Amazon Book Description
- In December 1943, 20-year-old Army private George Ritchie died of pneumonia. Nine minutes later, he came back profoundly changed. In Ordered to Return, Ritchie briefly retells the story of that strange experience and then tells what happened later, including the real miracles that he has seen in his years of practice as a physician and psychiatrist.
- George Ritchie's gripping account of his near-death experience and subsequent spiritual transformation is the best such book in print. Dr. Ritchie is the finest man I've ever known, and I urge everyone who is interested in the extraordinary visions of the dying to read Ordered to Return.
→ Raymond A. Moody, PhD, MD, author of "Moody (Raymond A.) - Life After Life"
- George G. Ritchie, Jr., M.D. (1923 - 2007) held positions as president of the Richmond Academy of General Practice; chairman of the Department of Psychiatry of Towers Hospital; and founder and president of the Universal Youth Corps, Inc. for almost 20 years. In 1967 he entered private psychiatry practice in Charlottesville, Virginia, and in 1983 moved to Anniston, Alabama, to serve as head of the Department of Psychiatry at the Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center. He returned to Richmond in 1986 to continue in private practice until his retirement in 1992.
Notes
- Recommended by Faith, Julie's school friend in possible connection to 'the Spirits in Prison'.
- Relates to NDEs1.
- I expect to dislike the book, but will give it a go, together with the original "Ritchie (George G.), Sherrill (Elizabeth) - Return from Tomorrow".
- The book is - in general - warmly received on Amazon, but the 'positive' reviews aren't very insightful, though one is a second-hand account of someone - from Gloucester, UK - who had met the author 6 months before he died, and reported that he said that 'every word in the book was true, and after my discussion with him about the book I did believe it to be true'.
- Negative reviewers are mostly Evangelical Christians, who think the book contains false doctrine (and should be binned).
- See Wikipedia: George G. Ritchie (which has some caveats by the Administrators who suspect it of bias).
- I intend to write my own review in due course.
Book Comment
Hampton Roads Publishing Co. 21 Jan. 2003. Paperback
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