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The Survival of Human Consciousness After Permanent Bodily Death (BICS Presentation of Survival of Consciousness Essay Contest Three Top Winners)
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Jeffrey Mishlove
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This book by Dr. Jeffrey Mishlove won the first prize winner ($500,000) in the 2021 BICS essay competition.
The best evidence in favor of an afterlife are the multiple, independent investigation approaches all pointing, in different ways, to postmortem survival. This essay includes nine categories of inquiry. Dr Mishlove examines the evidence from these nine distinct domains pointing to survival of consciousness. While each individual domain of evidence is strong, when united as a whole, they are virtually invincible.
The nine domains are: Near Death Experiences, After Death Communication, Reincarnation, Physical Mediumship, Mental Mediumship, Instrumental Trans Communication, Possession, Xenoglossy, Peak in Darien Experiences.
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There was also something about the narration. I cannot put my finger on it, but there was a slight accent which made it difficult to listen to.
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