Conversations With Eternity: The Forgotten Masterpiece of Victor Hugo

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Summary: Is he off his rocker?
Review: I am telling you, what a trip! Well if you can believe it, the table did rock! Victor Hugo (1802-1885) is in excile on a lonely island and to pass time, he and his retinue conduct seances. Animals, of course, are the incarnations of criminals. (How good to know, that Stalin is now a dung beatle.) The Dove of the Ark had been guided by God to the landing place for Noahs gigantic boat. Not only animals, but also plants and stones knew what crime they had committed. Why was such knowledge not granted to man? Animals are prisons of the soul. The animal sees man and glimpses the angels. Forgiveness is Noah's Ark. Well, I think this is worth reading, even though it comes down from another century. Be curious! Gerborg

Rating:
Summary: Is he off his rocker?
Review: I am telling you, what a trip! Well if you can believe it, the table did rock! Victor Hugo (1802-1885) is in excile on a lonely island and to pass time, he and his retinue conduct seances. Animals, of course, are the incarnations of criminals. (How good to know, that Stalin is now a dung beatle.) The Dove of the Ark had been guided by God to the landing place for Noahs gigantic boat. Not only animals, but also plants and stones knew what crime they had committed. Why was such knowledge not granted to man? Animals are prisons of the soul. The animal sees man and glimpses the angels. Forgiveness is Noah's Ark. Well, I think this is worth reading, even though it comes down from another century. Be curious! Gerborg

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Summary: Mind Expanding Dispensation via V. Hugo
Review: I had heard of this book for sometime before actually reading it and when I finally ordered it and began my reading; I was off on the most amazing adventure of metaphysical ideas I've ever encountered. As a student of Spiritualism as well as the Alan Kardec inspired spiritualist philosophy known as Spiritism from a historical and sociological perspective, this book brings to life the intensity of those 19th century psychonauts who in living with human mortality in a much more immediate way than we do now, documents their explorations of one of the fundamental questions of existence- do we survive death.
And the answers to those pointed questions that were revealed to the Hugo circle during his period of exile from France are simply breathtaking. First is their sheer poetic verbal majesty, secondly in the intimations of a universal mind that is both the embodiment of that "love which steers the stars" of Dante's "Divine Comedy" to the impersonal karmic justice that minimizes the inflated human ego in the scheme of things.
I cannot recomend this book highly enough, it will remain with you for thought & contemplation long after you've finished the final page.

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Summary: Sloppy
Review: I must confess that I was thrilled the first time I read Conversations With Eternity. But at the same time I was puzzled because there were some things stated in the book that I had a hunch was totally wrong. So I began to check the verifiable information provided by John Chambers and discovered that not only did he present incorrect basic facts, such as dates, places and historic detail, he also neglected to present vital information that contradicts his version of the events that took place in Marine-Terrace. In addition, he has invented a state of mind of the Hugos, during their early exile, that simply have no connection with reality.

If you are an admirer of Victor Hugo, save your money for a decent biography instead.
If you are an advocate of the paranormal, choose mentors of higher quality than that of John Chambers.



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Summary: Poorly written; Big disappointment
Review: I purchased this book, because I love the work of Victor Hugo and was interested in this aspect of his spirituality. But the writing is terrible. Most of it seems to be a drug addled commentary on Hugo's later life by an unsympathetic critic. The writing is so bad as to frustrate the most patient of readers. If you love the work of Hugo or the philosophy of romance in literature, avoid this waste of ink and paper.

Rating:
Summary: Poorly written; Big disappointment
Review: I purchased this book, because I love the work of Victor Hugo and was interested in this aspect of his spirituality. But the writing is terrible. Most of it seems to be a drug addled commentary on Hugo's later life by an unsympathetic critic. The writing is so bad as to frustrate the most patient of readers. If you love the work of Hugo or the philosophy of romance in literature, avoid this waste of ink and paper.

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Summary: Very worthwhile -- a pleasant surprise
Review: I've read nearly everything available by Victor Hugo published in English, so I was eager to read this one. It's truly something "out there." This book is pretty interesting if you're looking to learn more about the Hugo that tends not to come up in literary conversation. Some of it is a little boring to read, but there's some neat stuff about his family and the spirits he channels through the seances. In my opinion, the best part about this book is that it gives the reader an honest look inside Hugo and his personal interests, something you don't usually get from novels and poetry. It's an interesting picture of a terribly fascinating guy.

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Summary: Table Tapping via a Literary Luminary
Review: In 1851 the French writer Victor Hugo escaped the tyranny of Napoleon III only to end up on the dismal Jersey islands in the English Channel. Hugo and his family whiled away their exile by contacting famous and other dead spirits floating around in the ether. The Hugos and their exiled neighbors employed table tapping to convey the messages of these beings, including the likes of Shakespeare, Hannibal, and the ancient Greek poet Anacreon, among others. Hugo personally transcribed the messages and kept records of these unusual communications. In Conversations with Eternity, John Chambers has translated these otherworldly communiqu?s into English for the first time. Reading this work allows one to view the nineteenth century from a refreshingly multi-dimensional perspective. The history is presented not with a dreary reporting of mere facts and dates, but rather with something that is strangely alive, pregnant with a timely spiritual urgency. Many of the spirits insisted to Hugo and his s?ance clique that humanity must raise its vibratory level in order to hasten its evolution toward light--a message also found in contemporary channeled works such as The Pleiadian Agenda and Bringers of the Dawn. The Hugo family's unusually bright social circle seemed to attract a wide range of spirits who often poetically surpassed their Earthbound audience. For example, poet Andr? Ch?nier eloquently described from beyond his 1794 execution by guillotine: 'A luminous line separates my head from my body. It is an alive and feeling wound, which is receiving the kiss of God. Death appears to me simultaneously on the earth and in the sky; while my body, transfigured by the tomb, plunges into the beatitudes of eternity...' Conversations With Eternity is replete with channeled gems like the above, perfect for any jaded history buff looking for a new perspective on the past as well as the future.

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