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The Hand on the Mirror
A True Story of Life Beyond Death
In 2004, Janis Heaphy Durham’s husband, Max Besler, died of esophageal cancer at age 56. While coping with her grief, Heaphy Durham soon began encountering phenomena unlike anything she had ever experienced. The Hand on the Mirror suggests that we continue on in another form after we die. Simply put, life does not end with our physical death. My hope is to open readers’ thinking to this possibility. | read more»
About the Book and Author
In 2004, Janis Heaphy Durham's husband, Max Besler, died of esophageal cancer at age 56. While coping with her grief, Heaphy Durham soon began encountering phenomena unlike anything she had ever experienced. | read more »
Read an Excerpt From The Hand on the Mirror
"On Sunday, May 8, 2005, my reality changed. That was the day I discovered a large handprint on the mirror of a bathroom in my home in Sacramento, California." | read more »
Death Is Not the End: TheHandontheMirror.org
Join a community that offers not just an emotional framework, but a scientific foundation of legitimacy for conversations about death and the afterlife, as well as resources to explore. | read more »
Love That Reaches Across the Veil: Q&A with Janis Heaphy Durham
"Clocks repeatedly stopped at 12:44 p.m., the exact time of Max’s death. Rugs moved -- watched and measured not just by me, but also by my current husband, Jim Durham." | read more »
#HandontheMirror Facebook
Keep in touch with author Janis Heaphy Durham and share your thoughts on death, the afterlife, and The Hand on the Mirror in this place for safe, moderated discussion. | read more »
Janis Heaphy Durham on Her Unbelievably Believable Story About the Afterlife
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