Book Review: We Are Their Heaven: Why the Dead Never Leave Us

This book review is part of a series that covers the topic of Spiritual Guides. The Official SelfGrowth.com Guide to Spiritual Guides is Bess S. Permut. Spiritual Guides are people who have attained a high level of spiritual awareness and use their knowledge to guide people on their own paths toward spiritual awakening.nnBess has identified We Are Their Heaven: Why the Dead Never Leave Us as a valuable resource for people interested in Spiritual Guides, and it is available through Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.nnFrom Publishers WeeklynnDubois, a famous medium (the lead character in the TV show Medium is based on her), assures readers in the introduction to her second book that "there is a heaven, a flawless place where we exist after we die." The details that follow take up only one paragraph, but they constitute a rare occurrence in this book: specific information. For most of the volume, DuBois shirks the kind of careful recording of facts that would go a long way toward convincing skeptics of her talent for bridging the gap between the living and the dead. Full names, dates, and details are all missing in this work, loosely organized around a collection of conversations DuBois has had with the departed relatives of her clients (the consistently positive recollections of her clients are also included). However, their voice and DuBois' are strangely homogenous, revealing little about anyone involved. DuBois tends to repeat the same insights instead of providing specifics to build her case. While her advice to mourners could be useful and lead to genuine healing, there is not much more insight here than in any other well-meaning person's meditation on life and death.nCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. n