NO BOOK TODAY - JUST RANDOM THOUGHTS...HAS ANYONE EVER THOUGHT THAT THEY HAVE SEEN A 'GHOST' ?

Hi People, Is there anyone there?  I wonder if anyone is out there. Be nice if someone would acknowledge.  

I thought I would have a change today, because featuring a book each day is somehow not enough. I want to re read them, and then maybe share some thoughts about the contents with you.

That is of course presuming anyone is interested.  I realise that the subject is not for everyone - although I find it hard to believe.

Understanding what or who we are as humans, why are we existing? What is this Universe that we live in?  What is the point of it all? Is there a reason? Is there a creator? How or why did it all begin? All my life I have been curious about these things.  I have craved for answers.

I am in the middle of reading the Autobiography of Eileen Garrett. ( see my earlier post about this book) It has been there in my bookcase for years.  Some of the things she talks about concerning her sensitivity, and psychic senses, bear a common thread in my own life.  My Dad went through similar experiences in the 1960's as Ms Garrett did decades earlier.  Like her, he was born with the ability to 'see' the so called 'dead!'  Then later in his life he discovered that he was a natural 'trance medium'. He was sitting at home with a group of family members and friends, when he must have fallen asleep. Or so he thought. Wondering why everyone was staring at him, he was informed that he had been speaking for over an hour.  He had a 'control' who had been speaking to the family and giving evidence of life after death.  'Dead' relatives had been speaking to those present, and my Dad had no knowledge of any of it.  Thinking that he had just 'nodded off.'

I learned about all these things when I was very young, and it became normal.  But later, I began to ask questions. I realised that not everyone knew about things. Yet it had happened. It was a normal part of my family life.  Why did others find it so difficult to believe?  

Anyway I am just wondering if anyone else out there has had a similar experience?  

I will leave the question open, please get in touch.

Have a nice weekend.

Sharon x

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 Silver Birch Speaks

BY

SYLVIA BARBANELL

1954 EDITION

PICTURED ABOVE

THIS BLOG IS FOR ANYONE THAT LOVES BOOKS

ANYONE INTERESTED IN THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH

OR THE HISTORY OF SPIRITUAL TEACHINGS

PSYCHIC PHENOMENON

LIFE AFTER DEATH

SPIRITUALISM

SACRED KNOWLEDGE

SPIRITUAL PHILOSOPHY

MYSTERY

WISDOM

GHOSTS

MEDIUMS

CHANNELLERS

SPIRITS

RELIGION

SCIENCE

NATURE

LIFE

A GOOD READ

OLD BOOKS

AND ANY OTHER RELATED SUBJECTS

Interesting Links:http://www.victorzammit.com/  (FOR LIFE AFTER DEATH EVIDENCE)

MY REASONS FOR HAVING THIS BLOG:

TO ASSIST TRAVELLERS SEEKING DIRECTION

TO SHARE INFORMATION

TO SHARE MY LOVE OF BOOKS

TO HELP OTHERS FIND BOOKS THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE HEARD ABOUT

IF I CAN HELP ONE PERSON TO REALISE THAT THERE IS MORE TO LIFE THAN MEETS THE EYE, THAT ANSWERS TO THE MYSTERIES OF EXISTENCE CAN BE SOUGHT THROUGH READING ABOUT THE EXPERIENCES OF THOSE WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE.

TO HAVE AN OPEN MIND, WEIGH UP THE EVIDENCE, GAIN AS MUCH KNOWLEDGE AS ONE NEEDS TO 

FORM ONES OWN REALISATION OF THE TRUTH.

TO BE FREE OF INDOCTRINATION

TO BE AN INDIVIDUAL THINKER

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Here is a link to a series of relevant videos worth watching:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frJpThIims8

Life After Death - What Happens When You Die?

What happens when you die? Book number two from my spooky bookcase is:

EMBRACED BY THE LIGHT,

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DIE?

By Betty J. Eadie

A detailed description of what happened to the Author between 'dying' after an operation, to her recovery, after a few hours.

Described as, 'the most profound near-death experience ever,' and, ' ..one of the most convincing arguments for the existence of life after death...'

This copy of the book is a 1994 Aquarian Press, hard cover edition.

It was originally published 1992, by Gold Leaf Press, USA.

Various editions are available to buy on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.co.uk

This was one of those books that I could not put down.

There is a Foreword by Melvin Morse, MD, where he tells us, 'There is a great secret contained in Embraced by the Light. It is something that the great prophets and spiritual leaders have tried to tell us for thousands of years. Betty Eadie learned it by nearly dying.  It has the power to change your life.'

Betty Eadie

She returns from clinical death with '...a simple message of love.' 

'If we are kind, we will have joy,'....but before we can feel joy, we must know sorrow.'

This is a book that I am definately going to read again! 

'You will not fail to be moved by Betty's story.  A devoted mother with a loving family, she embarked on a voyage of discovery, leaving her body and learning 'the joy of spiritual freedom'. She saw more, perhaps, than any other person has seen before, and came back with an almost photographic view. Embraced by the light recounts the people she met, the truths she learned and the magnificent realities of the spirit world.'

I hope this has encouraged you to read more about 'Life after Death,' and 'Near Death Experiences,' and that you will go on to study more about this subject.  After all, it is one of the most important stages of life! Something which is going to affect each of us one day. That is a certainty!

Until next time, have a lovely and loving day,

 Sharon xxx

Virtual Book Tour - New blog sharing my collection of 30+ years of Mystical books. I begin by unlocking the hidden secrets of the old bookcase ...

I thought it was time to reveal my secret passion - my thirty something years of a search for the meaning of life!!! 

During that time, I have followed my instinct and chosen books, the thoughts held between boards of paper, to aid me in my Quest!

Years of study, some of it fruitless, some enlightening, most of it, nevertheless, I have found to be intensely interesting.

So here, in this little blog, I will attempt to share a few of those books which now lay idle on my creaking bookshelves.

My reasoning behind this activity is to help spark an interest, perhaps, for those who seek wisdom and knowledge on subjects that may help one to gain insight on the mysteries of life and death.

I don't regard myself to be anything but a fellow traveller, and as I walk along the long winding road of truth, I have found many wrong turnings and barriers. I simply show you some of the directions that I have investigated. Directions which may or may not be right for you.

I hope you will enjoy my bookish musings and that you will feel inspired to share your own, too.

Please leave comments and recommendations of your own if you wish.





The Bookcase in the corner ..... Roughly arranged in order of Author....once!
Now random because of several moves around various rooms, and lack of space on other bookshelves.

First random selection of interesting books......

I will start with a book that I read about thirty years ago -

'ON THE EDGE OF THE ETHERIC  OR SURVIVAL AFTER DEATH SCIENTIFICALLY EXPLAINED'  by ARTHUR FINDLEY.

My copy is a 1967 reprint hardback edition. (A 65th impression)  It was first published in 1931.
I have read it several times over the years and it was one of the first books on this subject that I acquired. I think I bought it from a book dealer who used to send me catalogues through the post. Pre internet, pre personal computers!


Front, showing Dust wrapper..

Back of Dust wrapper...

Published by Psychic Press
Light Blue cloth binding
Original price on Dust Wrapper 15s

The blurb on the inside of Dust Wrapper ....

'We retain in the Etheric, to which we pass at death, our bodily appearance, our memories, and our affections.

'As we are now so shall we be hereafter; as we sow so shall we reap.' 

We have come from the Etheric; we return to the Etheric.'

Our physical life is but a small part of our life, which, coming from the Etheric, returns to it at death. 
There it continues to function in a world both real and tangible.'



Inside the book itself there are blank endpapers, followed by 10 pages of 'EXTRACTS from some of the BRITISH PRESS REVIEWS of 'ON THE EDGE OF THE ETHERIC'.

It is quoted as being ' certainly the most widely reviewed book of the Winter Book Season of 1931 - 1932.

Reviews included by, for example, Sir Oliver Lodge,F.R.S., 
The Times,
The very Rev.Dr. Norman Maclean (Ex moderator of the Church of Scotland) preaching on this book in St. Cuthbert's church, Edinburgh (Sunday 28th February 1932),
Colonel the Right Hon. R. G. Sharman Crawford, D.L; Deputy Govenor of Northern Ireland.

The Glasgow Citizen. - 'On The Edge of the Etheric'  is more than welcome. The book is of more than usual interest in view of the fact that Mr. Findley was for many years a prominent stockbroker in the city before retiring to the South of England.  A very interesting book.'

Methodist Recorder. - 'Every Christian believes that the soul survives death, and, therefore, there is no impossibility in the Spiritualistic idea that communication with the dead is a fact.' 

Psychic News. - '.....the most important book in all the literature of Spiritualism.'

' SEEK AND YOU WILL FIND, FOR YOU HAVE AIDS FROM NATURE FOR THE DISCOVERY OF TRUTH.  BUT IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE YOURSELF, BY GOING ALONG THOSE WAYS, TO DISCOVER THAT WHICH FOLLOWS, LISTEN TO THOSE WHO HAVE MADE THE ENQUIRY.' - EPICTICUS.

This is one of the books that I call a 'signpost book' - it was one of those influential in forming my understanding of the possibility of survival of the death of the physical body.
A  'Oh I see, I get it' - moment, that once realised, could never be lost. 
A stepping stone or a piece of the puzzle...

Contents Page

So that is the end of PART ONE of BOOK ONE....I hope you find it of interest..... I will continue this review in my next post.

Thanks for stopping by....