Dead Relatives With Him Since Childhood: Out-of-Body Experiences Revealing Life After Death | Ishtar Howell (Episode 191)
Amazon | Apple | Overcast | YouTube | Spotify
Dead Relatives With Him Since Childhood: Out-of-Body Experiences Revealing Life After Death | Ishtar Howell (Episode 191)
Ishtar Howell has been having out-of-body experiences and communications with deceased loved ones since childhood. Raised in an agnostic, scientifically-oriented family, he experienced high strangeness that defied conventional explanation. His connection to deceased relatives intensified after a car accident at 13 that took his mother's life. Now a meditation teacher, monk, and intuitive, he provides evidence that consciousness exists beyond the physical body and that communication across dimensions is real.
About This Episode
In this conversation, Ishtar shares his lifelong experiences with out-of-body travel, receiving information he shouldn't have access to, and verified communications with his mother and other deceased loved ones. He discusses what triggered his abilities, how his near-death experience at 13 changed everything, and why his childhood paranormal experiences convinced him that death is not the end. He explores the difference between dreams and hyper-real out-of-body experiences, and how information from the other side has guided his life.
Events :IANDS Conference
Out-of-Body Experiences Since Childhood
Started around age five or six, initially as a way to fall asleep
Used breathing practices (pranayama) that created sensations rising up his spine
Would feel himself exit through the top of his head and fly over his backyard
Found himself in places learning philosophical concepts he hadn't studied yet
Experiences felt "realer than real" and crisp, different from regular dreams
Saw himself as he looked at age 23, always wearing the same outfit in these spaces
Continues having these experiences into adulthood
Verified Communications with Deceased Relatives
Receives information that appears in his mind without any prior study or exposure
In school, historical facts would surface (like Alexander the Great's death date: 323 BC)
During a geometry test he hadn't studied for, he saw proofs appear in front of him
On a ghost tour in Alexandria at age 10, he knew stories about locations before being told
Guided the tour guide who confirmed his information was exactly correct
Describes it as information "seeping in from the background"
The Car Accident and Near-Death Experience at 13
A car accident took his mother's life when he was 13
He had a near-death experience during the accident
The experience shifted his entire understanding of consciousness and the afterlife
The life review during his NDE had the same "hyper-real" quality as his out-of-body experiences
Everything was crisp and completely conscious, nothing was unconscious
His mother's death opened a deeper connection to communications from the other side
Growing Up Agnostic in a Scientific Family
Raised in Wisconsin in an agnostic, scientifically-oriented household
His family wasn't rigidly scientific, allowing for exceptions to the common model
Some cousins reported seeing ghosts, creating space for unexplained phenomena
He was grateful for the skeptical upbringing combined with openness to mystery
This balance helped him develop abilities while maintaining critical thinking
His depression during freshman year of high school (grief over his mother) was profound
About Ishtar Howell
Ishtar Howell is a meditation teacher, monk, gardener, intuitive, evolutionary astrologer, and writer. Born in Wisconsin in the early 1980s, he was raised in an agnostic, scientifically-oriented family that remained open to unexplained phenomena. He has had out-of-body experiences since childhood, beginning around age five or six as a natural way to fall asleep and calm himself. At age 13, a car accident took his mother's life and gave him a near-death experience that fundamentally changed his understanding of consciousness and the afterlife. The NDE revealed to him that death is not the end and that communication with deceased loved ones is possible. He eventually moved to Oregon to study meditation in an ashram, later settling in Portugal. His lifelong verified communications with his mother and other deceased relatives, combined with his out-of-body experiences, provide evidence that consciousness continues beyond physical death and that connection across dimensions is real.
Connect with Ishtar Howell
www.ascension-meditation.com
www.awakenedlightastrology.com
https://ishtarhowell.substack.com/=
https://www.youtube.com/@ishtarishaya
Listen & Subscribe to WTF Just Happened?!: All about the afterlife. No woo.
Apple |Overcast | YouTube| Spotify | Amazon |
Enjoyed this episode? Please rate and review wherever you listen to podcasts. It helps others find the show!
My Books + Offerings:
WTF Just Happened?! Book Series
Host or Attend a Science + Spirituality Salon
Newsletter
NOT TO MISS EVENTS!
IANDS
International Association for Near Death Studies
August 27th - 30th
Seattle, Washington
Join Us

