Author: Wayne Dyer
Publisher: Hay House Australia
ISBN: 9781401938703
Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Poet William Wordsworth expressed the idea that we gradually lose our intimate knowledge of heaven as we grow up, observing that 'our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting' of our previous existence in Spirit. Dr. Wayne W. Dyerand co-authorDee Garneshad often talked about how the ones who know the most about God are those who have just recently been wrapped in the arms of the Divine- our infants and toddlers. In fact, Dee had an interaction with her own young son that convinced her of his acquaintance with our Source if being. Curious about this phenomenon, Wayne and Dee decided to issue an invitation to parents all over the globe to share their experiences. The overwhelming response they received prompted them to put together this book, which includes the most interesting and illuminating of these stories in which boys and girls speak about their remembrances from the time before they were born. Children share their dialogues with God, talk about long-deceased family members they knew while in the dimension of spirit, verify past-life recollections, give evidence that they themselves had a hand in picking their own parents and the timing of their sojourn to Earth, and speak eloquently and accurately of a kind of Divine love that exists beyond this physical realm. This fascinating book encourages all of us, not just parents, to take a much more active role in communicating with our planet's new arrivals . . . and to realise that there is far more to this earthly experience than what we perceive with our five senses.
Memories of Heaven
Author: Wayne Dyer
Publisher: Hay House Australia
ISBN: 9781401938703
Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Poet William Wordsworth expressed the idea that we gradually lose our intimate knowledge of heaven as we grow up, observing that 'our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting' of our previous existence in Spirit. Dr. Wayne W. Dyerand co-authorDee Garneshad often talked about how the ones who know the most about God are those who have just recently been wrapped in the arms of the Divine- our infants and toddlers. In fact, Dee had an interaction with her own young son that convinced her of his acquaintance with our Source if being. Curious about this phenomenon, Wayne and Dee decided to issue an invitation to parents all over the globe to share their experiences. The overwhelming response they received prompted them to put together this book, which includes the most interesting and illuminating of these stories in which boys and girls speak about their remembrances from the time before they were born. Children share their dialogues with God, talk about long-deceased family members they knew while in the dimension of spirit, verify past-life recollections, give evidence that they themselves had a hand in picking their own parents and the timing of their sojourn to Earth, and speak eloquently and accurately of a kind of Divine love that exists beyond this physical realm. This fascinating book encourages all of us, not just parents, to take a much more active role in communicating with our planet's new arrivals . . . and to realise that there is far more to this earthly experience than what we perceive with our five senses.
Publisher: Hay House Australia
ISBN: 9781401938703
Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Poet William Wordsworth expressed the idea that we gradually lose our intimate knowledge of heaven as we grow up, observing that 'our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting' of our previous existence in Spirit. Dr. Wayne W. Dyerand co-authorDee Garneshad often talked about how the ones who know the most about God are those who have just recently been wrapped in the arms of the Divine- our infants and toddlers. In fact, Dee had an interaction with her own young son that convinced her of his acquaintance with our Source if being. Curious about this phenomenon, Wayne and Dee decided to issue an invitation to parents all over the globe to share their experiences. The overwhelming response they received prompted them to put together this book, which includes the most interesting and illuminating of these stories in which boys and girls speak about their remembrances from the time before they were born. Children share their dialogues with God, talk about long-deceased family members they knew while in the dimension of spirit, verify past-life recollections, give evidence that they themselves had a hand in picking their own parents and the timing of their sojourn to Earth, and speak eloquently and accurately of a kind of Divine love that exists beyond this physical realm. This fascinating book encourages all of us, not just parents, to take a much more active role in communicating with our planet's new arrivals . . . and to realise that there is far more to this earthly experience than what we perceive with our five senses.
I Remember Heaven
Author: Jim Hodges
Publisher: Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Jan. 26-Apr. 8, 2007.
Publisher: Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Jan. 26-Apr. 8, 2007.
I Remember Heaven Before Earth, Volume One
Author: Lori Cleopatra Vander
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615453071
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description
Looking for an edgy memoir that appeals to both men and woman? Are you willing to delve into the mysteries of how to view something, anything, in a fresh spotlight, such as religion, philosophy, reincarnation, friendships, history, jealousy, government, conspiracies, crimes, cultures, people, woven into "an awakening" good read? Then the novel, I Remember Heaven Before Earth will most definitely get you "to think." Politics, Hollywood, and Religion expect you to believe only their answers as facts-to belong. However, Philosophy teaches one HOW to think, not what to think. After reading the novel, you, the potential reader of this novel, will indeed feel "zapped" and most inspired to change your life and your view of many subject matters involving government and community, how you need to get involved. The ancient value of astronomy and astrology in a society, as I usher in the Age of Aquarius. Revealed is a need for U.S. government employees to be accountable for their time and confidential careers.When will the FBI retrieve my Royalty checks? That the Vander Laans have illegally obtained from forged power of attorney papers! The connection to Leon Penatti, Petraeus, and Brennan? Answer: The 1990's Atlanta, Georgia, The Gold Club. What Geha organization earns money with bids they collected behind my back to sell me numerous times? Which I was informed of from the Central Intelligence Agency. Jeff Vander Laan of Kent Cement Companies informed me that whistleblowers on U.S. government corruption end up in cement. Al & Nancy Vander Laan informed me that "no U.S. department or police would ever investigate" them or their business, "it's too lucretive for them too." The science of astrology is very important to the American Central Intelligence Agency. In heaven, there are kingdoms. Investigate how money is being hustled out of America to hostile countries and terrorist groups according to the American CIA, via funds from certain school districts & businesses. Why would Prosecutors and Judges misuse their power to silence and scare those with intelligence information in Michigan? Because of their boss? Why would they disobey the U.S. Constitution and Due Process Laws? How can this happen in America? Review the paper trail of evidence that exists-who in the Ingham county criminal justice system ordered a Judge on 12/12/12 (MTPD #12-02462/#12-01740) to destroy my American First Amendment rights-and the big question, why? Within the pages of my novel I share what I remember about a lost war with Rome just over 2000 years ago and what I believe happened to my children when they were found years later with my former Jewish castle servants outside of Egypt. I was already dead by the hands of a Roman. How history was recorded after I died at the powerful direction of the ruling empire of that day, was at Roman discretion. How one was viewed in death, after one died, during the reign of placing value that leaders, rulers, emperors and pharoahs were perceived as god like on earth, would carry through in death and legend within that region of people. What in fact is the truth, might be the truth, could always remain a hidden truth, from your mind accepting the truth, because your mind does not want to process the truth as presented? Therefore, if an investigator cannot fathom "a fact" or "strange horrific theory" as being true. And then worse, he or she will not investigate "the truth and facts." Just as you might not. Then a road block to knowledge has been placed to your knowledge of the truth.Join me in My American Revolution of Truth and American fight against corruption for a simple and peace loving style living. Begin with gathering the facts of cases on my printable Amazon.com author bio pages. Then contact CNN on the True Crime subject matters they have already reported on in conjuction to what I have shared within the pages. Then contact Harvard and Yale Divinity departments for their professional opinion of reality.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615453071
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description
Looking for an edgy memoir that appeals to both men and woman? Are you willing to delve into the mysteries of how to view something, anything, in a fresh spotlight, such as religion, philosophy, reincarnation, friendships, history, jealousy, government, conspiracies, crimes, cultures, people, woven into "an awakening" good read? Then the novel, I Remember Heaven Before Earth will most definitely get you "to think." Politics, Hollywood, and Religion expect you to believe only their answers as facts-to belong. However, Philosophy teaches one HOW to think, not what to think. After reading the novel, you, the potential reader of this novel, will indeed feel "zapped" and most inspired to change your life and your view of many subject matters involving government and community, how you need to get involved. The ancient value of astronomy and astrology in a society, as I usher in the Age of Aquarius. Revealed is a need for U.S. government employees to be accountable for their time and confidential careers.When will the FBI retrieve my Royalty checks? That the Vander Laans have illegally obtained from forged power of attorney papers! The connection to Leon Penatti, Petraeus, and Brennan? Answer: The 1990's Atlanta, Georgia, The Gold Club. What Geha organization earns money with bids they collected behind my back to sell me numerous times? Which I was informed of from the Central Intelligence Agency. Jeff Vander Laan of Kent Cement Companies informed me that whistleblowers on U.S. government corruption end up in cement. Al & Nancy Vander Laan informed me that "no U.S. department or police would ever investigate" them or their business, "it's too lucretive for them too." The science of astrology is very important to the American Central Intelligence Agency. In heaven, there are kingdoms. Investigate how money is being hustled out of America to hostile countries and terrorist groups according to the American CIA, via funds from certain school districts & businesses. Why would Prosecutors and Judges misuse their power to silence and scare those with intelligence information in Michigan? Because of their boss? Why would they disobey the U.S. Constitution and Due Process Laws? How can this happen in America? Review the paper trail of evidence that exists-who in the Ingham county criminal justice system ordered a Judge on 12/12/12 (MTPD #12-02462/#12-01740) to destroy my American First Amendment rights-and the big question, why? Within the pages of my novel I share what I remember about a lost war with Rome just over 2000 years ago and what I believe happened to my children when they were found years later with my former Jewish castle servants outside of Egypt. I was already dead by the hands of a Roman. How history was recorded after I died at the powerful direction of the ruling empire of that day, was at Roman discretion. How one was viewed in death, after one died, during the reign of placing value that leaders, rulers, emperors and pharoahs were perceived as god like on earth, would carry through in death and legend within that region of people. What in fact is the truth, might be the truth, could always remain a hidden truth, from your mind accepting the truth, because your mind does not want to process the truth as presented? Therefore, if an investigator cannot fathom "a fact" or "strange horrific theory" as being true. And then worse, he or she will not investigate "the truth and facts." Just as you might not. Then a road block to knowledge has been placed to your knowledge of the truth.Join me in My American Revolution of Truth and American fight against corruption for a simple and peace loving style living. Begin with gathering the facts of cases on my printable Amazon.com author bio pages. Then contact CNN on the True Crime subject matters they have already reported on in conjuction to what I have shared within the pages. Then contact Harvard and Yale Divinity departments for their professional opinion of reality.
Heaven
Author: Randy Alcorn
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 1414345674
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Over 1 Million Copies Sold! Have you ever wondered . . . ? What is Heaven really going to be like? What will we look like? What will we do every day? Won’t Heaven get boring after a while? We all have questions about what Heaven will be like, and after twenty-five years of extensive research, Dr. Randy Alcorn has the answers. In the most comprehensive and definitive book on Heaven to date, Randy invites you to picture Heaven the way Scripture describes it—a bright, vibrant, and physical New Earth, free from sin, suffering, and death, and brimming with Christ’s presence, wondrous natural beauty, and the richness of human culture as God intended it. This is a book about real people with real bodies enjoying close relationships with God and each other, eating, drinking, working, playing, traveling, worshiping, and discovering on a New Earth. Earth as God created it. Earth as he intended it to be. The next time you hear someone say, “We can’t begin to image what Heaven will be like,” you’ll be able to tell them, “I can.” “Other than the Bible itself, this may well be the single most life-changing book you’ll ever read.” —Stu Weber “This is the best book on Heaven I’ve ever read.” —Rick Warren “Randy Alcorn’s thorough mind and careful pen have produced a treasury about Heaven that will inform my own writing for years to come.” —Jerry B. Jenkins “Randy does an awesome job of answering people’s toughest questions about what lies on the other side of death.” —Joni Eareckson Tada About the Author Randy Alcorn is an author and the founder and director of Eternal Perspective Ministries, a nonprofit ministry dedicated to teaching principles of God’s Word and assisting the church in ministering to unreached, unfed, unborn, uneducated, unreconciled, and unsupported people around the world. A New York Times bestselling author of over 50 books, including Heaven, The Treasure Principle, If God Is Good, Happiness, and the award-winning novel Safely Home, his books sold exceed eleven million copies and have been translated into over seventy languages.
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 1414345674
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Over 1 Million Copies Sold! Have you ever wondered . . . ? What is Heaven really going to be like? What will we look like? What will we do every day? Won’t Heaven get boring after a while? We all have questions about what Heaven will be like, and after twenty-five years of extensive research, Dr. Randy Alcorn has the answers. In the most comprehensive and definitive book on Heaven to date, Randy invites you to picture Heaven the way Scripture describes it—a bright, vibrant, and physical New Earth, free from sin, suffering, and death, and brimming with Christ’s presence, wondrous natural beauty, and the richness of human culture as God intended it. This is a book about real people with real bodies enjoying close relationships with God and each other, eating, drinking, working, playing, traveling, worshiping, and discovering on a New Earth. Earth as God created it. Earth as he intended it to be. The next time you hear someone say, “We can’t begin to image what Heaven will be like,” you’ll be able to tell them, “I can.” “Other than the Bible itself, this may well be the single most life-changing book you’ll ever read.” —Stu Weber “This is the best book on Heaven I’ve ever read.” —Rick Warren “Randy Alcorn’s thorough mind and careful pen have produced a treasury about Heaven that will inform my own writing for years to come.” —Jerry B. Jenkins “Randy does an awesome job of answering people’s toughest questions about what lies on the other side of death.” —Joni Eareckson Tada About the Author Randy Alcorn is an author and the founder and director of Eternal Perspective Ministries, a nonprofit ministry dedicated to teaching principles of God’s Word and assisting the church in ministering to unreached, unfed, unborn, uneducated, unreconciled, and unsupported people around the world. A New York Times bestselling author of over 50 books, including Heaven, The Treasure Principle, If God Is Good, Happiness, and the award-winning novel Safely Home, his books sold exceed eleven million copies and have been translated into over seventy languages.
Imagine Heaven
Author: John Burke
Publisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 1493400517
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
It's obvious from the bookshelves and the big screen that heaven is on everyone's mind. All of us long to know what life after death will be like. Bestselling author John Burke is no exception. For decades, he has been studying accounts of people who have had near-death experiences (NDEs). While not every detail of individual NDEs correlate with Scripture, Burke shows how the common experiences shared by thousands of survivors clearly point to the God of the Bible and the exhilarating picture of heaven he promises. Imagine Heaven is an inspirational journey through the Bible's picture of heaven, colored in with the real-life stories of heaven's wonders. Burke compares gripping stories of NDEs to what Scripture says about our biggest questions of heaven: Will I be myself? Will I see friends and loved ones? What will it look like? What is God like? What will we do forever? What about children and pets? This book will propel readers into an experience that will forever change their view of the life to come and the way they live life today. It also tackles the tough questions of heavenly reward and hellish NDEs. Anyone interested in NDEs or longing to imagine heaven more clearly will enjoy this fascinating and hope-filled book.
Publisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 1493400517
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
It's obvious from the bookshelves and the big screen that heaven is on everyone's mind. All of us long to know what life after death will be like. Bestselling author John Burke is no exception. For decades, he has been studying accounts of people who have had near-death experiences (NDEs). While not every detail of individual NDEs correlate with Scripture, Burke shows how the common experiences shared by thousands of survivors clearly point to the God of the Bible and the exhilarating picture of heaven he promises. Imagine Heaven is an inspirational journey through the Bible's picture of heaven, colored in with the real-life stories of heaven's wonders. Burke compares gripping stories of NDEs to what Scripture says about our biggest questions of heaven: Will I be myself? Will I see friends and loved ones? What will it look like? What is God like? What will we do forever? What about children and pets? This book will propel readers into an experience that will forever change their view of the life to come and the way they live life today. It also tackles the tough questions of heavenly reward and hellish NDEs. Anyone interested in NDEs or longing to imagine heaven more clearly will enjoy this fascinating and hope-filled book.
Cosmic Cradle, Revised Edition
Author: Elizabeth M. Carman
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 1583945709
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
This fascinating exploration of pre-birth consciousness—with over 200 real-life case studies—reveals we do make decisions about the families and circumstances into which we’re born. An affirming and inspirational read for parents and grandparents, regression therapists and spiritual counselors, and anyone interested in near-death experiences. Where was your soul before you were born? If your soul is immortal, did it have a “life” prior to birth? Did you choose your life and parents? Is reincarnation real? Elizabeth and Neil Carman, the authors of Cosmic Cradle, address these questions through interviews with adults and children who report pre-birth experiences (PBEs) not based on regression, hypnosis, or drugs. Instead, interviewees recall their pre-birth existence completely sober and awake. In contrast to near-death experiences (NDEs), which have been well documented to show us what the soul experiences after death, PBEs throw light upon our lives before birth. People with NDEs sense that they “return home” when their spirits cross to the other side. What is the nature of this place we “return” to? PBEs suggest that we come from the same place we return to: we come from the Light and return to the Light. The same eternal "you" progresses through life before life, human life, and life after death. This new edition of Cosmic Cradle explores your soul’s journey into your mother’s womb—where your soul comes from, the origin and purpose of your life, and the process by which you entered an earthly body. In pre-birth communications, parents meet a soul seeking to cross over from the heavenly realm to human birth. Persons with pre-birth memories recall existence in a luminous world before birth, in which they preview the upcoming life with a Divine Planner, and recall how they journeyed to their mothers’ wombs.
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 1583945709
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
This fascinating exploration of pre-birth consciousness—with over 200 real-life case studies—reveals we do make decisions about the families and circumstances into which we’re born. An affirming and inspirational read for parents and grandparents, regression therapists and spiritual counselors, and anyone interested in near-death experiences. Where was your soul before you were born? If your soul is immortal, did it have a “life” prior to birth? Did you choose your life and parents? Is reincarnation real? Elizabeth and Neil Carman, the authors of Cosmic Cradle, address these questions through interviews with adults and children who report pre-birth experiences (PBEs) not based on regression, hypnosis, or drugs. Instead, interviewees recall their pre-birth existence completely sober and awake. In contrast to near-death experiences (NDEs), which have been well documented to show us what the soul experiences after death, PBEs throw light upon our lives before birth. People with NDEs sense that they “return home” when their spirits cross to the other side. What is the nature of this place we “return” to? PBEs suggest that we come from the same place we return to: we come from the Light and return to the Light. The same eternal "you" progresses through life before life, human life, and life after death. This new edition of Cosmic Cradle explores your soul’s journey into your mother’s womb—where your soul comes from, the origin and purpose of your life, and the process by which you entered an earthly body. In pre-birth communications, parents meet a soul seeking to cross over from the heavenly realm to human birth. Persons with pre-birth memories recall existence in a luminous world before birth, in which they preview the upcoming life with a Divine Planner, and recall how they journeyed to their mothers’ wombs.
Waking Up in Heaven
Author: Crystal McVea
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476735859
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Recounts the story of a young mother who underwent an intense near-death experience after she became unresponsive during a medical emergency, as she discusses the hardships of her past and the impact of the experience on her life.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476735859
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Recounts the story of a young mother who underwent an intense near-death experience after she became unresponsive during a medical emergency, as she discusses the hardships of her past and the impact of the experience on her life.
A Step from Heaven
Author: An Na
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481442368
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Originally published: Alpine, Texas: Front Street Press, 2001.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481442368
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Originally published: Alpine, Texas: Front Street Press, 2001.
a Heaven is for Real Deluxe Edition
Author: Todd Burpo
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 0849949203
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
#1 New York Times bestseller with more than 11 million copies sold! When 4-year-old Colton Burpo emerges from life-saving surgery with remarkable stories of his visit to heaven, his family doesn’t know what to believe. Heaven is For Real details what Colton saw and his family’s journey towards accepting their young son had visited the afterlife. “Do you remember the hospital, Colton?” Sonja said. “Yes, mommy, I remember,” he said. “That’s where the angels sang to me.” Colton told his parents he left his body during an emergency surgery–and proved that claim by describing exactly what his parents were doing in another part of the hospital during his operation. He talked of visiting heaven and described events that happened before he was born and how he spoke with family members he’d never met. Colton also astonished his parents with descriptions and obscure details about heaven that matched the Bible exactly, even though he had not yet learned to read. With disarming innocence and the plainspoken boldness of a child, Colton recounts his visit to heaven, describing: Meeting long-departed family members Jesus, the angels, how “really, really big” God is, and how much God loves us How Jesus called Todd, Colton’s father, to be a pastor The Battle of Armageddon Retold by his father, but using Colton’s uniquely simple words, Heaven Is for Real offers a glimpse of the world that awaits us, where as Colton says, “Nobody is old and nobody wears glasses.” Heaven Is for Real will forever change the way you think of eternity, offering the chance to see, and believe, like a child. Praise for Heaven is for Real: “A beautifully written glimpse into heaven that will encourage those who doubt and thrill those who believe.” —Ron Hall, coauthor of Same Kind of Different as Me
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 0849949203
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
#1 New York Times bestseller with more than 11 million copies sold! When 4-year-old Colton Burpo emerges from life-saving surgery with remarkable stories of his visit to heaven, his family doesn’t know what to believe. Heaven is For Real details what Colton saw and his family’s journey towards accepting their young son had visited the afterlife. “Do you remember the hospital, Colton?” Sonja said. “Yes, mommy, I remember,” he said. “That’s where the angels sang to me.” Colton told his parents he left his body during an emergency surgery–and proved that claim by describing exactly what his parents were doing in another part of the hospital during his operation. He talked of visiting heaven and described events that happened before he was born and how he spoke with family members he’d never met. Colton also astonished his parents with descriptions and obscure details about heaven that matched the Bible exactly, even though he had not yet learned to read. With disarming innocence and the plainspoken boldness of a child, Colton recounts his visit to heaven, describing: Meeting long-departed family members Jesus, the angels, how “really, really big” God is, and how much God loves us How Jesus called Todd, Colton’s father, to be a pastor The Battle of Armageddon Retold by his father, but using Colton’s uniquely simple words, Heaven Is for Real offers a glimpse of the world that awaits us, where as Colton says, “Nobody is old and nobody wears glasses.” Heaven Is for Real will forever change the way you think of eternity, offering the chance to see, and believe, like a child. Praise for Heaven is for Real: “A beautifully written glimpse into heaven that will encourage those who doubt and thrill those who believe.” —Ron Hall, coauthor of Same Kind of Different as Me
Up to Heaven and Down to Hell
Author: Colin Jerolmack
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691220263
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A riveting portrait of a rural Pennsylvania town at the center of the fracking controversy Shale gas extraction—commonly known as fracking—is often portrayed as an energy revolution that will transform the American economy and geopolitics. But in greater Williamsport, Pennsylvania, fracking is personal. Up to Heaven and Down to Hell is a vivid and sometimes heartbreaking account of what happens when one of the most momentous decisions about the well-being of our communities and our planet—whether or not to extract shale gas and oil from the very land beneath our feet—is largely a private choice that millions of ordinary people make without the public's consent. The United States is the only country in the world where property rights commonly extend "up to heaven and down to hell," which means that landowners have the exclusive right to lease their subsurface mineral estates to petroleum companies. Colin Jerolmack spent eight months living with rural communities outside of Williamsport as they confronted the tension between property rights and the commonwealth. In this deeply intimate book, he reveals how the decision to lease brings financial rewards but can also cause irreparable harm to neighbors, to communal resources like air and water, and even to oneself. Up to Heaven and Down to Hell casts America’s ideas about freedom and property rights in a troubling new light, revealing how your personal choices can undermine your neighbors’ liberty, and how the exercise of individual rights can bring unintended environmental consequences for us all.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691220263
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A riveting portrait of a rural Pennsylvania town at the center of the fracking controversy Shale gas extraction—commonly known as fracking—is often portrayed as an energy revolution that will transform the American economy and geopolitics. But in greater Williamsport, Pennsylvania, fracking is personal. Up to Heaven and Down to Hell is a vivid and sometimes heartbreaking account of what happens when one of the most momentous decisions about the well-being of our communities and our planet—whether or not to extract shale gas and oil from the very land beneath our feet—is largely a private choice that millions of ordinary people make without the public's consent. The United States is the only country in the world where property rights commonly extend "up to heaven and down to hell," which means that landowners have the exclusive right to lease their subsurface mineral estates to petroleum companies. Colin Jerolmack spent eight months living with rural communities outside of Williamsport as they confronted the tension between property rights and the commonwealth. In this deeply intimate book, he reveals how the decision to lease brings financial rewards but can also cause irreparable harm to neighbors, to communal resources like air and water, and even to oneself. Up to Heaven and Down to Hell casts America’s ideas about freedom and property rights in a troubling new light, revealing how your personal choices can undermine your neighbors’ liberty, and how the exercise of individual rights can bring unintended environmental consequences for us all.