Born in Twin Falls, Idaho, Atwater married young and became a mother of
three, Sunday School teacher, secretary, and prize winning cook. A
handwriting analysis in the mid-sixties led to a complete career and
life-style change. She was redirected into public service and innovative
project development and analysis. Paralleling this change she began
intensive research into paranormal and altered states of consciousness.

With a professional background in hypnotic past-life regressions,
sensitivity work, dehaunting houses, and mediumship, she came to
specialize in aura massage, astrology, numerology, dream and symbol
interpretation, rune casting, divinatory and earth energy sensing.

1977 set the stage for severe health traumas resulting in death and the
near-death phenomenon, three times in three months. The following year,
in an effort to understand what had happened to her and was still
happening, she began to seek out and interview other near-death
survivors. Her initial findings about the aftereffects of near-death
were published in Vital Signs magazine, 1981-85, and later became
\"COMING BACK TO LIFE: THE AFTER-EFFECTS OF THE NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE\"
(hardcover 1988 Dodd Mead & Co., paperback 1989 Ballantine Books,
softcover, Citadel Press). After over fifteen years of intensive
research, speaking with or interviewing over 3,000 near-death survivors,
her book \"BEYOND THE LIGHT, WHAT ISN\'T BElNG SAlD ABOUT THE NEAR-DEATH
EXPERlENCE\" (hard cover 1994 Birch Lane Press, paperback 1995 Avon
Books) represents the most complete compendium yet done of the
phenomenon, its aftereffects and implications (Its sequel: \"FUTURE
MEMORY,\" Birch Lane Press 1996, paperback edition from Hampton Roads
Publishing).

An international authority on near-death states, she has served two
terms on the Board of the International Association for Near-Death
Studies. Her book, \"CHILDREN OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM,\" a major study of
child experiencers of near-death states, came out August 1999 from Three
Rivers Press. It was then enlarged and rewritten as THE NEW CHILDREN AND
NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES (Inner Traditions/Bear & Co., 2003). With the
help of David Morgan, she produced the world\'s first positive/negative,
360-degree compendium of the entire near-death phenomenon. Titled \"THE
COMPLETE IDIOTS GUIDE TO NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES,\" this 480-page
Macmillan edition debuted March/April, 2000. Atwater has received
numerous awards during her life. Her biography is in sixteen Who\'s Who
Books, half of them international editions. Her latest book is BEYOND
THE INDIGO CHILDREN: The New Children and the Coming of the Fifth World.

Some of her findings have now been clinically verified in prospective
studies, the latest in \"The Lancet\" medical journal 12-15-01, in the
paper by Pim van Lommel, a Dutch cardiologist. She has lectured twice at
the United Nations and at many other gatherings, large and small. Her
writings have appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers. She has
been on such television talk shows as Sally Jessy Raphael, Larry King
Live, Entertainment Tonight, Regis & Kathy Lee, Geraldo, and The Shirley
Show in Canada.

An accomplished rune caster specializing in the yin or feminine approach
to rune use, she authored \"THE MAGICAL LANGUAGE OF RUNES,\" (1990 Bear
& Co.) and \"GODDESS RUNES\" (1996 Avon Books). Her talent with Goddess
Runes was featured on the first two television infommercials produced by
Psychic Friends Network. She has produced \'Goddess Runes: Instructions
in Brief,\' and \'Goddess Runes: The Adventure Begins,\' An interview
with her is now available on VHS video entitled \'Beyond the Light;\'
she has remastered her original tape \'As You Die\' - in May, 2004, it
will be available in four formats (CD, audio cassette, VHS video, and
DVD) through Focus Worldwide. She attended Boise State University,
Boise, Idaho, and received her humanities doctorate in 1992 from the
International College of Spiritual and Psychic Studies (Spiritual
Sciences Fellowship), Montreal, Canada. In March, 2005, P. M. H.
Atwater, L.H.D. was awarded an Honorary Ph.D. in Therapeutic Counseling
from Faculty of Medical Studies, Medicina Alternativa Institute,
affiliated with The Open International University for Complementary
Medicines, Colombo, Sri Lanka. And in the fall of 2005 she was awarded
the \"Lifetime Achievement Award\" from the National Association of
Transpersonal Hypnotherapists and the \"Outstanding Service Award\" from
the International Association of Near-Death Studies.

Private one hour rune casting sessions are available on Sunday and Monday, May 14 & 15. Call 847.251.5758 for info and appt. For more information: [ *www.cinemind.com/atwater*][1]



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