In the last post, we talked about visual After-Death Communications (ADCs). In visual ADCs, people “see Spot run” after Spot is dead. Visual ADCs are the most common form of ADC, but they come in other forms, too. People not only see Spot run – they also hear, feel, and smell him. I haven’t heard of anyone tasting their dead animal. I’m thinking that’s probably a good thing… Auditory ADCs Auditory ADCs often manifest as a distinctive bark, purr, or…
Not long after human beings first started to believe in an afterlife, they started to divide up who is “in” from who is “out” – that is, who qualifies for an eternal soul and who doesn’t, who gets admitted to the afterlife and who gets consigned to the dust bin. I’m most familiar with the Judeo-Christian faith, so it’s easy to reel off examples there. At one time, people of different races were “out;” people of different religious faiths were…
In order to further dismantle skeptical counterclaims that ADCs are nothing but grief-fueled hallucination, let’s look at additional cases that refute this explanation. These are cases in which: The person reporting the ADC has no emotional attachment to the animal The ADC is timed specifically at a point where it seems to “rescue” the person from danger The person experiencing the ADC is a skeptic The ADC is coupled with physical changes in the environment that match what is…
We covered simple one-on-one encounters, which don’t have additional validity indicators — you basically have to take the person’s word for it. I pointed out some reasons to give them the benefit of the doubt, but ultimately those cases come down to whether you believe the person or not. But that’s only 37% of the cases. In the other 63%, there is additional corroborating evidence, beyond just the person’s word. Let’s talk about those. But before we do that, I…
An After-Death Communication (ADC) occurs when a person experiences the presence of a deceased loved one. ADCs involving deceased humans are well documented and number in the tens of thousands. ADCs involving animals are less common but still prevalent. ADCs can happen through any of the senses. You might see your deceased pet lying in a familiar spot, hear their feet walk across the floor, or feel them jump in bed. We’ll focus on visual ADCs first, because they are…
Because I wanted to present evidence and arguments for animal afterlife. If you’d like to get started, look at the menu bar above under “evidence” and “arguments.” If you’d like to know the backstory, keep reading. Why did I start this blog? The short answer is, to help spread the word about evidence for animal afterlife. A lot of people would like to believe, but they aren’t really sure. There is actually plenty of evidence of animal afterlife, but it…
In the last section, I reviewed how we have unanimous attestation from mediums, both general and evidential, that animals exist in the afterlife. I will now turn to two other aspects of mediumistic evidence: one scientific study and a large number of specific, evidential cases. Scientific Research Surprisingly, there is one scientific study on this subject. I say “surprisingly,” because it is very difficult to fund and conduct controlled, scientific research on mediumship related to human beings, let alone animals….
Having skeptics around is a good thing. We need them to keep things balanced and honest. Let’s not kid ourselves, there is a history of fraud in this area. We don’t want to be naive or gullible. If we’re going to believe in animal afterlife, we don’t want that to be a blind faith, or a faith that is just based on emotion and hope. We want beliefs that are based on reason, evidence, and experience. Our beliefs are made…
For the purposes of this article, I’m going to take it for granted, as a starting point, that there are some reliable, credible mediums. If you blanch at this idea and think I’m a loon, I’d suggest checking out the vast literature on this subject. Here are some places to begin: The Afterlife Experiments by Gary Schwartz, PhD Is There An Afterlife? A Comprehensive Overview of the Evidence, by David Fontana, PhD Science and the Afterlife Experience by Chris Carter…
The Near Death Experience (NDE) literature provides a good basis for reasonable, evidence-based belief in the afterlife. NDEs occur across all cultures and share remarkable similarities. They are recorded in literature going back millennia. Research on NDEs has exploded over the past 50 years. The common alternative explanations put forward by skeptics — oxygen deprivation, delirium, imagination, hallucination, temporal lobe malfunction, brain damage, wishful thinking, etc. — have all been dispensed with by careful research. If you’re not acquainted with…