Miracles in the Storm: Talking to the Other Side With the New Technology of Spiritual Contact

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Summary: Too much conflict, too little information
Review: I recently met Mark Macy at a demonstration of the Luminator during which Polaroids were taken. While Mr. Macy seems sincere about his work in this field of research, I would like a better explanation of what the Luminator is and does.

A few days later, I read this book. Any real discussion of contact and technologies is mired in the conflicts between individuals and organizations. Because of this, it is sometimes a tedious read.

One thing I would like to know -- if spirits are eager to contact persons on "this side," why aren't they more often direct and/or explicit in their communications?

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Summary: Change The Way You View The World
Review: In Mark Macy's books, the author encourages us to stretch the "mental model" which we use to view the world(s) --- both our physical world and the spiritual world as well.

His previous book, Conversations Beyond The Light, documents the early miracles of Instrumental Transcommunication (ITC) ---contact between the two worlds made possible by using technical equipment.

Macy's latest release, Miracles In The Storm, provides further examples of spiritual contacts from the afterlife ("the other side".) Macy also details the frustrating inability to maintain a harmonic group of ITC researchers on THIS side.

I was fascinated by both books. Macy's insights into human nature combine with historical reporting of significant breakthroughs to provide a most enlightening experience.

If you are not familiar with the miracles of ITC, I recommend strongly that you read both Conversations Beyond The Light and Miracles in the Storm, and suggest you first read Conversations, to introduce you to ITC. The latest release, Miracles, deals more with the human failure to work harmoniously toward the common goal of ITC, despite good intentions, tireless efforts, and Macy's positive attitude.

If you spend any time thinking about what comes after death, you owe it to yourself to learn about ITC. These books have totally changed my outlook on what happens after the physical body dies.

It is entirely possible that ITC research can bridge the divide that Macy refers to as "the centuries-old chasm between science and spirit, between doubt and faith." Contacts with the spirit world are now recorded on tape, film, and in computer files. The gap is narrowing, thanks to the work of Mark Macy and his colleagues.

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Summary: Mind Boggling
Review: It takes a lot to boggle my mind, but this book did. I have read hundreds of accounts of paranormal activity, but the activity summarized in this book is really amazing.

I was aware of EVP (electronic voice phenomena) and assumed that ITC (Instrumental Transcommunication) was just another name for it. It isn't, however. ITC involves much more detailed, more direct, and more profound information coming from the spirit world. We're talking spirit messages via computer (not attached to the internet), by phone calls (which the phone company has no record of), and by faxes from nowhere.

As I read the book, I constantly viewed it with a skeptical eye. However, author Macy comes across as very sincere, dedicated,discerning, and credible in his observations and reporting of them. I find it difficult to believe that he and the number of reputable scientists involved in ITC research could have been duped over and over again for years on end.

Over many years of reading and personal research, I am convinced of the reality of a spirit world. I believe in spirit materialization and spirit communication. If all of the other things I have encountered, e.g., materializations, apports, levitations, direct-voice mediumship, trance mediumship, etc., are real, I see no reason to draw the line and say that ITC is beyond belief.

The pseudo-skeptics will certainly smirk, scoff, and snicker in their usual closed-minded,arrogant, vainglorious, and pompous manner, but that is their problem. For the open-minded person who believes that there is more to this world than the material, this book has much to offer.