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James Van Praagh

World Renowned Psychic Medium, New York Times Best-Selling Author

World Renowned Psychic Medium, New York Times Best-Selling Author

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James Van Praagh Biography

His Abilities

His very natural, easy-going style would lead you to believe that James Van Praagh is chatting with a friend on the telephone, not communicating messages from the grave. James is a survival evidence medium, meaning that he is able to bridge the gap between two planes of existence, that of the living and that of the dead, by providing evidential proof of life after death via detailed messages. "I'm clairsentient," he explains, "which simply means clear feeling. I feel the emotions and personalities of the deceased. I am also clairvoyant," he adds, clarifying that, "the first is feeling, the second is seeing, very much like Whoopi Goldberg in the movie, Ghost."

The true essence of the messages are the feelings behind the words. James is an expert on this subject, since he has been in touch with those feelings most of his adult life. "The spirits communicate by their emotions. No words exist in the English language, or any other for that matter, which can describe the intense sensations."

Personality traits come in as well. If a person was talkative while alive, he will come through with plenty to say. James also relays physical traits and death conditions as evidence. "If I convey recognizable evidence along with even a fraction of the loving energy behind the message, I consider the reading successful."

James' public popularity began during his appearances on the NBC talk show The Other Side.The show concentrated on paranormal issues, and James became the favorite guest and resident expert on the subject of life after death. Even Howard Rosenberg, the Los Angeles Times distinguished television critic, dubbed James "spectacular".

Through the years his message of hope has touched a great many more people due to his television appearances on such shows as Oprah, Larry King Live, Maury Povich, 20/20, and 48 Hours. His unique paranormal experiences during the past twenty-two years have seen him author best-selling books, create meditation programs and development videos, teach mediumship classes, conduct seminars to sold-out audiences, and produce successful television projects.

His Early Life

James was born in Bayside, New York, and is the youngest of four children. An average child, he remembers having a tremendous fascination with death. He was raised Catholic and served as an altar boy, entering the seminary at the age of fourteen. It was there that his interest in Catholicism ended and his sense of spirituality began.

There are no schools or training that could prepare James for his unusual vocation. Indeed, his ability to communicate with the dead arose out of his...well...life. This belief was affirmed by an astonishing encounter that he had when he was only 8-years-old. The young boy was praying for God to reveal Himself to him, when an open hand appeared through the ceiling of James' room emitting radiant beams of light. Incredibly, he recounts, "I wasn't scared. It was actually very peaceful."

Graduating from public high school, he continued to pursue his studies and later graduated from San Francisco State University with a degree in Broadcasting and Communications. You could say that he ended up working in Communications, just in a different capacity. After graduation, he moved to Los Angeles where he became involved in metaphysics and psychic phenomena. At 24, the promise of that outstretched palm so many years before was fulfilled.

Realizing The Gift

During his early days in Los Angeles, James was invited to attend a session with a medium, although he didn't even know at that time what a medium was. Given that, he was understandably dubious when the medium informed James that he would be doing the same work within two years. "My first reaction was, I have enough trouble dealing with the living; why do I want to talk to the dead?"

As James' sensitivity increased, he began doing psychic readings for friends. During these readings, he began receiving detailed messages from the beyond. Though at first this seemed bizarre, the more he learned, the more he could not deny the fact that he had the gift to reach beyond the familiar plane of existence we call life. Today, James is recognized as one of the foremost mediums in the world.

Naturally, there remain skeptics about his abilities. James, however, is the first to say that he welcomes healthy skepticism, declaring, in fact, that he is a skeptic himself. "I believe that I am doing this, but I don't believe that just anyone can do this. All mediums are psychics, but not all psychics are mediums."

A psychic senses energy around the living people or objects. A medium not only senses energy, but is able to interface between the slower vibrations of the physical world and the much faster ones of the spirit world.

Though James is quick to point out that his gift does not provide insights into the future, he is able to provide detailed evidential proof that a loved one survived death. Surviving death may seem to be the supreme oxymoron, but he has a firm belief that we are all spirit beings, and that there is far more to our life than our life span.

Ultimately, James feels extremely fortunate to be a conduit of comfort, healing, and most importantly, love. "As a medium, I have never experienced anything but love and compassion and healing in my work," he avows. "It is the love bond between people which allows me to make the connection between the living and the dead."

Sharing The Understanding

James' unique paranormal experiences during the past twenty-two years have been recorded in his best-selling books Talking To Heaven, Reaching To Heaven, and Healing Grief, all published by Dutton Books. His fourth book, published by Simon and Schuster, is the proclaimed Heaven and Earth - Making the Psychic Connection.

In September 2003, teens were introduced to Looking Beyond: A Teen's Guide to the Spiritual World. In November of that same year his book Meditations with James Van Praagh brought a new awareness to the meditation experience.

James shared his extraordinary gift on television with a daytime talk show of his own entitled Beyond With James Van Praagh. The show aired in the U.S. from September 2002 through September 2003 and is still showing in syndication in Europe, Australia and Latin America.

In April 2002, James began an ongoing relationship with the CBS network and produced an incredibly successful mini-series Living With The Dead, inspired by his first book Talking To Heaven. This mini-series starred Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen and was the highest rated show for CBS in two years. In October 2004 his second successful CBS project aired entitled The Dead Will Tell starring Anne Heche.

Currently James is developing another CBS movie titled The Haunting of Bleaker Place and is Co-Executive Producing his first CBS primetime series The Ghost Whisperer starring Jennifer Love Hewitt to begin airing in September 2005.

To assist others in spiritual awareness and fulfillment, James has produced 4 meditation programs featuring music by the world's leading composer of sound healing Steven Halpern. The titles include Divine Love, Spirit Speaks, Soul Discoveries and Meditation Tools. Each program includes 2 CDs and 2 cassettes and a workbook with meditations and conversations with James.

His single CD meditations are also great teaching tools and include Tuning Into: Intuition / Abundance and Tuning Into: Healing / Forgiveness. In his instructional video Devleop Your Psychic-Self James shares his personal techniques to develop your own innate abilities.

"The books, CDs, video and television projects are ways to share my abilities and the message that our personalities do indeed survive death. My greatest satisfaction in doing this work is witnessing an instantaneous change in people," states James about his work.

"When someone is alone and overwhelmed by grief, life seems over. But, when someone is able to make contact with a loved one, their grief and loneliness disappear and proper closure can take place."

And so..."When a bright smile overcomes tears, it becomes a smile that can light up the world!"

James Van Praagh Videos

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James Van Praagh Books

  • Talking to Heaven Mediumship Cards: A 44-Card Deck and Guidebook
    Talking to Heaven Mediumship Cards: A 44-Card Deck and Guidebook
  • Growing Up in Heaven: The Eternal Connection Between Parent and Child
    Growing Up in Heaven: The Eternal Connection Between Parent and Child
  • Watching Over Us: What the Spirits Can Teach Us about Life. James Van Praagh
    Watching Over Us: What the Spirits Can Teach Us about Life. James Van Praagh
  • Ghosts Among Us: Uncovering the Truth About the Other Side
    Ghosts Among Us: Uncovering the Truth About the Other Side
  • Heaven and Earth: Making the Psychic Connection
    Heaven and Earth: Making the Psychic Connection
  • Meditations with James Van Praagh
    Meditations with James Van Praagh

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