A fascinating look at one of the most gifted psychics of our time. A must-read for those interested in parapsychology. A very sober account.

This book was very interesting...and not just because my name is William E. Webbe V. Indeed, I wonder if these Webbe's are my relatives...freaky account of a super-natural encounter with "The Strangers".

Matthew Manning - I believe what you are telling us in this book has got to be true!

I really wanted to like this book, and it was interesting because of the subject matter, but I felt it got bogged down in the respect that the author was constantly running around from one "controlled experiment" to another to prove his abilities to everyone. Yes, he probably does have these amazing psychic and healing abilities, but he should stop trying so hard to prove it with one "test" after another.........enough already! Another thing that bothered me was his obvious jealousy toward Uri Geller, another PSI gifted fellow, who was very popular during that time. This shouldn't be about who is better or more amazing at their gift.......the gift alone is enough. The writing style was also a little stiff. He needed to loosen up a little and enjoy life and his gift a little more. Don't be so uptight and competitive! Would anyone like to buy my copy?

As I am a receptive reader in psychology and psychic material, I guess it is fairly likely I will write a favorable report on a book like One Foot in The Stars, but this is quite an outstanding biography I believe on many levels. It began with Matthew Manning's early life as a teenager at home and school experiencing extreme Poltergeist activity, which is the subject of an earlier best selling book, called "The Link" that Matthew had published in 1974 that began his life in the media. The poltergeist activity formed a dramatic and highly interesting section at the beginning of this book. Matthew progressively finds he has the ability to channel the energy in many forms such as automatic writing and painting He later goes through a period of his life very similar to that of Uri Geller, where he produces quite startling results under laboratory conditions. Eventually Matthew finds this life is not totally fulfilling, due to the reluctance of the scientists mentality and of having to prove it over and over to each group while all the time looking for reasons after experiments to discredit results when he himself does not understand how he does it? Basically no matter how good the laboratorial results this does not prove conclusively to the world that psychic ability exists, and Matthew thinks he is not producing any thing really positive with his powers. He tries to find him self and with a peak experience finds his path as a healer. Matthew takes us through his life in healing and explains his technique telling of many startling results accompanied by letters from his patients but also at the same time he gives us his inner feelings expressing his humanity in his doubts about life and pointing to failures as well to give balance. The aspect that is refreshing is that Matthew is human just like the rest of us and he tells it as it was for him at that time in his life going through relationship and drinking problems, and he has all the doubts that every one has about life in some ways. In my personal opinion the guy deserves a slap on the back, because taking an overall view he has produced so much good from his psychic talents and his mentality I think is admirable, as he only wants to promote something in a positive fashion that produces results through whatever means. Many scientists and doctors close the door when it cannot be explained "how"?, but Matthew point out it works that's surely good enough and should be used along side traditional medicine for patients that want benefit from healing. The book is intelligently written and extremely interesting coming as it does from the horses mouth, a must read for any open minded readers interested in the subject, buy it. Alan