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Life On the Other Side: A Psychic's Tour of the Afterlife
July 2000
A Look at the Afterlife
A Look at the Afterlife
Sylvia Browne has been a practicing psychic for nearly 50 years and is well known to many through her television appearances on The Montel Williams Show, Sally Jessy Raphaël, Larry King Live, Unsolved Mysteries, CNN, and Entertainment Tonight. Her two previous books, The Other Side and Back and Adventures of a Psychic, both of which deal with such paranormal phenomena as ghosts, channeling, out-of-body visits, and the afterlife, became New York Times bestsellers. Now Browne expands upon her vision of eternal life, reincarnation, and things otherworldly in Life on the Other A Psychic's Tour of the Afterlife.
Browne possesses a self-deprecating honesty and a down-to-earth appeal that serves her well in this inspirational look at life after death. Certainly her message -- that death is not to be feared and is not the end of our existence -- is one that many will want to embrace. But whereas Browne's tone may be down-to-earth, her reported experiences are anything but. She goes beyond mere claims of an afterlife; she describes it in detail and says she has been there, even providing sketches of some of the sights she has seen.
There is a great deal of religious symbolism and imagery in Browne's vision of life, the afterlife, and the connection between the two. Reincarnation and past-life regressions figure prominently, and at the heart of it all is what Browne calls the Godhead, which consists of the Father God and the Mother God, Azna. According to Browne, the Father God embodies our intellectual side, whereas the Mother God represents our emotional side. Together they provide a sort of spiritual balance that is fed, both in this life and in the eternal one, by the pursuit of arts, knowledge, and contacts with other souls. Browne devotes a portion of her book to explaining this vision of life and eternal life, even correlating several quirks of everyday life with occurrences in the eternal one.
For instance, Browne believes each soul is assigned a sex, although our corporeal existence here on earth may take the form of either gender. She offers this juxtaposition of gender as a reason why some people are born confused about their sexual orientation -- some lingering memory or awareness of their spiritual gender is in opposition to their earthly one. She also ascribes a high level of autonomy to our spirits, eliminating many of those "how could a beneficent God let this happen?" questions. Another of Browne's more intriguing theories is the attribution of phobias in our current life to events that occurred in a past one.
Browne then devotes nearly half the book to describing, in detail, what the afterlife is like. Basically, she claims it is a utopian version of life here on earth, where everyone is treated fairly and there is no need to be concerned about appearance -- one can, in fact, change it at will. We maintain a flesh-and-blood body, although there is no need to eat or drink, hence eliminating those pesky unmentionable bodily functions. No one ages either, and those who are plagued by deformity, injury, scars, or other disabilities will be pleased to note that, with one odd exception, these things are not carried over into the afterlife. And while Browne may disappoint a few readers when she says there is no sex in the afterlife, she does offer an intriguing substitute.
Time and space more or less cease to exist in this other world, and the laws of physics aren't quite what we understand them to be here on earth. The geography of this other world matches this one for the most part, though there are a few exceptions. Except for the curious absence of insects, the entire animal kingdom is represented there, all coexisting in peaceful harmony. There are magnificent buildings and structures, stunning works of art, and great pieces of literature that mirror those here on earth. Lest Browne's written descriptions not suffice, she provides several drawings of the buildings, structures, and lands in the afterlife that depict them in striking detail.
Browne delves into what happens at the time of death, where our spirits go (including a special Left Door for the truly incorrigible spirits that are beyond redemption), and what they do once they get there. She attempts to answer some of the more difficult questions inherent to her theories, but she never claims to have all the answers. In fact, her willingness to admit her inability to explain certain things, particularly some minor ones for which an explanation could easily be trumped up, tends to lend her more credence.
Skeptics will find plenty to scoff at here, and Browne even anticipates many of the objections. But there is no denying that her underlying message -- one of hope, eternal life, ultimate forgiveness, and the chance to be reborn and do it all again -- will be a popular and inspirational ...
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First published January 1, 1999
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Sylvia Browne
237 books598 followersSylvia Browne was an American author and self-proclaimed psychic who built a lucrative career through books, television appearances, and psychic readings. Known for her frequent guest spots on The Montel Williams Show and Larry King Live, she claimed to communicate with angels, spirit guides, and the deceased, and said she had psychic visions from the age of three. In 1986, she founded the Society of Novus Spiritus, a Gnostic Christian church, and ran a variety of businesses, reportedly earning millions annually.
Browne wrote over 40 books, many of which were bestsellers, and maintained a dedicated fanbase throughout her life. However, her career was marked by controversy. She made numerous high-profile predictions about missing persons and criminal cases that were later proven false—errors that drew widespread criticism and scrutiny from skeptics and media outlets. A 2010 study by the Skeptical Inquirer concluded she had not been accurate in any verifiable case. Her reputation suffered further after her 1992 conviction for securities fraud.
Despite criticism from figures like James Randi and John Oliver, Browne retained a devoted following. Her vague prediction about a “pneumonia-like illness” spreading around 2020 drew renewed attention during the COVID-19 pandemic. She remained a polarizing figure—revered by some, discredited by others—until her death in 2013 at the age of 77.
Browne wrote over 40 books, many of which were bestsellers, and maintained a dedicated fanbase throughout her life. However, her career was marked by controversy. She made numerous high-profile predictions about missing persons and criminal cases that were later proven false—errors that drew widespread criticism and scrutiny from skeptics and media outlets. A 2010 study by the Skeptical Inquirer concluded she had not been accurate in any verifiable case. Her reputation suffered further after her 1992 conviction for securities fraud.
Despite criticism from figures like James Randi and John Oliver, Browne retained a devoted following. Her vague prediction about a “pneumonia-like illness” spreading around 2020 drew renewed attention during the COVID-19 pandemic. She remained a polarizing figure—revered by some, discredited by others—until her death in 2013 at the age of 77.
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September 21, 2019
I really found this book to be most informative and written in a down to earth fashion. Sometimes you need a book like this to offer comfort and also ring true. The reader certainly must be open minded and draw from it what rings true for them. It's the most inclusive book I found so far on this subject. There's so much that we don't know.
August 28, 2019
Read this book if you are interested in physical life and the afterlife. It is riveting, inspiring, enlightening, hopeful, and warm! If asked how to glean information besides from religions, that is easy: everywhere else! Spiritual experiences are my favourite sources. Prayers of mine have been answered recently. I knew a child who saw an angel, after her friend uttered a protection prayer. If you wonder if beliefs are too obscure to verify: read this book.
Sylvia Browne was a child who saw things many of us don’t. She was urged to respect religions, despite teachers being irate about questions she asked. She taught at a Catholic school, before marrying. Psychic readings and helping the police suddenly took off. As my young friend saw for herself: we all have spirit guides and guardian angels, two separate entities we learn in detail about. What paved the way for astounding information about our physical and spiritual journeys, is that Sylvia could hear her guide. It allowed a lifetime of questions and answers; shared in books like “Life On The Other Side”, 1999. Our hostess is humorously autobiographical.
I don’t share Sylvia’s disfavour of Earth. I love my life and savour all awareness I can achieve; learning what is around me, past what I see so far. Sylvia’s Granddaughter contributed jaw-dropping details, keenly remembering astral travels. Sylvia rising at night and beholding Angelica’s guardian angel is my favourite story: a Holy sight, indeed!
I read portions to Mom this June, who survived pneumonia in intensive-care. We were comforted by a chapter about how Heavenly loved-ones know we are surviving an ordeal, versus when to greet us. Clearly, Mom’s “pilot light did not blink”. I told her my open mind comes from her and how much I value having her, to share these conversations.
Sylvia Browne was a child who saw things many of us don’t. She was urged to respect religions, despite teachers being irate about questions she asked. She taught at a Catholic school, before marrying. Psychic readings and helping the police suddenly took off. As my young friend saw for herself: we all have spirit guides and guardian angels, two separate entities we learn in detail about. What paved the way for astounding information about our physical and spiritual journeys, is that Sylvia could hear her guide. It allowed a lifetime of questions and answers; shared in books like “Life On The Other Side”, 1999. Our hostess is humorously autobiographical.
I don’t share Sylvia’s disfavour of Earth. I love my life and savour all awareness I can achieve; learning what is around me, past what I see so far. Sylvia’s Granddaughter contributed jaw-dropping details, keenly remembering astral travels. Sylvia rising at night and beholding Angelica’s guardian angel is my favourite story: a Holy sight, indeed!
I read portions to Mom this June, who survived pneumonia in intensive-care. We were comforted by a chapter about how Heavenly loved-ones know we are surviving an ordeal, versus when to greet us. Clearly, Mom’s “pilot light did not blink”. I told her my open mind comes from her and how much I value having her, to share these conversations.
May 25, 2012
In the interest of anyone who's not open to what psychics have to say, let me just cut to the chase:
Five Stars to Life on the Other Side.
For those of you with more curiosity... This book blew me away. A tiny bit of backstory: I had never heard of Sylvia Browne until last week, had never seen her on the Montel Williams Show, nor ever heard of her "theories," but I have long believed that certain people come into your life at a certain time for a reason that's not usually understood until you've learned something vital from them. Often, you won't realize this until you look back on that time/person/knowledge with 20/20 hindsight. The last six months of my life have led me directly to this book.
I am not the person to tell you that all of what Ms. Browne says is true and that you must believe her, but I can tell you that my beliefs, rough as they are, match identically with what she says is true based on her sixty years as a psychic. She sites thousands of interviews with people from all over the globe who have had "weird" things happen to them, and from those experiences plus her own, she "knows" what the Afterlife holds. I think my agreement with her would come as no surprise to Ms. Browne.
Good news for any skeptics: Religion really plays no part in her beliefs, other than there definitely is a God. After that, Catholicism, Judaism, Buddhism, Protestantism, et al, are Earthly interpretations that have no distinction in the Afterlife as long as you "do good" on Earth.
The book, co-written by Lindsay Harrison, is well-written, straight-forward, and very interesting. If you have the time and curiosity, I highly recommend this book... even if it's just to consider the possibility of the Other Side.
Five Stars to Life on the Other Side.
For those of you with more curiosity... This book blew me away. A tiny bit of backstory: I had never heard of Sylvia Browne until last week, had never seen her on the Montel Williams Show, nor ever heard of her "theories," but I have long believed that certain people come into your life at a certain time for a reason that's not usually understood until you've learned something vital from them. Often, you won't realize this until you look back on that time/person/knowledge with 20/20 hindsight. The last six months of my life have led me directly to this book.
I am not the person to tell you that all of what Ms. Browne says is true and that you must believe her, but I can tell you that my beliefs, rough as they are, match identically with what she says is true based on her sixty years as a psychic. She sites thousands of interviews with people from all over the globe who have had "weird" things happen to them, and from those experiences plus her own, she "knows" what the Afterlife holds. I think my agreement with her would come as no surprise to Ms. Browne.
Good news for any skeptics: Religion really plays no part in her beliefs, other than there definitely is a God. After that, Catholicism, Judaism, Buddhism, Protestantism, et al, are Earthly interpretations that have no distinction in the Afterlife as long as you "do good" on Earth.
The book, co-written by Lindsay Harrison, is well-written, straight-forward, and very interesting. If you have the time and curiosity, I highly recommend this book... even if it's just to consider the possibility of the Other Side.
May 21, 2008
Being very interested in the subject of life after death I read this book with an open mind, and found I needed it from the beginning. The author's description of life on the other side seemed quite strange and did not seem to line up with my personal beliefs or with other near death experiences I'd read about. But I gave her the benefit of the doubt because I believed she was honestly describing what she experienced. However, eventually my patience wore thin.
There were some positive aspects of this book. Some of her philosophies of life expressed in the book are good, and some may even be true, but in the end I didn't believe everything she wrote. She may have expereienced some of these things but this book wasn't written from the point of view to describe her experience but rather as much as her explaining how life is after this life...as if she were the all-knowing authority of all things that happen. For example, rather than saying she saw certain types of angels and describing what she saw, instead she listed all the levels of Angel and gave an encyclopedic description of each type. My gut reaction was that she must have made at least some of this up, even if she believes it and even if she actually has been to the "other side".
There were some positive aspects of this book. Some of her philosophies of life expressed in the book are good, and some may even be true, but in the end I didn't believe everything she wrote. She may have expereienced some of these things but this book wasn't written from the point of view to describe her experience but rather as much as her explaining how life is after this life...as if she were the all-knowing authority of all things that happen. For example, rather than saying she saw certain types of angels and describing what she saw, instead she listed all the levels of Angel and gave an encyclopedic description of each type. My gut reaction was that she must have made at least some of this up, even if she believes it and even if she actually has been to the "other side".
January 2, 2008
I read this book during the last few months of my father's life (he died of cancer). I have to say that although I don't agree with ALL of her views, this book helped me TREMENDOUSLY during a time when I might have given up on faith completely. She helped me to not fear my father's impending death, but to embrace it as just another phase of life. I knew that his journey beyond this earth would be a pleasant one, but the imagery Sylvia presents helped me to really envision my father living happily on the other side. Ultimately, her books have totally changed my view of death and the afterlife by presenting some unique ideas to ponder. I will definitely keep reading her books.
Side note: I know there are people who think Sylvia is a quack, but as with anything, you have to decide what YOU believe and Sylvia does a great job in all of her books reminding you to make up your own mind about the ideas she presents.
Side note: I know there are people who think Sylvia is a quack, but as with anything, you have to decide what YOU believe and Sylvia does a great job in all of her books reminding you to make up your own mind about the ideas she presents.
December 27, 2018
I've always enjoyed Sylvia Browne's books. This one gives you an insight into what it is like on the other side. Gave me hope with the passing of my father a few weeks ago. I had given it to him to read after I did in regards to my grandmother passing, and now I'm reading it again because of his passing. It's comforting to know there is a lot waiting for us when we pass.
February 29, 2012
This book actually changed my life, and I've passed it on to two dozen people. If anyone has questions about the life after life, this book is a must-read. I have no fear of death (because it doesn't exist.)
May 4, 2015
Clarified some of my own visions of the Divine Realm and the experiences I have had.
January 19, 2016
This is Sylvia Browne's book about what life is like on the “other side,” and it's very, very detailed.
She has done numerous readings for people, and her picture of the other side is based on these readings plus what her contact, Francine, has told her. The information was pretty consistent from what she found the people were saying when she did their readings, and from what Francine was saying.
In chapter 3 she deals with the origin of ghosts. She also comes up with something I have not run into otherwise, and that is the “Dark Side.” Those who are evil people, people who hurt others, etc, when they die do not go through the normal “other side” experiences so common in the Near Death Experiences (NDE's). Instead, they go through a dark area, through a left-hand door, and right back into human form (they reincarnate), without any reviewing their lives and trying to figure out what they did right and wrong as happens with “good” people.
Eventually, these people will be intercepted by a spirit from the light side and might be able to change the path of their life.
She describes in detail the types of buildings that people will encounter on the other side, and what they will be doing in those structures, including reviewing their own lives. She also talks about the subject of what happens with suicides, and discusses a sort of holding area where they're basically given some intensive help.
People are mostly around thirty years old on the other side. They live in an environment of 78 degree temperature and it doesn't seem to rain. They don't have to eat or sleep, but can do so if they desire. The other side is also supposed to be a perfect mirror of the earth physically, but without pollution or erosion. Atlantis exists in the Atlantic ocean, and Mu (Lemuria) in the Pacific Ocean.
Various places of famous architecture exist in a just-like-new condition there, including the Parthenon, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and the Pyramids. The great libraries of the world are there, including ones destroyed on this side, such as the Library of Alexandria.
There is no sun or stars on the other side, nor is there a day/night dichotomy. Animals are present there, including extinct and mythological ones.
Virtually everything that we use there is created by the power of our thoughts. We also travel by the power of our thoughts. There is also a multitude of things for people to do on the other side, so our lives there are actually quite busy. We also advance in our development from one reality to another.
We communicate on the other side by telepathy, thus eliminating the problem of language barriers.
There is no marriage on the other side, nor do families exist as we know them on Earth.
There are such things as angels, although they are not and never were human beings.
There is a group called the Council which is the government on the other side.
Alien beings, people from other planets, have similar things happen to them when they die, but they have their own “realities” to go to.
This is only a small part of the material in the book. It's incredibly detailed. It is also interesting to compare this to Susy Smith's writings There are some similarities and some significant differences.
Both authors say mentally ill people are given intensive help on the other side. Both agree we are eternal spirits. Both agree the power of thought is used to create things on the other side. Their description of angels are fairly similar. Both agree Atlantis existed.
A major area of difference is reincarnation; Sylvia Browne firmly says it exists, Susy Smith firmly says it doesn't. There's also a difference in what happens to evil people. Sylvia Browne says they reincarnate immediately unless a spirit from the light side is able to intercept them and get them to start to develop spiritually. Susy Smith says they remain in a nasty neighborhood until they are ready to start their evolutionary spiritual progression. Sylvia Browne also avoids Susy Smith's statements about people who are homosexuals or “morally or physically unfit” and that they should not reproduce.
Her description would indicate a type of existence that would be extremely busy and yet with time for plenty of cultural activities. I wouldn't care for the temperature (I'd take at least ten degrees cooler), and I happen to like rain. She also does address one question of mine and that is the ultimate end of our efforts. It seems we can either lose our individuality and join a pool of energy (much simplified) voluntarily, or maintain our individuality and, as far as I can make out, help run things in the universe.
She also has a theory about the “evil” people, and this would help to explain why so much evil still exists in our world.
It's also a readable book; she doesn't lose herself in any kind of dry, fancy-professionalism that some books in the subject end up becoming. Whether she is correct or not in what she describes, of course, is not something we will ever know as long as we are alive.
She has done numerous readings for people, and her picture of the other side is based on these readings plus what her contact, Francine, has told her. The information was pretty consistent from what she found the people were saying when she did their readings, and from what Francine was saying.
In chapter 3 she deals with the origin of ghosts. She also comes up with something I have not run into otherwise, and that is the “Dark Side.” Those who are evil people, people who hurt others, etc, when they die do not go through the normal “other side” experiences so common in the Near Death Experiences (NDE's). Instead, they go through a dark area, through a left-hand door, and right back into human form (they reincarnate), without any reviewing their lives and trying to figure out what they did right and wrong as happens with “good” people.
Eventually, these people will be intercepted by a spirit from the light side and might be able to change the path of their life.
She describes in detail the types of buildings that people will encounter on the other side, and what they will be doing in those structures, including reviewing their own lives. She also talks about the subject of what happens with suicides, and discusses a sort of holding area where they're basically given some intensive help.
People are mostly around thirty years old on the other side. They live in an environment of 78 degree temperature and it doesn't seem to rain. They don't have to eat or sleep, but can do so if they desire. The other side is also supposed to be a perfect mirror of the earth physically, but without pollution or erosion. Atlantis exists in the Atlantic ocean, and Mu (Lemuria) in the Pacific Ocean.
Various places of famous architecture exist in a just-like-new condition there, including the Parthenon, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and the Pyramids. The great libraries of the world are there, including ones destroyed on this side, such as the Library of Alexandria.
There is no sun or stars on the other side, nor is there a day/night dichotomy. Animals are present there, including extinct and mythological ones.
Virtually everything that we use there is created by the power of our thoughts. We also travel by the power of our thoughts. There is also a multitude of things for people to do on the other side, so our lives there are actually quite busy. We also advance in our development from one reality to another.
We communicate on the other side by telepathy, thus eliminating the problem of language barriers.
There is no marriage on the other side, nor do families exist as we know them on Earth.
There are such things as angels, although they are not and never were human beings.
There is a group called the Council which is the government on the other side.
Alien beings, people from other planets, have similar things happen to them when they die, but they have their own “realities” to go to.
This is only a small part of the material in the book. It's incredibly detailed. It is also interesting to compare this to Susy Smith's writings There are some similarities and some significant differences.
Both authors say mentally ill people are given intensive help on the other side. Both agree we are eternal spirits. Both agree the power of thought is used to create things on the other side. Their description of angels are fairly similar. Both agree Atlantis existed.
A major area of difference is reincarnation; Sylvia Browne firmly says it exists, Susy Smith firmly says it doesn't. There's also a difference in what happens to evil people. Sylvia Browne says they reincarnate immediately unless a spirit from the light side is able to intercept them and get them to start to develop spiritually. Susy Smith says they remain in a nasty neighborhood until they are ready to start their evolutionary spiritual progression. Sylvia Browne also avoids Susy Smith's statements about people who are homosexuals or “morally or physically unfit” and that they should not reproduce.
Her description would indicate a type of existence that would be extremely busy and yet with time for plenty of cultural activities. I wouldn't care for the temperature (I'd take at least ten degrees cooler), and I happen to like rain. She also does address one question of mine and that is the ultimate end of our efforts. It seems we can either lose our individuality and join a pool of energy (much simplified) voluntarily, or maintain our individuality and, as far as I can make out, help run things in the universe.
She also has a theory about the “evil” people, and this would help to explain why so much evil still exists in our world.
It's also a readable book; she doesn't lose herself in any kind of dry, fancy-professionalism that some books in the subject end up becoming. Whether she is correct or not in what she describes, of course, is not something we will ever know as long as we are alive.
May 29, 2013
This is a truly compelling story of accounts from the- beyond or afterlife. The accounts question and contradict many of our religious conventions about heaven and hell. I have no problem approaching accounts of the afterlife with a truly open mind, after-all, there can never be any true eye witness accounts, therefor a high degree of subjectivity exists. We have, however, drip fed information through mediums, and this book truly gives an inspiring and uplifting account of what we may have to look forward to.
December 31, 2021
I didn't connect with Sylvia Browne like I have with several other psychic mediums when I've read their books. I read these types of books to help find some sort of peace and understanding after losing my son Blake. Unfortunately, I didn't achieve that with this particular book.
There were some interesting details about life on the other side but for the most part I found this book to be more of a biography of Sylvia's life and her near death experience. She goes into great detail about the other side and perhaps it's because it was so detailed that I found it hard to believe.
There were some interesting details about life on the other side but for the most part I found this book to be more of a biography of Sylvia's life and her near death experience. She goes into great detail about the other side and perhaps it's because it was so detailed that I found it hard to believe.
May 25, 2023
This is very different reading, if you were raised Baptist.
But it is beautiful!
I found this book fascinating, and while I can't say if any of it is true, it definitely makes you think.
The idea that we choose our challenges in life, that we focus on certain themes, that we place obstacles in our own paths to grow, is something that makes a lot of sense to me.
I will be reading a lot more from Sylvia Brown.
But it is beautiful!
I found this book fascinating, and while I can't say if any of it is true, it definitely makes you think.
The idea that we choose our challenges in life, that we focus on certain themes, that we place obstacles in our own paths to grow, is something that makes a lot of sense to me.
I will be reading a lot more from Sylvia Brown.
December 12, 2008
You need to have an open mind when reading Browne's books. Don't criticize it if you've never read it. While some notions seem a bit far-fetched, she does make a lot of sense about a lot of things we cannot answer.
June 21, 2009
now i know what to expect on the other side when i die. sounds way better than here so i can't wait for my trip home. checked this out @ the library one rainy day and liked it so much i bought myself my own copy.
April 8, 2020
Absolutely amazing book.
I have never had so much clarity and insight on the after life as I do now. One of the best books I’ve ever read. And I truly am thankful everyday that I have read this book. Knowledge leads to peace and no longer living in fear.
I have never had so much clarity and insight on the after life as I do now. One of the best books I’ve ever read. And I truly am thankful everyday that I have read this book. Knowledge leads to peace and no longer living in fear.
April 18, 2020
Very interesting book, will be listening to it or reading it again.
July 18, 2020
This is my first book by Sylvia Browne. I wish I had found her before, but now I have I won’t be forgetting her.
Sylvia was a professional psychic who now has gone to the Other Side herself. She tells us that she will not be returning for another life on Earth.
Sylvia had a spirit guide called Francine who provided her with much valuable information about the Other Side.
Sylvia could see spirits clearly and also could see inside people, for example, see tumours or the like. She had a Grandma with similar gifts who helped explain things to her. And her granddaughter Angeline was/is also a gifted psychic.
Francine, her spirit guide, appeared to Sylvia when she was eighteen and became her closest friend, her constant companion. Francine talked through Sylvia, with her permission. Her knowledge and vocabulary far exceeded Sylvia’s.
Sylvia regressed thousands of clients to past lives and thus resolved many problems for them.
She tells us much about her own life in the book, including about her Catholic upbringing. The nuns were not pleased to hear that Sylvia talked to the angels and constantly heard their replies. She was punished by having to stay after school, but after Grandma Ada had marched down the street and had a long char with Sister Mary there were no more punishments.
In the sixth grade they started learning about Hell, Satan and the possibility of being possessed. But it made no sense to Sylvia that a loving God could be so hateful as to doom people to an eternity in Hell if they ate meat on Friday or harboured a sinful thought and so she demanded to know whether they were supposed to believe in a loving God or this new mean one they were being presented with. Again, she was “cordially” invited to stay after school and Grandma Ada had to storm down the street for another chat with the nuns.
Sylvia tells us:
1. We are all created and unconditionally loved by God.
2. There is a Mother God, Azna, who is the female, emotional aspect of the deity; just as the Father God is the male, intellectual aspect.
3. God is never mean, unkind or judgemental. There is a consequence for evil, which is a self-imposed separation from the Other Side, but this does not last throughout eternity. (I knew this from the wonderful books of Robert Monroe recounting his out-of-body travels.)
4. Everything we experience here on Earth, including our hardships, are of our own choosing. (I also knew this from the book “Your soul’s plan” by Robert Schwartz.)
5. We are at our most alive on the Other Side.
6. Our Spirit remembers every birth, death, life on Earth and life on the Other Side we’ve been through and every new lifetime is deeply affected by those memories.
Sylvia relates what happened in an NDE she experienced during surgery.
The Other Side exists right here among us, only three feet above our ground level “simply in another dimension with a much higher vibration than ours”.
A ghost is created when at death it (the person) “either sees the tunnel and turns away or refuses to acknowledge the tunnel in the first place with the result that it (the person) gets caught, outside of (his/her) body between our dimension and the dimension of the Other Side”.
Ghosts have no idea that they’re dead. For them nothing has changed except that suddenly the world is treating them as though they no longer exist.
The two most common reasons why ghosts reject the tunnel and refuse to move on are passion (love or hate) and fear.
Ghosts eventually do “embrace” the tunnel and the light on the Other Side.
Sylvia tells us about the Dark Side who are Earth’s “true sociopaths, remorseless and amoral”. The Dark Side are the criminals who can’t be rehabilitated. Their actions are conscious, calculated choices. They know right from wrong.
The Dark Side are everywhere looking just like everybody else. The Dark Side rejects God so completely that his constant, unconditional love has no impact on them”.
When a person on the Dark Side dies, their spirit never experiences the tunnel and the light at its end. Instead, they immediately go through the Other Side’s Left Door.
“Inside the Left Door is an abyss of dark, Godless, empty, joyless, all-encompassing nothingness.”
Sylvia tells us the soul’s time in the abyss behind the Left Door is very short because Left Door spirits travel straight from their bodies at death “through the Godless darkness and right back in utero again”: i.e. evil people immediately reincarnate.
(This is a sad piece of information for me, since I’m now imagining a certain famous, evil public figure who will be incarnating again and again, remaining evil each time.)
We’re told about the Holding Place, which Sylvia visited in her sleep. This is what is otherwise termed “Purgatory”. It is “kind of an anteroom to the Godless darkness behind the Left Door”. The residents of the Holding Place can still choose whether or not to proceed through the Left Door.
When we die, deceased loved ones from the life we’ve just left are there to meet us, but also friends and loved ones from every one of our past lives.
Again, when we die, most of us are escorted by our Spirit Guide to the Hall of Wisdom, located just beyond the tunnel. Inside the Hall of Wisdom is a gigantic room. In the centre of the room lies the Scanning Machine, a huge convex dome of pale blue glass. Inside that dome we watch all the events of our life play out in three-dimensional hologram form.
It is not God, but we, who judge the life we’ve just completed.
In Orientation we then discuss the lifetime we’ve just reviewed with our Spirit Guide, trained Orientators and other Spirits.
Those who need extra care go through a process called Cocooning. “In the Cocooning process, the spirit is put into a restful, healing twilight sleep, and receives constant care and a steady infusion of God’s compassion, peace, and kind, empowering love.”
The Towers “serve a purpose for a special category of newly arrived spirits from earth, spirits where circumstances at death were too extreme for Orientation or Cocooning to efficiently help and heal them”.
POWs who are brainwashed and tortured, many of the Holocaust victims, several of the women burned at the stake during the Salem witch trials, some of the most severe casualties of Alzheimer’s were/are taken immediately to the Towers by their Spirit Guide to be deprogrammed.
All Spirits who go Home ultimately find themselves “in the ecstasy of God’s safe arms”.
The Other Side is our real Home, where we all come from.
There we have access not only to the charts we wrote for our journey away from Home, but also to our loved ones’ charts.
On the Other Side there is no such thing as time.
We can and will watch over and spend time with our loved ones on Earth once we’ve made ourselves at home on the Other Side.
The Other Side “is a perfect mirror image of earth’s natural topography”. The seven continents, the mountain ranges, etc etc all exist “in their original perfection” on the Other Side. The Pyramids, the Sphinx, the Great Wall of China, etc etc are also there.
This sounds great. This means that if we haven’t visited these places before passing over we will have another chance to do so.
There is no rain, snow, sleet or hail on the Other Side. The weather there is an eternally calm 78 degrees F. (25 degrees C.). Day and night do not exist. (That temperature suits me!).
Almost all the animals we know are to be found on the Other Side. Aggression does not exist. There are also dinosaurs, pterodactyls, griffins and unicorns! There are no insects there. (I trust there are no arachnids, either, though they are not insects.)
The Hall of Records contains every historical work ever written including those that have been destroyed on Earth. It also contains a detailed chart of every one of our lives on Earth.
We have our own place to live at Home. We can eat and cook if we choose, but we don’t need to. We can rest if we want but we don’t need sleep.
We don’t have “the earthly bodily functions” there so we don’t have to rush to the bathroom.
I won’t provide more details about the Other Side, but suffice to say there is chapter after chapter containing fascinating information, most of which was completely new to me.
I recommend this book to absolutely everyone open to the existence of life after death and also those who are not. I found this to be one of the best, most informative books I’ve read for a very long time. Do read it!
Sylvia was a professional psychic who now has gone to the Other Side herself. She tells us that she will not be returning for another life on Earth.
Sylvia had a spirit guide called Francine who provided her with much valuable information about the Other Side.
Sylvia could see spirits clearly and also could see inside people, for example, see tumours or the like. She had a Grandma with similar gifts who helped explain things to her. And her granddaughter Angeline was/is also a gifted psychic.
Francine, her spirit guide, appeared to Sylvia when she was eighteen and became her closest friend, her constant companion. Francine talked through Sylvia, with her permission. Her knowledge and vocabulary far exceeded Sylvia’s.
Sylvia regressed thousands of clients to past lives and thus resolved many problems for them.
She tells us much about her own life in the book, including about her Catholic upbringing. The nuns were not pleased to hear that Sylvia talked to the angels and constantly heard their replies. She was punished by having to stay after school, but after Grandma Ada had marched down the street and had a long char with Sister Mary there were no more punishments.
In the sixth grade they started learning about Hell, Satan and the possibility of being possessed. But it made no sense to Sylvia that a loving God could be so hateful as to doom people to an eternity in Hell if they ate meat on Friday or harboured a sinful thought and so she demanded to know whether they were supposed to believe in a loving God or this new mean one they were being presented with. Again, she was “cordially” invited to stay after school and Grandma Ada had to storm down the street for another chat with the nuns.
Sylvia tells us:
1. We are all created and unconditionally loved by God.
2. There is a Mother God, Azna, who is the female, emotional aspect of the deity; just as the Father God is the male, intellectual aspect.
3. God is never mean, unkind or judgemental. There is a consequence for evil, which is a self-imposed separation from the Other Side, but this does not last throughout eternity. (I knew this from the wonderful books of Robert Monroe recounting his out-of-body travels.)
4. Everything we experience here on Earth, including our hardships, are of our own choosing. (I also knew this from the book “Your soul’s plan” by Robert Schwartz.)
5. We are at our most alive on the Other Side.
6. Our Spirit remembers every birth, death, life on Earth and life on the Other Side we’ve been through and every new lifetime is deeply affected by those memories.
Sylvia relates what happened in an NDE she experienced during surgery.
The Other Side exists right here among us, only three feet above our ground level “simply in another dimension with a much higher vibration than ours”.
A ghost is created when at death it (the person) “either sees the tunnel and turns away or refuses to acknowledge the tunnel in the first place with the result that it (the person) gets caught, outside of (his/her) body between our dimension and the dimension of the Other Side”.
Ghosts have no idea that they’re dead. For them nothing has changed except that suddenly the world is treating them as though they no longer exist.
The two most common reasons why ghosts reject the tunnel and refuse to move on are passion (love or hate) and fear.
Ghosts eventually do “embrace” the tunnel and the light on the Other Side.
Sylvia tells us about the Dark Side who are Earth’s “true sociopaths, remorseless and amoral”. The Dark Side are the criminals who can’t be rehabilitated. Their actions are conscious, calculated choices. They know right from wrong.
The Dark Side are everywhere looking just like everybody else. The Dark Side rejects God so completely that his constant, unconditional love has no impact on them”.
When a person on the Dark Side dies, their spirit never experiences the tunnel and the light at its end. Instead, they immediately go through the Other Side’s Left Door.
“Inside the Left Door is an abyss of dark, Godless, empty, joyless, all-encompassing nothingness.”
Sylvia tells us the soul’s time in the abyss behind the Left Door is very short because Left Door spirits travel straight from their bodies at death “through the Godless darkness and right back in utero again”: i.e. evil people immediately reincarnate.
(This is a sad piece of information for me, since I’m now imagining a certain famous, evil public figure who will be incarnating again and again, remaining evil each time.)
We’re told about the Holding Place, which Sylvia visited in her sleep. This is what is otherwise termed “Purgatory”. It is “kind of an anteroom to the Godless darkness behind the Left Door”. The residents of the Holding Place can still choose whether or not to proceed through the Left Door.
When we die, deceased loved ones from the life we’ve just left are there to meet us, but also friends and loved ones from every one of our past lives.
Again, when we die, most of us are escorted by our Spirit Guide to the Hall of Wisdom, located just beyond the tunnel. Inside the Hall of Wisdom is a gigantic room. In the centre of the room lies the Scanning Machine, a huge convex dome of pale blue glass. Inside that dome we watch all the events of our life play out in three-dimensional hologram form.
It is not God, but we, who judge the life we’ve just completed.
In Orientation we then discuss the lifetime we’ve just reviewed with our Spirit Guide, trained Orientators and other Spirits.
Those who need extra care go through a process called Cocooning. “In the Cocooning process, the spirit is put into a restful, healing twilight sleep, and receives constant care and a steady infusion of God’s compassion, peace, and kind, empowering love.”
The Towers “serve a purpose for a special category of newly arrived spirits from earth, spirits where circumstances at death were too extreme for Orientation or Cocooning to efficiently help and heal them”.
POWs who are brainwashed and tortured, many of the Holocaust victims, several of the women burned at the stake during the Salem witch trials, some of the most severe casualties of Alzheimer’s were/are taken immediately to the Towers by their Spirit Guide to be deprogrammed.
All Spirits who go Home ultimately find themselves “in the ecstasy of God’s safe arms”.
The Other Side is our real Home, where we all come from.
There we have access not only to the charts we wrote for our journey away from Home, but also to our loved ones’ charts.
On the Other Side there is no such thing as time.
We can and will watch over and spend time with our loved ones on Earth once we’ve made ourselves at home on the Other Side.
The Other Side “is a perfect mirror image of earth’s natural topography”. The seven continents, the mountain ranges, etc etc all exist “in their original perfection” on the Other Side. The Pyramids, the Sphinx, the Great Wall of China, etc etc are also there.
This sounds great. This means that if we haven’t visited these places before passing over we will have another chance to do so.
There is no rain, snow, sleet or hail on the Other Side. The weather there is an eternally calm 78 degrees F. (25 degrees C.). Day and night do not exist. (That temperature suits me!).
Almost all the animals we know are to be found on the Other Side. Aggression does not exist. There are also dinosaurs, pterodactyls, griffins and unicorns! There are no insects there. (I trust there are no arachnids, either, though they are not insects.)
The Hall of Records contains every historical work ever written including those that have been destroyed on Earth. It also contains a detailed chart of every one of our lives on Earth.
We have our own place to live at Home. We can eat and cook if we choose, but we don’t need to. We can rest if we want but we don’t need sleep.
We don’t have “the earthly bodily functions” there so we don’t have to rush to the bathroom.
I won’t provide more details about the Other Side, but suffice to say there is chapter after chapter containing fascinating information, most of which was completely new to me.
I recommend this book to absolutely everyone open to the existence of life after death and also those who are not. I found this to be one of the best, most informative books I’ve read for a very long time. Do read it!
June 15, 2024
Well…either Sylvia Browne is the real thing or she has the
most vivid imagination. I believe she could sell ice cubes to an Eskimo!
The story intrigued me as we all want to know what awaits us after death. The first half was an easy read but then it got very complicated in all the layers and details described here. I picked this book up while I was in a vulnerable state of mind. My curiosity about what she has to say won out. I’m not sure I’ll read any more of her many books. Let me digest what she had to say first.
most vivid imagination. I believe she could sell ice cubes to an Eskimo!
The story intrigued me as we all want to know what awaits us after death. The first half was an easy read but then it got very complicated in all the layers and details described here. I picked this book up while I was in a vulnerable state of mind. My curiosity about what she has to say won out. I’m not sure I’ll read any more of her many books. Let me digest what she had to say first.
April 25, 2025
u know i had to pick up on of these after we saw 1000 sylvia browne books at fairs fair
this lady is definitely crazy and her “church” seems like a cult in the making
although i do like the idea of living in a castle with a moat in the after life…
this lady is definitely crazy and her “church” seems like a cult in the making
although i do like the idea of living in a castle with a moat in the after life…
October 29, 2024
I give this fairy tale 2 stars.
April 10, 2014
Sylvia Browne is a psychic who claims to know what is it like in the afterlife or on the Other Side. Heaven I suppose.
First of all she claims that we are the ones who chart our lives on Earth. Everything from who our family will be and everything that ever happens to us. We have been to Heaven and back to Earth in the form of reincarnation many times and when we go to Heaven we will remember every life we ever lived. And each life has a purpose. Most interesting to me is her vision of what Heaven is like. Everyone in Heaven is 30 years old no matter how old you are when you died. Also the temperature is an even 78 degrees and it is daytime always. We move around by simply thinking ourselves where we want to go. The Other Side is 3 feet off the ground of Earth.
Every person supposedly has a spirit guide here on Earth and in Heaven who helps us. Each person has an angel or angels with them. Also, she says that some of us have the ability to travel outside of our bodies astrally and can visit the other side from earth.
There is also a left door on the Other Side where dark entities go. Apparantly dark entities can change their ways and rejoin us in reincarnation. After living a successful life on Earth they can enter Heaven normally.
The Other Side is supposedly a mirror image of Earth and our physical appearance on Earth is a mirror image of us in Heaven. So that in Heaven our organs would be on the opposite side.
Sylvia also claims that there are beings in other galaxies and that they have their own Other Side but all are children of God. She describes a mother God named Azna who is a great healer and can answer specific prayers for help from us on Earth.
She describes in detail spirits, ghosts, angels, and psychics. I found this book very interesting. While I don't exactly believe everything, I did find that somehow it brought me closer to my spiritual self.
First of all she claims that we are the ones who chart our lives on Earth. Everything from who our family will be and everything that ever happens to us. We have been to Heaven and back to Earth in the form of reincarnation many times and when we go to Heaven we will remember every life we ever lived. And each life has a purpose. Most interesting to me is her vision of what Heaven is like. Everyone in Heaven is 30 years old no matter how old you are when you died. Also the temperature is an even 78 degrees and it is daytime always. We move around by simply thinking ourselves where we want to go. The Other Side is 3 feet off the ground of Earth.
Every person supposedly has a spirit guide here on Earth and in Heaven who helps us. Each person has an angel or angels with them. Also, she says that some of us have the ability to travel outside of our bodies astrally and can visit the other side from earth.
There is also a left door on the Other Side where dark entities go. Apparantly dark entities can change their ways and rejoin us in reincarnation. After living a successful life on Earth they can enter Heaven normally.
The Other Side is supposedly a mirror image of Earth and our physical appearance on Earth is a mirror image of us in Heaven. So that in Heaven our organs would be on the opposite side.
Sylvia also claims that there are beings in other galaxies and that they have their own Other Side but all are children of God. She describes a mother God named Azna who is a great healer and can answer specific prayers for help from us on Earth.
She describes in detail spirits, ghosts, angels, and psychics. I found this book very interesting. While I don't exactly believe everything, I did find that somehow it brought me closer to my spiritual self.
September 25, 2016
Este é mais um livro sobre a espiritualidade, que nos ensina sobre o outro lado da vida, o mundo dos espíritos que nos cerca, nos impressiona, nos acalenta ou que por vezes nos aterroriza.
Esta obra orienta-nos sobre as noções básicas do espiritismo, traz definições sobre anjos, guias espirituais e ente-queridos que já partiram. Fala-nos sobre magia, milagres, coincidências, sonhos, viagens astrais e sinergia. Mostra-nos a visão espiritual sobre relacionamentos, família, almas gémeas e filhos. Apresenta algumas dicas mediúnicas para a saúde da mente e do corpo. Explica-nos sobre a vida após a morte, fala de temas da vida, marcas de nascença e vidas passadas. Define o que são assombrações, fantasmas, espíritos, impressões e energia cinética. Ensina-nos a protegermos-nos do lado negro que nos cerca e a usar ferramentas de proteção. Enumera algumas coisas que tememos, como a rejeição, o abandono, o fracasso, o sucesso, a traição, a solidão, a doença, o envelhecimento, a perda e a morte.
A autora cita ainda exemplos vividos como médium e conselheira espiritual, disponibilizando exemplos de textos hipnóticos para que possamos fazer nossas próprias regressões, textos de motivação e orações, e fala-nos também de Deus.
Esta obra orienta-nos sobre as noções básicas do espiritismo, traz definições sobre anjos, guias espirituais e ente-queridos que já partiram. Fala-nos sobre magia, milagres, coincidências, sonhos, viagens astrais e sinergia. Mostra-nos a visão espiritual sobre relacionamentos, família, almas gémeas e filhos. Apresenta algumas dicas mediúnicas para a saúde da mente e do corpo. Explica-nos sobre a vida após a morte, fala de temas da vida, marcas de nascença e vidas passadas. Define o que são assombrações, fantasmas, espíritos, impressões e energia cinética. Ensina-nos a protegermos-nos do lado negro que nos cerca e a usar ferramentas de proteção. Enumera algumas coisas que tememos, como a rejeição, o abandono, o fracasso, o sucesso, a traição, a solidão, a doença, o envelhecimento, a perda e a morte.
A autora cita ainda exemplos vividos como médium e conselheira espiritual, disponibilizando exemplos de textos hipnóticos para que possamos fazer nossas próprias regressões, textos de motivação e orações, e fala-nos também de Deus.
November 23, 2015
Secondo la scrittrice Sylvia Browne, l’Aldilà si trova più vicino di quanto pensiamo ed e’ composto da un pianeta molto simile al nostro che si suddivide in sette continenti: in più abbiamo Atlantide e Lemuria. Ogni continente è suddiviso in quattro quadranti.
Nel momento in cui moriamo, arriviamo in uno dei quadranti che corrisponde alla costa occidentale dell’America del nord: arriveremmo sempre li’ qualsiasi sia il nostro luogo di morte.
In questo posto verranno ad accoglierci angeli, spiriti guida ed altre persone.
Il primo palazzo che vediamo è il Palazzo della Saggezza, in esso si trova la Macchina a scansione: la macchina che fa scorrere gli eventi piacevoli e non della nostra vita per darci un riepilogo di ciò che abbiamo fatto e non abbiamo fatto o avremo voluto fare.
Nel momento in cui moriamo, arriviamo in uno dei quadranti che corrisponde alla costa occidentale dell’America del nord: arriveremmo sempre li’ qualsiasi sia il nostro luogo di morte.
In questo posto verranno ad accoglierci angeli, spiriti guida ed altre persone.
Il primo palazzo che vediamo è il Palazzo della Saggezza, in esso si trova la Macchina a scansione: la macchina che fa scorrere gli eventi piacevoli e non della nostra vita per darci un riepilogo di ciò che abbiamo fatto e non abbiamo fatto o avremo voluto fare.
January 14, 2013
This book brought me comfort when I lost my uncle whom was like a father to me. I really hope everyone can open there mind to a book like this. If your trying to understand life, this may help. Also remember she explains clearly, take what you like and leave the rest. Some people's minds seem so clouded in negativity that it may not be possible for people to really enjoy.... Hopefully people can be open about her idea of the afterlife and to be honest look at the point she makes about religion. I think it's a positive way to really appreciate everyone and everyone's beliefs. Enjoy!!
July 9, 2022
This is my 2nd time reading this Book, and I must say that I enjoyed it as much as I did years ago. Whether you're a true believer or not, Sylvia Browne brings you on such a detailed journey of Life on the Other Side that you can picture yourself there. It gives hope where hope may be lost, that when it's our time to go Home, there's much more in-store than we ever imagined. This Book also includes Illustrations at the end depicting what was written. It made me a believer and I think is worth reading.
December 18, 2012
Let's just say she failed to convince me. The gates of heaven are in Northern California? She describes heaven as a continuous round of parties, dances & balls, lectures, concerts, exhibits - where you will never be alone and to be with someone just think yourself to where they are and voila your're there. Then she tries to tell us that her secondary basic personality theme is one of a loner?
November 4, 2018
For a tour of the Other Side, this is the book for you. Very thorough. I have read several of Sylvia's books and think this was one of the best. I found a number of elements that rang true in my own experience and many more from my readings on near death experiences. Gives food for thought whether one accepts her works as gospel truth or not.
November 5, 2020
I try to read a book that really doesn't appeal to me every once in a while, hoping to expand my thinking. This book starts out with general, comforting truths about the other side. It really is appealing. The more I read though, the more I doubt. How could these things be true? I won't recommend this book and wouldn't read it again, but saw some interesting ideas.
January 5, 2010
Sylvia Brown has a unique experience of the life 'beyond' as she has experienced herself, being a psychic, but surely it is just her version of it. She has no way of really knowing what it was, or is she is really experiencing. Quite captivating.
August 27, 2011
A great started book for those interested in learning one groups oppionion on life after death and what to expect, like any book about more religious aspects you dont have to agree with the entire book but, there are a lot of things in this book that make it so very worth the read
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