Please note that index links to approximate location of each term.
Adams, Amy, 182
afterlife
hallucinatory imagination and, 194
NDE literature changing, 205
revelations in this book about, 5
visions of final destiny as Light, 5–6, 25, 29
Alexander, Philip, 206
Alice in Wonderland, time in, 83
aliens. see also science fiction
communications from, 180
as contact between cultures, mind forms, and languages, 180–181
our framework is for invasion of, 180
All is one, consciousness of, 183–184
angelic double (or twin). see also evolution of double soul, angelic destiny of
experience in Garden of, 27–28
as guiding spirit of Greek/Romans, 260
Human as One and, 282
pairs in afterlife, with one acting as, 256–261
revelations in this book about, 5
in Youth Without Youth, 147–148, 225
angels
electricity, magnetism and, 226
as heavenly double in Christianity, 260
lightning-like in Matthew, 216
presence of in Bible, 258
annual memorial (yahrtzeit), 15
anomalous events, deep significance of, 298
apostle Paul, struck by light, 213–214
apparitions
as altered state of energy, 212–213
electricity, magnetism and, 226
as heavenly double in Christianity, 260
NDEs in Victorian England and, 162
in seances, 304
as the woman (not) upstairs, 48–50
Arrival sci-fi film
translation and communication in, 181–184
art
creating out of near-death experiences, 175
religions funding for sake of vision, 174–175
Asian religions
experience in the Garden parallels, 95–96
goal is liberation from birth and death, 104
multiple-life model in, 275–277
Atmanspacher, Harald, 142
auras
Elizabeth is clueless about how to use, 76–77
Elizabeth matter-of-fact reports on, 210
seeing in synesthesia, 221–222
synesthesia vs. seeing of, 65–66
Authors of the Impossible (Kripal), 181
ayahuasca rituals, visions, 149, 150
Bacon, Francis, on altered states, 162
Balkin, Andy (son)
ability to see apparitions, 49
grandfather’s memorial and, 16
interest in mother’s experiences, 43, 50
during lightning strike, 17–19
rabbinic ordination of, 43–44, 115
Balkin, Barry (husband)
call from Elizabeth’s grandfather and, 42–44
denies precognitions of Elizabeth, 38–39
divorce from Elizabeth, 39
as more of believer in recent years, 44
psychic readings in Seattle and, 73–75
revelations in Garden about divorce from, 31
at time of lightning strike, 15–16
Balkin, Elizabeth. see Krohn, Elizabeth (introduction); Krohn, Elizabeth (story of)
Balkin, Jeremy (son)
experiences of synesthesia, 64–65, 224
grandfather’s memorial and, 16
during lightning strike, 17–19
Balkin, Mallory (daughter)
birth of, 39
experiences of synesthesia, 64
foretold in Garden about future birth of, 30–31
interest in mother’s experiences, 43, 50
paranormal, procreation and, 170–173
Bem, Daryl, 243
beyond measure, quantum physics, 228–229
beyond the mountains
beyond the immediate afterlife, 281
how Elizabeth knew what she “just knew,” 187
levels of soul in Elizabeth’s story, 263
stage-theory of afterlife and, 280–282
visions of final destiny as Light, 5–6, 25, 29
Bible
God’s divine double is his angels, 257
lightning also signaling divinity, 216
lightning as sign of God’s wrath in, 215–216
biological purpose,NDEs/psychic phenomena, 170
biomedical technology, NDEs due to, 173–175
black auras
negative cultural meanings of black, 211
block universe model. see also Wargo, Eric
built on theory of relativity, 237
Elizabeth’s experiences and, 238
looking down on universe in NDEs, 237–238
theory of relativity and, 249
book, writing of this
effects in lives of the two authors, 139–140
how Elizabeth dreamed this book, 285–291
precognized book sharing of authors and, 291–294
as snapshot of ongoing experiment, 303
books
on shelves of Aldous Huxley, 8
brain
awareness and, 168
in classical materialism, 134, 168–169
dreams as form of consciousness, 203
Elizabeth knew what she “just knew,” 187–188
as filter or reducer of reality, 188–189
hallucinatory imagination from dying, 193–195
left and right hemispheres of, 167
perceiving reality without function of, 189
precognizing its own future, 247–252
in sacred plant cultures of Latin America, 149
Brazilian soccer team, plane crash of 2016, 92–94, 251
Brinkley, Dannion, 97
Buddhist traditions
enlightenment experience of glass block, 241, 253
goal of reincarnation in, 104
multiple-life model in, 275–277
reincarnation in, 271
Bush, Nancy Evans, 163
Chabad-Lubavitch tradition
Andy ordained as rabbi in, 115, 270
focus on Jewish mysticism, 114–115
inspired by Rabbi Schneerson, 272
journey of soul important to, 115
reincarnation in, 272
childhood sexual abuse
Elizabeth knew before she reincarnated, 103
Elizabeth learns dissociative skills in, 269
Elizabeth learns to leave body during, 21, 104
how trauma becomes revelation, 266–268
Christianity
altered states in Greek Orthodox, 212
angels and apparition in conservative, 260
reincarnation in early, 271
stories/truths of ancient gnostic, 186
Chronicle of Higher Education manifesto (Kripal), 171–172
clairvoyance
brain precognizes its own future and, 247
classical materialism
as belief there is only matter, 134–135
Elizabeth’s experiences are not, 135
paranormal offends premise of, 168–169
coincidence of opposites, religious experiences, 166–167
colors
association of days/months/numbers with, 62–64
of auras depends on health/emotional state, 58, 222
energy communicated to Elizabeth via, 210
experience of brilliant and living, 35–36
in precognitive dreams, 84
communications
with aliens in Arrival sci-fi film, 181–184
as difficult with other species, 179
“from the heavens,” “up there”, or “alien”, 180
saving the world in Awake, 183–184
through barrier of ego or body-brain, 180–181
communion between humanity, differences vs., 198
companion. see also angelic double (or twin); evolution of double soul, angelic destiny of
pairs in afterlife, with one acting as, 257
comparative religion
ending all religious exclusive literalisms, 198
overview of, 130
scientific method/pure objectivity not possible in, 139
symbolic approach to, 147
Congregation Emanu El
Elizabeth’s family attending, 107–109
prayer that death is not final at, 69–70
as Reform Jewish synagogue, 107
consciousness
Elizabeth’s conviction of immortality and, 204
energy and, 210
future of human knowledge and, 137
paranormal experiences and, 136
prophecy in Jewish tradition as, 200
rabbis on why dreams are form of, 203
revelation, interpretation and, 203–205
science denies fundamental reality of, 136
theology of electricity and physics of, 225–230
translation between different forms of, 182
contact with other species, vs. communication, 179–181
Cordovero, Moshe, 204–205, 224, 264
culture, death experiences shaped by, 276–279
Daniel, lightning-light in, 216–217
Daoism, multiple-life model in, 275–277
death. see also near-death experience (NDE)
biomedical technology and retrieval from, 173
of Elizabeth’s grandparents, 14
fundamental core lives on after, 5
knowledge that it is not final, 120–121
mourning and shopping after, 15–16
into our imaginations, 175
questions of what happens after, 273–279
technology stopping at moment of, 232
DeConick, April
on gnostic knowing and seeing, 184–186
on gnostic rapture or transcendence, 262–263
on guardian angels/twins, 259–260
dimethyltriptamine (DMT), hyperrealistic visions, 149
dissociation, abused child, 21, 266–268
distant afterlife, revelations in this book, 5
The Distraction, response to Elizabeth’s stories, 7–8
divination practices, 233–234, 303
divine double. see evolution of double soul, angelic destiny of
DMT (dimethyltriptamine), hyperrealistic visions of, 149
documentation, precognitive dreams, 38–39. see also email
doppelgänger, as heavenly double, 260
double soul. see evolution of double soul, angelic destiny of
A Dream Interpreted Within a Dream (Wolfson), 199
dreams. see also precognitive dreams, Elizabeth’s
angelic presence linked to, 258
later interpretation of, 125
in precognitive shaman practices, 218
precognized book sharing of authors and, 291–294
prophecy in mystical Jewish tradition and, 201–203
ritual technologies dedicated to, 233–234
studying in Jewish tradition, 166–167
Duval, Jean Albert (maternal grandfather)
born to French parents in Greece, 108
death of, 14
Elizabeth struck by lightning at memorial of, 17–21
office plant offered by, 45–46, 269–270
phone call from the dead, 40–44
Duval, Minnie (maternal grandmother), 14, 107–108
Earthquake in Western China 2003, precognition of, 40
eating, symbolic connection between sex and, 222
Einstein, Albert
block universe and, 237
insistence on frameworks, not facts, 236
matter is energy, 227
theory of relativity, 237, 249
thought experiments of, 253
on time as stubbornly persistent illusion, 236
electricity
equating with animating corpse, 227
leading to new symbol for God, 226
electromagnetism
altered states of energy and, 212–214
Elizabeth’s abilities linked to, 209–210
psychophysical interpretation and, 210
Eliade, Mircea, 147–148, 225–230
how Elizabeth dreamed this book, 285–287
Hudson River plane vision, 299–303
is not scientific evidence for precognition, 295–297
lost metadata for most of Elizabeth’s, 296
of precognitive visions as evidence, 88
scientific evidence and, 297–299
using Google for reliable evidence, 303–304
empirical material, in significant dreams, 287–291
energy
as alive and eternal, 99
auras as fields of. see auras
consciousness as conscious, 230
as living and conscious for Elizabeth, 210
matter is, 227
other accounts of altered states of, 212–213
paranormal events connected to, 211–212
eschatology
definition of, 265
Elizabeth’s near-death and, 226
must answer what happens after we die, 273–274
as theology that tries to understand last things, 225–226
eternality, scientific method vs., 119
evolution. see also paranormal events, evolutionary function of
belief in telepathy as advance in, 170–171
belief that humanity can hasten its own, 171
implications of reincarnation, 270
meaning as integral to, 245–247
spiritual evolution of soul, 268–271
evolution of double soul, angelic destiny of
comparing reincarnations, 271–273
Elizabeth on pairs in afterlife, 257–261
evolution of the soul, 268–271
Human as One and, 282
from near-death to reincarnation, 273–280
number of souls you are, 261–264
trauma, revelation and, 264–268
Exodus, lightning-light in, 216–217
An Experiment with Time (Dunne), 248–252
Ezekiel, lightning-light in, 216–217
fear of pain vs. death, 120–121
film metaphors
based on current technology, 158
describing NDEs in imagery of, 148–152
we always project our own 3-D, 152–154
flash cards, revelations in this book, 4–6
flash-over effect, lightning strike, 1
framework
accepting events for which we have established, 159–161
alien invasion trope, 180
for expression of gnostic knowledge, 185–186
insistence on, not facts, 236
Frankenstein (Shelley), lightning animates corpse in, 227
fraud
Elizabeth’s emails as, 299–301
as possibility in séances, 304
rejecting notion that Elizabeth’s emails are, 301–303
future
already exists, 252
brain precognizing its own, 247–252
dreams prophetic in foretelling, 202–203
how Elizabeth dreamed this book, 285–291
precognized book sharing of authors and, 291–294
this book as snapshot of ongoing experiment, 303
we actually live in the near-future, 244
Garb, Jonathan, 204–205, 223–224
Garden
abilities given to Elizabeth as part of a plan, 77
alive with light and color, 36
explaining strange aptitudes from experience in, 61–62
nonlinear nature of time revealed in, 28–32, 78
phone call from dead grandfather in, 40–44
precognition awakened after, 36–40
spiritual double remains in, 257
synesthetic reality of colors and senses in, 224
time as everlasting present in, 82
unconditional love in. see unconditional love
Garden, lessons of
all knowledge already exists, 100
comfort in knowing there is more, 120
knowledge given was not earned or deserved, 102
paranormal powers and evolving soul, 102–104
reincarnation and evolving soul, 100–101
that everyone is loved intensely, 120
that no one need fear death, 120
voltage, visitation, and vision in, 96–99
garden stories in Jewish lore, 282–284
gender, fluidity/transgenderism in world’s traditions, 219
genetics
Elizabeth’s family lore and, 268–270
in reincarnation systems, 270
spirituality of Elizabeth’s family line, 44–48
glass-block universe
brain precognizing its own future and, 250–251
precognition, retrocausation and, 241
Wargo proposes we understand, 253
gnostic forms of knowledge
ecstatic rapture or transcendence, 262–263
Elizabeth’s experience/life as, 186–187, 263
releases one into new sense of reality, 185
The Gnostic New Age: How a Countercultural Spirituality Revolutionized Religion from Antiquity to Today (DeConick), 184–186
God
beyond the mountains. see beyond the mountains
Elizabeth does not doubt existence of, 6, 109–110
in Hasidic vs. Reform Judaism, 114–117
as indivisible guiding light for all humanity, 109
matters of spirit/failure of political religion and, 111–114
Gödel, Kurt, 7
Gospel of Thomas
revelation and interpretation in, 177, 203–204
Thomas known as twin of Jesus, 259–260
Grapheme-color synesthesia, 63–64
gravitational field, and altered energy states, 213
Greek Orthodox Christians, altered energy states, 212
Greek philosophers
near-death story of Plato, 162
on pairs in afterlife, 257
“The Parable of Plato’s Cave,” 151
on prophecy, divination and precognition, 233–234
Greenfield, Larry (father), 45–46
Greenfield, Marianne (mother)
belief in Elizabeth’s precognitions, 38
belief in exchanges between two realms, 44
belief in reincarnation, 48
dalliance with supernatural, 46
Greenfield, Max (paternal grandfather), 108–109
Greenfield, Rabbi Eliezer, 110
Greyson, Bruce
Elizabeth understands she is not crazy, 71
looking for confirmation from, 68
near-death studies of, 56–57, 274–275
The Guiding Sign, response to Elizabeth’s stories, 8
hallucinatory model of imagination, 193–195
Hasidic Judaism
Elizabeth’s visions/experiences and, 129–130
heaven, as different to different people, 189
heavenly double, in ancient world, 259–260
Heyoka, Native Americans, 219–220
Hindu traditions
goal of reincarnation in, 104
multiple-life model in, 275–277
reincarnation in, 271
hitorerut, in Jewish mystical tradition, 283
The Hoax, response to Elizabeth’s stories, 6–7
Home, Daniel Douglas, 213
Homer, on prophetic dreams, 203
The Honest Misperception, response to Elizabeth’s stories, 7
Human as One, Elizabeth’s convictions on, 282
Human as Two
Dunne’s classical mystical model of, 249–250
Elizabeth’s visionary narrative of, 281
historical precedents/spiritual implications of, 261
number of souls we are, 261–264
trauma, revelation and, 265–268
we are a spiritual pair, 258
Huxley, Aldous, 8
hyperrealistic visions, Latin American sacred plants, 149
“I,” experienced “in here” vs. in material world, 168–169
“I’m My Own Grandpa” song, 270
images, in gnostic forms of knowledge, 185–186
imagination. see literalist model of imagination; religious imagination
immediate afterlife, revelations in this book, 5
inanimate objects
energies or vibes around, 51
intensity
communication of energy to Elizabeth via, 210
why NDE feels so real, 154
interpretation
of dreams and visions, 207
electromagnetism and psychophysical, 210
is revelation and vice versa, 203–205
as meaning-making, 246
invisible projector, why NDE feels so real, 154–155
Irwin, Lee, 218
Japan earthquake and tsunami of 2011, precognitive dream, 91–92
Judaism. see also Kabbalah
Babylonian Talmud in, 125
dreams and prophecy in mystical, 200–202
Elizabeth’s visions/experiences and, 129–130, 220–221
experience in Garden parallels Kabbalah, 96
failure of political religion/matters of spirit, 112–114
as family/social connections for Elizabeth, 107–109
garden motif in tradition of, 282
God and organized religion in, 109–111
lightning surrounds presence of God in Torah, 215
linking dream and prophecy to angels, 258–259
Reform. see Reform Judaism
reincarnation in mystical branches of, 271–272, 277
study of dreams by Wolfson in, 166–167
synesthesia mystical tradition of, 223–224
word of God in Torah, 111
Kabbalah
Elizabeth’s visions/experiences and, 129–130
experience in Garden parallels, 96, 189
identifies dimensions of soul, 263–264
Isaac Luria as father of contemporary, 110
modern revival/global renaissance of, 273
preserves literal truth of scripture, 198
synesthesia in mystical tradition of, 223–224
traces of Elizabeth’s understandings in, 111
keraunoparalysis (lightning paralysis), Elizabeth, 34
knowledge
how Elizabeth knew what she “just knew,” 187–191
lessons learned in Garden, 99–100, 102
precognition/divination in ancient world as, 234
of reincarnation and evolving soul, 100–101
that death is not final, 120–121
via hermeneutic of trust, 301–302
Krohn, Elizabeth (introduction)
author’s relationship with, 2–3
near-death experience of, 2
possible responses to life of, 6–8
revelations of, 5
struck by lightning in 1988, 1
transformed understanding of world, 2
visions of Light that glows beyond the mountains, 5–6
Krohn, Elizabeth (story of)
death of grandparents, 14
decision to return to life, 28–32
experience during lightning strike, 17–21
experience is beyond Jewish frameworks, 220–221
how she knew what she “just knew,” 187–191
insights right after lightning strike, 20–21
lessons of the Garden. see Garden
lives of two authors when writing, 139–140
new age and. see new age
precognitive dreams and nature of time. see time
seeing energy fields (auras), 57–60
seeing her capacities as gifts, 140–141
strange things. see strange things
structured religious doctrine and, 95
warm glow and the “Garden,” 23–28
Krohn, Matt (husband)
believes stories of Elizabeth, 40, 60
Elizabeth’s precognitive visions while with, 39–40, 84–85, 87–90
at Esalen with Elizabeth, 140–143
as eye-witness of dream, 299–303
Life After Life (Moody), 151, 162–165
light
every being as spark of eternal, 100
God illuminates all as indivisible, 109
in modern religious experiences, 149
movie as display of refracted, 150
as real in NDEs, 155
as single universal in religion, 213–214
tunnel of, 149
lightning paralysis (keraunoparalysis), Elizabeth, 34
lightning strike
Elizabeth knew before she reincarnated, 103
Elizabeth’s experience during, 17–19
engagement and interpretation of, 126–128
likelihood of person being hit by, 1, 102
parallels experience of Dannion Brinkley, 97
physical side effects of, 97–98
receiving knowledge after, 97, 98–99
voltage of, 1
in Youth Without Youth (Eliade), 147–148, 225
lightning strikes, lore from other cultures/times
comparing Elizabeth’s experiences to, 214–215
Jewish tradition, 215
monotheistic traditions, 215
Native American religion, 218
shamans sometimes identified by, 217–218
as sign of God’s wrath in Bible, 215–216
signaling divinity in Bible, 216–217
literalist model of imagination
religious intolerance begins with, 193
translational model of imagination and, 195, 197–198
what happens after death, 275–277
Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989, 85–87, 251
love. see unconditional love
Luna, Luis Eduardo, 150
Luria, Isaac, 110
Magic Eye books, seeing auras in, 58
magnetism
electromagnetism, 209–210, 212–214
healing powers of, 227
leading to new symbol for God, 226
Maimonides, angelic species in, 258
Mani, heavenly counterpart of, 259
material world, conventional materialists and, 168–169
McKenna, Terence, 206
meaning, of paranormal events, 245–247
mental world, conventional materialists and, 168–169
Mesmer, Anton, 227
military, holding back in Awake, 181
mind-brain relations, and telepathy, 170–171
Minkowski space-time
definition of, 237
as four-dimensional block, 249
precognition based on, 241
monotheistic traditions
God as transcendent in, 215
Moody, Raymond
coining term “near-death experience,” 13
“near-death experience” studies, 161–162
PhD from University of Virginia, 275
moral dilemma, of precognitive dreams, 86–87
mountains. see beyond the mountains
Mourner’s Kaddish, 15
Muggle, in Harry Potter, 142–143
multiple-life model
in stages of death process, 278–279
Mutants and Mystics (Kripal), 143
mysticism, Hasidic Judaism, 114–115
Native American religions, lightning lore in, 218–219
natural world
in monotheistic religions, 215
in Native American religions, 218
nature of time, in precognitive dreams, 83–85
near-death experience (NDE)
biological purpose of, 170
challenges deep religious sensibilities, 165
changing afterlife via literature of, 205
corroboration that death is not final, 69–71
of Elizabeth, 2
Elizabeth knew what she “just knew,” 187–191
Elizabeth seeks confirmation about, 68
empowers us all, 130
experiencers are mystics and seers, 259
imagery of film/television describing, 148
before it was called that, 161–162
literalist model of imagination in, 192–193
looking down on universe in, 237–238
in medieval Europe vs. modern America, 276
religious beliefs irrelevant in, 164, 193
sacred plant cultures of Latin America and, 149
story in Plato, 162
as story to be heard, read, and pondered, 126–128
trauma and revelation in, 265–268
University of Virginia studies on, 274–275
visions are like 3-D movies that morph, 205
near-future
we actually live in, 244
working our bodies from, 252
negative near-death experiences (NDEs), 163–164
neo-Darwinians, conventional materialists are often, 170
neurobiology, why NDE feels so real, 152–154
neuroscience, conventional materialists and, 168–169
new age
Kabbalah’s revival in, 273
psychic readings in Seattle, 73–76
truths of ancient gnostic Christians in, 186
Newtonian physics, consciousness as quantum wave vs., 229–230
nightmares. see precognitive dreams, Elizabeth’s
The Nightshirt Blog, Eric Wargo, 238–241
objectivity, literalist model of imagination, 192–193
OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder), synesthesia and, 63–65
octopi
Arrival film with aliens looking like, 181–184
from contact to communication with, 179–181
Ogren, Brian, 224
one-life model
vs. multiple-life model, 275–277
stages of death process, 278–279
organized religion, Elizabeth’s discomfort with exclusivity of, 109–111
orgasm, synesthetic experiences around, 222–223
Orlov, Andrei, 259
Our Divine Double (Stang), 257–258, 260
out-of-body experiences (OBEs), 277–278
Owens, Ted (PK or PsychoKinetic Man),220
“The Parable of Plato’s Cave”
gnostic forms of knowledge, 185–186
movie theaters reproduce cave in, 184
paranormal events
are about meaning, 168
collapses ordinary experience, 167–168
dreams of Elizabeth as. see precognitive dreams, Elizabeth’s
Elizabeth knew what she “just knew,” 187–191
everyone can interact with, 79–80
lightning in Native American culture and, 219–220
as neither black nor white, 165–170
offends division of mental/material worlds, 168–169
practices of reading and writing as, 138–140, 153–154
relationship between visions, dreams, and, 126
science fiction writers and, 133, 143–144
science is not best method to understand, 136
seeing energy fields (auras) as, 57–60
statistical approaches deny, 298
as supernatural, 220
as supposedly impossible, 136
work best when we are not looking, 304
paranormal events, evolutionary function of
it’s about framework, not just facts, 159–161
NDE before we called it that, 161–162
parable of Raymond Moody, 162–165
paranormal and procreation, 170–173
understanding Elizabeth’s story, 157–158
we die into our imaginations, 173–175
Paul the apostle, struck by light, 213–214
philosophical discussion, gnostic forms of knowledge, 185
physical effects, of lightning strikes, 97–98
PK or PsychoKinetic Man (Ted Owens), 220
Plato
modern movie theater replicates cave in, 184
near-death experience/reincarnation in, 162
“The Parable of Plato’s Cave,” 151–152
political religion, matters of spirit and, 112–114
precognition
brain precognizing its own future, 247–252
Eric Wargo and. see Wargo, Eric
experiences of. see precognitive dreams, Elizabeth’s
Greek philosophers on efficacy of, 233–234
as knowledge of events before they happen, 48
and prophecy in Jewish tradition, 200–201
precognitive dreams, Elizabeth’s
to be heard, read, and pondered, 126
Brazilian soccer team crash of 2016, 92–94
cluelessness about how to use, 76–77
as dreams that are not dreams, 83–85
emailing as evidence, 88
how Elizabeth dreamed this book, 285–291
Japan earthquake/tsunami of 2011, 91–92
Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989, 85–87
regular dreams vs., 84
slicing through layers of time, 82–83
TransAsia Airways Flight 235, 90–91
Western China earthquake of 2003, 40
precognitive dreams of Elizabeth, how to think about
brain precognizing its own future, 247–252
as direct seeing into future, 196–197
future already exists, 252–253
modern sense of time, 233
as part of historical record, 301–302
picking up on future media reports, 251
as prophecy, divination and precognition, 233–234
provisio and proposal, 234–236
resonates with ancient gnostics, 187
time as a persistent illusion, 236
prenotion (precognition), and Francis Bacon, 162
procreation, paranormal and, 170–173
projected light (movie theater)
religion as science fiction and, 148–152
tunnel of light as, 155
prophecy
Greek philosophers on, 233–234
Homer on some dreams as, 203
in Jewish mystical tradition, 200–201
link between angelic presence and, 258
rabbis on dreams as minor forms of, 201–202
psi-fi, as sci-fi, 144
psychic readings
Elizabeth’s short career in, 73–75
psychophysical interpretation, electromagnetism, 210
quantum physics
mystical literature of, 227–228
Radin, Dean, 243
“radioactive” saints, 213
reading
interpretation and revelation in, 205
as paranormal practice, 138–140
reality
synesthetes actually experience different, 223
we cocreate, 223
Reform Judaism
absence of spirituality in, 113–114
as force for political change, 112
reincarnation
comparing reincarnations, 271–273
Elizabeth’s decision to return, 103
Elizabeth’s insistence on reality of, 271–272
Elizabeth’s mother’s belief in, 48
genetics and evolutionary implications of, 270
goal is liberation from birth and death, 104
memories in small children of, 274–276
one-life vs. multiple-life models of, 275–277
revelations in Garden, 30–31, 100–101
revelations in this book, 5
spiritual evolution of soul and, 271–273
story in Plato, 162
we are not who we think we are, 271
what happens after death, 273–279
religion. see also science, religion, and science fiction
Elizabeth’s discomfort with doctrine, 95, 109–111
Elizabeth’s NDE, life events and, 145
funding arts for sake of vision, 174
human-divine twoness in history of, 257–260
paranormal experiences and, 137
as practiced science fiction, 143–148, 225
spirit and politicization of, 112–114
superhuman powers and, 144–145
synesthesia in history of, 223–224
why NDE feels so real, 152–155
religious imagination
Arrival science fiction film, 181–184
from contact to communication, 179–181
dreams, visions, prophecy and secret powers of interpretation, 199–207
dying into our, 175
Elizabeth knew what she “just knew,” 187–191
Elizabeth perceiving through, 189–190
hallucinatory model of, 193–195
how to talk to an octopus, 178–179
models are not exclusive, 197–198
as realm of unreal in secular society, 191–192
as secret of this book, 178
translational model of, 195–197
visionary experiences of, 148–152
what happens after death, 277
what is imagined is not always imaginary, 177
religious intolerance, literalist model of imagination and, 193
Renner, Jeremy, 182
The Republic (Plato)
NDE and reincarnation in, 162
“The Parable of Plato’s Cave,” 151–152
retrocausation
as secret of evolution, 240–241
revelation
prophecy in Jewish tradition and, 200–201
rocks falling from sky, 159–160
Rosenthal, Francine Greenfield (paternal grandmother), 108–109
sacred plant cultures of Latin America, reminiscent of NDEs, 149
sacred powers (wakan), lightning strikes in Native American lore, 219
Schneerson, Menachem M., 271
science
cannot know truth through, 137–138
classical materialist interpretation of, 134, 135
denies fundamental reality of consciousness, 136
Elizabeth’s emails cannot be proved by, 295–297
nature of scientific evidence, 297–299
paranormal events do not play by rules of, 136, 160–161
science, religion, and science fiction
classical materialism and, 134–135
Esalen school for mutants, 140–143
making the impossible possible, 133–134
paranormal experiences of science fiction writers, 133–134
reading/writing as paranormal practices, 138–140
religion as practiced science fiction, 143–148
studying stars at midday and, 136–137
why the near-death experience feels so real, 152–155
science fiction
Elizabeth’s experiences as, 158, 189
Elizabeth’s resonance with, 224–225
paranormal experiences of writers, 133–134, 140, 142–144
recognizes illusion and moves towards real, 184
religion as practiced, 143–148
truths of ancient gnostic Christians in, 186
scientific method
Elizabeth’s experiences do not follow rules of, 135
vs. eternality, 119
hermeneutic of trust is opposite to, 301–302
impossible when interpreting religious texts, 139
inhibits paranormal effects, 304
as only way to know the world, 137
scriptural interpretation, prophecy in Judaism, 200
séances, 304
Secret Body (Kripal), 294
sensory capacities, Elizabeth knew what she “just knew,” 187–191
Serialism, Dunne’s theory of time, 248
sex
connection between ESP and, 243
reincarnation and evolution requiring, 270
synesthetic experiences around orgasm, 222–223
sexual abuse. see childhood sexual abuse
sheep-goat” effect, parapsychology, 301–302
Skow, Brad, 237
SLIders (Street Light Interference), 212–213
social justice, focus in Reform Judaism, 112
Song of Songs tradition, 282–283
soul
dimensions or levels of, 263–264
double. see evolution of double soul, angelic destiny of
paranormal powers and evolving, 102–104
reincarnation and evolving, 100–101
returning back to physical body, 32–34
revelations in this book about, 5
as spark of eternal light, 100
trauma, revelation and, 264–268
spirit guide
as greeter for recently departed, 106
lessons of the Garden, 104–106
for new arrival in Garden, 27–28, 104–105
pairs in afterlife, with one acting as, 257
tapping into other people’s, 73, 106
spirituality
absence in Reform Judaism, 113–114
paranormal powers and, 103
Stevenson, Ian, 274
stories, gnostic forms of knowledge as, 185–186
strange things
knowing events in advance, 36–40
phone call from the dead, 40–44
the woman (not) upstairs, 48–50
Street Light Interference (SLIders), 212–213
Strieber, Whitley
abduction experiences of, 140
participation in Esalen symposium, 142
tells Elizabeth to help transition the dying, 141, 184
Sullenberger, Chesley B. “Sully”
metadata preserved for email about, 299–303
US Airways Flight 1549 crash, 90
supernatural
Elizabeth’s mother’s dalliance with, 46
haunted necklace leading to study of, 56–57
paranormal events as, 220
as part of Elizabeth’s life abilities, 77
survival, from living in the slight near-future, 244
survival rate, for lightning strikes, 1
symbolic material, precognitive dreams, 287–291, 297–299
synesthesia
color associations of, 60–63, 222
definition of, 221
Grapheme-color, 64
how Elizabeth dreamed this book, 288
role in history of religions, 223–224
seeing of auras, 65–66, 221–222
sensing different realities, 221–224
Talmud
defined, 129
technology
dedicated to divination and dream, 233–234
lore around death and stopping of, 232
tales of NDEs due to biomedical, 173–175
telepathy, survival advantage of, 170–172
television, NDEs described in imagery of, 148–152
theology
intellectually describes nature of God, 225–226
The Theology of Electricity (Benz), 226–227
theory of relativity. see block universe model
Thunder dreamers, Native American, 219–220
time
block universe and its model of, 238
Brazilian soccer team plane crash of 2016, 92–94
dreams that are not dreams and, 83–85
Elizabeth’s problem with watches, 231–233
as illusion in Arrival, 183–184
J. W. Dunne’s theory of, 248
Japan earthquake, tsunami of 2011 and, 91–92
as layer cake of infinite proportion, 81–83
Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989, 85–87
Minkowski space-time, 237
modern sense of, 233
nonlinear nature of, 23, 27–30, 78–79
prophecy, divination, precognition and, 234–236
revelations in this book about, 5
TransAsia Airways Flight 235, 90–91
time loops
precognized book sharing of authors and, 291–294
remembering future and creating, 252
Time Loops (Wargo), 238
Torah
Elizabeth’s visions/experiences and, 129–130
lightning surrounds presence of God in, 215
linkages between dreams and prophecy, 200–201
rabbis on dreams/visions, 201–202
revelation and interpretation in, 204–205
ritual dimension of Judaism and, 112–113
word of God in, 111
TransAsia Airways Flight 235, 90–91, 251
translation
communicating with other species via, 179–182
of emotional fields in colors of auras, 222
genetics works through information and, 245
precognitive dreams and, 196–197
translational model of imagination
in study of religion, 199
what happens after death, 277
translation-distortion, 180–181, 200
trauma
spiritual transcendence and sexual, 269
trickster effect, parapsychology, 303
trust, hermeneutic of, 301–302
UFOs, around altered states of energy, 212–213
unconditional love
experience in Garden of, 25–26
as lesson learned in Garden, 120
in Moody’s book/Elizabeth’s story, 162–163
reminder to Elizabeth to feel, 32, 42–43
stays with Elizabeth forever, 29
unity between humanity, 198
Universal Mind, Dunne’s belief in God as, 250
University of Virginia studies on, 274–275
US Airways Flight 1549
Elizabeth”sees” future media on, 251
precognitive dream about, 87–90
preserved metadata for email about, 299–303
veridical hallucinations, NDEs in Victorian England, 162
Verne, Jule, 248
Victorian England, near-death experiences in, 162
visions
as biotechnological projections, 148
dream space in Judaism linked to, 200–202
of end or purpose of human life, 226
engaging and acting on, 174
as knowledge given, 97
religions fund art for sake of, 174–175
religious beliefs in NDEs and, 164
of sacred plant cultures of Latin America, 149–150
from voltage or visitations, 99
“Visions of the Impossible” (Kripal), 171–172
vision-work, story of Elizabeth requires shared, 126–128
visitations
in the Garden, 97
vision coming from, 99
voltage
receiving knowledge after, 97, 99
vision coming from, 99
Vonnegut, Kurt, 250
wakan (sacred powers), lightning strikes in Native American lore, 219
Wargo, Eric
on brain precognizing its own future, 247–252
on glass-block universe, 241–242
on precognition and retrocausation, 240–242
precognition interest of, 238
on retrocausation and time loops, 238–240
Wednesday Is Indigo Blue: Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia (Cytowic and Eagleman), 222–223
Western China earthquake of 2003, 40, 84–85
Wolfson, Elliot
on interpreting dreams and visions, 207, 301
mystical literature of quantum physics, 228
on quantum physics and dreams, 205–207
on religious imagination, 199
revelation and interpretation in, 203–204
writing
interpretation and revelation in, 205
paranormal experiences of science fiction, 143–148
paranormal practice of, 138–140, 153
X, found in parking lot, 292–293
X-Men: The Last Stand, 292
yahrtzeit (annual memorial), 15
Youth Without Youth (Eliade)
Elizabeth’s resonance with, 224–225
energy and consciousness in, 225–226
precognized sharing of, 293
religion as form of science fiction, 147–148
Zaleksi, Carol, 276
Zeitoun, Virgin of, 213