Life on the Other Side: A Psychic's Tour of the Afterlife

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Summary: Nice writing, but.....
Review: Nice writing is about all I can say for Sylvia Browne's book about LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE. No doubt, she paints a pretty picture and we all want to think it might be the way she has described it. This book was loaned to me by a very close friend because she wanted my honest opinion. I'm glad she did, because I know now I wouldn't waste my money or time looking for anything else written by Mrs. Browne. For those who truly are gifted, IF they've read any of this book or viewed Browne's web page, then I know they must be laughing because I am. There were parts of this book that were so unbelievable that I can't imagine Browne would think most humans to be so gullible. I think she's gone a little far myself, but like everything else I happen to believe, that too is between Browne and her maker. True, we do have some of the same opinions about God, and she listed some really good titles by other authors in this particular book.There are a lot of folks that will take time for Browne, no doubt, because the wool can be pulled over their eyes. However, Browne needs to know one thing: You can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all the people all the time.
I DO NOT recommend this book, or any other books by this author, especially after viewing her web page and seeing the enormous fees she charges for a reading. It's not about the money, Sylvia, ...it's about the gift.

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Summary: a good read if you can keep an open mind
Review: I am halfway through this book, and I am enjoying it. It seems as though maybe some people who have read this, and who dont understand certain things about the book, just havent kept their mind as open as is needed to fully understand what Sylvia is writing about. If you have an open mind, I would reccomend this book.

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Summary: Interesting whether you're a psychic believer or not...
Review: She may very well be psychic, or she may very well be crazy. Either way you look at her, she is extremely interesting. Whether you believe in this sort of "phenomenon" or not, her views are grounded and she really believes them. Most of her beliefs are not outrageous at all. I enjoyed her insight.

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Summary: AWESOME ***** Highly Recommended *****
Review: Of the multitude of books on heaven & the afterlife I've read, in my personal opinion, this one is the absolute BEST. If you need comforting, this is the book to read. I've also read other Sylvia Brown's books & she's not only also comforting, but also very interesting! ***Highly Recommended***

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Summary: Very Interesting
Review: I read this book to ease my mind and let me know that my mom still exists somewhere. While I can see how many of the things and places Sylvia describes in the afterlife are possible, I still am left wondering how does she know? Anyone can sit down and make up stories about what Heaven or Paradise is like. I am definitely a believer in the afterlife and in Sylvia Browne, yet I need to know how she saw these things. Basically, I just need more information.

She talked about "exit points," five opportunites one has in life to "go home" or end their life. These can include illnesses, accidents, even small things like not going out on a night you could have died (your subconscious knows), but not suicide. I want to know how she knows this? Did she go to Heaven and someone explained it to her? I believe a great deal in the things she says, I just want to know how she knows. For people that have never learned how to talk with the otherside, use their psychic powers or feel the presence of angels or spirit guides, we need to know how this information is being transmitted. Maybe we are suppose to "assume" that her spirit guide Francine is passing along all the information. If so, please say so!

One good thing she does do in this book is present certain ideas such as "experiencing your own birth" and then goes on to discuss how thousands of people have experienced this in her sessions. When a thousand people experience something, it is far more believable than hearing it is just what Sylvia believes. Don't get me wrong, I loved this book. I just feel that there are too many loopholes in it like what about the people in past lives? If one loses their child at age 10 and previously the child was a young mother that died in their last life, is the 10 year old's spirit with their mother who just lost them or with the child they left behind in the previous life? Questions like that are left unanswered. Sylvia should come out with a book of questions and answers because although all of her books are extremely interesting, I would bet that every person who reads them is left with at least one unanswered question after reading and this one question can leave them skeptcial. In all, I would say buy the book. I haven't read one quite like it ever. I also recommend Jane Greer "The Afterlife Connection," for anyone who needs more proof of life after death or wants to learn the small signs they may have been missing from their past on loved ones.

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Summary: Use your dicernment when reading this book
Review: When I bought "Life on the Other Side", I was eager to read it and discover how wonderful the other side really is. The book was easy to read and exciting, yet when I was all through with it I was left with a feeling that it was a little too sugar coated to be accurate. As time went by I started realizing that several things she said did not make sense. Of the top of my head, she said when you pass on all the pets you ever had in past lives would be waiting to greet you. This makes no sense at all to me, for I am sure the pets, if they reincarnate would be busy living a new life or what about all the other masters they had before? Also Sylvia Browne says that people will practice their same religion on the other side, in churches, temples, what have you. And they will all get along peacefully. This also makes no sense. Why go to church when you are already in heaven? And let's say this really happens. I would think if people respected other people's religions on the other side, when they incarnated back to Earth, they would carry on their tolerance. For the most part, I do not see people tolerating other's religions!

I don't think there is anything wrong with wanting to know that there really is a peaceful existance on the other side. I just don't think this book really has an acurate answer. Read it and decide for yourself. I do recommend however, "Between Death and Life", by Delores Cannon. It also goes with the theme that we reincarnate and rest between lives, and I think her account is much more plausible.

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Summary: Just the Truth...
Review: I genuinely feel sorry for people who need to believe in a place called "hell". It simply does not exist. However, where would organized religion be without it? Logically put, why would God create us, just to condemn certain souls to eternal damnation? It's true that no one escapes justice for their actions, but get serious....."hell". Lives on this planet are a learning process. Like it or not...reincarnation does exist. Prior to 325 AD, reincarnation was mentioned in both the old and the new testament,until it was removed. Since then so much has been removed and added from the Bible who knows what the pure word of God is?
The truth is that we don't know the "whole truth". We are told what organized religion wants us to know and believe, which is only part of the real truth.

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Summary: What a CROCK of CRA P with capitol letters!
Review: I am a catholic I do believe in the afterlife, I do believe in hell, but in Sylvia Browne I DO NOT believe. I watched her on the Montel Williams show many times evade questions and not give a straight answer. I gave her very little credit until one day on the show she discredited herself completely: Sylvia was asked during the Clinton /Lewinsky scandal whether or not the President was having an affair with Monica. She said "Absolutley not its people making that up about him to destroy him." If you don't remember get the transcript. From that day on I was a Sylvia non-believer but I bought the book with an open mind anyway. WHAT A FRAUD!!!!!! She has got to be kidding me. She talked about all these experiments she did on THOUSANDS of other people, where is the proof? Site your work Sylvia with footnotes. Are they published? No they are not. I feel bad for people who have lost loved ones and are looking for comfort by buying this piece of garbage book. What a fairy tale she tells filled with discrepancies (sp). A Scanning Machine, Hall of Records, Hall of Justice, 9 continents? Does she smoke LSD? What drug does she do before she sits down and writes? She is a classic fraud that plays on people that are so desperately seeking comfort in that death is a wonderful place filled with cotton candy and marshmellows. It all comes down to whats in your heart, if you are a good person you go to heaven , what it looks like I don't know. If you are rotten and hurt people the Lord will fix your azz. That's what I believe, thats what is in my heart. Don't look to comfort your broken heart if you lost a loved one by reading this book it will disappoint you. Especially when you find out that Sylvia thinks there is no hell only continual re-birth on earth as a horrible person. I don't buy that one bit. Sylvia if your read this you should hang your head in shame that you fooled so many people just looking for something to believe in. You only believe in money I should have known by the amount of jewlery/diamonds you are wearing on the cover of your books!