About the Author

P. M. H. Atwater is one of the original researchers in the field of near-death studies, having begun her work in 1978. Some of her research findings have been verified in clinical studies, among them the prospective study conducted in Holland and published in the Lancet. Her The Big Book of Near-Death Experiences, was featured in an online version of Newsweek Magazine and remains the only encyclopedia of the entire phenomenon worldwide. She has received many lifetime achievement awards and travels the world speaking on all aspects of the near-death experience, transformations of consciousness and the evolution of the human species.