The April FMBR program will be a panel discussion. The panel consisted of four people who have had Near-Death Experiences, (NDE). The panel consists of Alan Hugenot, PMH Atwater, Nadia McCaffrey, and Sharon Lund, and was hosted by Bill Virga.
Alan Hugenot graduated from college with an engineering degree after being trained to view the world through the perspective of Newtonian materialist science, But, in 1970, he survived a Near-Death experience which changed his perspective on everything. Since then, he has spent over 40 years collating all then scientific research on consciousness survival and the afterlife, including Near-Death experiences, reincarnation and past life regression therapy, After-Death communications and the supporting theories of quantum mechanics
PMH Atwater is an international authority on near-death states, Dr. Atwater uses the culmination of her research to establish that the Near-Death phenomenon is not some kind of anomaly, but is rather part of the larger genre of transformations of consciousness. She combines her 33 years of near-death research with what she was doing in the 60s and 70s, experiencing, experimenting with, and researching altered states of consciousness, mysticism, psychic phenomena, and the transformational process, to reveal what transformations of consciousness really are, why we have them, and where they lead us.
Sharon Lund, has danced with life and dance throughout her life, overcoming nine years of sexual abuse as a child, anorexia, suicide attempts, HIV/AIDS and two near-death experiences. She has embraced all of her challenges because they brought her to self-discovery, wholeness, and living her life purpose.
Nadia McCaffrey, a three-time near death experiencer had her first NDE at age seven while spending the summer with her grandparents on their estate in central France . She was bitten by a red asp, a deadly snake. Floating above her body, Nadia suddenly became aware of a feminine presence -- a being of light who introduced herself to Nadia as: "Je suis ta petite Maman du ciel," (I am your little mother of the sky). Nadia recalls: "She was so beautiful. She was everything ... you just can't really ... describe the peace, the love, the well being ... She opened her arms ... and I just wanted to curl up and touch her. She made me understand that I couldn't do that, I couldn't come any closer, that she had things to communicate to me, so I stopped. I stayed there floating in mid-air.
The host of the panel is Bill Virga, M.A. Transpersonal Psychology and FMBR member.