This is a really well-written, interesting book
that I didn't want to put down!
that I didn't want to put down!
—My Book A Day
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Not everyone who visits the spirit world stays there. The Magnificent World of Spirits: Eyewitness Accounts of Where We Go When We Die, gives fascinating glimpses of life beyond the veil by people who visited the spirit world during the early years of the LDS Church.
Filled with stories of insight and inspiration, The Magnificent World of Spirits is a stirring book that combines
documented personal experiences with scripture, commentary, and quotes from
latter-day prophets and other leaders. This book will bring you peace as you
come to understand what awaits on the other side of the veil. After reading this book, you will never think of life—or
death—in the same way.
Excerpts
from The Magnificent World of Spirits
Sometime in 1867, John Powell wrote; “My spirit then left
my body and went with my guide . . . Here I beheld the inhabitants. The houses
and trees were beautiful to behold. I was so amazed and so delighted that I
requested my guide to permit me to stay and dwell there, for all things were
far in advance of this world.”
While in Philadelphia, Edward Southgate found
himself in the spirit world. He says; “I found myself standing in the midst of
a vast assembly of people all dressed in white robes. I was greatly
impressed—awed is perhaps a better word—by their appearance. Somehow, in a way
I cannot describe, their faces seemed to radiate love and happiness and
something far deeper and more powerful than happiness—JOY!”
Marlene
Bateman Sullivan was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and graduated from the
University of Utah with a Bachelor's degree in English. Marlene loves reading,
camping, and flowers, and has a super-sized iris garden with over 75 different
varieties. She also loves animals and has a pudgy Westie and an energetic Welsh
Corgi who somehow manage to co-exist with her four cats.
When Brother Pettersson visited the spirit world,
he said it resembled the world he knew on earth. He then added, “There were
cities and villages, lakes and rivers, fields and gardens, houses and mansions,
temples and palaces, flowers and animals of great beauty and variety. The
people were busy. Some were building, some were planting, some harvesting.”
Lorena A. Wilson said; “Before us lay a vast city
or realm . . . Everything was clean and beaming with radiant beauty. . . . We
walked, or seemed to walk, but without apparent effort, a long distance through
pleasant streets, lined with beautiful buildings, over paved walks which were
bordered by well-kept lawns. The lawns were set with pretty trees and shrubbery,
with here and there beds of gorgeous flowers, which were a delight to behold.”
Gaze into Heaven
(prequel to
The Magnificent World of Spirits)
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Gaze Into Heaven;
Near-death Experiences in Early LDS Church History, is a collection of more than 50 near-death experiences that
occurred during the early years of the LDS Church. These documented
accounts give fascinating glimpses into the spirit world by those who have
actually been there. What happens when we die? What does the spirit
world look like? Will we see departed
family members and friends? What do people do there? All of these
questions and many more are answered in Gaze
Into Heaven.
"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
—Duane S. Crowther, author of Life Everlasting—A Definitive Study of Life After Death
The Author
Marlene
Bateman Sullivan was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and graduated from the
University of Utah with a Bachelor's degree in English. Marlene loves reading,
camping, and flowers, and has a super-sized iris garden with over 75 different
varieties. She also loves animals and has a pudgy Westie and an energetic Welsh
Corgi who somehow manage to co-exist with her four cats.
Marlene
has written a number of non-fiction books, including: Latter-day
Saint Heroes and Heroines, And There Were Angels Among Them, Visit’s From
Beyond the Veil, By the Ministering of Angels, Brigham’s Boys, Heroes of
Faith, Gaze Into Heaven; Near-death
Experiences in Early Church History, and
The Magnificent World of Spirits. Marlene also wrote the best-selling novel,
Light on Fire Island, as well as three other
mysteries, Motive for Murder, A Death in the Family, and Crooked House.
