The Afterlife Experiments by Gary Schwartz, PhD

[Nick]

This is a book I'd recommend, particularly if you are fascinated like me, by mediums, and those with enhanced psychic abilities. The book is called The Afterlife Experiments[/i] by Gary Schwartz, PhD.

Here's part of a review from the amazon website:

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly
Schwartz (The Living Energy Universe), director of the Human Energy Systems Laboratory at the University of Arizona, proposes "working with a group of top mediums who have consistently received messages, supposedly from the dead," to investigate whether or not there is indeed life after death. Armed with consummate authority (e.g., logic, scientific research and the focus of a recent HBO documentary), the book progresses through the lab's findings. Of particular fun are the session transcripts, which include running commentary provided by lead investigators. (One sitter describes a medium's performance as "dead on.") That their data will convince readers, the authors believe, is a foregone conclusion: "[E]ven skeptics will begin to evolve as a result of these findings."

There is also a website that Dr. Schwartz has if anyone is interested:  http://www.openmindsciences.com/


Nick

[Rich B]

Thanks for the recommendation, it looks very interesting. Good website too.

Rich  

[Nick]

Hi Rich,

One of the psychics that Dr. Schwartz has tested is a woman named Alison DuBois. She has an incredibly high accuracy in her work. Most of what she does is consult with the district attorney in the Phoenix, Arizona area.

There is currently a weekly tv program in the US based on her entitled: Medium.  The show is actually done rather well considering the sensational way many tv programs go.



Nick

[Seeking ET]

I am very happy to see a completely scientific approach to this concept.  Until recent times, science and metaphysics have willingly separated themselves from eachother.  Science is the search for truth, and I am so happy to see a scientific and non bias experiment of on many levels that attempts to show how real this "phenomena" truly is.  Furthermore, I am most pleased to see how science can no longer disprove the probability of conciousness existing outside the body.  Ideas always form before science proves them.  This, I hope, is just another step in that process.

[CFTraveler]

Can you tell us more about the premise of the book without 'spoiling the ending'?

[Nick]

Can you tell us more about the premise of the book without 'spoiling the ending'?

There is a great link: http://www.afterlife101.com/HESL.html