Soul Shift: Finding Where the Dead Go

by Mark Ireland

Businessman Mark Ireland’s father was Richard Ireland, a deeply spiritual minister and renowned psychic and medium who counted Mae West among his famous clients. While he loved his father, Mark followed a more conventional path in pursuit of mainstream success—until the wrenching death of his youngest son. This unexpected tragedy plunges Mark into the spiritual world of psychics and mediums in a frantic attempt to communicate with the dead. His defenses and pragmatic mindset begin to fade as he remembers premonitions on the day of his son’s death. He consults a number of well-known mediums and is struck by the remarkably accurate information their readings provide. Mark first meets with Allison Dubois, the subject of NBC’s hit show Medium, and later participates in a single-blind lab experiment with medium Laurie Campbell, filmed for a Discovery Channel feature. He then enters a new dimension of personal paranormal experience, as his own psychic awareness begins to unfold. This dramatic story of a father’s unbearable loss and his discovery of life after death offers hope to the bereaved and compelling evidence that death may not be the end.

Genres: Spirituality

201 pages, Paperback

First published July 15, 2008

About the author

Mark Ireland is the author of "Soul Shift: Finding Where the Dead Go" and "The Persistence of the Soul", which is an updated, expanded, and re-edited version of "Messages from the Afterlife". These books are moving accounts of Mark's personal quest for answers about life after death subsequent to the loss of his youngest son.

Mark is the son of Dr. Richard Ireland, a renowned mid-twentieth-century psychic-medium. Mark has engaged in engaged in consciousness survival experiments, collaborating with respected scientists, including the late Neuroscientist/Theorist, Dr. Don Watson, and Tricia Robertson of the Scottish SPR. Additionally, Mark contributed an essay to medium Allison Dubois' book, "We Are Their Heaven."

To read a free chapter from the Persistence of the Soul, visit:
https://www.markirelandauthor.com

Reviews

[Suzanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book after my 19 year old son tragically passed right before Christmas of 2008. I came across Mark's name a short time after on the internet somehow, and emailed him. The next day, he not only wrote back answering my questions, but continued to comfort me with true compassion and total understanding during my most trying times. He then sent me a signed copy of this book. This should tell you the kind of man Mr. Ireland is, and that he truly wishes to spread the message in a pure and honest way. This book opened up my mind, challenged my thinking, and literally saved what little sanity that I had left after my son passed. Mark Ireland integrates science with spirituality and does it with a sharp intellect all while letting us into his own world of grief and unanswered questions. I thank him from the bottom of my heart for writing this and look forward to reading more of his books in the future.

[Kristen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was like a life preserver at a time when I was drowning in grief over my daughter's sudden passing. His experiences helped me to wrap my head around something that required an expansion of my horizons. Ireland's book, this path, has done more to help me evolve than any therapist, medicine or anything else I tried. I highly recommend it for anyone searching for help with their grief.

[Dana · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book came to me at a time I so needed to be comforted by Mark's message. It is an awesome book, and I highly recommend it for all those who are missing their loved ones who have passed on.

[Leisl · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is wonderful introduction to who the author is and where he is coming from. I look forward to reading future publications of (hopefully) a more educational bent as well as of his late father's work.

[Michele DeLuca · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the second time I've read this book and I think I enjoyed it even more this time. Author Mark Ireland has written a moving memoir about the loss of his son, and how he coped with the astounding grief. But Ireland happens to be the son of a world famous psychic medium, Richard Ireland, a one time "medium to the stars." While Mark Ireland was never drawn to his father's life's work, which included proving that life goes on after death, such topics become life saving as Mark Ireland struggled to contact his dead son and is led to his own mediumship and psychic skills with the help of his dead father.

[Kartik saluja · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fulfilling & Pleasurable

Sends a lovely message to people in pain after losing their loved ones. Reading this book was like therapy in grief & pain.

[Evelyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Soul Shift: Finding Where the Dead Go by Mark Ireland. I don't remember when I got curious about the afterlife. Maybe you don't really think about it while your young and raising a family but after your parents, siblings, children and friends start to leave this world we start to think more about it. Also, with watching the programs "Ghostwhisper" and "Medium" on TV, I started wondering more about where our spirits really do go. With this book the author searches for these answers after the death of his son. I think he finds that we shouldn't be afraid of death and that there is more to life than being here on earth but with our own experiences and beliefs we all have to come to our own conclusions. Very good reading.

[Julie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm exhausted. It was so good I couldn't take my eyes of the pages and finished it in a sitting.
I wish there was a way to give it 4-1/2 stars because as I was reading I wanted more research etc on the dreams or on dreams with the Spirit world because I have those dreams a lot. However, the book is chalk full of knowledge etc and it kept me engrossed to the end.

I've read a lot of books sorta kinda like this, I wouldn't say I'm an expert by any means but I understood everything, every metaphysical aspect, every thought process was exactly my path of thinking too.

[Leslie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Insightful. Powerful. Life-changing.

After my son's passing in 2014, I've read dozens of books regarding the Afterlife. This book perfectly captures my feelings, emotions and quest to know where my son is. Very enlightening.

[Geenyas · Rating 2 out of 5]

The first 3/4 of the book was interesting, but I lost interest in the last chapters outlining the author's philosophy and attempts to explain the physics.

[Sue · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book.

[Jane Mara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Loved the story part but the scientific part got a little long.