BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260721T134708Z UID:232-2435272@unitycharlottesville.org DTSTART:20260725T150000Z DTEND:20260725T170000Z CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20260720T124230 DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to honor and celebrate PMH Atwater. \nSaturday July 25\, 2026\nVisitation &\; viewing 11 AM\nMemorial Service 12 noon \nClick to join from Youtube\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn Loving Memory of Dr. PM H Atwater\, LHD\nSeptember 19\, 1937 – July 10\, 2026\n\nDr. PMH Atwater \, LHD\, passed away peacefully at her home in Virginia\, surrounded by th e enduring love of her devoted husband\, Terry. She was 88 years old\, tra nsitioning gracefully into the very realms of light and expanded conscious ness that she spent nearly five decades beautifully mapping for the rest o f us.\n\nBorn Phyllis Marie DeKeyser on September 19\, 1937\, in Twin Fall s\, Idaho\, As a young woman\, she married John Bernard Huffman in 1956\, with whom she raised three children: Kelly\, Natalie\, and Pauline. During those years\, she was a dedicated secretary\, a Sunday school teacher\, a nd even a prize-winning cook at the Twin Falls County Fair.\n\nIt was a ha ndwriting analysis in the mid-1960s that revealed to her her calling to wr ite\, leading PMH into public service where she served as a staff writer f or the Idaho Department of Commerce and Development\, a contributor to Su nset magazine\, and a writer for Incredible Idaho. Her early analytical work earned her the distinction of "Most Influential Newspaper Columnist i n the State of Idaho" from the Idaho Statesman\, accompanied by an award from the Governor.\n\nIn 1977\, severe health traumas fundamentally rewrot e the trajectory of PMH's life. She died three separate times in the span of three months\, experiencing profound near-death states. Driven by a nee d to understand what had happened to her\, she sought out other survivors. What began as a personal quest for grounding evolved into a lifelong\, wo rld-renowned research mission into altered states\, transpersonal psycholo gy\, and mysticism.\n\nUsing the investigative techniques learned from her own father’s police work\, PMH went on to conduct sessions with nearly 4\,000 adult and child near-death experiencers\, authoring over 20 books i n 12 languages in 27 published volumes.  Coming Back to Life\,  Future Memory\,  and We Live Forever laid the early groundwork for verified clinical and medical studies worldwide. She emerged as a leading expert on generational shifts and childhood NDEs through books like The New Childr en and Near-Death Experiences and The Forever Angels. Continuing her wor k through 2025 and achieving the May 2026 publication of her final book\,  Aliens and the Near-Death Experience.\n\nHer influence on global conscio usness studies earned her a Humanities Doctorate in 1992\, two invitations to lecture at the United Nations\, and several Lifetime Achievement Award s from organizations like the International Association for Near-Death Stu dies (IANDS) and the National Association of Transpersonal Hypnotherapists (NATH).\n\nDespite her literally globe-trotting career\, TV appearances o n Larry King Live and Entertainment Tonight\, and a massive network of readers\, PMH's heart remained grounded in the quiet\, historic valleys of Charlottesville\, Virginia. Alongside her loving husband and soulmate\, T erry\, she found a peaceful haven\, enjoyed gardening and attending the lo cal Unity Church. All while serving as an online prayer chaplain\, a perso nal counselor\, and continuing to research\, write\, and speak on behalf o f near-death experiencers world-wide.\n\nIn her most famous quote\, PMH ob served\, “You are not your body. It is just something you wear for a whi le\, because living in the earthplane is infinitely more meaningful and mo re involved if you are encased in its trappings and subject to its rules. The biggest surprise for most people in dying is to realize that dying doe s not end life.”\n\nPMH has now put down her earthly trappings and flown on wings she always knew humans were born with. She leaves behind her dev oted husband\, Terry\; her three children\, Kelly\, Natalie\, and Pauline\ ; beloved grandchildren\; extended family\; and a global family of fellow explorers who will carry her vital spark forward here on Earth.\n\nA celeb ration of PMH’s incredible life and legacy will be held July 25th at 11 AM at Unity of Charlottesville in Charlottesville\, in Charlottesville VA. In lieu of flowers\, the family requests that you honor her memory by put ting her words into practice. Share your own experiences of wonder\, exten d compassion to those you love with everyone and share your stories to kee p her lifetime mission alive.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  LAST-MODIFIED:20260720T124230 LOCATION:Unity of Charlottesville SUMMARY:Remembering PMH Atwater URL;VALUE=URI:https://unitycharlottesville.org/events/remembering-pmh-atwat er/2026-07-25 ATTACH;FILENAME=PMH-PPT.png;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dq5pwpg1q8ru0.cloudfr ont.net/2026/07/15/19/22/00/7a6b0144-4e69-43fb-8d02-f8fc5d278c95/PMH-PPT.p ng END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR