Annie Kagan, 9/10/17 - The Afterlife of Billy Fingers

“To be a pearl maker, your oyster needs a good strong shell to protect you from a hundred million irritants in your environment. Your shell helps you tell one grain of sand from the other. You know which one can become a pearl and which one isn't worth the irritation.” - Annie Kagan, The Afterlife of Billy Fingers: How My Bad-Boy Brother Proved to Me There's Life After Death 


Wendy's Coffeehouse interview with Annie Kagan - The Afterlife of Billy Fingers (He's got a new POV about life in the hereafter. Annie started taking notes from the first moment he checked back in.)


OddsnEnds -

• Evidence for Life After Death? Lots of info in this article by Scott S. Smith, scroll toward the end of the article to find: pet ghosts. HuffPost 
• Annie mentions Eben Alexander's NDE - his interview is in Wendy's Coffeehouse Archives 
• Animal Rescuers are overwhelmed and taxed to the limit with recent hurricanes. NYTimes 
• High and dry - water gone - Manatees rescued. NPR 
• Hemingway Cats stayed dry - rode out Irma with several caretakers.  NYTimes 
• Timing on this title - No coincidence. The Water Will Come, Jeff Goodell
    

Annie Kagan, Author, The Afterlife of Billy Fingers has had tremendous success with her book on life after death. Here's just one example of the glowing recommendations she's received. --

Dannion Brinkley (who woke up in the morgue after being struck by lightning) is the bestselling author of Saved by the Light:  "The Afterlife of Billy Fingers reaffirms the NDEs experiences of the light and love I encountered on the other side. It's an engaging account of the transformation of the spirit and I highly recommend."


Annie had been taking a break from media when I requested an interview but the timing was great so we had a chance to recap all that has happened since she started hearing from her deceased brother. No matter what it sounds like now, after a few years of integrating and becoming more comfortable with the process and confident in the connection, the initial event still required a significant mind shift.

From personal experience, there are a lot of mixed emotions involving wonder, curiosity, euphoria, questioning one's sanity, to name a few. But the continuity and the routine, combined with information so personal that only the person who shared those moments with you could really provide the intimate details, helps the relationship gel. Everything changes.

That's what happened. Everything changed when Annie's brother checked back in to report on his new surroundings. His sense of humor is intact. Here's the book promo for Annie's Bestseller -



Does she still hear from Billy? Yes.

Read the first chapter: link

From a 2013 interview with Annie - Hamptons Neighbor:

"Billy has reminded me that we are literally made of stars, that the intelligence that runs the Universe is available to us. The same intelligence that breathes our breath and heals our wounds and beats in our hearts also gives birth to stars and galaxies. As Billy says, when you imagine the infinite, you're touched by the infinite itself."  

Visit Annie's site and sign up for the Newsletter: link


Related Topic - this classic, award winning film on the Afterlife: Astral City - Full film/subtitled on YouTube and DVD link, from the Channeled book, published in 1944. About his abilities and his writing with a warning or a prophecy? Deadline/YouTube

Wagner de Assis: “Only a few lucky people have seen this early Afterlife TV episode. Brazilian medium Chico Xavier channeled the story of Dr. Andre Luiz who experienced an enlightening spiritual awakening after his death. Chico Xavier published Andre’s story in his bestselling book, ‘Nosso Lar,’ which is Portuguese for Our Home. The book has been made into a movie. Filmmaker Wagner de Assis wrote and directed ‘Astral City: A Spiritual Journey.’ Trailer - YouTube

- For those who would die, there is life.

For those who would dream, there is reality. 

For those who would hope, there is knowledge. 

For those who would grow, there is eternity. -

Robert Monroe - Out of Body Research Pioneer - Far Journeys

The Monroe Institute 

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SciXFriday - Paradox, Mystery, Supernatural and Telepathy? - Time out for a Weekend

As Hamlet said to Horatio, “There are more things in heaven and earth . . . than are dream’t of in your philosophie.” -  Vanity Fair - re: Witnessing 'Vatican Exorcist' / Father Amorth at Work


Life After Death - yes. Wendy's Coffeehouse Interview with Annie Kagan, The Afterlife of Billy Fingers - Blog post recap.

OddnsEnds - 

• Eye spy? - Other planets might have a view of Earth. Are they watching? Current science says those we know about who could see us - are uninhabitable. So, it's possible. PhysOrg 
• Nessie making up for that prolonged absence. 6 sightings in 8 months. DeadlineNews 
• Best Selfie by a Cat - Manny (who does this a lot) and his friends. Check the dude behind him, above his head. 'Ready to rumble' ... CNET  Follow Manny on Instagram
• Cat swamped. Got marooned when the flood water came up. Hero to the rescue UPI 
• Documentary out now: The Devil and Father Amorth. IndieWire. William Friedkin says shooting a real exorcism was "Terrifying." Variety  Some are worried publicity on this topic might create the need for more exorcisms. HuffPost
  
  Friedkin did the The Exorcist in 1973. "Amorth's favorite film was The Exorcist. He thought it substantially correct and based on true events, although the special effects were exaggerated. In an interview with the London Sunday Telegraph, Amorth stressed that "People need to know what we do." [5]" - Wiki
  
  Because of the rating, my Stepfather took me. It was a sell out crowd. He was mortified. Told Mom afterward he had no idea what he had agreed to. I (also) thought it was wildly exaggerated but I liked the supernatural element and knew that part could be real.
  
  Revisiting the subject from a different vantage point gave Friedkin an opportunity to dive deep into the topic and explore various viewpoints and case histories.
  
  Worth reading, he writes about the experience in Vanity Fair and includes commentary from a discussion on exorcism amongst leading US Psychiatrists. Jeffrey Lieberman, director of the New York State Psychiatric Institute, had an up close and personal encounter he can't quite explain, including paranormal activities at his house.
  
  What does become more apparent in reading the backstory and comparing notes offered by the Psychiatrists, none are quite so willing to dismiss it or label it a hoax as might have been the case in 1973.
  
  I did a previous post on this topic (exorcism). Wendy's Coffeehouse

Award winning film short. Paradox. Time Travel ... didn't see that one coming.



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Unsolved mystery, solved: The Piddingtons

You are the Judge: Radiolab. Jesse Cox discovered his grandparents had a famous and super cool past. Sydney and Lesley Piddington had devised a unique method of connecting in their a classic act, a method that kept the world guessing. Their performance left the audience spellbound in wonder. What had happened? Viewers and listeners were dazzled with their magic and mystery and were curious to know more about how one could achieve such incredible results with Telepathy. Watch their video. 70 years - a secret. And then it came, a footnote: The book and the reveal.
 


Schedule link/2017 - Wendy's Coffeehouse - 
9/10 - Annie Kagan - The Afterlife of Billy Fingers, life after death revelations from a brother who checks back in. Book Promo on YouTube
9/17 - Fate Magazine Editor-in-Chief, Phyllis Galde
9/24 - Brent Raynes, Publisher, Editor - Alternate Perceptions Magazine 

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Dr. Richard House, September 3, 2017 - NDE Triggers a Spiritual Metamorphosis

“We are all butterflies. Earth is our chrysalis.” - LeeAnn Taylor

OddsnEnds -

• Black Hole Math - a new link Futurism 
• Crop Circles Explained Nature 
• Not so fast: Crop Circle Mystery - Francine Blake lives in the Pewsey Vale near Alton Barnes - the most active area for crop circles in the world (and lots of megaliths) - where she studies the phenomenon full time.
• Dog walker's secret? - They're happy. According to University of Liverpool
• No dog or human. This happy face = sign of full tummy. ABC Brisbane 
• Bee photo with a twist: Pregnant Mom (she held the Queen Bee in a tiny box [video] to lure the colony. Modern Farmer

Wendy's Coffeehouse Podcast with Dr. Richard House


Dr. Richard House (*also a Bee Keeper) says he didn't quite know what to make of it when the voice told him he was going to die at age 33. He was a teenager at the time and, yes, he believed it but went on about his life not knowing exactly what could be done about it anyway.

Between Now and When details the story of a man who had all the right stuff, the external signs of success as epitomized by Western standards, upper class lifestyle, material wealth and accompanying  social circle. He also had a drinking problem so severe it initiated the NDE. What happened after the NDE is the real story. So that's where you get to check out the book and the interview.

The metamorphosis of Dr. House is very much like the story told about the Butterfly on NPR. It seems that the elements required for part two of Richard's life were present and embedded within prior to the transformation. A hint about that aspect is given when he is 7 years old.

The elements could not, however, become visible and active until he underwent the metaphysical and physical metamorphosis required to trigger the manifestation.

His story involves a profound connection to Indian spiritual master, Meher Baba. Here's another Butterfly metamorphosis story from Radiolab: Goo and You


A few words from Dr. House -



Link for the book Amazon

The butterfly/human as two beings in one container parallels are there. Richard House is still Richard but his life orientation is quite the opposite of that initial path. And the best part, he has another manuscript that maps out the metaphysical landscape he experienced while engaged in an illuminated spiritual journeying state. Hoping he pursues a publisher for that too!

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Related links - 
Pete Townshend on Meher Baba Rolling Stone
Glimpses of the God-Man pdf
Meher Baba Spiritual Center
MonarchWatch - Butterfly Migration

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