[.ca] Marilyn Monroe Returns: The Healing of a Soul (ISBN 1571744843)

Enlightening:
The book Marilyn Monroe Returns: The Healing of a Soul is a very convincing book done by a world known scientist about the reincarnation of a celebrity, in this case, my personal favorite, Marilyn Monroe It comes across as a scientifically documented and has a large body of evidence.The book gives the reader quite a fascinating opportunity to investigate the truth of Marilyn's tragic life and her most successful career, and it involves some past-life regressions through hypnosis on the reincarnation subject, Sherri Laird. A completely new angle than any other Marilyn book I've read. there are many similarities presented in some color and black photos, between Marilyn and Sherrie in the center of the book, and I see some striking similar qualities there. plenty of synchronicities lean toward evidence that Sherri is the reincarnation Marilyn. It is a mysterious and captivating journey, about a pop singer and mother,of a girl, who happens they say to be Marilyn's mother!!. It is one of the best reads I've had as a die hard Marilyn fan! I've longed for her to be reincarnated and have thought of it for the last 22 years. This book also gives a message to mankind not only about the truth of reincarnation and past-life therapy as a personal therapeutic tool as I think it should be seriously considered by the medical profession on a regular basis for everyman. so it comes out to me that the underlying theme of this book, is the truth of reincarnation and what it means to the rest of the world. The doctor and author of this book said "We have each of us walked in the shoes of people of every race, nationality, creed, and gender--rich and poor and that we only kill and bomb ourselves and the GOD in each of us" which I particularly agree with. so from a spiritual perspective, I enjoyed the book and plan to share or buy a copy for friends and family as I enjoyed having the book to go back to. I would like to have had more pictures perhaps of Gladys Baker and Marilyn even together and compare with Sherri and her own daughter,but that's just wishful thinking on my part as a Marilyn fan. Thank you for reading my review! I thought it was excellent and don't regret ordering it.

still reading it. love it so far:
i've been reading the book since yesterday. so far i didn't put it down and have to know the outcome. there's so much more i want to know and will have to search out the record of sherri singing like marilyn. i really like the book and would recomend it to marilyn fans world around. i give it an a+. thankyou

Even for someone who believes in reincarnation, this is a bit of a stretch....:
This is an interesting read, but I'm certainly not convinced....I do happen to believe in past lives and reincarnation, and have had that interest for many years, having read many astounding books on the subject. Add to that the fact I'm also a fairly knowledgeable fan of MM's (if having a collection of over 55 books which I've read, some several times, about Miss Monroe, her films and life, and a collection of MM items, some owned or worn by MM, which is pretty wide-range, qualifies). OK; so I'm an avid fan. She was a beautiful, fascinating woman and I've long been interested in her personality, thoughts and trying to figure out why she was and is so fascinating. In this book, some of the statements made and supposably 'confirmed' in the past life regression transcripts just don't quite ring true to my inquisitive mind. Little details, but telling. There's nothing in here that a biography of Miss Monroe's cannot provide as fodder for the regressions, and the main outside source, claimed by the author as confirming that Sherrie and Marilyn are one and the same (Ted Jordan) is hardly one of the most highly-regarded Marilyn Monroe confidants. I do feel that perhaps the regressionist actually believes the subject's statements and perhaps she (the subject, Sherrie) believes them, as well. Problem is that it's just way too easy to simulate and imitate MM's interests and, to cite one example, the oft-repeated inferance that popping pills and champagne together is a 'hit' as to accuracy of MM's reincarnation....well, I am not convinced. This book is an interesting read, but definitely take it with a grain of salt, as they say. If Sherrie is 'channelling' Marilyn (which is denied in the book), well, there are still some problems with the information as presented under the transcripts of the regressions. Like giving the wrong name of the character Marilyn Monroe played in Millionaire; wrong age at making of River of No Return, etc. This book reads more like a mean possession than a reincarnation. Also there is noticably a lot of 'leading the witness' in the transcripts. Additionally, it is troubling that the writer attempts to justify not being able to regress Sherrie's daughter, who they claim is a reincarnation of Gladys Baker (Norma Jean's mother) because she was 'crazy.' Photographs show some similarities between Sherrie (the subject) and Marilyn's features, but frankly a lot of women over the years have worked to emulate Marilyn's look. It's pretty easy to tell the difference between Marilyn's photos and those of Sherrie's which sometimes look staged to emulate her. The similarities were interesting but not all that remarkable and hardly conclusive. If you look at photographs of actress Poppy Montgomery--well, there you will see a definite resemblance. And, a lot of type is spent in this book claiming that biometrics allow for one to reincarnate looking quite similar to a past life. Hmmmm. With some of us, it takes a little help from Miss Clairol, as well. I gave this book a rating of 2 stars for 'average.' Perhaps I was too kind in some respects. I got the distinct feeling that the reincarnate Sherrie did not care much for Marilyn. There was a lot of focus on MM versus the individual, Norma Jean, as well, which I wondered at. At times there is a tone of hysteria which is probably supposed to emulate MM's mindset. It gets a little overblown at times. Of course, this reincarnation claim also then contradicts statements by such well-known psychics as Sylvia Browne, who has stated in one of her books that she made contact with Marilyn's spirit at her (MM's) home in Brentwood...must be a little hard to speak to a spirit in one place if she's already reincarnated in Scotland (no less!), in order to move to Canada....