MICHAEL GROSSO, Ph.D.Smile of the Universe: Miracles in an Age of Disbelief
Throughout history, humans have always had extraordinary experiences we often called miracles—events that fill us with wonder and bafflement. The word miracle itself is rooted in the Sanskrit syllable smi, from which we get the English word smile. So, we might say that a miracle refers to a smile induced by certain sensations of awe, beauty, and wonder.
Dr. Grosso’s both readable and comprehensible book scans a range of evidence for the reality of phenomena we often perceive as healings, levitation, bilocation, materialization, dematerialization, and much more. The reader of will almost certainly come to agree with the author’s conclusion that miracles are facts of the natural world that point to something supernatural! An account of reported miraculous phenomena, this book takes us beyond conventional religion and science to explore the outer reaches of human potential. Grounded in both true stories and matters of fact, Dr. Grosso argues for the reality of a great “Mind” and for the human ability to communicate with that Mind. In an age of disbelief, it presents a fact-based template for experimental spirituality and makes the case that every one of us, rightly understood, is a “smile of the universe.” 
Michael Grosso is an artist-philosopher interested in the mysteries of consciousness. He studied classical Greek and obtained his Ph.D. in philosophy from Columbia University. He has taught philosophy and the humanities at CUN, Marymount Manhattan College, and at New Jersey City University. He is on the Board of Directors of the American Philosophical Practioners Association and was the reviews editor for its Journal. He is the author of The Millennium Myth: Love and Death at the End of Time; Experiencing the Next World Now; The Final Choice: Death or Transcendence; The Man Who Could Fly: St. Joseph of Copertino and the Mystery of Levitation; Smile of the Universe: Miracles in an Age of Disbelief, etc.
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