This is the past lives podcast episode 258, and I'm your host, Simon Bown.

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

We will look at past live memories, near-death

experiences, spirit communication and other incredible phenomena. And please look out of the

Past Lives podcast episodes called paranormal stories and they are released every Thursday. If you want to hear

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And this week I'm talking to John Audet about his book, Loved by the Light,

true stories of divine intervention and providence. John is the co-founder of the International

Association for Near Death Studies and CEO of Etonia Inc., which he co-founded with the late Dr. Edgar Mitchell

and Dr. Eben Alexander.

Hi John, thanks a lot for coming on the podcast.

You're most welcome, Simon. Thank you so much for the opportunity to be with you.

So we're going to be talking about the book that's called Loved by the Light, True Stories of Divine

Intervention and Providence. You've got in there eight encounters with angels as well of so

much other stuff. So I suppose your first introduction to all this was the first angel encounter.

Could you tell us about that?

Yes.

Well, that first angel encounter happened in 1960.

I was eight years old, living in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

And it was an unremarkable day in all respects I went to bed as I normally do

and sleep soundly usually for the most part but this particular night I was

awakened by something as though it were the crack of dawn. It's wide awake in the middle of the night,

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