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The Truth in the Light – Dr Peter Fenwick and Elizabeth Fenwick

Dora Parker remembers very clearly the out of body experience she had during an attack of ‘flu when she was 7 years old

My nanna gave me broth surely laced with whisky, though she says not, but my mother said it certainly must have been [to account for what happened].  I had my two year old sister in bed with me – it was the done thing then so Jenny would catch the ‘flu and then it would be over.

I can remember I wanted to be alone.  I left my body and felt relief that I was free.  I looked down on my sleeping sister.  I heard a noise and my nanna coming upstairs.  I touched her hair.  It was long and flowing; she must have been combing it.  Nanna only combed her hair or let it down when she was nervous or upset (I learned that later).

I continued to float and the light at the bottom of the stairs was brilliant – we only had gas.  I was inquisitive I needed to see why the light was so bright.  I got to the curtain – we had a curtain at the bottom of the stairs – and I heard my nanna scream and scream.

My body started to shake.  I was tangled in the curtain.  I had to go back – my lovely nanna wanted me – so I floated back and as she let my head on the pillow I came into my body feet first.