Welcome to
The Afterlife Advocate
A Conversation about Conscious Dying, Conscious Grieving
and the Journey of the Soul
Issue # 9- September 2015
Published by The Afterlife Education Foundation,
producer of the Original Afterlife Conference
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FREE Livestream with
Dr. Raymond Moody!
September 19, 2015
7:30 pm Eastern
Dr. Moody and his colleagues will be discussing their new research on the final words of the dying. Listen live HERE
Sacred Practices for
Turning Loss into Love
Full-day workshop followed by an evening of audience readings with Psychic Medium Austyn Wells
In This Issue:
The Final Words Project
NDEs and OBEs - Mystical or Psychotic?
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The Sixth Annual
Afterlife Conference is here!
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May 12 -15, 2016 St. Louis, MO.
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It is accomplished! Registration is now open for our 2016 conference, and we're very excited about our new format and our fabulous lineup of presenters and programs. Here's what's new for 2016:
. Professional development workshops for nurses, social workers, counselors and others who work
with death and grief (CEUs available).
. Experiential, in-depth, retreat-style workshops
. Specific content for those working in the field,
such as Professional Ethics for Lightworkers and
Spirituality in Clinical Settings.
. More inner work through sacred ceremony,
interactive group processes and mystical
journeying.
. More theological and academic discourse
We're offering earlybird prices until midnight Nov. 30 (a $40 discount), so register soon! You'll find all the info HERE. We hope to see you in St. Louis! Rev. Terri Daniel Founder and President
The Afterlife Education Foundation
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New Research into Nearing-Death States of Consciousness
The Final Words Project
by Lisa Smartt
When my father died in 2012, I was in awe of the changes in his speech, and as a poet and a linguist, I wanted to learn more. Two years later, I established The Final Words Project to collect stories and transcripts of final conversations with the dying. By studying the language of the threshold, we can offer valuable tools to loved ones and healthcare providers that can help them connect more deeply and more compassionately with the dying.
Speech at end-of-life has never been studied through the lens of linguistics, although a handful of authors have written about deathbed conversations from a transpersonal perspective, including Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley, Peter Fenwick, Osis and Halradsson, and a few others. However, as of yet, no one has analyzed the communications of the dying for the structures of the language itself.
Dr. Raymond Moody, with Lisa Smartt and Erica Hyatt PhD will be presenting their research
on the final words of the dying at the 2016 Afterlife Conference (via Skype).
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Fear of Being Labeled as "Crazy" Keeps Resuscitated Patients From Reporting Near-Death Experiences
by Terri Daniel
As a supporter of the idea that mystical experience is a key component for some individuals when facing serious illness or death, I lament the lack of research in this area, and suggest that there is insufficient reporting of near-death experience and out-of-body experience because experiencers fear being labeled as "crazy." Based on selected diagnostic features for a variety of psychoses, unfortunately, their fears may be well-founded. Read more...
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SAVE THE DATE!
The 2016 Afterlife Conference
St. Louis, MO. May 12-15, 2016
Earlybird Prices End Nov. 30
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Contact us:
[email protected]
503-908-8633
Our main website:
www.AfterlifeConference.com
The Afterlife Education Foundation (AEF) is an Oregon non-profit corporation
founded in 2010 in response to the need
for an expanded worldwide conversation
about the survival of consciousness after death.
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