Jerry Has a Dream Visitation from His Wife

In dream visitations, those communicating with people living in the life after this life often learn things they could not have known. The following account of a dream after-death communication (ADC) came from a patient of Dr. Allan Botkin, former psychotherapist with a large Chicago area VA hospital.[i] It illustrates the striking reality of the communication for the experiencer.

[i] Botkin, Induced After-Death Communication.

Text of Jerry’s Dream Visitation from His Wife

Jerry had come to see me for psychotherapy about an unrelated matter, but after developing some trust in me, felt he could tell me his spontaneous ADC story “without being labeled a nutcase.” Jerry was living in the Midwest and his ex-wife was living on the East Coast with their three children. One night, he experienced the clear image of his ex-wife while he was asleep. “She looked beautiful, peaceful and happy,” he said, “and she wanted to tell me about something of great concern to her.” Jerry said she told him that he needed to start playing a more important role in rearing their children and even offered very specific suggestions about each child. Jerry said his experience was much clearer than a dream.

Jerry awoke right after his experience, baffled by its remarkable clarity. He could remember the entire experience, and for him it felt like a real conversation with his ex-wife. After lying awake awhile trying to make sense of his experience, he managed to get back to sleep.

The next morning as he was making coffee, the phone rang. It was his ex-wife’s sister. Tearfully, she told Jerry his ex-wife had been killed in a car accident during the night.

Suddenly, the meaning of his experience became clear. Since then, Jerry’s ex-wife has appeared to him five times in spontaneous ADCs, each time offering further advice about their children. “Every time,” he said, “she did all the talking.” And after each experience, Jerry followed her advice closely. In all instances, the advice turned out to be very helpful.

As he told me [Dr. Botkin] the story, Jerry laughed at one point and said “She hasn’t changed much. She was always hyper-verbal and bossy.” When I asked him if he thought that his wife had really visited him after she died, he said defiantly, “I am sure of it. I am as sure of it as I am that I’m looking at you right now. Nobody can ever tell me that it wasn’t real, not you or anyone else. I don’t care what other people think about this because they really don’t know. I didn’t believe in this stuff before it happened, but now I have no doubt whatsoever.”[i]

[i] Botkin, Induced After-Death Communication.