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William J Peters

18/3/2022

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William J Peters M.Ed, MFT
William Peters founded the Shared Crossing Project in 2011. It is a local organisation with a global vision - to help create a world where death is honoured and where the mysteries surrounding life, death, and possibilities of an afterlife can be openly discussed and explored.

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At Heaven's Door: What Shared Journeys to the Afterlife Teach About Dying Well and Living Better

​A groundbreaking, authoritative exploration—rich with powerful personal stories and convincing research—of the many ways the living can and do accompany the dying on their journey into the afterlife.

In 2000, end-of-life therapist William Peters was volunteering at the Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco when he had an extraordinary experience as he was reading aloud to a patient: he suddenly felt himself floating in midair, completely out of his body. The patient, who was also aloft, looked at him and smiled. The next moment, Peters felt himself return to his body…but the patient never regained consciousness and died.

Perplexed and stunned by what had happened, Peters began searching for other people who’d shared similar experiences. He would spend the next twenty years gathering and meticulously categorizing their stories to identify key patterns and features of what is now known as the “shared crossing” experience. The similarities, which cut across continents and cultures and include awe-inspiring visual and sensory effects, and powerful emotional after-effects, were impossible to ignore.

Long whispered about in the hospice and medical communities, these extraordinary moments of final passage are openly discussed and explained in At Heaven’s Door. The book is filled with powerful tales of spouses on departing this earth after decades together and bereaved parents who share their children’s entry into the afterlife. Applying rigorous research, Peters digs into the effect these shared crossing experiences impart—liberation at the sight of a loved one finding joy, a sense of reconciliation if the relationship was fraught—and explores questions like: What can explain these shared death experiences? How can we increase our likelihood of having one? What do these experiences tell us about what lies beyond? And, most importantly, how can they help take away the sting of death and better prepare us for our own final moments? How can we have both a better life and a better death?

​At Heaven's Door an interview with author William J. Peters
'In this episode of Jump Start Your Joy, I am interviewing William J. Peters. He is the founder of the Shared Crossing Project and the director of its research initiative. He is the author of the new book, At Heaven’s Door: What Shared Journeys to the Afterlife Teach about Dying Well and Living Better. Recognized as a global leader in the field of shared death studies, he has spent decades studying end of life experiences. He is a practicing grief and bereavement therapist, and he holds degrees from Harvard and UC Berkeley. In this interview, we are talking about understanding shared death experiences.'

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​AESCHYLUS: Aeschylus (525-456 BCE)
AKSAKOV: Alexander Aksakov {aka Aksakof} (1832–1903)
AL-MASUDI: Al-Masudi (c. 896-956)
​AUERBACH: Loyd Auerbach (1956-)

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​BACKSTER: Cleve Backster (1924-2013)
BALFOUR: Arthur Balfour (1848-1930)
BALFOUR: Gerald Balfour (1853-1945)
BARRETT: William Barrett (1845-1925)
BELOFF: John Beloff (1920-2006)
BENDER: Hans Bender (1907-1991)
BERGSON Henri Bergson (1859-1941)
BESTERMAN: Theodore Besterman (1904-1976)
BOSANQUET: Theodora Bosanquet (1881-1961)
BOZZANO: Ernesto Bozzano (1862-1943)
BRAUD: William G Braud ((1942-2012)

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CARINGTON: Whately Carington (1892-1947)
CARR: Bernard Carr (1949-)

CARRINGTON: Hereward Carrington (1880-1958)
​CARTER: Chris Carter (1956-)

CASSIRER: Manfred Cassirer (1920-2003)
CHRISTIE-MURRAY: David Christie-Murray (1913-2010)
CORNELL: Tony Cornell (1923-2010)
CROOKES: William Crookes (1832-1919)
CURIE: Marie Curie (1867-1934)
CURIE: Pierre Curie (1859-1906)

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DESSOIR: Max Dessoir (1867-1941)
DICK: Philip K Dick

DINGWALL: Eric Dingwall (1890-1986)
DODDS: ER Dodds (1893-1979)
DOYLE: Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)
DRAYTON THOMAS: Charles Drayton Thomas (1868-1953)
DRIESCH: Hans Driesch (1867-1941)
DUCASSE: CJ Ducasse (1881-1969)

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EISENBUDD: Jule Eisenbud (1908-1999)
ELLISON: Arthur Ellison (1920-2000)
EVANS: Hilary Evans (1929-2011)

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FAIRFIELD: Letitia Fairfield (1885-1978)
FENWICK: Peter Fenwick
FIELDING: Everard Feilding (1867-1936)
FLAMMARION: Camille Flammarion (1842-1925)
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FONTANA: David Fontana (1934-2010)

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GAULD: Alan Gauld (1932-)

GELEY: Gustave Geley (1868-1924)
GILBERT: Mostyn Gilbert (1924-1992)
GOLDNEY: Mollie Goldney (1895-1992)
GREEN: Andrew Green (1927-2004)
GREGORY: Anita Gregory (1925-1984)
GROSSE: Maurice Grosse (1919-2006)
GURNEY: Edmund Gurney (1847-1888)

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HERBERT: Benson Herbert (1912-1991)
HEYWOOD: Rosalind Heywood (1895-1980)
HODGSON: Richard Hodgson (1855-1905)
HONORTON: Charles Honorton (1946-1992)
HYSLOP: James Hyslop (1854-1920)

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​​INGLIS: Brian Inglis (1916-1993)

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​​JAMES: William James (1842-1910)
JOAD: CEM Joad (1891-1953

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​KEEN: Montague Keen (1926-2004)
KOESTLER: Arthur Koestler (1905-1983)

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LACHMAN: Gary Lachman [aka Gary Valentine] (1955-)
LAMBERT: Guy Lambert (1889-1984)
LANG: Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
LOMBROSO: Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909)
LYTTELTON: Edith Lyttelton (1865-1948)

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MARCEL: Gabriel Marcel (1889-1973)
MCCONNELL: Robert A McConnell (1914-2006)
MCDOUGAL: William McDougall (1871-1938)
MEDHURST: George Medhurst (1920-1971)
​MISHLOVE: Jeffrey Mishlove (1946-)
MOODY: Raymond Moody (1944-)
MORRIS: Robert Morris (1942-2004)
MORSELLI: Enrico Morselli (1852-1929)
MUNDLE: Clement Mundle (1916-1989)
MURPHY: Gardner Murphy (1895-1979)
MURRAY: Gilbert Murray (1866-1957)
MYERS: Frederic WH Myers (1843-1901) ​

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​​NICOL: John Fraser Nicol (?-1989)
NOYES: Ralph Noyes (1923-1998)

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​OSIS: Karlis Osis (1917-1997)
OWEN: ARG Owen (1919-2003)

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​​PETERS: William J Peters
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PHILLIMORE: Mercy Phillimore (1885-1975)​
PIDDINGTON: John Piddington (1869-1952)
PIERCE: Charles Peirce (1839–1914)
PODMORE: Frank Podmore (1856-1910)
PRATT: JG Pratt (1910-1979)
PRICE: Harry Price (1881-1948)
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PRINCE: Walter Franklin Prince (1863-1934)
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RICHET: Charles Richet (1850-1935)
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ROLL: William Roll (1926-2012)
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SHRODER: Tom Shroder
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THALBOURNE: Michael A Thalbourne (1955-2010)
THOULESS: Robert Thouless (1894-1984)
THURSTON: Herbert Thurston (1856-1939)
TYRELL: GNM Tyrrell (1879-1952)

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ULLMAN: Montague Ullman (1916-2008)
UNDERWOOD: Peter Underwood (1923-2014)

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VALENTINE: Gary Valentine [aka Gary Lachman] (1955-)
VERRALL: Margaret Verrall (1857-1916)

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WARCOLLIER: René Warcollier (1881-1962)
WHITEMAN: Michael Whiteman (1906-2007)

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ZÖLLNER: Johann Friedrich Zöllner (1834–1882)
ZORAB: George Zorab (1898-1990)
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