Ghosts Among UsJuly 6, 2008 I have been interested and have studied several aspects of the Spiritual world etc., and am so delighted with James Van Praagh's, "Ghosts Among Us". I have been writing a sceenplay with Spititual contexts and reading this book has inspired me to continue. I also entered the contest where I might win a reading with the author. I truely hope so, because I think that he may be interested in my project as much as I've been interested in his. I have had a couple of ghost encounters and it's nice to have some validation on the subject by such a professional. I highly recomend this book to anyone; whether you believe in ghosts or not. Di
Very enlightening!July 4, 2008 I really learned a lot from this book. I loved all of James Van Praagh's books, but this was the best one yet.
Great book!July 1, 2008 I'm not much of a 'reader' -- but this is an excellent book. It offers peace of mind about the 'death' of this life and comfort in knowing there is more waiting for us......
I believeJune 29, 2008 James has a way of bringing the afterlife to feel like we are already there, we just aren't aware of it. YES there is a Heaven. I feel so much more confident knowing I have a true purpose in this life, as I did in many other lives. Thank you, JVP, this book puts a lot of worry to rest.
Useless blend of near death experiences and general psychic non-senseJune 28, 2008 10 out of 25 found this review helpful
I want to start this review by stating that I am neither an atheist nor somebody who opposes the notion of the supernatural in general. Quite the opposite: I have always been very open to and interested in near-death experiences, parapsychological phenomena, etc. However, I am very sceptical when people claim that they can see things that are not visible to the general population. Whenever somebody asserts that he or she has a special gift, chances are that their special gift is limited to their ability to fill their pockets without doing real work. That seems to be very much the case with van Praagh. This book is a poorly written amalgamation of anecdotes and old "theories" that every 10 year old is acquainted with these days because they are so omnipresent that even Hollywood regularly uses them ("when you die, there is a tunnel and bright light and a loving superior being" -- oh wow, really, I've never heard that one before). And of course anything preternatural that could possibly happen to a person in their lifetimes has happened to van Praagh. Lastly, van Praagh constantly emphasizes his mistrust in the Catholic Church -- I am Catholic and offensive comments about a religion that's 2000 years old from a guy who thinks that Buddha and Luke Skywalker have had equally positive influences on humankind seem kind of inappropriate. Sorry guys, but if you want solid, well written and well researched books about life after death etc., grab the classics, i.e. Dr. Moody, Elisabeth Kuebler-Ross or Scott Peck. "Ghosts among us" is completely useless and obviously another attempt to cash in -- shame on me for having contributed to van Praagh's bank account.
