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A Wanderer in the Spirit Lands

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I read this book a couple of years ago and am in the process of rereading it. This book is absolutely amazing. A lot of questions I had concerning life after death were answered in this book. You are responsible for your actions here, and how you live in the present moment determines your future, or should I say, the hereafter. Death is not the end but the beginning of spirit. If you have any questions concerning death, I suggest you pick up this book and read it.

An excellent book and very easy to read. There are many published books on this subject, but most of them 'do not have clue' as to what life in the Universe as a soul spirit is really like. This book tells it 'like it is', it's a continual process. WE DO NOT DIE, this book describes WHERE WE GO and HOW WE LIVE until the time we are ready for rebirth to another body and continue our paths. The other reviews about this book are 'right on'. Even if you are not interested in life-after-death, I would recommend you read it!

A profoundly moving book on life after death. It certainly makes one think of how one should conduct themselves in this life. This book outlines exactly what is in store for each of us when one passes over. It shows that we only have ourselves to fear!

This review refers to the Lulu Press edition, which can be found by searching for ISBN 1411687183. From the back cover:

A classic true story of the afterlife, and of a love that flourishes beyond the grave. Written through the psychic medium A. Farnese in 1896, Wanderer is the true autobiography of Franchezzo, an Italian socialite who squanders his life on "wine, women and song." After an untimely death, he finds his spirit wandering in one of the dark lower worlds, alone and hopeless except for continued messages of love his young wife sends him through her prayers. Moved by the constancy of her devotion, he sets out to redeem himself by trying to help other lost souls, a mission which takes him into the lowest hells of the astral realm. Through his journey, there unfolds a remarkably lucid account of the different levels of the spirit realm, and the great brotherhoods of light who work there. Esoteric students have long regarded Wanderer as one of the clearest, most accurate descriptions of the spirit realms and the life that awaits us on the other side.

This edition contains an introduction by me describing the Spiritualist Movement out of which this story emerged.

--John Van Horne, author The Soul and the Ascension

If you believe in spiritual reality, this is the best book ever written on the subject that I have ever read...way better than Emanuel Swedenborg's works. If you don't believe in spiritual things, then it's still a great story. An amazing look at life in the spiritual realm after our physical death, and the way love works even on the hardest people. The things we pursue in this life, from the perspective we have after it's over, can be so dumb...I'll never forget the story the book tells of the English adulterers who murdered the husband so they could be together, were caught, hanged, and then spent all their time in spirit world fighting each other. Or the man whose family was killed by the Portuguese governor of Brazil in the 1500 or 1600s, his revenge, and his ultimate forgiveness. And finally, the woman who loved Franchezzo without regard to his faults, which is his real salvation and his true messiah, is a terrific testimony to the ultimate power love has over all over emotions, especially anger, resentment and hate. If you want to read anything about spiritual world, this is the book! IMHO, anyway.

I would suggest you read " Life in The World Unseen" by Anthony Borgia and compare the accounts yourself. It is amazing !!
The book gives you one of the best descriptions of the actual "passing" and encounters on the other side, struggles in realization that you have died and hope, once you realized you are gone, to move on and live in the world with totally different laws which most of us feel is true after all. I hope you will enjoy this book as much as I did. Thank you.

How does one review the contents of this book? It's hardly possible to draw on experience. They text is so extraordinary, that the reader is placed in a dilemma. Does he accept it at face value? If he does, then he really has to change the way he lives his life. Does he dismiss it as a fantasy? Possibly. Or perhaps the truth is somehwere in the middle? My intuition leads me to think that most, not all, of this book is bona fide. I wish there was more reading material of this quality on this subject. Reminds a little of the Robin William's movie "What dreams may come."

This book was not what I thought it would be based on the reviews, but I wouldn't trade the time a spent reading it for anything. The format it's written in is a first-person narrative. It's similar to Dante's Inferno as it is the story of a man who dies and he is telling of his time in the spirit lands. I could barley put it down, his personal story and the stories of others that he meets are so touching and inspirational (none of these words are strong enough). The sad parts were so sad that I wept bitterly and am near tears just remembering the strength of emotions. The same for the happy parts, they were so happy that I am almost in tears over remembering how joyous I felt. I think the way it was written, in first person, allows the reader to really feel like they get to know the character, and see what he sees and feel what he feels, almost as if he is real. I highly recommend it for everyone, I feel like reading this book as opened my eyes to how much impact we have in the lives of others.

This book makes you really consider your choices in Life..especially when in comes to holding onto resentments. It also shows the Power of our Love for those in the Spirit World. Read it years ago when I had many struggles and it helped greatly in putting things into perspective.

At first I was not sure this book would be interesting to me, but I found it to be riveting. It is a lot like Robin Willims movie, "What Dream May Come". It is also like the stories of Christian mystic's and rings true to me.