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About IANDS Utah

The International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS) is devoted exclusively to providing information about near-death and related experiences to experiencers, researchers, educators, health care providers, and the interested public. IANDS Utah has a three-fold purpose: (1) To facilitate and foster greater acceptance and understanding of near-death experiences; (2) To advance, encourage and promote research and study of near-death experiences; (3) To provide information, guidance, comfort, care and other assistance to those concerned with terminal illness, death, disability, disease and related issues.

IANDS Meeting for Friday, February 27th, 2015

We are pleased to announce our speaker for our February 27th IANDS meeting will be Tyrel Wiltse.  Tyrel has had four brushes with death resulting in near-death experiences.  A powerful seizure causing his 4th NDE left him with a toehold … Continue reading

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IANDS Meeting for Friday, January 23rd, 2015

Our speaker for Friday, January 23rd, will be Bill English, president of the Utah Chapter of IANDS. Nearly everyone who attends IANDS has heard Bill explain the nature of the near-death experience, and the purposes of the International Association for … Continue reading

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IANDS meeting for Friday, November 28th, 2014

We are pleased to announce our speaker for our November 28th IANDS meeting will be Erica McKenzie. In 2002, Erica McKenzie had her NDE. She was 31 years old. Ridiculed as a pre-teen for her appearance, Erica turned to bulimia … Continue reading

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IANDS Utah meeting for Friday, October 24th, 2014

We are pleased to announce our speaker for our October 24th IANDS meeting will be Suzanne Freeman.  Suzanne Freeman is the mother of 13 children which she considers to be her greatest accomplishment. She is also the author of three … Continue reading

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IANDS Utah meeting for Friday, September 26th, 2014

Our speaker for September 26, 2014 will be Laurie Boggs. Laurie, who resides in Idaho, graciously agreed to share her touching s tory of loss, survival and insights gained from her NDE following a tragic head on collision with a … Continue reading

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IANDS Utah meeting for Friday, August 22nd, 2014

We are pleased to announce our speaker for our August 22nd IANDS meeting will be Lori Tidwell.  Lori’s two near-death experiences both occurred as the result of complications from Cesarean deliveries. Her first experience occurred while she and her second-born … Continue reading

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IANDS Utah for August 2014

IANDS is having its first ever meet and greet on Saturday, August 9th at the Fabian Lakeside Pavillion in Sugarhouse Park, located between I-80, 2100 South, 1300 East (see map at the bottom of http://www.sugarhousepark.org/reservations/).  We will begin to serve … Continue reading

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No IANDS Utah meeting for Friday, July 25th

No IANDS meeting Friday, July 25th           Our normal meeting location, the Salt Lake County Commission hearing room, is being remodeled and as a result we have decided to cancel the July IANDS meeting.  However, on Saturday, August 9th, we have … Continue reading

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IANDS Utah Meeting for Friday, June 27th, 2014

We are pleased to announce our speaker for our June 27th IANDS meeting will be RaNelle Wallace.  On October 9, 1985, RaNelle and her husband were flying their single-engine airplane through an early year snowstorm in central Utah. Disoriented due … Continue reading

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IANDS Utah meeting for Friday, May 23rd, 2014.

Jeff Olsen is a best selling author and inspires audiences across the country with his intriguing personal story of perseverance and inner strength. In 1997, Jeff experienced a horrific automobile accident which inflicted multiple life threatening injuries, including crushing both … Continue reading

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