ASSOCIATION FOR EVALUATION AND COMMUNICATION OF EVIDENCE FOR SURVIVAL

ÆCES (rhymes with "basis") is a non-profit organization dedicated to discerning and disseminating the most convincing evidence for the Survival of the human personality after the demise of the physical body. Special emphasis is placed on encouraging, supporting, and facilitating the work of researchers, writers, presenters, organizers, mediums, and others whose work promotes increased awareness of the afterlife. See the ÆCES mission statement here.

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Best Articles and Essays re Survival

"History shows that every intelligent man who has gone into this investigation, if he gave it adequate examination at all, has come out believing in spirits; this circumstance places the burden of proof on the shoulders of the skeptic."
– James H. Hyslop, Ph.D. professor of logic and ethics at Columbia University

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[31 August 2016] Vernon Neppe, M.D., Ph.D., FRSSAf, a member of the AECES Advisory Board, has received the prestigious Whiting Memorial Award for 2016. Dr. Neppe shares the award with his research partner, Dr. Edward Close. The award is for "expanding boundaries of scientific understanding" via their development of the Triadic Dimensional-Distinction Vortical Paradigm (TDVP). The Whiting Memorial Fund is a philanthropic fund administered by the International Society for Philosophical Enquiry (ISPE).

[14 July 2016] A document titled Soul-Network Simile has been added to the new "What & How" section of the "Articles and Essays" page. Can the universe be explained in fewer than 1000 words?

[7 July 2016] Michael E. Tymn's Interviews of influential mediums and researchers (both living and "dead") are now available in the Legacy Files on this site.

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Featured Commentary

How Scientific Proof of Survival Would Affect Society
Would capital punishment end if we learned that the criminal survives, or would it become a more humane punishment for criminals? The possibilities and the unintended consequences of these simple modifications to science that would directly affect society are both earth-shaking and mind-boggling. For other articles and excerpts on topics related to Survival, see here.

Featured Evidence

The Numbers of the Beast
Dr. Netherton regressed a young woman who recalled a life that ended in a Nazi concentration camp. As she spoke, red welts appeared on her arm. These began to resolve themselves into numbers. A photograph of the numbers was sent to the Holocaust Museum in Israel. The return report described a young girl whose name, birth date, parent's name, village of birth, and date of death perfectly matched the information given by the subject.

Featured Biography

Dr. Carl Wickland
A member of the Chicago Medical Society, the AAAS, and director of the National Psychological Institute of Los Angeles, Dr. Wickland specialized in cases of schizophrenia, paranoia, depression, and phobias of all kind. In his book, Thirty Years Among the Dead, Wickland stated: “Spirit obsession is a fact – a perversion of a natural law – and is amply demonstrable. This has been proven hundreds of times.”

"Featured Interview
	Dr. Gary E. Schwartz Schwartz is a professor of psychology, medicine, neurology, psychiatry, and surgery at the University of Arizona and director of its Laboratory for Advances in Consciousness and Health. He is author of several books including The Afterlife Experiments.

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