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Book Review: Their Way Home - My Adventures As a Ghost Guide by
Melissa Van Rossum
I flicked through the first few pages of this book, and decided
to run a very unscientific poll. I asked several people that I
know "Do you believe in ghosts". Pretty much this unscientific
method revealed that about 1/3 do, 1/3 don't, and the other 1/3
could not care less.
Do I believe in them? I honestly don't know. Ghosts are like
many things in our mythic based culture. Some might argue that
man created them to satisfy a need to understand, accept, and
pigeon hole a problem that was not readily explainable, 'What
happens in death'. Indeed there is something darkly romantic in
the concept of someone's spirit remaining on earth following an
untimely demise. Not usually to seek revenge, just
understanding, and very occasionally justice.
Ghosts are fickle entities to say the least, few of us have
ever encountered them. In my case, the things that go bump in
the night is usually a stray cat tipping the garbage over. But
that is not to cast doubt on their existence, maybe I do not
have the unique psychic equipment to sense them.
Author Melissa Van Rossum on the other hand seems to have a
very acute sense of ethereal energy, and Their Way Home takes
us on an exploration of some of her encounters, and advises us
on what we should do.
Ghosts in her estimation are spirits that for one reason or
another, do not, or do not think they can, or want to, move on
to the other side. This has nothing to do with heaven or hell,
it is just indecision. Some stay as a way of atonement to loved
ones they have left, some stay feeling cheated by
circumstances, and some stay because they don't know how to
cross over to the other side.
Yes, I remain skeptical, books like this are long on narrative,
high on inconsequential facts, and very short on hard facts.
However, my skepticism has been tempered somewhat, because
unless I am very mistaken, someone that I know is mentioned in
this book.
Their Way Home breaks down into three very distinct parts. It
begins with stories of Melissa Van Rossum's experiences in
showing ghosts the way to cross over to the other side and her
own self discovery of her abilities. Part two explores how
others have encountered ethereal loved ones, and her own
experience with dealing with the death of a near relative.
Finally part three is 'how to' and explanation of the
process.
Their Way Home, makes for an entertaining read, that's for
sure. Do I buy into it? That part I am not convinced about. I
do know that there are many things that even with our advanced
technology still are unexplained. While the Gypsy fortune
teller at the fairground is likely a con, what about
Nostradamus? In that same vein, cold fusion is pooh-poohed by
the scientific community, yet creating mass out of nothing 'the
big bang theory' is all the rage. We as humans have much to
learn.
You can get your copy of Their Way Home from Amazon.
(Originally published at Blogger News Network and reprinted
with permission of the author, Simon
Barrett).
by Simon Barrett - 31st October 2008
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Simon Barrett is an adult educator in Calgary, Alberta. With
the 11 months a year of winter, he reads a lot of books! He is
also a contributing editor for http://www.bloggernews.net
and maintains a personal blog at http://zzsimonb.blogspot.com
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Review Source:
http://www.creativewriter.me.uk
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