by David Kessler
David Kessler is one of the world’s extraordinary people. A highly respected lecturer on death and grief; a trained nurse; a specialist police reserve officer; and a member of the Red Cross disaster team, who now runs a unique end-of-life programme at a large hospital in Los Angeles.
In his gentle, easy-to-read style, David opens minds to what health-care workers, and indeed the dying themselves, tell us about final moments here on Earth. He explores not only health-care situations but also the legal ramifications of deathbed visions. After years of personal experience and extensive research, he sees a need to talk openly about what people ‘see and feel at the end of life without fear of what others may think’, and includes many fascinating accounts, one from 1711. In addition, he explores how deathbed scenes are depicted in literature, film, TV, and the arts.
I certainly don’t need convincing, that as David himself says, ‘life ends, but love is eternal.’ Not only am I a Medium, and have been shown wonderful visions of the next world, but, just as in similar accounts in the book, my dying Mum pointed to the bottom of her hospital-bed saying, ‘He’s here!’ when she saw my Father, who had passed eight years previously. It is lovely to know that what I experienced as my Mother passed over is what many throughout the world also experience.
This is a very satisfying read but not the kind of book you need to devour all in one go, but can savour whenever you feel like reading one of the uplifting and inspiring stories. Read with an open mind and a loving heart, these accounts will give you much food for thought.
In David’s own words: ‘As you can see from these stories, deathbed visions are often a powerful experience for the living as well as the dying.’
Review by Jane Stewart Adams
Published by Hay House UK Ltd
ISBN: 978-1-4019-2542-0
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