| Have you ever felt cold in the nape, your hair standing | | | | reality of spirit existence, I hope that the compilation will |
| up for no apparent reason at all? Have you ever | | | | serve as an eye-opener so that they can gain |
| experienced hearing somebody call out your name, | | | | inspiration from it. |
| and then when you look behind you, no one is around? | | | | The collection also lets people know what the Spirit |
| How about hearing sounds, smelling unusual fragrances | | | | Questors actually do, and why they do it. It is hoped |
| and seeing shadows out of the corner of your eyes, | | | | that readers will be able to use the book as a starting |
| or even feeling like you're being watched? | | | | point for developing themselves. |
| I have. | | | | The book, Quests Beyond Existence, was developed |
| And it all started when I was just seven years of age, | | | | as a sequel to Stories of the Moon, a book about the |
| or more than three decades ago. Back then, my | | | | paranormal world published in 2001 with Tony Perez |
| so-called "figments of the imagination" seemed just as | | | | and Dion Fernandez. Prior to finally getting printed this |
| real as fantasy heroes and disney characters. But | | | | year, I had to grapple with numerous difficulties with the |
| were they really just a "figment of my | | | | manuscript — for a time, it seemed like the book |
| imagination" — or a reality? | | | | would avoid final publication. |
| When I got involved with Tony Perez and the "Spirit | | | | But now it's here. Quests Beyond Existence provides |
| Questors," the group he helped establish, I soon learned | | | | an intimate recounting of spirit quests and similar |
| that they were called extra-sensory perceptions or | | | | paranormal phenomena that I have personally |
| ESP. And as fate has would have it, I met a friend | | | | encountered. It tells the stories of people who, like me, |
| who showed me the doorway to the paranormal. | | | | have been reluctant to share their and special |
| I asked for help, and was given the opportunity to learn | | | | experiences. Often, people ask me about the world |
| firsthand from the activities of the Questors. With a | | | | beyond and how it relates to this present realm of |
| systematic way of training and education with the | | | | existence. This compilation contains stories that can be |
| Spirit Questors, I started to understand my | | | | viewed from various points of views, interpreted from |
| experiences. I met people who, like me, were also | | | | both the physical and spiritual level of relationship. It |
| experiencing what others call hallucinations. Our | | | | goes beyond common level of understanding, and |
| intimate realities became intertwined with the realities | | | | asks readers to introspectively review their level of |
| of the other world. We've learned to switch it on and | | | | existence while looking at a broader perspective of |
| off. And instead of going insane, we became more | | | | human existence. |
| human and sane. | | | | Most of the information presented in the book was |
| In time, I was given the privilege of being the group's | | | | told to us by others from their own encounters; some |
| records keeper. I became privy to a vast array of | | | | of the ideas are incorporated into stories about a |
| information, especially the knowledge and skills I | | | | deceased relative or friend, woven into cultural and |
| developed whenever the group did what they call | | | | traditional myths. There is also a touch of faith-based |
| "spirit questing." Through these duties, I was able to | | | | perspective, which can be viewed either from the point |
| amass a book — more like a personal journal of | | | | of view of the living or the non-living. |
| sorts — that I would like to share with others who, | | | | Of all the stories presented in the book, I had been |
| like me before, might have a hard time understanding | | | | touched deeply by the way the living can be freed and |
| what their "little figments of imagination" really are all | | | | liberated from the bounds of the limited physical realm |
| about. | | | | by the actions and thoughts of a deceased relative or |
| By writing a book about the personal experiences I | | | | friend. It forces me to pose a question: Which of us |
| have had, I hope to help make sense of the | | | | are really earthbound, the living or the deceased? It's a |
| experiences of others. Through my personal quests, I | | | | truly philosophical query that depends on one's point of |
| would like to be able to guide others like me in their | | | | view. The stories in Quests Beyond Existence actually |
| own personal journeys. For those who question the | | | | speak to anyone with an eye for a unique adventure. |