After Death Communications: Some of you may be familiar with the work of Dr. Botkin. He uses Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to help people deal with troubling, memories. Here is also a very good article by Dr, Botkin titled: "The Induction of After-Death Communications Utilizing Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: A New Discovery," by Allan L. Botkin, Psy.D. It was originally published in the Journal of Near-Death Studies, Vol. 18 #3, Spring 2000. (IANDS, PO Box 502, East Windsor Hill, CT 06028, www.iands.org)

[Editor: Dr. Botkin  now has a very informative website at http://www.induced-adc.com/]

EMDR involves a rapid back and forth movement of the eyes while concentrating on a charged emotion. The therapist invokes this by asking the patient to watch a finger move back and forth. A cycle consists of thirty seconds or so of the movement, followed by a period of discussion or introspection. The cycle can be repeated as needed. You may have noticed that the medium, George Anderson ( www.georgeanderson.com ) moves his hand back and forth during a reading. There is reason to believe that mediumship and genuine ADCs can be invoked or augmented with this technique. Dr. Botkin uses a very special version of EMDR to invoke ADCs. He has told us that he is writing a book that will more fully disclose his EMDR technique. We should point out that professionals discourage use of this technique if you are "unlicensed."