Raymond Moody did a lot of good work. But I think he went a bit over the edge in his later years.
Please don’t do mirror gazing, it’s a form of scrying and can allow - well - things you don’t want to happen to happen. It’s not safe.
But Life After Life is a pretty good book, if you are interested in NDE’s. A sort of classic. But Kenneth Ring’s Lessons from the Light is much better.
Near death experiences- yes some are from Jesus, some are created by Satan, and some are hallucinations. Only a holy priest can decide for a person whether their experience is legit.
Mirror gazing is new age, which the church says is occult, and comes from satan. Mirror gazing is demons creating out of body experiences etc… Like the oujii board. It is witchcraft.
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