Author: Raymond A. Moody

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Published: 1987

Total Pages: 188

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"August 16, 1977: It was like a shot heard 'round the world -- the tragic news that Elvis Presley had died. Millions mourned the loss of Elvis as acutely as if grieving for a member of their own family or a dear friend. Even now, a decade later, people who were never Elvis fans have 'flashbulb memories' of where they were and what they were doing when they heard the news. Why, Dr. Raymond Moody wanted to know when he began researching Elvis After Life, did the news of a forty-two-year-old rock 'n' roll star's death in Memphis, Tennessee, have such a profound impact on millions of lives? His subjects were diverse -- young and old, truck drivers and psychologists, ardent Elvis fans and those who had little interest in him -- but they all had one thing in common. Each had a psychic experience involving Elvis Presley that changed their lives forever. Dr. Moody introduces readers to a middle-aged police officer who finds his run-away son using information conveyed to him in a dream -- by Elvis Presley. To young parents who could accept their ten-year-old daughter's death because the spirit of Elvis was there to welcome her into heaven. To a young divorcee, terrified of being alone for the birth of her third child, who finds comfort and joy in Elvis's presence in the delivery room. These experiences -- plus numerous others -- happened to people that Dr. Moody describes as functioning and psychologically normal, people with little or no interest in the paranormal. Not one of them ever questioned the reality of the experience; they questioned only why Elvis chose to communicate with them. Elvis After Life is a provocative book by a respected doctor and author, a book that will linger in reader's minds just as the legend of Elvis Presley lives on in the American psyche."--front and back flaps.