“Luana says hello.”
It was 40 years ago that I went a screening of “Apocalypse Now” at UCLA, came out of the Bruin and bumped into Francis. I knew that he had directed my new best friend Luana Anders in his first film, "Dementia 13" and was currently assigned to work with her on a screenplay in a screenwriting class at USC film school.
Being such an intensely private person, I knew I was crossing a Rubicon by walking up to Francis after the screening of his film and saying “Luana says hello.”
However, when I told her about it, she was thrilled to hear he had said “tell her to call me.”
That call led to a whole bunch of wonderful times at the Coppola home, playing piano, eating pasta, laughing till the wee hours. Eight years of really fantastic Thanksgiving dinners in Napa valley.
So it was fun to be able to walk up to him after his recent screening at the Cineramadome of "Apocalypse Now: Final Cut."
To say “Luana says hello.” Bookends?
Because in essence, she can and does say hello often.
Just after she passed, she began appearing in dreams – I could hear her voice in my apt. It was clearly her, but a younger version of her. I wondered about that, and while working for Charles Grodin at CNBC had an out of body experience where I felt like I had visited her. So I started looking into the esoteric science (took Buddhist philosophy with Bob Thurman at Columbia) at how that could be.
Which led me to the research of Michael Newton, a hypnotherapist in LA who claimed that his 7000 clients reported the same things about the afterlife under hypnosis. It was reading his book “Journey of Souls” where I spotted something Luana had told me before passing; “I have this recurring dream I’m in a classroom in another universe – it’s a class in spirituality, everyone dressed in white speaking a language I’ve never heard, but somehow I understand what they’re saying.”
In Newton’s book, one of his clients said the same thing. The night after she passed, the day after Francis called her to say goodbye on a satellite phone in Asia, Luana's pal Sandra Nicholson told me “I had a wonderful dream last night, Luana was in a classroom, everyone dressed in white in the fourth dimension.” She didn’t know that was Luana’s recurring dream.
Which I thought might make an interesting documentary. (It’s called “Flipside” and is on Amazon and Gaia.com)
I’ve filmed over 50 people to date saying the same things about the afterlife – many I’ve chosen for their skepticism. I was startled they all say the same things which are contrary to science or religion.
Then about four years ago, medium Jennifer Shaffer (who works with law enforcement) reached out to me. Since our meeting, I’ve filmed her every week for four years – a couple hours where we “chat” with the flipside.
Luana wrote the “introduction” (no other way to put it) to "Backstage Pass to the Flipside: Talking to the Afterlife with Jennifer Shaffer" and is our primary “guide” or “medium” on the other side, helping us access my friends Bill Paxton (Harry Dean Stanton, Robin Williams and others.) I try not to pass judgment on what they say – just report it.
I was amazed, flabbergasted at how wonderful the film "Apocalypse Now; Final Cut” is – wonderful to see a modern day Michelangelo be able to go back to a painting and reconstitute it to his original vision. It’s timeless. Breathtaking. Deeply moving. Funny. And will live forever. (Like we all do.)
Just heard that Peter Fonda has left us into the Flipside. Luana played his girlfriend in "Easy Rider." From what I've learned, it sometimes takes away for folks to adjust to their new environment. Sometime they're startled to see themselves in a place they didn't think existed.
I hope she says hello to Peter. Help him to make that adjustment that her other pals have; Dennis, Harry Dean, etc. If she does, I'm sure we'll hear about it.
Last night I spoke to Art Bell.
I know Art's no longer on the planet, and I didn't talk to him directly - but I did a show with his protege Heather Wade where she spoke to him.
Two years ago, I did a session live on air with Heather. It was just at the start of my "seeing if we could access the flipside" with no hypnosis at all.
In Heather's case, she went fast and far... and while transcribing the session for my next book, I reached out to see if she wanted to "take another ride."
She did - and we jumped right in.Talked to her guide (same fellow) went to see her council (same number) but met new people. (Dave with the beads.)
And we talked to Art Bell. What makes this so powerful and fascinating isn't asking Art about his theories, his show, or any of the things so many people talked to him about on the air for decades. It was him saying to her;
"I've been trying to talk to you since I crossed over!" He showed her about "25 different times" where he was there, watching her sleep, trying to enter a dream, help with her broken foot - she even recalled a moment when her foot felt like someone was touching it - she didn't believe it at the time, but here she was accessing that memory FROM HIS POV.
He had some other amazing things to show her - how he "creates a radio studio" from scratch. Places he likes to walk on the flipside - took her to a grove of beautiful bright colored trees. To demonstrate something I've learned, I had her "hug" one of the trees, and then "talk to the sentient being within."
That being reiterated what I've heard in this research - humans used to be able to talk to nature, but have lost the ability. If we want to save the planet, we need to plant more trees to match the amount of humans on the planet. "Plant a trillion trees."
Art took us to visit other planets - I figured his audience would want to know about what he's learned ("I haven't found Elvis he said" - I almost asked "Would you like to meet him?" Because Jennifer Shaffer and I have interviewed him and he's accessible... but I didn't want to screw up his sense of humor.) So Art took us to a planet he had a previous incarnation on.
Heather too - and that was really mind bending. But I'll repost the show when she posts it - suffice to say, if you listened in for the three hour tour, your mind is as blown as mine is just repeating what we heard.
Unrehearsed. Unplanned. Improvised. Live on the air. She went to the Flipside, picked up where she was in a memory from two years ago - and we marched forward into other realms. Mind altering.
But life enhancing.
And indeed, your loved ones are waiting to hear from you. You don't need me - you don't need a medium - you just need to open up your ears and listen. (Or open up your heart, that's probably the first item.) They are not gone, they are just not here.
Bon voyage!!!!
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| Luana Anders when Francis met her - He was the sound man on "The Young Racers" (Mark Damon pictured) He pitched Roger Corman his first film set in Ireland, Luana and friends stopped in Ireland on the way home to make it. |
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| FFC with his Final Cut of Apocalypse Now |
Being such an intensely private person, I knew I was crossing a Rubicon by walking up to Francis after the screening of his film and saying “Luana says hello.”
However, when I told her about it, she was thrilled to hear he had said “tell her to call me.”
That call led to a whole bunch of wonderful times at the Coppola home, playing piano, eating pasta, laughing till the wee hours. Eight years of really fantastic Thanksgiving dinners in Napa valley.
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| Some of the cast of Apocalypse Now |
So it was fun to be able to walk up to him after his recent screening at the Cineramadome of "Apocalypse Now: Final Cut."
To say “Luana says hello.” Bookends?
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| The Maestro |
Because in essence, she can and does say hello often.
Just after she passed, she began appearing in dreams – I could hear her voice in my apt. It was clearly her, but a younger version of her. I wondered about that, and while working for Charles Grodin at CNBC had an out of body experience where I felt like I had visited her. So I started looking into the esoteric science (took Buddhist philosophy with Bob Thurman at Columbia) at how that could be.
Which led me to the research of Michael Newton, a hypnotherapist in LA who claimed that his 7000 clients reported the same things about the afterlife under hypnosis. It was reading his book “Journey of Souls” where I spotted something Luana had told me before passing; “I have this recurring dream I’m in a classroom in another universe – it’s a class in spirituality, everyone dressed in white speaking a language I’ve never heard, but somehow I understand what they’re saying.”
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| Michael's last interview is in "Flipside" |
In Newton’s book, one of his clients said the same thing. The night after she passed, the day after Francis called her to say goodbye on a satellite phone in Asia, Luana's pal Sandra Nicholson told me “I had a wonderful dream last night, Luana was in a classroom, everyone dressed in white in the fourth dimension.” She didn’t know that was Luana’s recurring dream.
Which I thought might make an interesting documentary. (It’s called “Flipside” and is on Amazon and Gaia.com)
I’ve filmed over 50 people to date saying the same things about the afterlife – many I’ve chosen for their skepticism. I was startled they all say the same things which are contrary to science or religion.
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| Jennifer Shaffer |
Then about four years ago, medium Jennifer Shaffer (who works with law enforcement) reached out to me. Since our meeting, I’ve filmed her every week for four years – a couple hours where we “chat” with the flipside.
Luana wrote the “introduction” (no other way to put it) to "Backstage Pass to the Flipside: Talking to the Afterlife with Jennifer Shaffer" and is our primary “guide” or “medium” on the other side, helping us access my friends Bill Paxton (Harry Dean Stanton, Robin Williams and others.) I try not to pass judgment on what they say – just report it.
![Backstage Pass to the Flipside Book One: Talking to the Afterlife with Jennifer Shaffer by [Martini, Richard]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51VDCF-zsiL.jpg) |
| Backstage Pass to the Flipside |
I was amazed, flabbergasted at how wonderful the film "Apocalypse Now; Final Cut” is – wonderful to see a modern day Michelangelo be able to go back to a painting and reconstitute it to his original vision. It’s timeless. Breathtaking. Deeply moving. Funny. And will live forever. (Like we all do.)
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| Peter and Dennis in Cannes |
Just heard that Peter Fonda has left us into the Flipside. Luana played his girlfriend in "Easy Rider." From what I've learned, it sometimes takes away for folks to adjust to their new environment. Sometime they're startled to see themselves in a place they didn't think existed.
I hope she says hello to Peter. Help him to make that adjustment that her other pals have; Dennis, Harry Dean, etc. If she does, I'm sure we'll hear about it.
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| Luana and Edd Byrnes |
Last night I spoke to Art Bell.
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| Asked what he missed about being on the planet is in his hand. |
Two years ago, I did a session live on air with Heather. It was just at the start of my "seeing if we could access the flipside" with no hypnosis at all.
In Heather's case, she went fast and far... and while transcribing the session for my next book, I reached out to see if she wanted to "take another ride."
 |
| Heather Wade |
And we talked to Art Bell. What makes this so powerful and fascinating isn't asking Art about his theories, his show, or any of the things so many people talked to him about on the air for decades. It was him saying to her;
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| Art described how you can create your own sound studio on the flipside cable by cable. |
"I've been trying to talk to you since I crossed over!" He showed her about "25 different times" where he was there, watching her sleep, trying to enter a dream, help with her broken foot - she even recalled a moment when her foot felt like someone was touching it - she didn't believe it at the time, but here she was accessing that memory FROM HIS POV.
He had some other amazing things to show her - how he "creates a radio studio" from scratch. Places he likes to walk on the flipside - took her to a grove of beautiful bright colored trees. To demonstrate something I've learned, I had her "hug" one of the trees, and then "talk to the sentient being within."
That being reiterated what I've heard in this research - humans used to be able to talk to nature, but have lost the ability. If we want to save the planet, we need to plant more trees to match the amount of humans on the planet. "Plant a trillion trees."
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| Plant more trees. (even if UFO's fly over them.) |
Art took us to visit other planets - I figured his audience would want to know about what he's learned ("I haven't found Elvis he said" - I almost asked "Would you like to meet him?" Because Jennifer Shaffer and I have interviewed him and he's accessible... but I didn't want to screw up his sense of humor.) So Art took us to a planet he had a previous incarnation on.
Heather too - and that was really mind bending. But I'll repost the show when she posts it - suffice to say, if you listened in for the three hour tour, your mind is as blown as mine is just repeating what we heard.
Unrehearsed. Unplanned. Improvised. Live on the air. She went to the Flipside, picked up where she was in a memory from two years ago - and we marched forward into other realms. Mind altering.
But life enhancing.
And indeed, your loved ones are waiting to hear from you. You don't need me - you don't need a medium - you just need to open up your ears and listen. (Or open up your heart, that's probably the first item.) They are not gone, they are just not here.
Bon voyage!!!!
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| Flying in. |
