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People Who Don't Know They're Dead: How They Attach Themselves to Unsuspecting Bystanders and What to Do About It Paperback – June 20, 2005

by Gary Leon Hill (Author)
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In People Who Don't Know They're Dead, Gary Leon Hill tells a family story of how his Uncle Wally and Aunt Ruth, Wally's sister, came to counsel dead spirits who took up residence in bodies that didn?t belong to them. And in the telling, Hill elucidates much of what we know, or think we know, about life, death, consciousness, and the meaning of the universe.

When people die by accident, in violence, or maybe they're drunk, stoned, or angry, they get freezeframed. Even if they die naturally but have no clue what to expect, they might not notice they're dead. It's frustrating to see and not be seen. It's frustrating not to know what you're supposed to do next. It's especially frustrating to be in someone else's body and think it's your own. That's if you're dead. If you're alive and that spirit has attached itself to you, well that's a whole other set of frustrations.

Wally Johnston, a behavioral psychologist, first started working with a medium in the 70s to help spirits move on to the next stage. Some years after that, Ruth Johnston, an academic psychiatric nurse, who'd become interested in new consciousness and alternative healing, began working with Wally to clear spirits who weren't moving on. These hitchhikers had attached themselves to the auras of living relatives or strangers in an attempt to hold on to a physical existence they no longer need. Through her pendulum, Ruth obtains permission from the higher self of both hitchhiker and host to work with them. Then Wally speaks with them, gently but firmly, to make sure they know they are no longer welcome to inhabit the bodies and wreak havoc on the lives of the living.

Hill has woven this fascinating story with the history and theory of what happens at death, with particular emphasis on the last 40 years and the work of such groundbreaking thinkers as Elmer Green, Raymond Moody, William James, Aldous Huxley, Edith Fiore, Martha Rogers, Mark Macy, Elisabeth KublerRoss, Bruce Lipton, and a host of others, whose work helps inform our idea of what it is to live and to die. As it turns out, our best defense against hitchhikers is to live consciously. And our best chance of doing that is by paying attention and staying open to possibilities.

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If you ever thought about this possibility before then People Who Don't Know They're Dead will delight, inform, and answer some nagging questions about the hereafter. It is filled with some great insights about what happens to us all when we pass through the physical plane and why some of us get stuck. -Fred Alan Wolf, Ph.D., National Book Award winning author of TheSpiritual Universe, audio CDs, and featured star in the movie "What the Bleep Do We Know".

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If you ever thought about this possibility before then People Who Don't Know They're Dead will delight, inform, and answer some nagging questions about the hereafter. It is filled with some great insights about what happens to us all when we pass through the physical plane and why some of us get stuck. -Fred Alan Wolf, Ph.D., National Book Award winning author of TheSpiritual Universe, audio CDs, and featured star in the movie "What the Bleep Do We Know".

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Weiser Books (June 20, 2005)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 183 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1578632978
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1578632978
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.54 x 0.61 x 8.52 inches
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With the experience of having gone through an unexplained possession, the reading of this book came right on time. I am currently in the process of publishing a book I titled, The Perfect Eclipse, a story based on a Yellowstone Prediction.I talk about things I had not been able to explain with evil entities. At my local library months back, this book, People Who Don't Know They're Dead was in a cardboard box marked 'free to take.' Being a believer in everything happens for a reason. This book was meant for me and meant for me to read at the time I did. Thank you! Because of this book, it finally makes sense.
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Megan Kaun
5.0 out of 5 stars Must read
Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2024
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Awesome book about much more than talking to spirits . I couldn’t put it down . Thank you !
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NA Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars This is excellent reading for experienced seekers
Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2013
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This book is a rich digest of material regarding the troubles some souls have after passing over. At one level the writer attempts to be entertaining or engaging through his own folksy language and scene-setting. At this level the book works like a play or a series of movie scenes, but that is only superficial stuff and requires a little patience. At it's heart this book is true story about a gentleman (the author) who has relatives that contact and rescue souls that have become 'stuck' after their passing. So the author writes from his position as a lurker or observer - just telling what he knows from his all-access backstage pass to the private world of his aunt & uncle. The author ALSO adds in a ton of relevant detail from good books he has read on the subject. The result is a thick alphabet soup of ideas and experiences and discussions that are very welcome to anyone who has already traveled these back alleys before, as this area of human experience is very hard to simply sum up. Highly recommended for anyone who already knows the terrain, and is not in a big hurry. If you are just a beginner: first find and read a copy of Thirty Years Among The Dead downloadable anywhere for free online. Very similar, but much more direct. Thirty Years is straightforward account (again) of a couple who spent their whole lives guiding deceased people poorly prepared for the Afterlife all the way to their True Home. Finally - if you are just looking for crib notes on how to avoid trouble in this area - become a happy, helpful person who lives with a wholesome purpose or a goal. Heaven guides those folks no matter what they believe, and everything follows from that in good time.
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Sam Sarrha
5.0 out of 5 stars i liked this book, i learned a lot from it, great references to
Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2014
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as for the negative reviews.. it is east to criticize the messenger if you didn't pay attention to the message.

it is a Home Grown book.. but the leaders in this field are just people like you an me. their links led me to a wealth of resources, I have made new friends I several new forums, particularly the ITCbridge people ..who are Scientists that are discovering new ways to communicate with spirits on the "Other Side" with the help of dead scientists in spirit on the other side ..folks you just cant make up stuff like this. it is fascinating.!

being an X-research biologist, now Shamanistic practitioner, I have found a wonderful new realm of Non Ordinary Reality [NOR]

Good Journey...
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Nate
4.0 out of 5 stars Engaging and worth the read!
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2021
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Much of this book's material wasn't new to me but the practical and real-life style it is written provides a good backdrop to the author's experience and his own education of life after death. Some stories are humorous and others just plain sad. Having just lost my father, I was puzzled why I couldn't feel him around (I'm somewhat of a sensitive I guess you could say). This book reminded me of the possibility of spirits getting stuck so-to-speak in the astral due to the next life not being what the dead expected. Using the technique in the book, I was able through a deep meditation help my father understand and navigate through the astral world (and a couple of souls hanging with him). For those thinking this sort of thing is all BS, this book will not convince you but for those who already know some of the truth (no one knows all of it), this is a great addition to your library. The author provides a great bibliography that will supply you with a stack of similar books to read.
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Robert Fawcett
5.0 out of 5 stars What am I Here After?
Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2014
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First I thought this book was going to be a political treatise about democrats and liberals. Instead it is about the life after death and how some people hang around as their perception doesn't change after their blessed event. When one is a spirit it is hard to grasp or control objects so they can hijack a hapless human and cause untoward carnage on that persons life if the spirit stays in his life surroundings. I saw this happen several times in a doom buggy at the haunted mansion...honest , I could not see the ghost sitting next to me, but there he was in the mirror ! There were three of them and it must have latched on to my wife as she seems to get evil sometimes. ;-). Well it is a pretty good book and take it for what it is worth in that your destiny can be what you perceive it to be after life depending on if you want to go to a tormented hereafter or a happy ending. After all it is eventually coming and we have no other options so far!
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Cat Calhoun
5.0 out of 5 stars Eye-openingly beautiful
Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2017
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The information is deep, but worth the time spent to ingest the material. If you've encountered dead people, this is so worth it!

I can't wait to work my way through the suggested readings.
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Zeddicus Junior
5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating information on rare subject
Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2017
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Fascinating information that's hard to find and not often considered.
Great condition and fast shipment. Very pleased with my purchase.
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Flam
2.0 out of 5 stars Obvious joke about this book
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2013
And a very bad taste one, would involve something along the lines of:
Dear Chang, you are dead, please detach yourself from me, your loving twin brother, Eng.
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Topaz
5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious nonsense.
Reviewed in Canada on January 25, 2019
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3.0 out of 5 stars Didn’t read it myself...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 18, 2019
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It is what it is. Brought as a joke gift.
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