David L. Oakford was born in 1959, in the shadow of the great auto plants in Warren, Michigan. He grew up on the 'South Side' of town, on the Detroit border; which was, and still is, a great place to get into trouble! By the time he was 19 he was in some very dark times, which led up to the near death experience in 1979. After his near death experience he settled down and got a job as a crane operator at a machine tool plant. He made new friends and met the woman who eventually became his wife. He was laid off in 1982, a casualty of the manufacturing decline the Detroit area experienced in the early 1980's.

David spent five years in the US Navy from 1985-1990, operating the naval tactical data system, the radars and the missile launcher on the guided missile frigate USS Halyburton FFG-40. He also controlled helicopters and hunted submarines.

After his enlistment ended he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accounting while being a stay at home father to his four beautiful children. He received his degree in 1995. He eventually landed a position as a software analyst. He is currently unemployed and is a stay at home father again!

David is the author of, Soul Bared: A Metaphysical Journey and Journey Through the World of Spirit: God, Gaia, and Guardian Angels.

I'm just a regular guy ... except for the aura photos I create. See the aura photo on the left. It shows energies similar to what I saw during an extraordinary experience I had in 1979 which almost cost me my life. As a regular guy, I work for a living and try to stay out of people's way and live my life without harming anyone. And I have a great interest in all things having to do with the metaphysical. As you will be able read from the pages of this website and several books written about me, the extraordinary experience that I had was a near-death experience during which I learned a lot about life after death. I learned about the energies that we as human beings create and how we affect others ... including the entire universe itself. I have written my entire near-death experience in a book entitled "Soul Bared: A Metaphysical Journey." Click on the link to learn more about my book and how to purchase it.
 
My near-death experience is also featured in the book Nothing Better Than Death by Kevin Williams, webmaster of "Near-Death Experiences and the Afterlife." My book was also been reviewed by P.M.H. Atwater, L.H.D., one of the leading researchers of the near-death experience. You can read her review at my book's web page as well.