Rebecca Austill-Clausen: Change Maker
What Researchers Found
The Story
Rebecca Austill-Claussen, an occupational therapist, had this experience six weeks after her brother David died from AIDS in 1995. It occurred while she rode her horse on a beautiful frosty day in Pennsylvania. She opened her heart in gratitude and closed her eyes. She saw David in physical form, wearing a black and red plaid shirt, dungarees, and sandals. They communicated telepathically; she shared her grief, and he sent unconditional love, assuring her he was healthy and pain-free. Behind him stood her deceased grandparents, David's best friend Edward, and her friend Holly on a grassy hill. Her grandmother led her through a golden arch to a fuchsia-colored land. Her grandfather took her hand, and they flew, sharing thoughts and memories. When her horse moved, she returned through the arch. The group told her, 'We will always be here.' This timeless encounter transformed her life. She apprenticed with a shaman, learned Reiki, sold her 32-year business, wrote a book, and now teaches after-death communication. She continues regular contact with David.
“but um you know it felt great and it felt real and it felt comfortable and i believed it and one of the things that happened is i went to”
This transcript recounts an after-death communication (ADC) vision experienced while conscious and healthy on horseback, not an NDE with compromised brain function or physical veridical perceptions. Lacks claims of impossible sensory access to verifiable physical details, with no direct verification of experiential perceptions; evidential value rests on subjective visions and separate mediumship.
Score reflects verifiable perceptions reported. A low score indicates the experience was primarily spiritual or subjective, not that it didn't occur.
Score reflects transformation as described. Domains scored 0 indicate the topic was not discussed, not that no change occurred.
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What Researchers Found
This transcript recounts an after-death communication (ADC) vision experienced while conscious and healthy on horseback, not an NDE with compromised brain function or physical veridical perceptions. Lacks claims of impossible sensory access to verifiable physical details, with no direct verification of experiential perceptions; evidential value rests on subjective visions and separate mediumship.
Score reflects verifiable perceptions reported. A low score indicates the experience was primarily spiritual or subjective, not that it didn't occur.
Score reflects transformation as described. Domains scored 0 indicate the topic was not discussed, not that no change occurred.