lazaris (channeled entity), 148Leadbeater, Charles, 102, 169Lees, Robert James, 81LeShan, Lawrence, 196
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levels of existence, 102–107Licauco, Jaime, 90Life after Life (Moody), 58–59life-review
accounts of, 130–133as afterlife stage, 128–129, 207and karma, 148Robert Crookall on, 92
life span continuum, 6–7, 77life span on earth, 107–110Light, the
asking for assistance from, 187–188, 189–190
definition, 213description of, 205fear of going to, 186
like calling to like, 104, 105, 165See also “law of attraction”
limbo state after death, 87, 109living, the, spirits’ aid to, 143–144Loehr, Franklin
on addiction, 170angels as spirit greeters, 98channeling Dr. John, 81, 94,
125evil and reincarnation, 155on helping lost spirits, 178necessity to recognize death, 88role-playing in the spirit realm,
161on souls attending their own
funerals, 124logical positivism, 36lost spirits. See moving spirits on;
psychic rescue worklove, and moving beings along, 190love, difficulties with, 164lower astral realm, 102, 103–107,
110, 205
lucid dreaming contrasted with visitations, 11
“luminous mind” bardo stage, 30
M“macrodimensional coordinates,”
32Macy, Mark, 52, 66, 170–171,
201–202magnets, and spirit banishing, 185Marshall, Jean, 164Martin, Eva, 61Mateu, Lysa (medium)
channeling Charley, 92–93channeling Nancy, 88–89emotional suffering of souls,
159, 160on judgment, 134, 135
Mattson, Alvin Daniel, 108, 147meditation, 43, 196–197mediums
definition of term, 213on the levels of existence, 102–
103, 110on separation from the physical,
93spirits’ requests to, 187See also specific mediums
mediumshipAldous Huxley on, 35contact with the dead, 197–202definition of, 213description of, 47–51and EVP communications, 201
Meek, George (medium)on the lower astral, 106–107reaping what you sow, 146spirits harming the living, 170on suicides, 103
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messages to the living via mediums, 187
See also contact with the deadMessiah, the coming of, 26–27Michael (channeled group being),
146–147Mickaharic, Draja, 192mind, states of, 67–68MMI (mind-matter interaction),
39, 123–124, 172Moen, Bruce, 73–74Monroe, Robert, 73Montgomery, Ruth (medium)
after death expectations, 161–162, 163
on Marilyn Monroe, 166reincarnation, 153
Moody, Raymond, 58–59, 109Moses, Stainton, 129, 141Mossman, Tam, 151Motoyama, Hiroshi
on Japanese kamikaze pilots and POWs, 86
necessity to recognize death, 89reincarnation, 153, 156value of prayer, 179
moving spirits ongroups of spirits, 188–189protection before you start,
182–183stubborn spirits, 189–191techniques for anyone, 183–185techniques for psychics, 186–188what to do afterwards, 191–193
Muhammad, as source of visionary information, 55
murder, 108, 146–147, 148–149Myers, F. W. H., 64mystical experiences, NDEs as,
57–58
mystic/visionary information, channeled, 54–56, 70–73
NNDEers (near-death experiencers)
certainty about the survival of death, 18
channeled information, comparisons, 6
Kenneth Ring on, 57–58the life-review, 128on the sleep recovery period,
116NDEs (near-death experiences)
definition of, 213–214description of, and the afterlife,
56–59similarities to the actual death
transition, 103Newton, Michael (medium)
on afterlife isolation, 117negative emotional states, 85places of repentance, 142preparation for death, 82reincarnation and suicide, 153restoration of positive energy,
120nirvana, 30Northage, Ivy, 198–199Northrop, Suzane (medium)
channeling Dr. Leonard Grossman, 85
expected life span, 109karma, 146lower astral plane, 106the manner of death, 81pain during death, 79schools in the afterlife, 142transition to the afterlife, 85
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nothingnessin Buddhism, 30following death, expectations of,
18, 89, 90, 205
OOBEs (Out-of-Body Experiences)
Bruce Moen, 73–74as compared to the after death
state, 92definition of, 214description of, 59–60
observational language, 36olam ha-ba (in Judaism), 26–27open channeling, 50, 55–56orientation help to spirits, 177–178Ouija boards, 49, 146
PPadgett, James E., 96, 164pain in death, the question of,
79–81parapsychological perspectives on
the afterlife, 38–41past-life regression
definition, 214the life-review, 128and past-life research, 63
past livesdefinition of, 214and the life-review, 131research and therapy, 62–63spontaneous memory of, 155See also reincarnation
Pelley, William, 92perdition. See hellPerennial Philosophy (Huxley),
33–35personality
and afterlife adjustment problems, 164–165
effect of death on, 79and the life-review, 131–132
phases of the after death process. See stages of the after death process
Phone Calls from the Dead (Rogo and Bayless), 201
physicists’ views on the afterlife, 37place memory, 151, 214poltergeists, 123–124, 168possession, by discarnate spirits,
168possessiveness of some spirits, 187postmortem stages. See stages of
the after death processprayer, 178–180proof of an afterlife, 4–5, 8protection
during meditation, 196shielding the haunted, 191when helping troubled spirits,
182–183psi, 39, 214psychic ability and potential
degrees of, 175enhanced by ASC, 194techniques to move spirits along,
181–193psychic phenomena. See psipsychic rescue work, 178, 181–182
See also moving spirits on“psychic vampirism,” 169psychokinesis, 214
See also MMI (mind-matter interaction)
psychological baggage in the after-life, 164–166, 187
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psychologyand “spiritual experience,” 46on trance states, 48types of, 44–45
psychomanteum, 214purgatory, 25, 27, 34, 129, 187
See also lower astral realmPuryear, Anne (medium)
on after death confusion, 94channeling her son, Stephen, 80,
81, 115, 123, 194letting go of grief, 160spiritual work in the afterlife, 142
QQuaker religion, 43–44Qur’an (or Koran), 28, 55
RRaudive, Konstantin, 52, 179–180reassurance to spirits, 177–178rebirth, the bardo of, 30–31
See also reincarnationrecordings of discarnate spirits. See
EVP/ITC phenomenarecovering from the afterlife transi-
tion, 114–122, 206reflection and the life-review,
132–133regression, past-life. See past-life
regressionregret, and afterlife adjustment
problems, 163reincarnation
Aldous Huxley on, 35in Buddhism, 29, 30–31channeled sources on, 151–155,
156definition of, 214
disagreement on, 145, 150–151E. J. Gold on, 31–32gilgul neshamot (Talmudic), 27and karma, 20, 62–63, 207parapsychological workers on,
155research into, 60–62
relaxation techniques, in self-hyp-nosis, 197–198
religionsand certainty of the survival of
death, 17–18and the channeling process, 51karmic responsibilities, 147mystical and visionary channeled
information, 54–56reading spiritual texts to the
deceased, 89taking into account, to move
ghosts on, 185–186the theme of karma or
retribution, 20views of the afterlife, 21–35
religious figures as spirit guides, 98remembering dreams, how to, 195remorse and the life-review, 132rescue circles of the living, 172,
181See also psychic rescue work
resurrection of the dead, 22, 24reuniting with loved ones in the
afterlife, 111–113, 206Rhine, J. B. and Louisa, 39–40Ring, Kenneth, 57Ritchie, George, 170–171ritual banishing objects, 185Roberts, Jane, 67–68Roerich, Helena, 109, 169Rogo, Scott, 201
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Roman Catholic concepts of the afterlife, 23, 25, 34, 187
Rulof, Jozef, 80
Ssalvation, 22, 24–25science
it’s views on death, 21, 36–38logical positivism, 36–38parapsychology, 38–41on the survival of death, 18
séances, 178Sechrist, Elsie, 106, 179Second Coming of Christ. See
Judgment Daysecularism, 19self-forgiveness and karma, 148self-judgment
and the grief of the living, 160and karma, 148and the life-review, 130–139mandatory in the spirit realm,
207during NDEs, 6, 128and therapeutic counseling,
129–130September 11, 2001 terrorist
attackskarma and group soul energy,
153–154Nevada Shaw on, 83prayer for the victims of, 179
“Seth,” 67Shaw, Nevada (medium)
afterlife isolation, 116–117the dead attending funerals,
124–125death by explosion, 82holding patterns due to
confusion, 117–118karma, 149, 152mental attachment in the
afterlife, 107the September 11, 2001 attacks,
83spirit greeters and guides, 99spirits visiting the living, 126terrorist souls, 97, 112
Sherwood, Jane, 87–88, 97shielding the haunted, 191shocked state of the newly dead, 12“silver cord” of connection to the
body, 93–94, 204sleep as afterlife restorer, 115–116Smith, Suzy, 121, 165Sogyal Rinpoche, 80soul, immortal
Buddhist non-belief in, 30and scientific discussion of the
afterlife, 36–38when the soul enters the body,
151–152sources of channeled information,
3–5, 50space and time, 181–182spirit guides and helpers. See guides
and helpers in the afterlifespirit realm, 97, 116–118spirits, discarnate
earthbound, definition of, 212EVP/ITC recordings of, 52–53harm to the living, 167–172Myers on, 64–65their use of mediums, 48ways to help them, 175, 177–
180See also moving spirits on
spirits, lost. See psychic rescue work
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spiritual cleansing, 192spiritual development
accounts of, 137–139in the afterlife, changing
attitudes about, 140–144afterlife connections, 136–137and the life-review, 137–139and reincarnation, 156
Spiritual Emergency: When Personal Transformation Becomes a Crisis (Grof), 45–46
“spiritual experience,” 46Spiritualism movement, 39stages of the after death process
according to NDEers, 56, 58–59according to Swedenborg, 71–73consensus of sources, 203–204E. J. Gold on, 32in Tibetan Buddhism, 30–31
Stevenson, Ian, 61–62, 155“stuck” spirits. See confusion of the
newly dead; moving spirits onSudduth, Michael, 24suffering, 79–81, 86suicides
after death confusion, 90after death greeters for, 99–100comatose states after death,
87–88and euthanasia, 148the Healing Room, 119Islamic fundamentalists, 29Kardec, on the death transitions
of, 80levels of afterlife existence, 103and natural life span, 108–110as potentially caused by attached
spirits, 169–170regret, 163
reincarnation, and karmic debt, 152
Suicide: What Really Happens in the Afterlife (Heath and Klimo), 4, 194
Summerland, in the channeled work of Anthony Borgia, 65, 66
super-ESP, 40–41, 215Supreme Being, agnostics’ view of,
19–20survival hypothesis, 203, 215survival of death. See death, survival
ofSwain, Jasper, 159, 164Swann, Ingo, 59Swedenborg, Emanuel
on afterlife ignorance, 162–163afterlife states, 104–105the life-review, 130love in the afterlife, 164mystic visions of, 70–73the possibility of spiritual growth
and change, 140
Ttelekinesis. See MMI (mind-matter
interaction)telepathy, 48terrorist souls in the afterlife
Johanna Carroll channeling, 132, 143
Nevada Shaw on, 97, 112, 124–125, 129, 132–133
See also September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
Testimony of Light (Greaves), 118–119
Thibodeau, Lauren (medium)
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accidental suicide, 109–110judgment, 135the life-review, 130–131, 160pain during death, 80processing the feelings of others,
114–115reincarnation, 154spirits attending their funerals,
126spiritual work in the afterlife, 143
thought, 121, 178–179Tibetan Book of the Dead, 30Tibetan Buddhism, judgment in,
134time and space, 181–182Torah, on the afterlife, 26trance mediums, 48trance states, 48transpersonal psychology, 45Trio (spirit channeled by Nevada
Shaw)on afterlife expectations, 162,
166afterlife isolation, 116–117enmeshment of spirits, 83funerals, 124–125holding patterns due to
confusion, 117–118immediate life-review after death,
93karma, 149, 150mental attachment in the
afterlife, 107perpetrators and victims, 136“sending light” to souls, 179spirit greeters and guides, 99, 100spiritual work in the afterlife, 144terrorist souls, 97, 112, 129,
132, 133
tunnelmoving through, 6, 57, 58, 101,
103, 205during NDEs, 213–214refusal to go into, 107
Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincar-nation (Stevenson), 61–62
typing, automatic, 48–49
Uuncertainty about the survival of
death, 19–20
VVan Praagh, James
on afterlife counseling, 130confusion after death, 91death by explosion, 82suicide, 109
vehicles for moving spirits on, 188–189
victims, confronting, in the after-life, 135137
violent death transitionsand afterlife experience, 81, 83,
88Allan Kardec on, 90and the life-review, 131potential afterlife isolation, 121and regret, 163
visitations from the deadfunerals, 124–125, 206–207Jon Klimo’s father, 9–14making contact, 194–202,
208–209reasons for, 123–127
“voyager,” 31–32Voyage to Curiosity’s Father
(Moen), 73–74
h A N d B o o k t o t h e A f t e r l i f e
260
WWeiss, Brian L., 63White, Betty, 68–70, 141White, Stewart Edward, 68–70,
141, 163white light, 182, 189–190Wickland, Carl (medium)
on life span, 108the lower astral plane, 102physical ailments caused by
spirits, 171psychic rescue work, 181psychological problems before
and after death, 165
recognizing death, 88spirits attached to people, 169spiritual work in the afterlife,
142work, spiritual. See spiritual
developmentwriting, automatic, 48–49
Xxenoglossy, 62
YYama (Hindu god), 33