Customer Reviews:
 no doubt June 29, 2008
I have no doubt what is in store for me after this life is done. I hope that someone like James is around for me so I can communicate with my loved ones when I am gone.
 talking to the heavens June 13, 2008
very intense and hard to read and keep in tune with for me. like Rosemary Altea much much better !!
I will read this over and over again:) May 23, 2008
My mom passed away two years ago and my friend loaned me this book to read. I believe Mr. Van Praagh when he said he communicates with the spiritual world and I enjoyed his experiences he shared with us in the book. The book gave me a peace of mind that my mother is always with me and if I look close enough, I will see it in the messages or signs she sends me. Whenever I am feeling down, I pick up this book and remember the ways we are all connected between the physical and spiritual world.
The New Age at its worst February 19, 2008
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
Pandering, hypocritical, assumptive nonsense. Take a look at Van Praagh's resume and it's pretty clear that he communicates with the dead, alright: mainly Benjamin, Grant, and Jackson. He classifies mediumistic talents, drawing on stuff that was discredited a hundred years ago, like apports and ectoplasmic voiceboxes. Gag. He even has the audacity to mention that ectoplasm sometimes "looks like cheesecloth." I guess because that's exactly what its been proven to be. After rehashing all the same Sylvia Browne bunk about vibratory rates and spiritual planes, he has the nerve to bash the Catholic Church for some 20 pages, concluding "I still find it a bit unbelievable the Catholic Church teaches this stuff," and refers to Christianity as "mythology." Wow.
Pass this one by, even if you are a spiritualist. Van Praagh is a cynical charlatan and frustrated screen-writer. The genre holds many more satisfying reads for just about any persuasion.
 A Great Way to Communicate to Heaven! January 20, 2008
I like James Van Praagh sometimes better than Sylvia Browne. While Browne is more blunt, Van Praagh has a gentler, kinder side. His story about his life and how he became one of the great mediums is truly inspirational. He had hoped to become a screenwriter but ends up talking to the deceased. In most cases, he is comforting loved ones and griefstricken relatives over their loss. Somebody like Van Praagh is comforting to know that death is not the end of the spirit and soul's existence but an entrance into another dimension where there is nothing but unconditional love and goodness. There are times when skeptics have been known to criticize Van Praagh and Browne and others for their line of work. Yes, they have made fortunes but their gift is shared with others. Van Praagh and John Edwards writes from the heart but Van Praagh is gentler, kinder, and more soft spoken. Van Praagh writes about his life and the recognition of his gifts to speak to the deceased. I am more interested in past lives and the future. Of course, I have loved ones on the other side and I wait patiently to reunite with them one day.
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