 | By: Elizabeth Owens Binding: Paperback Publisher: Llewellyn Publications,U.S. ISBN: 0738707074 ISBN-13: 9780738707075 Released: 24 Oct 2005 RRP: Average Rating:  |
Elizabeth Owens is a practicing spiritualist at the Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp in Florida. She teaches spiritual development there as well as having several books on the subject.
This book provides an overview of the clairvoyant talent, that is, as the author puts it "a natural talent." She goes further to explain "clairvoyance is a French word meaning clear seeing. It is the art of seeing spirit entities, which may or may not be visible through the eyes of others."
She expands on this concept well in her book. She gives us some wonderful background & history about the Spiritualism & Clairvoyance experience, where it started & especiallly about her own camp in Florida.
She gives some good examples of the talent, & introduces some members of her group who also contribute their personal experiences & talents to the content of the book.
I liked the flow: simple & easy. It is not intended to be an advanced teaching tool, but a gentle introduction to the concept & basic practices.
Ms. Owens includes some of her techniques for advancing & improving your own natural clairvoyant talent. There are chapters on Meditation & Interpretation. There is a chapter on symbolism & using it to enhance the reading experience & improving connections with the spirit & the client. There is also a discussion on other forms of clairvoyance, such as "X-ray Clairvoyance" & "Medical Clairvoyance" & more.
The author provides some exercises in the book for you to work with. These focus on meditation practices, enhancing your abilities to observe & retain the observations, personal interpretation of various symbols, & other techniques to enhance your own talents. These exercises are well thought through, are short so you can concentrate on one step at a time, & can be worked into your own schedule. There is room on the pages for you to record your thoughts & experiences.
She also brings in the experiences of the members of her group, giving you some validation of experience in the variations that can exist in the talent of different readers.
There is a workbook section near the end of the book, for you to write down personal development, notations & experiences. There is also a resources section, listing not only contacts & websites for her own Spiritualist Camp, but also other well known Spiritualist centers.
This book is not reallly path specific, though the author & many of the members are of the Spiritualist path. But the benefit here is that anyone of any spiritual path can pick this book up & read it & not feel intimidated or pushed in any one direction.
If you are unfamiliar with clairvoyance, if you have experienced this talent yourself & don't know where to begin, or if you think you have this talent & want to start expanding it, this is a nice book to start with. boudica
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