Last month, I spoke at Carson City's A to Zen on "Ghosts and What They Teach Us About the Afterlife." In response to requests from out-of-town readers that I post one of my presentations online, I've uploaded this hour-long talk on my YouTube Channel. Yesterday's post notification failed, but it's live Due to technical [...]
Imagine this. During a paranormal investigation, you’re hoping to make contact with history—the spirits connected to a location, land or item. Instead you find yourself facing a crossed over loved one. Why would that happen? The spirit sees: You’re open to the idea of an encounter You’re concentrating on the present moment You’ve quieted [...]
Death is not a cessation, but a return to the state we were in before we had a body. The textures of our existence change without the fetters of a physical shell, but we survive that transition. Don’t fear death American culture has made death scary, an abrupt end to existence. My experience with [...]
While recently conducting research for a potential post, a fresh realization struck me: The after effects of people who had NDEs are similar to those I experienced after encountering the spirits of the Goldfield Hotel in central Nevada. Perhaps facing the paranormal altered my consciousness in a similar way, a navigation that showed me we [...]
Seeking clues to the afterlife leads many to ghost hunting Once I experienced unexplained activity, I caught glimpses of what awaits us once we leave this physical realm. What energies have taught me about life after death: Spirits interact with each other; they don’t exist in a vacuum. It’s not unusual to gather EVPs or [...]
I’ve taught noncredit classes for Truckee Meadows Community College before, but this will be my first spirituality class and I’m excited! I’ll present “Ghosts, God and the Afterlife” on Wed., Oct. 7 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the TMCC Meadowood Center in Reno, Nevada. Advance registration is required. This is the most in-depth presentation [...]
Read my review of Dr. Eben Alexander’s first book, Proof of Heaven. Neurosurgeon Alexander’s second book, The Map of Heaven, cannot and should not be compared to his first amazing work, Proof of Heaven, where he shares his journey from skeptic to believer after experiencing a near death experience. Map of Heaven is a compilation [...]
As I stepped over the threshold of the Goldfield Hotel in 2007, I would’ve thought the notion of learning something from ghosts was preposterous. Heck, I didn’t even believe the paranormal existed. But after 12 hours of encountering spirits at almost every turn, I had a lot to reconcile with my views on reality and [...]
While at a recent literary event, a natty, elderly gentleman with a smile as wide as the Mississippi handed me my memoir to sign. He told me his name was Herbert.* As I wrote, he spoke softly into my ear so no one else could hear. “I agree with what you said. Love—it really does transcend [...]
University of Arizona Professor Gary Schwartz, PhD believes he has proven that death is not the end of our individual existences. In his book, The Afterlife Experiments, he discusses his pivotal study of mediums and after-death communications. Schwartz, who earned his doctorate at Harvard and taught at Yale, headed UA’s former Human Energy Systems Laboratory, now [...]
