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An anthropologist explores the science of anomalous occurrences, death and dying, grief, and societal beliefs.
by Carole A. Travis-Henikoff

Recovery

By Carole A. Travis-Henikoff on October 19, 2009 in All Things Human

The fire of July 18, 2009 changed my life in many ways.

On that day I narrowly escaped Death. That afternoon the fire inspector from Jackson enhanced my awareness by telling me I was lucky to have gotten out with my life. But it was in the weeks to come that I would learn and realize that it was a mini miracle that my life had been spared. Read More

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Carole A. Travis-Henikoff

Carole Travis-Henikoff is the author of Dinner With A Cannibal: the Complete History of Mankind's Oldest Taboo, and Death, Dying and Unexplained Phenomena (spring 2010).

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