I flew to Atlanta and drove to Raymond’s house. We visited for hours. I knew who Dr. Moody was. Forty years ago he coined the term Near-Death Experience. In many ways, he pioneered the research, but he’d never fully committed to a belief in the afterlife. He’d called me weeks before and told me my shared-death experience in the emergency department had finally pushed him beyond doubt. My experience, that he’d heard from a mutual friend, finally ended his doubts about an afterlife. When he told me that, I knew I had to meet him in person. Raymond Moody is a brilliant and affable soul, a gift to the medical community. Thanks, Raymond, for your encouragement and your mentoring. And thanks for your generous endorsement of my book, Not Yet.