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God In My Head: The true story of an ex-Christian who accidentally met God. Paperback – February 24, 2016

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This odd, irreverent spiritual memoir chronicles the author's accidental hallucinogenic journey to God and back with blunt comic undertones, undercutting the lofty gravitas typically associated with the "meeting God" genre. While making no claims regarding the "proof" of God in any way, this light-hearted true story is an entertaining and thought-provoking journey into the psychology of religion and the existence of God. Critical praise for God In My Head: "God In My Head is a book for believers and non-believers to truly explore what resonates within themselves." - Portland Book Review, ★★★★ 1/2 "Fantastically original. With thought provoking candor and humor, the author relays the relatable dilemma of having one's previously held beliefs challenged -- a witty, occasionally absurd philosophical romp!" - BookLife Prize by Publisher's Weekly "An often moving account that's just as outlandish and funny as the author's bizarre experience. Grisetti's God is more reminiscent of the alien in Carl Sagan's 1985 novel Contact than of anything in contemporary Christian literature." - Kirkus Reviews "Josh Grisetti's book opens a brutally transparent window into an intimate and mystical spiritual pilgrimage. His clear writing style, and his gentle heart, need to be shared with a world that is thirsty for such generosity of spirit." - The White Rhino Report, ★★★★★ "This unexpectedly poignant memoir, regardless of your beliefs, is a refreshing contribution to the 'meeting God' genre, and will inspire personal reflections on important aspects of existence that lie far within and outside the realm of religion." - Self-Publishing Review, ★★★★ 1/2 More at www.godinmyhead.com.

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Joshua Steven Grisetti is a southern Virginian transplant currently living in Brooklyn. He has no formal training in writing, philosophy or religion. This memoir is his first book - and probably his last. www.joshgrisetti.com

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (February 24, 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 199 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1508502668
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1508502661
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 0.46 x 9.02 inches

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Joshua Grisetti (1981-present) was born in Washington D.C., grew up in southwest Virginia and currently lives in Los Angles, CA. Josh works primarily as an actor in theatre and television, but has recently forayed into literature solely in order to share this unique story of gods & dentists.

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An easy read. Witty, enlightening and for me personally, quite transformative. I appreciate being brought in on such a journey.

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I was interested to read this book because I am both a progressive/liberal Christian and also fascinated by the topic of near death experiences and the like. Seeing the good reviews for this book, I decided to go for it and dig in.

I should say, I am getting alarmed by the amount of NDE books coming out these days, especially now from many conservative Christians. In the earlier days of NDE research, there was much more of a simplicity of accounts, less proselytizing and less hyper-elaboration of the experience. Now, we have even small children going to heaven, seeing Jesus, angels, and yes the devil himself: almost a virtual roadmap of the Bible world and most certainly, a great evangelism tool. Needless to say, I am on my guard even more these days as I see this development.

This book is not just another NDE testimony. While it shares similarities with NDEs, this is more a drug induced hallucination (Grisetti’s own term) that Grisetti experienced. That is an important distinction in my mind and why one may decide not to take what Grisetti “learned” from God literally. But this is both a novel and seemly sincere experience/encounter/testimony (what would you call it?) IMO.

So, putting on my discernment cap, I found Grisetti’s writing very interesting, peppered with humor and intriguing in spots. It was a quick and interesting read. I was hooked into trying to grapple with what he experienced.

While I was reading, I was tempted to dismiss his testimony of what God revealed to him as a bit too much to take for now. Maybe just mull it over for awhile and put it on the shelf. Was it because I had problems with the progressive brand of spiritual reality disclosed by “God”? No, I was already on board as a progressive Christian with that type of understanding. But Grisetti’s words from God didn’t strike me as truly God authentic (after all I had watched Charlton Heston in The Ten Commandments), rather maybe simply a discovery of Grisetti’s own subconscious closet yearning for God, now couched in more progressive concepts.

I was heartened when I got to the final end chapter. Grisetti, himself, appeared to be grappling with what he had experienced and seemed to be weighing all the options. That definitely earned from me a vote for his integrity and sincerity. There seemed to be no charlatan shenanigans going on to make a quick buck but the earnest musings of someone who was staggered by a rather bizarre numinous encounter and trying to find out what it meant to the best of his abilities.

One comment in the last chapter I thought was very revealing and insightful. Grisetti writes “I suppose I am proposing a hybrid of theology here: a belief that God may actually exist, but that He dwells in our unconscious minds, gently guiding each of us to hear His voice in ways that we are most capable of listening. The messages we receive from that divine voice may be a purposeful intertwining of our own individual life experience and that of God Himself. In other words, 'God' and 'psychological conditioning' may not be mutually exclusive. They may work together harmoniously, by design.”

Perhaps what Grisetti was experiencing in his drug induced state was this intermingling of God and his own subconscious being, such that it was almost a momentary mini-incarnation. God may truly have been animating Grisetti's subconscious but in a way that respected fully Grisetti’s individual identity. Perhaps not a literal conversation with God but God communicating through the depths of Grisetti’s own soul in Grisetti speak.

Hey, we don’t have to figure all these things out but maybe we can see stories like this as invitations to explore the "something more" we intuit all around us. Many people today are having revelatory encounters with God in a diversity of ways and not just drug experiences or NDEs. I would like very much to endorse this book as another testimony of the sacred mystery that comes in unexpected ways. Be prepared for some eye raisers, especially you brave conservative Christians readers. Read it, discuss it with friends, let it provoke your spiritual imagination. I hope to hear more from Grisetti, may this NOT be his last book.

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Everyone Experiences Exactly What They Need To Experience

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Having read many self-help books, books about faith, and a few "heaven" books, I was excited to read this one. Also having the pleasure of seeing the author in his other career as a performer, I was most drawn to find out what this book was all about.

What struck me most was how well told, funny and charming he is as an author. I have spent a lot of time trying to come to terms with my own spiritual life and have realized exactly what Josh talks about: we all have a little piece of God in us, we all are guided on our own paths to experience what we need to experience and that simply, God is love. Now many will argue that we need to do certain rituals in order for God to fully love us. Or that we will go to Hell if we don't constantly ask for forgiveness. But if we were all made in his image, and are loved unconditionally, why are we taught through fear? Why would anyone from any religion every say someone was less than because they had different thoughts, different ideas or different questions? And if life is about the journey not the destination, then why are we so focused on the final destination instead of creating those destinations around us, like Josh says?

Instead of reading this book to reaffirm your own ideology, read this book to question your own thoughts. Questions create curiosity, and curiosity creates broader thinking, broader inclusion, and broader love. There will be some statements that challenge your thinking or challenge what you are comfortably level. But no one is asking you to completely change your ideology, but simply allow another person's experiences to live in tandem with your own experiences.

In my life, the religious, or spiritual people who have loved me most, have loved me for who I am, not what they can change about me. And that is what I got from Josh. I got a retelling of a genuine, personal encounter that will forever shape who he is, what he believes and how it has affected him. And I am thankful that he shared his enlightening experience so that I may see another perspective on why we are all here. And it never hurts to remind yourself that God is Love, God is in all of us, and all of us need to lean towards love.

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One man's strange trip from atheist to believer -- in a dentist's office

Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2016

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Josh Grisetti's book isn't quite like anything I've read before. Although it has philosophical elements to it, it's not so much a philosophical treatise as it is the story of one man's fascinating journey from atheist to believer amidst the most unlikely circumstances -- an apparently drug-induced near-death experience in a dentist's office.

What makes the book so interesting is that Josh refuses to defend, apologize for or even prove his experience with the "God in his head" -- an experience sure to offend fundamentalists as well as atheists. He simply presents it as he saw it, and then offers his transformed life as testimony to its "truth".

It helps that Josh is a surprisingly strong writer, able to make sense out of what must have been a terribly confusing experience, and doing it with a snarky sense of humor. In fact, despite it being a life-changing experience, he continually refers to his visit with the Almighty as a hallucination rather than a vision.

But, whatever your take on it -- prophetic vision or weirdo trip -- it's definitely an interesting telling of a one-of-a-kind story, and well worth checking out.

(By the way, because we share the same last name, Josh and I are aware of each other. But we've never met and, believe it or not, we're not related.)

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