The Soul of Your Pet: Evidence for the Survival of Animals in the Afterlife

by Scott S. Smith

Book Overview

Smith s poignant interviews with people from all walks of life. Presents the concept in an objective and straight forward manner. For those who have had the grief associated with losing an animal... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558184023
• ISBN13: 9781558184022
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Holmes Publishing Group
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Convincing and so helpful

This book should be read at all stages for pet owners: before you adopt your friend or "baby", while it is young and healthy, and when it is getting older. There is so much in it to show clear evidence that animals will be on the other side forever just as we will. So many people are afraid to read anything about this subject before they've lost their dear companion. This is a mistake. This isn't a book about grief counseling, to be avoided because of fear of facing the inevitable. but rather shows a wonder of hope (and evidence) of the afterexistence of animals whether dogs, cats, horses, birds-- any pet.Read it, tell your friends about it! They love their pets too! The topic is beautifully presented, with such cheering true stories of people's seeing their beloved pets after they have passed to the other side. But strangers see them too, at times. Some incidents depicted tell of everyone but the owner seeing the "ghost" pet. Sometimes there are several visits. They are either seen, heard, felt or combinations of these phenomena.This book can save a lot of people a ton of grief--the thought that they are forever parted from their pets because of erroneous teaching of some churches and general skepticism. Of course we miss our companions, but knowing that they still exist-- and are waiting for us can make all the difference in the world!

A must read for anyone who has lost or even owns a pet

I bought this book out of curosity and was fascinated with the stories. Something told me that I needed to read it. About a month after reading it, my constant companion, my dog Lacey, was killed. The grief I feel is terrible, but having read this book has helped put my mind at ease. You can't help but ask what happens to your beloved pet once they die. Do they go to Heaven like we do? Reading these stories has helped me so much. I cannot recommend this book enough for anyone who loves their pet dearly and wants to feel comfort that they will see them again once they pass on. As my husband said to me, our pets are the most loving, loyal, and forgiving creatures on this earth. So much more than most humans. If anyone is going to go to Heaven, it is our beloved pets. No one deserves to go more than these innocent creatures.

We are coming back full circle to the real Garden of Eden

This book is a wonderful "read", and a comfort. It is almost impossible to put down. "Anima" is the Latin word for "soul". Add an "L" to that and you have "animal". And don't forget that we too are animals -- human animals (we're mammals!), and the world's caretakers -- not its dominators. We were meant, from the very beginning, to live in harmony with all the animals, and I am sure that we once had the ability to communicate with and understand them. Ah, for the good old days!!And now, when we lose a beloved pet (or a feral cat or dog, as they too deserve to be mourned!), we, who feel that sad well of emptiness, can be comforted in knowing that the true essence of life, our souls, NEVER dies -- for are we not all "Souls incarnate" -- "Souls having a life experience" ?In the beginning, God thought so highly of the animals that God paraded all of them in front of our first ancestor(s), to see which on would make a suitable companion (I think they ALL would!). Don't you think God still has the same high regard for all these beautiful creatures??? I also like to reflect on the fact that Adam and Eve were not thrown out of the Garden of Eden for anything that the animals had done!We resonate on a higher plane than we realize, with all of creation. Although I consider myself to be a "rational human being", I will never doubt the experience I had when my beloved kitty came to me the night she died, even though we were 300 miles apart. Perhaps these pets of ours really are "angels unawares". This book reaffirms the fact that we humans need not feel ashamed when we take pride in our relationships with our pets and other animals, and need not be ashamed when we morun their passing -- for they are not "just animals" that "can be replaced" , but soulmates and maybe even little angels, who are a great comfort to us in this life (and surely in the next one as well!)

For anyone who has ever loved and lost a companion animal

Reading "The Soul of Your Pet" confirmed for me what I have always known to be true - that animals have souls and these souls live on after death. I wish this inspiring book had been available when I lost my beloved dog, Martha, in 1995. Shortly after her passing I realized Martha was trying to let me know she was happy and that we still had work to do together. It was a peaceful vision of her in the arms of an angel that led to the creation of my book, For Every Dog An Angel.It is clear the author has done extensive research on his topic. One feels the stories in the book are offered with sincerity, and with an open heart. He does not try to force his beliefs on the reader. I was particularly moved by the last chapter, The Inner Lives of Animals. In it there is a comment from Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, author of The Hidden Life of Dogs. When asked if dogs have souls, she answered, "If we go to heaven, so do they....because if dogs are not there it is not heaven."I couldn't agree more.

So helpful and believable! Hooray for this book!

A number of books are out there with people's hopes and wishes about being with their pets again. They hope their pets will live on. Some of them quote the Bible about evidence of this. This book has that, too.But, what this book has that is so needed is evidence...real evidence. So many stories about people who experience a ghost pet's presence even if that experience isn't always visual. Sometimes the pet jumps onto the bed. Sometimes the owner doesn't see the pet but their present pet does and reacts.Many times more than one person sees or hears the animal. Even a case or two where people and animals see the ghost pet.THIS is what I wanted. THIS is what I craved. Things that one couldn't just "reason away". And there are so many stories. I recommend this book to anyone who has ever cried a tear over losing a furry or feathered part of the family. Heck, there's even a fish story. Nothing fishy about the book, though! Get it!!