Ghosts Among Us: Uncovering the Truth About the Other Side
By paranominal
Published: January 22, 2010
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Don’t waste your money on this book, I wish I hadn’t. Van Praagh is merely in the business of making money. He can no more talk to ghosts, which don’t even exist, than I can talk to stones. He hands out bland comfort made up from the wasteland of his own imagination. His sole purpose is to separate the grieving from their money. In this he is a master.
Rating: 1 / 5
This is the best book I’ve ever read. It is written in plain language so that anyone can understand. If you like VanPraagh, you’ll love this book.
Rating: 1 / 5
This book is a joke. On who? On me and everyone reading it. This is the most commercial book on the subject yet and without any substance. Oh, there is the usual name-dropping anecdotes, but nothing that made me feel, think, or wonder. This one is more about JVP’s ego, yarns, and well, ghost stories. If you’re looking for enlightening, deep, thought-provoking material, don’t read this book. If you want a commercial rehashing of his previous stuff and don’t want to think, pick it up, and play on your Ouija board.
Rating: 1 / 5
I haven’t bought the book yet. I visited James’ website and, apparently, although he can reach people from the other side, he still can’t reach Mac users with a Safari web browser. I’m intrigued by his claims, but I’d be more inclined to buy his book if I could view his website first.
Rating: 3 / 5
I want to start this review by stating that I am neither an atheist nor somebody who opposes the notion of the supernatural in general. Quite the opposite: I have always been very open to and interested in near-death experiences, parapsychological phenomena, etc. However, I am very sceptical when people claim that they can see things that are not visible to the general population. Whenever somebody asserts that he or she has a special gift, chances are that their special gift is limited to their ability to fill their pockets without doing real work. That seems to be very much the case with van Praagh. This book is a poorly written amalgamation of anecdotes and old “theories” that every 10 year old is acquainted with these days because they are so omnipresent that even Hollywood regularly uses them (“when you die, there is a tunnel and bright light and a loving superior being” — oh wow, really, I’ve never heard that one before). And of course anything preternatural that could possibly happen to a person in their lifetimes has happened to van Praagh.
Lastly, van Praagh constantly emphasizes his mistrust in the Catholic Church — I am Catholic and offensive comments about a religion that’s 2000 years old from a guy who thinks that Buddha and Luke Skywalker have had equally positive influences on humankind seem kind of inappropriate.
Sorry guys, but if you want solid, well written and well researched books about life after death etc., grab the classics, i.e. Dr. Moody, Elisabeth Kuebler-Ross or Scott Peck.
“Ghosts among us” is completely useless and obviously another attempt to cash in — shame on me for having contributed to van Praagh’s bank account.
Rating: 1 / 5