The Power of Premonitions: How Knowing the Future Can Shape Our Lives - Hardcover

Dossey, Larry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525951164 ISBN 13: 9780525951162

Publisher: E P Dutton, 2009

Synopsis

The doctor-and bestselling author-who first demonstrated the healing effects of prayer now offers an unprecedented look at the science of premonitions.

When Larry Dossey was in his first year of medical practice, he experienced a week of premonitions about patients, all of which came true. He had never had them before; they seemed to have come out of left field. After the sensations stopped, writes Dossey in The Power of Premonitions, "It was as if the universe, having delivered a message, hung up the phone. It was now my job to make sense of it-which I try to do in this book."

The four parts of The Power of Premonitions take readers through documented cases of premonitions, including a remarkable instance when an entire Nebraska community skipped church the very day it exploded; an examination of recent science studying what is known as "presentiment"; a discussion of what it all means to daily life; and practical, field-tested techniques for inviting premonitions.

Just as he did in Healing Words, the groundbreaking book that propelled Dossey into the public consciousness, in this compelling new book Dossey uses cutting-edge science to prove the value of what had long been considered spiritual mumbo-jumbo. This is a book for the skeptical mind, but it's also for the believer's heart-because its author possesses the rare gift of having both.

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Review

For anyone who is interested in knowing about the deeper meaning of our existence, this book is a must read. Once again, Larry, being the pioneer that he is, has written a classic. (Deepak Chopra)

From the Back Cover

'This wonderful book brings reason and wisdom to bear on experiences that no one understands, yet which really happen. Thank goodness that Dr Larry Dossey is not afraid to wrestle with a subject that most scientists prefer to ignore, but which tells us that there is more to life and mind than our philosophies have dreamed of.'
Rupert Sheldrake, biologist and author
Compelled by his own series of accurate premonitions about
his patients, in The Power of Premonitions Larry Dossey presents
a fascinating study of the incredible power of foresight.
Dossey takes readers through some of the most startling documented cases of premonitions, including a remarkable instance when an entire community skipped church on the very day it exploded, an examination of recent scientific study of 'presentiment' and practical, field-tested techniques for inviting premonitions.
In this compelling book, Dossey builds on his groundbreaking work
Healing Words, using cutting-edge science to prove the value of what
has long been considered spiritual mumbo-jumbo. This is a book for
the sceptical mind, but it's also for the believer's heart - because
its author possesses the rare gift of having both.
'Once again, Larry, being the pioneer that he is,
has written a classic.'
Deepak Chopra MD
Larry Dossey MD is at the forefront of bringing scientific
understanding to spirituality. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Healing Words and several other books, and lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
www.dosseydossey.com

Edition details

• Publisher: E P Dutton
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0525951164
• ISBN 13: 9780525951162
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 288