When Spirits Come Calling
Two out of five Americans report they've sensed meaningful contact with people no longer alive. Such contacts are usually comforting and don't involve mediums. They come unexpectedly to healthy men and women going about their normal lives.
Drawing on a wealth of interviews, Wright presents dozens of moving, never before published stories of apparent communication from the dead. They may simply say, "I'm happy now," or "Stop grieving for me, get on with your life." But sometimes they provide startling information. A departed son "talks" his mother through programming her computer. A husband searching for his missing wife senses the precise injuries that killed her. A newly deceased aunt points her chocoholic niece to where she stashed her chocolate.
Seasoning her wide range of data with a little hardheaded statistical analysis and citing parallel beliefs from many cultures, Prof. Wright asserts that afterlife communication is real.
"It's wonderful! Well-written and on a topic that is full of fascination and hope for many. I like the stance of skepticism, rather than thoughtless belief or close-minded rejection. The reporting is clear and factual, and the stories themselves are enthralling." - Mary Manin Morrissey, senior minister, Living Enrichment Center, and author, Building Your Field of Dreams
"Superbly written and well researched, When Spirits Come Calling will stimulate your thoughts about the afterlife... It will open your heart to the wonder and mystery of spontaneous experiences involving deceased loved ones and the living." - Louis E. LaGrand, PhD, Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, State University of New York, and author, Love Lives On
"Prof. Wright's probing interviews make it clear that seeing an apparition, or sensing the presence of a deceased loved one is not merely some kind of extrasensory perception, but rather is a genuine encounter with a surviving intelligence. I highly recommend this fascinating and carefully researched book." -Russell Targ, noted laser physicist and parapsychologist, co-author, Miracles of Mind
"Contains a wealth of moving personal stories presented in an incomparably warmhearted yet cool-headed manner, and illuminated by the author's sensitive and searching cross-cultural analysis."
-Madronna Holden, PhD, anthropologist and educator, Linfield College
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Childhood influences that heighten psychic powers. (2006) Journal of Spirituality and Paranormal Studies 29, 4, 183-193.
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