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Visitations From the Afterlife: True Stories of Love and Healing

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Books filled with anecdotal accounts of after-death communications have become so common that it's hard to seperate the wheat from the chaff, but this is definitely one of the better ones in the genre. It's well-organized into chapters in which ADCs sharing common themes are grouped together. Each ADC carries a separate title and appears to be more or less in the experiencer's own words. They range from not-very-impressive to truly incredible. My wife read this first and frequently interrupted whatever I was doing to say, "Geez, listen to this ..." There are several accounts that will stick with you and that you'll find yourself discussing with others. My main beef with all of these books is that we are entirely dependant upon the good faith and honesty of the experiencers without knowing anything about them, as well as the ability of the author (a successful artist who includes several experiences of her own) to filter out people who are exagerrating or just want to see their accounts in print. It would make the accounts SO much more convincing if the experiencers would be willing to be identified with photographs and brief background sketches that would give the reader some level of confidence that these are real people describing real experiences. Compare the accounts in an old classic such as "Phantasms of the Living," where the psychical researchers went to extraordinary lengths to verify the accounts, and you'll see what I'm talking about. With this one caveat, which applies to most recent books in this vein, I can recommend this as compelling reading that you are sure to enjoy. I rate it above many of the others in this genre on the basis that it's well-written and well-organized.

It was a great pleasure to read Lee Lawson's book. Not only was it intelligent and inspiring, but it speaks of great truth, the kind of truth that heals the broken heart. I would recommend it to anyone who is experiencing grief. Not only does it provide comfort, but it changes the paradigm of loss. It emphasizes the eternal quality of love. And love, after all, is the best thing we having going for us.

I am a psychotherapist and will recommend it to my clients, as well as my friends and colleagues.

I must also add I have long been a fan of Ms. Lawson's art and it was a treat to see reproductions of her paintings at the beginnings of the chapters and on the cover.

I recently lost someone so dear to me and had a visitation experience so real. I wondered if others had similar experiences. This book offered similar stories ..it offered a forum for speech and sharing that is typically not accepted or respected in our mainstream daily lives. My story, like many others, are very real to us and it is so wonderful to be able to share them with others. Everyone loves to hear a love story, and in this book you get so many of them ..they're all love stories, that's how I view them. They're all messages of love from the otherside. I have come to realize that our worlds (after life and now) are "leaky" ..we can sometimes hear, see, or feel one another. It was nice being able to listen to others' accounts. How awful it would be if we couldn't share this information. Thank you so much for this book. I want to give back by offering my own story in the next book to come.

Lee Lawson's "Visitations from the Afterlife/True Stories of Love and Healing" is indeed a special book that will open up hearts; touch buried memories; and enrich lives through the soul and spirit. The true stories submitted to her anthology are from around the world; they speak of the universal longing inside and tell us that we are not alone in our visitations by loved ones who've crossed over. It's illuminating to learn it's a more common occurance than we've ever realized.

Her book allows us the freedom to express our unique experiences at long last. She gives us permission to discuss our private memories with family and friends and all without the guardedness we've hidden behind thinking we were alone in our visitations. Bravo to Lee for enlarging our spiritual awareness; giving credence to our experiences; and acknowledging what we've always known: Love is eternal and love will heal a broken heart.

I guarantee the reader will be touched by these revealing love letters and heartfelt stories, if not healed in the process. The reader also gets to enjoy the extraordinary beauty of Lee's artwork from the front cover--throughtout the book.

I have just read Visitations from the Afterlife twice. The first time I was drawn to read each story marveling at the variety and yet at the same time the similarities as each account unfolded. Afterwards I returned to this rare and deeply evocative book to read it more slowly and listen to the first instructions I have ever found believable about the mystery that is death. Lee Lawson's exquisitely sensitive and yet openly accepting collection of personal accounts of love's endurance beyond death is not to be ignored. This book is a must read for anyone who doubts that the soul lives on, who is grieving and wondering about the meaning of death, who is afraid to live life fully in preparation for the ultimate leap of faith we call dying. Lee's paintings are equally evocative and provide the reader with food for the soul. I wonder how many of us have been diagnosed as hallucinating, as heretics, or worse yet as mad because there was no one to listen as we spoke our tales of wonder and mystery about hearing or seeing or being led by a loved one who has died? Thank you Lee for listening to Harry when he led you to gather these stories and write this much welcomed book.

I absolutely needed to read this book when I did which is saying something itself.The stories shared with Ms. Lawson and the beauty of the way they were presented in the book were comforting.This is just one more validation that our loved ones who have passed still continue to love us after physical life.

This lovely and inspirational collection of heartwarming stories takes all the sting out of "death". There is so much love and peace and joy in this book. Everyone on this earth has experienced the pain of "losing" a loved one. This book proves, over and over, again, that love is never lost, and that death is only a graduation. It is a study in communication.

This book is wonderful for all ages! If you love Chicken Soup, and other books that are filled with personal stories, then you'll love Visitations from the Afterlife. This book made me truly believe in the afterlife, and whenever I start to doubt that there's no such thing, I just pick up this book. It's great to read at night right before you go to bed!

For doubter's or people "On the fence" concerning life hereafter, this is a must read. It has changed my life, and will probabley change yours too. VERY worthwhile reading.

This is not just a book, it is a spiritual experience! I came away feeling that something in me was deeply healed. The author speaks directly from her heart into the heart of the reader. I was astounded by the depth and beauty of this book and the extraordinary stories of visitations from people who have dies. Found myself crying tears of sheer joy again and again. An amazing book!