On October 6, 2009, my 20-year-old son Erik, took his own life. Since that sad and tragic day, an overwhelming sense of grief and despair propelled me into a search for answers. Answers that would provide me and others with comfort and hope. Some of those answers came from the many books I bought, but many came from an unexpected source: Erik himself. Read more.

Five Free “Erik Novels”

Blog member and talented writer, Betty, has written five wonderfully crafted novels starring FICTITIOUS versions of Erik and me. She’s now working on her sixth despite a serious recent horse-related injury. She kindly offers these books for free. If you want them, please Just email me at ejdaniel@q.com, and the novels will be emailed to you in...

Channeling Billie Holiday

For the last three days, I’ve been in roofer hell. Starting at 6:00 AM, here comes the relentless hammering. But, because our roof is 22 years old and leaking like a sieve, it was time. So bad was the leaking that two of our bathroom ceilings are destroyed. Rune has had to pierce one of...

Forgiveness, 101

As I type, I glance up at the beautiful urn in the room filled with the ashes of my father, my mother and my sister. I can’t imagine now not believing in consciousness survival and the afterlife because how can one digest the fact that a person whose life was full of joy and pain,...

Magic!

I hope you all had a lovely weekend. Mine was very busy because my little grand daughter had her 6th birthday party and everyone and their mothers must have been there. Maybe their cousins, aunts, uncles, friends, plumbers, hairdressers, and and neighbors, too. I lost count. It was wild and fun, more so because my...

After You, Bitch

Happy Friday, everyone. As you notice, I’m not posting a celebrity interview today. I don’t want to run out of them before I finish getting all the materials for the book. Nonetheless, I’m hoping you’ll find this one enlightening. Very soon after announcing the contest yesterday, someone answered the question correctly. Physics. Can you believe...

Channeling Walt Disney

I’m sad to announce the death, this weekend, of blog member, Kris Abrams. She was always so active on the blog and the Channeling Erik Facebook group. She was also very generous, recently offering to pay for someone to join the trance channeling event tomorrow. I’m just crushed for her and her family, but I...

Best of Erik: Dying to Live

After I told my daughter, Michelle, about Erik’s visit to Mariana, she felt happy for yet another sign of his continued existence, but she also felt a little sad that he had not given her a sign in such a long time. After all, Michelle and Erik were very close. They did nearly everything together....

Ask Erik: Hyla

My father died at 5:00 AM this Saturday  peacefully in his sleep. For the last month, he has had excruciating pain in his back, so horrible that he’d scream at the top of his lungs and clench his fists until his knuckles were white. This is despite the fact that he’s the most stoic person I’ve...

Channeling Bob Hope

My father is now in the hospital in grave condition. Please excuse the fact that I didn’t edit any of the following post and that this introduction is so short. Pray for his peaceful transition.  Me: Let’s see if we can get Bob Hope in here. He was such a funny guy. Want to? Jamie:...

Where to Begin

If you're new to Channeling Erik, I recommend you read the backstory first. Then, I suggest you start with the very first post. In doing so you can follow my journey just as I did, through the inexplicable, inconceivable, and yet utterly undeniable surprises that I have encountered since my son''s death. Welcome.

-Elisa

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