Afterlife & Rebirth

Authorities are investigating the case of a man who claims to be a musician who died two years ago.The man will appear before a court in South Africa following his claim that he is actually a deceased Zulu folk music artist known as Khulekani Khumalo who died in 2010. "I have been suffering a lot at the place where I was kept with zombies," he said. "It washell there and I am so grateful that I was able to free myself and return to my family and you, my supporters." A man claiming to be resurrected maskandi artist Mgqumeni will appear in the Nquthu Magistrate"s Court on Tuesday.

Detectives from provincial headquarters had been dispatched to Dundee to investigate the man"s claims, Colonel Jay Naicker said on Monday.  

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Its a question that has gripped philosophers for thousands of years - can we really talk to the dead ?Salon owner Nina De Santo believes so. She"d been closing up shop one winter"s nght when her friend Michael turned up at the door. He told her that he wished to thank her for everything she"d done to help him since his wife had divorced him and he"d lost custody of his children. The following day one of Nina"s co-workersphoned her up to give her some bad news, Michael had been found dead after committing suicide - at least nine hours before he walked in to her shop the previous evening.

Nina De Santo was about to close her New Jersey hair salon one winter"s night when she saw him standing outside the shop"s glass front door. It was Michael. He was a soft-spoken customer who"d been going through a brutal patch in his life. His wife had divorced himafter having an affair with his stepbrother, and he had lost custody of his boy and girl in the ensuing battle.  

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Scientists are finding more and more ways to explain the various aspects of near-death experiences.Around three percent of people in the US have reported a near-death experience at some time in their lives, with descriptions of a bright light and of floating above one"s body being common amongst them. But are these reallysigns of a transition to the hereafter or could there be another explanation ? Approximately 3 percent of the U.

S. population says they have had a near-death experience, according to a Gallup poll. Near-death experiences are reported across cultures, with written records of them dating back to ancient Greece.  

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Its one of the most enduring questions of all time - just what does happen when we die ?In ABC"s "Beyond Belief: Near Death Experiences" survivors who have had a close encounter with death share what they saw. Houston therapist Mary Jo Rapini described a pinkish glow and heard God tell her to go back after suffering a brain aneurysm in 2003. News anchor Bob Woodruff wasin Iraq when his vehicle hit a bomb, he says he saw his body floating below him and a bright white light.

An increasing number of near death experiences, or NDEs, are being reported thanks to advances in medical science and increased resuscitations of the dead. And several survivors have come forward to share their glimpses of what they believe is a realm beyond this life.  

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