Barbara Bartolome’s Ceiling Friend-Barbara Bartolome’s Ceiling Friend

Erica McKenzie, RN’s profound NDE tells of God’s love for us, and God’s sadness when our free will leaves the world in flames. Erica’s reluctant return ended in a diagnosis based on her NDE by an atheist doctor, who had her committed on heavy medications.

Virginia Hummel talks about the foreknowledge of a young child shot down over Ukraine, and describes her own grief in experiencing her son Christopher's premonitions of dying at an early age.

Spiritually Transformative Experiences are increasingly common these days. On that first Pentecost, Peter said, “In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young people shall see visions, and your old people shall dream dreams.”

NDErs who visit the Other Side return with stories of pure love – but early traditions tell of a maternal love from God that Jesus promised would be here for us on earth whenever we seek her.

A COVID NDEr decides against suicide, and is healed with a smile from St. Kateri Tekakwitha. Electricity shocks an NDEr into the Garden, and returns him as an artist of engineering safety for others.

Badly wounded when his helicopter was shot down, and surrounded by the enemy, our guest had a profound meeting with God while, for three hours, his heroic gunner held off attackers in the jungle. An encore presentation for Memorial Day.

Lee Lawrence’s NDE in 1988, plus a spiritually transformative experience four years later, gave Lee some surprising paranormal gifts. Recognizing the illogic of his life led him to life-changing studies in both the science and religion of what his NDE meant.

When nine-year-old Raymond Kinman stopped breathing, a void of nowness became a timeless bliss. Ray says he became "Raymond the Verb," and his imagery in describing his experience, including merging with the light of his dog, is valuable to anyone seeking insights into a vision of the Other Side.

Mary Anne McCarthy’s prophetic Shared Death Experience with her beloved David first appeared in the Spring, 2010 issue of IANDS Vital Signs. The story describes a fascinating mix of dreamed premonition, shared afterlife experience, the power of prayer, and the connections love can manifest between two people.

A literally heart-pounding event brought Barbara Bartolome back to her body, and her eventual discovery of an icy, forgotten NDE at 18 months of age. Barbara learned much from both experiences, and has provided that enlightenment to thousands of others over the years.