Quoting Michael E. Tymn, Vice-President, Academy of Spirituality and Paranormal Studies, Inc. about this book:Many people blame others for their maladies, mishaps, and miseries. Sometimes they blame God. But students of reincarnation and karma come to realize that we, in our pre-birth soul condition, often plan our own misfortunes as a means of evolving spiritually from lifetime to lifetime in our march toward the Godhead. That's the crux of this intriguing book.Author Miriam Bostwick, a trance medium, collected stories from some 90 spirit healers and teachers, most of them telling about how various afflictions, including a number of dreaded physical and mental disorders, during their most recent life times helped them work out their karma and progress in their spiritual journeys. After dying, they did not find themselves in the humdrum heaven or horrific hell of orthodox religion, but rather they found themselves examining their earthly lives, continuing to learn on the Other Side, and sometimes preparing for a return trip.