GazeInto Heaven is a carefully compiled
collection of more than 50 near-death experiences that occurred during the
early years of the Church. These documented accounts give fascinating glimpses into
the Spirit World by those who have actually been there. Besides being filled
with stories of insight and inspiration, Gaze Into Heaven has pertinent quotes
from latter-day Prophets and other leaders, scriptures,
and perceptive commentary. After reading this
book, you will never think of life—or death—in the same way.
Most of us have wondered exactly what
will happen when we die. What does the Spirit World look like? Will
we see departed family members and friends? What do people do there? Do
spirits there know what is happening on earth? What did people who had near-death
experiences learn from their visit? All of these questions and many more
are answered in Gaze Into Heaven. There
have been many books written about modern day near-death experiences, but this
book is the first to focus solely on those that took place in early church
history.
Review of Gaze into Heaven by Marlene Bateman Sullivan
Because of some miscommunication between Marlene and I, I
didn’t get Gaze into Heaven in time
to read the entire book for my review. So instead I went through and picked and
chose some different stories to read that Marlene included in the book. I have
to say, I’m impressed with the way she’s organized the stories, and the fact
that she’s left them intact from how they were told originally, rather than
trying to edit them to fix the spelling, grammar, etc. It gives the stories a
much more genuine feel.
I’ve been a believer in life after life as long as I can
remember, so having a book like this only reinforces to me what I’ve always
believed. The book is full of stories of those who’ve been near death, and the
experiences they had during the time of their “death”. Considering the
diversity of the people, and the different time periods in which they lived,
it’s amazing how similar their experiences all were. They aren’t identical, but
there are a great deal of similarities in the stories.
I think it’s great that Marlene has taken the stories and
compiled them in such a way that it makes for easy reading (for the chapters I
read) and that she’s grouped them by their most prominent theme into the
different chapters. Whether you believe in an afterlife or not, this is still
an intensely interesting collection of stories. Definitely worth a read.
What other people are saying:
“I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this book! I can't even
tell you how grateful I am to you for writing it. My 12 year old nephew died in
May and this has been a healing balm to my soul. I can't wait to send a copy to
my brother. I have always been afraid to die, but not now. This book has power
in its pages.” Alice Gold
From Back Cover
“With
this book, Marlene Bateman Sullivan has done a valuable service for Latter-day
Saint readers. Previous life-after-death studies published brief extracts from
numerous sources and combined them to define spirit-world events and
conditions. Returning to those sources, she has compiled many of their complete
accounts, which add additional insights that will be enjoyed by many. Well
done!” Duane S. Crowther, author of Life
Everlasting—A Definitive Study of Life After Death
Link to Marlene's website: www.marlenebateman.info
Purchase your copy here
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