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Oct 5, 2023

 

The New York Times calls Dr. Raymond Moody the “father of the near-death experience”, or NDE. He has been studying the phenomenon for nearly five decades. Paul Perry is a bestselling author and documentary filmmaker, whose best-known film is Jesus: the Lost Years. Together, Raymond and Paul have co-authored their sixth book together, Proof of Life after Life: 7 Reasons to Believe There Is an Afterlife, which finally has the answer to humanity’s most pressing question: What happens when we die? Visit BigSeance.com/233 for more info.

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In this episode:

Intro :00

Dr. Raymond Moody's bio :47

Paul Perry's bio 2:51

Dr. Moody and Paul Perry have co-authored a new book, Proof of Life after Life: 7 Reasons to Believe There Is an Afterlife. 4:42

The story of the friendship and collaboration between Paul Perry and Raymond Moody, and how it began. 6:38

Amazing stories of music at the time of death. 9:58

“Hyper-vision” - Our failing earthly senses don’t seem to negatively affect the dying experience. 15:02

More on hearing music during a Near Death Experience. 19:15

Dr. Anthony Cicoria was struck by lightning and was suddenly a pianist with an intense fascination with Chopin. 20:56

Some NDE witnesses will hear the music, while others in the same room don’t. 25:45

Shared Death Experiences (SDE) 28:02

The incredible experience of sharing, or even participating, in a dying person’s life review! 31:03

The case of Jeff O’Driscoll 33:10

Coming back healed. Patrick shares the story of a childhood friend who was placed on hospice, experienced two NDEs, and now healed and living life like a rockstar! 35:15

“It was just that everybody was amazed that they were talking, fully coherently, with a man who had been pronounced dead for quite a while.” 36:54

Aristotle and Meteorites 38:50

“[Terminal Lucidity] shows objectively that the mind and body sometimes do operate separately. And in doing so, terminal lucidity reveals a great mystery that surely redefines consciousness.” 41:23

“It’s turtles all the way down.” Will NDEs become more intense as people become aware and open their minds to the possibility of them? “We can reformat our rational mind to overcome the problems that keep people from expressing the experience adequately when they recover.” 45:32

Dr. Moody’s research into the psychomanteum. 49:35

“It’s not just good for calling up grandma.” A practical value in the psychomanteum is the high and the flow of creativity. 56:29

Sometimes the paranormal experience happens after you leave the psychomanteum. "Suddenly, and this was at 3:30 in the afternoon, these three orbs appeared in the room, and they moved around the room like giant clear beach balls.” 57:43

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Sometimes the person who is assisting sees the apparition, too.” The case of Eric Pigani. 59:43

Final thoughts from Dr. Moody and Paul Perry. 1:03:15

Outro 1:05:12

A special THANK YOU to Patreon supporters at the Super Paranerd and Parlor Guest level! 1:06:29

 

For more on Dr. Moody, Paul Perry, and their work

LifeAfterLife.com

Proof of Life after Life (Amazon)

 

 

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