Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Foreword Raymond A. Moody, Jr., Ph.D., M.D. xiii
Notes xvii
Preface xix
1 An Unexpected After-Death Communication 1
2 How I Learned to Induce After-Death Communications 15
3 Teaching Other Psychotherapists to Induce After-Death Communications 23
4 New Ideas in the Treatment of Grief 29
5 Common Observations-in IADCs 39
6 Extraordinary IADC Cases 81
7 IADCs That Defy Known Psychological Theories 93
8 Shared IADCs and Concurrent ADCs 109
9 Professionals and Academics Experience IADCs 119
10 Forgiveness in IADCs Heals Anger and Guilt 129
11 IADCs with Combat Veterans: Making Peace with War 143
12 How to Have a Successful IADC 155
13 Striking Similarities between ADCs and NDEs 171
14 Take a Look for Yourself 189
15 IADC Research 193
16 Where Do We Go From Here? 197
17 A Personal Statement 199
18 An Important Note on Suicide 203
Appendix A Glossary 205
Appendix B The IADC Procedure for Psychotherapists 209
Appendix C "Partial IADCs" 229
Bibliography 231
About the Authors 233