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"Near-death experiences occur when the soul leaves the nervous system."
This is according to two quantum physicists, Dr Stuart Hameroff, of the University of Arizona, and British physicist Sir Roger Penrose
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2225190/Can-quantum-physics-explain-bizarre-experiences-patients-brought-brink-death.html#ixzz2ArRURy5R
And what about angels?
Liz Jones. "An anorexic since she was about 11, Jones was raised in Essex, the daughter of an army father and a former ballerina,[4]" Liz Jones - Wikipedia
In the Daily Mail, journalist Liz Jones has written about being "the most sceptical person on the planet."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1121331/Are-angels-real-With-more-people-putting-faith-LIZ-JONES-claims-test-.html#ixzz2B0AXSYGO
Liz is told about a psychic healer, a man called Terry Shubrook.
"Virtue's Ph.D. is from an unaccredited program at Clarkson University in Southern California. She charges $2500 to train a person to become a medium."
http://www.broowaha.com/articles/1099/doreen-virtue-angel-therapy-or-a-frauds-mental-illness#X5MMTDzE1c3Osmeq.99
The Daily Mail's Liz comments that "this all sounds a bit American, wacky..."
Jenny Smedley
Liz next speaks to Jenny Smedley, who is based in Somerset, and who claims to use angels to help people.
Jenny Smedley claims that, at the age of 45, while she was travelling on a train and meditating, she met an angel.
'The angel showed me my life path,' she says. 'Most of us don't know why we are here. I was lucky to be told I was to be a spiritual seed planter. If you follow your path, that is where true happiness comes from; it can't be taken away by outside influences.'
Liz wonders if these therapists using angels are just tapping into our anxieties.
However, Jenny announces that Liz's guardian angel is telling her that Liz's nephew will be OK.
Liz comments that Jenny could not have known that a nephew was suffering from leukaemia.
Jenny tells Liz: "There is plenty of love to come for you. There is turquoise around your angel, which indicates that the love will come from abroad. This will be a foreign-speaking man, from a hot country."
Jenny tells Liz that there are two types of angel: "past-life angels that give you 'horrible nudges' so that you will do better in the next life, and guardian angels, which direct you in your everyday life."
Jenny suggests that Liz should draw an image of how she wants her life to be, and to write eight words around the image: these could be 'happy' or 'free'.
Liz is advised to repeat this 'mantra' at various times during the day.
Liz tries to do this the next morning and feels "a bit daft", but thinks it puts her "in a good frame of mind".
Horst Rechelbacher
Liz contacts Horst Rechelbacher, who claims he has been guided by angels all his life.
Horst Rechelbacher is the founder of Aveda, the plant-based beauty company that makes such things as hair care products, and which was recently sold to Estee Lauder for $300million.
Rechelbacher tells Liz that he has been 'amazed how many different cultures believe in angels'.
Finally, Liz visits Sohini Patel on London's Harley Street.
Sohini is an osteopath who uses angels to help treat her patients.
Sohini tells Liz that her heart is wounded and that she needs to come out of her self-imposed hibernation.
Liz had moved to the countryside after her divorce a year previously.
Sohini then says something that makes Liz 'freeze'.
'I can sense a bottle,' she says. 'Wine.'
Liz does not tell Sohini that, having been depressed, she has enjoyed a glass of wine in the evenings, and, that her family has a history of alcoholism.
Sohini's hands 'hover' over Liz's left knee.
Sohini tells Liz that a bad spirit has attached itself to that part of Liz's body six days previously.
'Is your sister having problems with her knee?' asks Sohini.
Liz comments: "Now, this is weird.
"Six days before, I had had a stand-up screaming match with my sister, and the resentment was still brewing. The row happened the night before my sister had surgery - on her left knee."
Sohini advises Liz: "Listen to your gut instincts. Repeat the words: 'Trust and relax. Trust and relax..
"At night, at least once a week, soak in a sea salt bath for 15 minutes. This will cleanse your body, release the energy.
"When you go to bed, ask your angels a question. In the morning, when you wake up, you will have the answer.
"When you hear a voice telling you the answer, say what they are telling you out loud: it makes it more real, and you're more likely to remember it."
Liz feels a weight has lifted from my shoulders.
Liz's mobile rings.
It is a text from a man she have been wanting to hear from, asking her out for dinner.
He has just come to England from abroad.
(Jenny Smedley had told Liz: "There is plenty of love to come for you. There is turquoise around your angel, which indicates that the love will come from abroad. This will be a foreign-speaking man, from a hot country.")
I then get some good news about a work problem.
Liz asks: "Have I been helped by my guardian angels or do I merely think I have? Is this the placebo effect...
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1121331/Are-angels-real-With-more-people-putting-faith-LIZ-JONES-claims-test-.html#ixzz2B0AXSYGO
LIZ JONES: You don't pay for my cats - so why should I pay for your kids?
LIZ JONES: You don't pay for my cats - so why should I pay for your kids?
Liz Jones's 17-year-old cat, Snoopy, becomes ill, with kidney and liver failure.
Despite having misgivings, Liz gives him a call.
Over the phone, Terry tells Liz of the time when he had been working with a woman who was trying to conceive.
"During a session, an energy came down to her and I knew it was the soul of a child. Two weeks later, she rang to tell me she was pregnant."
Terry tells Liz that Snoopy is not yet ready to leave her.
Terry "uses Snoopy's angels."
The following week, the vet tests Snoopy's blood and urine.
They are both 'normal'.
Doreen Virtue
Liz contacts 'the queen of angel therapy', Doreen Virtue, who has treated 'famous movie stars'.
According to Wikipedia, "Doreen was born on April 29, 1958 to a Christian Scientist family in California. [7]
Over the phone, Terry tells Liz of the time when he had been working with a woman who was trying to conceive.
"During a session, an energy came down to her and I knew it was the soul of a child. Two weeks later, she rang to tell me she was pregnant."
Terry tells Liz that Snoopy is not yet ready to leave her.
Terry "uses Snoopy's angels."
The following week, the vet tests Snoopy's blood and urine.
They are both 'normal'.
Doreen Virtue
Liz contacts 'the queen of angel therapy', Doreen Virtue, who has treated 'famous movie stars'.
According to Wikipedia, "Doreen was born on April 29, 1958 to a Christian Scientist family in California. [7]
"She claims to have had clairvoyant abilities such as seeing and conversing with spirits since she was a young child." [8]
Doreen has been divorced from four husbands.
Doreen has taken an interest in Theosophy which is linked to the spooky Madam Blavatsky and the Kabbala.
Doreen has taken an interest in Theosophy which is linked to the spooky Madam Blavatsky and the Kabbala.
http://www.broowaha.com/articles/1099/doreen-virtue-angel-therapy-or-a-frauds-mental-illness#X5MMTDzE1c3Osmeq.99
The Daily Mail's Liz comments that "this all sounds a bit American, wacky..."
Jenny Smedley
Liz next speaks to Jenny Smedley, who is based in Somerset, and who claims to use angels to help people.
Jenny Smedley claims that, at the age of 45, while she was travelling on a train and meditating, she met an angel.
'The angel showed me my life path,' she says. 'Most of us don't know why we are here. I was lucky to be told I was to be a spiritual seed planter. If you follow your path, that is where true happiness comes from; it can't be taken away by outside influences.'
Liz wonders if these therapists using angels are just tapping into our anxieties.
However, Jenny announces that Liz's guardian angel is telling her that Liz's nephew will be OK.
Liz comments that Jenny could not have known that a nephew was suffering from leukaemia.
Jenny tells Liz: "There is plenty of love to come for you. There is turquoise around your angel, which indicates that the love will come from abroad. This will be a foreign-speaking man, from a hot country."
Jenny tells Liz that there are two types of angel: "past-life angels that give you 'horrible nudges' so that you will do better in the next life, and guardian angels, which direct you in your everyday life."
Jenny suggests that Liz should draw an image of how she wants her life to be, and to write eight words around the image: these could be 'happy' or 'free'.
Liz is advised to repeat this 'mantra' at various times during the day.
Liz tries to do this the next morning and feels "a bit daft", but thinks it puts her "in a good frame of mind".
Horst Rechelbacher
Liz contacts Horst Rechelbacher, who claims he has been guided by angels all his life.
Horst Rechelbacher is the founder of Aveda, the plant-based beauty company that makes such things as hair care products, and which was recently sold to Estee Lauder for $300million.
Rechelbacher tells Liz that he has been 'amazed how many different cultures believe in angels'.
Finally, Liz visits Sohini Patel on London's Harley Street.
Sohini is an osteopath who uses angels to help treat her patients.
Sohini tells Liz that her heart is wounded and that she needs to come out of her self-imposed hibernation.
Liz had moved to the countryside after her divorce a year previously.
Sohini then says something that makes Liz 'freeze'.
'I can sense a bottle,' she says. 'Wine.'
Liz does not tell Sohini that, having been depressed, she has enjoyed a glass of wine in the evenings, and, that her family has a history of alcoholism.
Sohini's hands 'hover' over Liz's left knee.
Sohini tells Liz that a bad spirit has attached itself to that part of Liz's body six days previously.
'Is your sister having problems with her knee?' asks Sohini.
Liz comments: "Now, this is weird.
"Six days before, I had had a stand-up screaming match with my sister, and the resentment was still brewing. The row happened the night before my sister had surgery - on her left knee."
Sohini advises Liz: "Listen to your gut instincts. Repeat the words: 'Trust and relax. Trust and relax..
"At night, at least once a week, soak in a sea salt bath for 15 minutes. This will cleanse your body, release the energy.
"When you go to bed, ask your angels a question. In the morning, when you wake up, you will have the answer.
"When you hear a voice telling you the answer, say what they are telling you out loud: it makes it more real, and you're more likely to remember it."
Liz feels a weight has lifted from my shoulders.
Liz's mobile rings.
It is a text from a man she have been wanting to hear from, asking her out for dinner.
He has just come to England from abroad.
(Jenny Smedley had told Liz: "There is plenty of love to come for you. There is turquoise around your angel, which indicates that the love will come from abroad. This will be a foreign-speaking man, from a hot country.")
I then get some good news about a work problem.
Liz asks: "Have I been helped by my guardian angels or do I merely think I have? Is this the placebo effect...
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1121331/Are-angels-real-With-more-people-putting-faith-LIZ-JONES-claims-test-.html#ixzz2B0AXSYGO
LIZ JONES: You don't pay for my cats - so why should I pay for your kids?
LIZ JONES: You don't pay for my cats - so why should I pay for your kids?