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Apparitions: Mystic Phenomena and What They Mean

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This book is a very readable collection of authentic mystic events and phenomena. The emphasis is on people and events that are well documented and the likelihood of fraud is low. There are also chapters on the demonic and on outright frauds. Many of the chapters stand on their own so you can read what you want in any order you want. The weakest part of the book is in some of the footnotes which can be a bit opinionated, though most of them were quite interesting. Naturalists (materialists) would find this book challenging to their beliefs while I found much that bolstered my faith.

This is a great book ... a believable book...about some of the greatest mysteries in the world.

Has Mary appeared with warnings for the world? What about the Stigmata -- is it really the wounds of Christ or simply psychosis?

Kevin Orlin Johnson is an outstanding author -- anyone would enjoy his books. Not only are they fun to read...but you also actually learn something! He's given me a new appreciation for how the Church can stand up to an intellectually rigorous process.

Tired of Christian pablum? Give this book a try!

Apparitions explains mystic phenomena, from auras and levitation to ecstasy and regenerative processes. This is the only general mystical title to carry the Catholic Church's official certification of freedom from error and will appeal to Catholic holdings as an unusual, important coverage.

Brilliant book! I absolutely loved the in-depth and scholarly review of the gifts given to various saints. This book had numerous interesting stories about the lives of saints and the gifts of bi-location, stigmata, miraculous healings, levitation, etc. I've been very interested in this type of mystical phenomena for years and no book has come close to explaining not only to whom these occur but also takes on the religious view of why they occur. The author has clearly spent a great deal of time researching and compiling this work. Dr. Johnson is fast becoming one of my favorite authors in Catholic non-fiction literature. I encourage readers to also check out his fascinating book "Rosary: Mysteries, Meditations, and the Telling of the Beads".

This book is as much of a comprehensive review about apparitions that you'll find. In his book, Dr. Johnson goes into detail about the criteria the Church uses to judge which apparitions are worthy of faith. He also gives examples of fakes and how to spot them. The research he puts into all his books is incredible. The best part about this book is that he measures his words well so as not to say, or lead the reader to believe anything that isn't true. If you read something in not only this book but all of his books I've read (which is 4), you can bet that he has done the research to back up what he's saying complete with citations. This is quite rare with other writers of religion.