Linda Jacquin’s experiences involve three levels of social relations: with her brothers (ADC & NDE), a schoolmate from elementary school (ADC & SDE), a complete stranger (ADC), and her Mother’s (NDA) depicting the universality of such experiences… Durham IANDS with Susan Amsden
Using knowledge from a collective study of Near-Death Experiences and Patrick’s own visit to the Higher Dimensional Realm, a powerful set of Emergent Properties was revealed to him. In part 1 of this presentation, Patrick discusses three new perspectives about the nature of Reality that resulted from this discovery.
What does it mean that the world is polarizing, accelerating change has become chaotic, and the world is at a tipping point toward bifurcation, while at this same time we are experiencing what appears to be an increase in the reporting of NDES? Is this coincidental? How might the knowledge learned about NDES, and the experiences of those having had an NDE, help during this time of accelerating chaos? Dr. Jones will be offering a new way of thinking about this unique time in history.
Johnnie Davis is an inspirational speaker, best-selling author, entrepreneur and success coach. His book “I’m Still Here: From Heart Failure to Heart of a Champion” is a #1 Amazon Best seller. He is also one of the co-authors of the book “Cardiac Athletes”. He’s a heart failure and sudden cardiac arrest survivor. Johnnie shares details of his near-death experience and a message he received to share with the world.
This presentation discussed Creation from Source/God’s perspective and why it is important that we know about the various stages of eternal life while we are still incarnated into physical life.
“Nadine had a profound spiritual reawakening, and made a contract with angels, which lead to her third message of the light about creation strands. One of several light elements angels taught her to use, which led to an experience of unity consciousness. Through revealing their purposes and makeup, she will show how we truly are all one, and that God really is, All That Is. She will also explain the angels’ direct messages for humanity, and how others can connect to their guardian angels.”
Join Jacob Cooper, author of “Life After Breath”, as he discusses some of his biggest takeaways and lessons when he crossed over and went to the other side during his profound near- death experience as a child.
Founder and Group Leader of IANDS Santa Barbara, Barbara Bartolome will share the story about her 1987 near-death experience (NDE), at age 31, where she flatlined during a medical procedure and watched her resuscitation from a ceiling vantage point, while communicating to an incredible, loving entity who she deeply felt was God/The Creator.
Dr. Gregory Shushan is a historian of religions and noted authority on NDEs and the afterlife. In his latest book, The Next World: Extraordinary Experiences of the Afterlife, due for release in February and written for a wide audience, Dr. Shushan explores the relationships between extraordinary experiences and beliefs in life after death around the world. Are NDEs and other extraordinary experiences actually glimpses into another world and a taste of the true spiritual reality? If so, what could this afterlife actually be like in light of all the diversity of accounts?
Ishtar’s aim is to present techniques and knowledge that deepen and enliven the evolutionary process through many stages of the journey through a series of classes. They can be divided into three facets of spiritual development:
-the discovery and immersion into Pure Awareness,
-the often dynamic healing of our body-mind-psyche,
-and the flowering into one’s fullest potential.
Classes can be taken ala carte or as a full series.
After giving a brief overview of her NDEs, Nanci focuses on the 10 most shocking things that happened during them. These are aspects of her afterlife and out-of-body experiences that are not typically found in other NDE accounts. They provide deep insights into what the afterlife is, as well as a path into reincarnation.
Shared Crossings are real. What can explain these shared death experiences and what do they tell us about what lies beyond? Can they reduce the sting of death or even prepare us for our own final moments? Can we have both a better life and a better death?
In reviewing his life, Mr. Thompson has discovered several paths that were set for him to follow in this life on earth before he came back in this reincarnation. He knows he did not have to follow the path because he is given choices. However, there are lessons to learn, and he trusts his guides who never tell him what to do. They are there to guide him and encourage him.
What do the recent Pentagon Report on UFOs and Near-Death Experiences have in common!?
During this New Year’s Day event, special keynote speaker & experiencer, Patrick Hogue, with moderator, Chuck Swedrock, discuss how 2022 is a game-changer as spiritual reality via NDEs and similar experiences become more prevalent as an established and accepted normal phenomenon!
Become a channel of Light. Give up yourself. Learn how. Share this Energetic Presence as we learn and practice. Decades of practice cut a deep channel. Don’t talk my word for it. Come find out for yourself. Bring your Light or find it with us.
Deepak Chopra called NDEr, Mellen-Thomas Benedict, “the encyclopedia of the afterlife.” Mellen was immediately healed from brain cancer after his NDE and tells of his visitations with the Light informing him of insights regarding Earth 2012-2060 (from this most popular IANDS Conference video).
Keith Thompson is an author, independent journalist, and explorer of “exceptional and supernormal mind-body capacities as potential indicators of the future evolution of human nature.” Thompson’s book, Angels and Aliens: UFOs and the Mythic Imagination (Ballantine Books, 1993) was hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle as “Magnificent…no matter what your beliefs, the most fascinating book written on the subject,” and by Venture World as “probably the most profound book on the UFO controversy yet to appear.”
Andrea Courey tells of her life-changing NDE and its after-effects, including after-death communication, spontaneous mediumship, automatic writing and helping others through Sound Healing.
A swinging Saturday night celebrating together all of the wondrous love and light that we are. The lovely and talented Karen Michelle and Christina Tourin will channel beautiful harp music to start the evening. Then, The Mystic Chics will sing their light-filled songs for all to share in the healing messages from music.
The Course in Miracles conveys a profound message of love, healing, and inner peace through extending miracles, which is its central teaching. The curriculum promises that we all will remember and experience the pinnacle of the spiritual journey – perfect union with one another and with God in a holy relationship, abiding in an eternal Heaven of pure love and everlasting peace.
The miraculous may just be a natural part of our life… and spiritual gifts can be learned. It is possible to have heightened connection to the Divine within us without having “an NDE”. Come hear some of the amazing ways that you too can learn to find and trust that connection.
Nadine speaks of her second message from the light she received at age 15. She was sent to a future life to view how destructive global warming will become. This year she’s had the pleasure of communicating with the beautiful ethereal being that Mother Earth truly is. She’ll offer hope in how to change our path to heal Mother Earth, and therefore ourselves, and relay direct messages and premonitions from our eternal Mother. Nadine will also explain angelic teachings on how to manifest, about free will, how contracts work, and how nothing is set in stone.
Ken Leth had a profound NDE as a young child. He met relatives and a loving mother who took care of him on the other side and said her son was known on Earth as Jesus. Ken was also shown future events. Join us as Ken explains how children are cared for on the other side and much more about his experience and what it taught him.
Your loved ones on the other side want to help you heal from grief, regrets and depression. Be comforted by them and transform feelings of loss, sadness into peace. Join the workshop for an inspiring discussion, guided healing grief meditation and more.
Tony talks about his NDE/OBE and how it has led him to seek the truth about the nature of reality and our spirituality through an understanding of history, quantum physics, and science.
Karina says, “The focus of this talk is to share a testimony of a Divine encounter that changed my life from one second to the next!”
Have you ever wondered if…
There are people you are supposed to meet?
There is a soul mate or partner just for you?
You have a purpose or mission?
Things in your life are not a coincidence?
Someone is helping you?
You can sense them but not see them?
Your life was planned out before you got here?
Helpers exist or am I in this game of life all alone?
This lecture will explore the common threads between ancient religious and spiritual traditions aimed to create altered states of consciousness and modern reports of comas, NDEs, STEs that could lead to profound collective change in values, and will also provide detailed information about practical ways to support integration of NDEs.
Guardian angels have long been recognized in humanity. Beginning in the 1990’s, their presence gained increasing interest and attention. Literature on angel interventions includes thousands of accounts of angels saving people from life-threatening situations, providing comfort and healing during difficult times, and helping to solve life problems.
NDE Couple: Physician’s Asst. Krista Gorman suffered cardiopulmonary arrest and died while in labor with her daughter and had an NDE. While not a “walk-in”, Krista died as one person and woke up as another.
Ainsley Threadgold, is a Police Officer originally from the UK, who at the age of 13, was hit by a car and run over. experiencing what are referred to as ‘aftereffects’ of an NDE. Twenty-one years later, following a number of divine synchronicities, Ainsley recovered memories of the NDE that he’d had at the time of his accident, which would mark the real start of his awakening journey.
Danielle Slupesky’s story highlights the power of surrender and acceptance, the perils of unconscious living, and how our lives are permeated with important messages that we often too easily miss. Hers is a story that will enlighten, challenge, and encourage anyone who listens.
Lesley Lupo experienced a near-death event after being caught in a stampede of horses. Following her hospitalization, although she knew the experience had been real, her scientific and skeptical mind struggled to comprehend it fully and to redefine her understanding of self.
Step into the space where science, spirit, and cutting-edge AI converge—and witness the reshaping of every comfortable paradigm you thought you knew.
Guardian angels have long been recognized in humanity. Beginning in the 1990’s, their presence gained increasing interest and attention. Literature on angel interventions includes thousands of accounts of angels saving people from life-threatening situations, providing comfort and healing during difficult times, and helping to solve life problems.
Peter Alessandria created a ground-breaking documentary which explores the idea that Who We Really Are is much greater than our physical bodies and human personality. It seeks to answer many of the questions people have about the afterlife, such as, “What is the Soul?” “Do souls have more than one incarnation, either on Earth or elsewhere?” “Are human incarnations voluntarily chosen?” “Why would a soul choose to leave heaven?” “What/where is Heaven?” “What/where is God?” and many more. His film includes more than 60 thought-leaders.
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NDEs are powerful, transformative experiences. In fact, if everyone had one, it is easy to imagine the world quickly transitioning away from its current materialism focus towards a far healthier and happier understanding that we are parts of an interconnected whole.
Pooja Chilukuri will share the story of her profound spiritual transformation and mystical experiences with Jesus which steered her beyond the confines of Christian fundamentalism and harmful religious beliefs. She will share her religious quest spanning both Hinduism and Christianity, healing from religious trauma, and reconstructing her spiritual beliefs through the lens of NDE accounts.
Dr. Alexander is a globally renowned academic neurosurgeon who also benefited from a life-changing near-death experience in 2008 due to severe bacterial meningoencephalitis that should have allowed for no dream or hallucination. His experience challenged everything he had been taught by materialist neuroscience. He has spent the 15+ years since his experience working with other scientists and experiencers around the world to hone a more complete scientific worldview, one that honors the unified nature of a primordial mind and our ability as sentient beings to manifest the world of our dreams.
Erin will provide a fuller picture of the spiritual world from the perspective of a medium and will include dissolving emotional trauma while bringing the physical, emotional, and energetic bodies into balance. The orientation will include providing a context and structure for individuals that have had a near-death or similar spiritually transformative experience. Presented by Tucson IANDS.
Lee Ann Heltzel, creator of MetaArt, will explore the intersection of art and spirituality in her piece Crossing the Veil, which she channeled at the 2024 IANDS Conference. This unique artwork is designed to connect viewers with realms beyond the physical, offering a pathway to peace, healing, expanded awareness, and communication. Presented by Dallas/Fort Worth IANDS.
Death is inevitable, but how we approach it makes all the difference. Most people fear the dying process—not only because of physical pain, but because of the deep existential distress that comes with losing control, identity, and meaning. In this powerful webinar, psychospiritual therapist and near-death experiencer David Maginley will guide you through the nature of end-of-life suffering, revealing how the ego resists its own deconstruction and why surrender is the key to peace. You’ll discover how nearing-death awareness offers a profound transpersonal experience—one that opens the door to transformation rather than fear. Whether you’re facing your own mortality, supporting a loved one, working in end-of-life care, or simply curious about your final trip, this talk will change the way you see death and help you prepare for it with wisdom, resilience, and even awe.
The researchers, Ph.D. academics, and Medical Doctors of the CCRI
organization propose two major hypotheses:
1) That Consciousness, our Greater Multidimensional Reality, is
“Fundamental” and not our perceived physical reality; and
2) That all of the paranormal Contact Modalities, need to be perceived as ONE
integrated phenomenon under Consciousness, and not as separate and distinct
phenomena.
Rosamaria Machado, is a visionary healer, teacher, and life coach blending the wisdom of science and spirituality. Drawing from her own experiences, she delves into how NDEs catalyze healing, trauma recovery, and ancestral healing. Through a combination of personal stories and practical tools, Rosamaria will guide participants in integrating these transformative insights into their daily lives. Join us to explore how NDEs can unlock profound healing and reconnect you to your true life purpose.
AJ Parr explores his “Tower of Babel Theory,” developed to explain the paradox of why near-death experiences are so different yet so alike, integrating key insights from NDE research, interdimensional perception, quantum metaphysics, non-local consciousness, and Jungian archetypes.
Drawing on anthropology, psychology, and philosophy, Dr. Shushan explores how each civilization interpreted NDEs and how afterlife beliefs develop over time. He also explores the metaphysical implications of his discoveries, including what an actual afterlife might look like.
Discover what lies ahead in “What Does Our Future Hold?”, a thought-provoking webinar featuring psychic and spiritual advisor Gary Wimmer and community member Tom T. Together, they’ll explore profound insights into spiritual forces, end times, and the role of UFOs, offering hope and inspiration for the future.
In this talk, Dr. Narayan will share his journey and what living beyond the Veil feels like. You will learn the purpose of the Veil and how spiritual practices lead to the ‘thinning of the Veil.’ You will learn about the layers of spiritual transformation, which represent steps in inner growth, and how to use energy as a technology to accelerate your spiritual evolution.
As a priest for 28 years, Stephanie Bradbury has counseled more than a few parishioners who have had Spiritually Transformative Experiences (STEs) and/or Near-Death Experiences (NDEs). Rather than threaten our faith, she says, such experiences actually serve to revitalize it. On Wednesday, February 12, at 7:00 pm Central Time (8:00 pm Eastern Time), she will join us live via Zoom from her home in Massachusetts to relate several of these stories shared with her by regular Christians – including one of her own – and connect them to scripture. Together, we will reflect on how they reaffirm some existing beliefs as well as inspire new ways of thinking about Christianity and religion in general. Bring your curiosity and your questions for Stephanie, and join us for what promises to be a thought-provoking and uplifting evening.
In this interactive, learning Webinar, Donna uses a PowerPoint presentation that was downloaded to her from her guides, to teach you about the types of choices you make, the belief systems you hold that may be limiting your potential for change, and the techniques for changing/adjusting those beliefs. This is a Course in Choices that has been given to you from the other side.
Brian challenges common misconceptions about death and grief, offering a new framework to help you move beyond fear and pain. Drawing from personal experiences, scientific research, and philosophical insights, Brian illuminates the truth about consciousness, the afterlife, and our eternal connections.
Renown researcher Dr. Jeffrey Long’s presentation will showcase a comprehensive study on near-death experiences (NDEs), emphasizing evidence of their reality and consistent message of an afterlife. It explores the spiritual dimensions of NDEs, including profound love, unity, and encounters with God.
What happens when a person dies – especially if that person lived a self-centered life? What do second chances and spiritual growth look like in the afterlife? Although not a near-death experiencer (NDEr) himself, Sheldon Lawrence answered those questions in his book Heaven Will Find You by consulting hundreds of NDEs. Experiencer Tricia Barker considers Sheldon’s book to accurately depict not only aspects of her own NDE but also what she knows from talking with many other NDErs. In this event, Tricia and IANDS President Jan Holden will interview Sheldon about how he prepared to write his book; surprises and challenges he encountered along the way; and how accurately he, personally, believes his book depicts the afterlife. Spoiler alert: In this interview, the plot of the book will be revealed, so attendees will most enjoy this event who have read Heaven Will Find You ahead of time. This event will end with Q&A with the audience.
Leena Zafary, is a highly skilled and compassionate professional. With a unique background and expertise in facilitating personal growth, healing, and spiritual transformation. As a survivor of Near-Death Experiences (NDE) and Spiritual Transformative Experiences (STE), Leena’s journey has equipped her with profound insights and wisdom.
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