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Richmond IONS November 2023 Meeting

Richmond IONS November 2023 Meeting (November 18) and Central Virginia IONS Community Group Meeting. It will feature a talk by Jeffrey Long, MD.

Where: In person and online. Through ZOOM (Meeting ID: 865 1815 1952, Passcode: 142841) and in person at River Road United Methodist Church, Contemporary Worship Center, 8800 River Road, Richmond, VA 23229.

When: On Saturday, November 18, 2023, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, with a Potluck Lunch at the conclusion of the program.

Richmond IONS November 2023 Meeting

“God and the Afterlife.”

Dr. Long will address our group on his more than twenty-five years researching the NDE phenomenon. In 1998, Dr. Long and his wife Jody established the Near-Death Experience Research Foundation (NDERF) with the goal of creating a forum for near-death experiencers to share their stories.

Since then, more than 5,000 people have done so, and the Longs’ NDERF website has become the largest platform in the world for personal accounts of NDEs.

Dr. Long has authored two books on this subject, the first entitled Evidence of the Afterlife – the Science of Near-Death Experiences, in 2010, the second God and the Afterlife, in 2016. Dr. Long’s conclusions are based on accounts from thousands of near-death experiencers from diverse backgrounds and religious traditions, including non-believers.

In Evidence of the Afterlife, Dr. Long showed us compelling scientific evidence of life after death. God and the
Afterlife goes further, revealing evidence that God is real.

Here, Dr. Long presents startling evidence that a Supreme Being exists – and there is amazing consistency about what the Supreme Being is like. God and the Afterlife is the first intensive exploration of the people who report having gone to the frontier of heaven, met God, and returned to share. their journey.

Dr. Long studied thousands of stories of people who journeyed to the afterlife. Despite a wide variety of differences in how people experience NDEs, he discovered remarkable similarities in their descriptions of God – a Supreme Being who radiates love and grace.

God and the Afterlife expands on the analysis begun in Evidence of the Afterlife, is groundbreaking and profound,
and provides new insights into the human experience. It transcends our notions of mortality, and offers hope,
comfort, and the possibility of eternal life. We are very grateful to have Dr. Long as our guest speaker.

About Dr. Jeffrey Long, our Richmond IONS November 2023 Meeting Presenter

Jeffrey Long, M.D., is a radiation oncologist and NDE researcher in Georgetown, Kentucky. He has appeared on
NBC’s Today Show, ABC’s World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, FOX’s The O’Reilly Factor, and The Learning Channel.

Long has also served on the Board of Directors of the International Association for Near-Death Studies(IANDS) and established the nonprofit Near-Death Experience Research Foundation and the NDERF website, the world’s largest forum for NDE accounts.

About Central VA IONS Community Group:

Central VA IONS Community Group is an unincorporated association and a local community group of The Institute of Noetic Sciences, an international association based in Petaluma, California (www.noetic.org).

We do not promote any religion, religious organization, doctrine or set of beliefs or practices and we are open to all. Central VA IONS entirely depends on voluntary donations of its members and friends to support its programs, mailings and other costs.

We appreciate a love offering at each meeting from those attending who are not dues paying members. Richmond IONS/Central VA IONS meetings take place each month at locations announced in its program notices (currently on Zoom) and are open to all. Our website is at richmondions.com.

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Richmond IONS September 2023 Meeting

Richmond IONS September 2023 Meeting (September 16) and Central Virginia IONS Community Group Meeting. It will feature a talk by P.M.H. Atwater.

When: On Saturday, September 16, 2023, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, with a Potluck Lunch at the conclusion of the program.

Richmond IONS September 2023 Meeting

“Edge Walker: The Many Lives and Deaths of P.M.H. Atwater.”

Our September 16, 2023 program will feature a talk by P.M.H. Atwater, L.H.D., world-renowned Charlottesville author and NDE researcher, on her just published personal memoir, Edge Walker: The Many Lives and Deaths of PMH Atwater.

In her many books examining NDEs and other extraordinary phenomena, P.M.H. Atwater has, thus far, only revealed bits and pieces about her own life. Now, in Edge Walker, she finally tells us the whole story. This book explores, in great detail, her journey as a near-death experiencer, prolific author, wife, mother, and spiritual human.

A courageous trailblazer, P.M.H. has spent her entire life walking between worlds and trying to build bridges between them. Perhaps she sums it up best in her own words: “I’ll be almost eighty-six when this book is published. I leave you my laughter and my life and my books, and a host of questions still to be answered. No regrets. I did the best I could each step of the way.”

An international authority on near-death states, P.M.H. Atwater, L.H.D., is the author of 19 books. Her writings have also appeared in numerous magazines, newsletters, and journals. Some of her research has been validated in clinical settings also mentioned in the Lancet Medical Journal. She has been given numerous citations, appeared on national television, and spoken twice to groups at the United Nations about her work.

She has donated both the copyright and all proceeds from her popular Big Book of Near-Death Experiences, an encyclopedic study of the phenomena, to the International Association of Near-Death Studies to aid in their work. Edge Walker is filled with surprises, as will be Ms. Atwater’s talk about it. We are blessed to have her back on our stage once again, and are grateful for it.

About P.M.H. Atwater, our Richmond IONS September 2023 Meeting Presenter

P.M.H. Atwater is the world’s most prolific NDE author, as well as one of its original, most indefatigable and highly respected researchers. Inspired by three NDEs of her own, Ms. Atwater began her research in the mid-1970s, almost 50 years ago, just after moving from Idaho to Virginia.

Since then, she has investigated over 5,000 NDE cases and others involving intense spiritual transformation around the world and authored nineteen books on this fascinating subject.

Ms. Atwater has won many awards, appeared on numerous TV shows and spoken at the United Nations and around the world – always inviting people to look beyond the surface appearance for the deeper truths underlying what we think we know.

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Richmond IONS Meeting, June 20, 2015

Featuring a talk by PMH Atwater

“Proof of God in the Near-Death Experience.”

Our June program will feature a talk by world renowned Charlottesville author and NDE researcher, PMH Atwater, on her most recent book, entitled Dying to Know You – Proof of God in the Near-Death Experience (September, 2014).

After publication of Near-Death Experiences, The Rest of the Story: What They Tell us About Living and Dying and Our True Purpose in 2009, Ms. Atwater announced: “This is my 10th and last book on my findings in near-death research. It summarizes and completes 33 years of work with nearly 4,000 adult and child experiencers.”

Fortunately, however, she has since blessed us with two more offerings, Children of the Fifth World: A Guide to the Coming Changes in Human Consciousness (2012), which she spoke about at our June 2013 meeting, and her latest, Dying to Know You – Proof of God in the Near-Death Experience, the topic of this month’s program.

By some accounts, Dying to Know You – Proof of God in the Near-Death Experience is the most emotionally poignant and intellectually engaging book Ms. Atwater has yet produced on the subject of NDE studies. We hope it will not be her last, but it definitely will be a hard act to follow.

This program will mark Ms. Atwater’s sixth appearance as a guest speaker before our Central VA Ions Community Group over the last 20 years, making her the most frequent outside guest speaker we’ve ever had. We are excited as always to have her back and greatly appreciate her continued support for our group’s programs.

About Our Presenter:

PMH Atwater is the world’s most prolific NDE author, as well as one of its original, most indefatigable and highly respected researchers. Inspired by three NDEs of her own, Ms. Atwater began her research in the mid-1970s, nearly 40 years ago.

Since then she has investigated more than 4,000 NDE cases around the world and authored a dozen books on this fascinating subject. Ms. Atwater has won many awards, appeared on numerous TV shows and spoken around the world – always inviting people to look beyond the surface appearance for the deeper truths underlying what we think we know.