Conference 2013
Friday, May 17 to Sunday, May 19, 2013
Wyndham Hotel,
5700 Atlantic Ave, Virginia Beach, VA
on the theme:
Spirituality, Science and the Paranormal
"This conference is a superb mix of a variety of paranormal topics, and also the opportunity to speak and network with both presenters and those attending. I went away with a grateful heart and new ideas." -J.D.
"Excellent conference! More than what I could have expected!" -- Anon
"Wonderful conference - my intelect was challenged and my psychic and spiritual self was
fed." -- P.T.
"The Academy's 38th Annual Conference was held in the balmy resort at Virginia Beach. The lineup of outstanding speakers was as good as it gets with well-known names like authors, Raymond Moody and P.M.H. Atwater; medium, Suzanne Giesemann; A.R.E.'s Director, Kevin Todeschi; paraphysicist, James Beichler; and keynote speaker, Vernon Neppe. The accommodations at the Wyndham Virginia Beach Oceanfront Hotel were superb. A good time was had by all. -- S.H.
"Excellent meeting! Really enjoyed stimulating presentations, even those highly scientific one that were over my head. I look forward to reading the proceedings." -- Anon
"This was an extraordinary conference! Every speaker did a terrific job and the cutting-edge information was unparalelled!" -- R.G.
"This was by far the best conference the ASCSI has had! The hotel was nice and the service was impeccible!" -- K.K.
2013 Conference Program
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: - REALITY BEGINS WITH CONSCIOUSNESS: Survival after Death and Life
itself —Is There a How? by VERNON M. NEPPE, MD, PhD. FRSSAf, DFAPA, BN&NP;, DSPE, Fellow
of the Royal Society
(SAf),
is a world recognized pioneer of the disciplines of Behavioral Neurology,
Neuropsychiatry, and also on déjà experiences, An internationally recognized
psychopharmacologist (impacting millions), medicolegal specialist, psychiatrist,
neuroscientist, phenomenologist, epileptologist, consciousness researcher, survival
researcher, and philosopher, he's received several major recognitions. Currently,
Executive Director and Distinguished Professor, Exceptional Creative Achievement
Organization (www.5eca.com) and Director, Pacific Neuropsychiatric Institute (www.pni.org)
in Seattle, his 70+ page CV includes 8+ books, 2 plays, 450+ publications in 6 continents,
and 1000+ lectures in 12 countries. His latest book (with Dr Ed Close), Reality Begins
With Consciousness: A Paradigm Shift That Works (brainvoyage.com)
provides the first consistently workable model for unifying Science and Spirituality and
provides understanding why "Post-mortem Survival" is theoretically necessary.
EDGAR CAYCE ON DREAMS: Your Pathway to Personal Guidance and Intuition by KEVIN J. TODESCHI, Executive Director and CEO of the Edgar Cayce work and a nationally recognized resource on the interpretation of dreams. The author of numerous books on symbolism and interpretation, including Dream, Images and Symbols and The BEST Dream Book Ever, he has worked with dreams for more than 30 years and lectured on dream interpretation on five continents. He is the author of more than 25 books, including Edgar Cayce on the Akashic Records, and Edgar Cayce on Reincarnation and Family Karma.
MEDIUMS CAN CHANGE OUR LIFE FOCUS by REV. KAREN E. HERRICK, PH.D,LCSW, LMSW, CADC has shared her clinical expertise for twenty-four years in her private practice by lecturing throughout the United States on dysfunctional and addictive homes, dissociation, grief and loss.Karen was ordained in 1995. Her ministry is to be actively involved in Spiritual Psychology specifically in naming spiritual experiences. Her book You’re Not Finished Yet is available through Amazon.com, Authorhouse.com and on Kindle.
THE NEURO-COSMOLOGICAL BASIS OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND SPIRITUALITY by DR. JAMES E. BEICHLER Professor Beichler has been teaching Physics, Mathematics, History and Philosophy of Science and European History and other related subjects at the university and college level for more than three decades. He earned his Ph.D. in 1999 from the Union Institute and University in Paraphysics, a new and highly controversial branch of theoretical physics. He is the author of To Die For: The physical reality of conscious survival, as well as a sci-fi novel Evo: the next step. Look for his upcoming ebooks Phallacies in Fysics and Four Pillars of Wisdom: The conceptual foundations of natural science.
HOW THE CHAKRAS ARE INTERTWINED WITH THE BOOK OF GENESIS AND THE PROPHET MOHAMMED'S ASCENSION TO THE SEVEN HEAVENS by KARIN NEMRI, CSC , After a Near-Death Experience in 1971, Karin began to understand the workings of other planes of reality and the beings who function within them. Her interest in energy healing naturally followed and found that she had been blessed with a way to show people what is happening in the invisible realms during an energy healing treatment. She is a Certified Spiritual Counselor, Domestic Violence Counselor and Aiijii Healer
HOW GOSPEL ANALYSIS CAN BE COMBINED WITH AFTERLIFE EVIDENCE AND TRADITIONAL SCIENCE TO HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND CONSCIOUSNESS by ROBERTA A. GRIMES, ESQ. An experience of light when she was eight started Roberta Grimes on a mission to understand how reality works. She majored in religion in college, and investigated quantum physics and research in consciousness. She is the author of The Fun of Dying – Find Out What Really Happens Next, In late 2010, she co-founded afterlifeforums.com. Roberta is a business attorney married for 40 years, a mother of three and a grandmother of four.
INTELLIGENT AGENCY AND SPIRITUAL VOICES by DOUGLAS G. RICHARDS, Ph.D, Douglas G. Richards, Ph.D. has been a faculty member at Atlantic University for 25 years, with interests in consciousness, spiritual, and psychic phenomena as well as mediumistic communication. His publications include papers in the Journal of Humanistic Psychology, the Journal of Psychology and Theology, the Journal of Parapsychology, and the Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research.
EINSTEIN'S RELIGION by LEE LAWRENCE, An internationally known medical/psychological intuitive whose education and research in religion, psychology, and neuroscience Lee brings these three fields together in one unified body of knowledge. Many describe him as a mystic, a soul reader or a miracle worker. His scientific research into the existence ofthe human soul and how it works takes science beyond its current limits. Formerly a university professor and C.P.A., Lee now devotes his time to helping people grow spiritually through advancing knowledge that bridges the gap between science and religion.
SHARED DEATH EXPERIENCES: GLIMPSES OF ETERNITY? by RAYMOND MOODY, MD Best-Selling Author of twelve books including Life After Life—which has sold over 13 million copies world wide—and Reunions, as well as numerous articles in academic and professional literature. Dr. Moody continues to capture enormous public interest and generate controversy with his ground-breaking work on the near-death experience and what happens when we die.
WHERE SCIENCE AND SPIRITUALITY MEET by SUZANNE GIESEMANN, Suzanne Giesemann is the author of nine books and is a presenter and teacher in the field of spirituality and human empowerment. She is a former Navy Commander who has served as a Commanding Officer and was the aide to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon on 9/11. The story of Suzanne's transition from Navy Commander to her current work as an intuitive counselor is chronicled in her memoir, Messages of Hope, which is featured in a documentary by the same name.
HIGH TECH AND THE AFTERLIFE: COMMUNICATING WITH THE DEAD AND THE BEYOND by ROSEMARY ELLEN GUILEY, Rosemary Ellen Guiley is a leading paranormal researcher and investigator, and is the author of more than 50 books on paranormal and metaphysical topics. She first experimented with EVP in the 1980s, and since 2006 has pursued research and experimentation in ITC. She is co-author, with George Noory, host of Coast to Coast AM, of the ground-breaking book Talking to the Dead. She publishes an e-newsletter, Strange Dimensions, and has her own radio show by the same name.
NDE AS A THRESHOLD EXPEREINCE by P. M. H. ATWATER, L.H.D.,is one of the original researchers in the field of near-death studies, having begun her work in 1978 and completing 10 books on her findings – some of which have now been verified in clinical settings. The Big Book of Near-Death Experiences, was featured in the online version of Newsweek Magazine. Near-Death Experiences: The Rest of The Story is her most complete and controversial book yet. She has won many awards, appeared on numerous TV shows, and spoken globaly.
