Letters from the Afterlife is a hopeful, inspiring after-death communication received by a woman almost a century ago. In the early part of the twentieth century, a woman began a process of "automatic writing" - as though she were an instrument for someone else's words. Days later she discovered that the "writer" - identified as attorney and author David Patterson Hatch - died thousands of miles away, and he was telling his story of life after death through her. The resulting book, originally published as Letters from a Living Dead Man in 1914, gained widespread popularity and was hailed for helping remove the fear of dying. An eyewitness account of the afterlife, told while the storyteller was there, the book describes life after death in minute detail, including the consequences of suicide, how loved ones find each other, and the relationship with higher beings.
Michelle W. (sixxchic) from SACRAMENTO, CA wrote on 12/13/2006...
Does life go on beyond the grave?With the recent surge in popularity of topics focused on life after death,Letters from the afterlife,originally published in 1914 under another title,takes up this age-old question froma unique perspective-that of a man who has undergone the "the great change" and has crossed the threshold we call "death".
Ruth B. (rib) from CEDAR FALLS, IA wrote on 11/18/2006...
Does life go on beyond the grave? With the recent surge in popularity of topics focused on life after death, this book which was originally published in 1914 under another title, takes up this age-old question from a unique perspective -- that of a man who has undergone "the great change" and has crossed the threshold we call death.
Written through the hand of Elsa Barker, an established author in her own right, Letters presents a kind of "astral travelogue" that describes, often eloquently, sometimes humorously, life in the "invisible" world. David Patterson Hatch, a former judge, a writer of books, and a "profound student of philosophy" explains his motivation for writing the leters: "This is a materialistic age. A larrge percentage of men and women have no real interest in the life beyond the grave. But they will all have to come out here soomer or later, and perhaps a few will find the change easier, the journey less formidable, by reason of what I shall have taught them. Is it not worthwhile?"