Kurt Leland

I read this some years ago and found it utterly fascinating. Even if you don't believe in out of body experiences, read it as science fiction. I do believe in out of body experiences, I'm still not sure that I buy that his experiences represent the afterlife--I tend to think that people's expectations of what they will experience strongly influence what they find and I think that goes for OBE's too...and Leland's afterlife is a little too Christian influenced for me. But I found it utterly show more interesting to read anyway. show less

Like Robert Monroe's work this is an important book on the subject of out of body experiences. However, like Ultimate Journey, it is probably a little bit ahead of its time. We all colour the perceptions of our experience, and no other writing highlights this fact more than Kurt Leland's book. It is certainly a different overview, and one that is both interesting and refreshing, but if you are genuinely leaning towards this subject I think it would help if you were to read Robert Monroe's show more trilogy first. show less

I had to give 4 1/2 stars simply for the sheer amount of information that this book pacts about music's how to use music to acheive Transcendent Musical Experiences. However, I wouldn't recommend it for the casual music listener, especially if you are not that familiar or interested in classical music. Otherwise, its very comprehensive and well-written, but some of it went over my head.

I'm giving the same review for this as for his other book--I read both of them years ago and can't remember specifics about the books. I found both of his books utterly fascinating. Even if you don't believe in out of body experiences, read this as science fiction. I do believe in out of body experiences, I'm still not sure that I buy that his experiences represent the afterlife--I tend to think that people's expectations of what they will experience strongly influence what they find and I show more think that goes for OBE's too...and Leland's afterlife is a little too Christian influenced for me. But I found it utterly interesting to read anyway. show less