2011 Conference, September 2-4 in Durham NC

• Raymond Moody on Shared Death Experiences: Excerpt from his lecture that describes the shared death experience (15 min)
  • Abstract: This lecture presents a phenomenology of shared death experiences demonstrating an uninterrupted continuum with near-death experiences. The identity in content between these two modes of experience poses a major difficulty for popular neurophysiological explanations. An entirely new means of rational investigation is briefly described that accesses the transcendent aspect of experiences related to death and dying.
    
  • Web site: http://lifeafterlife.com
    

• Physical interaction in NDE explains NDE aftereffects: solving the "hard problem" of consciousness. Robert and Suzanne Mays (4 parts, 58 min total)
  • Abstract: We present a theory of consciousness that the human being consists of a non-material mind united with the brain. This theory is based on evidence of physical interactions in NDE, which shows (1) how the non-material mind can interact with neural structures in the cortex, (2) how the non-material mind can interact with physical processes during an NDE and (3) how specific NDE aftereffects can be explained, such as anomalous electromagnetic interactions, physiological sensitivities and paranormal abilities. We also address how the non-material mind, as the seat of consciousness of a person, resolves the "hard problem" of consciousness and how the mind is fundamentally "localized", but also possesses "non-local" properties.
    
  • Web site: http://selfconsciousmind.com
  • Slides with cited references are available at http://selfconsciousmind.com/papers.html#aftereffects-slides

2010 Conference, September 2-4 in Denver, CO

• Mystery and Ancient Voices: What Biblical visions and NDEs have in common. Nancy Evans Bush, M.A. (4 parts, 54 min total)
  • Abstract: Some of the visions described in the Hebrew Bible and New Testament share a lot with today's near-death experiences. Those similarities and their influence on three thousand years of Western culture may surprise you.
    
  • Web site: http://dancingpastthedark.wordpress.com

• Seven Mysteries of Profound Love. Ann Ellis, M.Div., Ph.D. (2 parts, 21 min total)
  
  • Abstract: Based on a study of 132 near-death experiences of love on the other side, it is shown that that love is substantially different from any love known on earth. There are many aspects of the profound love that can be identified: its qualities, nature, source, certainty of no death, difficulty of describing, conclusions associated with it. It is also shown that the mystical branches of the world's religions reflect the same conclusions.

• Near-Death Experiencer Panel. Bonni Burrows, Ellyn Dye, Kelly Wiggin, Debbie James (moderator). (4 parts, 48 min total)
  • Abstract: Near-death experience accounts and questions.
  • Web sites: Bonni Burrows -- http://journey2life.com. Ellyn Dye -- http://ellyndye.com.

• The Messy Antic Complex: Mayhem to Practical Mystic. Zen Benefiel, MA, MBA, CHt, TLC, DD. (2 parts, 25 min total) 
  • Abstract: The Shift -- Challenge to Change. Okay, so there are no veils. I don't need to be 'The One.' So what's next? Our minds want to categorize and label instead of just listening and observing. How do we integrate the NDE into our daily living and working environments?
  • Web site: http://bethedream.com/

• Archetypal Motifs in Near-Death Experiences. Lynn Storey, Ph.D. (2 parts, 24 min total)
  • Abstract: Archetypes reside within the deepest level of our unconscious. NDErs characteristically experience anywhere from two to five or more of these archaic psychic expressions. Archetypical motifs are universal and represent recurring themes that can be found in the most ancient of human myths and religious stories.
  • Web reference: http://books.google.com/books/about/?id=BUChNwAACAAJ

• Grief and Near-Death Experiences. Guy Vander Linden. (2 parts, 17 min total)
  • Abstract: Besides the help and assistance to NDErs, our organization has focused on how NDEs can assist the bereaved after suicide, deaths of children and others .... Life after death and the Light are great help to us in this work.
  • Notes: Guy Vander Linden is President and Founder of Limen (IANDS Flanders, Belgium), which was founded in 1997 and is located in Brussels, Belgium. "Limen" is Latin for threshold.
  • Web site: http://iands.be (in Flemish). http://translate.google.com/translate_c?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://iands.be/ (English)