Reaching to Heaven: A Spiritual Journey Through Life and Death - Softcover

James Van Praagh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0749919957 ISBN 13: 9780749919955

Publisher: Piatkus, 1999

Synopsis

James Van Praagh's first book, Talking To Heaven, became an international bestseller. In his new book, he takes us on a journey to show us what happens at death, what the spirit world is like, how a soul chooses to be reborn, and how the process of reincarnation works. This practical guide uses Van Praagh's moving and inspiring stories of after-death communications to help you attain new levels of self-acceptance and personal freedom. Simple exercises and meditations will help you to rediscover your true spiritual nature and achieve greater self-awareness and inner peace.

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Review:

Professional medium James Van Praagh (Talking to Heaven) offers a guidebook for the living, which charts the course of the soul as it journeys through life, death, and rebirth. Beyond his psychic gifts, Van Praagh has a gift for simplifying complex spiritual ideas and writing about them in a conversational tone. Most appealing for Van Praagh fans are his detailed theories on death and the afterlife. For example, when people die sudden deaths, Van Praagh reports, spirits of the dead often linger over their bodies, unable to comprehend what has happened (but still able to see and hear everything that is being done and said around the corpse). This is why spirits of the already-deceased are so useful in helping the dead transition to the other side.

Speaking of the afterlife, or heaven, Van Praagh writes:

In the higher realms everyone is on the same level of spiritual understanding, like a symphony of beings in tune with one another. For some this may mean a reunion with members of their earth family. For others it could be a meeting with former friends and lovers from previous incarnations.

Finally, Van Praagh returns to his fascinating stories of channeling the deceased to illustrate how the living can stay on task with their raison d'être. If we want to help our souls along on their eternal journeys toward enlightenment, then we must remove the emotional obstacles that are blocking their paths, says Van Praagh, who devotes entire chapters to guilt, fear, forgiveness, and love. --Gail Hudson

About the Author:

Praagh is a world-famous medium who is renowned for conveying messages and conversations between worlds. He has appeared on numerous radio and television programmes, and was resident expert on NBC's The Other Side. He lives in Los Angeles.

About this edition

• Publisher: Piatkus
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0749919957
• ISBN 13: 9780749919955
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 202