A Swan in Heaven: Conversations Between Two Worlds [Paperback]

Terri Daniel (Author), Danny Mandell (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 10, 2008

A Swan in Heaven blends thought-provoking narrative with stirring afterlife messages from a 16 year-old boy who began communicating with his mother telepathically after his death. What makes this account unique in the world of "channeled" books is that during his life, this extraordinary child was severely disabled and unable to speak. But after death his language was fluent and his words were insightful, inspired and eloquent. The messages in best-selling channeled books are overwhelmingly similar. Notable intuitives like Edgar Cayce, Jane Roberts, James Van Praagh, Sylvia Browne and Neale Donald Walsch have shared their channeled transmissions with millions, and the content is stunning in its clarity and consistency. Conversations with God, the Seth series, A Course in Miracles and countless others speak of loving entities who guide us from other realms, and they dismiss the fear-based concept of a judgmental god. Spiritual seekers are starving for alternatives to the fear and disempowerment they experienced in their childhood churches. Remarkably, all the answers are there, simply for the asking, requiring nothing more than an open heart and the understanding that we are more than these interim physical forms. Emotional and spiritual education is available to us in many forms from many sources, beyond books, schools and human experience. There are eager teachers in other realms waiting with infinite patience for us to tune in and start listening. One such teacher is Danny Mandell, who died at age 16 after struggling with a degenerative disorder that transformed him from an active, healthy seven year-old into a wheelchair-bound teenager who wore diapers, was unable to talk and could not use his hands. He was completely non-verbal during the last years of his life, but within an hour after his death, he began "speaking" to his mother, guiding her to publish his words in a book that would have a unique perspective, not just on the journey of the soul, but on the specific subject of intimate relationships and the power of meditation and forgiveness to transform them.

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About the Author

Terri Daniel began her career as an author and lecturer in 1990, when she published her first book, POWER SHMOOZING: The New Etiquette for Social and Business Success. The book touted a radical new approach to networking and replaced traditional notions of social etiquette with brazen, in-your-face strategies for creating deeper, more honest connections social and business connections.

Terri spent six years on the seminar circuit, conducting Power Shmoozing workshops for groups that encompassed every imaginable lifestyle and industry, from Fortune 500 CEOs to starving artists. She was a frequent guest on television and radio talk shows and was featured in hundreds of magazines and newspapers. Her follow up book, When Good People Throw Bad Parties: A Guide to Party Politics for Hosts and Guests, attracted a cult following of socialites and party planners, and kept her busy with media appearances, consulting and lecturing throughout the 1990s.

But by 1999, after a divorce and the diagnosis of her 9 year-old son Danny with a life-threatening illness, the trappings of the fast lane had lost their appeal and Terri headed for a major lifestyle change. She immersed herself in metaphysical study and became ordained as a Spiritual Humanist minister. She supported herself and Danny as a marketing consultant, supplementing her income and exercising her public speaking skills with unconventional wedding ceremonies and other rites of passage. Ever the radical pioneer, Terri moved with Danny and her new husband to a small southern town in 2005, where she quickly became popular as a spiritual teacher, conducting classes and workshops on meditation, manifestation, divination and channeling.

Terri continues to facilitate metaphysical study groups and recently began working as an “11th Hour” hospice volunteer (supporting patients in the process of active dying). She also counsels bereaved parents throughout the U.S., offering alternative perspectives on disability, death and loss. She has spoken on the topic of conscious death to community groups, churches and at spiritual conferences. Her articles have been published in Whole Life Times, Neurology Today, Exceptional Parent, Special Child, Childrens Hospice.org and related websites.

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Danny Mandell was born in 1990 and adopted at birth by his mother Terri and his father Jim. As a young boy he loved Pokemon, swimming, skiing, fighter jets, Lego models and James Bond. Girls and women adored him, and he excelled at reading, storytelling and Nintendo until a hereditary metabolic disorder disease called Metachromatic Leukodystrophy took away his motor skills and his ability to speak.

Danny is a smart, funny, spiritually advanced, remarkable human being who died at age 16. He was a teacher and guide to all who knew him, but the greatest honor of all was that he began speaking to his mother telepathically from the Other Side almost immediately after his death. This book is the result of those conversations.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: FIRST HOUSE PRESS (February 10, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0962306258
• ISBN-13: 978-0962306259
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #769,796 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A SWAN IN HEAVEN, November 4, 2007

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Marilyn Rose - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Swan in Heaven: Conversations Between Two Worlds (Paperback)

This book is an exhilarating look into the afterlife and has enforced my belief that we are not really gone when we die, but truly in a better place. It is comforting to know that someday I will be reunited with those I have loved in the past.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not the top resource for a person suffering loss, July 2, 2009

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Louise (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Swan in Heaven: Conversations Between Two Worlds (Paperback)

As a bereaved mother, I read this book with interest. I found the communications to be extremely deep. I'm glad they were helpful to some, but I did not find this book helpful to me.

The descriptions of the intensity of the verbal abuse by Danny's stepfather was painful to read.

As a nurse and counselor for others who have suffered the loss of their precious child, I would never recommend this as a resource to someone in early loss. There are many, many books that are more helpful to help grieving parents in their early grief journey.

This book details a excruciatingly painful journey for one mother and her stated after-death communications with her son. A newly bereaved parent feels desperately alone after the death of their child; if they were not receiving 'communications' from their child, the desperation could be excessive and they might feel somehow lacking.

I believe this book is better for a bereaved person further along in their grief journey, when they can read such a painful book without falling into desolation and despair. Reading this book when personal balance is somewhat more restored would allow more discernment of separating someone else's painful journey from their own painful days.

I would not recommend this book as a resource in a grief help library.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Swan in Heaven, November 4, 2007

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Suzy Y. Papanikolas "Aloha Suzy" (Hilo, Hawaii) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Swan in Heaven: Conversations Between Two Worlds (Paperback)

I have always felt there is an after life but this really confirms it in the most clear and loving way. The author's conversations with her son makes me know that I will feel nothing but joy when I come to facing my own or loved ones passing. Thank you for the heart warming sharing of your beautiful boy.