Reaching to Heaven: A Spiritual Journey Through Life and Death
by James Van Praagh
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Praagh gives a guide to becoming true spiritual beings, taking the reader on a journey to show what happens at death, what the spirit world is like, how a soul chooses to be reborn, and how the actual process of reincarnation works.Tags
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This is the first book I've read by this author.
I would regard this as an excellent introduction to the subject of life after death.
Van Praagh, who is an extremely gifted medium, is an intelligent and cultured man and an eloquent writer. It was a pleasure to read a book couched in such graceful language (for a change, I am tempted to say).
In the preliminary chapters van Praagh goes into detail about such matters as the universal mind, the aura, including its colours, the etheric,astral and mental bodies and the processes involved in the various types of death.
Later in the book we are presented with various moving stories taken from his innumerable client consultations, the basic themes addressed being expectations, guilt, fear, show more forgiveness and love. This section of the book in particular is thoroughly readable.
In the final section the author gives us various useful exercises for grounding, protection and "bringing out your light", He concludes by providing us with spiritual guidelines by which to successfully bring uo our children in these challenging times.
The book is filled with insightful quotations taken from the works of famous writers together with valuable spiritual precepts, such as: "Remember God always says yes; we say no."
I would particularly recommend this book to those new to the subject. show less
I would regard this as an excellent introduction to the subject of life after death.
Van Praagh, who is an extremely gifted medium, is an intelligent and cultured man and an eloquent writer. It was a pleasure to read a book couched in such graceful language (for a change, I am tempted to say).
In the preliminary chapters van Praagh goes into detail about such matters as the universal mind, the aura, including its colours, the etheric,astral and mental bodies and the processes involved in the various types of death.
Later in the book we are presented with various moving stories taken from his innumerable client consultations, the basic themes addressed being expectations, guilt, fear, show more forgiveness and love. This section of the book in particular is thoroughly readable.
In the final section the author gives us various useful exercises for grounding, protection and "bringing out your light", He concludes by providing us with spiritual guidelines by which to successfully bring uo our children in these challenging times.
The book is filled with insightful quotations taken from the works of famous writers together with valuable spiritual precepts, such as: "Remember God always says yes; we say no."
I would particularly recommend this book to those new to the subject. show less
There are some nice concepts in here.
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Spiritual medium James Van Praagh, author of Talking To Heaven, is best known for his purported ability to provide a bridge between the living and the departed. A regular on NBC's The Other Side, Van Praagh discontinued his private appointments to make time for the lecture circuit, workshops, and television appearances, including Paranormal show more Borderline, The Maury Povich show, The View, The George and Alana Show and Unsolved Mysteries. He was also featured on the Voyage of Enlightment, a four-day spiritual cruise from Los Angeles to Mexico. Although based in West Hollywood, California, Van Praagh travels most of the year on personal appearances. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title*
- Spirituele reizen tussen leven en dood
- Original title
- Reaching to Heaven
- Disambiguation notice*
- "Reaching to heaven" & "Talking to heaven" are two books that are wrongly ascribed to the dutch author:
"H. Van Praag".
But the real author of these two books is: "James Van Praagh"
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