RIP Peter Fenwick
Sadly (for us left behind), Peter Fenwick left this earthly dimension last week.
Anyone who has a serious interest in NDEs will have heard of Peter Fenwick and read some of his work. He was one of the early giants of the field alongside Moody, Ring, Greyson and Sabom. He has been on TV and in national newspapers countless times in the UK discussing the incredible glimpses into the afterlife that NDEs provide. Many who visit this blog will have communicated with him in some way and those who have, report only good things.
While his contributions will be missed, and our thoughts are for his grieving family, our hope is that he is now enjoying the best that the next life has to offer.
AwareofAware 
A tremendous loss to NDE research and advocacy for survival of consciousness postmortem. Since I’m not a scientist who is firmly acquainted with academic and research fields, it’s difficult for me to estimate what portion of those spheres are populated with materialist defending annihilation and how many are proponents of the survival of consciousness. Regardless of the answer, our side feels a bit more lonely today.
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RIP Peter Fenwick
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Peter Fenwick was one of the first I listened to and he made a tremendous impact on my thinking and soul. He had such a calm presence and spoke so eloquently. I’m so grateful for all his work. I send my deepest condolences to his family.
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I hope to see him on the other side. Condolences to his family.
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Very nice tribute Ben. Thank you for doing that for such a lovely gentleman that Dr. Fenwick was.
Though I never had the privilege of directly communicating with Dr. Fenwick, one thing I really admired about him is his moral courage – he told the truth about what he thought on the evidence for life after death – he did not try to play to the atheistic materialist side even though it may cost him career wise. He just had too much integrity for that and someone of real honesty, unlike some. For that so many in the world are better off as more of the truth got revealed to us (instead of the materialist propaganda that pervades much of the media and academia in the western world).
I especially like your saying:
“While his contributions will be missed, and our thoughts are for his grieving family, our hope is that he is now enjoying the best that the next life has to offer.“
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I agree. Truth seeking, and truth speaking are central to achieving our purpose in this life. He did that, as do many others. Of course what some people believe to be the truth, is not always true, and that is where it is vital that we are able to speak freely and test our ideas in evidence based debate.
Unfortunately our society has become dominated by materialist thinking that shuts down opposition to the central tenets it holds on to – there is no God and there is no eternal soul. Anyone in a position of authority, whether it be in academia or media who challenges this becomes a target of this establishment thinking.
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I’m very grateful to be informed of Peter’s death. I have very much appreciated his wise knowing, in his books and his talks. Although I never met him in person I feel as though I know him. May his journey be blessed. Martin Henry
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Just finished reading “erasing death” by Sam Parnia. Not really that much material on OBEs as I had hoped but a good book nonetheless. I saw Ben’s review on Amazon and I suspect many people read the book so I won’t go into it too much but I liked the one OBE where the patient was able to see the doctor from behind the drape. I think I already heard of this case before but the book provides a good interview with the patient and it cleared up some of the details for me.
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If anyone is familiar with this kind of procedure where they place drapes to obstruct the view of the patient, could someone please explain to me how difficult it would be for the patient to see the doctor working on the lower half of the body? Apparently the man in question had a cardiac arrest i think and was placed in a cardiac catheterization lab. Apparently the drape was placed “approximately at the level of his upper body”.
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Check out Sam Parnia new book Lucid Dying. It too is a good read. Also Sam Parnia documentary Rethinking death is on youtube.
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hi xylophone,
yes I already read that one and it took was good. Thank you.
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I wonder when Sam Parnia will do another Rethinking death documentry. Let me know if anyone hears anything
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New article on OBEs by Dr Thomas Verny. I don’t think it says a whole lot that hasn’t been said here.
https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-near-death-experiences-thomas-verny/
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Hello Ben. Wanted to share with you this YouTube video that Parnia Lab just posted. I’m currently watching it, so I have nothing of value to offer just yet.
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Thanks, will take a look later.
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Nothing exceptionally new to report in this video, but it was a very good presentation, in my humble opinion.
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I watched some of it. Will hopefully watch the rest this weekend. I find it interesting how Parnia seems to dismiss the hellish NDEs as being caused by something other than the dying process. I don’t recall hearing this take from anyone else in the field. Not saying he’s right or wrong, just saying it sounds like a pretty hot take.
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Very good video from Sam Parnia. Looking forward to more documentaires like Rethinking death. His book Lucid dying is a good read. I wonder if there will be aware 3. Maybe the cool study next
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Just uploaded 5th December 2024
https://news.uchicago.edu/big-brains-podcast-what-happens-when-we-die-sam-parnia
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Thanks Z. Just skim read it…don’t think I saw him talk about his disinhibition theory. Also, he has moderated his language on religion.
He is a good man, and I value him hugely as a human being who is striving to contribute to our knowledge on this most important of subjects, and trying to make sense of what he is observing and apply it to his daily life and share this knowledge with others. I still disagree with him on some points.
He says that we interpret this data through the lens of our own backgrounds. I agree to a point, but at the same time intelligent people are able to see when observations are in conflict with beliefs and either re-evaluate their beliefs, or challenge the observations. In my latest book, Did Jesus Die For Nothing? I really get into that in a big way.
I will create a post on this and the video over the weekend.
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