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Beyond the Veil
Find yourself captivated as you read true accounts of Latter-day Saints who have had experiences beyond the veil. Learn of the love that our Heavenly Father has for each of His children as you gain understanding of life after death. Uplifting, inspiring, faith-promoting, and now available to a new generation, Beyond the Veil will instantly find a place among your all-time favorite books.
144 pages, Hardcover
Published February 1, 2005
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About the author
Lee Nelson
121 books29 followersLee Nelson's historical novels have sold hundreds of thousands of copies since his first novel was released in 1981. Nelson has also published a score of non-fiction works including the top-selling Beyond the Veil series.
Nelson is widely respected for his historical research which includes killing a buffalo from the vack of a galloping horse with a bow and arrow.
Nelson was born in Logan, Utah, but spent most of his childhood in California. After serving an LDS mission in Germany, he earned a bachelor's degree in English and a Masters Degree in Business, both from Brigham Young University. He was a speech writer in Philadelphia and a car dealer in Montana before beginning his career as an author.
Lee lives on a small farm in central Utah. His hobbies include team roping, big game hunting, and finding and exploring ancient Indian ruins.
Nelson is widely respected for his historical research which includes killing a buffalo from the vack of a galloping horse with a bow and arrow.
Nelson was born in Logan, Utah, but spent most of his childhood in California. After serving an LDS mission in Germany, he earned a bachelor's degree in English and a Masters Degree in Business, both from Brigham Young University. He was a speech writer in Philadelphia and a car dealer in Montana before beginning his career as an author.
Lee lives on a small farm in central Utah. His hobbies include team roping, big game hunting, and finding and exploring ancient Indian ruins.
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March 5, 2017
These nineteen stories (there are nineteen chapters) are fascinating reads. Many relate the same kinds of experiences, "I died, found myself in a beautiful place, someone told me it wasn't my time to go, so, I came back." Heber Q. Hale's story of his visit to the spirit world has been passed around among church members for years. All are uplifting to read.
Also interesting to note, chapter eight's telling of the Cokeville bombing miracle that would get made into a movie over a decade later (which I highly recommend seeing if you haven't yet).
This is a very quick read and very hard to put down as each story chapter flows into the next making it very easy to just keep reading.
Also interesting to note, chapter eight's telling of the Cokeville bombing miracle that would get made into a movie over a decade later (which I highly recommend seeing if you haven't yet).
This is a very quick read and very hard to put down as each story chapter flows into the next making it very easy to just keep reading.
March 30, 2022
I'm pretty sure this book is "Beyond the Veil" by Lee Nelson but by a different name. There are two stories here that were very familiar, that I am positive I've read before, but the others weren't as familiar. Maybe he took some stories from this and re packaged them as Beyond the Veil.
It's a good book but 95% of these experiences are extremely minor. Person does, hears a voice, maybe sees a loved one, returns to earth. Extremely little description. I suppose this would be a fine book for someone totally familiar with these experiences.
It's a good book but 95% of these experiences are extremely minor. Person does, hears a voice, maybe sees a loved one, returns to earth. Extremely little description. I suppose this would be a fine book for someone totally familiar with these experiences.
July 3, 2019
I love reading books like this one. I love thinking about the other side. I love feeling the love and warmth that comes from reading from other's experiences of going to the other side. I once heard that when one goes to the other side and then comes back and tells us, we are all connected so it benefits and uplifts us, too. That has been my experience. I do feel we are all connected on a spiritual level more than we understand. Lee's book is simple, sweet, and a great read for people who are just learning about near-death experiences. I probably will read more of her books, but I do love getting more in-depth on a person's experience.
March 29, 2018
Very enjoyable book. I especially enjoyed Arthur Ford's account, particularly his comments regarding "the law of affinity." I felt his comments expressed truth and helped me better understand how interpersonal relationships develop in mortality and how those relationships might or might not continue following death.
I recommend this book to anyone seeking understanding about life after death. I will definitely read Volume 2.
I recommend this book to anyone seeking understanding about life after death. I will definitely read Volume 2.
July 13, 2018
Was very interesting and much like many other accounts of life/death/life experiences. Some even were similar to my own experience. This book is written on a LDS perspective it is much like many non denominational stories.
July 8, 2020
A collection of accounts from some who've had experience with death and dying and their testimony that there is a hereafter. Thought provoking but a light and easy read. I look forward to reading Volume 2.
July 23, 2017
Near death experiences.
August 6, 2021
Good author. I've read the Storm Testament series. This was a compilation of near death experiences along with visits from the other side. Good stories.
July 24, 2015
I was so excited about this book, it was a highly-anticipated read for me! I have been studying near-death experiences for years and have made a consistent study of the Hereafter and what it may be like.
But this book was such a disappointment. Most of the stories were more about the circumstances surrounding these glimpses of the afterlife, rather than the glimpses themselves. The longest one, spanning several pages, had only a few short sentences about the next life, and they didn't even have much substance to them at that. I found it incredibly frustrating. It's not that these experiences don't have meaning, but when I see a title about going BEYOND the veil, I expect it to be more about those heavenly aspects of the experience, not the earthly aspects of it. We know about this life -- this book, to me, was supposed to be more about the next.
And they all sounded the same! I don't just mean that people had similar experiences, I mean that people all used the same kind of voice to tell their stories. It was all said in this dreadful "church speak" -- this dull, passionless, almost clinical way, or like they were attempting to sound like they were writing scripture. It didn't sound natural. And the glimpses mentioned were all so simplistic, very little was inspiring. The next life, the Heavens -- this is an exciting, rich, INCREDIBLE subject! Joseph Smith famously said that even the lowest kingdoms are so wonderful and amazing we would kill ourselves to get there if we knew what it was like. How can people offer such lackluster, watered-down versions of something like that?! Nothing that these people related made me think "Oh, YEAH, I can't wait to get there, this is going to be so amazing!" It should have inspired me, it should have excited me. It didn't.
By far the most interesting, richly-detailed experience came from the one non-member entry included in the collection. THAT was more the kind of experience I was hoping to find from the rest of them.
Why is it that non-Mormons always have the more intriguing stories to tell? Why do they go into more detail? I look at something like "Heaven Is For Real" and I think "YES! That's so cool! I want to see that!" And I assume that Mormons, knowing more already about the heavens, would see even more, and have even stronger experiences. But this book didn't offer that at all. It offered LESS, not more. I have heard people talk about seeing colors that they can't even describe, that our human eyes can't perceive. They talk about dazzling cities. They talk about a people who are incredibly joyous and find any reason to celebrate. They talk about creatures they have never seen and realms they couldn't have imagined. Where was THAT from the members?!
I have other books to read on this subject. Hopefully I can find something more inspiring than this.
But this book was such a disappointment. Most of the stories were more about the circumstances surrounding these glimpses of the afterlife, rather than the glimpses themselves. The longest one, spanning several pages, had only a few short sentences about the next life, and they didn't even have much substance to them at that. I found it incredibly frustrating. It's not that these experiences don't have meaning, but when I see a title about going BEYOND the veil, I expect it to be more about those heavenly aspects of the experience, not the earthly aspects of it. We know about this life -- this book, to me, was supposed to be more about the next.
And they all sounded the same! I don't just mean that people had similar experiences, I mean that people all used the same kind of voice to tell their stories. It was all said in this dreadful "church speak" -- this dull, passionless, almost clinical way, or like they were attempting to sound like they were writing scripture. It didn't sound natural. And the glimpses mentioned were all so simplistic, very little was inspiring. The next life, the Heavens -- this is an exciting, rich, INCREDIBLE subject! Joseph Smith famously said that even the lowest kingdoms are so wonderful and amazing we would kill ourselves to get there if we knew what it was like. How can people offer such lackluster, watered-down versions of something like that?! Nothing that these people related made me think "Oh, YEAH, I can't wait to get there, this is going to be so amazing!" It should have inspired me, it should have excited me. It didn't.
By far the most interesting, richly-detailed experience came from the one non-member entry included in the collection. THAT was more the kind of experience I was hoping to find from the rest of them.
Why is it that non-Mormons always have the more intriguing stories to tell? Why do they go into more detail? I look at something like "Heaven Is For Real" and I think "YES! That's so cool! I want to see that!" And I assume that Mormons, knowing more already about the heavens, would see even more, and have even stronger experiences. But this book didn't offer that at all. It offered LESS, not more. I have heard people talk about seeing colors that they can't even describe, that our human eyes can't perceive. They talk about dazzling cities. They talk about a people who are incredibly joyous and find any reason to celebrate. They talk about creatures they have never seen and realms they couldn't have imagined. Where was THAT from the members?!
I have other books to read on this subject. Hopefully I can find something more inspiring than this.
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July 10, 2015This book is a super fast read and I plan to read all the volumes. It is a collection of other people's experiences where either they crossed the veil or a spirit has crossed the veil and came to them. Each chapter is somebody's account. I was super surprised to find someone I knew who is in the book, Chapter 17. As a convert to the church, I knew only one Mormon my whole life until I joined. So I thought. Turns out, I guess I knew two. His experience is what made him look to find the church. He is one of the few non-member stories told in this volume. I really liked the Introduction to the book. I have deeply believed for some time, that for every one book like Julie Rowe's or John Pontius' bio of "Spencer" in Visions of Glory, there are thousands of other people who have been shown beyond the veil also. I liked that I have gotten a glimpse of what other people have seen. As I have a family member in my home, who has had beyond the veil experiences. It speaks volumes to me that in the introduction, it mentions that LDS members have more visions and out of body experiences than any other group of people. I think it said of all experiences reported, like 85% of the people are LDS. It definitely reaffirms my testimony in personal revelation and that there is a premortal existence, an earthly mission, and an eternity to follow where are families can be together forever. It also reaffirms my testimony of temple work and how vastly important it is and of those who are waiting for us to help them progress.
July 14, 2013
I think the publisher’s forward speaks volumes about these books. They expressed a concern that the stories would not be believed and a concern that the project to publish the stories would be seen as purely for commercial gain. Well, they wouldn’t be a book publisher worth their salt if they didn’t expect to make money off the project. As far as being believed, there are far too many people in the world who have experienced NDEs for themselves or know someone who has for them to not be believed. But I guess they didn’t know that at the time. They also expressed that many of those who contributed the stories were reticent to share for fear of being misunderstood. Thus, the publisher asked specifically that the stories not be passed on orally but only read and pondered in private in order to avoid any distortion or inclination to sensationalize. OK, I get it, but some of the stories were so wonderful that I just had to discuss them with others. Sorry. Get the books.
Source (my blog): http://latterdaycommentary.com/2013/0...
Source (my blog): http://latterdaycommentary.com/2013/0...
July 14, 2013
Lee, who has written several previous volumes of life beyond the veil, collected stories of NDEs from people around him and published eighteen of them in this book. They are amazing stories, all of them, and well worth reading. Apparently some are repeats from the first three Beyond the Veil books. I found some of the online reviews a little half-hearted. One said, “An OK book if you’re into this kind of stuff.” They gave it three out of five stars. The reviewer apparently wasn’t into NDEs. I would give it five stars since I’m obviously into this kind of stuff. Each story was well written and well told. I enjoyed the book. Lee Nelson is a good writer. I think you’ll like it. Note: This is considered volume four of the Beyond the Veil series. I have volumes one and two.
Source (my blog): http://latterdaycommentary.com/2013/0...
Source (my blog): http://latterdaycommentary.com/2013/0...
August 19, 2013
I read these stories with my husband, thoroughly enjoying the sweet spirit in which they were told. It can be difficult to share such intensely personal experiences so I want to thank all those who did. Particularly special was the story of the school bombing where several children reported seeing angels who instructed them how to escape the damage when the bomb went off. Just as they predicted, the bomb did go off, but none of the children were killed; only the bomber died. Later several of the children identified the angels in pictures of their ancestors. Sweet! I believe family ties persist along with our consciousness/spirits. I believe these people truly experienced what they claim. It's a blessing to have such testimonials to an afterlife, something to look forward to.
October 7, 2013
My parents' edition of this book is so old that GoodReads doesn't even have it listed. But it's the edition I read as a young teen and then was one of the first books (if not the first) I read to my great grandpa on our daily walks. So I guess that makes this the third time I've read it. It was nice to review it again and feel the sweet spirit that accompanies the sharing of such sacred experiences. It also made me think of the power of prayer with a different perspective and remember again what things in life are really important and will remain important after we pass on to the next life.
September 7, 2014
This is a three volume set of books about near-death experiences and remarkable dreams, collected by Lee Nelson. Simply told in each person’s own words, the recorded experiences are from ordinary people from all walks of life, mostly from the LDS community. They are sincere, touching, and bring comfort to those seeking answers about death. They show us that the veil is thin between mortality and the next world, and those who have passed on still love their family members and are anxious to help them to find peace.
October 27, 2014
Comforting to understand that someone waits for us on the other side and loves us enough g h to help us through life and after life.
Each story has someone on the other side of mortality who meets us with love. From these stories one senses death is only a step in our individual lives and there's so much more to experience, learn, and continue living with those we loved in mortality.
Each story has someone on the other side of mortality who meets us with love. From these stories one senses death is only a step in our individual lives and there's so much more to experience, learn, and continue living with those we loved in mortality.
December 20, 2015
This is a pretty neat book. Every experience I read in this book made me tear up because they were peaceful experiences even if they had died or near death experiences and came back alive. Shows how dying is a very peaceful and not scary thing for the person who passes away. For the people who are sad for a loved passing away they will see them again. If you believe these experiences you will like it but if you think these experiences are ridiculous probably won't like this book.
July 31, 2010
Oh, this book made me SO emotional, but it was so well written and filled with AMAZING stories! I loved it! Definitely one I will read again and again. I love that it is a few different stories, not one solid story beginning to end. It's so weird how similar the stories are.. but then again they're all seeing the same thing beyond the veil. Amazing! <3
August 19, 2009
Really interesting if you are into this sort of thing. I find it all quite fascinating. :) This is basically just a compilation of several experiences. An easy read.
November 12, 2011
A compilation of near death experiences. Very quick to read and interesting. A good reminder of how temporary our mortal experience is.
August 30, 2014
Great read
the entries were very brief but interesting. they were peaceful and uplifting. I will have to see what the next volume contains.
the entries were very brief but interesting. they were peaceful and uplifting. I will have to see what the next volume contains.
October 13, 2016
Loved it!
July 3, 2016
Interesting.
July 14, 2016
Well organized book- interesting, thought provoking stories.
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