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| Conversations Beyond the Light: Communication With Departed Friends & Colleagues by Electronic Means | 
enlarge | Author: Mark Macy Publisher: Griffin Publishing Group Category: Book
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Media: Paperback Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 172 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6 Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5
ISBN: 188218047X EAN: 9781882180479 ASIN: 188218047X
Publication Date: December 1995 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Condition: Publisher: Griffin Pub GroupDate of Publication: 1995Binding: Soft CoverCondition: Good/No JacketDescription: 188218047X TEXT IS VERY NICE & CLEAN, 1ST BLANK PAGE HAS BEEN REMOVED.
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Book Description What would happen if the information highway and the network of sophisticated communications systems we have today were able to hook us up with the world beyond? How would our understanding of ourselves change if we were able to call up the e theric dimension and scientifically document the information provided to us by the beings who live there? That remarkably is exactly what explains in clear and convincing detail. This is the first book to describe Instrumental Transcommunication (ITC) in which research teams on Earth receive from colleagues in the spirit worlds video images computerized messages and other physical evidence attesting to the existence of subtler dimensions.
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Belief systems are for us to learn here - August 2, 1998 18 out of 20 found this review helpful
This book is completely documented and able to convince you that there is such a place as a heaven, a beautiful existence after this life. I would recommend it to those who question their current life values here, whether they believe in a God or a higher self it does not matter. It is most revealing and very informative to your soul and is made for your mind to comprehend too. Highly recommend it as a prerequisite to this life journey here.
Not for the Skeptic September 3, 2000 7 out of 11 found this review helpful
Instrumental Transcommunication (ITC) is a bizarre field where researchers purportedly communicate with nonhuman and human spirits using electronic devices, including telephones, tvs, computers, etc... Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. The authors present their firsthand exposure to the evidence as well as evidence from other researchers; however, they apparently fail to realize that most readers are going to be scratching their heads incredulously as they turn each page. This is a major weakness of the book and makes it utterly unconvincing. The book would be infinitely better if the authors took the stance of an open, but critical investigative journalist or, at least, an academic where they try to address the justifiable skepticism of the reader. Instead, they give us an account of a strange field without a sensitivity to needs of the typical reader. I wasn't convinced by the book. The contents may very well be true, but the authors don't present their case well. This is too bad because the evidence is so fascinating.
Two Separate Books Would Have Been a Better Treatment November 5, 2005 2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The authors (and the publisher) should have divided this work into two separate books: one focusing entirely upon instrumental transcommunication (ITC), and another devoted to more metaphysical topics, such as what life after death is like, where it is lived, the afterlife's conditions, etc. Instead, these topics are jumbled together in a single work, and it weakens the authors' presentation of ITC research.
Open-minded, yet critical, readers will find that the metaphysical discussions tax their "willingness to suspend disbelief," as psychologists say. Even the most sympathetic reader will exclaim, "Oh, come on!" while reading the discussions of afterlife conditions purportedly provided by disincarnate spirits. One is left incredulous when reading about spirits living on the planet Marduk, with fantastic landscapes that sound like pure science fiction. It may all be true, but it is impossible for the reader to tell. Extreme skeptics, who typically refuse to believe anything, will find it easy to attack the book as speculative. This would be unfair. There is no reason to doubt the authors' integrity and honesty, but critical, open-minded readers will expect better evidence to be persuaded.
Those readers interested in the authors' metaphysical treatment should find chapters 2-7 quite interesting; however, readers interested in an examination of the ITC research (and electronic voice phenomena [EVP] generally) may wish to bypass these chapters and focus upon chapters 8-11. (One should read the introduction, prologue, and first chapter for general background.) The photographs are quite intriguing, but readers needed a more complete textual presentation of the research to be convinced. The bibliography provides many excellent titles that one should also read.
This reviewer was most interested in a discussion of the scientific aspects of ITC research, and in this, the authors provided too little information. Even if one were only to discuss the research since 1986 (and anyone familiar with the subject will know that the research has been ongoing for a much longer time period), there must be sufficient material to fill a 200-page book. Instead, the authors barely reach 50 pages of substantive discussion.
The book, while disappointing on the ITC research presentation, is still recommended as an overview of this exciting field of survival research.
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