bestselling author of more than 30 published books, including Write From the Heart and The Lens of Perception I feel that Annie needed to write this book not only to get her brothers word out there, but also to maybe help someone else who maybe struggling with the loss of a loved one and will find some comfort by reading Billy's story. Everyone that reads this book, will have their own interpretation of what he is telling her, but if it brings some sort of peace to someone, then it will have helped. I received this book from the Goodreads giveaway books. I just finished reading it and usually after reading a book, I automatically write a review while it is still fresh in my mind. I took a little bit after finishing this book to think about what I had read. First I must say, it was a very easy read as I read it in one sitting. Second, I enjoy reading books like this because as humans, we are always curious about the afterlife and question if there is one, where do we go when we die, do we go directly to heaven, remain on a plane before going to heaven, etc., etc., etc. The Afterlife of Billy Fingers is an extraordinary example of extended after-death communication. It's one of the most powerful, liberating and healing books on 'life after death' I've ever read. - Barry Guggenheim, Author of 'Hello From Heaven'

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After ten years as a songwriter and performer Annie returned to college, graduating with honours and became a Doctor of Chiropractic with a successful private practice on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Have you ever heard a story that purports to be true, yet you have a nagging hesitation to believe it, despite recognising your deep desire that it be true? Annie Kagan began writing songs at the age of fourteen. At fifteen she was signed by a producer from Columbia Records. At sixteen she was performing in New York City cafes and clubs. As I was reading I started to receive signs of my own. I too lost someone close to me who struggled with addiction. Like Annie I fought so hard to save him when he couldn't be saved. At first I thought the book was too over the top for me, even though I have gotten visits before, these entire and persistent conversations seemed too good to be true. After reading the first several chapters I said out loud, "This book is bullshit. Zach (my friend that passed) if this is for real give me a sign right now". For whatever reason I decided to continue reading even though I was skeptical and wasn't yet connecting with the book. The very next words I read were about how Billy couldn't be saved and that Annie shouldn't worry about what everyone thought about her, being an enabler, stupid, etc. when it came to her trying to save him. These were the exact thoughts/emotions I had struggled with since my own loss. It was the sign I needed to continue reading and start believing.In The Afterlife of Billy Fingers: How My Bad-Boy Brother Proved to Me There’s Life After Death, Kagan shares the extraordinary story of her after death communications (ADC) with her brother Billy, who began speaking to her just weeks after his unexpected death. Billy Cohen, her beloved older brother, disappeared early from her life yet they maintained a tenuous connection. Annie tells of her brother’s many adventures in various countries, including the drug addiction that in the end leads to his death. Later it becomes clear that Billy’s death was a planned transition that he was aware of in earlier, lucid moments. Compare with Michael’s carefully staged demise in Robert Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land or Donald Shimoda’s death in Richard Bach’s Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah. The reader is left asking whether Kagan simply imagined Billy's monologues, or if Kagan is a manipulator exploiting human grief and fear to make money and achieve guru status. I do not believe we are to know all the answers to the afterlife and what happens when we die. We are know what we know, no more, no less. People that go through life, not believing are truly missing out on living. The Afterlife of Billy Fingers is an extraordinary example of extended after-death communication. It’s one of the most powerful, liberating, and healing books on life after death I’ve ever read. In fact, you may have a spiritual experience while reading it that will transform your beliefs about life, death, and the afterlife. I cannot recommend this luminous book highly enough.”– Bill Guggenheim, bestselling co-author of Hello From Heaven!, Publisher’s Marketplace

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Let Billy Fingers take you on a journey to the world which awaits you when you leave this earthly shell. Through Billy's sister Annie, he takes YOU on a voyage between the realm of possibilities and gives you a glimpse of how life in the spirit world is lived. The time has come to familiarize yourself with the amazing world of Spirit and Billy is your perfect guide." ?James Van Praagh, author of Talking to Heaven and Ghosts Among Us In "The Afterlife of Billy Fingers" Annie Kagan, a Manhattan chiropractor and songwriter, claims that her dead brother, William Cohen, a 62 year old recovering heroin addict and ex-con who was killed in a drunken car accident, explains the mysteries of the universe. Don't be overly concerned about how you look in the eyes of others. People will pretty much see you as they will. Play your part in the cosmic drama, but never forget, baby, that you choose the way you see yourself. Don't let others do the casting.” a work of transcendent wisdom, irreverent humour and sublime beauty. - Mirabi Starr, author of 'Dark Night of the Soul' ANNIE KAGAN: “In this Afterlife TV conversation, Annie Kagan shares her brother Billy’s amazing experience in the spirit world. It all began about 3 weeks after Billy passed. Annie woke up one morning to find that her brother was talking to her from the other side. Not being a medium, Annie was as surprised as any of us would be and wondered if it was all real. Brother Billy Fingers gave Annie evidence to show her that these conversations she was having with him were real. He also gave her evidence to show her that there really is an afterlife. Moreover, Billy told Annie what his experience is like in the spirit world, much of which was pleasantly surprising and comforting to Annie. Annie shares all of this and more with us in this fascinating episode.The bulk of Billy's verbiage is directed to Kagan and their bruised and bruising relationship. She worshipped and tried to save him; he resented her, ignored her, and let her down. Suddenly he's in heaven and she's all he's got time for. There are passages that read almost as incestuous. Billy refers to Kagan as "my darling." "Who but you could I tell my secrets to, my darling?" I believe all this as Kagan working out her issues. Some endings are happier, some not so happy, but it's not just the happiness percentage that matters. It's the music of it. Most people's lives don't have enough music. I was” As I was reading I started to receive signs of my own. I too lost someone close to me who struggled with addiction. Like Annie I fought so hard to save

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The Afterlife of Billy Fingers is one of the best books I’ve read on the subject of life after death. Part of the book’s premise is Annie’s questioning whether her communication with Billy is real or her own craziness, and that mystery keeps us reading and seeking answers. We want to find out for ourselves what the source of this communication really is. Along the way, what Billy tells Annie is inspiring, enlightening, and insightful. Hal Zina Bennett Kagan claims that Billy, as she calls her late brother, provided proof to her that his presence was real. For example, Billy communicates cryptic information to Kagan like "Give Tex a coin" and "There is no sunshine without the sun" and "Take Bach flower remedies." Later, Kagan claims, these cryptic sentences came to have great meaning. This meaning convinced Kagan that she wasn't merely imagining that her dead brother was speaking to her; he really was. Annie returned to songwriting, collaborating with Grammy and Emmy award-winning producer Brian Keane. Brian's high regard for her lyrcis inspired Annie to join a writers' workshop. While Annie was writing her first novel, her brother Billy died unexpectedly and began speaking to her from the afterlife. The Afterlife of Billy Fingers isn't going to appeal to everyone. If you don't believe that communications from beyond the grave are possible, I'd suggest passing on this book. And, towards the end of Billy's travels into the afterlife, things get really far out as he lets go of his previous self and becomes the universe, embodying the entirety of reality. It reminded me of Be Here Now by Ram Dass, hippie to the extreme. But, that's the type of spirituality I'm into, so I loved it.Another of the Be Here Now moments: "In your world, as the earth moves around the sun, there's nothing but shadow for a good part of the time. The mystery of life on earth cannot exist without the shadow element. You cannot have the sea without storms, the earth without quakes, the wind without tornados. ... And sometimes- sometimes darkness is okay too. Don't overlook the riches contained in the darkness. Life's very temporary, so don't let time just pass. Let the moments fill you- the ones you judge to be good as well as bad." pg 77, ebook. Solid advice. Your eyes can't see the light directly, only the things it shines upon, so the light remains invisible, just like the soul does.” I believe many people may consider this e fictional, rather than a real, description. There is a Spanish saying: "Yo no creo en brujas, pero que las hay, las hay!" ("I do not believe in Witches, but that they exist, they do!")a funny saying that I always interpreted as meaning: often, we ignore what is the truth, but there is so much under our noses which reveals itself to our astonishment, why not keep an open mind?

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Billy’s ongoing after-death communications take his sister on an unprecedented journey into the bliss and wonder of life beyond death. Billy’s profound, detailed description of the mystical realms he traverses, the Beings of Light that await him, and the wisdom he receives take the reader beyond the near-death experience. Billy is, indeed, as Dr. Raymond Moody points out in his foreword, explaining the phenomena we’ve known about since ancient times, an afterworld walker. Parts of the book read like an ayahuasca trip; I've consumed ayahuasca dozens of times (reminds me about the part in the book where he drinks the divine nectar) and much of my memories from the ceremonies resemble the love and truth that Billy described. I loved my aya ceremonies and hope to experience the vast bliss that I feel we will all return to at some point in our eternal journey. I recommend this book to anyone who feels low about making certain decisions and perhaps if you're burdened by cumbersome beliefs of a punishing God, maybe it's time that you reflect on if you've been taught those beliefs and if they serve you. These sort of uncivilized and low vibrational beliefs have long plagued mankind and have been a mechanism used to control others by using fear to scare others into adhering to a way of life. I love Jesus, and I am very much into Buddha and other teachers; I recognize how blatantly obvious it is that this sort of manipulation has been going on for so long, causing vast amounts of human suffering. Religion is dangerous and needs to be discarded for humanity to achieve peace and harmony; spiritualism is an entirely different thing that doesn't involve fracturing the human race into groups who make promises of 'the only way to heaven'. Being spiritual allows one to embrace all the amazing regional spiritual figures and cooperate with others without severing the fundamental bonds we inherently all poses. Greek philosophers even had a name for the people who somehow suspended between this life and the next life, “walkers between the worlds.” Dr. Kagan’s thought-provoking account is an excellent example.”– Raymond Moody, M.D., Ph.D., bestselling author of twelve books including Life After Life–which has sold over 13 million copies world wide. Beliefs are big on earth. People collect them. Some of these beliefs are helpful, but others just keep you running around trying to follow rules that others have laid down. They don't have a lot of personal meaning. It's a good idea to sort through your beliefs now and then and throw out the ones that don't serve you.”

If there's one thing worth doing on your planet, it's discovering self-love. I say “discovering” instead of “learning” because learning implies you're starting from zero; but the truth is, you already love yourself. When you're born, when the amnesia happens, you forget your magnificence, and think you have to earn the right to be loved. How can you earn what already belongs to you?” I have to add, when I finished the book, I opened my Facebook and the first post I saw from a friend started with, WOW! I LOVE this book! Congratulations to Annie Kagan and her brother for accomplishing their Mission and creating the most extraordinary book I’ve read in a long time!