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Central VA IONS Group Meeting May 19, 2018

Richmond IONS Meeting Featuring a talk by William Brisson

Where: River Road Church – Baptist, 8000 River Road, Richmond, VA 23229

When: Saturday, May 19, 2018, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, followed by potluck lunch at conclusion of program.

Richmond IONS Program Title:

“Energetic Feng Shui – Navigating the Subtle Bodies and Energy Fields for Greater Love, Harmony and Beauty.”

Our May 19, 2018 program at Richmond IONS will feature a talk by William Brisson, a New York and Richmond based energy worker and feng shui expert.

In his presentation, William will help us experientially explore energy fields and their effects in our lives and offer helpful ways to access them for greater health, freedom and wholeness.

Our energy fields have all the stored memory of past impressions and experiences, as well as the limiting blocks and programming that are affecting the present (often inherited from genetic lines or other lifetimes).

The same applies to the physical spaces and land we inhabit, as well as non-physical entities such as business, projects and events. All of these fields can be beautifully worked with for manifestation, while limiting patterns and impressions can be gently transmuted.

Through our intention and entering sacred dialogue with the fields of all life, we can identify the patterns, programs and blocks to our hopes and dreams, while opening up to the beautiful infinite possibilities that are there for the asking.

William will share gentle and empowering ways to clear what we wish from the past, live more harmoniously in the present and attain all we desire for the future. By working with many clients over the years, William has learned and will share how the field also holds the keys to realizing and becoming who we truly are.

We will navigate the fields to serve and support our heart’s deepest intentions. Please bring some intentions you would like support with, as there will be plenty of opportunities for lively participation and demonstrations, as well as group practice.

William will share insights about many spaces he has worked with and show us how to cleanse and re-set the energy fields of our homes and businesses to manifest our dreams, desires and highest aspirations.

About William Brisson, Our Richmond IONS Presenter:

William Brisson is a New York and Richmond based energy worker and feng shui expert, and has been practicing Energetic Feng Shui for 18 years. He knows from experience that one’s inner being, as well as outer living and work spaces can either support, or act as a hindrance by how healthy they are energetically.

William is passionate for families, children and businesses to grow in healthy clear environments to flourish, be happy, and develop their gifts, knowing this will help our planet immensely. William has cleared and set the fields in many commercial and residential spaces in NYC as well as abroad, and is a master practitioner in several highly effective energetic modalities.

He was lead facilitator, area coordinator, and instructor for a training called “The Way of the Heart” for 14 years, and has over 20 years experience working in sessions with people and companies. His intentions are to bring a lot of heart, caring and respect to sessions for people to uncover and be present to the realization of their own truth, beauty and abundance. For more about William’s work visit www.spiritsillumination.com.

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Central VA IONS Group Meeting April 21, 2018

Featuring a talk by Shepherd Hoodwin

Where: River Road Church – Baptist, 8000 River Road, Richmond, VA 23229

When: Saturday, April 21, 2018, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, followed by potluck lunch at conclusion of program.

Central Virginia IONS Community Group Program Title:

“The Journey of Your Soul – An Introduction to the Michael Teachings.”

Our April 21, 2018 program will feature a talk by Shepherd Hoodwin, Laguna Niguel, California-based channel of the Michael Group and author of Journey of Your Soul: A Channel Explores the Michael Teachings and other books.

Channeling gained notoriety in the modern era through Alice Bailey (1880-1949), who channeled the spirit of a Tibetan “Master of Wisdom” named Djwal Khul, or “D. K.,” and she wrote a number of books about his teachings. Ms. Bailey’s life coincided in time with that of Edgar Cayce (1877-1945), who became world famous for his trance channelings and known as “The Sleeping Prophet.”

In 1963 Jane Roberts began channeling the Seth entity and her publication of The Seth Material (1970) and other books about Seth’s teachings followed.

Michael was first discovered in 1973 by a group in Oakland trying to contact the spirit of the deceased philosopher G.I. Gurdjieff (1866-1949) with a ouija board. The Michael teachings first became publicly known through Chelsea Quinn Yarbro’s Messages from Michael (1979).

Since the early 1980s several dozen more books have been written about the Michael teachings, and several dozen people have become Michael channels.

Shepherd Hoodwin’s Journey of Your Soul (1995; Revised Second Edition 2013) is the best of the lot, and provides
the most comprehensive and accessible summary and explanation of the Michael teachings.

Shepherd has been channeling Michael since 1986 and is one of the most highly regarded of all Michael channels. He also is the co-creator (in collaboration with Michael) of the Michael Reading charts, which have been discussed generically on a couple of occasions at our earlier meetings.

Shepherd’s talk will explore the continuing relevance of the Michael teachings in today’s world and how those teachings can help us better cope with life’s challenges and better understand our soul’s journey and our lives − on societal, individual and personal levels. It also will include a review of the soul charts of several members of our local IONS group.

We are very pleased and grateful Shepherd will be in our neighborhood for another event and is allowing us to take advantage of this rare opportunity to have him as our guest speaker.

About Shepherd Hoodwin, Our Richmond IONS Presenter:

Shepherd Hoodwin resides in Laguna Niguel, Orange County (“the OC”), California and is a graduate of the
University of Oregon. In addition to channeling Michael, he also does intuitive readings, mediumship, past-life regression, healing, counseling, and channeling coaching. He has clients around the world and has conducted workshops on the Michael teachings throughout the United States and Europe.

His website is http://shepherdhoodwin.com.

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Central VA IONS Group Meeting, March 17, 2018

Featuring a talk by Jim McCarty

Where: River Road Church – Baptist, 8000 River Road (NW corner of River and Ridge Roads)

When: Saturday, March 17, 2018, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, followed by potluck lunch at conclusion of program.

Richmond IONS Program Title:

“The Transition of Earth into the Fourth Density of Love and Understanding”

Our March 17, 2018 Richmond IONS meeting will feature a talk by Jim McCarty, who along with Don Elkins and Carla L Rueckert comprised L/L Research and were involved in the Ra contact resulting in the five books of The Ra Material/Law of One series.

The Ra Material/Law of One series has been hailed by many as the most elegant and complete cosmology ever articulated. Jim will explain that, from information received from Ra, we are undergoing a transition, and that this transition is the last stage of three 25,000 year cycles in which the goal of humanity is to awaken the heart chakra and fully embody the consciousness of unconditional love towards all.

This transition will take us beyond the veil of forgetting and enable us to see and comprehend the total unity of all creation and to feel and fully experience the elements of free will, love and light of which all creation is made. Jim will explain the reasons why the Ra initiated contacts with his group, among which was to provide information about this transition into fourth density.

Jim also will share his insights and personal experiences regarding this transition. He will share with our group background information about L/L Research and the three people who comprised it and were involved in the Ra contact.

Don Elkins was the questioner; Carla L. Rueckert was the channel; and Jim was the scribe. Don and Carla began L/L Research in November of 1968. They researched the UFO phenomenon and the channeling process for over three decades and have since passed into larger life.

Jim continues to share the timeless information that they received from Ra in 106 channeled sessions over a three-year period from 1981 through 1983, and we are very grateful to have him as a guest speaker for our group. This is a not-to-be-missed program for all who can attend.

About Jim McCarty, Our Richmond IONS Presenter:

Jim McCarty was born on May 10, 1947, in Kearney, Nebraska. He graduated from the University of Nebraska at Kearney in 1970 with a Bachelor’s of Science Degree with majors in Business Administration and Sociology. In 1972 he graduated from the University of Florida with a Master’s Degree in Education.

In 1974 he moved to the backwoods of central Kentucky and formed the Rock Creek Survival School, where he taught a self-therapy technique called “Brain Self-Control.”

In December 1980 he joined L/L Research where Don Elkins and Carla L. Rueckert were researching the field of the paranormal in general and contact with extraterrestrial intelligence in particular.

Three weeks later the Ra contact began, which produced 106 sessions with the social memory complex of Ra, and
five books of The Law of One series were published, documenting this contact.

Don Elkins passed away in 1984, and Jim and Carla married and continued the work of L/L Research until Carla passed away in 2015. With the help of Gary Bean and Austin Bridges, Jim continues the work of L/L Research today. Downloads and other information are available at www.llresearch.org.

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Central VA IONS Group Meeting February 17, 2018

Featuring a talk by Dr. Nelson Marquina

Where: St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 12291 River Road, in the old chapel (“Little St. Mary’s”),

When: Saturday, February 17, 2018, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, followed by potluck lunch at conclusion of program.

Central Virginia IONS Community Group Program Title:

“Influence of Electromagnetic Fields on Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Experiences.”

Our February 17, 2018 program will feature a talk by Nelson Marquina, MSc, PhD, DC, President, Founder and Chief Technology Officer of USA Laser Biotech, Inc.

Dr. Nelson Marquina will be making his third appearance before our group in the last decade at our February 17th meeting. He is one of our most popular and frequently requested guest speakers, and for good reason. Always on the cutting edge of technology, Nelson is a developer
of photonic and bioelectromagnetic systems and treatment protocols.

He has spent much of his professional life investigating and researching both the beneficial and the adverse health effects of modern technology, and developing strategies and techniques for enhancing beneficial effects while diminishing or avoiding adverse effects.

Nelson will explore and provide an overview of the biophysics of electromagnetic fields (“EMF”) as they relate to central and autonomic nervous systems and their influences on human physiology, emotions, thought processes and spiritual experiences. Applications in psychiatric, sports and general medicine also will be presented.

Nelson was born in Peru and now lives in Richmond where he is the President of USA Laser Biotech, Inc. His early exposure to shamans in the Peruvian Andes influenced and informed his world view and his later interests in biophysics, psychology and healthcare.

He earned a Masters of Science degree in mathematical statistics from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, a doctoral degree in systems engineering from the University of Houston and a chiropractic medicine degree from Logan University.

He also trained extensively in the US and Japan and is certified by the Virginia Board of Medicine in Asian Meridian therapy and acupuncture. We are extremely pleased and grateful Nelson is willing to take time from his busy professional schedule to address our group once again.

About Nelson Marquina, Our Richmond IONS Presenter:

Nelson Marquina, MSc, PhD, DC is a former Senior Scientist at NASA/Johnson Space Center and has served on the faculties of the University of Houston in Systems Engineering, Virginia State University in Biophysics, the University of Rhode Island and University of Minnesota in Electrical Engineering, and Logan University as the Director of Research.

He also held engineering and management positions with GE, Honeywell and Lockheed Electronics in research and development in US government and NASA related
projects. He has conducted seminars in technical and health areas across the US and in countries such as Japan, China, Australia, Peru, Argentina, and Canada. His website is www.usalaser.us.

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Central VA IONS Group Special Event January 19/20, 2018

Featuring a workshop by Eben Alexander, M.D., and Karen Newell.

This is our 22nd Anniversary Program and is presented in collaboration with St. Mary’s Episcopal Church and Richmond MindBodySpirit.

Where/When: St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 12291 River Road, Richmond, VA, Friday, January 19, 2018, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Saturday, January 20, 2018, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Central Virginia IONS Community Group Program Title:

“Living in a Mindful Universe (Friday) and Into the Heart of Consciousness (Saturday).”

Our January 2018 program, a special event, will feature a Friday evening event and a Saturday workshop by Eben Alexander, M.D. and Karen Newell. It will be based on their new book, Living in a Mindful Universe – A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Heart of Consciousness.

In 2008, Dr. Alexander miraculously survived a devastating, life-threatening case of bacterial meningitis, which resulted in his lapsing into a weeklong coma, when his brainwave activity was effectively zero by measurable medical standards. During those seven days in coma, he was plunged into the deepest realms of consciousness, and came to understand profound truths about the universe we inhabit.

What he learned changed everything he thought he knew about the brain, the mind and consciousness, and drove him to ask a question which still confounds the entire scientific community: How do you explain the origins of consciousness if it is not a by-product of the brain?

Embracing his radically new worldview, Eben embarked on a committed journey of personal exploration into the
nature of consciousness. During this exploration he met and began a collaboration with Karen Newell, who was
already living the worldview he had only just discovered was possible.

Together, they now teach others how to tap into their greater mind and the power of the heart to facilitate enhancement of healing, relationships, creativity,
guidance and more. During their workshop, Eben and Karen will share their insights into the true nature of consciousness and how we all are connected through the binding force of unconditional love and its unlimited power to heal.

Using various modalities related to meditation and mindfulness, they will help you gain the power to access that infinite source of knowing so vital to us all, ultimately enriching every facet of our lives!

About Eben Alexander And Karen Newell, Our Richmond IONS Presenters:

Eben Alexander, M.D., was an academic neurosurgeon for over 25 years, including 15 years years at Brigham &
Women’s Hospital, Children’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School in Boston, with a passionate interest in physics and cosmology. He is the author of the New York Times #1 bestseller Proof of Heaven and The Map of Heaven (www.ebenalexander.com).

Karen Newell is a life-long seeker of esoteric wisdom and has amassed a wealth of firsthand experience exploring realms of consciousness. She is cofounder of Sacred Acoustics, an innovator in the emerging field of brainwave entrainment audio recordings used to help listeners reach transcendent states of awareness (www.sacredacoustics.com).

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Central VA IONS Group Meeting December 16, 2017

Featuring a talk by Tom Coates + music by Dan O’Neal

Where/When: River Road Church – Baptist, 8000 River Road (NW corner of River and Ridge Roads)

When: Saturday, December 16, 2017, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, followed by potluck lunch at conclusion of program.

Central Virginia IONS Community Group Program Title:

“Avatars & Other Life Memories, a Longer View”

Our December 16, 2017 program will feature a talk by Tom Coates, our group’s only still-active original member and one of our most popular guest speakers, with music by Dan O’Neal. This is a continuation of Tom’s Self-discovery series aimed at exploring the
multidimensional facets of human identity and every human’s search for his or her authentic Self.

This year’s talk will include a brief review of some of the channeled teachings of the Ra Group and the Michael Group discussed in December 2016, and examine the correspondence between those teachings and some of the latest scientific thinking.

Tom also will explore in some depth the phenomena of memories of other lifetimes ranging from very recent to, in some instances, lifetimes reaching back thousands of years or longer.

In recent months we have been treated to fascinating talks on past lives by Jim Tucker, M.D. (August 2017) and Joanne DiMaggio (October 2017), both of which were focused almost entirely on immediate or relatively recent past lives. Tom’s focus will be on recurring themes played out in multiple lives over long spans of time.

These recurrent themes have the capacity to surprise us in a multitude of ways, and reconnect us with others whose souls we have collaborated with repeatedly in incarnate form over eons. Two layers of such soul reunions Tom has encountered in his own life will be shared to illustrate this point.

This program also will include an exploration of what happens when we die, drawn both from Tom’s own memories and experiences and from communications and contacts with departed loved ones. The goal of this talk will be to enable everyone there to pierce ever more deeply into the mystery of his or her own authentic Self at its deepest levels.

This promises to be another blockbuster program and a fitting way to conclude our group’s twenty-second year and usher in its twenty-third. As always, Tom promises some secrets known only to a few will be revealed.

About Tom Coates, Our Richmond IONS Presenter:

Tom Coates is a Richmond-based lawyer who has represented numerous spiritually oriented and public interest groups throughout his career. He was a co-founder of Richmond’s Ekoji Buddhist Sangha in 1985, and has been a member and contributor of the Richmond IONS chapter since its formation in early 1996.

In his spare time he enjoys reading, creative writing, painting, woodworking, alpine skiing, biking, backpacking, sailing, time travel, metaphysics, and relaxing with his family at their ancient Outer Banks beach cottage or their Appalachian Mountains retreat. He still reports that his most significant unfulfilled ambition of this lifetime is to make love with an extraterrestrial female, preferably of Pleiadean or Sirian origin.

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Central VA IONS Community Group Meeting November 18, 2017

Featuring a talk by Dr. Elena Mustakova-Possardt

Where: River Road Church – Baptist, 8000 River Road (NW corner of River and Ridge Roads),

When: Saturday, November 18, 2017, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, followed by potluck lunch at the conclusion of the program.

Central Virginia IONS Community Group Program Title:

“A Systemic Approach to Health in a Troubled World.”

Our November 18, 2017 program will feature a talk by Arlington author, clinical researcher, developmental psychologist, and spiritually oriented psychotherapist, philosopher and metaphysician, Elena Mustakova-Possardt, Ed. D., LPC.

Dr. Mustakova addressed our group in September 2015 and is back by popular demand. As previously, her talk will focus on the multitude of existential, metaphysical, moral and spiritual
challenges we face in the modern world that often, if not surmounted, impede, impair or undermine our efforts to build healthy lives for ourselves, our families, and our local, regional, national and international communities.

More and more, we recognize that our modern world is creating the context for what the World Health Organization has identified since the year 2000 as a Global Social Breakdown Syndrome. This syndrome is ubiquitous and cross-cultural. No socio-economic group, no matter how privileged or well-heeled, is beyond its reach or immune to it.

While we may see its most extreme forms today in places like the Middle East and parts of Africa, we also see its effects across Europe and the United States at individual, community and societal levels.

Our homegrown epidemics of mass shootings, gun violence, suicide, opioid addiction and the extreme and unsustainable polarization of our social, economic and political systems are among the many ways this syndrome is manifesting itself in our own culture.

In 2015 Dr. Mustakova explored the implications of understanding a healthy life in terms of physiological, relational and social coherence. Now she will offer an integrated systemic framework within which to consider what a balanced approach to health may look like for ourselves, our families and our society in our deeply divided and dysfunctional modern world.

Dr. Mustakova is in great demand as a speaker both in the U.S. and abroad, and we are very pleased and grateful to have her for a return engagement as our November 18 guest speaker.

About Dr. Elena Mustakova-Possardt, Our Richmond IONS Presenter:

Dr. Mustakova is an Arlington-based psychotherapist and native of Bulgaria, who emigrated to the United States at 29. She has taught clinical psychology and related subjects at five universities in four countries (Zimbabwe, Switzerland, Bulgaria and the U.S.), now devotes full time to private practice, and has over seventeen years of clinical experience with individuals, couples and families dealing with anxiety and depression, relational dynamics, addictions, and severe mental illnesses.

As a scholar and educator she has authored Critical Moral Consciousness: A Study of Morality in a Global Historical Context (Praeger, 2003), and recently co-authored a volume entitled Toward a Socially Responsible Psychology for a Global Era. See www.elenamustakova.net for her full bio.

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Central VA IONS Group Meeting October 21, 2017

Joanne DiMaggio Richmond IONS Featuring a talk by Joanne DiMaggio

Where: River Road Church – Baptist, 8000 River Road (NW corner of River and Ridge Roads)

When: Saturday, October 21, 2017, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, followed by a potluck lunch at the conclusion of the program.

Central Virginia IONS Community Group Program Title:

“Karma Can Be A Real Pain.”

Our October 21, 2017, program will feature a talk by Joanne DiMaggio, Charlottesville author, spiritual counselor and past-life regression therapist, on her latest book, Karma Can Be a Real Pain: Past Life Clues to Current Life Maladies. She will share what she has learned in her Past Life Regression practice about how past lives can imprint on the current one.

Are physical and mental illnesses the result of karma acquired in a past life, and, if so, does uncovering that lifetime lead to healing? According to the yearlong research project conducted by Joanne DiMaggio, the answer is yes!

Fifty volunteers, ranging in age from 34 to 74, participated in the project. They came in suffering from such chronic illnesses as arthritis, diabetes, joint and limb pain, head trauma, weight and digestive troubles, sexual dysfunction, skin conditions, liver and kidney issues, drug and alcohol abuse, and mental illness.

Employing past-life regression and augmenting the sessions with soul writing, i.e., writing in an altered state of consciousness, the project sought to find the buried past-life story behind the present-day malady.

Joanne will speak of her experiences with some of those volunteers, sharing details of their regressions, the transcripts of their soul writing sessions, and the results of the follow-up interviews to determine whether the sessions resulted in the condition being healed, improved, or remained the same.

The results are fascinating. Joanne will show how ordinary men and women met their past-life aspects and discovered the karmic origin of their chronic conditions, resulting in healthier, happier lives in the here and now, and beyond. Karma can be a real pain, but lucky for us, there is a cure!

About Joanne DiMaggio, Our Richmond IONS Presenter:

Joanne DiMaggio, MA, CHt, is an inspired teacher who has been pursuing past-life research and therapy for over 30 years. Joanne earned her Masters degree in Transpersonal Studies and her Spiritual Mentor certification through Atlantic University. She trained at the Eastern Institute of Hypnotherapy, completed additional training in hypnosis at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, IL, and studied under Dr. Irene Hickman.

Joanne is also the author of Soul Writing: Conversing with Your Higher Self, and Your Soul Remembers: Accessing Your Past Lives Through Soul Writing. For more information about Joanne, please visit her website at www.joannedimaggio.com.

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Central VA IONS Group Meeting September 16, 2017

Featuring a talk by David Miller

Where: River Road Church – Baptist, 8000 River Road (NW corner of River and Ridge Roads)

When: Saturday, September 16, 2017, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, followed by potluck lunch at the conclusion of the program.

Central Virginia IONS Community Group Program Title:

“Introduction to The Sibold Effect”

Our September 16, 2017 program will feature a talk by John David Miller, award winning author of The Sibold Effect: Beyond Science, History, Ghosts, and the Appalachian Supernatural. He will discuss his extensive research about spirits on his ancestral land in Southwest Virginia.

While returning from a trip to the Coral Sea, Dave Miller, on the casual suggestion of his girlfriend, purchased a piece of land in Southwest Virginia he had never seen and knew nothing about.

Though the purchase seemed like a random act at the time, after closing he noticed his mother’s maiden name on the bottom corner of the survey plat. This led to the surprising discovery that his land was directly connected to three of his first generation grandfathers.

Thereafter, during a remodeling project on the property, strange and bizarre supernatural activity
began to occur and was captured on film. Dave became convinced this was not a haunting but
communications from beyond. Dave also began to realize it was no accident he had happened to acquire this ancestral property, and it must have happened for a reason.

He spent the next fifteen years investigating this
conundrum, trying to explain the unexplainable, in a personal quest to discover if destiny and purpose truly exist.

The Sibold Effect takes a multifaceted approach to Dave’s search for answers as to why and who brought him to the land of his ancestors, combining elements of science, spirituality and other disciplines.

Dave examined the “heavy” historical imprint on the property as well as the variety of terrestrial energy fields that converge on this geological hotspot. He also explored genealogical, numerological, archaeological, extraterrestrial, and sacred geometrical connections to the property.

But Dave’s ultimate conclusions finally came when he studied Cherokee folklore about the area, and Cherokee beliefs in the spirit/nature relationship. Dave’s saga is a fascinating journey that offers
profound lessons for us all, and we are extremely pleased to have him as a guest speaker.

About David Miller, Our Richmond IONS Presenter:

David Miller grew up in Bon Air, but spent every summer playing in the caves surrounding Greenville, West Virginia, deep in the Appalachian Mountains. This started a series of lifelong coincidences that one day would draw him back to the very place where he began his adventure. This life journey would prepare him for what he would find one day buried on the side of the mountain that contains the graves of his ancestors.

Dave has been a contributor to Smithsonian Magazine, Ancient-Origins.net, and Paranormal
Underground Magazine. Dave self-published The Sibold Effect: Beyond Science, History, Ghosts, and the Appalachian Supernatural in February 2016. It has since won six international book awards. More details are available on his website at http://www.thesiboldeffect.com.

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Central VA IONS Group Meeting August 19, 2017

Featuring a talk by Jim B. Tucker, M.D.

Where: River Road Church – Baptist, 8000 River Road (NW corner of River and Ridge Roads), Saturday,

Saturday, August 19, 2017, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, followed by potluck lunch at conclusion of program.

Central Virginia IONS Community Group Program Title:

“Children Who Report Past-Life Memories”

Our August 19, 2017, Central Virginia IONS Community Group program will feature a talk by Jim Tucker, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia, who is continuing the work of Dr. Ian Stevenson with children who report memories of previous lives.

Beginning with Ian Stevenson, researchers at the University of Virginia have investigated children’s reports of memories of previous lives. Over the past fifty years, they have studied more than 2, 500 cases from around the world.

Common features in the cases include a child talking about a past life at a very early age and behaviors that appear connected to that life such as phobias related to the mode of death. Sometimes, there are also birthmarks or birth defects that correspond to wounds the previous person had suffered.

The presentation will include a review of the research and the details of recent American cases.

About Jim B. Tucker, Our Richmond IONS Presenter:

Jim B. Tucker is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia. For several years, he worked with Dr. Ian Stevenson in the Division of Perceptual Studies. They studied children who reported memories of previous lives. When Dr. Stevenson retired in 2002, Jim Tucker took over and continued the project.

In his book, Life before Life, he presented an overview of the research. In his latest book, Return to Life, he has focused on American cases and tells of his experiences with some of the children.

More details are available on his website at http://www.jimbtucker.com.

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