“Then I felt as light as air and floating up to the top of the room and then it went black again.”

“Phebe was certain she was dying. Wilford blessed her and tried everything to relieve her suffering, but the fever grew worse. Finally she called Wilford to her side, testified of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and urged him to have faith amid his trials. The next day, her breathing stopped altogether, and she felt her …

“I remember the physical sensation of shrinking, and talking to myself. I thought it was like being in a funnel and I was going down, by the time I was in the very tip of the funnel I was quite small. I even said, ‘ I am the size of a pea now.”

Most of the time, when people go to the other side, they want nothing more than to stay. But sometimes—if only occasionally, people want to come back. Because, more than anything else, we are here on earth for a reason.

“Then, in that light and sweetness, I was one with the other souls in total harmony.”

“During the time I was ‘out’, I had the most joyful experience of my life. The joy and ecstasy I felt was beyond description.”

“It was peaceful and I loved it. I wanted to stay. I had an overview of my life, who I should be with and who I shouldn’t, what life was and a taste of it I guess is a way to put it. I only remember a feeling of it now but at the time, …

“I could feel myself moving, but I knew it wasn’t on the table any longer. There were thousands of colors in front of me. It looked like I was watching the Aurora Borealis.”

“I could feel myself moving, but I knew it wasn’t on the table any longer. There were thousands of colors in front of me. It looked like I was watching the Aurora Borealis.”

“Then I felt attracted by a light glow. But the more I went forward, the more I saw a kind of arc of circle surrounding me like arms protecting me.”