Looking for the Other Side
Author: Sherry Suib Cohen
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ISBN: 0517708280
Publisher: Clarkson Potter (11 March, 1997)
Sales Rank: 565,639
Average Customer Rating: 4.38 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 1 out of 5
What ignorance!
I was enjoying this book until I got to page 31, in which the author writes about someone she knew who had schizophrenia. She says, "Most important difference between a schizophrenic and a psychic? Most psychics are not disturbed people. They look like you, they look like me, they go to the opera, they go to the movies, they make meat loaf and ski at Aspen." I suffer from schizo-affective disorder (which is kind of a mix of bipolar disorder with some schizophrenia). I look like you, I go to the movies, I could ski at Aspen. This book is supposed to open people's minds! There are AMAZING anti-psychotic medications that completely change the lives of many people like me. Even someone who is suffering from schizophrenia, without medicine, is not some kind of scary creature that should be hidden from the world. We mentally ill people are people just like you. Shame on Sherry Suib Cohen. I hope this review has been enlightening.
Rating: 5 out of 5
A skeptic's search for the truth
Sherry Suib Cohen was given an assignment by her boss to research psychic phenomena, and the result was this book. From the start, she was highly skeptical of the supernatural world, but did the assignment with an open mind.The book chronicles Sherry's research though different aspects of the genre. She visits channelers, psychics, mediums, tarot readers, tea leaf readers, astrologers, oracles, and parapsychologists. She often finds herself checking her skepticism througout the book, and reminds herself to keep an open mind. Preceding each section, she gives an in depth explanation of each phenomena, which I found enlightening. She also fills the book with her sarcastic humor, and is unabashedly skeptical, until incidents TOO SPECIFIC are brought up about her.
This book was quite fun to read because of Sherry's humorous personality, and refreshing because it was an earnest attempt by a true skeptic to delve into the world of the paranormal.
A super bonus of this book is that Sherry gives the names, phone numbers, and addresses of the psychics, astrologers, etc., so you can try them out for yourself.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Looking for Insight
This was a very entertaining book, written from a skeptic's point of view, which kept the reader in anticipation and in laughter! The author, searching for contact with her late mother, investigates numerous venues, such as astrology, channeling, tarot cards, psychics, and past life regression to name a few. After several different people whom she has contacted validate one another, the author slowly begins to embrace that "there is something else out there."Does the author directly contact her deceased mother? No, but indirectly she does, which also brings her to a new awareness as well as opening her previously very skeptic mind. I admire her frankness and sarcasm throughout the book, which at times is very humorous indeed! The chapter on synchronicity was very insightful, as we all seem to be experiencing many synchronistic moments these days.
The author helps the reader see that there is more "out there" on the other side and if we but open our minds to other possibilities, we just may receive the answers that we have been searching for.
Very good book and I highly recommend it for anyone wanting to learn more who is also a skeptic! This book will definitely change your mind!
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