iands.org - Renew your membership

Thank you for being a member of IANDS!!

Your membership helps provide the crucial financial support for IANDS to pursue its mission of research, education and support. Our goal is a future in which people of all walks of life, religions and cultures will look at near-death experiences as a potential source of meaning and inspiration for a better world.

We truly look forward to having you as part of our organization for another year!

New to IANDS? Click here .
To renew online, login with your username and password on the left (optional), then follow one of the links below.
To renew by mail, phone or fax, instructions are provided at the bottom of this page.

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Membership Levels and Benefits

Renew
as a Basic Member

Basic Membership for $40 annually includes:

Vital Signs, our quarterly newsletter filled with information about NDEs, current research, articles about related topics, and news about IANDS. Click here for sample articles.
Member E-News services that notifies you via email about breaking research, article publications, media coverage of NDEs, and member benefits.
The Monthly NDE e-mail service, a near-death or near-death-like account chosen because of its uniqueness or general interest sent to you each month.
33% discount on DVDs from the 2006 IANDS conference (save $9 off the first DVD, $50 off the entire set) and $45 discounts on MP3 CDs from past conferences (see 2005 conference for an example).
Access to members only sections of the IANDS website.

Renew
as a Supporting Member

Supporting (formerly General) Membership for $65 annually ($10 off for seniors, 65 and older, and full-time students)
This membership level -- the equivalent of about $5 per month -- provides the extra financial support IANDS needs to accomplish its mission of encouraging research into NDEs, supporting experiencers as they attempt to integrate their NDEs into their lives, and educating professionals (healthcare, clergy, educators, etc.) and the general public about NDEs. We hope you can renew at this membership level to enable us to create new programs and initiatives that will help lead to a better world for all humanity.

Benefits include:

Same benefits as Basic membership.
Unlimited access to the NDE Research Index .
A choice of a free gift from IANDS:
- A free DVD of leading NDE researcher Dr. Bruce Greyson’s address to the 2006 IANDS conference in which he challenges the most cited physiological theories for NDEs. This talk is a must for anyone interested in understanding the current medical research into NDEs. Click here for full description. ($25 value)
- A free DVD of researcher and former IANDS president Dr. Jan Holden's address to the 2006 IANDS conference in which she describes "veridical perception" in out-of-body experiences during an NDE, that is, the experiencer reports seeing or hearing events during their NDE that should have been impossible to perceive but were later verified as accurate. Click here for description. ($25 value)
- A free CD with MP3 files of 25 presentations from the 2006 IANDS conference. Listen to them in your car, on your computer, or download them to an iPod or other MP3 player. Click here for descriptions. ($60 value)

Renew
as a Professional Member

Professional Membership for $125 annually ($20 off for seniors - 65 and older - and full-time students) – for those seeking the most information on NDEs.
Includes:

All the benefits of the membership levels above.
A subscription to the Journal of Near-Death Studies, a peer-reviewed quarterly publication serving as the central repository for the most current research and thought on NDEs. Includes articles by scholars from around the world, book reviews, and letters addressing issues raised in previous editions.
A free listing in the Professional Networking Directory, a database of contact, work, and interest information about each participating IANDS member at the Professional or higher membership levels, and available only to those members.

Renew
as a Sponsor Member

Sponsor Membership for $250 annually ($30 off for seniors - 65 and older - and full-time students)
This membership level, and those below, significantly contribute to IANDS' ability to accomplish its mission and have an impact on the world.

Includes:

All the benefits of the membership levels above.
2 free Basic memberships ($30 value each) to give to others as gifts. These gift memberships are valid for new members only - those who have not been IANDS members before- and give you the opportunity to help your friends and relatives access the research, education and support that IANDS offers.

Renew
as a
Patron Member

Patron Membership for $500 annually includes:

All the benefits of the membership levels above.
Private luncheon or dinner at the next IANDS conference with a keynote speaker, usually a major researcher, to discuss their research and other breaking developments in the field.
The satisfaction that you are materially helping IANDS accomplish its mission.

Renew
as a Benefactor Member

Benefactor Membership for $1,000 annually includes

All the benefits of the membership levels above.
One free attendance at the next IANDS international conference, traditionally held in North America. ($400 maximum value)
A free gift from IANDS, usually a book about NDEs.
Having a major impact on the ability of IANDS to grow and expand its work of making the world a better place.

For the above prices, add $10 for outside the US/Canada/Mexico.

Other Ways to Join IANDS

Download a member renewal form. 171.31 Kb Use it to:
- Fax it to us along with your credit card information
- Send it to us along with your check, money order or credit card information ($US funds only).
Click here for the IANDS address and phone number to contact us during business hours (USA East Coast time) if you have more questions, or with your credit card information.

IANDS is recognized as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization by the United States Internal Revenue Service.

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 04 February 2009 )