On this episode of Neon Galactic, we interview author Kristina Amelong about her new book, “What My Brother Knew,” a memoir covering the death of her young brother and his precognitive vision of that event.

The book, scheduled for public release in May, reveals how Jay Amelong, then a 13-year-old in Madison, WI, somehow caught a glimpse of his own death and warned his family repeatedly in advance.

He was hit by a car and killed by a driver that seemed to suffer a strange loss of consciousness just as he was turning a corner. 

Kristina Amelong, a teenager at the time, was devastated by the tragedy, and spent the next several decades struggling with her feelings, and working through that pain, as well as other traumas she suffered as a child.

As the book relates, unprocessed grief and buried memories come to the surface as Amelong ultimately faces her addictions and builds a happy life and family of her own.

By interviewing relatives and friends of Jay, she discovers that the short life of little brother had an outsized and positive impact on many who knew him.

Her research leads her to fresh insights about the value and purpose of a life well-lived, and helps lead her to a spiritual understanding of the universe, and who we are within it. 

The book project, originating in a contemplative writing group, seems to have been guided by a string of startling synchronicities, ultimately infusing both the stark reality of Jay’s death and her own journey with profound personal meaning.   

We discuss the book, the nature of reality, and the power of writing to help people find wholeness in the face of trauma and pain. 

To learn more about her life, work, or to pre-order her book:

https://www.kristinaamelong.com

The documentary I mention about my own experience with addiction is available to view here:

https://www.pbs.org/show/addicts-among-us/

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