Don Landy is a retired businessman who unexpectedly found himself with a German Shepherd puppy named Sabrina. And Sabrina opened Don's heart to a depth of love that he would not have imagined was possible. Don's beautifully written book, Unconditional Love, details his transformation. The reason why we are in bodies is to learn to love more perfectly, and Don Landy's experience reminds us that loving a companion animal can be a wonderful assist in that process.

Australian Christine Morgan is a very talented spiritual medium and teacher of spiritual mediums who introduces us to the process and shares fascinating details about this little-understood field. Some of her personal conclusions about such things as earthbounds and spirit guides differ from the general conclusions of most afterlife researchers, but that is to be expected in what is a genuine field of investigative research.

Janis Heaphy Durham is the retired publisher of the Sacramento Bee. When her beloved husband, Max, died in 2004 and began to give her extraordinary signs of his survival, she set about researching objectively what might actually be going on. She learned so much that she has just published a terrific summary of what is both a detective story and a love story: The Hand on the Mirror.

Susanne Wilson is a highly gifted psychic medium. She is only the second medium Roberta ever has consulted who has been successful in reaching her family. In addition, Susanne has for the first time put Roberta in direct communication with her primary spirit guide, Thomas, and has helped them begin an exciting new relationship!

Carol Morgan's older son died in 2007, at the age of twenty. Mikey then informed his mother that he was a sixth-level being who had chosen to have a brief earth-lifetime to re-accustom himself to life on earth so he and his mother could teach through the veil. Carol swears she never signed up for this! But Mikey is the real deal, and his story and Carol's will lift your heart. His memoir, Flying High in Spirit, will be out late this year.

Dr. Stafford Betty is a professor of religion at California State University in Bakersfield. He is one of the world's leading researchers on death and the afterlife, and his new book. Heaven and Hell Unveiled, is an easy and enjoyable read. Stafford is an expert who shares with us insights and connections that you won't hear elsewhere.

Carla Wills-Brandon is an eminent researcher in the field of deathbed visions whose 2000 book, One Last Hug Before I Go, is a wonderful summary of how and why deathbed visions happen, and what they mean.

Madelaine Lawrence is a research parapsychologist whose wonderful recent book, The Death Bed Revolution, is a beautiful and scholarly summary of what is now known about the most important kinds of transpersonal experiences.

Dr. Gary Schwartz of the University of Arizona at Tucson is the leading traditional research scientist now doing afterlife-related research. He talks about White Crows, which are anomalies that prove that there is more to reality than what we see.

Ineke Koedam of the Netherlands is a leading expert in the field of extraordinary deathbed experiences. Her new book, In the Light of Death, is a beautiful summary of what we now know on the subject. Ineke will be a featured presenter at the Life in the Afterlife Conference, Sept 25-27, 2015, in Scottsdale, Arizona - go to ASCSI.org for more information.