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Peter Panagore spoke January 27, 2023

We were very fortunate to have two-time NDEr Rev. Peter Panagore speak to us in-person, Friday January 27, 2023.

In March of 1980, college senior Peter Panagore went ice climbing on the world-famous Lower Weeping Wall, along the Ice Fields Parkway in Alberta, Canada. His climbing partner was an experienced ice climber, but Panagore was a novice. On their descent, they became trapped on the side of the mountain. As the sun set, he was overcome by exhaustion and hypothermia. He died on the side of that mountain in 1980. In his minutes on the other side, he experienced hell, forgiveness, and unconditional love. His experience in heaven was beautiful and is also the title of his book by that name.

Panagore’s near death experience (NDE) changed his life and resulted in an intense spiritual journey that has continued for decades. It impelled him to pursue a master’s degree at Yale Divinity School focusing on systematic theology and Christian mysticism. His educational background coupled with 30 years of yogic and meditative practice and 20 years of professional work with the dying and grieving has given him unique insight, language, and perspective on heaven, God, death, life, love, beauty, and hope.

“I have told my story to audiences large and small for a decade now…. My story touches people’s hearts; every time I tell it the audience is gripped and silent…. Heaven is Beautiful is about hope. It is meant to give real hope to the dying, hope to the fearful, hope to the hopeless, hope to the grieving.”

From the words of former IANDS president, Janice Holden, “As a speaker, Peter Panagore is beyond gifted: He is inspired – by the Spirit with which he connected in his near-death experience decades ago and to which he remains connected to this day. His story is compelling not only in its details but also in its implications for every person and for humanity at large. Those who hear him speak are sure to feel touched and to come away with an abundance of food for thought and reflection.”

For more information see https://www.peterpanagore.com/

To see the YouTube of Peter’s talk see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1V5AQjFXjc

Rev. Bill McDonald spoke February 24, 2023

Bill McDonald is an International Inspirational Speaker, Best-Selling Author, Minister, Documentary Film Advisor, decorated war veteran, Award Winning Poet, Meditation Teacher, Artist, World-Wide Advocate for Veterans, and so much more.

His whole life has been a mystical trip in search of self-discovery and the purpose of life. He has been on a continuous spiritual journey, spanning slightly over 7 decades. He has written many books about his spiritually transformative experiences and his 3 “near-death-experiences” including supernatural events during his combat tour-of-duty in the Vietnam War (1966-67).

His autobiography “Warrior A Spiritual Odyssey” takes us on a life quest for love, understanding, forgiveness and enlightenment, including his experiences as an Army door-gunner/crew-chief on a Huey helicopter during the Vietnam War. He was wounded, shot down many times and almost captured.

His follow-up book “Alchemy of a Warrior’s Heart “continues his mystical journey including four trips to India for even more profound experiences with holy men, miracles and his personal relationship with the Divine.

Rev. Bill, as he is known, is involved is many non-profits, most of which he founded with a principal focus on veterans issues. He helps veterans because he served in Vietnam as a helicopter door gunner and was raised by a father who had PTSD from from his service in WWII. He is highly decorated for his valiant service.

Rev. Bill has been able to accumulate healing and spiritual practices from many far-away parts of the world in his spiritual quests. He conducted a free self-healing workshop (physical, spiritual, mental) Saturday afternoon, February 25 from 1 to 5 pm in our same meeting location. For further explanation of the workshop, visit his YouTube channel,    / @rev.billmcdonald576. Some attendees with chronic illnesses have experienced significant relief from just this one session. His website www.revbillmcdonald.com.

One of Rev. Bill’s healing workshops can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLQ6M-C_D_k

Jeff Fusco spoke Friday, March 24

eff Fusco, executive vice-president of healthcare at GBS Corp, had a near-death experience in the hospital while suffering from COVID and hovering near death. Jeff was wrapped in God’s arms as he decided whether to live or die. God told him that whatever he decided would be alright. Jeff chose to live. Days later, another spirit attempted to entice him not to live or speak of God, which Jeff rejected. Jeff’s recovery is a miracle as he had kidney and liver failure, likely brain damage, projected to be wheelchair bound, and lost roughly 5 gallons of blood. Here is a news link about Jeff Fusco:

https://fox8.com/video/local-man-expe…

Jeff’s story can be read in A Joy Like No Other, published by Guidepost.

Ted Whiting spoke in-person April 28, 2023

In 1981 Ted had back surgery after a motorcycle accident. The five-hour surgery had complications, during which Ted died on the operating table. The extraordinary part of Ted’s NDE is that he met his father, who had been murdered. Ted hardly knew his father, who he had only seen a few times when he was young before his father was killed. Ted was able to become close to his father during his NDE. After their reunion and discussion on the other side of the veil, Ted’s father explained that it was not Ted’s time to die and he had to go back to earth. Ted’s father gave him some insights into his future and sent him back into his body on the operating table, which involved excruciating pain.

Later, in 1989, working as a mechanic, Ted was on top of a truck fixing an air horn. He slipped and fell down to the concrete floor. Ted was knocked out. His sinuses were seriously damaged, resulting in recurring, serious sinus infections. During one bout with infections, as Ted was brought into St Mark’s Hospital on a stretcher, the pain was so severe that Ted became exhausted. With his will to live gone, he gave up fighting for his life and died. On the other side of the veil again, this time Ted saw his aunt, who told him the same thing his father had eight years before during his first NDE, that he wasn’t supposed to be there, he had to go back, it wasn’t his time yet, because he had more to do in life. Again, Ted went back and woke up in his physical body in the hospital, in pain.

Matthew Dovel Spoke May 26, 2023

Matthew Dovel was featured on ABC news 20/20 and Coast-to-Coast radio. 

Matthew’s first NDE at age 12 happened when he almost drowned. He was engulfed by a white light that permeated his very soul.

Later, due to tremendous trials, Matthew tried to kill himself and went to a dark place he describes as hell, from where he was redeemed and brought back.

This is a unique story of someone who has experienced the worst place, and the best place, in the very presence of Jesus.

Matthew is an advocate of suicide prevention and a frequent speaker. He lives in Las Vegas. Nevada and will be sharing his story via Zoom on our large screen, in our Conference room. 

Matthew has developed online suicide prevention programs found at supporisp.org. The program is described at nu-rekall.com

Emilie Spear spoke Friday, June 23, 2023

A few days after the birth of her twin daughters, unforeseen medical complications resulted in a life-changing near-death experience for Emilie Spear. Emilie eloquently describes her vivid encounter with eternal, graceful, intelligent, and all-encompassing love. She brings the audience to the bank of the “Pool of Peace” where she released her human struggles, strains, tensions, pains, and attachments. Regardless of the experience, she witnessed how this Divine Love forgave, embraced, and dissolved each experience until Oneness emerged. Upon her heart-moving decision to return, she met with Beloved Jesus and made a Promise to bring back her experience to share with others the insights on how to cultivate this Heavenly experience within the day-to-day living of today’s world of complexity through forgiveness and compassion, bringing greater peace, harmony and joy.

Emilie Spear is a dedicated mother, wife, and successful businesswoman with a deep and lifelong spiritual practice. As a student of life, Emilie continues to deepen her understanding of how to bring this Heavenly experience to everyday life. She shares through poetry, insights and stories in hopes to inspire and uplift others to heal, forgive, embrace, and honor oneself and others as the Pool of Peace had done for her. Hearing this life-changing experience will leave you on the edge of your seat, opening the heart to living a life with greater kindness, peace, and harmony.

She shares her writing at www.facebook.com/emilie.deiblerspear. “The Pool of Peace” is published in “We Touched Heaven” by Claudia Edge (on Amazon) and can be downloaded for free at www.awakeningpeacewithin.com. Emilie is actively involved with the international voluntary group energy healing, Become Higher Self.

Eloise Weaver spoke in person July 28, 2023

Eloise Weaver spoke Friday, July 28, 2023. Eloise has had two brushes with death that erased the veil.

The first experience was when Eloise was nine or ten years old.  She had a Rheumatic Fever and was very sick and bedridden for about three months.  One evening, her parents left her to take her little brother to the hospital because he had swallowed something.  Eloise was afraid and prayed for help.  Jesus came to see her, told her not to be afraid, and cured her.  

The next experience occurred when Eloise, her husband, and their daughter were in a terrible car accident while on vacation in Montana.  Eloise’s neck was broken, and her husband was killed.  Eloise left her body and met with her husband’s spirit in the air.  He told her he was being called home but she had to stay and raise their daughters.

Please join us this Friday, July 28, 2023 at 7 PM  to hear details of Eloise’s experience with Jesus and her NDE with her husband and, how they profoundly changed her life. 

Bill English presented August 25, 2023

Our speaker for Friday, August  25, was Bill English, president of the Utah Chapter of IANDS. A few years ago, Bill had an infection that nearly ended his life but resulted a leg amputation. This was Bill’s first return to our local chapter since that time.

Many who have attended IANDS have heard Bill explain the nature of the near-death experience, and the purposes of the International Association for Near-Death Studies, one of which is to learn from those who have had an NDE.

In July 1991, Bill and his brother, Bob, rode their ATVs in the sand dunes near Saint Anthony, Idaho. Bill’s machine threw him, and he landed on his head, breaking his back. After removal by helicopter to a local hospital and later being transported to the U of U Medical Center, Bill’s medical emergency deepened. His brother was told that Bill probably would not live, and if he did live, he would be paralyzed and need help for the rest of his life. Bill was comatose for over four weeks. During that time, he had two out-of-body experiences.

Bill gave his insight into the nature of the NDE and the reality and nature of the afterlife, family connections beyond the grave, and the operation of healing and other powers on both sides of the veil.

 

Rosemary Thornton presented Sep 22, 2023

Two years after Rosemary Thornton’s husband committed suicide, she was diagnosed with stage 2 cancer, and after a “minor medical procedure,” she returned to the emergency room and bled to “temporary death” and had no vital signs for 10+ minutes.

Assured by angels during her sojourn in the afterlife, Rosemary had a complete remission of cancer and rapidly healed from her medical trauma. She also had a healing from the grief of her husband’s earlier suicide. This profound NDE led her to completely transform her life.

For those looking for confirmation that NDEs are real, Rose’s atheistic neighbor who accompanied her to the emergency room heard an angel immediately after she flat-lined who assured him that Rose would only be gone for a few minutes.

Rosemary’s book, Remembering the Light, is available on Amazon.

The October Meeting showed a preview of a new film October 27, 2023

Posted on October 22, 2023 by IANDS Utah

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Friday, October 27th, we saw a sneak preview of two 1/2 hour films, featuring two of the most extraordinary near-death experiences of all time:  Neurosurgeon Eben Alexander, MD, and, Reverend Howard Storm, PhD, MDiv. These new films will be exclusively shown to Utah IANDS by the film maker Todd Hewey, Inspiring Films, who flew in from North Carolina for this event. Q&A after.

Todd Hewey, Howard Storm, Eban Alexander

Bonni J  Burrows presented November 2023

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Bonni was born on a small, backwoods farm in the Eastern United States at the end of WWII. On the farm, she, her sisters and two older brothers grew up without indoor plumbing, electricity, or phone. Water was carried from a spring in a galvanized bucket and food was cooked on a wood stove, winter and summer. Her father plowed the fields with a mule or horse and her mother washed the family’s clothes on a washboard. The children had very little social interaction outside the family until they were six or seven years old and could go to school. Religious teachings were very fundamental.

In 1975, Bonni was a young mother, living on a small farm, expecting her third child. Complications six months into that pregnancy took her, first to the hospital and then on the greatest journey of her life—a Love-permeated journey so incredible she would have chosen to abandon her beloved family to remain in that realm, her true home—Our True Home.

Bonni tells of consciously leaving the body and traveling to visit her young sons before exiting this world, entering the light and being met on the other side by family, loved ones and her guardian angels. There she met her stillborn sister for the first time, many unborn spirits and a very special soul-mate. This is a story of reunion, forgiveness, and love more powerful than anything known this side of the veil.

She will tell you about her life review, visiting other worlds, being taught things only dreamed about on Earth-plane and truths so complete and crystal clear that we don’t have words for them.