Shared Death Experiences; Supernatural Events Around the Dying
New research is shedding light on Shared Death Experiences; when the living accompany the dying on their journey into what may lie beyond.
While there has been a good deal of attention paid to the Near-Death Experience, very little is known by the general public about the Shared Death Experience (SDE).
A new research survey is the first of its kind to explore at length this fascinating phenomenon.
William Peters is the founder of the Shared Crossing Project, which is dedicated to educating people about the transformative experiences of the dying. He is also the author of the recently published book “At Heaven’s Door.”
“A Shared Death Experience occurs when somebody dies and a loved one, caregiver, bystander expresses that they feel like they shared in the transition of the dying from this human life to a life beyond and into the initial stages of the afterlife,” Peters said. “There are a variety of ways to be an SDE experiencer, you can be at bedside; about one-third of our cases are from experiencers who are just at the bedside in the room when someone is dying. Two-thirds are remote, that means they’re not even at the bedside when someone is dying, they’re doing life somewhere oftentimes they’re sleeping and they find themselves drawn into an experience, the shared death experience, in which they’re sharing a variety of phenomena.”
Peters has interviewed hundreds of people about their experiences and estimates that up to a quarter of the world’s population may have had an SDE.
The Shared Crossing Research Initiative’s recent survey of SDE accounts brings forth the range of phenomena common to the experience.
“So the most common phenomena would be this: alteration in the time-space continuum in the room. So, all of a sudden if you’re with them or even if you’re remote, you get a little dizzy, you realize your world is getting a little warped. Then you might feel a pressure, a pull upon your chest. If you’re bedside you might see a spirit, the soul-spirit leaving the body. It can look like steam, smoke, or mist coming off of the body. You’ll notice the light is changing all around you. People 51 percent of the time report seeing the dying. They report seeing the dying moving on a journey, and there is often communication with them. But they are with this loved one, presumably because that’s what it is most of the time, witnessing this transition,” Peters said.
Some of the more fascinating accounts involve multiple people experiencing an SDE around the same death.
“This experience I’m going to share is from Amelia. Her son Tom was diagnosed with cancer at 10 years old, terminal,” Peters said. “And when Tom finally died, she was with him in his bed, and she saw a beautiful lady of light appear. So she handed her beloved son of 13 years old to this woman, spirit being, who was majestic and pulled Tom with her and let Amelia know, ‘I’ve got him.’ Right when this experience was going on, Amelia’s sister Charmaine, walked into the room. Charmaine described seeing Tom rise out of his bed and head upwards into another dimension, and she felt all this loving-kindness around. So they had two different SDEs was around the death of Tom, but very validating,” Can science explain these remarkable experiences? Peters gives us his take.”
“There is some energetic frequency — we’re all energetic — and I think as somebody’s dying, their frequency is changing as they drop their human body and begin to enter into another dimension. In this frequency, you can be drawn into it, and your frequency as a person will change. I think there’s a pull from this field to the experiencer,” Peters said.
One particularly meaningful aspect of the SDE is the profound effect it has on the experiencer.
“From our research, the after-effects are highly beneficial and profound. They have a sense that their deceased loved one is alive and well in a benevolent afterlife. They have a sense that they’re going to see their deceased loved one at some point. They have an alleviation in their own anxiety and fear of death.”
Peters has developed methods for training people to have these experiences, which involve connecting with a loved one whose death is imminent and then entering into a state of love, receptivity, and acceptance. To Peters, the implications of researching and educating people on the SDE are far-reaching.
“Really what we’re hoping is that these experiences can be embraced by our health care systems, by those of us who care for people, so that these experiences can transform how it is that we die. The SDE offers us an invitation to see death through this beautiful lens of what’s possible. A best death possible for all of us includes one with a shared death experience, for ourselves and for our loved ones,” Peters said.
Name Numerology: What Your Name Says About You
Your name has been with you from the beginning: you hear it, sign it, respond to it, and carry it through every stage of your life. Rarely, however, do you stop to look at it closely. Numerology proposes exactly that: observing it not only as a form of identification, but as a key that can reveal aspects of your deeper identity.
In this article, we explore what your name reveals about you, which main numbers arise from it, and how to calculate them step by step.
Table of Contents
- Numerology and Its Relationship With Names
- The Three Main Numbers of Your Name
- How to Calculate the Numbers of Your Name Step by Step
- What Name Numerology Is For
Numerology and Its Relationship With Names
Numerology begins with a very ancient idea: that numbers are not only used to measure or count, but also hold a meaning of their own. Each digit, from 1 to 9, is associated with a set of specific qualities. The name is one of the elements this discipline uses as the basis for its interpretation, because it turns something as everyday as your letters into a symbolic key to who you are.
To arrive at that meaning, it starts from a simple principle: each letter corresponds to a number. In this way, your full name stops being only a set of sounds and becomes a sequence of digits that can be added together and interpreted. That sequence, once deciphered, begins to speak about your way of being.
There is something particular about working with the name: you did not choose it yourself, it was given to you at birth and, over time, became inseparable from who you are. Numerology uses it as a starting point to talk about you. What it offers, ultimately, is one more language for knowing yourself.
In the episode Numerology from the series The Other Side, available on Gaia, numbers are explored as a symbolic language for better understanding personal experience. There, numerology is presented not as a form of divination, but as a tool for observing who you are, how you show up in the world, and what patterns appear on your path.
The Three Main Numbers of Your Name
When working with the full name, there are three numbers that are considered especially important: the Destiny or Expression Number, the Soul Urge Number, and the Personality Number. Each one is calculated using a different part of the name and reveals a specific dimension of your way of being.
It may help to think of them as three levels of interpretation. One speaks of your visible potential, another of your inner motivation, and another of the image you project. They do not compete with each other: they complement one another.
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The Destiny or Expression Number
The Destiny Number, also called the Expression Number, is calculated by adding all the letters of the full name. It is one of the broadest numbers in the analysis because it takes the entirety of the name into account, not just one part.
It is related to your talents, abilities, and personal resources. It speaks of the way you tend to act, create, solve, build, or communicate when you express your potential with greater clarity.
It does not indicate a fixed destiny or a series of inevitable events. Rather, it points to the tools you have available to move forward on your path and the way you can develop what is already within you.
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The Soul Urge Number
The Soul Urge Number is calculated only with the vowels of the full name. In numerology, vowels are associated with a person’s innermost dimension: what they desire, value, and need in order to feel aligned.
This number can help you recognize what truly moves you, even when you do not express it in an obvious way. Sometimes it appears in quiet decisions: a choice that may seem illogical from the outside, but feels necessary within.
It can also reveal tensions between what you deeply want and what you do out of habit, obligation, or external expectation. That is why it is often a very useful number for reviewing motivations, relationships, and important decisions.
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The Personality Number
The Personality Number is obtained from the consonants of the full name. Unlike the Soul Urge Number, it does not focus on what you feel inside, but on the way you show yourself to the outside world.
This number describes the first impression you can create, the type of energy you communicate, and certain traits that others often perceive easily. Depending on the result, it can speak of a more reserved, firm, sensitive, creative, practical, or expansive image.
Knowing it does not mean adjusting your behavior to be more pleasing to others. It helps you observe whether the way you are perceived matches what you feel you are, or whether there is something in the way you express yourself that you could refine in order to relate with greater authenticity.
How to Calculate the Numbers of Your Name Step by Step
To calculate these numbers, you first need to convert each letter into its corresponding value according to the Pythagorean table. Then you make different sums depending on the number you want to obtain: all the letters for the Destiny or Expression Number, only the vowels for the Soul Urge Number, and only the consonants for the Personality Number.
The process is simple, but it is best to do it calmly. Write your full name, separate vowels and consonants, and check each letter before adding. In names with accents or special characters, the base letter is usually used for numerological calculations.
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The Pythagorean Table Letter by Letter
The Pythagorean table assigns a number from 1 to 9 to each letter of the alphabet. The full correspondence is as follows:
- 1: A, J, S
- 2: B, K, T
- 3: C, L, U
- 4: D, M, V
- 5: E, N, W
- 6: F, O, X
- 7: G, P, Y
- 8: H, Q, Z
- 9: I, R
With this table, you can convert any name into a numerical sequence. Then, you only have to add and reduce the result until you obtain a number from 1 to 9, unless a master number appears: 11, 22, or 33.
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Practical Example With a Full Name
Let’s take the name Olivia Carter as an example. First, each letter is replaced by its numerical value:
O (6) + L (3) + I (9) + V (4) + I (9) + A (1) + C (3) + A (1) + R (9) + T (2) + E (5) + R (9)
The total sum is:
6 + 3 + 9 + 4 + 9 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 9 + 2 + 5 + 9 = 61
6 + 1 = 7
In this case, the Destiny or Expression Number is 7.
To calculate the Soul Urge Number, only the vowels are taken:
O (6) + I (9) + I (9) + A (1) + A (1) + E (5) = 31
3 + 1 = 4
The Soul Urge Number is 4.
To calculate the Personality Number, only the consonants are taken:
L (3) + V (4) + C (3) + R (9) + T (2) + R (9) = 30
3 + 0 = 3
The Personality Number is 3. In this way, the same name offers three different readings: one about the potential for expression, another about inner motivation, and another about the image projected toward others.
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What to Do With Master Numbers (11, 22, and 33)
Master numbers in numerology are 11, 22, and 33. When a sum reaches one of these results, it is not reduced further. That is, if by adding the letters you obtain 11, you do not turn it into 2; if you obtain 22, you do not turn it into 4; and if you obtain 33, you do not turn it into 6.
These numbers are interpreted as vibrations of greater symbolic intensity. This means they may indicate a broader potential, but also more demanding challenges when it comes to integrating that energy into everyday life. They do not indicate that a person is “better” or “more advanced”; they simply require a more careful reading.
It is also useful to remember that each master number contains the base of its reduction: 11 is linked to 2, 22 to 4, and 33 to 6. That is why, when interpreting them, both their elevated qualities and their simpler, everyday expressions are observed.
What Name Numerology Is For
Knowing the numbers that arise from your full name can be a form of self-knowledge. This does not mean that every description will match you exactly, or that you should adjust yourself to a fixed interpretation. It works more like a mirror: it shows you certain tendencies so you can observe them, question them, and understand yourself better.
This reading can help you distinguish between what moves you inside, what you express through your actions, and what others perceive in you. Perhaps you discover that your Soul Urge Number points to a need for stability, while your Personality Number projects a much more changeable or restless image. That difference can give you clues as to why others sometimes expect an energy from you that does not always match what you truly need.
It can also be useful when making decisions. You can ask yourself: Does this respond to what truly moves me? Does it allow me to use my abilities? Does the way I am presenting myself reflect what I want to communicate? The answers do not depend only on a number, but the calculation can give you a concrete reference point from which to look more honestly.
As with the birth chart, numerology does not replace your discernment or fully define who you are. It offers a symbolic language for looking at your experience from another angle. Used with discernment, it can help you recognize patterns, organize inner questions, and make decisions that are more aligned with who you are, not only with what others expect to see in you.
