Dead Is Just a Word

Is there life after death and, if so, how can we be sure? The incredibly gripping experiences and testimonials within the pages of this book will provide the answers to your unspoken questions; answers that will enlighten you and bring comfort to your very soul. If you believe the cherished friends and family members that you’ve lost to death over the years are really gone, you may find yourself considering the strong probability that they are still here in spirit form and remain ever present in your life. Excerpts from the book: My uncle was seriously injured and fell in and out of consciousness for at least six months as he lay in the hospital. My mother decided that we had to make the out of state trip to see him. She wanted to see her brother at least one last time if his death was imminent….. ….Although his words came very slowly and laboriously, he whispered to her “Al, I saw mom and she was holding me, comforting me and it was so loving and wonderful.” My grandmother had passed away close to forty years prior and my mother was astounded when this came out of my uncle’s mouth. Still, something in his eyes told her it was true. As the paramedics and doctors worked frantically to get his heart beating again, the experience Peter was having was little short of amazing, especially to him. He suddenly found himself in a laying position with his head on the lap of his loving grandmother; she stroked his hair and reassured him that somehow all was well and very peaceful. Several years prior, this very grandmother had passed away after a long, agonizing bout with cancer. A close friend, Frank, had a major heart attack in upstate New York while on vacation with his family. For four and a half minutes his heart had stopped beating…… …….Months after his recovery, I ran into him in a supermarket and stopped to talk with him. I asked him if he had had any experiences while his heart was stopped and they were trying to resuscitate him. He went on to explain that during the four and a half minutes that the doctors tried to resuscitate him, he found himself, his spirit self, up in the corner of the emergency room looking down on what was taking place below…… …..he saw both his wife and son standing in the opposite corner of the emergency looking extremely upset and frightened. Although he felt very saddened by the turmoil and upset that he had obviously brought his wife and son, he suffered a horrible inner conflict because there was a big part of him that really didn’t want to be brought back. The feelings of peace and love he felt were so all-encompassing that he wanted to stay exactly where he was. Perhaps these experiences serve to remind us that we’re only here on earth for a short time and that we should treasure every moment, love unconditionally and embrace our ultimate spiritual return home.Marie Bradley has spent almost 20 years researching the phenomena associated with life after death and near death experiences. In 1986, she lost her dearly beloved mother to Alzheimer's disease. Shortly after her mother's death, Marie began to observe blatant signs that her mother was dead and gone physically but still very much alive and present spiritually. Fourteen years later, she lost her father to cancer and was once again to witness this amazing phenomena; audible and physical signs that the spirit of her father was still present. As the years passed, Marie became more sensitive to and more intrigued by the ever present signs of life after death. She decided to further research these incredible phenomena. Her research included the interviewing of many people who had gone through similar experiences as well as people who had had near death experiences and has found it be a fascinating if not enlightening journey. http://www.outskirtspress.com/webpage.php?isbn=1598005685

Witchcraft Supplies You'll Need
Crystals/StonesEach rock (whether it is a crystal or not) has a higher or lower density vibration. This makes certain rocks (crystals & stones) powerful collectors of Magick energy.Whenever you are in a situation where you are about to buy stones or crystals, it is important to physically touch different ones before buying them. It helps to close your eyes and really “feel” the stone �" concentrate on how the stone resonates with you, and select the ones that are special.Here I list the most commonly used stones that will help you with your Magick work (along with their Magick properties):Amber �" changes negative energy into positive energy; protectionAmethyst �" courage, psychic energies, dreams, healing addictions (especially alcohol), peace, happiness, love; opens crown chakraApache’s Tear �" protection, luckAventurine �" money, luck, mental agility, visual acuity, peace, healing; opens heart chakraAzurite �" psychic energy, dreams, divination (the art of looking into the future), healing, concentration, transformationBloodstone �" courage, strength, victory, wealth, self-confidence, success in business and legal affairs; stops bleeding; helps regulate the first four chakrasCarnelian �" courage, sexual energy, verbal skill, peace; alleviates jealousy, apathy, fear, and rageChrysocolla �" wisdom, peace, love, communication, vitalityCitrine �" psychic powers, protection, creativity, sexual energy; deflects nightmaresClear quartz �" intensifies energy (both positive and negative)Coral �" protection from evil; resolves conflictsDiamond �" courage strength, healing, protection, spirituality, mental and sexual abilitiesDolomite �" relieves sorrowEmerald �" prosperity, mental and psychic abilities, dreams, meditation, visual acuity, love, peace, balance; opens the heart chakraFluorite �" balances and stabilizes relationshipsGarnet �" strength, physical energy, healing, protection, purification, compassion; opens the root and crown chakrasGeode �" fertility, childbirth, meditation, freedom of spirit, psychic abilities, dreams, astral travelHematite �" grounding, calming, healing, divination, intuition, physical strength; aids restful sleepHerkimer Diamond �" enhances psychic abilities and clairvoyanceJade- healing, protection, wisdom, prosperity, love, long life, fertility, courage, peaceJasper- healing, protection, health, beauty, energyJet- protection, hex breaking; dispels fearLapis Lazuli �" courage, joy, love, fidelity, psychic abilities, protection, healing, beauty, prosperityLepidolite �" peace, spirituality, psychic, strength, luck, protection, psychic abilities, emotional balance; deflects nightmaresLodestone �" cleanses crystals and aligns their energies, balances the chakras, removes obstaclesMalachite �" power, energy, protection, love, peace, success in business, vision quests, gardeningMarble �" protection, dream recall, meditationMeteorite �" enhances work with spiritual and celestial beingsMoonstone �" grounding, love, divination, sleep, gardening, protection, youth, harmony, peace, magick, travelObsidian �" grounding, divination, protection; deflects negativityOnyx �" emotional balance, self-control (especially in sexual matters), binding, protection (especially against someone else’s magick), strengthOpal �" beauty, prosperity, luck, power, psychic abilities, visual acuity, emotional balancePearl �" manifests truth, peace, and serenityPeridot �" protection, prosperity, sleep, health, emotional balance, intuitionRose Quartz �" love, peace, happiness, healing (especially of the emotions)Ruby �" prosperity, power, courage, integrity, joy; deflects nightmaresSapphire �" psychic abilities, inspiration, love, meditation, peace, healing, power, prosperity, protectionSmokey Quartz �" healing, directing and absorbing energy, altered states; dissolves negative energySodalite �" healing, meditation, wisdom, calm, grounding, stress reducerSunstone �" protection, energy, health, passion, sexualityTiger’s Eye �" courage, prosperity, protection, energy, luck, judgment and common sense, honesty, divination; eases depressionTourmaline �" love, friendship, prosperity, business, peace, sleep, energy, courage, protection, inspiration; opens the third eye center, or the sixth chakraTurquoise �" courage, protection, prosperity, luck, friendship, healing, communication, happiness, emotional balance, astral travel; strengthens all the chakrasZircon �" protection (especially from theft), beauty, love, peace, sexual energy, healing, mental alertness, emotional balanceHerbsHerbs also bring unique Magick energies to the table when doing spell work. Not only do we Witches use them for spells, but herbs are also becoming more popular to treat health ailments throughout the world.Before ever ingesting herbs (for any reason), it is important to consult with a doctor or herbologist who can make sure that nothing you drink or eat will be harmful.In your Magick you will usually ground herbs into fine powders, or stuff poppets with herbs that will release the energies you are looking for to bring about the best spell results.Here is a listing of the herbs with their Magick properties:Acacia �" Protection, psychic powersAllspice �" Money, luck, healingAlmond �" Money, prosperity, wisdomAmber �" For stability, self-confidence, and peaceAmbergris �" To awaken love and emotionAngelica Root �" Used for protection and exorcism and to cause visionsAnise �" Protection, purification, youthApple Blossom �" For love and friendshipBalm of Gilead �" Attract new love, mend broken heart, protection, healingBayberry �" Money, good luck, peace, harmony, well-beingBenzoin �" Purification, prosperityBergamot �" Money, hex-breakingBlessed Thistle �" For purification and protection from evil, used in hex-breaking spellsBuckeye �" Carry to attract money and to ward off aches and painsCamphor �" To awaken past life memories, stimulates psychic awarenessCarnation �" Protection, strength, healing, vitalityCatnip �" Creates a psychic bond with cats, attracts good spirits, love and luckCedar �" Healing, courage, purification, protection, money, hex-breakingChamomile �" For sleep and meditation, and to attract moneyCherry �" Divination, loveCinnamon �" Lust, love, success, power, psychic awareness, healing, protectionClove �" Money, love, lust, exorcism, protectionClover �" Protection, money, love, fidelity, success, exorcismColtsfoot �" Draws peace and tranquility, promotes visions, also used in spells involving animalsComfrey �" For safety during travel and to draw moneyCyclemen �" To draw love and truthCypress �" For comfort and solace, to ease feelings of lossDamiana �" Used for lust and loveDragon's Blood �" Power amplifier, protection, love, banishing, potencyEucalyptus �" Healing, protectionFive Finger Grass (cinquefoil) �" Protection, prophetic dreams, wisdom, and success in court casesFrankincense �" Spirituality, protection, exorcism, consecrationGalangal �" For courage, strength, and for avoiding legal problemsGardenia �" Love, peace, healing, spiritualityGeranium �" For fertility, health and loveGinger �" Success, power, money, loveGinseng �" For attracting love, luck and healthGota Kola �" MeditationHeliotrope �" To attract money and gain powerHemlock �" To induce astral projection, to purify magickal knives or swordsHibiscus �" For love, lust, divinationHoneysuckle �" Money drawing, psychic awareness, memory, healing, power, honestyHops �" Healing, sleepHyacinth �" For love and protectionHyssop �" Purification, protectionJasmine �" Love, prophetic dreams, money, sleep, love, healing, health, meditationJohn the Conqueror �" Money, love, happiness, hex breaking, protectionJuniper Berries �" Protection, health, increases psychic powersLavender �" Chastity, love, peace, happiness, clairvoyance, longevity, sleep, protectionLemon �" Longevity, purification, love, friendshipLemongrass �" For lust, psychic powers and to repel snakesLilac �" Protection, banishingLily of the Valley �" For peace, harmony and loveLotus �" Spirituality, love, protectionMagnolia �" Peace, nature spells, hair growthMandrake �" For protection, fertility, money and loveMarigold �" Protection, prophetic dreams, legal matters, psychic powersMistletoe �" Protection, love, fertility, health, exorcismMugwort �" Strength, psychic powers, healing, astral projectionMusk �" Courage, fertility, lustMyrrh �" Spirituality, healing, protection, exorcism, transformation, consecrationNarcissus �" For peace and harmonyNutmeg �" Fidelity, luck, money, healthOrange �" Divination, love, luck, moneyOrange Blossom �" For beauty, loveOrris �" For lovePassion Flower �" Peace, sleep, friendshipPatchouli �" Fertility, lust, money, protection, divinationPennyroyal �" For strength, protection, peacePeppermint �" Love, psychic awareness, lust, mental stimulant, energyPine �" Healing, protection, exorcism, fertility, moneyPlumeria �" For lovePrimrose �" For protection and loveRose �" Love, beauty, psychic powers, divination, healing, luck, protectionRose Geranium �" Protection, fertility, love, healthRosemary �" Mental powers, youth, protection, love, lust, purification, sleep, exorcismRue �" Healing, mental powers, protection, loveSage �" Wisdom, animal guides, wishes, immortalitySandalwood �" Spirituality, protection, wishes, healing, exorcismSassafras �" Health and moneySpearmint �" Healing, love, mental powersSpikenard �" For good luck, fidelity, and healthStrawberry �" Love, luck and beautySweet Pea �" For friendship, courage and strengthTangerine �" Psychic powers, mental powersTea Tree �" Healing, anti-fungalTonka Beans �" Love, money, courage, wishesVanilla �" Magickal powers, mental powers, love, lust, rejuvenationVervain �" Love, protection, purification, peace, money, youth, healingVetivert �" Hex breaking, peace, luck, love, protection, exorcismViolet �" Animal guide work, wishes, peace, love, luck, lust, protectionWitches Grass �" Happiness, lust, love, exorcismWormwood �" Psychic powers, calling spirits, protection, loveYarrow Flowers �" Courage, love, psychic powers, exorcismYerba Santa �" Beauty, healing, psychic powers, protectionYlang Ylang �" Love, lust, peace Rose has been practicing different forms of Witchcraft for over 27 years. For more information on witchcraft supply visit her site The Ask Rose Ariadne Witchcraft Site"

Psychic medium �" How to becoming a top psychic medium...
A psychic medium is not born a top psychic medium but like any skill they develop their psychic ability through time. Psychic mediums all start off like everyone else who also have these latent psychic abilities. However certain environmental conditions can dramatically improve their psychic mediumship skills. Being born to a family of healers and psychics helps program your mind to that fact that it is perfectly normal to become a psychic medium. Other factors are being fascinated with other healers and psychics to the point you read everything you can lay your hands to further open your mind up to the possibility of becoming a psychic medium.Interestingly many people think that reading about psychic mediums and using psychic tools such as tarot cards etc will transform them into a psychic medium. The reality is the more they trust their intuition and still their mind the more psychic they will become. However being psychic and becoming a psychic medium are worlds apart.The secret is rather surprising; listing to the spirits from the other side is all about raising your vibration by constantly clearing yourself of negative energy. In other words to become a psychic medium you first have to become a healer. Only then can you clear your space and your mental, emotional, spiritual and physical body to the point you will have accurate communication with the spirit world.Negative energy will come to you in many forms it may be the location you are at, it may be someone you spoke to over the phone or in person or it may be as simple as your own negative thoughts and fears.Irrespective of the source of the negative energy you must clear your space, everything you consume and all of your four bodies.There are a number of easy techniques that will all help clear you of negative energy. The more well know ones are bathing in water with a few drops of organic cold pressed essential oils that you have intuitively selected another is to add Epsom Salts to your bath water. More advanced techniques involve your breathing and brushing your body down with water whether in front of the wash hand basin or in the shower or clearing the room with sage and breathing out the negative energy.If you are not familiar with Reiki or a similar healing modality you may well think that all these negative energy clearing techniques are nonsense. However irrespective whether these techniques alter matter or our perception of reality the fact is that your psychic mediumship abilities and new found health and well being will transform your life.Although your true psychic potential will be influenced to some extent by your genetics and environment, ultimately becoming psychic medium will be very much determined by what your learn and more importantly adopt in your daily life.If you wish to explore your psychic ability and dramatically improve the quality of your life and your health then you should make the decision to start today. International psychic medium and founder of the American Association of psychics and healers. Teacher of psychic development classes, law of attraction spiritual retreat and hands on healing classes. Also availiable for psychic mediumship and healing in person and by telephone. Call 970 586 9231 for details.

Answers To All Of Life's Questions by Statnova
Are you struggling over the answers to life's little questions, have unanswered questions of your own, or maybe just wish to see how your thought and morals add up against others throughout the world. Well, then you will be glad to know there is now a place that will help reveal the answers of life, where you will find answers to many of your questions, and of course learn if others have the same thoughts as you on many subject. The place is StatNova.com. At StatNova.com, you can join and ask questions to people throughout the world choosing various categories such as Sports, School & Work, Sex, Love & Relationships, The Paranormal, Personal Habits, Entertainment, Family, Politics, Food & Drink, Philosophy & Religion, and Morality. You can even answer questions in all of these categories and then learn what others have answered. Once you answer one of the questions, you will be taken to a page that list the responses of others that have answered that same question broken down into categories such as age, gender, race, religion, status, orientation, and politics for those that have added this to their profile. Learn what others in your age group or gender think on the same exact subject. You do not have to worry about any of this information being sent out to others, as there are no names listed only the percentage of people answering in each group. Learn the secret to life's questions like: Sports - Who is the second greatest basketball player ever? School & Work - Do you really use your college education at your work? Sex - How often would you like to have sex? Love and Relationships - Can you be in love with two people at the same time? The Paranormal - Can a house really be haunted? Personal Habits - Where are you the most ticklish? Entertainment - Who's the most annoying TV or radio personality? Family - Are you close with your siblings? Politics - Who should be our next president? Food & Drink - Who makes the best pizza? Philosophy & Religion - What is the meaning of life? Morality - Could you 'Pull the plug? No other website on the net, delves into these questions where each and every person can ask questions that are perplexing their life without the worry of someone learning who they are. You can ask any question under the sun and learn what others think and feel about the topic, you may be quite surprised to learn that are many out there that feel the same way or you may not like the responses. Either way you will enjoying all the answers of real people just like you that also need answers. Join in the fun whether your questions are serious or whimsical and learn where you rank in the world for all the various answers. You may even learn something about yourself you never knew or learn that you are unique in your thoughts.StatNova offers answers to all of life's questions, Includes topics like demographics, philosophy, morality, politics, family and love. Visit StatNova for more Information. Also offers Free Online Poll

Is there really a Secret Rapture?
The secret rapture doctrine teaches that the coming of Jesus will be in two separate stages. The first, a secret rapture of the Church at the beginning of a seven year tribulation period followed by His glorious, audible, triumphant return to Earth accompanied by the Church at the end of the seven years. It also teaches that during this seven-year period the Antichrist is going to come into power, sit in a rebuilt Temple in Jerusalem and declare himself to be God. It says that the war of Armageddon is a literal war of nations against literal Israel, which occurs near the end of the seven years and is ended abruptly by Christ’s return with His Church. It says that literal Israel accepts the Lord as the Messiah and enters with Him as His covenant people into the 1000-year reign on earth. Those who ultimately reject Christ’s rule will be judged and destroyed at the end of the Millennium. Is this what the Bible really shows? In Matthew 28:20 Jesus said “…and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.” Why would He promise to be with the church until the ‘end of the world’ if He intended to come seven years before the end to take them out of the world? The Bible shows clearly that God’s church will still be on earth when Jesus returns. 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” It shows that when Jesus returns His angels will gather His people from the earth. Matthew 24:31 “And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.” How could they gather the church from the earth if the church had come back with Christ? Every eye will see Jesus when He returns. This includes all of the non-believers and all of the believers. Revelation 1:7 “Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.” The Bible shows that His return will be sudden, and unexpected for unbelievers and those who have not studied His prophecies. 1 Thessalonians 5:2-3 says “For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.” This verse also shows that the unbelievers will be destroyed when Jesus returns. When the Lord returns there will be nothing secret about it. The dead in Christ will rise first, those of us who have overcome the time of tribulation and persecution and are still alive will be caught up to meet Him in the sky. All of the unbelievers will be destroyed and the earth will melt. 2 Peter 3:12 “Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?” We will then go with Him to heaven where we will reign for a thousand years and the books will be opened and we will judge the nations. Revelation 20:4-5 “And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus (definitely shows that they were on earth during the tribulation), and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.” The Bible shows that Jesus comes and gathers His people and that the unbelievers are all destroyed and are not raised again until the end of the millennium. The believers reign in heaven for a thousand years, as the earth has been destroyed. At the end of the millennium God makes a “new heaven and a new earth”. All Bible references are from the King James Version.For more information on this topic please visit http://www.secret-rapture.com/ Debra Lohrere is the author of Peace, Prophecy and False Fire http://www.lulu.com/content/333221 and Christian Investing and Money Management http://www.lulu.com/content/378757