This is the past life's podcast, episode 11.

I'm your host, Simon Bown.

My mission here at the past life's podcast is to investigate evidence that demonstrates survival of the human soul.

We will look at past life memories, near-death experiences, spirit communication

and other incredible phenomena. You can visit my website at www.pastliveshypnosis.com.uk.

In this episode, I am talking to Dr. Stafford Betty. He is Professor of Religious Studies at California State University, Bakersfield.

He is the author of several books about the afterlife, including The Afterlife Unveiled,

What the Dead Are Telling Us About Their World, and Heaven and Hell Unveiled, Updates from the Spirit World.

This week we are discussing his book,

When Did You Ever Become Less By Dying, After Life, The Evidence. Dr. Betty, thank you for coming

on to the past lives podcast. It's a pleasure to be there. First of all, would you give

us a description of your book, When Did You Ever Become Less By Dying?

Yes, when did you ever become less by dying, After Life, The Evidence?

It's the subtitle that suggests the nature of the book.

What is the evidence for in afterlife?

And I'm speaking of what I would call secular evidence or non-religious evidence, not looking

at any scripture or any religious teaching or doctrine or theology. I've never found that

to be convincing or particularly persuasive. So I've looked elsewhere, and I've got the evidence arranged under 11

chapters. The last two are philosophy in the afterlife and religion in the afterlife. So I'm not

concerned about those so much. Those are almost footnotes. But the first nine are the evidences that I take seriously, and they

are deathbed visions, the near-death experience, apparitions or ghosts, paltryguise phenomena,

spirit communication through mediums, spirit attachment and possession, reincarnation cases,

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