Real Miracles, Divine Intervention,

and Feats of Incredible Survival

By Brad Steiger and Sherry Hansen Steiger

Visible Ink Press

43311 Joy Road #414

Canton, MI 48187-2075  

2009, 291 pages, $24.95 USA

ISBN: 978-1-57859-214-2

Reviewed by Brent Raynes

They’re back! Brad and Sherry Steiger once again have cranked out yet another thought-provoking, fascinating book detailing true accounts of extraordinary life events. Containing 263 mind-boggling and often unbelievable but yet documented true life stories of genuine miracles of survival against conventional and ordinary odds, incredible life-saving heroics performed by humans and animals (including dogs, dolphins, sea lions, and even cows and a stingray), along with angelic interventions, near-death experiences, the power of prayer, and other positive and uplifting examples of spiritual manifestations. In addition, this book is peppered with many wonderful photographs and illustrations, thus a virtual joy of both the visual and literary senses.

Some of the amazing and unbelievable accounts that you will read about will include the jet fighter pilot whose parachutes failed and yet survived a 12,000 foot fall to the ground; a teenager’s 1,307 foot wild ride on a tornado; people who miraculously survived being buried alive in an avalance, survived earthquakes, deadly airline crashes, floods, hurricanes, more falls from great heights (like the New York City window washer who fell 47 stories and lived); how Sherry Steiger herself survived a deadly shark attack; and numerous other truly profound and extraordinary tales of survival against all odds.

And how does one explain these accounts of family pets that become separated over great distances and yet somehow they are reunited with their owners. Like the family dog that tracked down it’s owners at their new home in Denver, Colorado, three months after they had left it behind on the farm outside Dunkirk, New York because it was about to become a mother; the family cat that went missing during a visit to Boston and yet 83 days later turned up back at it’s owners home in Chicago; the orange tabby that went missing during a family trip to Wisconsin and that yet returned home to Hibbing, Minnesota after 140 days; and so many more. Then there are the definite miracle events, like the glowing hitchhiker who prevented a heart attack with the mere touch of his hand.

Again Brad and Sherry have masterfully contributed another spellbinding and thought-provoking volume that you’ll want to add to your personal library collection of great books.

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Beyond Shadow World:

Our Shared World of the Supernatural

By Brad Steiger

Anomalist Books

5150 Broadway #108

San Antonio, TX 78209

2009, 284 pages, $14.95 USA

ISBN: 1-933665-38-6

Website: www.anomalistbooks.com

Reviewed by Brent Raynes

Here’s yet another Brad Steiger classic! This is actually the third volume of Brad’s Shadow World series. Originally published as Our Shared World of the Supernatural by Signet in 2001, the other two books were Shadow World and Otherworldly Affaires. This books includes the addition of a 15-page Preface added by Brad that really jumpstarts the exciting pace of things that will soon follow in the main body of his book as he begins describing a number of fascinating accounts of men and women who have encountered “mysterious multidimensional beings” of unknown origins and motives, who seemingly enter our world through interdimensional “holes” or “doorways.” He explores and thoughtfully ponders the theoretical boundaries of possibility. Are they “angels,” “devils,” “spirit guides,” “space brothers,” or something else?

Brad starts off his book by sharing a riveting account from his childhood, back on his boyhood farm in Iowa, when he encountered a diminutive being with a large round head, pointed ears, and huge, slanted catlike eyes. Well over four decades later, while Brad was attending an art show in Sedona, Arizona, he unexpectedly found himself viewing a painting of an alien being that bore a remarkable resemblance to what he had seen way back in 1940. Shortly afterwards, he met the artist and was amazed to learned that during her childhood she had lived for awhile in a neighboring small town next to the one he had lived at in Iowa! In addition, she had had a virtually identical alien encounter experience and not only that but it had either occurred on the very same night or else one around that same period of time!!

Numerous and remarkable stories of men and women who have encountered “multidimensional beings” are recounted in this fascinating book. In chapter 5, Meeting Your Spirit Teacher, Brad again shares an intriguing series of “being” encounters he has had, this time as an adult, this beginning in 1972. He believes that he was put into an altered, receptive state of consciousness and found himself inspired to write a book on people who had undergone contacts and communications with a higher intelligence. This book came to be titled Revelation: The Divine Fire, published in 1973.

Brad also shares with his readers creative visualization techniques that he writes many people have found helpful and effective in accelerating their spiritual progress.

Brad also writes about near-death experiencers and out of body travelers, and warns about the dangers of spirit parasites and negative influences, and provides instructions on how to protect oneself against such negative beings and effects. He warns that such “beings” should not be summoned or worshipped as they may not be who or what they claim they are. Nonetheless, many have had positive and profound spiritual interactions, and it’s a matter of maintaining balance and not going overboard and losing your head.