Through his memoir The Message of the Rose, author Adam Fulford unravels a profound tale of a life-altering experience, offering readers a glimpse into the boundaries between life and the beyond. Through evocative prose, Adam takes you on a transformative journey from the depths of darkness and depression to peaks of clarity and enlightenment. Discover the meaning of human resilience and the boundless potential of the human spirit as you immerse yourself in this gripping narrative.

FOREWORD to the forthcoming manuscript:

"This gripping story of a phenomenal near-death experience leads us on a guided tour through layer upon layer of worlds beyond death. The author of this epic Danteesque underworld descent now lives in the Colorado prison system. My severe hypothyroidism prevents me from travelling up there to visit him. So, I’m writing about him not having heard his story directly from his lips. I know him mainly through his writing and through his friend David Towns, the coauthor of this book. The wild shoot em up episode that put Adam behind bars also brought about his multi layered near-death experience.

Over the decades I have heard quite a few people relate similar visions of separate realms of the afterlife. At the lowest levels, sentient beings wallow in hatred and fury. Some patients see above that an entire level of existence where spirits of the deceased seek knowledge in a sort of afterlife “think tank” or “university.” Then, they see ascending levels of reality climbing all the way up to what they describe as cities of light inhabited by enlightened spiritual beings. Adam’s experience is congruent in many ways to these rare cases.
However, to me, Adam’s otherworld vision is sobering in a lot of ways. In terms of percentages, hellish near-death experiences are quite rare. Also, hellish experiences tend to be highly variegated compared to the positive ones, which are more homogenous. Even so, Adam’s graphic accounts of infernal realities of unending despair give one pause.

What is this hell that has so pre-occupied fearful humans for millennia? I don’t really know what to make of hell to tell you the truth. The only thing I can say I know for sure about hell is that hell is unintelligible to the human mind. In theological terms, hell is where people undergo infinite eons upon eons of vindictive torment in the name of cosmic justice. The notion of justice includes the idea of a scale or balance. But the idea of spending an infinite eternity of unending suffering in hell to balance a brief human life of infamy is hardly justice; rather it doesn’t fit into any rational system. Adam’s graphic exposition explains how these hells are self-created and temporal, not an eternal punishment.

What Adam says in this book is thought provoking to say the least. I am so glad that his life path brought him to the place where he is taking care of terminally ill prisoners in their last days. Adam’s other world experience gives me much food for thought and I have grown to really like him personally by reading his words and seeing his significant transformation. I hope I will be able to meet him personally one day and learn more about his profound visions of the many worlds beyond this life.
Dr. Raymond Moody, M.D., PhD

"Adam Fulford's profound near-death experience, including the dramatic and violent earthly events that almost consumed his life, as well as his unpacking and transformation of his rich spiritual visions, provides fertile ground for coming to a deeper understanding of these extraordinary phenomena. Combined with Dr. Moody's detailed analysis and discussion of his case, Fulford's growth into an evolved soul from drug and criminally induced events proves the vast power of a wise universe in utilizing the rough and jagged edges of our human lives to lead us towards the perfection of becoming pure and loving beings."
Eben Alexander, M.D. Former Harvard Neurosurgeon and author of Proof of Heaven, The Map of Heaven, and Living in a Mindful Universe

"Be prepared to re-examine everything you believe about good and evil in the powerful and paradigm-shifting The Message of the Rose. The book invites you into a new understanding of consciousness and spiritual awakening. Adam Fulford, an “outlaw” philosopher, and his co-author David Towns, teach us the power of healing and the capacity for all of us to transcend our history and life’s darkest forces. Dr. Raymond Moody’s analysis and commentary at the end of the book will offer insights you will get nowhere else. This is a book you do not want to miss."
Lisa Smartt, Words at the Threshold