When Spirits Come Calling: The Open-Minded Skeptic's Guide to After-Death Contacts

Two out of five Americans report sensing meaningful contacts with lost loved ones. Such contacts are usually comforting - and surprisingly intense. Most do not involve mediums. And unlike near-death experiences, they come unexpectedly to healthy people going about their normal lives.

Here are moving, never-before-published stories of apparent afterlife communication, told in the perceivers' own words. Comparing today's Western beliefs with those of other traditions, ancient and modern, Professor Wright opens the door to reasoned discussion about this often hush-hush subject.