Spend An Evening of Spirit at the Paramount Hudson Valley Theater with the Extaordinary Psychic Medium James Van Praagh!

James Van Praagh is the internationally renowned #1 New York Times bestselling author who has worked as the voice of the Spirit World for the past 25 years. He has appeared on TV’s Oprah, Larry King Live, Dr. Phil, Coast to Coast, and many other programs. He is also the successful creator and producer of CBS’s long-running hit series The Ghost Whisperer, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt. The beloved medium is also the author of the bestselling books Talking to Heaven, Reaching to Heaven, Healing Grief, Heaven and Earth Looking Beyond, Meditations, Ghosts Among Us, Unfinished Business and his most recent Growing Up In Heaven. While he has touched the hearts of millions via his broadcast and writing careers, local fans will have the opportunity to experience his gift live at the Paramount Hudson Valley Theater on Friday, July 17th.

Paramount CEO Kurt G. Heitmann, “Our patrons have long expressed interest in live psychic medium events. There is no one more respected and revered in the field than James Van Praagh. We know fans will be moved and touched by this special Evening of Spirit with the best of the best here at the Paramount. We couldn’t be happier to host James Van Praagh, especially since he’s a New York native son!”

James Van Praagh is one of the world’s most celebrated and respected spiritual mediums working today and has been a pioneer in bringing the subject of “communication with the dead” into the public psyche. He is known as a “survival evidence medium,” meaning that he provides evidential proof of life after death via detailed messages.

Van Praagh’s popularity began in the early nineties, on the NBC morning talk show The Other Side. The show concentrated on paranormal issues, and Van Praagh became the favorite guest and resident expert on the subject of life after death. Howard Rosenberg, the Los Angeles Times’ distinguished television critic, dubbed Van Praagh “spectacular.”

Throughout his celebrated career, Van Praagh’s message of hope has touched an abundant number of people due to his numerous guest appearances on such shows as Oprah, Larry King Live, 20/20, 48 Hours, and Biography. Over the past twenty-five years, he has authored bestselling books, created meditation-intuitive programming, conducted seminars for sold-out audiences, and produced successful television projects. His unique paranormal experiences have been recorded in his New York Times bestselling books Talking To Heaven, Reaching To Heaven, Healing Grief, Heaven and Earth, Looking Beyond, Meditations, Ghosts Among Us, Unfinished Business and Growing Up In Heaven

Van Praagh was born in Bayside, New York, just down the Hudson River from Peekskill in Queens. The youngest of four children, he remembers having a tremendous fascination with death. He was raised Catholic and served as an altar boy, entering the seminary at the age of fourteen. It was there that his interest in Catholicism ended and his sense of spirituality began. There are no schools or training that could prepare Van Praagh for his unusual vocation. Indeed, his ability to communicate with the dead arose out of his own life experience, sparked by an astonishing encounter that he had when he was only eight years old. The young boy was praying for God to reveal Himself to him when an open hand appeared through the ceiling of Van Praagh’s room emitting radiant beams of light. Incredibly, he recounts, “I wasn’t scared. It was actually very peaceful.”

Graduating from public high school, he continued to pursue his studies and later graduated from San Francisco State University with a degree in Broadcasting and Communications. You could say that he ended up working in Communications, just in a different capacity. After graduation he moved to Los Angeles where he became involved in metaphysics and psychic phenomena. At the age of 24, the promise of that outstretched palm so many years before was finally fulfilled as he came into his gift.

James is considered a pioneer of the mediumship movement throughout the world, and has been recognized as one of the most accurate spiritual mediums working today. His messages have brought solace, peace and spiritual insights, changing millions view of both life and death. He has received many awards for dedicating himself to changing the consciousness of the planet.

Event: An Evening of Spirit with James Van Praagh

Date: Friday, July 17th, 2015

Time: 8pm

Tickets: $69, $59, $49

For tickets and more information visit paramounthudsonvalley.com or call the box-office at 914-739-0039. Paramount Hudson Valley is located at 1008 Brown Street in Peekskill, New York.