1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:03,760 Speaker 1: Welcome to the iHeartRadio and Coast to Coast DAM paranormal 2 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 1: podcast network. Now get ready for another episode of Shades 3 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:09,400 Speaker 1: of the Afterlife with Sandra Champlain. 4 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 2: Welcome to our podcast. Please be aware the thoughts and 5 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:20,440 Speaker 2: opinions expressed by the host are their thoughts and opinions 6 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 2: only and do not reflect those of iHeartMedia, iHeartRadio, Coast 7 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:30,120 Speaker 2: to Coast AM, employees of Premiere Networks, or their sponsors 8 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 2: and associates. We would like to encourage you to do 9 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:41,560 Speaker 2: your own research and discover the subject matter for yourself. Hi. 10 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:45,879 Speaker 2: I'm Sandra Champlain. For over twenty five years, I've been 11 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 2: on a journey to prove the existence of life after death. 12 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:53,559 Speaker 2: On each episode, we'll discuss the reasons we now know 13 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 2: that our loved ones have survived physical debt, and so 14 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 2: will we. Welcome to Shades of the Afterlife. Row Row, 15 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 2: row your boat gently down the stream, merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily. 16 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:11,479 Speaker 2: Life is but a dream. Do you remember singing that 17 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 2: song when you were a child. I sure do. Today 18 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:22,840 Speaker 2: we're going to talk about lucidity, those extra clear moments 19 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 2: that happen in different ways around dying near death experiences. 20 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 2: Life reviews and more. I've told you this story before, 21 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 2: but a friend of mine, retired race car driver, had 22 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:41,759 Speaker 2: a crash that led him into being in a coma. 23 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 2: He remembers a world clearer than this one, with his 24 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 2: deceased grandmother and grandfather being right there to greet him 25 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 2: and giving him the opportunity to either go with them 26 00:01:56,600 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 2: or return to Earth. He hovered above the hospital room 27 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 2: and saw his mom and dad and his brother praying 28 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 2: by the bedside, and knew he wanted to return. Of course, 29 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 2: he came back in a body filled with pain, but 30 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:16,920 Speaker 2: he had no fear of dying. After that, he said, Sandra, 31 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 2: my experience with my grandparents made this life feel like 32 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 2: it was the dream. It was so clear, without the 33 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 2: fear of dying. This man went on to winning great 34 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:36,079 Speaker 2: championships and automobile racing, and I think, ultimately sharing these 35 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:39,640 Speaker 2: stories on shades of the Afterlife, I want to help 36 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 2: all of us live great lives, delve into our fears, 37 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:49,520 Speaker 2: make things happen, and get our money's worth out of life. 38 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:52,919 Speaker 2: It is said that there are moments of crystal clarity 39 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 2: in near death experiences in deathbed visions, but there is 40 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:03,839 Speaker 2: also this phenomenon called terminal lucidity. Hospice workers can call 41 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:09,679 Speaker 2: it rallying that may occur just before someone dies. Last night, 42 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:14,520 Speaker 2: I finished reading a brand new book called Threshold, Terminal 43 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 2: Lucidity and the Border of Life and Death, written by 44 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:25,079 Speaker 2: Alexander Battiani. Here's the description of the book. Terminal lucidity 45 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 2: is a relatively common but poorly understood phenomena near the 46 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 2: end of life. Many people, including those who have suffered 47 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 2: brain injuries or strokes, have been silenced by mental illness 48 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 2: or deep dementia, and then they experience what seems to 49 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 2: be a miraculous return. They regain their clarity and energy, 50 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 2: are able to speak with families and caregivers recalling their lives, 51 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 2: and often appear to be aware of their nearing death. 52 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 2: In this remarkable book, cognitive scientist and director of the 53 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 2: Victor Frankel Institute, doctor Alexander Battiani offers the first major 54 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 2: account of terminal lucidity, including hundreds of cases and his 55 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 2: research in the related field of near death studies to 56 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:24,160 Speaker 2: explore the mind, the body, the nature of consciousness, and 57 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:27,839 Speaker 2: what the living can learn from those who are crossing 58 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:34,120 Speaker 2: the border from life to death. Astonishing, authoritative, and deeply moving. 59 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:39,279 Speaker 2: Threshold opens a doorway into one of life's and death's 60 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 2: most provocative mysteries. So I have to say I completely 61 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 2: agree with that description. The author doesn't tell us what 62 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:51,160 Speaker 2: to believe, but I am left with awe of the 63 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 2: power and magic of my soul and what is possible. 64 00:04:56,120 --> 00:05:00,160 Speaker 2: I listened to an interview doctor Battiani gave I. I'd 65 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 2: like to paraphrase some of his words here. He says, 66 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 2: in two thousand and nine, a few articles appeared in 67 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:12,640 Speaker 2: scientific journals on the phenomena of terminal lucidity, and these 68 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:19,280 Speaker 2: were all historical cases written by Victorian doctors in Victorian times. 69 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 2: Those stories frankly seemed too good to be true, and 70 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:26,039 Speaker 2: I thought, we need to know if this happens today. 71 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 2: In autumn, at the end of the term, my students 72 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:34,919 Speaker 2: are usually overburdened with what they have to learn for 73 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:38,800 Speaker 2: their exams, so I usually use the last two or 74 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:43,440 Speaker 2: three sessions in my lecture to talk about findings where 75 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 2: they don't have to do too much work. In I've 76 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:50,920 Speaker 2: presented my interest in terminal lucidity and asked for volunteers 77 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 2: to collect modern day cases. My students were excited and 78 00:05:56,120 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 2: the first large scale European study on contemporary cases of 79 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 2: terminal lucidity began. We sent questionnaires to about six hundred hospices, 80 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:12,040 Speaker 2: hospitals and nursing homes and thought we'd have to wait 81 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 2: a while, but in fact, the very next day we 82 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 2: received the first reports on terminal lucidity and ever since 83 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:24,159 Speaker 2: my database has been growing. My book presents the basic 84 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 2: findings of around three hundred cases. These cases are extraordinary. 85 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:33,720 Speaker 2: The scientific community is at a loss on how to 86 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:39,159 Speaker 2: explain this phenomena because a brain struck by dementia is 87 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:43,279 Speaker 2: not able to recover. The neurons don't grow back in 88 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 2: such a short time to have this spontaneous and lucid 89 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:52,720 Speaker 2: communication happen. It's like a hard boiled egg. We cannot 90 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:56,719 Speaker 2: uncook it and bring it back to the unboiled state. 91 00:06:57,200 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 2: Yet nevertheless the person comes back briefly but in full memory. Again, 92 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:06,480 Speaker 2: I highly recommend you picking up a copy of the 93 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:11,560 Speaker 2: book Threshold, Terminal Lucidity and the Border of Life and 94 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 2: Death by Alexander Battiani. But on our episode today, I 95 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 2: want to tell you some different stories of terminal lucidity 96 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:24,800 Speaker 2: from inside his book. Here's the first story. My grandmother 97 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 2: had suffered from Alzheimer's dementia for several years. Putting her 98 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 2: under the care of a nursing home was a difficult 99 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 2: decision for all of us, especially for the man of 100 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:38,680 Speaker 2: her life, whom she'd been married to for more than 101 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 2: sixty years. But at some point looking after her at 102 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:47,360 Speaker 2: home simply exceeded the strength of this old man who 103 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:50,520 Speaker 2: was devoted to his wife. In the final stages of 104 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 2: her illness, nothing much seemed to remain of the grandmother 105 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:58,120 Speaker 2: I knew and loved. At first, she could no longer 106 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:03,480 Speaker 2: recognize us. She stopped speaking all together, and had to 107 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 2: be fed because she was no longer capable of eating unaided. 108 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 2: My grandfather nonetheless called on her every day, one visit 109 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:17,040 Speaker 2: in the morning and one in the afternoon. Our family 110 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 2: went to see my grandmother every Sunday. Truth be told, 111 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 2: we didn't so much visit my grandmother as support my 112 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:30,360 Speaker 2: grandfather those Sundays. On the day the miracle happened, we 113 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:35,320 Speaker 2: reached the door, knocked, entered the room, and saw how 114 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 2: my grandfather lovingly held my grandmother's hand and yes, spoke 115 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 2: to her. At first, we didn't trust our eyes and 116 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 2: ears But then my grandmother looked at us, one by one, 117 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 2: all five of us. Her large, beautiful eyes were perfectly 118 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 2: clear the haze of oblivion, the dead gaze, had given 119 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:04,960 Speaker 2: way to an expression of vitality, like bright water. I 120 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:09,080 Speaker 2: cannot think of a better image. She who hadn't recognized 121 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:12,320 Speaker 2: us for a year, who hadn't even reacted when we 122 00:09:12,559 --> 00:09:17,080 Speaker 2: visited her, addressed every one of us by name. She 123 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:20,400 Speaker 2: who'd removed her hand when we wanted to take it, 124 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:25,880 Speaker 2: presumably on reflex. However, on that day my grandmother said 125 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:29,680 Speaker 2: in plain, clear German that she was glad to be 126 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:33,959 Speaker 2: back and to see us. Then she looked lovingly at 127 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:38,200 Speaker 2: her husband, my grandfather, and asked us to take good 128 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 2: care of him. She said it was no good him 129 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 2: being alone in the big house. My grandfather then lived 130 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 2: in a large house that was my mother's childhood home, 131 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 2: and that he needed domestic help. When we said that 132 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:56,280 Speaker 2: he had recently hired a housekeeper, she simply said, yes, 133 00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 2: But you could have told me we hadn't done so, 134 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 2: because talking to let alone with her a day prior 135 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:08,080 Speaker 2: would have been unthinkable. However, now she clearly understood and 136 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:13,240 Speaker 2: was reassured. She took his hand, I saw my grandfather's face. 137 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:18,520 Speaker 2: Thick tears were running down his cheeks. Between sobs. He 138 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:22,840 Speaker 2: barely managed to say I love you, and she answered 139 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:27,600 Speaker 2: I love you, and her gaze I myself weep as 140 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:31,679 Speaker 2: I write this down, because I can see the clarity, urgency, 141 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:36,320 Speaker 2: and love her eyes expressed that day as clearly as 142 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:40,240 Speaker 2: if I could see them now. This conversation lasted some 143 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 2: twenty or thirty minutes. Then my grandmother lay back and 144 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:48,200 Speaker 2: soon fell asleep. We stayed at her bedside for another 145 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:52,080 Speaker 2: half hour or so until the end of visiting time. 146 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:56,480 Speaker 2: None of us talked. When we left. My grandfather linked 147 00:10:56,640 --> 00:10:59,360 Speaker 2: arms with me as we walked out, but he tore 148 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:03,480 Speaker 2: away from me after a few meters and turned back 149 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:06,560 Speaker 2: in the corridor of the nursing home because he wanted 150 00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:09,720 Speaker 2: to kiss his wife once more. It was to be 151 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 2: for the last time. When the phone rang the next morning, 152 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 2: I knew before picking up what the wared nurse was 153 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:20,360 Speaker 2: going to tell us. My grandmother had died peacefully in 154 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 2: her sleep at the age of eighty six. It was 155 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:27,480 Speaker 2: one of the most beautiful and wondrous and moving things 156 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:31,840 Speaker 2: that I have ever witnessed to this day. Here's another story. 157 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:36,400 Speaker 2: My mother had advanced Alzheimer's. She no longer recognized us, 158 00:11:36,679 --> 00:11:39,960 Speaker 2: and she didn't even seem to care who these strangers 159 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,959 Speaker 2: were visiting her once or twice a week. On the 160 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 2: day before her passing, however, everything was different. Not only 161 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:50,559 Speaker 2: did she recognize us, she wanted to know what had 162 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 2: happened in the course of the past year for every 163 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 2: one of us delighting in the news. She even shed 164 00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 2: the odd tear over bad news. When she heard that 165 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:04,760 Speaker 2: my younger daughter had recently broken off her engagement and 166 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 2: descended into a deep depression, she asked her to stay 167 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:11,600 Speaker 2: with her for a while. Afterward. My daughter never told 168 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:14,079 Speaker 2: me what she discussed with my mother, but it was 169 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 2: a turning point for her. When we took our leave, 170 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:21,479 Speaker 2: we didn't know what to expect next. Was she miraculously 171 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 2: healed of her dementia With hindsight, However, I believe that 172 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 2: my siblings and me understood that she knew exactly that 173 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 2: she didn't have long to live. She said goodbye to 174 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:35,320 Speaker 2: every one of us, held our hands, stroking them with 175 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:38,720 Speaker 2: her thumb, just as she had done when we were children. 176 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 2: She was and I can't think of another way to 177 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:46,199 Speaker 2: say this simply her old self again. Sadly, it wasn't 178 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 2: meant to last. She died the very same night. It 179 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:52,640 Speaker 2: is time for our first break and we'll be back 180 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:57,000 Speaker 2: with more stories from the book Threshold. 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Keep it right here on the 191 00:13:53,480 --> 00:14:04,720 Speaker 5: iHeart Radio and Coast to Coast AM Pronormal Podcast Network. 192 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:16,600 Speaker 2: Welcome back to Shades of the Afterlife. I'm Sandra Champlain 193 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 2: and this is our Shades book Club, reading from the 194 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:24,800 Speaker 2: book Threshold, Terminal Lucidity and the Border of Life and 195 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:30,840 Speaker 2: Death by doctor and professor Alexander Battiani. Over the course 196 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:34,520 Speaker 2: of history, I am sure that there's been many people 197 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:39,000 Speaker 2: who have witnessed such terminal lucidity at the bedside, and 198 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:42,720 Speaker 2: Batiani says in his book, more than a few of 199 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 2: the relatives and friends who witnessed terminal lucidity tell us 200 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 2: they feel lonely and isolated with the memory of this experience, 201 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:57,480 Speaker 2: or worse that they feel misunderstood by most people when 202 00:14:57,520 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 2: they try to relate to others what they we have witnessed. 203 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:05,080 Speaker 2: After all, until just a few years ago, there wasn't 204 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:11,400 Speaker 2: even a term terminal lucidity. Nurses can call this rallying 205 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 2: or in this case, the last glow. Here's a quick story. 206 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 2: My father's brother had, before our very eyes, experienced a 207 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:27,760 Speaker 2: full reawakening from his advanced dementia. Hours before his death. 208 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:31,520 Speaker 2: We were all speechless. He looked at us with a 209 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 2: clear gaze, called each of us by names, and bade 210 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:40,640 Speaker 2: us farewell, and died the same night. Us nurses we 211 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:45,440 Speaker 2: know this. We always say the last glow has begun. 212 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 2: Another nurse says, my colleagues, and I want to thank 213 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:54,200 Speaker 2: you for doing this research. We call terminal lucidity the 214 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:58,720 Speaker 2: last hooray or the second wind. I have myself observed 215 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 2: this many many times. Patients come back and then they die. 216 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 2: I first witnessed this at nursing school. How confused I 217 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:11,280 Speaker 2: was until an older nurse told me that there were 218 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:16,360 Speaker 2: things that really characterized the daily experience of nursing, but 219 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:20,480 Speaker 2: that we wouldn't learn about in our normal training. How 220 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:24,440 Speaker 2: right she was. In five years of working as a nurse, 221 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:29,920 Speaker 2: I witnessed terminal lucidity several times. A colleague of mine 222 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 2: was the only person I could openly talk with about 223 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 2: these experiences. I am glad and grateful that science has 224 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:41,440 Speaker 2: finally taken notice of this. And here's a story by 225 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 2: a nun. As a nun, I have been nursing and 226 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:49,920 Speaker 2: attending to our older sisters from the convent for years. 227 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 2: We pray and we keep watch. We are there for 228 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 2: our sisters. The first time I witnessed this was when 229 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 2: our Venerable Mother Superior died. She had been suffering from 230 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:05,960 Speaker 2: advanced dementia for several years, but for the last two 231 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:10,800 Speaker 2: days before her death, she came back fully to us. 232 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:14,840 Speaker 2: Her old self was restored with all of her spiritual 233 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:20,720 Speaker 2: and intellectual brilliance. She positively radiated. That was my first 234 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:25,320 Speaker 2: encounter with what you are investigating. Our priest, however, had 235 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 2: little use for any of this, and the physician in 236 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 2: charge of our convent didn't hide the fact that he 237 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:37,399 Speaker 2: considered our report of the revived Mother Superior to be 238 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 2: nothing more than a pious tale. Such a thing was impossible, 239 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 2: he said. Even if dementia patients did occasionally engage in 240 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:52,480 Speaker 2: behavior that resembled meaningful action, spontaneous healing was out of 241 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 2: the question. And yet our Mother Superior had recognized all 242 00:17:57,640 --> 00:18:01,400 Speaker 2: eight of us sisters, recalled our names, as well as 243 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:06,080 Speaker 2: numerous details from the spiritual education she had given us. 244 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:10,160 Speaker 2: Then only a few years later, something very similar happened 245 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:14,160 Speaker 2: to our oldest sister at the convent. We didn't even 246 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:16,960 Speaker 2: try to talk to the doctor. He wasn't going to 247 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:20,200 Speaker 2: believe us anyway. I hope that this will change as 248 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:24,399 Speaker 2: a result of you and your colleague's work. Again, this 249 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 2: is from the book Threshold by Alexander Battiani. To me, 250 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 2: all of these stories show us that we are so 251 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:36,680 Speaker 2: much more than our physical bodies, and our minds are 252 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:40,800 Speaker 2: not in our brains. Here's another story. My mother was 253 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:43,639 Speaker 2: the center of our family. She was my warm and 254 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:48,600 Speaker 2: loving mother. But as her dementia progressed, she became increasingly 255 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:54,960 Speaker 2: aloof cold, absent. It was very painful to watch her transformation. 256 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 2: I will never forget the day when she no longer 257 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:01,400 Speaker 2: recognized me and I had to introduced myself to her. 258 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:06,119 Speaker 2: It was so incredibly painful. Here was my mother, and 259 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:10,200 Speaker 2: yet she was no more. On her last day, however, 260 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:14,560 Speaker 2: everything was different. When I entered the room, she looked 261 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:18,720 Speaker 2: at me and called out my name. She recognized me. 262 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:24,000 Speaker 2: She radiated the very motherly love I had missed for 263 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:27,520 Speaker 2: so many months after that fateful day when she no 264 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:32,240 Speaker 2: longer recognized me, but now she did. And when I 265 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:35,280 Speaker 2: started to cry, she said, no, no, that is not 266 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:38,800 Speaker 2: the way. Come here. I sat down next to her 267 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:41,560 Speaker 2: and she took my hand and we had the most 268 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:47,040 Speaker 2: wonderful last conversation. We talked about my childhood, my daughters, 269 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:51,040 Speaker 2: my plans for our new house, and about her illness. 270 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:55,080 Speaker 2: I had my mother back, and I relished every moment, 271 00:19:55,680 --> 00:20:00,560 Speaker 2: drinking in her motherly energy and kindness. It was simply wonderful. 272 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:04,200 Speaker 2: After an hour, she told me that she was tired. 273 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 2: She looked at me, literally pouring out love. Everything was good, 274 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:14,360 Speaker 2: everything was right, Everything that needed to be said had 275 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:18,520 Speaker 2: been said. Now there was only motherly love and my 276 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 2: love for her. I knew somehow intuitively that this would 277 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:28,000 Speaker 2: not last. But with this farewell, even if it was painful, 278 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:31,679 Speaker 2: I was okay. I had my mother back, and I 279 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:35,000 Speaker 2: was ready for whatever was to come now. She then 280 00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:39,800 Speaker 2: slowly shook her head and nodded softly. I nodded too, 281 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:43,480 Speaker 2: and then she closed her eyes. I left the room, 282 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:46,600 Speaker 2: and as soon as I closed the door, I broke 283 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:50,359 Speaker 2: out in tears, both of joy and of sadness. I 284 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 2: somehow knew that this would be our last time together. 285 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:59,000 Speaker 2: She died the very same evening. Here's another I am 286 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:03,000 Speaker 2: a retired PA palliative care physician and have witnessed or 287 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:06,919 Speaker 2: was told about many examples of terminal lucidity during my 288 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:10,359 Speaker 2: twenty five years of practice. The most striking was a 289 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:14,640 Speaker 2: sixty year old woman dying as a result of metastatic 290 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:18,679 Speaker 2: brain cancer. She was cared for at her family home 291 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:23,360 Speaker 2: and was supported by the general practitioner and community nurses. 292 00:21:24,119 --> 00:21:30,640 Speaker 2: She ultimately became unresponsive and unconscious. An indwelling urinary catheter 293 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:36,360 Speaker 2: was inserted and a subcutaneous infusion of morphine and midazolamb 294 00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:41,400 Speaker 2: was instituted. Because she was comfortable, I arranged for her 295 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:46,800 Speaker 2: general practitioner to supervise this lady's ongoing care and promise 296 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:50,359 Speaker 2: the family I would ring each morning. On the first 297 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:53,199 Speaker 2: two mornings, I was told that she was peaceful and 298 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:56,800 Speaker 2: had not stirred. She hadn't opened her eyes or given 299 00:21:56,880 --> 00:22:00,639 Speaker 2: any sign that she was conscious. On the third morning, 300 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:03,480 Speaker 2: I was told she was sitting up in the kitchen 301 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:09,520 Speaker 2: drinking champagne. My stunned silence was noted by the daughter, 302 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:13,240 Speaker 2: who said, oh, doctor, you aren't aware, but today is 303 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:16,560 Speaker 2: my mother's birthday and she is sitting up with all 304 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:20,920 Speaker 2: the family and partying. This lady went to bed later 305 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:25,719 Speaker 2: that morning and lapsed back into her unconscious state and 306 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:30,919 Speaker 2: died twenty four hours later. That reminds me of a story. 307 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:34,720 Speaker 2: While I was cooking for the race car teams, the 308 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:40,560 Speaker 2: racing chaplain Steve Kearney, who is now in the spirit world, 309 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:43,840 Speaker 2: he told me about his dad. He had been lying 310 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:49,080 Speaker 2: in coma for months, and one day, with his adult 311 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:53,280 Speaker 2: children around, he opened his eyes. He lifted himself out 312 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:57,280 Speaker 2: of bed, swung his legs around. The kids all trying 313 00:22:57,320 --> 00:23:01,040 Speaker 2: to stop him because he was connect to all kinds 314 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:04,639 Speaker 2: of tubes and breathing apparatus. And he looked out and 315 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:08,120 Speaker 2: he said, it is so beautiful there, and they asked 316 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:11,719 Speaker 2: him to describe what he saw, and he described the 317 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:16,679 Speaker 2: most beautiful scenery and spoke about deceased loved ones that 318 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:20,240 Speaker 2: were talking to him, and he even mentioned a friend 319 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:23,840 Speaker 2: of his. Now, the thing is, they never told this 320 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:27,199 Speaker 2: man that his friend had died, because you see, he 321 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:31,320 Speaker 2: was in the coma, but he saw him there. Steve's 322 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:35,760 Speaker 2: dad then said that he could hear Jesus's voice and 323 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:39,080 Speaker 2: said he had a very short time left to live 324 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:42,640 Speaker 2: and that he was to do what he wanted. So 325 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:46,560 Speaker 2: Steve's dad asked the family for some cherry pie an 326 00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:50,119 Speaker 2: ice cream Sunday, to be dressed in his best Sunday suit, 327 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:53,720 Speaker 2: and he wanted the family together to watch a football 328 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:57,199 Speaker 2: game on TV. They did all of those things with 329 00:23:57,359 --> 00:24:01,159 Speaker 2: the dad, and on Christmas Eve, Steve's dad went to 330 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:05,520 Speaker 2: sleep and he never woke up. As in Steve Kearney's 331 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:10,600 Speaker 2: story of his dad who heard Jesus's voice, often people 332 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:14,960 Speaker 2: see their deceased loved ones in these moments of lucidity. 333 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:20,359 Speaker 2: I've spoken about this many times and highly recommend doctor 334 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:24,359 Speaker 2: Christopher Kerr's book Death Is But a Dream. But here's 335 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:27,639 Speaker 2: another story. My dad was in a nursing home for 336 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:31,240 Speaker 2: half a year. He had severe dementia and could no 337 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:36,320 Speaker 2: longer formulate a sentence. He didn't recognize any of us. 338 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:40,680 Speaker 2: On the day he died, however, he knew exactly who 339 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:43,680 Speaker 2: I was. He looked at me and he started speaking. 340 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:47,480 Speaker 2: He said that he knew that he would not be 341 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:50,680 Speaker 2: here much longer. I was not sure what he meant 342 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:53,520 Speaker 2: or whether he was healed, and wanted to move back 343 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:57,359 Speaker 2: to his flat again, but he shook his head. Last 344 00:24:57,520 --> 00:25:01,040 Speaker 2: night David came and said he would take me home. 345 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:06,240 Speaker 2: David was his older brother. He had died four weeks before. 346 00:25:07,119 --> 00:25:10,399 Speaker 2: When Dad talked about his beloved David, I bit my 347 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 2: lip so that I didn't cry right there and then. 348 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:17,920 Speaker 2: But Dad looked so happy, so joyous. He really looked 349 00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:22,040 Speaker 2: forward to leaving the nursing home with David. Dad died 350 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:25,840 Speaker 2: that very night. Here's a quick one, someone wrote. As 351 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:29,960 Speaker 2: my father breathed his last he suddenly opened his eyes 352 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:34,320 Speaker 2: and asked, did you see that this is breath takingly 353 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:40,360 Speaker 2: beautiful wow? Without sounding too woo woo. I am certain 354 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 2: that what we saw was his soul departing that worn 355 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:49,959 Speaker 2: out meat suit, finally free. This is not from the book. 356 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:53,639 Speaker 2: But this is a great quote. The late missus Thomas A. 357 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:57,520 Speaker 2: Edison told me that when her husband was dying, he 358 00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:01,440 Speaker 2: whispered to his physician, it is very beautiful over there. 359 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:05,479 Speaker 2: Edison was a scientist with a factual cast of mind. 360 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:10,440 Speaker 2: He never reported anything as fact until he saw it work. 361 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:14,520 Speaker 2: He would have never reported it is very beautiful over there, 362 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:19,480 Speaker 2: unless having seen he knew it to be true. We'll 363 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:22,960 Speaker 2: be back. 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The 382 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:58,880 Speaker 2: next part with author Alexander Battiani from his book Threshold. 383 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:05,199 Speaker 2: He talks about the last conversation. He says, further analysis 384 00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:09,880 Speaker 2: of these reports shows a result I hadn't initially anticipated. 385 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:14,640 Speaker 2: Many indicated that the patient was aware that he or 386 00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:19,879 Speaker 2: she had been in a cognitively impaired state before the 387 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:24,360 Speaker 2: lucid episode, and that a significant number of patients seemed 388 00:28:24,359 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 2: to know that their lucid time window was not going 389 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:33,480 Speaker 2: to last. Some even spoke about their impending death and 390 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:38,600 Speaker 2: used the remaining time to bid farewell to their family, friends, 391 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:44,360 Speaker 2: and caregivers. Altogether, there were five recurring conversation topics reported 392 00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:52,280 Speaker 2: reminiscing with family members, awareness of impending death, preparations, and 393 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:59,840 Speaker 2: last wishes or unfinished business, and occasionally bodily concerns such 394 00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:04,280 Speaker 2: as hunger or thirst. In the majority of cases, more 395 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:08,920 Speaker 2: than one of these topics was discussed during the Lucid episode. 396 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:13,400 Speaker 2: Here's the story. Had a wonderful conversation, talked about her 397 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:17,960 Speaker 2: last wishes, about family members, told us that we should 398 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:22,280 Speaker 2: not argue with one another and respect her wishes. Talked 399 00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:25,760 Speaker 2: about each of her children and their future. It was 400 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:29,400 Speaker 2: all very clear and urgent. My mother said that she 401 00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:33,720 Speaker 2: felt so much better. In fact, she had severe dementia 402 00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:37,120 Speaker 2: for months and did not speak for the last month. 403 00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:40,320 Speaker 2: She wanted to sit by the open window. It was 404 00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:44,840 Speaker 2: a beautiful summer, and she even asked for chocolate. I 405 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:47,680 Speaker 2: went to the vending machine in the entrance hall and 406 00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:52,440 Speaker 2: bought her favorite chocolate. She devoured it with intense joy. 407 00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:57,080 Speaker 2: I think I never saw someone celebrating chocolate as much 408 00:29:57,080 --> 00:30:02,040 Speaker 2: as she did. Another story, his grandfather had advanced dementia. 409 00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:06,200 Speaker 2: When the nursing staff told us his health declined and 410 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:09,080 Speaker 2: that there was little more they could do, I began 411 00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:13,080 Speaker 2: visiting him more frequently. I often sat next to his 412 00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:16,560 Speaker 2: bed and told him I was there, not sure whether 413 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:20,720 Speaker 2: he understood me. At all one day. However, it turned 414 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:24,480 Speaker 2: out to be his last day. I was totally shocked 415 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:29,280 Speaker 2: when he greeted me and inquired about the family, especially 416 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:34,520 Speaker 2: about his sister, who also had advanced dementia. When I 417 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:37,120 Speaker 2: told him that we were supporting her in so many 418 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:40,960 Speaker 2: ways and that she was forgetful, but peaceful and happy, 419 00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:46,360 Speaker 2: he was very relieved. He looked very peaceful and relaxed himself. 420 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:49,760 Speaker 2: He thanked me and said, tell her I love her 421 00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:53,560 Speaker 2: and that I will be waiting for her. Shortly thereafter, 422 00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:57,320 Speaker 2: he fell asleep and he died a few hours later. 423 00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:01,720 Speaker 2: I find this interesting. Author bet Tiani says, in our 424 00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:06,240 Speaker 2: case collection, about a third of the patients died within 425 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:11,000 Speaker 2: less than two hours after the lucid episode, another third 426 00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:14,960 Speaker 2: died within two hours and a day, and a fifth 427 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:19,000 Speaker 2: died within two or three days, Whereas in less than 428 00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:22,840 Speaker 2: ten percent of the cases the patient died within four 429 00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:27,080 Speaker 2: to seven days, and in about five percent the patient 430 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:30,720 Speaker 2: died after more than eight days or not at all 431 00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:35,400 Speaker 2: near the lucid episode. Hence, in our samples, lucid episodes 432 00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:41,000 Speaker 2: were indeed strongly death related. Over ninety percent died within 433 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:46,120 Speaker 2: days or hours. Author Bettiani says a sizeable number of 434 00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:52,320 Speaker 2: our respondents felt overwhelmingly grateful for being granted an unexpected 435 00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:57,800 Speaker 2: last opportunity to say goodbye to their beloved relative or friend. 436 00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:02,080 Speaker 2: I'm going to put a little bell like this between stories. 437 00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:07,320 Speaker 2: My mother's lucidity before dying was a wonderful gift which 438 00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:11,680 Speaker 2: made her passing so much easier to accept. I also 439 00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:15,960 Speaker 2: saw her old, loving self in the conversation we had. 440 00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:20,760 Speaker 2: After so much emotional hardship with the dementia, it was 441 00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:26,840 Speaker 2: really good to know she was leaving our reality as herself. 442 00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:31,960 Speaker 2: It was wonderful to have those final moments and hours 443 00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:34,800 Speaker 2: with them, to have all the pain and suffering they 444 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:39,400 Speaker 2: endured disappear, if only for that brief moment in time. 445 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:45,400 Speaker 2: It helped so much with the grieving process. At first surprise, 446 00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:49,040 Speaker 2: with the enlightening feeling and opportunity to say and hear 447 00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:55,280 Speaker 2: something important, very emotional and rewarding experience. The last bit 448 00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:58,400 Speaker 2: of communication brought all of us a lot of peace 449 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:03,520 Speaker 2: and acceptance of our life conditions. I definitely cherish those 450 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:07,040 Speaker 2: moments when I remember that I was the last person 451 00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:10,920 Speaker 2: to interact with her. My name was the last word 452 00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:13,480 Speaker 2: she spoke, and the way I was able to be 453 00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:19,160 Speaker 2: with her throughout her illness. No regrets. This was so 454 00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:23,200 Speaker 2: wonderful moving. I was so happy and grateful. It was 455 00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:26,080 Speaker 2: a gift and blessing to me, as I had things 456 00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:30,520 Speaker 2: I needed to say to him. Some people, however, also 457 00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:36,080 Speaker 2: mentioned being shocked or confused by the lucid episode. Even 458 00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:40,000 Speaker 2: though he had been unresponsive all day, I spoke to 459 00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:42,840 Speaker 2: him and told him I was there. To my surprise, 460 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:47,280 Speaker 2: he woke up and started asking about family members. For 461 00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:50,280 Speaker 2: a moment, I had hoped that she would get better, 462 00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:55,440 Speaker 2: but she quickly declined and passed away just six days later. 463 00:33:56,840 --> 00:34:00,320 Speaker 2: Everyone was shocked. We thought it was the end. Then 464 00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:03,640 Speaker 2: she just sat up and started talking to everyone like 465 00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:08,200 Speaker 2: nothing was happening. She was smiling and engaging in conversation 466 00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:12,960 Speaker 2: like she would normally. Everyone was so confused but happy 467 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:16,120 Speaker 2: to have that time with her. Unfortunately it did not 468 00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:20,680 Speaker 2: last long. I am very bewildered. I have no idea 469 00:34:20,719 --> 00:34:23,440 Speaker 2: what happened. I know that I should be happy, and 470 00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:28,000 Speaker 2: I am, but I'm also very confused. Just so you know, 471 00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:32,239 Speaker 2: I'm skipping around in different chapters within the book threshold. 472 00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:35,839 Speaker 2: There really is so much in here I'm trying to 473 00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:40,400 Speaker 2: pull together the pieces that really relate to stories of 474 00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:45,960 Speaker 2: the afterlife. Next, he gets into near death experiences, and 475 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:47,800 Speaker 2: I'm just going to read to you a few things 476 00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:51,080 Speaker 2: that he writes, and I found very very interesting. I know, 477 00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:56,360 Speaker 2: we recently talked about verifiable evidence, that is people seeing 478 00:34:56,400 --> 00:35:00,319 Speaker 2: themselves from outside of their bodies while their bodies maybe 479 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:04,400 Speaker 2: lying on an operating table. He says forty eight percent 480 00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:09,600 Speaker 2: of near death experiencers reported seeing their physical bodies from 481 00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:15,080 Speaker 2: a different visual perspective. Many of them also reported witnessing 482 00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:19,520 Speaker 2: events going on in the vicinity of their body, such 483 00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:24,040 Speaker 2: as the attempts of medical personnel to resuscitate them at 484 00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:27,839 Speaker 2: the scene of an accident or in an emergency room. 485 00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:35,040 Speaker 2: American researcher Janis Holden further examined ninety three similar reports 486 00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:41,440 Speaker 2: of potentially verifiable perceptions during a near death experience. About 487 00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:46,319 Speaker 2: forty three percent of these reports could be confirmed by 488 00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:52,920 Speaker 2: an independent witness. Another forty three percent had an independent witness, who, however, 489 00:35:53,239 --> 00:35:57,719 Speaker 2: could not be contacted for further corroboration. Only in the 490 00:35:57,800 --> 00:36:01,560 Speaker 2: remaining fourteen percent of cases were there are no witnesses 491 00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:05,520 Speaker 2: who would have been able to confirm the perceptions of 492 00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:09,200 Speaker 2: the near death experiencer. A full eighty eight percent of 493 00:36:09,239 --> 00:36:14,480 Speaker 2: the cases confirmed by an independent witness were completely accurate, 494 00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:20,959 Speaker 2: ten percent contained some often minor error, and only two 495 00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:25,200 Speaker 2: percent were completely erroneous. If you go back to episode 496 00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:30,840 Speaker 2: one sixty nine, I have several verifiable near death experiences 497 00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:34,440 Speaker 2: that you'll hear about. But here's some stories. I was 498 00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:39,720 Speaker 2: in the midst of utter warm darkness, nothing only nothing. 499 00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:44,080 Speaker 2: I was unafraid, but it was total darkness and warmth. 500 00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:47,480 Speaker 2: After a while, I saw a tiny little ray of 501 00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:52,640 Speaker 2: light piercing the darkness, then two, then dozens of them, 502 00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:58,320 Speaker 2: and soon found myself bathing in multi colored light rays. 503 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:02,280 Speaker 2: It was the most extra ordinary thing I ever saw, 504 00:37:03,239 --> 00:37:07,560 Speaker 2: not only seeing it, but living it. It is reported 505 00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:12,040 Speaker 2: that people who have near death experiences say, just like 506 00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:15,360 Speaker 2: my friend the beginning of the episode, the race car driver, 507 00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:21,400 Speaker 2: that their experiences make this life seem like just the dream, 508 00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:26,560 Speaker 2: that they are so clear. Here's another story. In the beginning, 509 00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:29,680 Speaker 2: I saw nothing. It was very dark, but it was 510 00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:34,600 Speaker 2: not frightening, the most beautiful black I ever saw. Then 511 00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:38,560 Speaker 2: suddenly it was as if someone had switched on the lights. 512 00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:46,120 Speaker 2: And what lights. They were warm, peaceful, heart rendering beautiful 513 00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:51,000 Speaker 2: light that I saw with my heart, not with my eyes. 514 00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:55,960 Speaker 2: I long for that light every day. He also reports 515 00:37:56,000 --> 00:38:01,360 Speaker 2: that people's vision improves during these lucid near death experiences. 516 00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:06,279 Speaker 2: This person says no need for glasses anymore. I saw 517 00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:10,759 Speaker 2: perfectly well without them. I sat up, and I was 518 00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:14,799 Speaker 2: in awe at how clear everything appeared. I had worn 519 00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:19,480 Speaker 2: glasses or contacts my entire life, so I was amazed 520 00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:22,440 Speaker 2: at the sharpness of the room around me and the 521 00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:27,600 Speaker 2: vividness of the colors. I could perceive an energy surrounding everything. 522 00:38:28,120 --> 00:38:32,360 Speaker 2: The books, desk, furniture of the room all seemed to 523 00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:36,320 Speaker 2: have a slight glow that radiated from them. No sooner 524 00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:40,560 Speaker 2: I noticed this than I realized I could see three 525 00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:43,960 Speaker 2: hundred and sixty degrees around me. I didn't need to 526 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:48,600 Speaker 2: turn my head. I just looked, and I saw there 527 00:38:48,680 --> 00:38:53,160 Speaker 2: behind me lay my body. And at that moment I 528 00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:59,279 Speaker 2: realized I had died. I could clearly see my environment there, 529 00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:03,640 Speaker 2: which is normally totally impossible for me to do without glasses. 530 00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:08,359 Speaker 2: The colors were so much more intense and clear than 531 00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:13,520 Speaker 2: on Earth. My seeing had become very different. It was 532 00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:17,479 Speaker 2: not normal seeing. It was more like sensing. I could 533 00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:23,000 Speaker 2: perceive and understand every detail of the emergency room and 534 00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:27,880 Speaker 2: all at once. This was four dimensional seeing, one added 535 00:39:27,920 --> 00:39:34,200 Speaker 2: dimension of color, clarity, substance, and vibration. It's time for 536 00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:39,080 Speaker 2: the break. We'll be back with more stories and lucid 537 00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:44,600 Speaker 2: seeing during a life review. You're listening to Shades of 538 00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:48,360 Speaker 2: the Afterlife on the iHeartRadio and Coast to Coast a 539 00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:51,640 Speaker 2: m Hairinormal Podcast Network. 540 00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:01,680 Speaker 3: Stay there, Sandra will be right back. 541 00:40:06,440 --> 00:40:08,799 Speaker 6: Hey, it's the Wizard of Weird Joshua P. 542 00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:09,280 Speaker 5: Warren. 543 00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:13,280 Speaker 6: Don't forget to check out my show Strange Things each 544 00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:15,840 Speaker 6: week as I bring you the world of the truly 545 00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:20,960 Speaker 6: amazing and bizarre right here on the iHeartRadio and Coast 546 00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:29,400 Speaker 6: to Coast AM Paranormal Podcast Network. Hi, this is your 547 00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:32,520 Speaker 6: fologist Kevin Randall, and you're listening to the iHeartRadio and 548 00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:35,360 Speaker 6: Coast to Coast AM Paranormal Podcast Network. 549 00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:54,480 Speaker 2: Welcome back to our Shades of the Afterlife book club. 550 00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:59,959 Speaker 2: I'm Sandra Champlain and we're discussing the book Threshold, Terminal, Loose, 551 00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:05,680 Speaker 2: and the Border of Life and Death by professor and 552 00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:12,120 Speaker 2: doctor Alexander Battiani. Earlier, I said that people in near 553 00:41:12,160 --> 00:41:18,680 Speaker 2: death experiences feel much more lucid much more clear in 554 00:41:18,760 --> 00:41:23,319 Speaker 2: the afterlife than in life, so I want to read 555 00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:28,680 Speaker 2: some of those stories. I felt extremely aware, totally present, 556 00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:34,719 Speaker 2: sharp and focused. In hindsight, it's like being half asleep 557 00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:39,160 Speaker 2: when I was alive and totally awake. After I was 558 00:41:39,239 --> 00:41:45,040 Speaker 2: pronounced dead, my mind felt cleared and my thoughts seemed 559 00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:48,480 Speaker 2: quick and decisive. I felt a great sense of freedom 560 00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:52,000 Speaker 2: and was quite content to be rid of my body. 561 00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:56,480 Speaker 2: I felt a connection with everything around me in a 562 00:41:56,520 --> 00:42:01,000 Speaker 2: way that I cannot describe. I felt as if I 563 00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:06,920 Speaker 2: was thinking faster, or that time had slowed down considerably. 564 00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:12,799 Speaker 2: During this I remembered everything in my life with all 565 00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:19,359 Speaker 2: the details, and very accurately, everything since my birth till 566 00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:23,000 Speaker 2: the time of the accident. I remembered all of the 567 00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:27,120 Speaker 2: people I knew, even the ones whom I met only 568 00:42:27,160 --> 00:42:31,360 Speaker 2: once or twice. I remembered all of the events, the 569 00:42:31,480 --> 00:42:36,680 Speaker 2: important and non important ones. When my age was less 570 00:42:36,719 --> 00:42:39,880 Speaker 2: than a year old, I remembered it with all of 571 00:42:39,920 --> 00:42:43,600 Speaker 2: its details. It passed in front of me, and I 572 00:42:43,680 --> 00:42:47,840 Speaker 2: saw it as a cinema show in just fifteen minutes, 573 00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:51,759 Speaker 2: it felt. When I got out of the car, I 574 00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:55,799 Speaker 2: was in full consciousness. I felt that I wasn't in 575 00:42:55,840 --> 00:43:00,040 Speaker 2: the car, or in other words, I was existing and 576 00:43:00,120 --> 00:43:04,239 Speaker 2: not existing, a feeling that is very difficult to describe. 577 00:43:05,520 --> 00:43:09,000 Speaker 2: While I was unconscious at the accident scene, I was 578 00:43:09,080 --> 00:43:14,239 Speaker 2: hovering over the entire scene below, and looking down, I 579 00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:18,359 Speaker 2: saw the car against the tree and the ambulance, as 580 00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:22,360 Speaker 2: well as the onlookers from the neighborhood and stopped cars. 581 00:43:22,880 --> 00:43:25,960 Speaker 2: I was in no danger and no pain. I was 582 00:43:26,040 --> 00:43:29,440 Speaker 2: perfectly aware of what was going on below me, in 583 00:43:29,480 --> 00:43:34,760 Speaker 2: a state of complete tranquility. There was no discomfort, no judgment, 584 00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:39,480 Speaker 2: and no concerns. My soul left my body, and I 585 00:43:39,560 --> 00:43:44,240 Speaker 2: was in a heightened sense of consciousness. Ironically, even though 586 00:43:44,320 --> 00:43:48,640 Speaker 2: I was unconscious, my soul was even more alert and 587 00:43:48,760 --> 00:43:52,400 Speaker 2: more aware than it could have been merged with my 588 00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:57,600 Speaker 2: body and mind. They put me in the ambulance and 589 00:43:57,640 --> 00:44:01,960 Speaker 2: we were off. My husband followed the ambulance. He later 590 00:44:02,080 --> 00:44:05,960 Speaker 2: told me he was crying so hard while driving he 591 00:44:06,040 --> 00:44:09,719 Speaker 2: didn't know how he did it. I was losing consciousness 592 00:44:09,719 --> 00:44:13,319 Speaker 2: in the ambulance, but I thought hold on with all 593 00:44:13,360 --> 00:44:17,280 Speaker 2: of my strength. I felt I was slipping away fast. 594 00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:21,760 Speaker 2: The next thing I noticed, I was without pain, more alert. 595 00:44:22,320 --> 00:44:26,799 Speaker 2: My mind had never been clearer or more alive than 596 00:44:26,840 --> 00:44:32,080 Speaker 2: At that moment. I was expanded, both in my feeling 597 00:44:32,560 --> 00:44:36,200 Speaker 2: and in my thinking. It was not head versus heart, 598 00:44:36,719 --> 00:44:41,520 Speaker 2: both being high functional, higher than I ever experienced during 599 00:44:41,520 --> 00:44:46,160 Speaker 2: my normal life. And I remembered everything every day of 600 00:44:46,200 --> 00:44:51,680 Speaker 2: my life, every conversation and every word, yes, every word 601 00:44:52,160 --> 00:44:54,880 Speaker 2: of books I had read, and I had read a lot, 602 00:44:55,239 --> 00:44:58,200 Speaker 2: though I had not read anything that would have prepared 603 00:44:58,280 --> 00:45:02,279 Speaker 2: me for my near death experience. I remembered poems that 604 00:45:02,360 --> 00:45:05,920 Speaker 2: I had not thought about for twenty or thirty years. 605 00:45:06,480 --> 00:45:09,560 Speaker 2: When I later checked whether I had remembered them correctly, 606 00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:14,480 Speaker 2: it turned out I had. There must be a second 607 00:45:14,560 --> 00:45:19,880 Speaker 2: memory store somewhere in the universe, and I was accessing 608 00:45:19,920 --> 00:45:25,400 Speaker 2: it without the slightest effort. I was totally clear, totally aware, 609 00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:31,319 Speaker 2: and totally calm. Knowledge was given. I guessed that it 610 00:45:31,400 --> 00:45:34,279 Speaker 2: is why I felt more alert. It was like a 611 00:45:34,320 --> 00:45:39,320 Speaker 2: flash drive and my entire life and family were plugged 612 00:45:39,400 --> 00:45:44,280 Speaker 2: into me and downloaded. The knowledge I gained held answers 613 00:45:44,320 --> 00:45:50,239 Speaker 2: to everything. So in that sense I was enlightened. I 614 00:45:50,360 --> 00:45:55,279 Speaker 2: was very alert, sharp, focused, and clear. My thought was 615 00:45:55,440 --> 00:46:00,520 Speaker 2: much faster than usual and more logical. Thinking was a 616 00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:05,840 Speaker 2: bit like observing an immensely fine tuned and complex machine 617 00:46:06,239 --> 00:46:10,040 Speaker 2: processing an immense amount of data and providing me with 618 00:46:10,120 --> 00:46:14,000 Speaker 2: the answer. It was as if my brain had changed 619 00:46:14,160 --> 00:46:18,520 Speaker 2: into a super computer. I know it sounds crazy, but 620 00:46:18,640 --> 00:46:21,120 Speaker 2: I was a genius when I was dead, and I 621 00:46:21,280 --> 00:46:25,280 Speaker 2: never was as awake as on the day I died. 622 00:46:26,239 --> 00:46:30,279 Speaker 2: You might have figured out by now that I absolutely love, love, 623 00:46:30,520 --> 00:46:34,080 Speaker 2: love these stories. There is so much more to us 624 00:46:34,440 --> 00:46:37,200 Speaker 2: than meets the eye. And I love the person who 625 00:46:37,239 --> 00:46:41,759 Speaker 2: said there must be a second memory store somewhere in 626 00:46:41,840 --> 00:46:48,800 Speaker 2: the universe, and I was accessing it without the slightest effort. Next, 627 00:46:48,960 --> 00:46:54,920 Speaker 2: let's talk about Lucid Life Reviews author Alexander Battiani says, 628 00:46:55,640 --> 00:46:58,960 Speaker 2: we still don't know much yet about the mystery of 629 00:46:59,000 --> 00:47:02,799 Speaker 2: our conscious self. All that we have found are traces 630 00:47:02,840 --> 00:47:08,279 Speaker 2: of its transcending the biological or the materialist rationale. We 631 00:47:08,560 --> 00:47:14,640 Speaker 2: encountered a sheltered individual and irreplaceable and unique self, a 632 00:47:14,760 --> 00:47:19,440 Speaker 2: self that, precisely through the return of its unique memories, 633 00:47:19,800 --> 00:47:24,479 Speaker 2: an individuality makes it known to those gathering around them 634 00:47:25,000 --> 00:47:29,760 Speaker 2: that it again has access to its very own private 635 00:47:29,840 --> 00:47:34,520 Speaker 2: memories and experiences that were previously thought to be lost, 636 00:47:35,160 --> 00:47:40,839 Speaker 2: and with it personal identity. And individuality. Many of our 637 00:47:40,840 --> 00:47:45,400 Speaker 2: near death experiencers corroborate this, and they also bear witness 638 00:47:45,840 --> 00:47:51,800 Speaker 2: to the relevance of our life stories, each chapter, each moment. 639 00:47:52,320 --> 00:47:56,560 Speaker 2: They tell us, for example, that no detail, no encounter, 640 00:47:57,200 --> 00:48:01,799 Speaker 2: no experience in this selfs by a biography seems too 641 00:48:01,920 --> 00:48:07,160 Speaker 2: insignificant not to be included in their life reviews. No 642 00:48:07,280 --> 00:48:11,920 Speaker 2: decision is too trivial, no word too casual not to 643 00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:15,400 Speaker 2: have had an influence on the lives of others in 644 00:48:15,480 --> 00:48:21,000 Speaker 2: one way or another. Here's some stories. Then my whole life. 645 00:48:21,600 --> 00:48:25,680 Speaker 2: Every single second flashed before my eyes at what seemed 646 00:48:25,800 --> 00:48:28,960 Speaker 2: to be light speed, but I still was able to 647 00:48:29,040 --> 00:48:35,200 Speaker 2: comprehend everything, not just every event, but every interaction I've 648 00:48:35,280 --> 00:48:39,879 Speaker 2: ever had. I saw how my words and actions had 649 00:48:39,920 --> 00:48:43,480 Speaker 2: affected the recipients and what they had thought of me, 650 00:48:44,000 --> 00:48:48,120 Speaker 2: good or bad. The next thing I knew, I was 651 00:48:48,160 --> 00:48:52,359 Speaker 2: in darkness, watching a detailed review of my life up 652 00:48:52,360 --> 00:48:56,280 Speaker 2: to that point. It was like watching a huge cinema 653 00:48:56,320 --> 00:49:00,680 Speaker 2: screen in three D, and it was incredibly detailed in 654 00:49:00,800 --> 00:49:06,120 Speaker 2: that it literally covered every event in my life. I 655 00:49:06,160 --> 00:49:11,360 Speaker 2: remembered events, people, and places that I had long forgotten. 656 00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:16,680 Speaker 2: It was as if I was effectively reliving my entire life. 657 00:49:16,719 --> 00:49:21,680 Speaker 2: Although it was done at very high speed. I could 658 00:49:21,719 --> 00:49:25,600 Speaker 2: see every part of my life, every event and incident, 659 00:49:26,000 --> 00:49:30,600 Speaker 2: all at once. Although it seemed instantaneous, I knew that 660 00:49:30,760 --> 00:49:35,160 Speaker 2: every moment was there. These days, I might say that 661 00:49:35,239 --> 00:49:39,640 Speaker 2: I downloaded my whole hard drive. At the time, I 662 00:49:39,680 --> 00:49:42,360 Speaker 2: think I tried to compare it to a replay of 663 00:49:42,360 --> 00:49:46,799 Speaker 2: a cassette tape and fast forward. At that point, I 664 00:49:46,920 --> 00:49:50,880 Speaker 2: was totally unconcerned with whether I was alive or not. 665 00:49:51,800 --> 00:49:55,080 Speaker 2: My focus was on what was being shown to me. 666 00:49:55,640 --> 00:49:58,840 Speaker 2: A sort of film reel was directly in front of me, 667 00:49:59,560 --> 00:50:03,200 Speaker 2: but up just a bit. It was like watching an immense, 668 00:50:03,560 --> 00:50:07,720 Speaker 2: very clear TV. I was watching images of every event 669 00:50:07,920 --> 00:50:11,400 Speaker 2: that had taken place in my life, my entire life, 670 00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:16,759 Speaker 2: all in pictures. The most interesting part of it was 671 00:50:17,000 --> 00:50:21,000 Speaker 2: that with each picture, with all the pictures there were 672 00:50:21,080 --> 00:50:24,600 Speaker 2: many more than I could count, I re experienced the 673 00:50:24,640 --> 00:50:30,000 Speaker 2: original feelings that had accompanied each one. And this was 674 00:50:30,040 --> 00:50:33,880 Speaker 2: happening all at the same time. I could actually see 675 00:50:33,960 --> 00:50:37,839 Speaker 2: my life in picture form and feel the emotion or 676 00:50:37,960 --> 00:50:42,880 Speaker 2: lesson in each one, all together and in complete unison. 677 00:50:43,600 --> 00:50:48,600 Speaker 2: It was the most phenomenal experience, not at all like 678 00:50:48,680 --> 00:50:52,560 Speaker 2: we experience here here you see a picture, for example, 679 00:50:53,080 --> 00:50:56,879 Speaker 2: a photograph, and you have a memory. Then you pick 680 00:50:56,960 --> 00:51:00,680 Speaker 2: up another picture and have another memory. But in this 681 00:51:00,800 --> 00:51:06,040 Speaker 2: experience I received complete knowledge of all of my life 682 00:51:06,080 --> 00:51:11,480 Speaker 2: events in picture form, reliving each picture's memory at the 683 00:51:11,640 --> 00:51:15,400 Speaker 2: very same moment. I have never forgotten what it was 684 00:51:15,560 --> 00:51:18,520 Speaker 2: like to have the ability to relate to my life 685 00:51:18,600 --> 00:51:23,920 Speaker 2: that way. Everything was so clear, so vivid. I had 686 00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:28,920 Speaker 2: learned so much, how big an impact my seemingly small 687 00:51:29,080 --> 00:51:33,719 Speaker 2: actions had on a large scale, how my choices and 688 00:51:33,800 --> 00:51:38,759 Speaker 2: behavior rippled through the lives of countless others, how the 689 00:51:38,880 --> 00:51:43,920 Speaker 2: love I showed spread like wildfire, how the way I 690 00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:48,600 Speaker 2: mistreated others deeply hurt and affected them, And also how 691 00:51:48,640 --> 00:51:53,680 Speaker 2: that pain, fear, and confusion would then impact the lives 692 00:51:54,120 --> 00:51:58,200 Speaker 2: of others too. In the time I spent in this reliving, 693 00:51:58,680 --> 00:52:02,360 Speaker 2: I developed a deep groth attitude for many things. The 694 00:52:02,520 --> 00:52:07,040 Speaker 2: experience of life on earth, for one, the people and 695 00:52:07,080 --> 00:52:10,560 Speaker 2: the hearts that had touched my soul in beautiful ways, 696 00:52:11,040 --> 00:52:15,240 Speaker 2: and the fragility of being human. It is so clear 697 00:52:15,280 --> 00:52:20,400 Speaker 2: to me that life on earth has a purpose, love, share, 698 00:52:20,680 --> 00:52:24,360 Speaker 2: make a difference all those good things. But death is 699 00:52:24,440 --> 00:52:27,920 Speaker 2: going to be extraordinary. I invite you to pick up 700 00:52:27,960 --> 00:52:34,600 Speaker 2: a copy of Alexander Batanyani's book Threshold, Terminal Lucidity, and 701 00:52:34,680 --> 00:52:38,600 Speaker 2: the Border of Life and Death. Also, please come visit 702 00:52:38,640 --> 00:52:42,239 Speaker 2: me at We Don't Die dot com. Always lots of 703 00:52:42,280 --> 00:52:46,640 Speaker 2: good things coming up, including our free Sunday gathering with 704 00:52:46,960 --> 00:52:53,160 Speaker 2: medium demonstration until our next episode together. I'm Sandra Champlain. 705 00:52:53,920 --> 00:52:57,719 Speaker 2: You've been listening to Shades of the Afterlife on the 706 00:52:57,760 --> 00:53:03,880 Speaker 2: iHeartRadio and Coast to Coast, a paranormal podcast network. 707 00:53:10,040 --> 00:53:12,719 Speaker 1: And if you like this episode of Shades of the Afterlife, 708 00:53:12,760 --> 00:53:15,160 Speaker 1: wait until you hear the next one. Thank you for 709 00:53:15,239 --> 00:53:18,520 Speaker 1: listening to the iHeartRadio and Coast to Coast am paranormal 710 00:53:18,600 --> 00:53:19,719 Speaker 1: podcast Network.