Spiritual medium, healer and teacher Rosemary Altea touched the lives of millions with her New York Times bestseller The Eagle and the Rose. In this classic work, Altea described how she discovered her gift and recounted the miraculous experiences she had in her early years of connecting the living with the dead. In A Matter of Life and Death, Rosemary shares inspiring new stories of working with her spirit guide, Grey Eagle, to help sick and grief-stricken people heal, recognize their true path in life, and find peace in reunion with departed loved ones. She also illuminates the concept of "continuous habitual spirituality"--living our faith each day in the countless acts of love and belief that challenge the idea that we are "only human."

Even as the world has come to accept‹even revere‹those who have the ability to communicate with the dead with television shows such as ³The Medium² and ³Ghost Whisperer² high in the ratings, in recent years Rosemary Altea has had to struggle to realize the transformational power of her work. From defending her integrity as a medium in a vicious lawsuit played out in U.S. Courts, to struggling with the loss of a friend who was very close to her heart, A Matter of Life and Death details a new chapter in Altea¹s rich personal history at the same time as it recounts story after story of awe-inspiring encounters with the spirit world‹encounters that will amaze and inspire Altea¹s millions of fans.

Born and raised in England, Rosemary Altea heard voices and saw visions of people who had died from the time she was a young girl. Feeling threatened by her mother, the young Rosemary kept silent about the strange, menacing faces she saw in the dark. In the 1970's, in her mid-thirties with a ten-year-old daughter, Rosemary was abandoned by her husband. Near rock bottom, Rosemary began to nurture her spiritual gifts. Rosemary says it was her spirit guide, Grey Eagle, who advised her to publish her first book, The Eagle and the Rose , which went on to become a New York Times bestseller.