Dancing Past the Dark: Distressing Near-Death Experiences is (at last!) available in paperback. You or your bookstore can order it directly from the publisher, Parson’s Porch Books. If you’re attending the IANDS conference, the bookstore will have copies at a discount. Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other outlets around the world will also have it, but there may be a wait.
We want laypeople and professionals who need this information to hear about Dancing. With no hired marketing agent or publicity team, publicizing the book takes a word-of-mouth campaign. How you can help:
- Ask your local library to order a copy.
- Let other readers know what you think by writing a brief review at the book’s page on Amazon or Barnes and Noble.
- Tell anyone who might have an interest–friends, relatives, nurses, physicians, chaplains and other clergy, psychologists, social workers, therapists, bereavement counselors, hospice volunteers–that at last there is a comprehensive, non-scary book about “the other NDEs.”
- If you’re in a nonfiction book club, ask them to consider reading it. (If they do, I’ll provide a simple study guide.)
- If you subscribe to a professional journal or newsletter, suggest that they review the book; if you’re equipped, offer to write it.
Why I hope you’ll help Dancing succeed:
- It is the only source we know of where people can find, in one place, such a trove of information and discussion about disturbing spiritual events.
- IANDS will receive half of the royalties from this groundbreaking paperback.
- Beyond that, Parson’s Porch Book profits “turn books into bread” for hungry people.
- You can feel confident in recommending the book. Its endorsements are strong. Steve Volk, author of Fringe-ology, has called Dancing
…absolutely enthralling—literary, adventurous, incisive, informative and smart… one of the strongest, most thought-provoking books on the paranormal I’ve ever seen.
Wow! And just think, it’s helping good causes, and you don’t have to carry a sign!
Hello to IANDS,
I have been enjoying the NDE stories received from you ,and I am so thankful for this.In Iran accessibility to books published abroad is not an easy job. I am searching to find the book ” Dancing Past the Dark ” ,so far I have not been able to find it here.The other problem for us is money transfer.The only way to get books from outside the country is asking friends to bring them for me whenever they comeback home .Pls. if you know another way of accessibility,kindly let me know it.
I am so interested in knowing more about NDE stories,because I have had some strange super normal events and happenings either in reality or in my dreams that may not make sense for others.So for my own curiosity I am always looking for news about super normal events .Although I have never let myself be negligent of the visible and sensible reality.
With my best wishes, Isa
Isa, I am so sorry, I do not have any suggestions about accessibility of the book for you. Perhaps one of the readers outside the U.S. may have an idea.
Hello dear Madam,
Thank you so much for your reply.Anyhow,I ‘ll try to get the book myself . With my highest esteem,Isa
Thank you, Isa.
Hi Nan,
Congratulaions. Your book has been very well received. Has been been a comfort to countless and will continue to be for untol countless for many, many years.
Like you, my journey for more then half my life, has been a lonely one. Even within the NDE community. Though only a handful know very little, God knows I cried oceans of tears wondering to Him the big, “Why.”
My journey for healing was me going back, and write down every detail as objectively as possible, everything that happened that led up to it. Since I last wrote to you, I’ve gone further back. Discovered when fear was first introduced to me.
My mother, thinking she was helping me AND her, introduced a boogyman. Too young to understand, it represented the unknown. Was dark. The affect was so deep that for almost forty years I could not sleep in the dark.
I suspect when I was 8 months old I had a NDE. Reason why is I knew about God. We had a close relationship. But fear also affected a disconnect. I was fear-less of anything like climbing up trees and even our roof. I think I was trying to get back. My Mom was afraid of heights. The dark. Even dancing. Everything I loved.
Is too long to write. But, I was always “gifted” and after my “death” they got stronger. Before my ND, I was visted by the Gatekeeper, aka Angel of Death. Four times. Three before my “death” then again afterward. It utterly and PURPOSELY terrified me! Not the last time.
So hurt and upset I got angry. It had come gently, but geesh, I didn’t have the thought to ask what it wanted me to know. Now, many years later I understand. Too late. Was about my son. He took his life 2 years ago.
My hope is to write about them. Was not the last time, but looked more like St. Fransis of Assisi monks.
Thank you again. Just recently I set the record straight. Hellish experiencesbare not “negative” as many like to call them. They don’t feel positive, but they are equally as positive as heavenly experiences becausebthey are life changing.
Blessings!
Fear corrodes. You are immensely brave (and determined!) to have tracked yours down so that you could be free of the unnamed Something. I am so deeply sorry about the death of your son; a terrible loss in a terrible way. And yet, you are right that even such hellish experiences can have positive effects by changing our lives and our perspectives. Oh, sometimes it is so painful yet rewarding to be human. Sending you much love for all your understanding comments here and elsewhere.
One of the standards I use for determining the credibility of people that pontificate wisdom about spirituality is to follow the money. I don’t begrudge anyone making a living, even a very good living for their efforts, but there’s this fine, indefinable line that I use to determine whether I trust an author and/or speaker. There are other factors that come into play, but accessibility to the common man or woman is important to me.
A good example might be PMH Atwater, who charges $75.00 an hour for a Rune reading, versus other ‘mainstream’ psychics who charge $150.00 to $300.
Then there are obvious cases, like Mellen Thomas-Benedict and his “inventions” via “The Light”. He may be legit, but $2000.00 for a machine that looks like it’s little more than a florescent light in a football helmet just rubs me the wrong way.
Something else that is obvious to me is that Dancing Past the Dark is a passion for Nancy. She is all about getting the message out. It’s little things, like charging $8.39 for a high-quality e-book, or $24.95 for a printed edition that she will receive little or no money for that grabs my attention here. Sure, copies will be sold on Amazon, Barns and Noble and elsewhere that will benefit her pocket, but wow, look at the investment of money, and virtual blood, sweat, laughter and tears that she’s made to put it out there!
Trust is a given here.
You’re a good friend, RD. Thank you.
Very wonderfully said Rabbit. You just get the feeling of being lured by this “church” trying to make money.
I got my library to order it today!
You’ve made my day! Thanks so much–this feels not only exciting but downright historic!