Forty-eight inspiring encounters with the Divine - accounts by people of many faiths and periods of history, from the burning bush to the Blue Being. Since the beginning of recorded history, selected individuals have reported seeing or sensing the presence of divine beings - gods and goddesses. As with encounters with extraterrestials, their accounts have often been received with skepticism by others. However, these experiences are perhaps even more interesting for what they reveal about human nature and, perhaps, the nature of conscious reality. By the author of numerous books about human and natural history.