Talking to the Dead: Induced After Death Communication
Induced After-Death Communication really does sound like something from the X-Files. The bereaved person sits on the psychiatrist’s couch and is led by the inducer through a series of steps starting with progressive relaxation, and culminating with a conversation with a departed loved one. These people aren’t mediums. No psychic ability is required. In his recently released book “Induced After Death Communication” Dr. Allen Botkin describes the now many sessions he’s conducted in which patients contacted loved ones who were dead. Botkin himself states he started out a skeptic, but is now fully a believer that these experiences are real, and that they are more than the product of a person’s subconscious wishes.
These encounters are often experienced as complete, multi-sensory communications with the deceased in which the bereaved person is given messages of comfort and frequently insight into something involving the departed loved one. Something that he or she would otherwise have no way of knowing, which is what makes the whole thing so puzzling.
While most psychiatrists who practice IADC are reluctant to claim that these are communications with actual spirits of the dead, they also note that the messages received by the patients frequently go well beyond simple wish fulfillment. Not only is new information often given, but in some cases the deceased tells the patient things he or she did not particularly want to hear.
The book is fascinating and the examples Botkin gives are compelling.
July 3, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Great information, thanks. I recently had a dream where I experienced a comforting exchange with lost loved ones.
July 8, 2008 at 8:42 pm
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February 23, 2009 at 10:15 pm
What johnnypeepers experienced is much more commom than most people realize, and is estimated to occur in 20% of the population. And, these exchanges, as johnny points out, are typically very comforting and healing. The thinking of most researchers in the field, however, is that these experiences can only happen randomly and spontaneously (e.g. during sleep). The good news is that we now have a way to make these experiences happen when people are wide awake. Thanks, witchybitch, for mentioning my work. Al Botkin
February 24, 2009 at 7:32 pm
Wow. Dr. Botkin. Thanks for the comment. I enjoyed your book and have recommended it to several people and published a review of it. I hope more people will read it, because it is, quite simply, one of the most amazing things I have ever come across.
February 24, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Thanks witchybitch. The more people know about IADC, the more people will get the help they need. There are many thousands of people who are suffering from horrendous grief and/or trauma. IADC has the potential to bring peace to anyone willing to give it a try. AL
February 26, 2009 at 5:28 pm
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April 15, 2009 at 3:20 pm
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