Transformed by the Light: The Powerful Effect of Near-Death Experiences on People’s Lives Paperback – August 25, 1992

“This being of light surrounded me and showed me my life.”“I didn’t want to return to my body. I was comfortable there, and the light that surrounded me was pure love.”“When I died I felt free of all things that had bothered me on earth. But when the doctors brought me back I felt free of them, too.”These comments come from some of the 400-plus participants in the Transformations Study, a major research program that explored the long-term effects of near-death experiences. The women and men in this study came from all ages and all walks of life yet the effects of their near-death experiences were all the same, including:A significant increase in psychic abilities such as the ability to “see” future events like the unexpected death of friendsA higher intelligenceFewer psychosomatic complaints and better physical healthLess fear of deathA greater zest for living much like being Type “A” without the angerWritten by the bestselling team of Melvin Morse, MD and noted NDE writer Paul Perry,Transformed by the Light breaks new ground and proves that those who return from the brink of death are profoundly changed for the better—spiritually and physically—for the rest of their lives.ABOUT THE AUTHORSDR. MELVIN MORSE is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Washington and teaches at the Seattle Children's Hospital. He has a busy private practice and is the medical director of the Pediatric Interim Care Center, a therapeutic foster home for infants exposed prenatally to drugs. He graduated with academic honors from George Washington University School of Medicine and has won numerous awards for research and teaching. His research has been funded in part by a National Service Research Award from the National Cancer Institute.Dr. Morse has studied near-death experiences in children for over ten years. He has published articles in the American Journal of Diseases in Children and The Lancet. His first book, Closer to the Light, was an international bestseller and has been published in eleven languages and twenty-nine countries. His research has been the subject of documentaries in Europe, Canada, Australia, and Japan. In the United States, he has been featured on 20I20, Donahue, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, and in Life magazine.PAUL PERRY has co-written five New York Times bestselling books and is a Count and the official filmmaker in the Portuguese Royal House. He has written and directed several documentary films including Jesus in Egypt and The Secrets and Mysteries of Christopher Columbus. Read more