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Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication

Part I - THE STILL! S"#LL $%ICE %& '%D

one - "(STE)I%*S +,%-I,'S
t/o - )I00%,S %& L%$E
three - ST*DIES 2 S+EPTICS
fo3r - THE ,#T*)#L I,T*ITI$E
fi4e - I,SPI)#TI%, 2 C)E#TI$IT(
si5 - #,I"#L I,T*ITI$ES
se4en - $#)I#TI%,S %, # THE"E

Part II - THE #-#+E,ED "I,D

eight - LI'HT %& (%*) LI&E
nine - PL#(I,' -ITH E,E)'(
ten - "I,D-SI'HT! %) -H#T IS C%,SCI%*S,ESS #,D -HE)E D%ES IT '% -HE, -E DIE6
ele4en - "I,D "I))%) 2 "I,D-&L%-
t/el4e - D%-SI,' 2 $IE-I,'

Part III - E,CH#,TED 0%*,D#)IES

thirteen - SPE#+I,' %& SPI)ITS
fo3rteen - SE,SITI$ES 2 PS(CHICS
fifteen - E,TE)I,' THE &%)0IDDE,

Part I$ - )E#DI,' THE #I)

si5teen - PE)CEI$I,'
se4enteen - )ECEI$I,'

C%D#
#c7no/ledge8ents
appendi5 i - H%- T% "EDIT#TE
appendi5 ii - )ES%*)CES 2 )ESE#)CH
I,DE9
#LS% 0( S%PH( 0*),H#"
Inspirational
# 0oo7 of #ngels: )eflections on #ngels Past and Present!
and Tr3e Stories of Ho/ They To3ch %3r Li4es
#ngel Letters
The Ecstatic ;o3rney: -al7ing the "ystical Path in E4eryday Life
The Path of Prayer: )eflections on Prayer and Tr3e Stories
of Ho/ It #ffects %3r Li4es

,onfiction
The #rt Cro/d
The Landed 'entry: Passions and Personalities
Inside #8erica<=>s Propertied Class

,o4els
)e4elations
The President<=>s #ngel
The Treas3re of "onts?@g3r: # ,o4el of the Cathars

(o3ng #d3lt ,o4els

03ccaneer
The Dog/al7er

Plays
Penelope: The Story of the %dyssey fro8 Penelope<=>s Point of $ie/
Sno/stor8s AThe St3dyB
Pro8ethe3s: #daptation fro8 #eschyl3s
The "eaning of Life

&il8s
The S8ithsonian<=>s -hale
The Leaf Thie4es
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The Little Prince

-HE, I -#S # CHILD I<=>d cro3ch abo4e the p3ddles for8ed by rain/ater on o3r dri4e/ay and stare long 8in3tes into those deep poolsC The
/ater 8ight ha4e been less than an inch deep! b3t it e5posed a 8agical /orld: the s7y! the clo3ds! 8y o/n face loo7ing 3p at 8e! and high
o4erhead the to/ering oa7 trees tearing /ith their fingers at the clo3dsC -hich /as real6 -as it I! staring into the depths of the rain-p3ddle
/orld6 %r /as the girl /ho loo7ed o3t fro8 the /ater the real one! /atching an i8aginary 8e6
#fter 8y boo7s # 0oo7 of #ngels and #ngel Letters /ere p3blished! people aro3nd the /orld /rote 8e! and in4ariably they as7ed abo3t spirits
and ghosts! and offered their o/n c3rio3s tales of int3itionC Ho/ do yo3 increase yo3r int3ition! learn to hear yo3r spirit g3ides6 Do /e beco8e
angels /hen /e die6 #re there e4il! scary spirits6 #nd al/ays! at the root of the U3estions! is the 'reat Do3bt: -hat happens to 3s /hen /e die6
-hen does <=Xlife<=Y begin6
-hen I /as a yo3ng /o8an! 8y grand8other! then in her eighties! t3rned to 8eC I still re8e8ber /here she stood on the rag r3g in her
far8ho3se! the loo7 in her ha3nted eyesC
<=XI<=>8 so afraid of dying!<=Y she saidC I fledC &or years it lay on 8y conscience that I had let her do/nC Today! years later! I<=>d 7no/ /hat to
sayC <=X%f co3rse yo3<=>re afraid!<=Y I<=>d ans/erC <=X(o3<=>d be n3ts if yo3 /eren<=>tC<=Y %r perhaps I<=>d say so8ething elseC The
story line changes according to 8y 8oodC
<=XIt<=>s all right!<=Y I<=>d sayC <=XThere is no deathZ yo3 are eternalC E4en yo3r personality s3r4i4esC #ll yo3<=>ll do is shed the physical
body! s7in and bones! b3t the essence of yo3 li4es onC<=Y
%r perhaps! if I had it to do o4er! I /o3ld [3st listen to herC I /o3ld as7 abo3t her fearsC I /o3ld hold her do3bt in sacred spaceC There is healing in
deep listening! tooC
I ha4e /ritten 83ch abo3t the spirit3al di8ensionC The Ecstatic ;o3rney is abo3t 8ystical e5periences and abo3t the ringing [oy that changes yo3
thereafterZ The Path of Prayer is abo3t the energy of Tho3ght and ho/ Intention dra/s o3r fate 8ysterio3sly to/ard 3s! that is! /hat yo3 thin7 is
/hat yo3 getC I ha4e /ritten no4els that consider the 8ystifying U3estions of good and e4il! and ho/ to find hope in the 8idst of horror! 4iolence!
and the 3ni8aginable cr3elties /e inflict on one another<=Vthe 8onstro3s s3ffering of ordinary lifeC
This boo7 ta7es 3p int3ition and the higher sense perceptions! /hich all 8ystics agree are the nat3ral by-prod3cts of the Spirit3al #/a7eningC #nd
if the s3b[ect 8o4es fro8 h3nches to seeing a3ras or sensing an in4isible presence! fro8 8ysticis8 to s3dden ine5plicable insights! it<=>s
beca3se all these topics are part of one contin338! li7e the slide of a tro8bone! g3iding 3s to the Di4ineC This boo7! then<=Vlet 3s be clear<=Vis
abo3t connecting /ith the /ild! 8a[estic! ineffable! and n38ino3s force that /e call 'od! #llah! the 03ddha! the Tao! Shi4a! Christ! the *ni4erse!
Pro4idence! and by a tho3sand other na8esC
It is 8y contention that psychic abilities are as nat3ral as the blin7 of o3r eyes! and they can be de4eloped /ith practiceC Li7e the 8ystical
e5perience itself! they bring a p3re and heart-ringing happiness! a confidence in li4ing! a sense of [oy<=Vof crying (es! (es\ to lifeC The spirit3al
a/a7ening brings a falling a/ay of an5iety and fear! a heightened a/areness of bea3ty and goodness! co3pled al/ays /ith gratit3de! h38ility! and
a s/eet! 3nselfish interest in othersC
This boo7! therefore! is abo3t alerting yo3 to po/ers yo3 already ha4eC It is also abo3t grace falling drop by drop into o3r daily li4esC
#s soon as yo3 tr3st yo3rself! yo3 /ill 7no/ ho/ to li4eC
;%H#,, -%L&'#,' $%, '%ETHE
H%- "#,( PE%PLE ha4e had a spirit3al e5perience6 "ore than /e /ill e4er 7no/Z for 8ost people ne4er re4eal /hat they ha4e seenC They li4e
U3ietly! and yo3 don<=>t e4en 7no/ their hearts are b3rsting /ith celestial fireC 0arbara 0radley Hagerty! in her bea3tif3l /or7 &ingerprints of
'od! /rites that GH percent of #8ericans clai8 to ha4e had a 8ystical or ecstatic e5perience of 'odC 03t NI percent of #8ericans belie4e in 'od!
and I s3spect that fig3re to be higherC
Ha4e one! and the e4ent is seared into yo3r 8ind: (o3 /ill ne4er forget the date and ti8e of the e4ent! and after/ard CCC yo3 are differentC (o3r
brain is differentC (o3 8ay ha4e healing to3ch! sha8anic po/ersC (o3 8ay beco8e highly psychic! int3iti4e! and certainly yo3r entire attit3de
to/ard life /ill ha4e changedC
"oses /ent 3p to the 8o3ntaintop and ret3rned so shining /ith light that /e<=>re told he had to co4er his face /ith a 4eilC This is hyped-3p
storytelling! of co3rse! good 8etaphor! b3t light is part of the e5perience: (o3 shine /ith light! ri4ers of light r3nning off yo3r handsC "oreo4er!
yo3 see light flaring off the grasses! trees! hills! ani8als<=Ve4erything glo/ing /ith light! and so! too! are all the people aro3nd yo3C There are
8any 7inds of spirit3al e5periencesC So8e are so delicate! so fragile! that yo3 hardly 7no/ anything happened! 3ntil yo3 loo7 bac7 fi4e years later
and realiSe ho/ different yo3 are! ho/ 83ch yo3<=>4e changed since thenC %ther 8ystical enco3nters are so 8a[estic that they rend yo3r life
as3nderC (o3 cannot ret3rn to yo3r old /ays<=Vor e4en to the people yo3 once 7ne/C (o3 ha4e been 4isited by angels or carried! li7e Saint Pa3l!
to the third of the se4en hea4ens of S38erian 8ythC (o3<=>4e been to3ched by the Di4ineC (o3<=>4e fo3nd yo3r SelfC -ith a capital SC
The 8ystical enco3nter brings conf3sion! disco8fort! diffic3lty! b3t it also brings hope! forgi4eness! li8itless co8passion! h38ility! gratit3de! and
a sense of one-ness /ith e4erything aro3nd yo3C It brings an 3nselfish interest in othersC (o3 are freeC (ears ago I /rote a poe8 abo3t it:
I ha4e seen the earth
Shining!
&lashing /ith light di4ineC
03t 8ore /ondro3s is this:
To obser4e
-ith a/e
;3st co88on gri8eC
#nd one of its side effects is the acU3isition of sharp int3ition! heightened or psychic perceptionsC -e call the8 paranor8alC The prefi5 para-
co8es fro8 the 'ree7! 8eaning <=Xbeside!<=Y <=Xalongside!<=Y <=Xnear!<=Y and also <=Xbeyond!<=Y as in <=Xbeyond the nor8alC<=Y It has
83ch the sa8e connotation as 8eta! as in 8etaphysicalC 03t the paranor8al 8ay in fact be 3tterly nor8al! 83ndaneC

LISTE,C LISTE,C That is /hat /e are as7ed to doC #nd /hen /e listen U3ietly! /e find ho/ 83ch /e are lo4ed by the 0elo4ed<=Vangels! spirits!
g3ides! g3ardians! tote8s<=Vby /hate4er na8e /e call these 8essengers of the Di4ineC I 8a7e no bones abo3t it: I belie4e in a spirit /orldC I ha4e
seen /ith 8y o/n eyes that the so3l li4es on after the passage that /e call deathC To anyone /ho still U3estions! ho/e4er! anyone still ri4en by
s7epticis8 and do3bt! I hope this boo7 brings insight and delightZ to those /ho grie4e the loss of a lo4ed one! peaceZ and to those /ho are afraid
of dying! hopeC
Scientists tell 3s that /e h38ans 3se only a tiny fraction of o3r brains! the rest of the cells [3st roc7ing on the bac7 porch apparently! feet 3p on a
crate! s8o7ing and spitting! /aiting for the clatter of the fire alar8 to bring along so8e f3nC -hat I<=>8 s3ggesting is that those sleeping
cerebral cells hold the gifts of prophecy and int3ition<=Vof healing to3ch! telepathy! and re8ote 4ie/ing! of ani8al co883nication! psycho7inesis!
teleportation! of seeing into the spirit3al di8ensions! co883ning /ith yo3r inner /isdo8<=Vthe 8ystery of 'odC
I thin7 of accessing these abilities li7e t3ning in to a radio freU3encyC #s yo3 raise yo3r 4ibration by prayer and p3rity of heart! yo3 beco8e 8ore
sensiti4e and yo3 <=Xhear<=Y /itho3t the static of yo3r s3rro3ndings or the chatter of yo3r o/n rac7eting 8on7ey-8indC These heightened
sensiti4ities are gifts to be held in deep h38ility! 7no/ing they sho3ld ne4er be 3sed for personal po/er b3t only for ser4ing othersC The Hind3s
call the8 siddhisC
'reat teachers say that they are dangero3s and sho3ld not be ta3ght to the 3ninitiatedC <=XDon<=>t dabble!<=Y a /ise 8an once /arned 8eC I
agree! for /ho doesn<=>t 7no/ the story of DrC &a3st3s! /ho sold his so3l to the De4il in ret3rn for 7no/ledge6 'reat so3ls say that these
spirit3al secrets sho3ld be trans8itted only one on one! fro8 8aster to st3dent! 8o3th to ear! or else absorbed by os8osis! as it /ere! 8erely by
sitting in the presence of an enlightened being! resonating to that 4ibrationC &or the siddhis are gla8oro3s! sed3cti4e! and their siren song can
entice yo3 fro8 the -ay and into tangled 3nderbr3shC
03t /e enter a ne/ eraC
I ha4e confidence in the goodness! co3rage! /isdo8! and nobility of peopleC I thin7 /e are e4ol4ing as a species! and the ti8e has co8e to spea7
of secret things! to spread the8 li7e [e/els at o3r feet! and string the8 ro3nd o3r nec7s and ar8s! hang the8 fro8 o3r ears! and /ind the8 in o3r
hair li7e royal diade8sC 'od is only a heartbeat a/ay! and so too these designations of di4inityC
Part I
THE STILL! S"#LL $%ICE %& '%D
Is it arrogant! pres38pt3o3s! to thin7
that I 8ight ha4e heard the $oice of 'od6
,ot at allC -e all do<=Vthat <=Xstill! s8all
4oice<=Y that /e spea7 of! telling 3s /hat
/e o3ght to doC That! I thin7! is the
$oice of 'odC %f co3rse! it is 3s3ally
called the 4oice of conscience! and if
/e feel 8ore co8fortable /ith that
definition! that<=>s fineC
;#,E '%%D#LL! )eason for Hope
one
"(STE)I%*S +,%-I,'S
-e all ha4e a better g3ide in o3rsel4es! if /e /o3ld attend to it! than any other person can beC
;#,E #*STE,

(E#)S #'%! /hen I /as a yo3ng /o8an /or7ing as a contrib3ting editor at To/n 2 Co3ntry! the 8agaSine sent 8e on assign8ent to Costa )icaC
The first night there! I attended a barbec3e hosted by the organiSation I /as /riting abo3t! and I re8e8ber standing 3nder the tall! dar7 trees
/ith a s/eet! bal8y /ind r3ffling 8y hair! [3st loo7ing abo3t! content to /atch the cro/dC The yello/ glo/ of torches and the red fire fro8 the
h3ge hot barbec3e cast blac7 shado/s across the scene! so that people see8ed to rise fro8 the night and fall bac7 li7e spectersC The night air /as
soft and dar7 as drea8sC
0ehind 8e! at 8y ear! I heard a startled 8ale 4oice: <=X%h! yo3<=>re going to be fa8o3sC<=Y I t3rned to see a /hite-bearded older 8anC
I b3rst o3t la3ghingC <=XThat<=>s the best pic73p line I<=>4e e4er heardC<=Y &or being fa8o3s is no sane a8bition: Charles "anson! the 8ass
83rderer! /as fa8o3s! after all! ;ac7 the )ipper! %sa8a bin LadenC
<=X,o! noC It<=>s tr3e!<=Y he said! and no/ I co3ld hear the Scottish accentC <=X"y grand8other /as a seer! and I<=>4e inherited the gift
fro8 herC E4ery S3nday there<=>d be a line o3t the door of people /aiting for the free readings that she ga4e after ch3rch on S3ndaysC I tho3ght
e4eryone<=>s grand8other ga4e readings! /as a seerC<=Y
His na8e /as Ian "cPhail! and he introd3ced 8e to t/o friends of his! 0ill ;ordan! an Irish 4et /ho later created a /ildlife organiSation! Care for
the -ild! and &elipe 0ena4ides! a Per34ian aristocrat /ho /as deeply in4ol4ed /ith the preser4ation of the Parac3s Penins3la and the 4ic3?]a in
the high #ndesC -e spent the ne5t three days togetherC
I /as enthralledC ,e4er before had I heard gro/n 8en tal7 openly of 'od or lo4ing 7indness! or e5press their concern for plants and ani8als and
the habitats in /hich they li4edC Today! thirty years later! these are co88on the8es! defending /ildlife! sa4ing the en4iron8ent! b3t at the ti8e
this /as /ay-o3t st3ffC I<=>d ne4er heard a 8acho #8erican accept as nat3ral and nor8al the 3nderbelly of scientific lore<=Vthose ine5plicable
8o8ents of int3ition! insight! and telepathy that acco8pany the 8ystical [o3rney into the Di4ineC -e told stories late into the nightC
Ian told 8e abo3t an #3stralian friend of his /ho o/ned a sheep station so large that he<=>d na8ed the o3tlying areas London! Edinb3rgh! and
Ply8o3thC #n aborigine brilliant /ith ani8als /or7ed for hi8C -hate4er the aborigine as7ed! the horse or e/e or dog /o3ld doC He see8ed to
7no/ their 4ery tho3ghtsC The 8an /as in4al3ableC The only thing is! he ref3sed to /or7 the /hole yearC %ne day! he /o3ld co8e to the boss and
say! <=XIt<=>s ti8e to goC<=Y
The rancher 7ne/ better than to arg3eC The ne5t 8orning they /o3ld get in the [eep and dri4e for ho3rs into the trac7less b3sh! his /or78an
pointing the /ayC Then! in the 8iddle of no/here! he<=>d say! <=XStopC<=Y He<=>d get o3t of the car! ta7e off his shirt! pants! shoes! soc7s!
3nder/ear<=Vfold the8 neatly! and place the8 on the seat of the [eepC
<=X%7ayC<=Y He<=>d stand b3c7 na7edC <=X"eet yo3 hereC In se4en 8onthsC<=Y
Then he /o3ld sniff the /ind and trot off into the barren o3tbac7 to [oin his no8ad fa8ilyC He /o3ld /ander /ith the8 for half a year! b3t on the
appointed day! there he<=>d be! /aiting for the boss to pic7 hi8 3pC He<=>d p3t on his clothes and go bac7 to /or7C
Ho/ did he 7no/ /here his fa8ily /as as it roa8ed across that /ilderness6
Ho/ did he 7no/ /hen to go bac7 to /or7! or e4en /here to 8eet his boss6
Ian had been an air8an as a yo3th in -orld -ar IIC He told 8e he co3ld loo7 at the yo3ng 8en flying o3t on a 8ission that night and 7no/ /hich
/o3ld co8e bac7 and /hich /o3ld be shot do/n and 7illedC He<=>d see a dar7ness s3rro3nding the la3ghing! chosen 8an! as if the shado/ of
death ho4ered behindC
<=X-hat did yo3 do6<=Y
<=X,othingC %f co3rse! I ne4er said anythingC 03t I /as al/ays rightC<=Y
It /as in this period that he began to /riteC <=XIt /as li7e a finger po7ing 8e in the bac7!<=Y he told 8eC <=XPoe8s ca8e po3ring o3t! one after
anotherC #nd then one day they stoppedC I ha4en<=>t /ritten another sinceC<=Y
They had a profo3nd effect on 8e! these three 8enC They opened 8e to an inner /orld that I<=>d tried hard to ignore! and /hen I /ent ho8e to
8y h3sband and children! I felt conf3sed and torn by conflicting loyaltiesC #ll 8y life I<=>d str3ggled to 3se principally the gifts of )eason! /hich!
since the Enlighten8ent of the eighteenth cent3ry! ha4e 8ar7ed o3r c3lt3re as <=Xci4iliSedC<=Y #ll 8y life I<=>d tried to ta8p do/n the
irrational! dar7! dangero3s! 3ncontrollable er3ptions of int3itionC
&ifty-one percent of #8ericans clai8 to ha4e had a 8ystical e5perienceZ NI percent belie4e in 'odC
-E HE#) "#,( ST%)IES of so-called pri8iti4e peopleC La3rens 4an der Post li4ed /ith the +alahari 03sh8en in 0ots/ana and described ho/ the
8en /o3ld lea4e the 4illage on a h3ntC They 8ight be gone for days! b3t s3ddenly one day bac7 ho8e there /o3ld be [oyo3s acti4ity and
preparation of the firesC
<=XThe 8en ha4e 7illed a gaSelleC They<=>re bringing 8eatC<=Y
To the anthropologist this telepathy /as 8ystifyingC To the San! an indigeno3s people! a telegraph! /ith its poles and /ires! is probably a 8atter
for ridic3le /hen e5trasensory perception AESPB /or7s [3st fineC
Int3itionC InsightC PrecognitionC Clair4oyanceC Today I<=>4e co8e to accept these U3alities the /ay I accept that the s3n! that rolling! roiling ball of
fire! /ill co8e 3p to8orro/: not beca3se I 3nderstand the 8otions of the earth and s3n as /e spin thro3gh 4ast cos8ic syste8s! 8o4ing a 8illion
8iles a day along the edges of the "il7y -ay AHII billion stars that for8 a gala5y HII!III light-years /ideB! b3t beca3se of its si8ple dailynessC It
feels so ordinary that I 3se the /ord <=X3nderstand!<=Y /hen /hat I 8ean is! <=Xa8 fa8iliar /ithC<=Y The sa8e is tr3e of instantaneo3s!
3nreflecti4e apprehensionC
-hat is int3ition6 # h3nch! a g3t feeling! an inspiration! or a pre8onition! precognition! clair4oyance! claira3dience! clairsentience! prescience!
second sight<=Vthe shi4er of <=X7no/ing<=Y that pierces the 4eil of ti8e and peers briefly into the f3t3re or at least into /hat<=>s not
happened yetC It<=>s a decision 8ade so fast yo3 don<=>t 7no/ ho/ yo3 reached it: <=XIt ca8e to 8e!<=Y yo3 sayC The root of int3ition is
related to the /ord t3ition! fro8 the Latin t3eri! 8eaning <=Xto g3ard! to protectC<=Y &or no rational reason /e s3ddenly 7no/: <=X'o here!
not there\<=Y %r so8eti8es: <=XStop\<=Y If /e<=>re alert! /e respond instantly! beca3se int3ition is al/ays rightC
The CE% /ho s3ddenly sells a stoc7 <=Xon a h3nch<=Y ne4er pa3ses perhaps to /onder ho/ he 7ne/C He boasts of his s8arts! attrib3ting the
sale to e5perience! intellectC %n the other hand! the /o8an /ho shies in re43lsion fro8 a 8an in the door/ay isn<=>t a/are that she is reading a
host of 8icrosignals! incl3ding the energy field that s3rro3nds hi8! his a3ra! or that in that first flash of int3ition she <=X7no/s<=Y hi8C Later!
/hen he approaches her! all char8 and s8iles! as7ing her to dance! /hen he aro3ses her pity /ith his sad life story and s/eeps her off her feet
/ith flo/ers and chocolates CCC her rational 8ind has already clo3ded her original 7no/ledgeC #nd only as she ends the ab3si4e and 4iolent
8arriage does she re8e8ber that she 7ne/ e4erything abo3t hi8 on first sight! that reason o4errode her instinctC

-HE)E D%ES THE I,&%)"#TI%, co8e fro86 Is there an int3ition place in the brain! li7e the orgas8ic '-spot6 #re /o8en 8ore int3iti4e than
8en6 #re 8en and /o8en int3iti4e abo3t different 8atters or in different real8s6 Can int3ition be de4eloped6
So8eti8es a definition is easier to 8ar7 by /hat it is notC ;oanne! a brilliant [o3rnalist! offered her o/n e5perience to pro4e that int3ition can<=>t
be tr3stedC %ne day /hile /aiting at the doctor<=>s office! she sa/ that the only other /aiting patient /as an 3n7e8pt! disrep3table-loo7ing
/o8an! the 8ore off-p3tting for ha4ing the shado/ of a dar7 8o3stacheC ;oanne sh3ddered at the idea of tal7ing to her\ 03t as ti8e passed and
the boredo8 increased! they grad3ally fell into con4ersation! /here to ;oanne<=>s s3rprise the /o8an t3rned o3t to be a n3clear physicist! and
capti4atingC
<=XThere<=>s an e5a8ple of ho/ yo3 can<=>t tr3st yo3r int3ition!<=Y she finishedC <=XI tho3ght she /as the last person on earth I<=>d /ant
to tal7 to! and instead she /as fascinatingC<=Y
03t that /asn<=>t int3itionC ;oanne had 8ade her [3dg8ent based on intellect! not int3itionC Int3ition creeps in shyly to the noisy barn dance on
ballet slippers so soft that yo3 hardly hear the8 /hisper against the floorC -e recogniSe it 8ost often in ti8es of crisis and danger! those
8o8ents! rare and dra8atic! /hen it sa4es yo3r life or offers prescience yo3 cannot 3nderstandC 0y definition int3ition in4ol4es infor8ation
3na4ailable to the intellect! and it is al/ays to be tr3stedC
The one proble8 /ith int3ition is that /hile it gi4es yo3 a n3dge or hesitation or signals to go here or there! it cannot tell yo3 -H(\ Int3ition
/arns yo3 that so8ething in the f3t3re is <=X/rong<=Y for yo3! b3t it cannot tell yo3 /hat\ Perhaps yo3<=>4e been in4ited on a /onderf3l
ad4ent3re /ith friendsC (o3 /ant to go! yet yo3 hesitate! drag yo3r heels! can<=>t bring yo3rself to co88it\ (o3r conscio3s 8ind /ants to [oin
the8Z yo3r int3ition /hispers noC
Ho/ hard it is to hear\
%r act on itC
%ften int3ition 8a7es no sense\
I ha4e a friend /hose 8other /as engaged to a yo3ng 8an /ho lo4ed cinder-path 8otorcycle racing! a dangero3s sportC She signed 3p to go on a
cr3ise /ith her fa8ily! /hile her fianc?@ entered his last big raceC Then int3ition inter4enedC #n5ietyC She canceled the cr3ise and insisted that her
fianc?@ forgo his cinder-path raceC He loaned his 8otorcycle to a friend to ta7e his placeC The cr3ise ship san7C The friend /as 7illed in the raceC
03t 8y friend<=>s 8other 7ne/ nothing of that f3t3re e4ent CCC only the tingling sense of 3rgency! a U3i4er that so8ething /asn<=>t rightC
Perhaps yo3<=>ll ne4er 7no/ /hat /as <=Xnot rightC<=Y (o3r friends /ill go on their ad4ent3re and co8e bac7 healthy! ha4ing had a
st3pendo3s ti8e\ (o3 8issed o3tC #nd yet yo3 ha4e to tr3st yo3r int3itionC #l/aysC

S%"E L*C+( PE%PLE #)E a/are of their h3nchesZ they are born /ith <=Xthe gift!<=Y not 7no/ing that these abilities are s7ills that can be
learned and practiced! [3st as yo3 learn to thin7 or play the piano or do cross/ord p3SSlesC
"y co8p3ter specialist! "i7e! co8es fro8 a fa8ily of int3iti4esC %nce! /hen he /as a yo3ng 8an! he ca8e ho8e fro8 school! sla88ing the
screen door behind hi8C
<=XHo/ /as S3san6<=Y his 8other called to hi8C
<=XHo/ did yo3 7no/ abo3t S3san6<=Y
<=XI g3ess yo3 8entioned her!<=Y she ans/ered g3iltilyC
<=X-e need to tal7!<=Y he challenged herC
<=X-hat abo3t6<=Y
<=XI only 8et her an ho3r agoC<=Y
<=X%hC<=Y His 8other t3rnedC <=X%7ayC -e need to tal7C I ha4e this giftC (o3 ha4e itC (o3r sister has itC ,e4er! ne4er let anyone 7no/\ ,e4er
tal7 abo3t itC It<=>s a c3rse! not a gift\<=Y
The root of int3ition is in the Latin t3eri! /hich 8eans <=Xto g3ard! to protectC<=Y
S% I"PE)I%*S IS I,T*ITI%,! and so 8ysterio3s! that the *CSC #r8y is no/ st3dying the pheno8enonC <=XSo8ething<=>s /rong!<=Y the soldier
thin7s! and p3lls 3p short! for an int3ition is 8ore to be tr3sted than e4en a robotic bo8b snifferC # h3nch can sa4e yo3r lifeC -hat is it6 Ho/ does
it /or76
Carl ;3ng spo7e of the collecti4e 3nconscio3sC )3pert Sheldra7e s3ggests /e operate in <=X8orphic fields!<=Y and "a5 Planc7! the physicist!
spo7e of the 8atri5 behind all 8atterC In his entertaining boo7 0lin7! the Canadian [o3rnalist "alcol8 'lad/ell proposes that int3ition is the
res3lt of the <=Xadapti4e 3nconscio3s!<=Y /hich is that part of the brain that leaps to instant and brilliant concl3sionsC ADon<=>t yo3 lo4e the
/ay scientists 8a7e 3p ne/ ter8s for perfectly adeU3ate ones6B 'lad/ell is interested in those decisions 8ade in the blin7 of an eyeC He tells ho/
the 'etty "3se38 in Los #ngeles /as abo3t to spend ^HI 8illion for a 8agnificent 7o3ros! a bea3tif3l 'ree7 stat3e of a standing boy! fists
clasped at his thighsC # battery of scientific tests had already 4alidated its absol3te a3thenticity! b3t /hen Tho8as Ho4ing! for8er director of the
"etropolitan "3se38 in ,e/ (or7! sa/ it! the first /ords that popped into his 8ind /ere fresh and /rongC &ederico Qeri and E4elyn Harrison!
t/o a3thorities! agreedC 'eorgios Dontas! head of the #rchaeological Society in #thens! /ent cold /hen he sa/ the /or7C <=XI felt as tho3gh
there /as a glass bet/een 8e and the /or7C<=Y #nother felt a sh3dder of int3iti4e rep3lsionC These a3thorities co3ld not really e5plain ho/ they
7ne/ it /as a fa7eC They si8ply had an <=Xed3cated eyeC<=Y
'lad/ell calls s3ch snap decisions the <=Xthin slicing<=Y of infor8ation by the brain! and he describes test after test! ill3strating the s/iftness of
s3ch pattern recognitionC %bser4ers follo/ing a 8arried co3ple<=>s con4ersation on any ne3tral s3b[ect for one ho3r can predict /ith NG percent
acc3racy /hether the 8arriage /ill last for fifteen yearsC %nly fifteen 8in3tes of obser4ation yields a reading that<=>s NI percent acc3rateC
St3dents /atching a 4ideotape of a teacher spea7ing nothing b3t garbled nonsense syllables can predict /ithin t/o seconds /ith NI percent
acc3racy /hether the teacher is good or notC
The rest of 'lad/ell<=>s boo7 s3ggests that instantaneo3s decide8ent is si8ply the ed3cated brain /hipping thro3gh rea8s of infor8ation li7e a
giant co8p3ter and co8ing 3p /ith [3dg8ents so fast they see8 to ha4e been 8ade in a flashC It<=>s a s3r4i4al s7illC In ti8es of danger! he says!
yo3 don<=>t /ant to ha4e to stop and reflect: (o3 [38p\ He points o3t that first i8pressions are not al/ays right Athis is not 8y e5perience! by
the /ayB! that 3nconscio3s bias co8es into play! especially concerning the opposite se5 or color or race or c3lt3ral distinctionsC -e o4erride o3r
instincts by /hat psychologist ;onathan Schooler calls 4erbal o4ershado/ingC
%ne of 'lad/ell<=>s 8ost interesting obser4ations concerns da8age to the 4entro8edial prefrontal area of the brain! behind the noseC This is
the decision-8a7ing center! and da8age to this area ca3ses <=Xa disconnect bet/een /hat yo3 7no/ and /hat yo3 doC<=Y (o3 can<=>t 8a7e a
decisionZ yo3 ha4e neither int3ition nor reflection! or else yo3 pore o4er the 8aterial endlessly! 7no/ing /hat to do b3t ne4er arri4ing at the
i8p3lse to actC
The ancient Hind3s spo7e of the #7ashic )i4er of +no/ledge that sages dip into no/ and againC I re8e8ber reading years ago of )3pert
Sheldra7e<=>s <=X8orphic fields!<=Y an in4isible 8edi38 in /hich all infor8ation floatsC Sheldra7e tells one story of ho/! after years of effort
by scientists to create in the laboratory a totally ne/ crystal! they finally s3cceeded CCC after /hich the <=Xartificial<=Y crystal co3ld easily be
d3plicated any/here in the /orld! as if the first one ser4ed as a spirit3al te8plate for all othersZ and he reco3nted ho/! after one gro3p of lab rats
in London 8astered a diffic3lt 8aSe! their offspring! the ne5t generation! 7ne/ it a3to8aticallyC 03t ho/6 AI 8ight add that Sheldra7e created a
stor8 of contro4ersy! and charges in ,at3re that his thesis is pse3doscienceCB
#lso aro3nd this ti8e the h3ndred-8on7ey syndro8e started to 8a7e the ro3ndsC The story began /ith an isolated island off the coast of ;apan
that ser4ed as a research station for 8on7eysC 0eca3se the island didn<=>t prod3ce eno3gh food! e5tra s3pplies /ere periodically dropped do/n
to the 8on7eys by planeC %ne day! one geni3s yo3ng fe8ale 8on7ey too7 a dropped ya8 do/n to the ocean and /ashed the sand off in the sea
before eating itC ,ot only /as her ya8 clean! b3t it also had a pleasant salty tasteC ,o other 8on7eys /ashed their food! b3t this one fe8ale
al/ays did! and she ta3ght her yo3ng to /ash their food as /ellC Soon their play8ates began to i8itate the action! so that a /hole generation of
yo3ng 8on7eys /ashed its foodC
#t so8e point the ya8-/ashing n38ber reached a critical 8ass Acall it ninety-nine 8on7eys /ashing their ya8sB! /hile the rest of the pop3lation
still held o3tC #nd then the h3ndredth 8on7ey carried a ya8 do/n to the sea and /ashed it in the salty /a4esC The scale tippedC S3ddenly e4ery
8on7ey on the island! yo3ng and old! began to /ash its foodC Today /e call it the tipping pointC
Is this /hat /ill happen /ith 3s! as 8ore and 8ore people beco8e a/are of o3r int3ition! of prescient drea8s and creati4e pre8onitions6 &or
int3ition can co8e in 8any for8sC -hen the <=X7no/ing<=Y relates to the present /e call it int3itionC -hen the insight concerns the f3t3re! /e
call it precognition! prescience! or presenti8entC -hen it concerns tho3ght transference! /e na8e it 8ental telepathyC 03t aren<=>t they all
aspects of the sa8e ability! and does it 8atter if the infor8ation co8es in a drea8 or d3ring 8editation! /hile sho/ering or /or7ing U3ietly in
the garden6
EliSabeth -hiteley is a -ashington! DCCC! painter and sc3lptorC She told 8e that artists so8eti8es paint the f3t3re! as she herself has doneC %n
one occasion! after 8o4ing to a ne/ apart8ent! she recogniSed the 4ie/ fro8 one of the /indo/s as being the 4ery i8age she had painted ten
years earlierC %n another occasion! she /as nearly 7illed in a sailing accident /hen a 8otorboat ra88ed her 4esselC Thro/n into the /ater! near
dro/ning! she /as str3c7 by the special green color of the /aterC Later! thin7ing she sho3ld paint a/ay her tra38a! she disco4ered she had
already painted the scene! e8ploying e5actly that 3n3s3al green! a tone she had ne4er 3sed beforeC
In HNNN! "ichael )ichards! an #frican-#8erican sc3lptor! co8pleted a bronSe stat3e of a blac7 Saint Sebastian pierced by flying airplanesC T/o
years later! /hile /or7ing in his st3dio on the ninety-second floor of So3th To/er of the -orld Trade Center! he /as one of the tho3sands 7illed
by terrorists in hi[ac7ed airplanes! and 83ch of his /or7 /as destroyedC #s for /riters! /e don<=>t ha4e to loo7 far to find prescient i8aginationC
0ac7 to the -orld Trade Center! it /as in a To8 Clancy no4el that planes first fle/ into the to/ersC

L#))( D%SSE(! in his boo7 The Po/er of Pre8onitions! gi4es another e5planation of int3ition and precognition: The 8ind! he says! is
<=Xnonlocal!<=Y and tho3gh lodged in the brain and loc7ed inside the s73ll! it has the ability to s/eep o3t beyond ti8e and space to grasp at
e4erything and e4ery/hereC The ter8 nonlocal co8es fro8 physicsC #ccording to the old /orld order! Ti8e al/ays and consistently 8o4es
for/ard! b3t Dossey notes that in theory Ti8e can 8o4e in any direction<=Vbac7/ard! for/ard! side/ays<=Ve5posing all infor8ation to the
infinite! 3nhindered po/er of the <=Xnonlocal<=Y 8indC
Dossey<=>s boo7 is filled /ith stories of ordinary people foreseeing catastrophic e4ents! and this is so co88on both in fol7lore and in scientific
st3dies that yo3<=>d thin7 it /o3ld hardly ro3se co88entC The e4ents of NDHH! for e5a8ple! generated the largest o3t-po3ring of disaster
pre8onitions e4er recei4ed at the )hine )esearch Center in D3rha8! ,orth Carolina! /hich has collected 8ore than fo3rteen tho3sand cases of
int3ition and e5trasensory perception since the HNOIsC AThe spi7e /as follo/ed! c3rio3sly! by a big drop-off in pre8onitions only ho3rs before the
e4ent itselfC -hy6 Is that beca3se at a certain 8o8ent there<=>s no longer ti8e to ta7e ad4antage of the portent! change plans6 %r beca3se the
e4ent has beco8e fi5ed so8eho/! 8e8orable6B
E4en 8ore startling! ho/e4er! is the fact that! apparently! based on their ine5plicable cognitions! people changed their beha4iorC Dossey reports
that FN percent of the planes 3sed as /eapons of attac7 that fatef3l Septe8ber day had not been f3ll: a chance of one in a 8illionC #8erican
#irlines &light HH! the 0oeing FRF that crashed into the ,orth To/er! had roo8 for HRP passengers! b3t only NO people /ere aboard that dayZ
*nited &light HFG! /hich h3rtled into the So3th To/er! co3ld li7e/ise ha4e carried HRP passengers b3t had only RG people aboard<=Va RF percent
passenger 4acancy rateZ /hile the 0oeing FGF that crashed in Pennsyl4ania /as aro3nd PI percent 3nocc3pied! /ith only EF of HPO passenger
seats filledC -hen /as the last ti8e yo3 or anyone yo3 7no/ fle/ in a plane /ith t/o-thirds of the seats 3nfilled6 %ne of the people /ho changed
her flight that day /as ;ean Ho3ston! the reno/ned psychicC
%ne st3dy fro8 the HNGIs fo3nd that trains in4ol4ed in accidents carried fe/er riders on the days of accidents than on other daysC In HNHO /hen
the Titanic 8ade her 8aiden Aand finalB crossing of the #tlantic! 8any people had forebodingsC It sailed 3nfilledC ;C PC "organ /as one of those
/ho canceled his Titanic passage on a h3nchC
#t this point I ha4e to report that I /as one of 8any people /ho changed a flight that /as sched3led for the day of Septe8ber HH! OIIHC I /as
s3pposed to fly fro8 ,e/ "e5ico bac7 to -ashington! DCCC! b3t a fe/ /ee7s beforehand I began to e5perience s3ch an5iety! s3ch tooth-
chattering! g3t-ch3rning! sic7ening na3sea at the tho3ght of flying on that day! that I finally paid a ^HII fee to change 8y tic7et and co8e ho8e
one day early! on Septe8ber HIC The 8o8ent I reboo7ed the reser4ation! all fretting 4anishedC I /as 8ystifiedC I had an 3ne4entf3l flight! arri4ing
ho8e only to /a7e the ne5t 8orning and /atch in ang3ish /ith the rest of the /orld as the T/in To/ers collapsed repeatedly on T$C Later I
/al7ed do/n the hill fro8 8y ho3se to the Poto8ac )i4er! /here a pillar of s8o7e rose abo4e the trees fro8 the PentagonC I had had a
pre8onition<=Vand acted on it<=Vb3t I did not foresee the b3rning to/ers! the crash of planes! and I<=>8 left /ondering /hy6 -hy is one
ordinary /o8an sa4ed fro8 the 8inor incon4enience of airport closings! an inability to get ho8e6 #nd /hat of the O!NFE people /ho died in the
attac7s6 I<=>4e as7ed se4eral psychics abo3t NDHH! and none foresa/ the tragedyC Dossey! ho/e4er! reports at least t/o pre8onitions of
destr3ction and s8o7e! tho3gh they ca8e to no one /ho co3ld a4ert the attac7sC
<=XIs there a difference!<=Y 8y sister as7ed! <=Xbet/een pre8onition and int3ition6<=Y -hen she /as first 8arried! she and her h3sband /ent
to l3nch at his parents<=> apart8entC Dri4ing ho8e! her h3sband 83r83red! <=XI ha4e a feeling I<=>8 ne4er going to see 8y father againC<=Y
# /ee7 later his father diedC
"y friend ;ane $essel! /hen as7ed abo3t int3ition! stared into the distance tho3ghtf3llyC <=X(esC It<=>s 3s3ally a rare and dra8atic 8o8ent that
I notice!<=Y she 83sedC <=XThe 7ind that sends 8e into prayerC<=Y

I,T*ITI%, IS DI&&E)E,T &)%" &E#)C Int3ition co8es to each of 3s in its o/n personal /ayC Perhaps it<=>s a nagging sense that so8ething<=>s
/rong! tho3gh yo3 can<=>t p3t yo3r finger on it: as /hen in a drea8 yo3<=>4e lost so8ething and yo3<=>re searching for yo3-don<=>t-7no/-
/hatC So8eti8es it<=>s an odd lassit3de or lethargy! a paralySing inability to act! the hesitation being itself the /arning that yo3<=>re abo3t to
ta7e a false stepC So8eti8es it co8es as a physical sensation! a g3t-/renching 7ic7 to the belly! the hair rising on yo3r ar8s! goose b38ps! a
sh3dder! or the tingling of yo3r scalpC
#s a child I learned to play chessC #fter so8e years I U3itC I fo3nd that d3ring a ga8e 8y heart /o3ld start beating so hard I co3ldn<=>t thin7C "y
hands /o3ld sha7e! and so8eti8es spots /o3ld appear before 8y eyesC #lso! I al/ays lostC
In recent years I<=>4e started playing again and I<=>4e fo3nd all the sa8e sy8pto8s! b3t far fro8 being a hindrance I<=>4e recogniSe these
physical 8anifestations as signals of int3ition: I<=>8 abo3t to 8a7e a /rong 8o4eC "oreo4er! no/ that I<=>8 listening! a/are! the sy8pto8s
don<=>t 8anifest /ith s3ch 4ir3lenceC If 8y heart beats th38p\ I pa3seC I breatheC I ree5a8ine the boardC "y Higher Self 7no/s /hat 8y 8ind
can<=>t yet see: I<=>8 abo3t to 8a7e a bad 8o4eZ there<=>s another sol3tion to the trapC
(o3 ha4e to listen for the t3ning for7 of insightC Honor itC It co8es fro8 yo3r Highest Self! the So3rceC E4en /hen it 8a7es no sense CCC yo3 83st
act on itC
%nce I agreed to 4ol3ntary s3rgeryC This /as in the early eighties! before the #IDS epide8ic! before 8ost people Aincl3ding 8yselfB had e4en heard
the ter8C The doctor /as ready to sched3le the operation in t/o /ee7s! b3t I p3t hi8 offC <=X,o! if I<=>8 going to do this! I need t/o pints of
8y o/n blood for a transf3sionC<=Y
-here did those /ords co8e fro86 I heard the8 spill fro8 8y lips /ith a shi4er of s3rpriseC
The doctor s8iled /ith patient toleranceC <=X(o3 /on<=>t need a transf3sionC I can g3arantee thatC This is a 4ery si8ple operationC I<=>4e done
h3ndredsC<=Y
,onetheless! I had a bee in 8y bonnetC I /ent to the )ed Cross and insisted on ha4ing a pint of blood dra/n and p3t aside in 8y na8eC Si5 or eight
/ee7s later they gathered the second pintC #t the hospital! the night before s3rgery! I as7ed if the t/o pints of blood had been deli4eredC The
n3rse said no! b3t not to /orryZ I /o3ldn<=>t need itC
<=X-ell! send a co3rier for it!<=Y I co88andedC <=X0eca3se I<=>8 not ha4ing s3rgery /itho3t itC<=Y
<=X03t yo3<=>re sched3led for se4en aC8C to8orro/\<=Y she protestedC
<=XTo3ghC If 8y o/n blood is not on hand! I<=>8 /al7ing o3t of hereC I ref3se the s3rgeryC<=Y
They sent for the bloodC To the doctor<=>s s3rprise! he had to 3se both pintsC
Later! one of the n3rses as7ed 8e abo3t it: <=XHo/ did yo3 7no/ to do that6<=Y she inU3iredC <=X-hat a good ideaC I thin7 e4eryone sho3ld do
that before s3rgeryC<=Y # year later! and /e /ere in a f3ll-blo/n #IDS epide8ic /ith e4eryone a/are of the trans8ission of the disease thro3gh
ordinary blood transf3sionC
So8eti8es an int3ition is al8ost too fragile to hearC # &innish friend told 8e of her boyfriend! /ho! /hile dressing for /or7 one 8orning! 7ept
thin7ing in a niggling /ay abo3t /ater CCC carsC -hat /as it6 -ater CCC cars6 %n the /ay to /or7! his car stalledC It had r3n o3t of /aterC
#h! b3t so8e are 8ore than niggling 7no/ingsC
;ane )ottier! no/ eighty-three years old! says she 3sed to ha4e pre8onitory drea8s and doesn<=>t any8oreC She re8e8bers one ti8e /hen she
/as aro3nd t/enty-fi4e years oldC She<=>d been /riting lettersC She lay do/n to nap and drea8ed that her brother! /ho /as in the 8ilitary!
/o3ld be ho8e for Christ8asC In her drea8 she sa/ hi8 carrying three s3itcasesC He set the8 do/n on the front steps! calling! <=X"a8a!
"a8a\<=Y
-hen she /o7e 3p! she told her 8other! <=XI thin7 0ob<=>s co8ing ho8e for Christ8asC<=Y That night at t/o in the 8orning! she /as a/o7en
by a rattling so3ndC Loo7ing o3t the /indo/! she sa/ her brother standing in the sno/ /ith three s3itcases at his feetC He /as thro/ing pebbles
at her /indo/C It annoyed hi8 that his sister had spoiled his Christ8as s3rpriseC
<=X03t I don<=>t ha4e pre8onitions any8ore!<=Y she reportedC <=XIs that 8y age6<=Y
#s a child! the /riter Perry StieglitS al/ays 7ne/ /hen his father! a tra4eling 8an! /as co8ing ho8eC
<=XDaddy<=>s co8ingC<=Y
<=XDon<=>t be silly! boy!<=Y his 8other /o3ld sayC 03t 8o8ents later his father /o3ld be at the doorC #ni8als ha4e this gift as /ell! and /e see
it in o3r o/n pets: the dog /ho s3ddenly leaps 3p and starts pacing at the door/ay /hile his 8aster is getting off the b3s three bloc7s a/ayZ the
cat /ho c3rls discreetly in the front hall! too dignified to 8a7e the f3ss of a dog<=Vtheir int3itions carried on the seeds of lo4eC
Children are highly att3nedC I re8e8ber 8y 8other ta7ing 8y sister and 8e to the trotting races one s388er e4eningC I don<=>t 7no/ ho/ old I
/as! ten! perhaps6 Ele4en6 -e shared one progra8 that ga4e the na8es of the horses! o/ners! [oc7eys! and colorsC I re8e8ber that I chose the
/inner for e4ery race e5cept one! /hen 8y sister de8anded the horse I<=>d chosen: <=XI /as going to pic7 that one\<=Y #nd 8y 8other<=>s
ca[oling 4oice: <=XLet her ha4e itZ yo3<=>4e /on e4ery ti8eC<=Y Her horse /on! and 8y second choice ca8e in secondC -e didn<=>t bet! of
co3rse! b3t the party behind 3s leaned for/ard! yo3 can be s3re! to hear /hich horse the child pic7ed! and I thin7 they 8ay ha4e /on so8e
serio3s 8oney that nightC
I said earlier that yo3 83st al/ays tr3st yo3r int3itionC This is tr3e! 3nless yo3 interr3pt the perfect 8achinery of yo3r 8indC If yo3 are ta7ing
dr3gs! if yo3 are addicted to alcohol! if yo3 are in e8otional distress! angry! 4engef3l! or o4er/hel8ed by grief<=Vbe ca3tio3sC Test yo3r int3itions!
for all of these Aand especially the 8ind-altering s3bstancesB can inter4ene! and then yo3 are baffled by things that yo3 once 7ne/ int3iti4ely ho/
to handleC

I, 0LI,+! "alcol8 'lad/ell e5plains these ine5plicable 8o8ents of sheer 7no/ing Ayo3 can al8ost hear his sigh of reliefB as no 8ore than the
s/ift /or7ings of the <=Xed3cated eyeC<=Y 03t his e5planation falls far shortC I 8entioned the Irish 4et 0ill ;ordan! /ho beca8e fa8o3s for his
/or7 in sa4ing /ildlife and increasing p3blic a/areness of the cr3elty inflicted in co3ntless /ays on 83te and helpless ani8alsC -hen he /as a
yo3ng 8edical st3dent in Edinb3rgh! he /ent to his oral e5a8s and to his s3rprise he co3ldn<=>t 8a7e a 8ista7eC He 7ne/ it all\ #s if the
responses /ere /hispered by angels into his earC He 7ne/ the U3estions the e5a8iners /ere abo3t to as7! as /ell as the best responsesC He /as
in the flo/C In the SoneC InspiredC Perhaps yo3<=>4e had s3ch 8o8ents /hile playing tennis or golf! or as an artist /hen! capt3red by the "3se!
yo3 feel yo3rself lifted to the heights of creati4e e5altationC Is that! too! a sa8ple of <=Xthin-slicing<=Y by the <=Xadapti4e 3nconscio3s!<=Y the
/or7 of the <=Xed3cated eye<=Y6
There is a /ord for these other psychic e5periences: psiC The ter8! coined in HNLO by 0ritish psychologist )obert Tho3less! describes abilities that
ha4e baffled scientists since the early HPIIsC Psi Aprono3nced <=Xsigh<=YB is related to the 'ree7 /ord psyche! 8eaning <=Xso3l or spirit!<=Y
and it defines the fo3r /ays of recei4ing infor8ation or perceptions /itho3t the nor8al fi4e senses pl3s t/o /ays in /hich yo3r tho3ghts
infl3ence e4entsC These si5 U3alities 8ay be related to int3ition! or perhaps they are different aspects of the single gift! b3t s3rely they belong in
o3r disc3ssion of the pheno8enonC
There are t/o 7inds of psi:
Perceptions incl3de clair4oyance! claira3dience! clairsentience! telepathy! precognition! pre8onition! psychic readings! psycho8etryC
Pro[ections in4ol4ing 8ind o4er 8atter incl3de psychic s3rgery! healing to3ch! le4itation! 8aterialiSation or de8aterialiSation! and other 8atters
not incl3ded in this boo7C
There are fo3r /ays of recei4ing: AHB -ith telepathy! or tho3ght transference! infor8ation 8o4es 8entally fro8 person to person across spaceZ
AOB /ith clair4oyance! yo3 4ie/ or <=Xsee<=Y a distant e4entZ AEB /ith claira3dience yo3 hear the infor8ation! so8eti8es e4en as an e5ternal
4oice 83r83ring in yo3r earZ ALB /ith clairsentience yo3 e5perience a physical sensation! that is! yo3 feel /hat is going on in the body of yo3r
friend! or yo3 reach a 8edical diagnosis by sensing the pain of another in yo3r o/n bodyC
In addition to these fo3r s3btle /ays of recei4ing infor8ation! another U3ality falls 3nder the 38brella of psiC -ith yo3r o/n foc3sed intention!
7no/n as psycho7inesis AP+B! yo3 are not recei4ing b3t pro[ectingC (o3 are able to: bend spoons! 8o4e cigarettes aro3nd a tabletop! /al7 on fire
/itho3t being b3rned! sleep li7e an Indian fa7ir on a bed of nails! or pierce yo3r chee7s /ith thorns! yo3r belly /ith s/ords /itho3t bleeding or
/o3nds or scarsZ or yo3 <=Xsend<=Y healing energy and prayer to a person /ho is ill or in painC -e thin7 of Christ healing the lepers and the
blind 8an or e4en the cent3rion<=>s da3ghter fro8 afar! and /e re8e8ber His in[3nction that <=Xthis and 8ore shall yo3 do in 8y na8eC<=Y
-e all ha4e this ability! if /e ha4e the capacity to lo4eC In labs at the Princeton School of Engineering! literally 8illions of e5peri8ents ha4e
de8onstrated that by tho3ght alone anyone can infl3ence highly calibrated! rando8-operating 8achines<=Vnonsentient 8atterC Distance 8a7es
no differenceC (o3 can send an intention fro8 #3stralia to one of the rando8-operating 8achines in Princeton! ,e/ ;ersey! and at statistically
significant le4els yo3 ha4e infl3enced the res3ltsC Ti8e 8a7es no differenceC (o3 can send yo3r intention ten days before the 8achine 8a7es a
<=Xr3n!<=Y and yo3r intention /ill be recogniSedC "ore astonishing! yo3 can send yo3r intention after the 8achine has prod3ced its res3lts!
and if the data ha4e not yet been re4ie/ed and recorded! yo3r intention /ill be e4idenced at statistically significant le4els\
These t/o abilities! then<=Vheightened perception and po/erf3l tho3ght pro[ections<=Vfor8 the basis of psiC
It sho3ld be noted that e4eryone has both percepti4e and pro[ecti4e abilitiesC "ental telepathy! for e5a8ple! reU3ires t/o people 3sing the t/o
different s7ills: a sender and a recei4erC The sender is 3sing the pro[ecti4e ability! the recei4er the percepti4e oneC The t/o s7ills are al/ays
discrete: (o3 can send or recei4e! b3t ne4er at the sa8e ti8eC
In this boo7 I 3se the ter8s int3ition and pre8onition interchangeablyC They 8ay be different! b3t only in degreeC In the sa8e /ay 8any
concepts that /e call psychic are no 8ore than gradations of ordinary int3itionC
t/o
)I00%,S %& L%$E
#ll day I thin7 abo3t it! then at night I
say itC -here did I co8e fro8! and /hat
a8 I s3pposed to be doing6 "y so3l is
fro8 else/here! I<=>8 s3re of that CCC -ho
says /ords /ith 8y 8o3th6 -ho loo7s
o3t /ith 8y eyes6 -hat is the so3l6 CCC
If I co3ld taste one sip of an ans/er! I
co3ld brea7 o3t of this prison for
dr3n7sCCCC -hoe4er bro3ght 8e here
/ill ha4e to ta7e 8e ho8eC
;#L#L #D-DI, )*"I

#S+ #,(%,E! e4en a stranger on the b3s! and yo3<=>ll get a tale of ine5plicable ill38ination! the bolt fro8 the bl3e! or int3itionC I /as tal7ing to
Elise! one of 8y fello/ physical therapy patients Abro7en ar8: horseB! /ho told 8e that /hen she /as in college at )andolph-"acon! her
roo88ate<=>s tro3bled boyfriend had once telephoned at t/o o<=>cloc7 in the 8orning! loo7ing for his girlC Her roo88ate /as o3t! b3t hearing
the desperation in the yo3ng 8an<=>s 4oice! Elise told hi8 to /ait! not to hang 3p! that she<=>d go find his girlfriendC There /ere se4eral
ob4io3s places to loo7: the library! the art b3ilding! /here st3dents /or7ed late at night! the st3dent centerC Instead she fo3nd herself 8o4ing to
the roo8 of a 83t3al friendC <=XDo yo3 7no/ /here "ary is6<=Y she as7ed! and st38bled 3pon her ne5t doorC -hat int3ition led her there6
%ften a pre8onition co8es in drea8sC %ne /o8an told 8e she had a 4i4id drea8 of losing her /allet in LondonC (et e4en in the drea8 she 7ne/
she /asn<=>t in London! for if she had been! she<=>d ha4e carried her /allet in her /aistband as she al/ays did /hen tra4eling in a foreign
co3ntryC %n /a7ing! she didn<=>t 3nderstand the drea8 at allC *ntil later that /ee7! /hen her friend ;3dy telephoned to report that she had lost
her /allet in London and ho/ 3pset she /asZ and then 8y friend realiSed that so connected /as she to ;3dy that in her sleep! /ith her conscio3s
8ind t3rned off! she<=>d pic7ed 3p i8ages of her friend<=>s distressC

H%- D% -E +,%- THESE THI,'S6 -hat<=>s going on6 In his engaging boo7 Entangled "inds: E5trasensory E5periences in a T3ant38 )eality!
Dean )adin! senior scientist at the Instit3te of ,oetic Sciences AI%,SB in Petal38a! California! s3ggests it<=>s e4idence of s3bato8ic
entangle8ent! a ter8 coined in HNEG by ,obel la3reate physicist Er/in Schr?_dinger to describe a partic3lar connection bet/een U3ant38
syste8s<=Vand no/ /e can<=>t contin3e /itho3t the briefest Aand cr3destB e5planation of /hat it 8eans to affir8 that <=Xthe /a4e f3nctions
of particles are entangledC<=Y T3ant38 8echanics describes physical beha4ior fro8 ato8ic to cos8ological do8ains as a 4ast /eb of particles Aor
/a4esB all interlacing fro8 the first 8o8ents of 0ig 0ang creation to the present nanosecond! and all re8aining in contact across the bo3ndaries
of Ti8e and SpaceC Entangled photons are in a 7ind of grey areaC Einstein! /ho /as s7eptical abo3t U3ant38 8echanics! derided it as allo/ing
<=Xspoo7y action at a distance!<=Y /hich he belie4ed co3ld not be possibleC 03t physicists p3t it to the test! for e5a8ple! by sending t/o
particles that had been created in the sa8e e4ent to t/o locations 8any 8iles apart and obser4ing /hether each /o3ld do its o/n 8erry thing or
if each so8eho/ <=X7ne/<=Y /hat the other /as doingC T3rns o3t they 7ne/C It is not as si8ple as one photon t3rning right /hen the other
does! b3t 3ni8peachable e4idence de8onstrates the connectionC ASo Einstein /as right in saying it /as spoo7y b3t /rong in concl3ding it
co3ldn<=>t be tr3e or that U3ant38 8echanics 83st be /rong as /ellCB
-hat do the particles <=Xdo6<=Y If t/o particles are created in the sa8e e4ent! their co8bined spin is often 7no/n! /hile the spin of either one
is 3n7no/nC If yo3 8eas3re the spin of one particle and find it is pl3s one! then yo3 i88ediately 7no/ that the other 83st ha4e a spin of 8in3s
one Abeca3se the s38 of the spins is SeroBC That re8ains tr3e as long as the t/o contin3e to be <=Xentangled<=Y A8eaning they don<=>t collide
/ith other things! or de4iate! attracted by the /in7 and /iggle of a closer! 8ore sed3cti4e photon! as they /o3ld if they /ere in air instead of a
4ac338BC #nd this holds tr3e for 8ilesC In "ay OIIN! physicists trans8itted a pair of entangled photons fro8 La Pal8a to Tenerife! a distance of
abo3t ninety 8ilesC It /as an i8portant 8ilestone in the effort to trans8it entangled photons fro8 a satelliteC
-hat does all this 8ean6 &irst! it s3ggests that the connection occ3rs thro3gh <=Xother<=Y di8ensionsC Indeed! 8odern As3perB string theory
says that there 8ay be ten or ele4en di8ensions! not the three Apl3s Ti8eB that /e generally ac7no/ledgeC Second! it pro4es
<=Xentangle8ent<=Y e5istsC
)adin s3ggests that /e h38ans li7e/ise operate as b3ndles of entangled s3bato8ic particles! reaching o3t and engaging /ith one another in
in4isible /aysC #nd it 8ay be soC E5cept that o3r ato8s and 8olec3les are pac7ed so tightly together that they are anything b3t 3npert3rbedC They
b38p into each other all the ti8eC (et CCC so8eti8es /e ha4e re8ar7able int3itions\
&or 8illennia! 8ystics ha4e clai8ed that all is %ne! that e4erything is co8posed of the s3chness of 'od! and that all these heightened
sensiti4ities! intentions and angels! psychic and l38ino3s po/ers are nor8alC #nd no/ I<=>ll go o3t on a li8bC I thin7 they are carried on ribbons
of lo4eC
I 8ean it literallyC
%nce 8y da3ghter and I /ere in India 4isiting 8y spirit3al teacherC -hen it ca8e ti8e to lea4e! he escorted 3s to the b3s station! helped 3s on the
b3s! and stood bac7 to /a4e 3s offC -e /atched hi8 across the par7ing lotC S3ddenly the b3s /as s3rro3nded by a cro/d: 8en! /o8en! all
sho3ting! singing! /a4ing their hands high in the air! crying o3t<=Va riot6 I /as startled by the noise! the /a4ing saris! the bare ar8s! the glo/ing
faces! the o3tstretched hands! /hen s3ddenly I realiSed they had gro3ped belo/ o3r /indo/! hands lifted to 3s! 8y da3ghter and 8e! all
reaching o3t in praise and adorationC I loo7ed o4er at "ahara[ beyond the cro/d and felt his lo4e po3ring o3t to/ard 3s in a golden ribbon: yo3
co3ld ha4e /al7ed on it! and the cro/d! ecstatic! /as ca3ght in that energy! dragged along li7e the p3ll of a co8et<=>s tail! capti4e to his lo4eC #
8o8ent later! and the b3s 8o4ed offC The g3r3 t3rned a/ay! and instantly the cro/d dispersedC I<=>4e often /ondered! did these people
re8e8ber that for one 8ad 8o8ent they had stood beneath a b3s /indo/ sho3ting and crying o3t in praise6 -ere they e8barrassed6 Did they
go ho8e and tell their h3sbands or da3ghters! <=XI did the oddest thing today<=V<=Y6 Did they feel to3ched by the Di4ine6 %r seen by Di4inity6
%r did the g3r3 gi4e the8 the gift of forgetf3lness6
)I00%,S %& L%$EC %ne day /hen I /as [3st a yo3ng 8other! I /as /riting in 8y ho8e officeC Do/n the corridor 8y baby! "olly! lay sleeping on a
bed barricaded by pillo/s! tho3gh she /as still too yo3ng to 8o4e<=Vshe hadn<=>t e4en tried to roll o4er yetC I /as deep in tho3ght!
concentrating on 8y /or7! /hen s3ddenly I [er7ed alert: <=X"olly<=>s falling off the bed\<=Y
I raced do/n the hall/ay CCC and ca3ght her in 8idairC It see8s i8possibleC Ho/ did I 7no/ she /as abo3t to fall6 It /asn<=>t telepathyZ she<=>d
sent no 8essageC #t that age! the baby didn<=>t 7no/ /hat <=Xroll o4er<=Y /as! 83ch less <=XfallC<=Y Pre8onition6 Precognition6 -hat
bonds of lo4e so enfold a 8other and child Aor father and childB that /e 7no/ /hat<=>s going to happen e4en do/n the hall6
,ot only are children the repositories of infinite
possibilities! b3t they also ha4e /ithin the8 still the
83r83r of angel /ings! an essence of di4inity! 3nscathedC
-ith ad3lts CCC I ha4e often felt 3nspo7en challenge CCC
-ith children it is differentC They belie4eC They acceptC
They do not do3bt in the ter8s of ad3lt do3btC They /ait
3pon the spirit in the f3llness of their child /onder CCC
their innocence opens the gate/ay of faith<=Vand healingC
#"0)%SE -%))#LL! healer and aerona3tical engineer
Ho/ can the 8ind reach into the f3t3re6 #nd if it changes a f3t3re e4ent! /as it the f3t3re any/ay6 In his boo7 The Po/er of Pre8onitions! Larry
Dossey tells of a 8other /ho /o7e 3p fro8 a drea8 in /hich the chandelier in the baby<=>s roo8 fell and cr3shed the infant in its cribC Her
h3sband told her to go bac7 to sleep<=Vit /as [3st a drea8<=Vb3t she /as so sha7en that she act3ally got 3p and bro3ght the baby into bed /ith
herC Later that night they heard the crash as the chandelier fell on the e8pty cribC

I #" ,%T # SCIE,TIST! b3t I a8 con4inced that the greater yo3r e8pathy and the higher yo3r spirit3al de4elop8ent! the 8ore int3iti4e
e5periences yo3 /ill ha4e! 3ntil s3ch things beco8e so ordinary that yo3 hardly notice the8 any8oreC ,o longer rare and dra8atic! they fall li7e
soft rain into o3r li4es! br3shing aside all logical conscio3snessC
(et for 8any people! o3r int3itions and precognitions are anything b3t nor8alC They 3s3ally concern danger either to 3s or to those /e lo4eC (o3r
da3ghter is in tro3ble! and yo3 /a7e 3p! ha4ing seen it in a drea8\ (o3r h3sband has been shot in a distant /ar! and yo3 feel the b3llet enter yo3r
o/n bodyC (o3 needn<=>t /ait for the confir8ing telegra8C -e are hoo7ed into life by the 8ystery of lo4e! as /e o3rsel4es are lo4e! o3r 4ery
ato8s for8ed of lo4e! and /hy sho3ld it be other/ise /hen o3r 4ery tho3ghts /o3ld 8erge in lo4e6
%nce! /hile /or7ing U3ietly at 8y des7! I felt 8y heart [38p! torn by a pain so searing I tho3ght it had split in t/oC I al8ost faintedC # 8o8ent
later I /as able to breathe againC I sat there! tre8blingC Had I had a heart attac76 I see8ed all rightC Sho3ld I see a doctor6 )eaching o3t 8entally!
searching! I ca8e to a 8an I lo4ed /ho li4ed on another continentC Had he been h3rt6 -hen I 8anaged to reach hi8 a fe/ days later! I disco4ered
he<=>d had a heart attac7 at that ti8eC So inti8ately /ere /e connected that I thin7 I si83ltaneo3sly e5perienced his painC
-hat I a8 going to tell yo3 abo3t is /hat /e teach o3r
physics st3dents in the third or fo3rth year of grad3ate
schoolC CCC It is 8y tas7 to con4ince yo3 not to t3rn a/ay
beca3se yo3 don<=>t 3nderstand itC (o3 see! 8y physics
st3dents don<=>t 3nderstand it eitherC C C C That is beca3se
I don<=>t 3nderstand itC ,obody doesC
,%0EL L#*)E#TE )ICH#)D &E(,"#,
I ha4e a friend! S3san! /ho /as engaged to a 8an she deeply lo4edC They /ere /aiting only for his di4orce to co8e thro3gh to 8arryC %ne
e4ening! as he opened the apart8ent door! she felt a [olt of sheer rageC It shoo7 her to the core as she /atched her dog leap [oyo3sly to/ard this
8an! tail /agging! 8o3th open! grinning as only dogs can doC <=X"a[or\<=Y she sho3ted at the dogC <=XCo8e here\<=Y She p3lled the dog off
by the collarC She didn<=>t /ant hi8 e4en to to3ch her lo4er! 83ch less offer /elco8eC She stood! ar8s crossed before hi8! tre8blingC She 7ne/
before he said a /ord: He /as going bac7 to his /ifeC %h! they tal7ed that e4eningC They tal7ed and tal7edC 03t /hat a8aSed S3san /as that she
had 7no/n /ith 3tter certainty! /ith his hand resting on the o3tside door7nob! the decision he<=>d already 8adeC
I re8e8ber once t3rning to an acU3aintance and bl3rting! <=X%h! yo3<=>re going to get 8arried\<=Y The /ords shot o3t of 8y 8o3thC
<=X-ho told yo3 that6<=Y I tho3ght he /as going to hit 8eC
<=X,o oneC<=Y I cringed before his /rathC <=XI<=>8 sorryC &orget itC I don<=>t 7no/ /hy I said thatC<=Y
03t! of co3rse! si5 /ee7s later he anno3nced he<=>d secretly 8arried a /o8an thirty years yo3nger to /ho8 he<=>d been engaged eight /ee7sC
E4en those of 3s /ho li4e in cities! /ho rarely see the 8oon and stars and don<=>t practice psychic gifts! telepathy! si5th sense! 4ibes! or
e5trasensory perception<=V/e too occasionally hear /hispers of the Di4ine CCC and 8ar4el at the i8plicationsC
The greater yo3r e8pathy and the higher yo3r spirit3al de4elop8ent! the 8ore int3iti4e e5periences yo3 /ill ha4eC
<=X%3r li4es are li7e islands in the sea!<=Y /rote -illia8 ;a8es! the philosopher! <=Xor li7e trees in the forestC The 8aple and the pine 8ay
/hisper to each other /ith their lea4es! and CCC `the islandsa hear each other<=>s foghornsC 03t the trees also co88ingle their roots in the
dar7ness 3ndergro3nd! and the islands also hang together thro3gh the ocean<=>s botto8: ;3st so there is a contin338 of cos8ic conscio3sness
CCC into /hich o3r se4eral 8inds pl3nge as into a 8other-sea or reser4oirC<=Y
-e are islands [oined deep beneath the sea! b3t the /ind is also r3ffling the shi88ering green tips of the trees that rise 3p high abo4e o3r loa8y
shore! 8a7ing it hard so8eti8es to read the signals at o3r rootsC
three
ST*DIES 2 S+EPTICS
It is foolish to be con4inced /itho3t e4idence! b3t it is eU3ally foolish to ref3se to be con4inced by real e4idenceC
*PT%, SI,CL#I)

H%- %&TE, D% -E ha4e a h3nch that /e ref3se to listen to6 "ary #nne offers one s3ch ca3tionary taleC She 8arried a 8an she /as /ild abo3tC
%ne 8onth after the /edding! she /as 8a7ing coffee one 8orning /hen she felt co8pelled to open her h3sband<=>s s3itcase! and sa/ a8ong
the 8any papers it contained one en4elope that dre/ her attentionC To her s3rprise she disco4ered her h3sband had been stealing 8oney fro8
her to pay for school t3ition that he clai8ed he<=>d already paidC
It /as a shoc7! b3t she ref3sed the infor8ation! she says! <=Xbeca3se I lo4ed hi8 so 83chC<=Y
# year later! she /as ho8e alone! and again she had an int3ition<=Van 3rge! for no concei4able reason! to hit the redial b3tton on the phoneC It
rang thro3gh to an ans/ering 8achine and a /o8an<=>s 4oice gi4ing her na8e and the reU3est to callC
<=XI /as so conf3sed!<=Y she /roteC 0y then she felt physically g3idedC <=XI sat do/n! and then I sensed another direction to go loo7 in his
carC<=Y Since her h3sband had said he /o3ld be at ch3rch! she 7ne/ /here to find itC
<=XI<=>ll ne4er forget /al7ing do/n the street to his car! feeling li7e a fool b3t also li7e a robot being ledC I fo3nd the car and felt satisfied! b3t
then fo3nd 8yself 3rged to open the bac7 door and loo7 in a specific area! /here I fo3nd a letter fro8 the sa8e /o8an /ith her na8e! her
phone n38ber! and the 7eys to her ho3seC I co3ld no longer hide fro8 the factsC I had 8arried a philanderer and a con artist\<=Y
# cynic /o3ld sneer that the int3ition /o3ld ha4e been 8ore 3sef3l before she e4er 8arried the 8anC #nother 8ight arg3e that "ary #nne /as
3nconscio3sly reading s3btle signals that set off her s3spicions: body lang3age! a tone of 4oice! too 8any /rong n38bers on the phone! the shr3g
of a sho3lder! a loo7: nothing paranor8al or 8etaphysical! [3st plain old ordinary co88on senseC
03t s7eptics ha4e their o/n ro/ to hoeC

IT IS C%""%,L( 0ELIE$ED that psychic pheno8ena cannot be replicated 3nder laboratory conditions and therefore cannot be scientifically
de8onstratedC It<=>s not tr3eC Scientists ha4e been st3dying telepathy! int3ition! and psychic 8atters ApsiB since the early HPIIsC The London
Society for Psychical )esearch /as fo3nded in HPPO by s3ch scientific l38inaries as the physicist Sir %li4er Lodge A7no/n for contrib3tions to
/ireless telegraphyBZ ,obel la3reate 0aron )ayleighZ Sa83el PC Langley! secretary of the S8ithsonian Instit3tionZ psychologist -illia8 ;a8esZ and
Ed/ard CC Pic7ering! director of the Har4ard %bser4atoryC The Society does acade8ic researchC T/o years later! in HPPL! the College of Psychic
St3dies /as fo3nded in London to e5plore and teach a conscio3sness beyond 8atterC In HNHH a chair for psychical research at Stanford *ni4ersity
/as f3nded! and in the HNEIs biologist ;C 0C )hine A/ho coined the ter8 ESP and also the /ord parapsychologyB /as in f3ll s/ing at the fa8o3s
paranor8al research progra8 that he fo3nded at D37e *ni4ersity and that contin3ed 3ntil HNRGC It /as )hine! together /ith Sir %li4er Lodge in
0ritain and 'er8an colleag3es! /ho de4eloped the analytical and statistical 8ethods necessary to professionaliSe parapsychology research! and
)hine /ho fo3nded the ;o3rnal of ParapsychologyC "ean/hile! in HNGH! the brilliant 8edi38 Eileen 'arrett established the Parapsychology
&o3ndation in ,e/ (or7 CityC
03t the great flo3rishing of paranor8al research ca8e only to/ard the end of the t/entieth cent3ry /ith the rise of technology and co8p3tersC
H3ndreds of tho3sands of laboratory st3dies ha4e no/ been carried o3t in s3ch acclai8ed instit3tions as Har4ard *ni4ersity! Princeton! Stanford!
the Instit3te of ,oetic Sciences! and in 4en3es fro8 Scotland to S/eden! 'er8any to #3straliaC They ha4e s3bstantiated the reality of int3ition!
clair4oyance! telepathy! and precognitionC Do /e need 8ore proof6 Dean )adin! in his OIIR boo7 Entangled "inds! charts the n38ero3s tests
that doc38ent precogniti4e drea8s! telepathy! int3ition! the 3neasy sense of being stared at! and re8ote 4ie/ingC He notes that the st3dies sho/
odds against s3ch things happening by chance so astrono8ical that yo3 can hardly read the fig3res: odds of LP billion to one! or of HCH 8illion to
one! or of HEH 8illion to H
OF
A/hich is CIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIH! or t/enty-se4en Seros before the H<=Vpretty s8allBC "ore than one
tho3sand controlled st3dies of psi ha4e been concl3ded /ith co8bined odds against chance of HI
HIL
to HC
In one analysis of precognition st3dies cond3cted in the fifty years bet/een HNEG and HNPG! t/o researchers analySed EIN tests consisting of
nearly t/o 8illion indi4id3al trials 3sing o4er GI!III s3b[ectsC In these <=Xforced-choice<=Y tests a person is as7ed to predict /hich one of a fi5ed
n38ber of possible targets /o3ld be rando8ly selected laterC The targets /ere colored la8ps or the face of a tossed die or Qener cards Asho/ing
the sy8bols of a circle! sU3are! cross! triangle! or /a4y linesBC The ti8e inter4al bet/een the g3esses and the selection of f3t3re targets ranged
fro8 8illiseconds to a yearC The res3lts of the EIN st3dies prod3ced odds against chance of HI
OG
to one! /hich 8eans the chance that coincidence
/as in4ol4ed /as HI 8illion billion billion to one\ Ten years later t/o researchers fro8 the *ni4ersity of Edinb3rgh p3blished an analysis of
forced-choice e5peri8ents co8paring clair4oyance Apercei4ing the presentB to precognition Apercei4ing the f3t3reB and fo3nd t/enty-t/o st3dies
fro8 HNEG to HNNF /ith odds for clair4oyance of LII to H and of precognition of HCH 8illion to HC
In another highly controlled test on telepathy perfor8ed by the )hine Psychology Lab at D37e *ni4ersity! again 3sing Qener cards! s3ccess rates
offered odds against chance of EFG trillion to oneC
,e/ in4entions and technologies ha4e led to increasingly sophisticated testsC -e can no/ 8eas3re brain /a4es! heartbeat! and tiny fl3ct3ations
in s7in cond3ctance As/eatB! and these offer e5U3isitely sensiti4e indications of presenti8entsC In one of 8y fa4orites on telepathy! perfor8ed at
the *ni4ersity of Pennsyl4ania! a h3sband and /ife /ere isolated in t/o separate roo8sC -hile the h3sband /atched a 4ariety of i8ages on a
co8p3ter! his /ife /as hoo7ed 3p to electrodes that 8eas3red 3nconscio3s physiological responses! incl3ding tiny fl3ct3ations in s7in
gal4aniSationC #8ong the 8any i8ages on her h3sband<=>s co8p3ter /ere photographs of his /ife! and each ti8e her pict3re ca8e on the
screen he e5perienced a /a4e of pleas3reC )e8ar7ably! each ti8e he tho3ght of her! his /ife! in the ne5t roo8! sho/ed tiny changes in s7in
cond3cti4ity! telepathically pic7ing 3p her h3sband<=>s /ar8 responseC
In another st3dy! this ti8e of precognition! again 3sing electrodes to 8eas3re s3btle physical changes in the pal8s of the hand! researchers
de4ised a test 3sing three 7inds of i8ages appearing rando8ly on a co8p3ter screenC The i8ages /ere either cal8 or e8otionally chargedC The
participant presses a b3tton on the co8p3ter /hen he<=>s ready for the testC -ithin fi4e seconds Asi5 seconds in another st3dyB the co8p3ter
selects a pict3re at rando8 fro8 a pool of i8ages! displays it for three seconds! and goes blan7C #fter ten seconds a 8essage appears telling the
s3b[ect to press the screen again /hen he<=>s ready for the ne5t pict3reC The idea behind these tests is that /e are constantly and 3nconscio3sly
scanning the f3t3re and preparing to respond to it! and that the body responds in direct proportion to the Af3t3reB e8otional i8pact: it<=>s the
gift of fear! it<=>s the gift of fear /e<=>re spea7ing ofC # poisono3s spider is so8ething to be concerned abo3t! and the /o8an /ho int3iti4ely
/ithdra/s her hand fro8 the /ood-pile for no apparent reason 8ay be the one /ho s3r4i4esC
Participants reacted /ith changes in s7in cond3cti4ity t/o to three seconds before the 4iolent i8ages! as 8ight be e5pected! /hile cal8 or
ne3tral pict3res prod3ced s8all or no res3ltsC 03t on a4erage the s3b[ects anticipated an e5tre8ely e8otional f3t3re sit3ation by three secondsC
In this st3dy the odds against chance /ere GII to HC
# h38an anticipates a f3t3re e4ent by three secondsC
#n earth/or8 has a one-second precogniti4e responseC
Earth/or8s tra4el in herdsC
-e 7no/! ho/e4er! that int3ition can occ3r far in ad4ance of three s8all secondsC "ish7at #l "o38in! a di4orced IraUi /o8an Aand anyone
fa8iliar /ith "3sli8 c3lt3re 7no/s the degradation that di4orce inc3rsB! a la/yer and PhCDC! /as 8inister of the en4iron8ent d3ring #yad
#lla/i<=>s OIIL-OIIG ter8 as pri8e 8inisterC She belie4ed that <=Xen4iron8ent<=Y 8eant clean drin7ing /ater for fa8ilies! f3nctioning se/er
lines! the ability to find food and coo7ing oil! and e4en h38an rights for /o8enC -hen a fat/a /as iss3ed calling for her death! she e4ent3ally
left IraU and /or7s no/ for her co3ntry in the *nited StatesC 03t the story I /ant to tell happened /hen she /as still in IraU! a 8inister of the
fledgling go4ern8entC
0ea3tif3l! /ith short hennaed hair! a ro3nd face! and intelligent eyes! "ish7at is a /o8an of enor8o3s /illpo/er and energyC %ne night! she
drea8ed that she /as being h3nted by 8en /ith rifles /ho /ere intent on 7illing herC That 8orning she co3ld barely drag herself to /or7C E4ery
8o4e8ent /as slo/C *s3ally she /as gone by eight in the 8orning! b3t on this day it /as eight-thirty before she stepped rel3ctantly o3t her door!
3nable to sha7e her lassit3de! her 3ncharacteristic lethargy<=Vor the dar7 sense that so8ething /as /rongC
"ish7at dro4e to her office /ith her bodyg3ards in a three-car cara4an designed to blend into nor8al traffic: the first car! /hite! /as a s8all t/o-
door 4ehicle containing three 8enC Her fo3r-door yello/ a3to held the dri4er and a bodyg3ard in the front seat and herself in the bac7! /here a
/o8an sho3ld sit /hen dri4en by her brother or father in a "3sli8 co3ntryC The last car! a blac7 4an! trailing 3nobtr3si4ely by fifty 8eters! held
fo3r 8ore bodyg3ardsC
They dro4e do/n a narro/ streetC "ish7at /as engrossed! reading files! /hen s3ddenly her car s/er4ed to the right and careened 3p onto the
side/al7! follo/ed i88ediately by an e5plosion as the car behind ble/ 3p! 7illing all her g3ardsC # s3icide dri4er had tried to ra8 her car! 8issed!
and hit the follo/ing 4ehicle\
She /as de4astatedC 'rie4ing for her 8enC 03t loo7ing bac7! she /ondered if she<=>d had an int3ition that 8orning! had tried int3iti4ely to
change the sit3ation<=Valbeit 3ns3ccessf3lly<=Vby being lateC Later she decided that a sco3t 83st ha4e been posted o3tside her apart8ent to
telephone the s3icide bo8ber the 8o8ent she reached her car! for ho/ else co3ld they ha4e orchestrated the attac76

I, OIIL! psychophysiologist )ollin "cCraty and his colleag3es reported in the ;o3rnal of #lternati4e and Co8ple8entary "edicine on their
e5peri8ents in deter8ining /here in the brain or body int3ition liesC Their 8eas3re8ents incl3ded s7in cond3ctance! heart rate! and brain
8eas3re8entsC )eplicating the earlier st3dy! thirty cal8 and fifteen e8otionally aro3sing pict3res /ere presented to t/enty-si5 participantsC It
/as fo3nd that the heart rate significantly slo/ed do/n before a f3t3re e8otional pict3reZ that /hile both the heart and brain recei4e and
respond to int3iti4e infor8ation! the heart appears to recei4e int3iti4e infor8ation before the brainZ that the brain responds in different /ays to
cal8 or to e8otionally charged sti83liZ and that /o8en are 8ore att3ned than 8en to int3iti4e infor8ation fro8 the heartC Is int3ition fo3nd!
then! in the heart6
<=XThe heart!<=Y /rote "cCraty! <=Xappears to play a direct role in the perception of f3t3re e4entsC<=Y In a personal e-8ail to 8e! he
contin3ed: <=X-hat o3r st3dies s3ggest is that the heart is the 8ain cond3it that connects 3s to o3r higher self or spirit A/hate4er yo3 /ant to
call itB! and that it is the heart that relays int3iti4e infor8ation to the brain! /here /e 8ay beco8e a/are of itC #fter the leap of the heart!
83ltiple sites in the brain sho/ pre-sti83l3s responses! and I s3spect the centers in4ol4ed depend on the type of infor8ation passed along
A4is3al! a3ditory! etcCBC 03t the pri8ary center in the brain appears to be the frontal corte5C<=Y
His st3dies sho/ed the heart slo/ing do/n! b3t I<=>8 re8inded of 8y e5periences /hen playing chess<=Vthe po3nding heart! the spots before
8y eyes<=Vthat ca8e seconds before I bl3ndered into a 8ista7eC
Si5ty percent of ad3lt #8ericans belie4e in int3ition! clair4oyance! and ESPC ,inety-si5 percent of scientists fro8 the ,ational #cade8y of Sciences
clai8 to be s7eptics! tho3gh HI percent of the8 thin7 that parapsychological research sho3ld be enco3ragedC
I<=>ll tell of one last test on int3itionC In this st3dy ten ad3lt 4ol3nteers /ere hoo7ed 3p to a f3nctional 8agnetic resonance i8aging Af")IB
syste8 to 8eas3re the o5ygen in their blood! on the theory that the higher the o5ygen le4el in one part of the brain! the 8ore li7ely that that area
is being sti83latedC AThe acrony8 0%LD 8eans <=Xblood o5ygenation le4el dependentC<=YB #gain the participants /ere as7ed to loo7 at three
7inds of co8p3ter-pro[ected i8ages: erotic! 4iolent! and cal8 or ne3tralC Each i8age appeared on the screen for LCO seconds! /ith a blan7 screen
for PCL secondsC The res3lts sho/ed that presenti8ent /as distrib3ted thro3gho3t the brain! b3t significant sti83lation appeared in one co88on
areaC
"en and /o8en sho/ed 4ast differencesC ;3st before an erotic i8age appeared on the screen! the 8en e5perienced sharp pre8onitions! b3t for
ne3tral and 4iolent i8ages they sho/ed nothingC The /o8en! on the other hand! had significant int3itions of both erotic and 4iolent i8agesC Is
this /hy 8en Aso8e 8enB find 4iolence less dist3rbing than /o8en Aso8e /o8enB6 -hy so8e e4en see7 o3t 4iolent ad4ent3re in fil8s or ga8es
or dangero3s sports6 The i8portant fact is that the brains of 8ales lit 3p before an erotic i8age e4en appeared! /hile those of fe8ales did so for
both erotic and 4iolent ones<=Vand this tho3gh neither 7ne/ /hich pict3re /as abo3t to co8e on screenC *nconscio3sly! then! /e dip into the
f3t3re<=Vpercei4e it<=Vand 'od 7no/s ho/ i8portant this is if yo3<=>re abo3t to step on a sna7eC
In spite of the research! s7epticis8 r3ns high in the scientific co883nityC )ep3tations are at sta7e! and there is so8ething a little shady and
disrep3table abo3t in4estigating h3nches! int3ition! pre8onitions! telepathy! and psychic di4inationC Intellects re4oltC 03t /orse is the circ3lar
logic that pre4ails in scientific circlesC )esearch on a topic cannot be ta7en serio3sly 3ntil it is reported in the <=Xrespectable<=Y [o3rnals<=Vand it
/on<=>t be reported 3ntil it is considered <=XrespectableC<=Y
It is a scandal that the disp3te as to the reality of these `psia pheno8ena sho3ld still be going on! that so 8any co8petent /itnesses sho3ld ha4e
declared their belief in the8! that so 8any others sho3ld be profo3ndly interested in ha4ing the U3estion deter8ined! and yet! the ed3cated /orld!
as a body! sho3ld still be si8ply in the attit3de of incred3lityC
HE,)( SID'-IC+! Ca8bridge professor of ethics and 8oral philosophy! HPPO
"oreo4er! t/o c3rio3s proble8s arise concerning st3dies of int3ition and psiC &irst! the 8ore the test is repeated! the /orse the percei4er getsC
Effects declineC Is that beca3se the h38an 8ind re4olts in boredo8 at the endless repetition! or is it beca3se the laboratory setting doesn<=>t
really 8atter any/ayZ yo3r life is not at sta7e6 Either /ay! this feeds the disbelief of s7epticsC
# second factor is the <=XE5peri8enter Effect!<=Y /hereby the degree of the obser4er<=>s disdain appears to affect the o3tco8eC <=X0elie4e
and all things are possible!<=Y ;es3s Christ ad8onishedC Disbelie4e and the st3dy cannot be replicated! as if the 8ental state of the scientist
corr3pts the 8aterialC Later! /e<=>ll see that the tr3st or s7epticis8 of a client also affects a psychic /ho is gi4ing a reading! and this sho3ld co8e
as no s3rpriseC Ha4e yo3 ne4er fo3nd yo3rself str3c7 speechless before a hostile or conte8pt3o3s a3dience! 3nable to e5press yo3rself6 -e<=>re
all affected by /hat goes on aro3nd 3sC # flighty horse is panic7ed by its terrified rider! pic7ing 3p her fearC # dog senses /hen yo3 are sad or
angryC In the /orld of s3bato8ic particles! the photon see8s al8ost to ad[3st to the obser4er<=>s /ill! f3nctioning either as a /a4e or particle! a
pheno8enon addressed in HNOF by Heisenberg<=>s 3ncertainty principle! in /hich he stated that the act of obser4ation itself interferes /ith the
location and 4elocity of electronsC AThis is beca3se obser4ation reU3ires light! and light has 8o8ent38CB -hy sho3ldn<=>t the attit3de of the
in4estigator! then! affect the st3dies of higher perception or int3ition6
%bser4er and ob[ect are inti8ately connectedC # strea8 of photons is shot at a screen /ith t/o tiny slits in it! /hile a sensiti4e ca8era records
/here each photon landsC ATo 8e! the first 8ar4el is the ca8era\B If one of the slits is closed! the photons 8o4e single-file li7e b3llets thro3gh the
single slitC If both slits are open! they 8eander thro3gh the t/o openings in 4arying bands of intensity! consistent /ith a /a4eC
%ddly! a photon acts as a /a4e /hen the scientists aren<=>t loo7ing and li7e a particle /hen they are\ -hat 8a7es the8 collapse into particles
/hen obser4ed6
If yo3 close one slit after the photon has already passed thro3gh! the photon is seen to ha4e beha4ed appropriately as a particleZ and if yo3 open
both slits! then [3dicio3sly as a /a4eC (et the slits /ere opened or closed only after the photon had already passed thro3gh\ Ho/ co3ld the
photon 7no/ after it had passed thro3gh the slits that one slit /o3ld later be sh3t6 In other /ords! the physicist<=>s choice appears to deter8ine
the beha4ior of the photonC Is reality created by intention6 %3r &ree -ill6
,othing is staticC ,othing is setC In place of locality! in /hich ob[ects re8ain fi5ed in space and ti8e! nonlocality is the operating forceZ in place of
ca3sality! in /hich e4erything is clearly ca3sed by an earlier condition Ati8e 8o4ing only for/ardB! e4ents are apparently infl3enced by intentionZ
instead of contin3ity! /hich ass38es no tears in the fabric of ti8e and space! /e find discontin3o3s reality! /here isolated ob[ects are connected
across space and ti8eC -here /e once tho3ght things progressed in orderly and predicable /ays! /e find only chaos and U3estions! for all o3r
ass38ptions of reality ha4e been destroyedC
`Parapsychology todaya is so i8probable that e5tre8ely good e4idence is needed to 8a7e 3s belie4e itZ and this e4idence is not good! for ho/ can
yo3 tr3st people /ho belie4e in s3ch abs3rdities6
ED"*,D '*),E(! /riting in the HPPIs
%*) "I,DS #)E #T -#): intellect and int3ition are ene8iesC The 'ree7 /ord s7epsis 8eans <=Xe5a8ination<=Y and <=Xdo3bt!<=Y ho/e4er!
not <=Xdenial!<=Y and c3rrent scientific antipathy beco8es l3dicro3s at ti8es! /rote one engineering school a3thority: <=XIt<=>s the 7ind of
thing I /o3ldn<=>t belie4e! e4en if it /ere tr3eC<=Y
Do3bt is o3r nat3ral state and denial the h38an response to the 3nacceptableC It<=>s not s3rprising then that st3dies of int3ition and
presenti8ent are still /oef3lly inadeU3ateC
<=XIf /e i8agined `as on a cloc7a that all f3nds raised for cancer research /ere spent in a single day!<=Y /rote Dean )adin! <=Xthen the
co8parati4e f3nding for psi research<=Vall of it! /orld/ide! thro3gho3t history<=Vis conser4ati4ely eU3i4alent to /hat cancer research cons38es
in a 8ere LE secondsC &ro8 this perspecti4e! it<=>s a8aSing /e<=>4e learned anything at allC CCC<=Y
(et loo7 at the st3diesC The fact is! /e 7no/ a great deal abo3t int3ition and psiC Ho/ can scientists ignore this inner /isdo86
H
The 8ost e5citing pharse to hear in science! the one that heralds ne/ disco4eries! is not <=XE3re7a\<=Y b3t <=XThat<=>s f3nnyC<=Y
IS##C #SI"%$
fo3r
THE ,#T*)#L I,T*ITI$E
,othing infl3ences o3r cond3ct less than do intellect3al ideasC
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I,T*ITI%,: yo3 can<=>t to3ch it or see it or find it on the InternetC I belie4e it is o3r s3bconscio3s 8ind spea7ing to 3s fro8 dar7 and co4ert
ca4esC If /e do not listen! it /ill try to send its 8essages in drea8sC %r else it beco8es so insistent that /e hear it e4en as an E5ternal $oiceC
Perhaps it is only o3r inner sel4es tal7ing to o3rsel4es! b3t so8eti8es it feels so different! so <=Xother/orldly!<=Y that yo3<=>d thin7 it co3ld be
orchestrated by angelsC -ell! /hy not6 #ren<=>t /e part of the spirit3al di8ension6 #ren<=>t /e angels at ti8es! acting on behalf of others and
being 8o4ed occasionally Ato o3r s3rpriseB in 8ysterio3s /ays<=Vand al/ays Aho/ c3rio3sB to help another! e4en /hen /e don<=>t 7no/ the
other person is in need of help6
I heard of a /o8an /ho one day had the idea she sho3ld ta7e so8e flo/ers to the old lady ne5t doorC -hen she 7noc7ed! she fo3nd the /o8an
in tearsC <=XI /as [3st praying to 'od to send so8eone!<=Y she saidC <=XI felt so lonelyC #nd no/ yo3<=>re hereC<=Y
Scientists proffer se4en 8ain theories to e5plain these heightened perceptions! each an appropriately acade8ic 8o3thf3l: -e ha4e signal-transfer
theory! goal-oriented theory! field theory! s7eptical theory! collecti4e-8ind theory! 83ltidi8ensional spaceDti8e theory! and U3ant38-8echanical
theory! /hich is itself co8posed of fi4e theorettes! one being the afore8entioned concept of entangled 8indsC #ll this in addition to 8orphic
fields! nonlocality! and thin-slicing of the brainC #nd still! no one has any idea /hat<=>s act3ally going onC
Int3ition is so8e 7ind of s/ift intelligence that operates differently fro8 logic! analysis! ratiocinationC It is fragile! easily ignored! often o4err3led
by critical do3btC It disli7es being po7ed and b3llied by conscio3s reasonC It has nothing to do /ith s8artsC %li4er -endell Hol8es said of &ran7lin
Delano )oose4elt that he /as a second-rate intellect b3t had first-rate int3itionC
Eighty-nine percent of /o8en and se4enty-t/o percent of 8en report ha4ing g3t feelings abo3t people or e4entsC Se4enty-eight percent of
s7eptics report g3t feelings in /hich their sto8achs felt tied in 7notsC
So8e people ha4e nat3ral psychic gifts! [3st as so8e are 8ore 8athe8atically inclined than othersC They are by nat3re open! /illing! creati4e! and
ad4ent3ro3sC Doesn<=>t e4ery artist feel lifted so8eti8es by the "3se and carried effortlessly do/n that ri4er of creati4ity! dra/n ho3r after
ho3r by the tide of the /or7 and e4ery /ord or note near perfect6 -e thin7 of "oSart /riting his sy8phonies 4ertically bar by bar across the
pages! setting do/n the notes of all the instr38ents at once! as if he /ere hearing 83sic dictated to hi8C %r of Saint Teresa of ?b4ila! /ho /as
once seen praying o4er her /or7 as her feather dipped itself in in7 and /rote /itho3t her handC A-as it 8erely 8etaphor6B -e 8ar4el at the
paintings that appeared 8ysterio3sly day after day at Lily Dale! the fa8o3s psychic co883nity in 3pstate ,e/ (or7! /hile people gathered to
/atch the for8s e8erge on the can4as as if the 8agic br3sh of a Disney cartoon /ere po3ring o3t color /itho3t a g3iding handC
-hat in 'od<=>s na8e is going on6

S+EPTICS -ILL TELL (%* that /hat<=>s going on is a general decline in scientific ed3cation! the deplorable state of present-day 3nU3estioning
intellectC The ,ational Science &o3ndation! in a periodic report entitled Science and Technology Indicators! /hich re4ie/s the p3blic
3nderstanding of science! fo3nd to its dis8ay a <=X/idespread and gro/ing<=Y proble8 of belief in <=Xpse3doscienceC<=Y # OIIH nation/ide
poll fo3nd that RI percent of ad3lt #8ericans belie4e that <=Xso8e people possess psychic po/ers or ESPC<=Y -hen the respondents /ere
separated by ed3cation! ho/e4er! it /as fo3nd to the horror of so8e that the higher the ed3cation! the 8ore pre4alent the belief! /ith RO
percent of those /ith high school degrees or higher in agree8ent\ 0elief in e5trasensory perception in the *nited States! therefore! is not eU3ated
/ith ignorance and lac7 of ed3cation! and this is tr3e /orld/ide! fro8 #3stralia to 0raSilC In S/eden! /ith its high literacy rate! the 8a[ority of the
pop3lation belie4es in the paranor8alC
It<=>s eno3gh to dri4e a s7eptic 8adC
There is absol3tely no reason to s3ppose that telepathy is anything 8ore than a charlatan<=>s fantasyC
P)%&ESS%) PETE) #T+I,S! a che8ist at %5ford
*ni4ersity /ho later ad8itted he had not st3died
any of the e4idence and neither did he feel
obliged to do so! as U3oted in OIIR
in the London Ti8es
# P)%&ILE
Let<=>s c3t to the chase: St3dies sho/ that people /ho belie4e in heightened a/areness are not /ea7-8inded! 8entally ill! or lac7ing in critical
fac3ltiesC They are not ignorant and 3ned3catedC ,or are they s3perstitio3s! holding /ith o3tdated beliefs in /itchcraft or de8ons or 8atters
cabalistic and occ3ltC It<=>s not that their brains are 8isfiring or s3b[ect to schiSophrenic seiS3res! altho3gh both spirit3al and psychic e5periences
are correlated /ith increased brain acti4ityC
Creati4e and high-achie4ing people report 8ore psychic e5periences than those /hose creati4ity has been cho7ed offC
-ell! then! /ho has these e5periences6 In OIIE! at a conference at the Instit3te of ,oetic Sciences! LRG people /ere as7ed abo3t their ed3cation!
allergies and bodily sensiti4ities! 8ental practices As3ch as 8editationB! and psi e5periencesC It /as fo3nd that /o8en reported 8ore e5periences
than 8en and yo3nger people 8ore than olderZ that left-handed and a8bide5tro3s indi4id3als /ere significantly 8ore li7ely to ha4e e5periences
than right-handed onesZ and that those /ho /ere psychic had a clear pattern of allergies and bodily sensiti4itiesC &ifty percent of /o8en /ere
3ntelepathic! b3t PG percent of the telepaths /ere fe8aleC They are yo3nger! ed3cated! and creati4e! /ith abilities of association and absorptionC
They ha4e high foc3s or concentrationC
# profile of a psychic /o3ld be: a left-handed! so8e/hat intro4erted! creati4e /o8an abo3t age thirty or yo3nger /ho is physically sensiti4e
Aperhaps /ith allergiesB! s3ffers perhaps fro8 chronic an5iety! 8a7es decisions based on e8otion rather than logic! practices a 8ental discipline
s3ch as 8editation! and is open! /illing! co3rageo3s! 3ncon4entional! and c3rio3sC It<=>s interesting that creati4e and high-achie4ing people
report 8ore psychic e5periences than those /hose creati4ity has been stifled by social conditioning and inhibitionsC
St3dies sho/ that ESP is associated /ith a rela5ed state of 8ind and an 3nrestricted le4el of conscio3snessC
THE "(E)S-0)I''S TEST
I belie4e that e4eryone has int3ition and 8oreo4er that it can be de4elopedC 03t there<=>s no U3estion so8e people ha4e it to a higher degree
than othersC To the e5tre8e int3iti4e! the psychic /ho listens to directions fro8 a Higher So3rce or Self! it see8s that e4eryone /o3ld ha4e these
abilitiesC I bro3ght this 3p to a board 8e8ber of the Society for Psychical )esearch in LondonC He loo7ed at 8e in s3rprise and ans/ered noC He
had ne4er had a psychic e5perience in his life! /hich didn<=>t 8ean that he /asn<=>t fascinated by the s3b[ectC -hich is /hy he ser4ed on the
Society boardC
It /as the fa8o3s S/iss psychologist CC 'C ;3ng /ho de4eloped the theory of differing personality types! depending on ho/ people percei4e the
/orld and ho/ they respond to itC He proposed the e5istence of t/o /ays of thin7ing: the rational A[3dgingB f3nctions! /hich incl3de thin7ing and
sensingZ and the irrational Apercei4ingB f3nctions! incl3ding sensing and int3itionC Isabel 0riggs "yers and her 8other! +atharine Coo7 0riggs! too7
;3ng<=>s idea and in the HNLIs de4eloped a series of psychological tests to pro4ide an indicator for si5teen possible character traits that for8 o3r
personality preferencesC Since then 8illions ha4e ta7en the "yers-0riggs Type Indicator tests! ans/ering pages of see8ingly 3nrelated U3estions
and in the process disco4ering their o/n strengths and /ea7nesses<=Voften /ith relief that it<=>s o7ay to be 8e\
The first series of U3estions deter8ine /hether yo3 are an e5tro4ert or an intro4ertC Ho/ do yo3 engage the o3ter /orld6 Do yo3 restore yo3r
batteries in a social setting! or do yo3 need long periods of silence! solit3de6 There<=>s an old [o7e: Ho/ to the e5tro4ert <=Xhell at a party<=Y
8eans <=Xnot getting in!<=Y /hile to the intro4ert hell is <=Xbeing thereC<=Y The e5tro4ert is foc3sed on the e5ternal /orld and social
interco3rse! the intro4ert on so8e deep inner co883nionC The one is often concerned /ith action! the other /ith the search for deep tr3thsC
The second indicator refers to t/o distinct and contrasting /ays of percei4ing the /orldC Ho/ do yo3 acU3ire infor8ation! thro3gh yo3r fi4e
senses or by so8e ine5plicable int3ition6 Those /ho prefer to rely on their senses 8ay be so att3ned to the physical /orld that they little heed
the faint n3dges of /isdo8 co8ing o3t of no/here! the /hispers of the heartC
The third series of U3estions re4eal ho/ a person processes infor8ation: by thin7ing in an analytical and logical fashion or by s3b[ecti4e feelingsC
The fo3rth and last tests deter8ine a person<=>s do8inant 8ode of dealing /ith the e5ternal /orld: is she a <=Xpercei4er!<=Y as they call it!
st3dying and acU3iring infor8ation /ith appropriate re4ision of one<=>s /orld4ie/! or! at the opposite pole! a <=X[3dging<=Y type! co8ing
U3ic7ly to decisions! reaching a 4erdictC To this latter personality type! the <=X[3dging<=Y type! it al8ost doesn<=>t 8atter /hat decision is
8ade as long as one is 8ade\ To the <=Xpercei4er!<=Y reaching a concl3sion is seen as eli8inating optionsC It<=>s a denial of life itself\ To the
[3dging type! the hesitation and eU3i4ocation of the <=Xpercei4er!<=Y /ho is al/ays ready to change his 8ind! is anathe8a\
Each of these fo3r inborn preferences! or personality traits! lies in opposition to its s3bordinate or a35iliary trait! so that all possible indicators
co8bine to create the 3niU3e and indi4id3al yo3C (o3 8ay be an Intro4erted i,t3iti4e &eeling Percei4ing AI,&PB! an E5tro4erted Sensing Thin7ing
;3dging AEST;B! an Intro4erted Sensing Thin7ing Percei4ing AISTPB! or any one of si5teen co8binationsC The do8inant characteristics are only
preferences! ho/e4er! and a sensing type! for e5a8ple! 8ay tilt only slightly to that 8ethod of acU3iring infor8ation! /hile also displaying a high
degree of int3itionC "oreo4er! as /e 8at3re! o3r childhood s3bordinate or a35iliary attrib3te is s3pposed to strengthen and balance o3t the
do8inant traits! 3ntil /e ha4e the ability to 3tiliSe all possible eight characteristics and /ith practice gain access to all U3alitiesC (o3 8ay be
e5ceptionally int3iti4e as a child and prefer this 8ethod of recei4ing infor8ation! b3t it doesn<=>t 8ean yo3 can<=>t train yo3rself to beco8e
a/are of the sensory /orld aro3nd yo3C (o3 8ay be an e5tro4ert by nat3re b3t learn to en[oy solit3de to s3ch an e5tent that yo3r intro4ersion
beco8es al8ost as i8portantC
&or the highly social acti4ist /ho recei4es infor8ation principally thro3gh his fi4e senses! analySes it by ratiocination! and lays clai8 to decisi4e
clos3re! the diffic3lty 8ay be the sa8e as that of the drea8y! sensiti4e! int3iti4e type: He can<=>t i8agine operating any other /ayC %f co3rse
he conde8ns those /ith int3iti4e or e5trasensory heightened perceptionsC He dee8s the8 charlatans! irresponsible! e8barrass8ents to scientific
inU3iryC The idea of tr3sting the still! s8all! fragile /hispers of int3ition is for hi8 i8probableC #nd yet he! too! has int3itions and psychic
e5periences! and these co8e at hi8 /ith e5ceptional and dra8atic force! for ho/ else co3ld he be 8ade a/are of the86
I 7no/ a /o8an /ho says she has no int3itionC She doesn<=>t 8iss itC She 8a7es 3p for it /ith her intellect3al brilliance and energyC I thin7 she
83st be EST;C There are also those 3nfort3nates /ho 8ay ha4e been scorched by disease! 8ind-addling addictions! or 8ental disorders! lea4ing
their int3ition i8paired! b3t e4en these indi4id3als can de4elop tr3e int3ition as they healC
Then! too! there are so8e /ho 8istr3st these inner n3dges! beca3se of the tro3bling U3estions they raise: <=XHo/ do I 7no/ 8y int3ition co8es
fro8 'od6<=Y they as7! dis8issing the ill3sion of g3idance as a for8 of dangero3s egotis8 that threatens to l3nge do/n a false path! carrying the
/hole fa8ily o4er the cliffC
#s yo3 gro/ sensiti4e to the /ays that yo3 recei4e int3ition! yo3 /ill obser4e that it is al/ays on yo3r sideC (o3r int3ition sol4es a proble8! or it
sa4es yo3r lifeC It co8es often as an inner /arning! and later! as yo3 beco8e increasingly att3ned! yo3 notice it s3rro3nds yo3 constantly! offering
little gifts and blessingsC Soon yo3 can<=>t tell the difference bet/een int3ition and si8ply getting on /ith lifeC
If! ho/e4er! yo3 ha4e an 3rge to 7ill yo3r /ife! to steal! to defra3d or oppress another! to create ha4oc by se53al 8iscond3ct or addiction! or if yo3
are possessed by hatred and a desire for re4enge! yo3 8ay be certain this is not tr3e <=Xint3itionC<=Y I thin7 that these h3ngers co8e fro8 the
dar7er side of o3r so3ls! as7ing not to be acted on b3t to be noticed in order to be healedC
#n int3ition is s/ift and fleetingC The 3rge to do har8! on the other hand! 8ay be so intense and linger so long that yo3 8ay e4en act on itC
"oreo4er! yo3 /ill feel aftereffects! both thrilling and disg3sting! and the distaste has its o/n all3reC
Tr3e int3ition! frail! fragile! sensiti4e! el3si4e! ne4er co8es li7e thatC It ne4er har8sC
In4iting Int3ition I: )ela5ed 2 Easy
Int3ition is not reached thro3gh the conscio3s or thin7ing 8ind! /hich loc7s onto intellect! logic! and analysisC It is seen /ith the inartic3late
drea8-8ind! the s3bconscio3s or 3nconscio3sC Please note! I<=>8 3sing the /ords not in the classical 8odel of ego! id! and s3perego as
defined by Sig83nd &re3d b3t in the loose sense of the artist<=>s in4enti4e 8ind: that part of the brain that /e 3se /hen daydrea8ing! or
sleeping! or /eeding the garden 8indlessly! or 8editating! or absorbed in creating a painting! 83sic! or other /or7 of artC
&or int3ition! yo3 need the si8plicity of the child-8ind! the drea8ing 8ind that tosses o3t i8ages and infor8ation /hen yo3 are asleepC I thin7
it<=>s i8portant to enco3rage yo3r children! therefore! to daydrea8! space o3t! go /oolgatheringC -e don<=>t need to fill e4ery 8o8ent of
their days /ith acti4itiesC Let the8 learn to be alone! and the sa8e holds tr3e for ad3lts tooC
(o3 need to be co8fortable /ith silence and solit3deC Learn to be U3ietC T3rn off the T$C Sh3t do/n the co8p3ter and 4ideo ga8esC 0efriend
yo3rselfC <=X'o /atch the grass gro/!<=Y as 8y 8other 3sed to sayC <=XDo nothingC<=Y #nd yo3<=>ll be a8aSed ho/ 83ch is re4ealed to yo3
by 8erely opening yo3rself to yo3r en4iron8ent! obser4ing /ith attention and /itho3t [3dg8entC
#llo/ yo3rself to drea8C (o3r Higher Conscio3sness /ill point o3t /here yo3 o3ght to goC
fi4e
I,SPI)#TI%, 2 C)E#TI$IT(
The t/o 0ront?cs! E8ily and Charlotte<=V
/here did they get their /ildness6 #nd
Tolstoy at ti8es<=Vho/ did he e4er co8e at
the in/ardness of being a prisoner on the
long &rench retreat fro8 "osco/6 CCC
-here does the 83sic co8e fro8 that
co8posers hear in their in/ard ears6
"#)( CC "%))IS%,

IS I,SPI)#TI%,! IS C)E#TI$IT( ITSEL&! an aspect of int3ition6 -e 7no/ that inspiration! li7e int3ition! stri7es /hen yo3 are rela5ed and in a
U3iet! recepti4e 8ental stateC Perhaps yo3<=>4e /or7ed li7e a de8on for days Aand /or7ing flat-o3t is one of the reU3ire8entsB 3ntil! e5ha3sted!
yo3 gi4e 3pC (o3 drag yo3rself to bedC In sleep the ans/er co8es! drifting 3p fro8 the 3nconscio3s and handed to yo3 li7e the apple in EdenC
Isn<=>t this /hy /riters and co8posers 7eep paper and pencil by their beds! 7no/ing that inspiration stri7es in that haSy half-sleeping state /hen
yo3r brain has access to yo3r 3nconscio3s! the inner proble8 sol4er6 ;3st as 8editation offers peace and serenity! it also sharpens int3itionC (o3
sit do/n to 8editateC )ela5C Soften yo3r tong3eC &oc3s on yo3r breathC (o3 obser4e the tho3ghts that 8o4e li7e clo3ds across the s7y of yo3r
a/areness! drifting in and o3t! and so8eti8es! 3na/are! yo3 disco4er yo3rself ca3ght 3p in creati4e inspiration beyond yo3r /ildest drea8sC (o3
don<=>t need to sit cross-legged before an altar li7e a 8on7! tho3gh that practice is not to be sneeSed atC (o3r 8editation 8ay consist of a /al7
in the /oods! the steady ra7ing of a3t38n lea4es! tri88ing the hedges<=Vanything that p3lls yo3 a/ay fro8 yo3r i88ediate proble8s! p3ts yo3
o3tdoors! and allo/s the 8ind to rela5C There<=>s a reason 03ddhists call 8editation the <=X/ish-f3lfilling treeC<=Y (o3r drea8s co8e tr3e as
yo3 practice 8editatingC
I<=>4e ne4er in4ented anything! b3t once /hile 8editating at a $ipassana 03ddhist retreat Athey don<=>t call it <=Xinsight 8editation<=Y for
nothingB! I <=Xsa/<=Y the /ay a table is co8posed of ato8s and the /ay the ato8s dancedC 03t ho/ co3ld I <=Xsee<=Y an effect that can<=>t
e4en be 4ie/ed 3nder a 8icroscope6
The insight /as not ne/C The 'ree7 philosopher and geo8eter De8ocrit3s of #bdera ALRI-EFI 0CB proposed the e5istence of an 3lti8ate particle
that he called ato8osC Indeed! the idea goes bac7 e4en f3rther! to his teacher Le3cipp3sC #ristotle disdained the idea! b3t by the first cent3ry 0C
the theory of ato8s /as so /idely accepted that )o8an /riter L3creti3s 8entioned ato8s in his t/o-h3ndred-page poe8 De )er38 ,at3ra A%n
the ,at3re of ThingsB! in /hich he spo7e of <=Xasse8blies<=Y of 4ery s8all b3ilding bloc7s that collided and fell apart as they for8ed the
8aterial /orldC
CCC no respite<=>s e4er gi4en
To ato8s thro3gh the fatho8less 4oid b3t! rather! they are dri4en
0y s3ndry restless 8otionsC #fter colliding! so8e /ill leap
'reat inter4als apart! /hile others harried by blo/s /ill 7eep
In a narro/ spaceC Those ato8s that are bo3nd together tight!
-hen they collide /ith so8ething! their recoil is only slight
Since they are tangled 3p in their o/n intricate for8ation:
S3ch are the particles that for8 the st3rdy roots of stone!
#nd 8a7e 3p sa4age iron and other s3bstances of this 7indC
L3creti3s /as an Epic3rean philosopher /ho belie4ed that things are e5actly /hat they see8 to be: %3r senses don<=>t decei4e 3sC Had L3creti3s
4ie/ed this pheno8enon hi8self by inspiration! insight! or clair4oyance6 Had he seen it /hile in 8editation6
Perhaps a 8ore stri7ing e5a8ple of psychic inspiration is the case of #nnie 0esant and Charles Leadbeater! the 0ritish theosophists /ho described
in their HNIP boo7! %cc3lt Che8istry! a clair4oyant 4ision of the internal str3ct3re of ato8s! incl3ding a ne/ for8 of the ele8ent neon! /hich
they called a 8eta-neon! and clai8ed it to ha4e an ato8ic /eight of OOCEEC &rancis #ston! then a physics assistant to Sir ;C ;C Tho8son at
Ca8bridge *ni4ersity in England Athe 8an /ho identified the electron in the ato8B! had read %cc3lt Che8istry before disco4ering in HNHO! /hile
analySing neon gas! a s3bstance /ith that sa8e ato8ic /eight of OOCEEC His disco4ery beca8e a 7ey to the de4elop8ent of the ato8ic bo8bC In
HNOO #ston recei4ed the ,obel PriSe! and s3ch is the distaste of scientists for psychic pheno8ena and int3ition that c3rio3sly he neglected to
credit in his acceptance speech the inspiration of theosophist clair4oyanceC
Creati4e people report 8ore psychic e5periences! see farther into the depths of the /orld! than other people doC
03t /hat e5actly is inspiring 3s6 Is it si8ply o3r 3nconscio3s 8ind a/a7ening and spe/ing o3t infor8ation lodged in forgotten 8e8ories or
8a7ing connections /e hadn<=>t recogniSed before6 The 4erb inspire deri4es fro8 the Latin /ord 8eaning <=Xto breathe inC<=Y S3btly
enfolded in its essence is the sense that so8ething is breathing into 3s! as 'od breathed into the clay of #da8 to fill hi8 /ith lifeC
So8e people<=VDante! Sha7espeare! Schiller! 'oethe! 0ach! 0eetho4en! and hosts of 8odern artists<=Vde8onstrate e5traordinary creati4ityC
Li7e/ise scientists! in4entors! engineers! 8athe8aticians! coo7sC #ccording to the ne3roscientist and psychiatrist ,ancy CC #ndreasen! in her boo7
The Creati4e 0rain: the Science of 'eni3s! the brains of s3ch giants differ U3alitati4ely fro8 those of ordinary peopleC Their tho3ght and ne3ral
processes are different! she says Atho3gh ho/ she /o3ld 7no/! since they<=>re dead! re8ains a 8ysteryBC -hat is interesting is that creati4e
people see8 to listen in the sa8e /ay that people /ith psychic abilities doC
<=XI slip into a state!<=Y /rites the play/right ,eil Si8on! <=Xthat is apart fro8 realityCCCC I don<=>t /rite conscio3sly<=Vit is as if the 83se sits
on 8y sho3lderC<=Y
The sa8e thing happens /hen yo3 8o4e into the int3iti4e 8ind! the state /here the paranor8al 8ay also co8e into playC (o3 go into a slightly
altered stateC (o3 t3rn off the ch3rning tho3ghts of e4eryday ban7ing and br3isingC (o3 allo/ yo3rself to be stillC ListeningC %ften this 8indless
state is achie4ed by U3iet! repetiti4e 8otions: ta7ing a /al7! 7nitting! cleaning! coo7ing! ironing! /eeding the garden! repairing the roof! sanding
yo3r boatC Slo/ly yo3 enter the restf3l U3iet3de of <=Xno-8indC<=Y %ften a roc7ing sensation helps! as /hen tra4eling in a train or b3s! in /hich
the gentle soothing 8otion so8eho/ s/ings yo3 into that recepti4e childli7e part of the brain! /here yo3 can be ta7en o4er by yo3r Higher SelfC
<=X-hen I a8! as it /ere! co8pletely in 8yself! entirely alone! and of good cheer!<=Y /rote "oSart! <=Xsay! tra4eling in a carriage! or /al7ing
after a good 8eal! or d3ring the night /hen I cannot sleepZ it is on s3ch occasions that 8y ideas flo/ best and 8ost ab3ndantlyC -hence and ho/
they co8e! I 7no/ notZ nor can I force the8 CCC ,or do I hear in 8y i8agination the parts s3ccessi4ely! b3t I hear the8! as it /ere! all at onceC -hat
a delight this is I cannot tell\<=Y
So8eti8es yo3 are gi4en no 8ore than a frag8ent of the /or7 before the "3se! distracted! t3rns a/ay! the spigot sh3ts off! and then! 3sing yo3r
o/n s8all! pitif3l! h38an reso3rces! yo3 /restle /ith the /or7! t3ssling and str3ggling to beat the 8aterial into shapeZ or else yo3 strain to hear
the distant echoes of inspiration! li7e fairy bells! too faint for e4en the 8ost sensiti4e earC The creati4e process is different fro8 conscio3s analytic
tho3ghtC Ideas collide in a drea8li7e state or else rise 3p li7e b3bbles in that hypnagogic state yo3 occ3py [3st as yo3 are drifting into sleepC
Here is Tchai7o4s7y! spea7ing of his 83sical inspirationC
'enerally spea7ing! the ger8 of a f3t3re co8position co8es s3ddenly and 3ne5pectedlyC If the so3l is ready<=Vthat is to say! if the disposition for
/or7 is there<=Vit ta7es root /ith e5traordinary force and rapidity! shoots 3p thro3gh the earth! p3ts forth branches! lea4es! and finally! blosso8sC
I cannot define the creati4e process in any other /ayC C C C
In the s388er of HFLH! 'eorge &rideric Handel co8posed his fa8o3s oratorio "essiah in a single b3rst of e5alted inspirationC It too7 t/enty-
se4en days! less than a 8onth! and the 83sic carried hi8 to heights of ecstasyC %ne day his assistant fo3nd the co8poser /ith tears r3nning do/n
his chee7sC Handel held 3p the score to the <=XHallel3[ah Chor3s<=Y: <=XI thin7 I ha4e seen the face of 'od!<=Y he saidC
#rtists! /riters! and 83sicians are not the only people /ho are str3c7 by inspirationC -as this the state of #rchi8edes /hen he sol4ed the
proble8 of ho/ to deter8ine /hether an irreg3larly shaped cro/n /as 8ade of alloy or of gold6 He /as still p3SSling o4er the U3estion /hen!
stepping into his bath! he noticed the /ater le4el rise and 3nderstood in a flash of inspiration that the 4ol38e of /ater displaced /as eU3al to the
4ol38e of that portion of his body in the /aterC Th3s he co3ld calc3late /ith precision the 4ol38e of an irreg3lar ob[ectC He /as so e5cited that he
leaped fro8 the t3b and ran na7ed do/n the streets of Syrac3se! sho3ting E3re7a\ -hich translates ro3ghly as <=XI<=>4e got it\<=Y
03t /here did it co8e fro8! his bolt fro8 the bl3e6 It is an a5io8 that sol3tions present the8sel4es only after hard! grinding /or7 follo/ed by
releaseC I 7no/ one 8athe8atician /ho in the act of lo4e8a7ing s3ddenly stopped A<=X-ait\ -ait\<=YB! reached for his pen! and began to
scribble do/n the sol3tion that his s3bconscio3s 8ind presented at that 8o8ent of cli8actic e53beranceC It<=>s in the restf3l state! 3s3ally!
ho/e4er! as yo3 drop off to sleep! or soa7 in a bath! or ta7e a /al7! that ans/ers float 3nbidden to the s3rface of yo3r conscio3snessC InspirationC
Handed yo3 by 'odC
If a3to8atic /riting appears 3nder the flag of the 3nleashed s3bconscio3s! act3aliSing itself o3tside 4olition C C C ! it also proclai8s the poet<=>s
innocent /ish to force inspirationC
%D(SSE*S EL(TIS! ,obel la3reate
P#)#CELS*S -#S # PH(SICI#, and alche8ist /ho applied his 7no/ledge of che8istry to the healing artsC He /rote doSens of scientific /or7s!
incl3ding Der 'rossen -3ndartSney A'reat S3rgery 0oo7B and 8ade gro3ndbrea7ing ad4ances in treating disease and /o3ndsC He died in HGLH at
the age of forty-eight! /ealthy and reno/nedC <=XThat /hich the drea8 sho/s!<=Y he /rote! <=Xis the shado/ of s3ch /isdo8 as e5ists in 8an!
e4en if d3ring his /a7ing state he 8ay 7no/ nothing abo3t itCCCC -e do not 7no/ it beca3se /e are fooling a/ay o3r ti8e /ith o3t/ard and
perishing things! and are asleep in regard to that /hich is real /ithin o3rsel4esC<=Y
-hich 8athe8atician /as it Ado yo3 7no/6B /hose /ife /o3ld drea8 of 8athe8atical sol3tions6 I heard that her h3sband 7ept paper and pencil
by his bedside so that /hen his /ife a/o7e he co3ld /rite do/n /hat she<=>d seen! for she 7ne/ nothing abo3t 8athe8atics or the 8eaning of
/hat she drea8edC
#nother e5a8ple of the creati4ity of drea8s ca8e in the late nineteenth cent3ry! /hen the 'er8an che8ist &riedrich #3g3st +e73l?@ 4on
StradonitS drea8ed he sa/ a sna7e eating its o/n tail! /hich ga4e the appearance of a large ringC #t the ti8e 4on StradonitS /as engaged in
research on the si5 carbon ato8s in the 8olec3le of benSene! /hich he en4isioned as a straight lineC %n /a7ing fro8 his drea8 he realiSed that in
fact they for8 a ringC His disco4ery is regarded as one of the greatest flashes of creati4e geni3s in the entire field of organic che8istryC
Int3ition or not! ho/e4er! the recipient 83st be not only a/are and a/a7e b3t also ready to recei4eC ,othing /ill pers3ade 8e that the a3thor of
those poe8s and plays! the 8an /ho ga4e 3s s3ch /o8en as Portia! )osalind! Lady "acbeth! 'ertr3de! %phelia! Desde8ona! Cordelia! 'oneril!
)eganZ a 8an /ho clearly had tra4eled /idely! read copio3sly! and /as con4ersant /ith the 0ible! royal politics! aristocratic /ays! the c3lt3re of
the co3rt! and the history and literat3re of his ti8eZ a 8an /ho! at a 8ini838! spo7e English and &rench Ab3t li7ely also Latin! Italian! 'ree7! and a
s8attering of other lang3agesB! /as a co88oner! the father of t/o illiterate da3ghtersZ a 8an /hose /ill 8entions no /ritings or plays and no
boo7s Ae5pensi4e! leather-bo3ndB! /hose to8b /as dignified /ith a self-penned piece of pathetic doggerel! and /hose neighbors /ere 3na/are
of his ha4ing co8posed i88ortal playsC E4en if Creati4ity is the hand8aid of Int3ition! e4en if angels are dictating fro8 so8e Higher Di8ension!
the 4essel or cond3it for this /or7 Athe artistB 83st ha4e the 4ocab3lary and e5perience to transcribe /hat he hearsC "oSart /as the son of a
83sician! as /ere the sons of ;ohann Sebastian 0ach! and 0ach hi8self! and 0eetho4en and "endelssohnC Tr3e! Sch3bert /as the son of
"ora4ian peasants! b3t he had intense 83sical training beginning at the age of fi4eC The creati4e artist does not /or7 in a 4ac338 of int3iti4e
geni3sZ he is gro3nded in the craftC His d3ty is to get so fine an ed3cation! to be so 4ersed in the chosen science or craft in /hich he /or7s! that
Int3ition and Inspiration 8ay plant their foothold in his heartC

THE -)ITE) CC "C "#(% told 8e that once /hen /riting her no4el The Last Prince of the "e5ican E8pire she ca8e to a section and /as 3tterly
bloc7edC She co3ldn<=>t /riteC %ne character el3ded her! and she co3ldn<=>t proceed 3ntil she fo3nd the cl3e to his nat3reC &inally! in
desperation! she called a psychic! an int3iti4e or <=Xsensiti4e!<=Y /ho /ent into a slightly altered state and began to spea7 abo3t the fictional
character of her historical no4elC She ga4e Catherine a 4is3al i8age for hi8 that b38ped her bac7 into /ritingC
-here do the tho3ghts co8e fro8 that in4ade 8y 8ind6 It<=>s so 8ysterio3sC E4ery /riter 7no/s this sensation of not being co8pletely in
controlC The /ay a character co8es 7noc7ing at the doors of conscio3sness! stal7s into the li4ing roo8! and settles by the fire /itho3t a by-yo3r-
lea4e! insists on s8o7ing against yo3r /ill A/hat is a cheroot any/ay6B! 7noc7ing the ashes on yo3r r3g 3ntil yo3<=>re finally forced to stop yo3r
plans for the boo7 and gi4e hi8 yo3r attentionC Perhaps he<=>s only a 8inor character! b3t yo3 both 7no/ Ahe str3tting and arrogant! and yo3 by
no/ resignedB that no/ he<=>s going to steal each sceneC
He /ho is born in i8agination disco4ers the latent forces of
,at3reC CCC 0esides the stars that are established! there is
yet another<=VI8agination<=Vthat begets a ne/ star and a
ne/ hea4enC
P#)#CELS*S
I 7no/ another /riter /ho so8eti8es sets do/n a /ord she doesn<=>t e4en 7no/C -here did that /ord co8e fro86 she thin7s as she l3rches
to the dictionary! only to find that it carries e5actly the connotation she /antsC She la3ghs that she has a scholar g3ide /ho helps her e4en /hen
she doesn<=>t thin7 to as7C He has a better 4ocab3lary than sheC
03t /hat artist hasn<=>t had s3ch e5periences6 I re8e8ber p3ttering along on one <=Xo8niscient a3thor<=Y no4el /hen s3ddenly a first-
person narrator popped 3p! bringing 8e to a f3ll stopC &or 8onths I co3ld not proceedC He ref3sed to 8o4e off! and I ref3sed to let hi8 inC &inally!
defeated! I decided to plo/ ahead! to tr3st: I co3ld al/ays go bac7 later AI consoled 8yselfB and re8o4e hi8 fro8 the boo7! and since I
co3ldn<=>t /rite /itho3t hi8! I 8ight as /ell see /hat he had to sayC Thro3gho3t! he s3rprised 8e /ith his 3nanticipated t/istsC -hen I ca8e to
the end of the boo7 I realiSed the no4el /as far better for being told by hi8C 03t /here had he co8e fro86 Inspiration6 %3r Higher Sel4es! o3r
g3ides and angels! 7no/ far 8ore than /eC
THE E9TE),#L $%ICE
%ccasionally this inspiration is so strong! it co8es as an E5ternal $oiceC The pheno8enon is so co88onplace that it appears in literat3re aro3nd
the /orldC In his short story <=X%ld-fashioned &ar8ers!<=Y ,i7olai 'ogol /rote: <=XIt has do3btless happened to yo3! at so8e ti8e or other! to
hear a 4oice calling yo3 by na8eC<=Y The narrator adds that he has heard the 4oice 8any ti8es in his childhoodC <=XI confessCCC<=Y he contin3es!
<=Xthat it /as 4ery terrifying to 8e!<=Y frightening beca3se the )3ssian peasants belie4ed an e5ternal 4oice to be the 8an<=>s spirit longing for
hi8 and calling hi8 to deathC In Charlotte 0ront?c<=>s ;ane Eyre! /hen ;ane is abo3t to go to India /ith StC ;ohn )i4ers! she hears )ochester
calling her na8e alo3d! and so clear is it that she ref3ses )i4er and tra4els bac7 to Thornfield Hall and the 8an she lo4esC
I heard of a ,ational 'eographic photographer /ho /anted his /or7 p3blishedC -al7ing one day in Ha/aii! de[ected and forlorn! he heard a
4oice spea7 to hi8 alo3d: <=X'o see 9(QC<=Y
He loo7ed aro3nd! s3rprisedC -here had that 4oice co8e fro86 He didn<=>t 7no/ the 8an the 4oice s3ggested! indeed had ne4er heard the
na8e beforeC He /ent ho8e and as7ed his sister if she<=>d e4er heard of anyone /ith that na8eC She didC That 8an beca8e his p3blisherC
;oan of #rc heard 4oices! and 8ystics so8eti8es attest to the e5ternal directionC It<=>s called claira3dienceC
%ne day Saint #3g3stine Anot yet a saintB /as praying in his gardenC #t the ti8e he /as filled /ith do3bt and self-loathingC He t/isted in the chains
of his despair! 3nable to dedicate hi8self to 'od and to the life of chastity that he felt the 8o4e reU3ired! and yet 3nable to contin3e li4ing l3stily
as beforeC He thre/ hi8self on the gro3nd! tears strea8ing do/n his face! then heard a child<=>s 4oice: <=XS38e! lege\<=Y it calledC <=XPic7 it
3pC )ead\<=Y He reached for the boo7 beside hi8! /hich happened to be the Epistles of Saint Pa3l! read the first /ords his eyes fell on! and in
one instant /as con4erted in an e5cess of grace and [oyC He had no diffic3lty gi4ing 3p his 8istress! for s3ddenly he b3rned heart and so3l for 'odC
*s3ally the $oice has lesser things to sayC %ne ti8e /hen I /as in Italy! I /as on 8y /ay to 8eet friends in L3cca! b3t I had 8anaged to catch the
/rong train and ended 3p late at night in the /rong to/nC *nable to call 8y friends Athis /as before cell phonesB! I chec7ed into the railroad
station hotel and fell into e5ha3sted sleep! only to be /o7en the ne5t 8orning by 8y 8other calling 8e by 8y nic7na8e: <=XPenny\ Penny\
-a7e 3p\ H3rry\ (o3 ha4e to h3rry\<=Y I scra8bled 3pC "y 8other had been dead for years! b3t I ne4er do3bted it /as sheC I thre/ on clothes!
grabbed a ta5i to L3cca! and fo3nd 8y friends abo3t to lea4e for the /ee7endC They<=>d gi4en 3p on 8eC
,ot long ago I /as tal7ing to a State Depart8ent officer /ho told 8e that after his 8other died she had /o7en hi8 3p on se4eral occasions!
al/ays /ith her o/n 4oice p3lling hi8 o3t of sleepC %nce she told hi8 to p3t iodine on his bad case of poison i4yC It /or7edC
(ears ago I recei4ed a letter fro8 a /o8an in ,e/ ;ersey /ho /rote of ho/! soon after she had first 8arried! her h3sband left her for his
girlfriendC She /as de4astated! /eeping! bro7en-hearted! /hen she heard <=Xthe 8ost peacef3l! cal8ing 4oice co8ing fro8 one corner of the
roo8C <=dDon<=>t /orry!<=> it said! <=dthings /ill be betterC<=><=Y
She sa/ no one! yet she co3ld not deny the /ords she had heardC <=XI fell asleep al8ost i88ediately!<=Y she /rote! <=Xand /hen I /o7e 3p I
had a totally different o3tloo7 and /as able to 8a7e 8y decision to di4orce! 8o4e onCCCC 03t I /ill ne4er forget that 4oiceC I can still recall it
todayC<=Y
So8eti8es the E5ternal $oice co8es /ith 83sicC ;ody<=>s 8other /as ;ody<=>s closest friendC #s her 8other /as dying! ;ody lay on the bed
beside her! stro7ing her 8other! telling her ho/ bea3tif3l she /as and ho/ 83ch she lo4ed herC Then her 8other diedC #t first ;ody /as afraid to
be in the ho3se aloneC So8e t/o /ee7s after her 8other<=>s death! she /as still sleeping on the li4ing roo8 co3ch! too afraid to enter her
bedroo8! /here her 8other had diedC %ne night she /as a/a7ened by the 8ost bea3tif3l so3nd! she says! that she has e4er heardC She co3ld
only describe it as angelic\ It so3nded li7e her 8other<=>s 4oice b3t yo3ngerC It /asn<=>t singing a 8elody b3t rather a seU3ence of <=Xlala-
laC<=Y She sat 3pC She e4en pinched herself to 8a7e s3re she /asn<=>t drea8ingC The singing lasted for abo3t three 8in3tes! then stoppedC She
lay do/n and slept i88ediatelyC The ne5t 8orning she felt s3ch 3tter peace that all fears and grief had goneC She too7 the singing as a sign fro8
her 8other that she /as all right! happy! in a better placeC
<=XI /ish I co3ld hear it again!<=Y she /roteC <=XIt /as the 8ost peacef3l! cal8ing! bea3tif3l so3nd in the /orld<=Vor rather not in this
/orldC<=Y
I<=>8 str3c7 by ho/ t/o different /o8en! /riting in different years and of t/o different e5periences! 3sed the sa8e /ording to describe
<=Xthe 8ost peacef3l! cal8ing! bea3tif3l 4oiceC<=Y
;3dith -at7ins Tartt is a paintings conser4atorC %ne e4ening her friend "ichael said offhandedly! <=XIf yo3 ha4en<=>t gone to #sia by the age of
thirty-fi4e! yo3 ha4en<=>t li4edC<=Y The ne5t 8orning she left her Connectic3t #4en3e st3dio to get a c3p of coffee across the streetC #s she
entered the coffee shop she sa/ a s8all Chinese 8an carrying a bag 8ar7ed /ith the logo of the International Instit3te for Conser4ation! /hich
had concl3ded its ann3al con4ention the day beforeC #t her ear she heard a lo3d 4oice: Spea7 to hi8\ She /as so startled she t3rned to see /ho
/as behind herC
She obeyedC <=X-hy are yo3 still here6<=Y /as all she co3ld thin7 of to sayC AShe ne4er spo7e to strangersCB
<=X&irst ti8e in #8erica! I co8e to 4isit all conser4ation st3diosC<=Y He prod3ced a listC
<=X-ell! I<=>8 a conser4ator!<=Y she saidC <=X(o3 can see 8y st3dioC It<=>s [3st across the streetC<=Y His na8e /as 0obby ,g! and it t3rned
o3t he /as the chief conser4ator and 83se38 de4eloper of the Hong +ong "3se38 of #rtC That e4ening after he had to3red the ,ational 'allery!
the &reer! the Corcoran 'allery of #rt and the Phillips! he arri4ed at her st3dioC She happened to ha4e so8e pretty i8pressi4e paintings a/aiting
treat8ent! incl3ding a &antin-Lato3r and a Da4id Par7C
They ate dinner that night at the nearby Chinese resta3rant! and then she in4ited hi8 to dri4e o3t to $irginia /ith herC <=X(o3 can<=>t lea4e
#8erica /itho3t seeing the co3ntryside!<=Y she saidC He /anted to go to a pistol-shooting range! /here ;3dith! /ho had ne4er held a g3n in her
hands! too7 ai8 and s8ashed the b3ll<=>s-eyeC He /as thrilledC 0y the ti8e he finished his dinner at the )ed &o5 Inn in "iddleb3rg! he<=>d
in4ited her to Hong +ong to do the conser4ation /or7 on the fab3lo3s collection of China Trade paintings at the Hong +ong "3se38 of #rtC
#nd all beca3se she<=>d heard a 4oiceC Is that the sa8e as int3ition6
si5
#,I"#L I,T*ITI$ES
I a8 s3re of this! that by going 83ch alone a 8an /ill get 8ore of a noble co3rage in tho3ght and /ord than fro8 all the /isdo8 that is in boo7sC
)#LPH -#LD% E"E)S%,!
;o3rnal! HPEE

I S*PP%SE "#,( PE%PLE re8e8ber a happy childhood! b3t 8ine see8s an enchanted ti8e to 8e no/! cast in gold and sil4er light in a ti8e
before T$ and iPods and cell phones! e-8ail and te5t-8essagingZ before co8p3ters! &aceboo7! and T/itterZ before hi-fi s3rro3nd-so3nd syste8s!
0l3etooth! and hi-def<=V/hen /e roa8ed barefoot all s388er! e5ploring o3r o3tdoor /orldC So i8portant /ere ani8als that /e children 7ne/
the na8es e4en of o3r parents<=> and grandparents<=> long-dead fa4orite dogsC In the co3rse of a fairly long life I<=>4e 7no/n cats! horses!
dogs! d3c7s! co/s! chic7ens! pigsZ I<=>4e e4en 7ept honeybees! and as 8y da3ghters<=> 8o8 I h3sbanded a host of pets! incl3ding gerbils! 8ice!
g3inea pigs! goldfish! a bo5 t3rtle! and one e5ceptional D3tch rabbitC
%n the other hand! it ne4er occ3rred to 8e to <=Xco883nicate<=Y /ith the8 li7e DrC DoolittleC %3r ani8als indicated /ants or needs by ears!
eyes! pa/s! tong3es! hoo4es in an easily readable codeC -e also recogniSed that they 7ne/ 83ch 8ore abo3t o3r inner li4esC
There<=>s no U3estion that ani8als 7no/ e4erything /e<=>re thin7ing or! rather Aand 8ore i8portantB! /hat /e are feeling: li7e children! they
sense o3r inner states! absorb o3r e8otionsC #re /e an5io3s! sad! fretf3l! conf3sed6 #re /e angry! annoyed! 4engef3l! 4iolent6 #re /e afraid6 #re
/e pretending or preening /ith 4anity and pride6 The ani8als 7no/ itZ they forgi4e 3s allC
Cats are especially int3iti4eC ,o /onder the Egyptians /orshipped the8 as gods\ A%ne 8an /as p3lled li8b fro8 li8b by a 8ob after 7illing a catCB
&or so8e fi4e years no/! %scar! a blac7-and-/hite cat /ho has been 4isiting the #lShei8er<=>s patients at the Steere Ho3se ,3rsing and
)ehabilitation Center in Pro4idence! )hode Island! has been able to predict /hen a person is a fe/ ho3rs fro8 deathC He is ne4er /rongC He ne4er
lingers 3nless the patient is at the point of death! and then he c3rls on the bed! p3rring! and does not lea4e 3ntil the patient s3cc38bsC Da4id
Dosa! a geriatrician at the facility! did not belie4e itC He didn<=>t e4en li7e cats! b3t he had to ad8it /hat he had seenC In OIIF he /rote an essay
for the ,e/ England ;o3rnal of "edicine and later a boo7! "a7ing )o3nds /ith %scarC Ho/ does the little cat 7no/ /ho /ill need his help to
ease the [o3rney to the other side6
I thin7 the ani8als stand in as angels for 3s h38ans! teaching the U3alities of 8ercy! tolerance! acceptance! tr3stC They ha4e resilience and
co3rage! and often a sense of h38or! e4en playing little [o7esC They lo4e to playC They pric7 3s o3t of o3r self-absorption and bac7 to i8portant
things<=Vli7e en[oying lifeC #ni8als that ha4e been tort3red and ab3sed ha4e other things to teachC E4en /ith 7indness! they 8ay ne4er f3lly
reco4er! for! crippled by tra38a and ab3se! they beco8e li7e frightened people! as it /ere! to dra/ forth o3r co8passion and sho/ 3s aspects of
o3rsel4esC
%3r ani8als p3ll o3r e8otions into the8sel4es Aho/ do they s3r4i4e it6B and! by the p3rity of their o/n nat3re! transfor8 o3r distress and painC
"erely resting in the presence of a good cat or dog or horse can call 3s into a sense of 0eingC
(o3 groo8 a horse! and each br3shstro7e along those bea3tif3l 83scled /ithers and do/n its barrel soothes a/ay tro3blesC #ni8als ret3rn 3s to
the present 8o8entC (o3r dog! gaSing into yo3r face! ready to ta7e on any tas7 yo3 as7 of hi8<=Vor better yet to play<=Voffers yo3 sol3tionsC The
co8fort yo3 recei4e fro8 a cat p3rring on yo3r lap! its little pa/s 7neading yo3r sto8ach! or the sniffed 7iss it tips daintily onto yo3r lips<=Vthese
are no s8all thingsC They heal a bro7en heartC
%nce a cat I o/ned died a tragic! horrible deathC I sat on the steps of 8y bac7 porch loo7ing o3t on 8y scr3ffy garden and /ept! sobbing! the tears
rolling do/n 8y chinC Then o3r pet rabbit hopped across the garden! [38ped 3p into 8y lap! and lay across 8y 7neesC She sat there! co8forting
8e! as 8y tears fell on her f3rC
The psychic abilities of ani8als are reno/ned! and if telepathy and precognition /ere standards of intelligence! they<=>d be off the )ichter scale!
so that /e h38ans /o3ld be relegated to ser4ing the8 as their sla4esC #ni8als predict earthU3a7es as /ell as seiS3res in their o/nersZ they 7no/
/hen their o/ners are co8ing ho8eZ they tra4el incredible distances! in one recorded instance /al7ing t/o tho3sand 8iles to find the /ay ho8eZ
they pic7 3p o3r intentionsZ they 7no/ /hen their o/ner has had an accident or died in a distant placeC #fter his o/ner<=>s death! one grie4ing
dog fo3nd the b3rial site /here he<=>d ne4er been! and for /ee7s! /ith no footprints to follo/ and no aid fro8 his sense of s8ell! he trotted
eight 8iles to lie do/n on his 8aster<=>s gra4eC The story is reported in )3pert Sheldra7e<=>s e5cellent boo7 Dogs That +no/ -hen Their
%/ners #re Co8ing Ho8e! and %ther *ne5plained Po/ers of #ni8alsC
I<=>8 constantly a8aSed to read that so8e scientist has d3g 3p a grant to disco4er /hether ani8als thin7 or feel<=Vor /hether they ha4e a
sense of h38or\ Ha4e they ne4er 7no/n an ani8al in their li4es6 Chi8panSees learn sign lang3ageZ parrots and 8ynah birds repeat o3r /ords and
7no/ their 8eaning perfectlyC The gentle bonobos de8onstrate a social syste8 so genero3s and tender that /e cr3de h38ans 8ight apprentice
o3rsel4es to learn their /ays\ If the ani8als are s8art eno3gh to 7no/ o3r tho3ghts! /hy can<=>t /e hear /hat they 8ight ha4e to say6
It t3rns o3t /e canC So8e people doC
%nce /hen I /as going thro3gh a partic3larly diffic3lt ti8e in 8y life! I dro4e o3t to the 'reat &alls of the Poto8ac /ith 8y belo4ed dog! P3c7! a
s8all corgiC There! I sat on a roc7 for a long ti8e! si8ply staring at the tons of /ater that po3red thro3gh the gorge! leaping and raging o4er roc7s!
and spraying /hite sp38e into the glittering bl3e airC I thin7 I 83st ha4e gaSed at the sa8e spot for t/enty or thirty 8in3tes! 8o4ing neither 8y
body nor 8y eyesC I had no deep tho3ghts b3t 8erely gaSed! distractedC
#fter a ti8e I rose and began to cli8b o4er the roc7s and craggy bo3lders to a higher 4antage point! /hen s3ddenly behind 8e I heard a cry:
<=X-ait\ -ait for 8e\<=Y I t3rned and sa/ 8y dog peering o4er the edge of a roc7 at 8e! his little legs too short to [38p or cla8ber o4erC #ll I
co3ld see /ere his pointed ears! his pleading eyesC (et I had heard hi8 spea7C In English\ I /ent bac7 and helped hi8 o4er the bo3lder! a8aSed
that I had not only pic7ed 3p his distress b3t also heard hi8 as an e5ternal 4oiceC
In general I don<=>t ha4e the gift of hearing ani8als! 3nless finding 8y lost cat /hen she<=>s trapped in the closet co3ntsC I attrib3te 8y hearing
P3c7 that day to 8y deep 8editation as I /atched the /ater t38bling o4er the fallsC
"y da3ghter<=>s friend )onda /as caring for her 8other<=>s 'er8an shepherd at her ho3se in "assach3setts /hen the dog disappearedC It
/as /interC Sno/C She called and calledC The dog /as gone fi4e days /hen she called an ani8al psychic! 0renda C3nliffe! /ho li4ed nearbyC 0renda
as7ed for the na8e of the dog and a descriptionC Then she hoo7ed 3p /ith the dog and after a 8o8ent began to spea7C
<=XThere<=>s a big ho3se /ith a /hite porch and col38nsC I<=>8 on the porch! /hen a lo3d so3nd scares 8e `a car bac7firing6 a g3nshot6aC
I<=>8 r3nning do/n the roadC I r3n into the /oods and across a strea8C I<=>8 in the /oodsC I<=>8 lostC I can<=>t find 8y /ay bac7C I 7eep on
for a long ti8eC I co8e to a big! slippery 8eado/C It<=>s hard to /al7 onC %n the other side of the 8eado/ is a little shac7C I cra/l 3nder itC I<=>8
h3ngryC I<=>8 coldC<=Y
<=XI 7no/ e5actly /here he is\<=Y cried )ondaC <=XHe<=>s at &ire Pond n38ber fi4e\ Tell hi8 I<=>8 on 8y /ayC<=Y
#nd she /ent and pic7ed hi8 3pC
The first ti8e I e4er heard of a pet psychic! or ani8al co883nicator as it is so8eti8es called! /as in the early HNNIs! /hen I /as being
inter4ie/ed at a 0oston radio stationC The radio host /as saying goodbye to her earlier 4icti8 as I arri4ed! and as she /elco8ed 8e! she
8entioned that the /o8an /ho had [3st left co3ld tal7 to ani8alsC #nd so can I! I tho3ght! b3t they don<=>t ans/er bac7C
<=XDid she tal7 to yo3r dog6<=Y I as7ed! pointing in a83se8ent to the spaniel at her feetC
<=XThat<=>s e5actly /hat I as7ed her half/ay thro3gh the inter4ie/C She said! <=d%h! /e<=>4e been tal7ing all this ti8eC<=> -hile /e /ere on
the airC<=Y
<=X)eallyC -hat did he say6<=Y I /as c3rio3sC
<=XShe said he says he doesn<=>t li7e to go do/n the base8ent stairs beca3se they<=>re too steep and he<=>s afraid of fallingC 03t he has to!
beca3se /e feed hi8 in the base8entC #nd it<=>s tr3e\
<=XHe said a ne/ t/o-legged has co8e into the fa8ily! and he doesn<=>t li7e her! and the coo7ing isn<=>t as good as it /as beforeC<=Y
<=X#nd6<=Y
<=X-ell! 8y 8other has co8e to li4e /ith 3s! and she doesn<=>t li7e the dog that 83ch! and also she<=>s ta7en o4er the coo7ing! since I /or7
f3ll-ti8eC<=Y
I ne4er fo3nd o3t the na8e of that ani8al co883nicator! b3t since that ti8e the profession! it see8s! has gro/nC So8e find lost ani8alsC So8e
specialiSe in e5pensi4e racehorses and sho/ horses! and others offer help /ith yo3r dist3rbed or psychotic ho3se petsC If yo3 h3nt aro3nd! yo3
can find classes in ho/ to co883ne /ith ani8alsC
# friend! "argaret D3laney 0alitsaris! li4es on a far8 in Pennsyl4aniaC She lo4es her horseC He<=>s learned to t3rn the barn lights on /ith his
tong3e! and she has to co4er the light s/itch /ith d3ct tape /hen she p3ts hi8 in his stall at nightC The horse! in[3red! cannot be ridden! b3t
"argaret /al7s beside hi8 e4ery day! tal7ing to hi8 and petting hi8C They<=>re happy going for /al7sC She says she doesn<=>t need to rideC
They ha4e a good ti8e togetherC
%ne day! /al7ing beside hi8! she /atched his hind leg b3c7le 3nder hi8C <=XI /onder /hat it feels li7e /hen yo3r hind leg [er7s and 3nhinges
li7e thatC<=Y The ne5t step she too7! she felt an electric c3rrent ripple do/n her legC It 8ade her leg collapseC
<=X%hC<=Y
-as that ani8al co883nication6
The 8a[or proble8 /ith ani8als co8es in 4erifying the infor8ation yo3 recei4eC I<=>ll e5plain /hat I 8eanC %n "onday! #pril OF! OIIN! Tin7er
0ell! a tiny! blac7! si5-po3nd Chih3ah3a! /as pic7ed 3p in a frea7 tornado in )ochester Hills! "ichigan! and carried a/ay by se4enty-8ile-per-ho3r
/indsC Dorothy and La4erne *tley credit a pet psychic /ith g3iding the8 to a /ooded area nearly a 8ile a/ay /here they fo3nd the little p3ppy!
tired! dirty! and h3ngry b3t ali4eC This 7ind of thing is easy to 4erify: (o3 either find the dog! or yo3 don<=>tC AThere<=>s al/ays the possibility
that the ani8al /al7ed off or /as 7illed and eaten after the psychic fo3nd hi8! b3t if yo3 find hi8 yo3 can pretty /ell tr3st that the ani8al
int3iti4e 7ne/ /hat she /as doing\B
I heard of one ani8al psychic /ho <=Xga4e a reading<=Y to the half brother of the fa8o3s racehorse SecretariatC This horse /as bold and s3re of
his o/n position in the /orldC He told her that he didn<=>t li7e the little creat3re in the baby carriage that ca8e so8eti8es to 4isitC
Spea7ing in Pict3res
#ni8al co883nication is often done in pict3resC "elody! a co/girl /ho li4es in Taos! ,e/ "e5ico! had a horse /ith /ho8 she co883nicated
thro3gh i8agesC She co3ld ne4er catch hi8 in the past3re if she /as 3pset or r3shing Ano one co3ldB! b3t if she sent pict3res of stro7ing and
petting hi8 lo4ingly and of /hat f3n they had riding in the high 8eado/s! of galloping thro3gh the tall grass! of drin7ing fro8 strea8s that
g3rgled o4er bro/n roc7s! the horse /o3ld lift his head and /al7 to her! bending for the halterC She had to feed hi8 lo4e-feast pict3resC -hen she
/as forced to sell hi8! she says he t3rned and ga4e her s3ch an aggrie4ed loo7 as she has ne4er forgottenC
So8eti8es! ho/e4er! the infor8ation co8es in scra8bled for8C
# fe/ years ago! 8y da3ghter Sarah fo3nd that one of her t/o cats /as so [ealo3s of her baby that she had to gi4e hi8 a/ay<=Vthe cat! I 8eanC
Ishi! a 8agnificent blac7 cat /ho /as part Sia8ese! to [3dge by the shape of his face! /as yo3ng! /ild! and energeticC #fter he scratched the baby!
ho/e4er! 8y da3ghter infor8ed 8e Ain the direct /ay children 3se /ith a 8otherB that /hen I ca8e to 4isit the follo/ing /ee7! Ishi /o3ld be
going bac7 to -ashington /ith 8eZ she tho3ght a co3sin in $irginia 8ight gi4e hi8 a per8anent ho8eC
I /asn<=>t happy! b3t I fle/ to "assach3setts and arranged to bring Ishi bac7 to stay /ith 8e 3ntil he co3ld 8o4e on to his ne/ ho8eC
"ean/hile! to ease his li7ely distress! /e as7ed a pet psychic to e5plain the change to Ishi! b3t as yo3<=>ll see! it<=>s so8eti8es easier to 7no/
/hat the cat is thin7ing than to ha4e hi8 i8agine an inco8prehensible e4entC %n the day of his depart3re! petting and soothing hi8! /e ga4e hi8
a tranU3iliSer and dro4e hi8! asleep in his little crate! to the planeC
#rri4ed at 8y apart8ent in -ashington! I slid the still-dopey cat into the 7itchen and sh3t the door! confining hi8 to a s8all! safe space /here he
had food and /ater and soft bedding for the nightC
The ne5t day I faced a panther\ Terrified! he hissed and slashed at 8e /ith his cla/sC "oreo4er! it t3rned o3t that the co3sin co3ldn<=>t ta7e Ishi
as plannedZ the cat /as 8ineC &or a /ee7 he challenged 8e! ears bac7! teeth baredC He hated 8eC
&inally! I called another ani8al int3iti4eC She tal7ed to Ishi long-distance and relayed his story to 8e o4er the phoneC -hen he /as yo3ng Ashe
saidB and 43lnerable! he<=>d li4ed /ith t/o girls /ho<=>d tried to poison hi8C They ga4e hi8 dr3gs for f3nC %ne of the8 /anted to 7ill hi8C
,o/! on his o/n! he didn<=>t 7no/ /here he /as! and he /as frightenedC
I /as astonishedC -as she 8a7ing this 3p6 Ishi had ne4er li4ed /ith t/o yo3ng college girls! 83ch less dr3g addicts\ Sarah had adopted both Ishi
and his 8other fro8 the po3nd /hen he /as only a fe/ /ee7s old! and he had ne4er li4ed /ith anyone else! 83ch less so8eone /ho<=>d tried
to 7ill hi8\
Disappointed! I paid the pet psychic and dis8issed her entire storyC # /ee7 later! Ishi and I had a brea7thro3gh! and in the 8onths that follo/ed
/e beca8e so deeply bonded that later still! /hen I /as forced to gi4e hi8 a/ay AallergiesB! I /eptC He /as a bea3tif3l creat3re! s/eet! lo4ing!
attenti4e! gentleC I fo3nd a /onderf3l ho8e for hi8C I 7no/ he<=>s happy thereC
It /as only long after/ard that it da/ned on 8e /hat the ani8al int3iti4e had 8eant: She<=>d seen the sit3ation in i8ages fro8 Ishi<=>s point
of 4ie/Z the <=Xt/o yo3ng girls<=Y /ere 8y da3ghter and 8yself\ -e had tranU3iliSed hi8 for the plane! and /hen he<=>d /o7en 3p! he /as
in a strange place /itho3t his fa8ily or o/nerC He tho3ght I<=>d 8eant to 7ill hi8C #nd so I learned that /hile yo3 can hear /hat the ani8al has
to say! yo3 8ight ha4e a hard ti8e interpreting itC They are not thin7ing in /ords! after all! b3t in i8ages<=Vin <=X7no/ings<=Y<=Vin the sa8e
/ay they pic7 3p telepathically o3r tho3ghts and e8otionsC

-H#T D%ES IT &EEL LI+E to <=Xco883nicate<=Y /ith an ani8al6 %nce! 8any years ago! I 8et an #3stralian fisher8an /ho tal7ed to dolphinsC
-hene4er he /ent o3t fishing! he fo3nd that dolphins s/ar8ed aro3nd his boat and! 8oreo4er! that he co3ld as7 the8 to [38p and they /o3ld
[38p or to follo/ and they /o3ld acco8pany his boat! di4ing and ca4orting aro3nd and 3nder and ahead of hi8C He called to the8 by 8ental
telepathyC
-e /ere at an en4iron8ental conference held at the &reer 'allery of #rt /hen he told 8e thisC I /as intrig3edC
<=XI can do it to yo3! if yo3 /ant!<=Y he offeredC
<=XDo /hat6<=Y
<=X"a7e yo3 co8e to 8eC<=Y
<=X(o3<=>re not serio3s\<=Y
-ho co3ld resist s3ch an offer6 I /al7ed o3tside and do/n the gracio3s sandstone stair/ay of the art gallery to the pa4e8ent belo/! and there I
stood a 8o8ent /ondering ho/ he /o3ld <=Xcall<=Y 8e to hi8 and ho/ I /o3ld recogniSe it if he didC It /as a lo4ely soft d3s7y s388er
e4eningC Indoors! in the reception hall! a cro/d of en4iron8entalists /as sho3ting happily at one another! creating an a/f3l din as they battled for
drin7s and hors d<=>oe34resC I too7 a breath! loo7ing across the grassy s/eep of the -ashington "allC
S3ddenly! and I can<=>t e5plain /hy e5actly! I felt a <=Xneed!<=Y a longing! a desire to ta7e a fe/ steps to/ard the galleryC #s I 8o4ed to/ard
the stairs! it felt <=Xright!<=Y and so I 8o3nted the stair/ell! still not U3ite certain /hat I /as doing b3t follo/ing the instinct! the int3ition! as if
p3lled by a bea8 of lightC I i8agine an airplane on a3to8atic pilot! /hen hoo7ed onto the landing bea8 at the airport! as it descends /ith this
sa8e s3rety and sense of yesC I p3shed open the &reer 'allery doors! t3rned left! and 8o4ed confidently do/n the stairs to the lo/er gallery! and
there before 8e the /hole great 8ass of this gathering spread o3t! and s3ddenly I /o7e 3pC LostC The <=Xp3ll<=Y had stoppedC -here /as I
s3pposed to go6
I fo3nd 8y #3stralian tal7ing to a co3pleC He t3rned in apologyC <=XI<=>8 so sorry\<=Y he saidC <=XI /as interr3ptedC Ho/ far did yo3 get6<=Y
I told hi8 I<=>d 8ade it to the entranceC
<=X#nd then a gentle8an ca8e 3p to tal7 to 8e!<=Y he saidC <=XI co3ldn<=>t do it any8oreC 03t yo3 got 8ost of the /ayC<=Y He /as pleased
/ith his s3ccessC
I ne4er fo3nd o3t e5actly ho/ he <=Xcalled<=Y 8e to hi8 or /hat he did to bring the dolphins to his sideC It<=>s a gift yo3<=>d thin7 /o3ld be
3sef3lC Partic3larly if yo3 ha4e children /ho tend to /ander offC

D%LPHI,S #)E ESPECI#LL( TELEP#THICC %nce! sitting on a doc7 in &lorida near a bottlenose dolphin pool! I <=Xsent<=Y the tho3ght reU3est for a
dolphin to leap o3t of the /ater for 8e\ I /anted to see hi8 [38pC ,o! that<=>s /rongC It /as all abo3t 8y egoC I /anted to see if he /o3ld pic7
3p 8y telepathy and do /hat I as7edC Co3ld he hear 8e6 I <=Xbea8ed<=Y and <=Xbea8ed<=Y at hi8C In 4ainC He s/a8 on in his slo/! bored
circlesC
%hC
&inally I ga4e 3pC I p3shed to 8y feet! started to 8o4e a/ay! and [3st then sa/ hi8 s/i88ing in e4er-faster circles ro3nd and ro3nd his pond!
gaining speed<=Vand he [38ped\ #nd [38ped\ #nd [38ped again in front of 8eC
They get o3r 8essagesC
The tric7 is! can /e hear the ones they send to 3s6

"#)I# +#)"I is an ani8al int3iti4e in &inlandC -hen she /ants to co883nicate /ith an ani8al on behalf of the o/ner! or /ith her o/n ani8als!
or /ith /ild ones! she p3ts herself into a 8ode of deep listeningC If she tries to g3ess /hat the proble8 is! she /ill fail! she says! b3t if she gro/s
U3iet and recepti4e! if she 8o4es into the silence! the infor8ation co8esC She does not p3sh or stri4e for anythingC
<=XThat<=>s /hy co883nication is so easyC I [3st need to listenC The ani8al tells 8e /hat it /ants 8e to 7no/C #ll I need to do is tr3st the
infor8ation that is gi4en 8eC<=Y
#s a child! "aria spent ho3rs alone on her grandparents<=> far8C She /as 4ery sensiti4e to e8otions and co3ld <=Xread<=Y people aro3nd her!
as /ell as the ani8alsC In the silence of nat3re she felt a part of so8ething largerC Later! /hen she /as fifteen! her c3riosity too7 her to o3t-of-
body e5periences so frightening that she pro8ised herself and 'od in hea4en that she /o3ld al/ays stay connected to her o/n body and to the
earthC ,o/ she /or7s as a physiotherapist! dedicated to 8indf3lness! Chinese 8edicine! and the practice of 0eing Here ,o/C Her body! she says!
is her anchor! and to do any telepathic /or7 /ith ani8als she 83st stay gro3nded and physically strongC
Si5 years ago she too7 a class in ani8al co883nicationC She as7ed her dog )3ffe! a nine-year-old border collie! <=XIs there anything I can do for
yo36<=Y He placed his pa/ on her 7nee and ans/ered in clear S/edish Aher nati4e tong3eB: <=X;3st try to lo4e 8eC That<=>s all I needC<=Y She
/as so o4er/hel8ed that she /ept for an ho3rC Her grey parrot Chino told her that he /as afraid of the dar7! after /hich she too7 care to lea4e a
night-light on /hen it /as ti8e to sleepC Her rabbit 9I said he /as afraid of heights! and indeed she co3ld feel ho/ his little sto8ach t/isted /hen
she pic7ed hi8 3pC
Later she too7 a co3rse in co883nicating /ith proble8 horses and gained confidence by chec7ing her int3itions /ith the o/nersC She /as
a8aSed ho/ easy it /as\ <=XSince then!<=Y she /rote to 8e! <=XI ha4e had 8any a8aSing chats /ith ani8als of different species! and e4ery
one of the8 is differentC It 8a7es 8e 4ery h38ble /hen they open 3p to 8eC I<=>8 so gratef3l to be able to gi4e the8 4oiceC -e ha4e so 83ch
to learn fro8 the ani8alsZ they to3ch the h38an heart in /ays that no therapy in the /orld can doC
<=X-e 8eet at a so3l le4el!<=Y she contin3edC <=XIf I close 8y eyes /hen co883nicating! I co3ldn<=>t tell yo3 if I /ere listening to a h38an or
an ani8alC The feelings are 3ni4ersalC<=Y
I H#$E %,E L#ST ST%)( concerning ani8alsC I ha4e a place in ,e/ "e5icoC %ne s388er /hile I /as o3t there! I started horsebac7 riding againC I
/as raised /ith horses b3t had stopped years beforeC S3ddenly I felt an 3rge to rideC I /as p3t on a half-#rabian three-year-old na8ed SpringC She
/as a8aSing\ I adored herC I 7no/ horses! and I felt so8eho/ that she /as specialC The follo/ing s388er I leased her for se4eral 8onthsC -e had
s3ch a deep connection that the stable o/ner 3rged 8e to b3y her! b3t I ref3sedC Ho/ co3ld I 7eep a horse /hen I tra4eled so 83ch! di4iding 8y
ti8e bet/een -ashington and ,e/ "e5ico6 The horse /o3ld al/ays be /here4er I /asn<=>tC Still! I lo4ed this ani8al! and I 7ne/ that she lo4ed
8eC
# yo3ng /o8an na8ed Danielle bo3ght herC I arranged to lease her /hene4er I ca8e to ,e/ "e5ico<=Va happy co8pro8ise for 8e: I got to ride
this lo4ely horse /itho3t the responsibility of o/ning herC
%ne 8orning in Dece8ber OIIF I /o7e o3t of a deep sleep /ith the horrified pre8onition: <=XSpring is going to be sold! and this ti8e she<=>ll
8o4e far a/ayZ I /on<=>t e4er see her againC<=Y
I e-8ailed the ,e/ "e5ico stableC <=XIf Spring is e4er sold! /ill yo3 let 8e 7no/6<=Y
The ans/er shot bac7: <=XI [3st learned that her o/ner has to lea4e TaosC She told 8e she /ants to sell the horseC<=Y
I p3t do/n an option to b3y her and arranged to spend a 8onth in ,e/ "e5icoC I said I<=>d decide by the end of the 8onth /hether to b3y the
horse or notC #nd then ca8e /ee7s of indecision\ It 8ade no sense /hatsoe4er for 8e to b3y a horseC It<=>s e5pensi4eC I tra4elC I<=>4e ne4er
/anted to o/n a horseC It<=>s easy to b3y a horse and hard to sell oneC -as she a good horse! any/ay6 I didn<=>t 7no/C ;3st beca3se I<=>d
fallen in lo4e /ith her! did that 8ean anything6 She had a strange confor8ation! b3t an e5U3isite head and a s/eetness of nat3re I<=>d ne4er
8et before in a horseC -hen she sa/ 8e co8ing! she<=>d /al7 the length of the paddoc7 to 8eet 8eC I lo4ed to ride herC I lo4ed her /illingness!
her lightness! her intelligence! her efforts to do /hate4er I as7edC
03t b3ying a horse 8ade no sense\
I didn<=>t /ant a horse\ -hy did I feel I /as <=Xs3pposed<=Y to b3y her6 That /e /ere <=Xs3pposed<=Y to be together6
0elie4e 8e! this ti8e I cons3lted not one psychic b3t t/oC %ne said there /as a 7ar8ic connection bet/een the t/o of 3s and! yes! b3y herC The
other said I sho3ld notC I belie4ed the secondC
Each ti8e I 8ade the decision to let Spring go! congrat3lating 8yself and e5periencing a /elco8e sense of relief! I /as str3c7 an ho3r later by the
nagging sense that the decision had to be re4isitedC
03t b3ying a horse /as n3ts\ I didn<=>t e4en 7no/ /here I /o3ld 7eep her\
Ho/ co3ld I afford a horse6
It /o3ld change 8y /hole life\
#nd so I passed that 8onth! /affling bac7 and forth! 3ntil one day it occ3rred to 8e that e4ery ti8e I ha4e follo/ed an int3ition that 8ade no
sense! it<=>s al/ays /or7ed o3t right and that I don<=>t ha4e the prescience to foresee an o3tco8eC That I 83st tr3stC Tr3st 'odC Tr3st these
3ne5plained psychic po/ersC Tr3st 8y inner /isdo8! the angels that bring 8e gifts or lessons that I don<=>t e4en 7no/ I /antC Tr3st that if the
*ni4erse is gi4ing 8e the horse! then it /ill also so8eho/ pro4ide the 8oney to stable her! or if it doesn<=>t the horse co3ld be soldC %r gi4en
a/ayC Tr3stC I had to tr3st 8y g3ides! 8y 'od! the 0elo4ed that bends! brooding! o4er 3s! offering 3s ne/ /aysC
I bo3ght SpringC I ha4e bro3ght her to $irginia! /here I ride! and she has gi4en 8e 8ore pleas3re than I /o3ld ha4e i8agined possibleC I don<=>t
3nderstand o3r connectionZ I don<=>t need toC %ne day! /hile I /as groo8ing her 8agnificent hindU3arters Aand gro/ing U3iet 3nder the spell of
her s/eet scentB! she s/3ng her tail aro3nd as if to s/itch a fly! draped it o4er 8y face and sho3lders! and held it there! 4eiling 8e in her e8braceC
In4iting Int3ition II: Deep Listening
There are tried! tr3e /ays to de4elop int3ition! b3t only the bra4e person is /illing to 3nderta7e the pathC
&irst! yo3 go into stillnessC Practice being alone and in silenceC
Ta7e a /al7C Loo7 aro3ndC Sit on a par7 benchC 0e stillC
In rest yo3 e5perience heightened a/areness! discern8ent! e8pathy! [oyC
Close yo3r eyes and listen to the /indC If it is possible to get o3t into the co3ntry! o3t into nat3re CCC go\
Second! practice 8indf3lness and 8editationC It doesn<=>t 8atter /hat for8 of 8editation yo3 are dra/n to as long as yo3 beginC AI gi4e
instr3ctions in the appendi5 for anyone /ho /ants the8CB Sit for fi4e or ten or t/enty 8in3tes once or t/ice a dayC Close yo3r eyesC #llo/ yo3r
tho3ghts to driftC 'o in/ard! and /atch yo3r breathing AefIn CCC o3t CCCefBC -atch /ith attentionC 'rad3ally yo3r stor8y tho3ghts cal8 do/nC (o3
gro/ stillC ,o/ yo3 can sense the n3dge of int3ition! listen for <=Xthe still! s8all 4oice of 'odC<=Y Do this e4ery dayC It is 8ind-trainingC It changes
yo3r brain /a4esC It<=>s not for nothing that so8e for8s of 8editation are called Insight "editationC
"editation alters the brainC It 8a7es yo3 happy\
%ne st3dy of high school st3dents fo3nd that those /ho 8editated for only fi4e or ten 8in3tes t/ice a day sho/ed prefrontal str3ct3ral changesC
The prefrontal part of the brain go4erns discern8ent! /isdo8! and 8oral [3dg8entC It<=>s the CE% of the brainC Co8p3teriSed brain i8aging has
sho/n great ca4ities and go3ges in the prefrontal brains of a good proportion of the yo3ngsters being st3diedC (et by 8editating for only fi4e
8in3tes in the 8orning and again in the e4ening<=Vand this /as /ith no chanting of 8antras! no religio3s practices! b3t si8ply sitting U3ietly!
/atching the breath for only t/o /ee7s<=Vthose gorges and ca4erns filled inC
Third! tr3st the 8essages yo3 start to recei4eC Insight is different fro8 the shi4ers of an5iety! /orry! or fear! and it differs fro8 conscio3s tho3ghtC
+eep a [o3rnal of int3itions or spirit3al enco3ntersC Ho/ does int3ition present itself to yo36 (o3<=>ll soon co8e to tr3st yo3r Inner Director!
yo3r g3ardian angels! yo3r Higher SelfC
Tal7 to itC #s7 for helpC
Then listenC
To increase int3ition! a4oid dr3gs! alcohol! and 8ind-altering s3bstancesC The clean brain is a3to8atically int3iti4eC
0EI,' STILL
It ta7es co3rage to be U3ietC I 7no/ people for /ho8 this is easyC They are by nat3re intro4ertsC They are often artists or scientists! e5ceptionally
creati4eC They hi7e off to a her8itage /itho3t neighbors nearbyC %r they go fishing on a bea3tif3l ri4er! ca8ping alone! /a7ing /ith the golden
strea7s of da/n and /atching the light that spar7les off the /aterC They catch their breath at the bea3ty of a field of grass 8o4ing li7e ocean
/a4es in the /indC They lie do/n in green past3res! they restore their so3l in solit3deC
I 7no/ other people to /ho8 being alone is so painf3l they /o3ld rather h3rl the8sel4es at a ball on a sU3ash co3rt! bench-press 8assi4e
/eights! ta7e 8ath tests! lose chess ga8es! toss panca7es in a fast-food diner<=Vanything<=Vrather than be i8prisoned /ith their o/n tho3ghtsC
<=X-hy e4er /o3ld I /ant to loo7 inside6 -hat if there<=>s nothing there6<=Y cried one /o8an I 7no/C -hich /o3ld be f3nny e5cept that she
/as serio3sC #nd another acU3aintance! stiff /ith righteo3s resol4e: <=X"editation is so self-centeredC I thin7 yo3 sho3ld be o3t doing things for
so8eone else if yo3 ha4e so 83ch ti8e on yo3r handsC<=Y
It ta7es discipline to be stillC (et /hat yo3 disco4er is a bo3ndless e5pansion of a/arenessC P3re conscio3snessC #lso! yo3r brain /or7s betterC
St3dies indicate that 8editation<=Vbeing still<=V8erely being eases stress! eases addictions! b3ilds 3p the i883ne syste8! and pro4ides physical
and e8otional /ell-beingC
It also increases int3itionC (o3 7no/ /ho is calling on the phoneC (o3 lose yo3r car 7eys! search e4ery/here! then re8e8ber to pa3se and send
o3t a silent plea to the 0elo4ed! the Holy Spirit! yo3r g3ides and g3ardians: <=XHelp\<=Y If yo3 are open! then! yo3 find yo3rself /al7ing to a table
and p3lling the 7eys o3t fro8 3nder a pile of papersC Int3ition6
#nd one other thing abo3t 8editation: #s yo3 strengthen spirit3ally! as yo3 increase yo3r 4ibratory freU3ency! yo3 shine /ith lightC It<=>s called
enlighten8entC
ListenC I ha4e seen light po3ring off people and off grasses and trees! and ani8als! and children<=Voff e4ery li4ing thingC It fla8es off 3s <=Xli7e
shining fro8 shoo7 foil!<=Y as the poet 'erard "anley Hop7ins /rote! for /e o3rsel4es are co8posed of Di4ine fire! and this is /hy /e can see
spirits and g3ides /hen o3r spirit3al eyes are openedC -e are stard3stC -e are co8posed of the sa8e str3ct3res and s3bstance that ble/ o3t of
the 0ig 0ang! born of the <=Xs3chness<=Y of 'od! the entangled photons that conf3se and tease o3r physicistsC
-e are Di4ineC
,ot long ago I sa/ a /o8an! prayingC # shoc7 of light passed o4er her! strea8ing fro8 her s7inC Light po3red fro8 her third eye! the spirit3al
centerC
I ha4e been /itness 8any ti8es to this pheno8enon! altho3gh it is 3s3ally gli8psed in a 4eiled or shado/y /ay! a passing! fleeting U3ic7ening of
light that flares 3p in a person and dies do/n againC
It is the light of lo4eC
se4en
$#)I#TI%,S %, # THE"E
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#T THIS P%I,T it<=>s appropriate to confess that for so8e years I<=>4e /or7ed as an int3iti4e or psychic and so8eti8es as a 8edi38Z so it
behoo4es 3s to pa3se a 8o8ent for so8e definitionsC 0eca3se the difference bet/een int3ition and psychic abilities is one only of degree! li7e the
difference bet/een the child pl3n7ing o3t <=XT/in7le! T/in7le! Little Star<=Y on the piano and /ell-practiced fingers rippling o4er a Chopin
?@t3deC It<=>s a 8atter of practice! b3t they<=>re both playing notes\
Ho/ 8any people in o3r co3ntry cons3lt the tarot! or thro/ the I Ching! or 4isit an astrologer! or read the r3nes6 Ho/ 8any go to a pal8ist!
int3iti4e! psychic! or 8edi38 to learn /hat &ate 8ay hold6 Lots 8ore than /e i8agine! and lots 8ore in ti8es of recession than in financial
boo8s! according to a ,o4e8ber OE! OIIP! article in The ,e/ (or7 Ti8esC "oreo4er! these clients are often /ealthy professionals! li7e an
e5ec3ti4e fro8 Seagate Technology! the ^HH-billion-a-year 8a7er of hard dri4es for PlayStation E! or fro8 -illia8 "orris! the talent agencyZ or a
"anhattan attorneyZ or a Holly/ood prod3cer! all cons3lting the sa8e int3iti4e! La3ra Day! to /ho8 they pay ^HI!III a 8onth for help /ith their
financial decisionsC

I -#S H#$I,' DI,,E) one s388er at a lo4ely resta3rant in 0ar Harbor! "aine! /ith three other /o8enC It /as a s/eet s388er e4eningC -e
/atched the boats roc7 on the /ater lapping at the green slope of the la/nC The s3n /as going do/n! the golden light softening to grey d3s7C
Clair! a pediatrician! /or7s in genetics in 0alti8ore! and ;3dy is a professor e8erit3s of pediatrics and 8edical genetics at a children<=>s hospital
in 0ritish Col38biaC The third in o3r party! 0arbara! is a science /riterC I listened in a/e as their con4ersation s/3ng fro8 genes and geno8es to
childhood diseases or to fa8o3s scientists they 7ne/ at this con4ention! incl3ding their ,obel-la3reate friendsC #t one point ;3dy t3rned to 8eC
She has a gentle /ay of tilting her head to/ard yo3! eyes soft! s8iling /ith enco3rage8entC She sho3ld be painted by a )enaissance geni3sC
<=X03t I<=>8 interested in /hat yo3<=>re doing!<=Y she saidC <=XInt3ition and the paranor8alC Tell 8eC<=Y
%ne OIIE st3dy sho/ed GI percent of /o8en are not telepathic! b3t PG percent of telepathics are fe8aleC The typical int3iti4e is yo3ng!
ed3cated! creati4e! often left-handed or a8bide5tro3s! and able to concentrate and foc3sC
#n ani8ated disc3ssion abo3t /hether int3ition and psychic e5periences are 3n3s3al ens3edC ;3dy 83r83red that she /as int3iti4e! b3t she felt
her 8edical diagnoses /ere based on e5perience! nothing elseC Clair! on the other hand! felt she had had psychic e5periences! b3t she /asn<=>t
s3re that e4eryone had this giftC They both agreed that if an infant doesn<=>t de4elop a sensory organ by the age of t/o! the innate ability is lostC
# blindfolded child! for e5a8ple! /ill be 3nable to seeC The great proportion of #sian children! /ho are e5posed to tonal lang3ages in /hich
8eaning is e5pressed by pitch! de4elop perfect pitch! /hereas only a s8all percentage of -estern children ha4e perfect pitchC Is it the sa8e /ith
psychic abilities6 -o3ld that e5plain /hy so8e people ha4e the talent and others don<=>t6
I arg3ed that it<=>s [3st a s7ill that can be learnedC The brain is a fl3id instr38ent! and I told the8 of ;oseph &3chs! the fa8o3s 4iolinist! /ho in his
se4enties lost the 3se of the fingers in his left hand<=Vhis fingering handC He ta3ght hi8self to play again! and in his nineties /as still gi4ing solo
concerts in Carnegie HallC The brain finds path/aysC It gro/s thro3gho3t yo3r lifeC -hy /o3ld it be different for psychic abilities6
<=XHo/ do yo3 do it6<=Y Clair as7ed! t/irling her /ineglassC <=X-hat do yo3 do6<=Y
S3rprised! I set do/n 8y for7C ,o one had as7ed 8e this before! and I felt shyC 03t they /ere serio3sC C3rio3sC S3ddenly the /ords ca8e po3ring
o3t! inca3tio3sly! the story I<=>d not e4er told beforeC #nd beca3se of that! I can tell it later in this boo7C ,ot hereC 03t f3rther onC #nd not
beca3se 8y /ay is special or better than that of hosts of int3iti4es and sensiti4es b3t beca3se it<=>s 8y e5perienceZ at least I can tell ho/ it feels
for 8eC

THE -%)D PS(CHIC C%"ES fro8 the 'ree7 /ord 8eaning <=Xso3l!<=Y /hich searches endlessly for Lo4eC It is said that /e all 7ne/ lo4e once!
in that other place! before /e /ere born! and that /e /ill e5perience it again at death! /hile o3r lifeti8e here is spent in yearning for that lost!
half-re8e8bered state /hen /e recogniSed o3r 4ery so3l! o3r psycheC
In the bea3tif3l 'ree7 8yth! the yo3ng girl Psyche Athe so3lB is deeply in lo4e /ith her h3sband! Eros! god of Lo4e! and he /ith herC Each night he
co8es to her bedZ each da/n he lea4es before she sees his faceC Psyche is filled /ith happinessC Her [ealo3s sisters /hisper in her earC <=XHo/
can yo3 lo4e hi86<=Y they as7C <=X(o3 don<=>t e4en 7no/ /hat he loo7s li7eC Perhaps he<=>s a 8onsterC Ho/ do yo3 7no/6 Ta7e a candle!<=Y
they en[oin her! <=Xand /hen he<=>s asleep! light itC Loo7 on hi8C<=Y
Lighting her candle! she holds it 3p and gaspsC He is so bea3tif3l\ 03t a drop of 8elting /a5 falls on his s7inC He /a7es 3pC He tells Psyche that no/
he 83st go a/ay! according to the la/ set do/n by his 8other! #phroditeC Psyche /ill not be able to find hi8 3ntil she /al7s thro3gh nine pairs of
iron shoes and nine iron sta4es! searching for hi8 e4ery/hereC He lea4esC Then bra4ely she sets o3t after hi8! searching for her h3sband! Lo4eC In
the story Psyche finds Eros! and they are [oined once again! and /e<=>re told that this is the spirit3al [o3rney that each so3l ta7es to find her Self!
/hich is the sa8e as finding lo4eC
Defining Ter8s
If yo3 ha4e heightened or e5trasensory perception AESPB! if yo3 e5perience the paranor8al! incl3ding telepathy and healing to3ch! ani8al
co883nication! clair4oyance! and precognition! yo3 are said to be psychicC The /ord is 3sed both as a no3n and an ad[ecti4eC (o3 8ay be
psychic or ha4e had a psychic e5perienceC
%n the other hand! if yo3 are gi4ing a psychic or int3iti4e reading! and a spirit appears at yo3r elbo/! yo3 are acting as a 8edi38! 8ediating
bet/een the 4isible and in4isible /orldsC "any say that it is the che8istry of the 8edi38! the freU3ency of her electro8agnetic 4ibration! that
allo/s the spirit to for8 the /ispy! /hite ectoplas8 that /e seeC &ro8 the ti8e of the Delphic %racle! s3ch 4isions ha4e been re4eredC
The Dalai La8a notes in one of his boo7s of the need to 3nderstand <=Xthe /hole pheno8enon of e8anationC<=Y The degree of a3tono8y of a
4ision or e8anation! he says! <=Xdepends 3pon the le4el of realiSation of the indi4id3al /ho is creating the e8anation! that is! the e8anatorC #t a
lo/er le4el!<=Y he notes! <=Xan e8anation created by an indi4id3al is to a certain e5tent 8onitored and controlled by the e8anator! al8ost as if
by co8p3terC %n the other hand! in the case of an indi4id3al /ho has 4ery high spirit3al realiSations! then the e8anated beings 8ay be fairly
a3tono8o3sC<=Y
He adds that he /ishes he<=>d had s3ch 8ystical e5periences hi8selfC <=X03t<=Vno l3c7\ There are U3ite a fe/ U3estions I /o3ld li7e to as7\<=Y
-e<=>ll tal7 later abo3t seeing spirits and acting as an int3iti4e or 8edi38C It reU3ires a certain spirit3al p3rification and a discipline that 8ost
people are 3n/illing to 3nderta7eC -hat does it 8ean to be <=Xspirit3al<=Y6 I<=>8 not s3re! act3allyC 03t the fr3its are easy to recogniSeC They
are: forgi4eness! tolerance! generosity! and patienceC I /o3ld add h38ility! tenderness! /isdo8! and 3nderstanding<=Vthe 4ery attrib3tes /e<=>d
li7e e5tended to o3rsel4esC -here and ho/ are these U3alities fo3nd6 In the 'reat SilenceC In those 8o8ents /hen! co883ning /ith the psyche!
/e hear the still! s8all $oice of 'odC
Part II
THE #-#+E,ED "I,D
The Tibetan 03ddhist 8odel for the a/a7ened 8ind is orgas8! beca3se it is only at the cli8a5 of lo4e8a7ing that the e4ils of ignorance drop a/ayC
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LI'HT %& (%*) LI&E
-e aren<=>t physical beings ha4ing a spirit3al e5perienceC -e<=>re spirit3al beings ha4ing a physical e5perienceC
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E"#,*EL S-EDE,0%)'! son of a bishop! li4ed fro8 HRPP to HFFOC 0rilliant! creati4e! intellect3al! he /as a scientist! in4entor! philosopher!
theologian! and ling3ist! and he had an enor8o3s infl3ence on the great 8inds of the ne5t cent3ries! fro8 0la7e and 'oethe to EliSabeth 0arrett
0ro/ning! E8erson! 0alSac! (eats! 0orges! Strindberg! Carl ;3ng! and Helen +ellerC He /as also clair4oyantC %ne e4ening at a dinner party in
London he shot to his feet /ith horror! e5clai8ing that a great fire had bro7en o3t in Stoc7hol8! OPR 8iles a/ay! that it had already cons38ed his
neighbor<=>s ho3se and no/ threatened his o/nC He paced the roo8! /atching the far-off e4entC T/o ho3rs later! he dropped into a chair!
reporting /ith relief that the fire had stopped three doors fro8 his ho3seC It too7 t/o days to confir8 the ne/s! do/n to the precise ho3r that he
had seen the fireC
In HFLG! at the age of si5ty-se4en! S/edenborg had a 8ystical re4elation Aa series of the8! act3allyB! and for the last t/enty-se4en years of his life
he co883ned /ith spirits and angels! /riting 4ol38es of his e5periences that e5ploded the entire theology of his de8on-ridden s3perstitio3s age!
/ith his e5positions of a deity of 8ercy and lo4ing 7indness! a 'od a4ailable and accessible to e4ery indi4id3al thro3gh spirit3al int3ition and
/itho3t the 8ediation of priestsC It is in these /ritings! often obsc3re and obf3scated! that he described the h38an [o3rney as the transfor8ation
fro8 a 8aterialistic to a spirit3al a/areness! /hen /ith o3r spirit3al insight /e see into far-off real8sC

IT -#S CH)IST"#SC I /aited at a hospital in -ashington! DCCC! to see 8y doctorC It /as cro/ded and the doctor /as r3nning lateC I sco/ledC I
chec7ed 8y /atchC I [iggled 8y footC I had things to do! presents to b3y! bills to pay! people to call! Christ8as to get thro3gh! and here I /as
Achec7ing 8y /atchB 7ept /aiting\ The tinsel decorations annoyed 8eC The n3rses and cler7s! harried and o4er/or7ed! f3eled 8y aggra4ationC
The 8ore i8patient and irritable I beca8e! the /orse I felt! 3ntil in a flash of 3nderstanding it occ3rred to 8e that 8y i8patience Aor! rather! the
feeding and n3rsing of 8y annoyanceB /as only 8a7ing 8e feel /orseC 03t ho/ to cal8 the frenSied! frantic clatter of 8y 8ind6
<=X'od! help 8e!<=Y I prayedC <=XSho/ 8e<=V<=Y
I blin7edC E4eryone aro3nd 8e<=Vthe cler7s behind the des7! the n3rses /ith their clipboards! the /o8an str3ggling do/n the hall on
cr3tches<=V/as bathed in lightC I /as so startled I sat 3pC It /as li7e seeing the heat /a4es shi88ering abo4e a hot tar road in s388er: e4eryone
rippling /ith lightC The cler7s /ere not 8erely physical bodies typing and filing behind their des7s b3t beings of Light! and /hat /as strange /as
that no one 7ne/ that they /ere shining! l38ino3sC Each one /as absorbed by personal concerns or deadlines or pain or e8otional t3r8oil! /hen
in fact A/as I 8ad6B they /ere spirit3al beings! 8o4ing lightsC In that 8o8ent e4en the tinsel too7 on deeper 8eaning! no longer the pitif3l sy8bol
of enforced 8erri8ent b3t a s/eet and poignant re8inder of hope in a season that for 8any people offers only blea7 loneliness and despair: the
tinsel of gratit3de! the sil4er shining fish of faithC
&or the ne5t /ee7 e4ery li4ing thing I sa/! e4ery tree or b3sh or dog! e4ery person! e4ery li4ing sentient thing /as s3rro3nded by and e8anating
lightC -as this /hat the 0ible 8eant /hen it said that /e are 8ade in the i8age of 'od6 I /as filled /ith a 8elting gratit3de! /ith profo3nd
forgi4eness and relief! for if all these others /ere Light 0eings! haloed /ith golden light! then so /as I\
CCC tho3! celestial light!
Shine in/ard! and the 8ind thro3gh all her po/ers
IrradiateZ there plant eyes! all 8ist fro8 thence
P3rge and disperse! that I 8ay see and tell
%f things in4isible to 8ortal sightC
;%H, "ILT%,
&%) "ILLE,,I# people ha4e seen a3ras aro3nd certain li4ing thingsC In the "iddle #ges! artists depicted all the spirit3al giants<=VChrist! the
"adonna! apostles! angels! saints<=V/ith a golden ni8b3s at their headsC #nd not only in 8edie4al E3rope /as this radiance percei4ed! b3t in
03ddhist c3lt3res! Hind3 paintings: a corona of light po3ring fro8 angels and godsC
There is a story that one night Saint &rancis and Saint Clare 8et in con4ersation! and the light fro8 their lo4e! infla8ed by their tal7 of 'od! /as so
great that it lit 3p the *8brian hillside aro3nd the8C Is it 8etaphor6
&or cent3ries in the high Hi8alayas of Tibet! /here the te8perat3res drop to thirty belo/ Sero as ho/ling /inds lash the 8o3ntaintops /ith
sno/! certain 8on7s ha4e engaged in the age-old practice of g<=>t38o to sto7e the fire of their inner energyC They sit in 8editation in the
freeSing cold! and the heat and light they prod3ce are so intense that the sno/ 8elts in a little circle aro3nd the8C In this practice they eat littleC
They 8ay not b3ild a fire to /ar8 the8sel4es! for a physical fire /o3ld pre4ent the8 fro8 achie4ing the inner heat of g<=>t38oC
It ta7es years to reach this goalC
I<=>8 not s3ggesting that /e can all acU3ire s3ch abilities<=Vor that /e sho3ld e4en /ant toC 03t /itho3t o3r doing anything at all! /e e8it an
a3ra or energy fieldC #nd didn<=>t Christ tell 3s this6 Didn<=>t he ad8onish 3s not to <=Xhide yo3r light 3nder a b3shel-bas7et6<=Y #nother
ti8e! spea7ing in the positi4e 4oice A"atthe/ G:HRB! didn<=>t He direct 3s to <=XLet yo3r light so shine before 8en! that they 8ay see yo3r good
/or7s and glorify yo3r &ather in hea4en<=Y6
Scientists 7no/ a great deal no/ abo3t the electro8agnetic and s3btle energies e8itted by all li4ing things that 3ntil recently ha4e el3ded
8eas3re8entC Today any n38ber of research instit3tions are 8apping and st3dying s3btle energiesC 0oo7s on the s3b[ect no/ appear reg3larly!
and 8ost people spea7 easily these days of cha7ras<=Vthose /heels of /hirling energy in the h38an body that e8it light and reflect o3r state of
health Aani8als ha4e cha7ras! too! b3t /e don<=>t tal7 so 83ch of theseBC -e ac7no/ledge the ancient Chinese ac3p3nct3re 8eridians! along
/hich o3r nat3ral energies strea8C Changes in energy can be 8eas3red by the ion flo/! and there is! in fact! a dedicated organiSation! the
International Society for the St3dy of S3btle Energies and Energy "edicine AISSEE"B! /hich held its t/entieth #8erican conference in Colorado in
the s388er of OIHIC DrC #ndre/ -eil! in T3cson! is teaching s3btle energies to st3dents in 8edical schoolC Edgar "itchell! the for8er astrona3t!
fo3nded the Instit3te of ,oetic St3dies AI%,SB specifically to st3dy paranor8al and s3btle energiesZ and ordinary people all o4er the /orld
practice shifting and enlarging their chi /ith tai chi or Ui gong and other 8artial artsC They pay healers and energy practitioners to /or7 on their
83lti8illion-dollar sho/ dogsC "oreo4er! a n38ber of de4ices no/ 8eas3re the s3btle a3ras that pre4io3sly /ere 4isible only to psychics and
8ysticsC
#s a 8an /ho has de4oted his /hole life to the 8ost clear-headed science! to the st3dy of 8atter! I can tell yo3 as the res3lt of 8y research abo3t
ato8s this 83ch: There is no 8atter as s3ch\ #ll 8atter originates and e5ists only by 4irt3e of a force /hich brings the particles of an ato8 to
4ibration and holds this 8ost 8in3te solar syste8 of the ato8 together CCC -e 83st ass38e behind this force the e5istence of a conscio3s and
intelligent "indC This "ind is the 8atri5 of all 8atterC

"#9 PL#,C+
THE &I)ST PE)S%, T% CL#I" he photographed the a3ra /as )3ssian electrician Se8yon +irlian! /ho in HNEN accidentally disco4ered that if an
ob[ect is placed directly on a 8etal photographic plate and charged /ith a high 4oltage! s8all discharges Acreated by the electric field at the edges
of the ob[ectB create the i8age of a corona on the photographic plateC +irlian<=>s /or7! fro8 HNEN on/ard! /as 4ario3sly called electrography!
electrophotography! and corona discharge photographyC
I re8e8ber being fascinated in the HNFIs by these photosC People /ere photographing lea4es! shri8p! their o/n hands! the ears of dogs! and /e
8ar4eled at the e5traordinary bands of light shooting off the leaf! the shri8p! o3r fingertipsC E5peri8enters c3t a leaf in t/o and recorded the /ay
the light at the 83tilation shran7 bac7! as if in painC They called it the phanto8 li8b effectC E4en 8ore astonishing /ere the effects of radical
cr3elty on nearby li4ing thingsC Perhaps yo3 ha4e seen so8e of these photographs! in /hich the light field of a healthy plant see8s to recoil at the
83rder of a shri8p across the roo8C Do e4en lo/er life for8s! li7e plants or shri8p! /e /ondered! ha4e conscio3sness6
Loo7 on the Internet! and yo3<=>ll find so8e HHG 8illion sites for a3ras! so8e OCER 8illion for +irlian! and another G!EII or so for the incorrect
spelling of <=X+irlean!<=Y so that yo3 co3ld spend yo3r life clic7ing on these and ne4er ha4e ti8e for any other acti4ity! incl3ding reading the
boo7 in yo3r handC # goodly n38ber deny the 4eracity of a3rasC The +irlian i8age depends on fil8 4oltage! they e5plain! on perspiration! press3re
of the fingertip or other ob[ect on the 8etal! on h38idity! the e5pos3re ti8e! and 4ario3s other 4ariablesC
E4en inani8ate ob[ects! it t3rns o3t! re4eal a ni8b3s of lightC # coin pressed hard 3pon the plate and an artificial plastic flo/er display the sa8e
<=Xbioelectric energy a3ra<=Y as a li4ing leaf CCC pro4ided the coin or plastic flo/er is 8oistC It is the 8oist3re! the /ater! that creates the effectC
Today the detractors of +irlian photography are as passionate as atheists and often [3st as /ittyC %ne of these is )ory Co7er! professor of physics
at the *ni4ersity of Te5as! #3stin! /ho has de4oted a /ebsite to #ST%P! the #3stin Society to %ppose Pse3doscienceC
<=X+irlian hi8self had no idea of `/hat he /as doinga!<=Y he /rites in scathing den3nciationC <=XPict3res of strea8ers ha4e been ta7en for
8ore than HII years Aengineers 3s3ally call the8 ,asser photographsB and the strea8er pheno8enon is perfectly 3nderstoodC<=Y
Heaping scorn on +irlian photography! he reports! that <=Xa h38an body Aand e4ery other ob[ect in the 3ni4erse that is not at absol3te Sero
te8perat3reB e8its electro-8agnetic radiationC # h38an being e8its abo3t the sa8e po/er AHII -attsB in infrared radiation that a standard light
b3lb does in 4isible radiationC This has nothing /hatsoe4er to do!<=Y he concl3des! <=X/ith <=d+irlian<=> photographyC<=Y
I reco88end his site for its sheer entertain8entC It ta7es on cha7ras! a3ras! nineteenth-cent3ry spirit3al ectoplas8! and 73ndalini yogaC
&ort3nately! the story of photographing h38an energy does not end thereC There is also <=Xa3ra photography!<=Y in /hich a colorf3l i8age of a
person<=>s face and 3pper body is prod3ced by interpreting gal4anic s7in responses and adding color to the photograph /ith a printerC In a3ra
photography! no high 4oltage is in4ol4ed! as /ith +irlian photos! and neither does the ob[ect co8e into direct contact /ith the fil8C 03t it! too! has
its detractorsC
"ean/hile! c3rrent research contin3es /ith still a third 8ethod! the gas discharge 4is3aliSation de4ice A'D$B! de4eloped by DrC +onstantin 'C
+orot7o4 at /hat is no/ the Saint Petersb3rg A)3ssiaB ,ational )esearch *ni4ersity of Infor8ation Technologies! "echanics and %pticsC This
de4ice 8eas3res electrophotonic glo/ by 3se of glass electrodes that create a p3lsed electrical field e5citation! called pert3rbation techniU3eC The
'$D has been certified by the )3ssian 8inistry of health for 3se in hospitals and athletic training progra8s as a general clinical diagnostic tool to
detect stressC I 7no/ one respected pediatrician /ho 3ses it /ith her little patientsC
The de4ice has been st3died by the ,ational Instit3tes of Health! and I<=>8 told that the State of Israel tested the physical and e8otional health
of their 8ilitary pilots /ith '$Ds before allo/ing the8 to fly a 8ission and that it has inspired interest as an antiterrorist screening de4ice at
airportsC A#pparently if the de4ice sho/s a s7e/ed energy field! indicating 3nd3e stress! the harried passenger is p3lled aside for U3estioningCB

I &I)ST C#"E #C)%SS the 'D$ de4ice so8e years ago in Taos! ,e/ "e5ico! /hen +rishna "adappa ga4e 8e a de8onstrationC +rishna is a lean!
slender! handso8e 8an /ith a bo3ncing energetic stepC 0y his o/n ad8ission he is a holistic healer! teacher! storyteller! sha8an! and distiller of
essential oilsC He is also interested in the scientific e5planation of energy fieldsC He is an e5tra4agant and charis8atic 8an /ith a brilliant s8ile and
eb3llient! infectio3s enth3sias8C
-hen he offered to test the de4ice on 8e! I accepted instantlyC The instr38ent appears U3ite si8pleC Inserting yo3r ar8 thro3gh a long blac7
slee4e that shields all e5ternal light! yo3 place yo3r fingertips on a glass plate that transfers a co8p3teriSed i8age onto a screenC
#l/ays c3rio3s! I thr3st 8y ar8 happily thro3gh the blac7 cloth slee4e and pressed 8y fingertips to the glass plate! straining to see the i8age on
his laptopC %n the screen I co3ld see the co8p3teriSed o3tline of a h38an body s3rro3nded by fo3r bands of colorC The thic7 o3ter bl3e stripe
represented physical healthC ,e5t to this and closer to the line dra/ing of the body /as a thin layer of 4iolet! representing the s3b[ect<=>s
e8otional state at the ti8e of the reading A[ealo3sy! an5iety! grief! anger! sorro/! c3riosity! happiness! serenity! etcCBC The ne5t-closest layer
sho/ed [agged pin7 lines denoting the psychological state Areactions to past tra38as! present states of 8indBC #nd finally! stretched tight against
the co8p3ter-i8aged o3tline of the body /as a yello/ish-orange slip of color that +rishna said depicted the spirit3al field! the relationship of
inner to o3terC
Loo7ing at 8y a3ra as o3tlined on the 8onitor! I sa/ that all fo3r colors strea8ed o3t /ith healthy 4ital force e4ery/here e5cept at 8y right
7nee! /here all fo3r colors collapsed into a blac7 holeC I /as shoc7edC This 8ar7ed the e5act spot /here I<=>d had s3rgery after a s7i in[3ry so8e
years earlierC
+rishna /as delightedC If I /o3ld try an e5peri8ent! he said! he<=>d sho/ 8e ho/ U3ic7ly 8y energy field co3ld healC %f co3rse I agreedC He had
8e drin7 t/o U3arts of a delicio3s! s3per-hydrating! str3ct3red! <=Xo5ygenated<=Y /ater! na8ed #ngel &ire -ater! that co8es fro8 the nearby
to/n of #ngel &ireC E4en in the dry cli8ate of ,e/ "e5ico! it<=>s hard to do/n t/o U3arts of /ater in a fe/ 8in3tes! b3t I 8anaged to gl3g do/n
both bottles and to slosh bac7 to the photographic eU3ip8ent! feeling 8y sto8ach 3nco8fortably distendedC -hen he too7 a reading of 8y
fingertips this second ti8e! all fo3r colors flared forth on his laptop 8ore po/erf3lly than before and /ith no in[3ry 4isible at the 7neeC
S3ch are the cond3cti4e and healing properties of /aterC
I shall not co88it the fashionable st3pidity of regarding e4erything I cannot e5plain as a fra3dC
CC 'C ;*,'
# &E- "%,THS E#)LIE)! in Sedona! #riSona! +rishna "adappa had ta7en <=Xreadings<=Y of the /ell-7no/n trance 8edi38 S388er 0acon!
recording her energy at the beginning of! d3ring! and after the trance stateC A,ot all psychics go into deep trance! b3t S388er 0acon is one /ho
does! and then she beco8es a channel for the /hite-bearded Scottish spirit3al giant and nineteenth-cent3ry 4isionary )e4erend ;a8es "artin
Peebles `HPOO-HNOOa! an a3thor! healer! lect3rer! and for8er cons3l to TrebiSond in T3r7eyC Peebles is b3sy ser4ing another 8edi38! too! the
)e4erend &C )eed 0ro/n! for8er pastor of the #rlington "etaphysical Chapel in $irginia! /ho! li7e 0acon! channels this 8asterCB -hen in trance!
0acon<=>s 4oice changes to that of PeeblesC Her /ords are infor8ed /ith the higher conscio3sness of the spirit /ho per8eates her fieldC
"adappa had sa4ed the session on his laptop! and as he sho/ed it to 8e no/! I co3ld clearly see the strong! golden light that s3rro3nded her in
both the trance state and i88ediately after/ard! before she grad3ally faded bac7 to her nor8al resting stateC #fter her trance! she cra4es /ater
and so8eti8es a shot of alcohol! "adappa reported! to restore herselfC She needs to go off alone and be U3iet 3ntil her nat3ral energy flo/
ret3rnsC

I<=>" ,%T '%I,' T% 'ET into the disp3te abo3t /hether these 8achines are recording the tr3e a3ra or notC The fact is! anyone can learn to
see the a3raC A-hy not! if /e e8it the HII /atts of a standard lightb3lb6B -e call it the 4ital life forceC It<=>s /hat the leading &rench philosopher
and ,obel la3reate Henri 0ergson na8ed the ?@lan 4italeC A0ergson! /ho died in HNLH! /rote of <=X8ind-energy<=Y and /as con4inced that
i88ediate e5perience and int3ition /ere 8ore i8portant than rationalis8 for an 3nderstanding of realityCB
%nce I /as in a tai chi class gi4en by a reno/ned 8asterC #t the end of the daylong session! I /ent 3p to hi8 and as7ed hi8! la3ghing! if he co3ld
thro/ o3t a ray of in4isible energy and 7noc7 so8eone do/n! the /ay I<=>d seen it done in the 8o4iesC He nodded gra4elyC He co3ldC I as7ed
Ae4er chee7yB if he /o3ld de8onstrate on 8eC He ans/ered no! he /o3ldn<=>t /ant to h3rt 8e! b3t he /o3ld de8onstrate the po/er on his
three 8ale apprenticesC
-e st3dents all stood bac7C He held his right ar8 o3t at ro3ghly sho3lder height! his /rist fle5ed carelesslyC The three strong! b3rly yo3ths glanced
at each other! /iped their hands on their pants! lined 3p! and thre/ the8sel4es at his handC %f co3rse! three 8en can<=>t all p3sh at the sa8e
ti8e on one s8all sU3are! b3t /hile one of the8 thr3st /ith all his strength on the 8aster<=>s pal8 and /rist! his feet scrabbling for p3rchase on
the artificial t3rf! the other t/o bac7ed hi8 3p! adding their /eight and strength against the 8asterC -e co3ld see their teeth clenched! their feet
paddling the floor in their efforts to roc7 their teacher fro8 his steady stanceC Their faces /ere ta3t and strainedC He stood 3n8o4ed! gaSing
4ag3ely into the distanceC
S3ddenly all three boys fle/ bac7/ard! ar8s pin/heeling! scra8bling for balance! all ar8s! 7nees! elbo/s! legsC %ne hit the far /all before he fell
to the floorC
It /as a pers3asi4e de8onstration of /hat /e beginning st3dents /ere trying to learn as /e ca3ght o3r feeble balls of energy and shifted the8 in
slo/ tai chi 8o4e8ents aro3nd o3rsel4esC

"#,( TI"ES #&TE) I<=>$E 'I$E, a /or7shop or tal7 on angels! or 8ysticis8! or prayer! or lo4e! I<=>4e had /o8en co8e 3p to 8e A/hy do
/o8en see8 to sense these 8ore than 8en6B to tell 8e they<=>4e seen the 8ost bea3tif3l colors<=Vgold! pin7s! bl3es<=Vflaring aro3nd 8e as I
spo7eC I 3sed to loo7 at the8 be83sedC -ere they n3ts6 I 8yself do not see colored a3rasC I nodded co3rteo3sly! and than7ed the8! b3t in those
days I disco3nted their /ords! 7no/ing ho/ dra8atic Aand fla7yB so8e people areC I tho3ght it /o3ld be sort of nice to see an a3ra! /hich I
i8agined li7e the a3rora borealis fla8ing o3t: a rainbo/ of the northern lightsC ALater I learned their sightings 8ight act3ally be tr3e! not beca3se
I<=>8 so special b3t beca3se /hene4er anyone is in lo4e or spea7ing of lo4e or 3plifted by [oy and 8antled in the Holy Spirit! the energy field
flares 3p! shining /ith di4inityCB
%ne day I as7ed 8y friend #nne 'eh8an if she co3ld teach 8e to see a3rasC
#nne is a brilliant 8edi38 and the pastor at the Center for Spirit3al Enlighten8ent in -ashington! DCCC She has a s388er ho3se in Lily Dale! in
so3th/estern ,e/ (or7! one ho3r so3th of 03ffaloC Lily Dale! dating bac7 to the HPPIs! is perhaps the 8ost celebrated center for spirit3alis8 in
the *nited States! a gated co883nity [a8-pac7ed /ith psychics! spirit3alists! and 8edi38sC
In s388er! 4isitors pay a ten-dollar fee to dri4e aro3nd the neat! tri8! pastel and /hite-painted clapboard ho3ses that s3rro3nd a lo4ely la7e!
ho8e to t/o s/ans! Lily and DaleC Here yo3 can 4isit the pet ce8etery and a gro4e of 8agnificent trees! /here 8any a s?@ance has been heldC
(o3 can ha4e yo3r pic7 of readings fro8 licensed psychics and 8edi38s! and if yo3 are not satisfied! they<=>ll gi4e yo3r 8oney bac7C There is a
83se38 and a gracio3s HPNIs hotel /here! on the first floor! yo3 8ay 4ie/ the bea3tif3l pastels that /itnesses /atched 8ysterio3sly appearing
ho3r by ho3r on the can4as! apparently painted by a spirit handC
O
;3st as a healer cannot heal hi8self b3t needs another healer! so a psychic 8ay ha4e int3itions b3t often cannot gi4e a reading for herselfC
#,,E IS # P)%&ESSI%,#L PS(CHIC! do/ser! and 8edi38C %il co8panies ha4e hired her to find depositsC *ni4ersities ha4e st3died her giftsC The
police ha4e called her to find lost children or sol4e a 83rderC She is a gentle /o8an! strong! resilient! and pri4ateC She has 7no/n sorro/!
betrayal! di4orce! and diffic3lties! for a psychic cannot al/ays read for herselfC She has been 8arried t/ice and has both children and
grandchildren<=Van ordinary /o8an! e5cept that she re8e8bers her o/n birth and described it to her 8other /ith alar8ing acc3racy! right
do/n to /hat /as said in the deli4ery roo8 and the color of the /allsC %ne of eight children! she has had her gifts since earliest babyhood! /hen
she co3ld see entities and spirits 8o4ing a8ong the people aro3nd herC She /as raised by "ennonite parents! beca8e a n3rse! 8o4ed to &lorida!
left n3rsing to p3rs3e her career as a trance 8edi38! and no/ li4es in Springfield! $irginiaC She is 8arried to an e5-;es3it! -ayne +noll! /ho
teaches at prestigio3s 'eorgeto/n *ni4ersity in -ashington! DCCC #nd she is a brilliant 8edi38C %nce! gi4ing a reading to a 'ree7 /o8an! she
bro7e into that lang3age to report the /ords of the attendant spirit<=Vand she doesn<=>t spea7 a /ord of 'ree7\
%ne day I /as 4isiting at her s388er place in Lily DaleC <=XCan yo3 teach 8e to see a3ras6<=Y I as7ed her one afternoon as /e roc7ed in the
/hite /ic7er chairs on the porch of her pretty little pin7-tri88ed /hite ho3seC
<=X(es! b3t /e ha4e to /ait till the light gets softC It<=>s easier to see /hen the light is e4en! not so brightC<=Y
# little later! as the dying s3n cast long strea8ers across the la/ns and a soft! s/eet light per8eated the air! #nne nodded to 8eC
<=XI thin7 /e co3ld try it no/!<=Y she saidC
I straightened in anticipation and bro3ght both feet to the dec7C She /as sitting 3pright in her chair against the pale boards of the ho3seC
<=X-hat I /ant yo3 to do is to sU3eeSe yo3r eyes tight sh3t! then open the8 and loo7 a little to the side of 8y head b3t /ith a soft foc3sC
Don<=>t loo7 right at 8y faceC Loo7 off to the side or abo4e 8y headC<=Y
I sh3t 8y eyes tight! opened the8! and sa/ a flash of colors s3rro3nding her: p3rple! gold! pin7! bl3e\ 03t they /ere gone in an instant\
<=X-o/\ ;3st for a 8in3teC<=Y
<=XIt ta7es practiceC Try it againC<=Y She repeated the instr3ctionsC <=XSU3eeSe yo3r eyes sh3tC )e8e8ber! soft foc3s! and don<=>t loo7
directly at 8eC Loo7 a fe/ inches to one sideC<=Y
03t this ti8e so8ething e4en 8ore e5traordinary happenedC
<=X*h-ohC<=Y I shoo7 8y headC
<=X-hat is it6<=Y she as7edC
<=XI don<=>t see yo3r a3ra!<=Y I said! 3nco8fortableC <=X03t! 38! there<=>s a 8an standing behind yo3C<=Y
<=X%hC<=Y She /as delightedC <=X-hat<=>s his na8e6 #s7 hi8 his na8eC<=Y
I thin7 if she had do3bted 8e e4en for one 8in3te! I co3ld not ha4e contin3ed! b3t it /as so nat3ral for her to hear abo3t a spirit that I had no
ti8e to thin7C
I ga4e a na8eC
<=XThat<=>s 8y 3ncleC<=Y She nodded happilyC <=X-hat else6<=Y #nd before I 7ne/ it I /as gi4ing 8y first readingC -hen I finished! #nne
praised 8eC <=XThat<=>s one of the best readings I<=>4e e4er hadC (o3<=>re 4ery talentedC<=Y
I didn<=>t belie4e her! and it /as another fi4e or si5 years before I dared to gi4e another readingC I didn<=>t 3nderstand 8edi38ship! didn<=>t
feel altogether co8fortable being one! and 8oreo4er Aborn /ith a healthy dose of s7epticis8B I had no interest in itC
-hat I /anted /as to see a3rasC
Drea8 of yo3r o/n bea3tyC
-#LL ')#&&ITI I, '*ILD&%)D! E,'L#,D
Ho/ to See #3ras
So8e people see the energy! and others feel or sense itC I 7no/ one 8an /ho says he s8elled the attar of roses and felt an a3ra /hene4er his
a4atar! Sai 0aba! passed by in IndiaC I sho3ld add that the saint Sai 0aba li4ed fro8 ro3ghly HPEG to HNHP and at the ti8e had certainly been dead
Aor had reached "ahasa8adhi! as his disciples call itB for si5ty years or 8oreC "y friend /as staying in his ashra8 in India!
E
/here Sathya Sai 0aba
Aborn Sathyanarayana )a[3 on ,o4e8ber OE! HNORB is said to be the reincarnation of the great saint! /hose na8e he too7C 03t no/ /e<=>re far
fro8 a3rasC
I 8yself find it easier to <=Xsee<=Y an a3ra against a /hite or pale bac7gro3nd Aa /all is a good place to beginB and hardest against a patterned
/allpaper or in harsh s3nlightC
Try seeing the energy field /hen yo3 are sitting in a gro3p at a b3siness conference! perhaps! or a co88ittee 8eeting! /ith a n38ber of people
seated at a tableC The light sho3ld be soft and e4enC
(o3 can<=>t be tense or in a co8petiti4e <=Xthin7ing<=Y stateC ATherefore yo3 83st choose yo3r 8eeting caref3lly: (o3 don<=>t /ant yo3r boss
to blindside yo3 /ith a s3dden reU3est /hen yo3<=>re b3sy loo7ing for a3rasZ b3t 8any a d3ll 8eeting reU3ires only half yo3r attention! lea4ing
plenty of ti8e for doodlingCB
Choose a person across the tableC )est yo3r eyes gently a fe/ inches abo4e or to one side of his head! or else at the triangle bet/een the sho3lder
and headC Soften yo3r foc3sC (o3 8ay see colors shooting o3t! a flash of fire that is instantly goneC "ore li7ely at first yo3 /ill see a shado/ of
lightC I /ant to say a <=X/hite<=Y light! b3t isn<=>t light al/ays colorless6 #nd this colorless <=Xshado/<=Y does not disappear b3t beco8es
clearer as yo3 gaSe at itC Is it yo3r i8agination6 Shift yo3r eyes to the ne5t person in the roo8 and see if she! too! e8its a corona of lightC Shift to a
third! and soon yo3 /ill see that e4eryone in the roo8 is encased in lightC
It<=>s i8portant to 7eep yo3r eyes softly foc3sedC (o3 are not <=Xloo7ing<=Y or <=Xstaring<=Y b3t idly obser4ing the /all behind the indi4id3alC
If yo3 ha4e tro3ble seeing this play of light! shift yo3r eyes a little farther fro8 the person<=>s headC #n energy field e5tends any/here fro8 a
fe/ inches to t/o or three feet aro3nd the person! depending on the indi4id3al and his state of 8indC
Play /ith itC Does one person ha4e a larger energy field than another6 Can yo3 see it shining off the ar8s or legs6 Does clothing interfere6 Does
the e8otional state of the s3b[ect affect his a3ra! and if so! ho/6 -ith a little practice yo3 /ill see it all the ti8e\
)e8e8ber! it reU3ires a cal8 and recepti4e 8ind! the U3iet int3iti4e stateC If yo3 are ner4o3s! an5io3s! or stressedZ if yo3 are angry or feeling
threatenedZ if yo3 are /or7ing o3t a proble8 that has yo3r 8ind ch3rning /ith critical! analytical reasoning! don<=>t e4en tryC
Ta7e yo3r ti8eC
0e gentle /ith yo3rselfC
This is s3pposed to be f3nC
-H#T D% #*)#S ha4e to do /ith int3ition6 -hen yo3 see the a3ra! yo3 are seeing into the 4ery essence of the personC Seeing or sensing it
changes not only the /ay yo3 treat others b3t also the /ay yo3 tal7 to yo3rselfC (o3 stop berating! scolding! and sha8ing yo3rselfC (o3 beco8e
8ore tolerant! 8ore respectf3l of others Aand yo3rselfB! and! in ret3rn! yo3 find that they percei4e and treat yo3 differently as /ellC
#s yo3 de4elop a/areness! yo3 disco4er yo3 can hold the i8age of a person bet/een yo3r p3lsing hands! fill yo3rself /ith light for three or fo3r
8in3tes! and then send healing energy by intention alone to the other personC She /ill feel itC Is this a sort of prayer! the prayer of to3ch6 Healers
do it all the ti8e! of co3rse! b3t the fact is that anyone can learn to send energy across ti8e and space! [3st as anyone can infl3ence a rando8-
operating 8achine at the Princeton School of Engineering! e4en fro8 the ends of the earthC In this case! ho/e4er! it is not yo3r o/n a3ric energy
that yo3 are sending forth on this 7nightly U3est b3t rather the 3ni4ersal life force! the energy of lo4eC Therefore! yo3 don<=>t pic7 3p the
diseases of others and neither do yo3 pass on to others any hindrances or diffic3lties yo3 8ay be going thro3gh yo3rselfC
# friend /as dri4ing to /or7 one day across "e8orial 0ridge to/ard the Lincoln "on38ent /hen the tho3ght flashed into her 8ind: -hat if I
7ne/ I had e4erything6
-hy! I co3ld forgi4e the8 all\ she tho3ghtC
&orgi4e yo3rselfC &orgi4e the ones /ho h3rt yo3C 0e forgi4enC
-hat /o3ld it feel li7e to 7no/ this6 To 7no/ absol3tely: I a8 forgi4enC #nd! I a8C
S7eptics /ill tell yo3 this b3siness of percei4ing a3ras is nonsenseC In one test! 4ario3s psychics /ere as7ed to pic7 o3t people hidden behind a
screen! the pres38ption being that their a3ras /o3ld shine abo4e the screenC They co3ldn<=>t do itC
S%"E (E#)S H#$E P#SSED! and I 7no/ 8ore abo3t energy fields no/! and /hy one person<=>s a3ra /ill flare 3p high and /ide! e5panding
bo3ntif3lly! and /hy if yo3 are ill or depressed or afraid! it shrin7s bac7 al8ost to yo3r s7inC The energy field that s3rro3nds each person! together
/ith the 8essages of hope that /e recei4e fro8 the Spirit3al Di8ension! stand as a perpet3al re8inder of /ho /e are and /here /e are going
and ho/ /e<=>re doing along the /ayC
There is a bea3tif3l story of so8e 8on7s /ho li4ed long ago in a re8ote and cr38bling 8onasteryC The good years /ere o4erC ,o yo3ng
no4itiatesC The fe/ re8aining 8on7s /ere old! bitter! U3er3lo3s! and spitef3lC They U3arreledC The abbot /as so concerned for the contin3ity of
his 8onastery that finally he too7 a 83le and rode o3t to cons3lt a holy her8it /ho li4ed a f3ll day<=>s [o3rney a/ay to as7 ho/ to restore
har8ony and attract ne/ 8e8bersC The her8it told the abbot he /o3ld pray on it and to co8e bac7 in a /ee7C
# /ee7 passed! and the abbot [o3rneyed bac7 to the her8it in his lonely retreatC <=XTell yo3r 8on7s!<=Y said the holy 8an! <=XI ha4e seen that
one of the8 is ;es3s Christ ret3rnedC<=Y
The abbot /as astonishedC %ne of his brothers /as Christ ret3rned to earth6 In his o/n 8onastery6 He /ent bac7 /ith the ne/sC 03t /hich one6
,o one 7ne/C They began to treat each other /ith respect and the adoration that they /o3ld gi4e to Christ hi8selfC T3arreling ceasedC The
8onastery beca8e a place of s3ch har8ony! peace! and happiness that it attracted yo3ng no4itiates! dra/n to the /isdo8 and l38ino3s serenity
of the elder 8on7sC The 8onastery flo3rished! rich in [oy! beca3se no one 7ne/ /hich 8on7 /as ChristC Perhaps it co3ld be CCC yo3C

I& (%* #)E DEP)ESSED or physically ill! yo3r a3ra shrin7sC It /ill be dar7 in places! fragile and hard to discernC %n the other hand! /hene4er yo3
fall in lo4e! /hene4er yo3 are filled /ith heart-singing happiness! /hene4er yo3 are enrapt3red by bea3ty or o4erco8e by 8ystical insight! yo3r
energy field flares 3pC (o3 are shot /ith lightC %thers notice it! e4en if they can<=>t p3t it into /ordsC
Loo7 at the yo3ng /o8an /ho has [3st fallen in lo4eC She is shiningC Her s7in is p3re! her eyes brightC
<=X(o3<=>re so bea3tif3l\<=Y /e say! startled by her as she enters the roo8C <=X-hat<=>s happened to yo36 (o3 83st be in lo4e\<=Y
She is ali4e /ith heightened energy! /ith lightC
So8eti8es /e don<=>t recogniSe e5actly /hat /e<=>re seeing! b3t /e /ant to re8ain near herC If yo3 ha4e e4er had the chance to sit in the
presence of an enlightened so3l! a la8a or saint! or any of the spirit3al giants /ho are <=Xself-realiSed<=Y Aas /e sayB or <=X'od-realiSed<=Y Ais
there a difference6B! yo3 feel yo3rself affectedC "erely being in the sa8e roo8 /ith s3ch a person intensifies and p3rifies yo3r energy fieldC His
8ind is /ideC His heart is h3geC His energy is strong and p3reC He is <=Xhoo7ed 3p<=Y /ith the #t8an! Christ! #llah! #l8ighty 'od! the Holy Spirit!
the *ni4ersal Principle<=V/hate4er yo3 call this 8ystery of eternal! i883table! bo3ndless lo4e<=Vand he transfers this energy to yo3! spirit to
spirit! a3ra to a3ra! li7e the singing t3ning for7 that 8a7es a second for7 begin to ringC The poet Percy Shelley /rote of this:
,othing in the /orld is singleZ
#ll things by a la/ di4ine
In one another<=>s being 8ingleC
-H#T IS IT TH#T #&&ECTS (%*6 It is the enlightened 8aster<=>s lo4eC
This is /hy /e lo4e to be in lo4eC To tal7 of lo4eC -e pay 8oney to see 8o4ies abo3t lo4e! to read abo3t lo4eC -e lo4e to be near so8eone /ho is
in lo4e! beca3se it affects o3r o/n energy field so that /e catch fire as /ell! feeling o3rsel4es transported into a finer spaceC S3rely this is the
radiance that Christ po3red forth /ith s3ch intensity that the /o8an /ho had been bleeding for t/el4e years /as 8ade /hole 8erely by
stooping do/n to to3ch the he8 of His robeC She bent in h38ility! a/e! hope! and gratit3de before His light and let her fingers br3sh His robeC
<=X-ho to3ched 8e6<=Y He as7ed! and His disciples la3ghed! beca3se /eren<=>t they being [ostled on all sides by the cro/dC 03t ;es3s had felt
His energy field flo/ o3t into her! healing herC
#8brose -orrall! the reno/ned 0alti8ore healer and aerona3tical engineer! /rote in his boo7 The 'ift of Healing abo3t ho/ he<=>d pass his
hands across a patient and heal a defor8ity Athis too7 8any sessionsB or ease her painC
<=XI /o3ld /aitC #n i8p3lse /o3ld co8e to 8a7e <=dpasses<=> /ith 8y handsC I did not 7no/ /hyC 03t the i8p3lse /as too strong to ignore
and I /o3ld heed it! raising 8y hands! 8o4ing the8 lightly o4er an ar8! a sho3lderC So8eti8es 8y hand /o3ld stop at a certain point and the
8an or /o8an /o3ld say! <=d(es! that is itC That is /here the pain isC<=> I /o3ld say a silent prayerCCCC Then once 8ore! entirely by int3ition or
inspiration! I /o3ld 7no/ that I had done as 83ch as I co3ldC<=Y

-E S#( TH#T 'od is light and 'od is lo4eC

-hat /e forget is that /e! too! are co8posed of the spar7 of the Di4ineC The 4ery cells of o3r bodies are for8ed of energy and lightC -e are
beings of light! /ith godli7e energyC The psychologist #braha8 "aslo/ called it self-act3aliSationC The person /ho is self-act3aliSed or self-
realiSed or 'od-realiSed has 3nderstood /ho he really isC He is conscio3sness of 'odC
I once had the pri4ilege of inter4ie/ing the Dalai La8a! /ho 8odestly clai8s! by the /ay! that he is not f3lly enlightenedC <=X%nly a little bitC<=Y
He holds t/o fingers close togetherC <=XI ha4e this 83ch!<=Y he says! collapsing /ith la3ghterC I<=>4e noticed that all enlightened people are
b3rsting /ith la3ghter! their sheer happiness o4erflo/ing in 3nU3enchable delightC
#fter the inter4ie/ I began to sha7e 4iolently! 8y 4ery so3l enli4ened by his presenceC Tears po3red do/n 8y chee7s! and all I /anted<=Vlonged
for /ith all 8y heart<=V/as to ser4e others 3nselfishly! to bring others to a state of graceC Enlighten8entC &earless happinessC S3ch is the po/er
that one energy field e5erts 3pon anotherC #nd it goes beyond int3ition or clair4oyance! or at least it so8eho/ incl3des these paranor8al
abilitiesC &or aren<=>t /e spirit3al beings /al7ing aro3nd in o3r light shields! 8erging and 8elding /ith one another by tho3ght and energy6
Con4ersely! if yo3 are in the presence of a person /ho is strong and charis8atic b3t possessed by anger! fear! or insec3rity! yo3 feel yo3rself
afflicted by that! too! this ti8e in a harsh and dar7ening /ayC Perhaps his force field co8es fro8 the 4olcanic boiling of repressed anger<=Va
s3r4i4al 8echanis8! an e8otion designed to protect hi8 fro8 f3rther h3rt and fearC If yo3 co8e near! I pro8ise! yo3 /ill sense that discordC It
8ay e4en attract yo3 initiallyC It is sed3cti4e! leading yo3 to feel po/erf3l! engaged! s3periorC To so8eone else it 8ay feel disordered!
3nco8fortableC If yo3 are sensiti4e! yo3 8ay /onder /hy yo3 s3ddenly feel irritable! 3nsettled! e4en 4iolent! ready to blo/ 3p at the ne5t person
to cross yo3r pathC
%r perhaps yo3 feel his pain! as if yo3 are being /hipped by psychic barbed /ireC This happens tooC The Indian poet and 4isionary Indira De4i!
/hile dri4ing in a car! sa/ a far8er beating his o5 in a fieldC She cried alo3d in painC -hen she reached ho8e and 3ndressed! she fo3nd her bac7
/as co4ered /ith the red /elts of the far8er<=>s /hip! as if she had ta7en the place of the o5C That<=>s ho/ sensiti4e /e are to /hat<=>s going
on aro3nd 3sC *s3ally! ho/e4er! /e aren<=>t that conscio3sC *s3ally /e don<=>t recogniSe /hat<=>s happening<=Vthat /e<=>4e pic7ed 3p the
feelings and e8otions of those aro3nd 3sC -e<=>re 3na/are that /e need to learn so8eho/ to establish and g3ard o3r bo3ndariesC It
doesn<=>t occ3r to 8ost of 3s to as7 /hy /e ha4e a headache /hen in the presence of one person! /hy /e feel e5ha3sted /hen in the presence
of so8eone /ho is depressed! /hy /e feel co4ered in blac7 cob/ebs /hile listening to one angry radio host! or /ant to start a fight /hile enraged
/ith anotherC
The energy of anger can be attracti4eC T3arrels brea7 o3tC Cro/ds t3rn into 8obsC -ars startC It<=>s e5citingC (o3 feel ali4eC
%nce I /as introd3ced to a 8an /ho clai8ed to be the reincarnation of one of the apostles of ChristC "y hostess /as so i8pressed she al8ost
gen3flected! and it<=>s tr3e he e5hibited an enor8o3s energy fieldC 03t to 8e<=VI co3ld hardly /ait to get a/ay! he felt so dar7! disordered! so
po/ered by ego and sneering arroganceC It /as interesting to see o3r hostess 8ade breathless by his energyC

-HE, S%"E%,E IS #,')(! his a3ra 8ay flare o3t forcef3lly! for tho3ght creates energyC (o3 see it 8ost clearly /hen the anger is not directed at
yo3C Loo7 for it /hen yo3<=>re on the b3s! in yo3r office! in a caf?@ or barC If yo3 see a 8an /ith [a/-clenched anger! st3dy ho/ his light field
shoots o3t in long! /ild strea8ersC His energy stabs the air! attac7ing in sharp! daggerli7e ribbons! and if yo3 are sensiti4e yo3 8ay step bac7! for
yo3 are being physically attac7edC
#nger is often a disg3ise for fearC See if yo3 can percei4e the 3nderlying h3rtC See ho/ the a3ra differs fro8 that of so8eone operating o3t of
lo4eC
So8e people don<=>t see the energy b3t <=Xfeel<=Y it instead in their o/n bodiesC People /ho ha4e been tra38atiSed often don<=>t 7no/
/here their o/n poro3s bo3ndaries end and those of another indi4id3al begin! and they are tor8ented by the energy and e8otions of e4eryone
aro3nd the8C This is especially tr3e of children! sponges for the e8otions of othersC -hen yo3 learn to 3se the infor8ation! tho3gh! and to
consider it a signal of int3ition! yo3<=>re /ay aheadC I 7no/ one therapist /ho feels in her o/n body /hat is going on in her clientC
<=X-hat<=>s going on in yo3r sto8ach right no/6<=Y she as7s gently! directing the client<=>s attention to his o/n t/isted g3tC
<=XHo/ did yo3 7no/ that6<=Y
<=XI feel yo3r pain in 8y o/n bodyC<=Y
The trained int3iti4e or sensiti4e person learns to be a/are of /hich e8otions belong to her and /hich to the person standing nearC %ften these
int3itions concern the g3t! and /e 8ay find that the belly is 8ore connected to the rest of the /orld and to other people than /e i8agineC
In one st3dy of fi4e h3ndred s3b[ects! PN percent of /o8en and FO percent of 8en reported <=Xoften or freU3ently<=Y e5periencing g3t feelingsC
Se4enty-eight percent of s7eptics also reported belly-brain int3itions! their sto8ach tied in 7notsC
#LL %& THIS -%*LD 0E of no i8portance! a parlor ga8e! /ere it not for the i8plications of a3ras and energy fields and /hat they ha4e to do /ith
int3ition and! indeed! /ith o3r 4ery 3nderstanding of the nat3re of the /orld and /hat happens /hen /e pass the sh3ttered gates of deathC &or
that /e t3rn in the ne5t chapter to another aspect of /hat Saint ;3lian of ,or/ich called her 7no/ings and sho/ingsC
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-ELL! THE)E<=>S ,%THI,' li7e practice and so8e practical! do-it-yo3rself! hands-on e5perience to 8a7e yo3 a/are of and co8fortable /ith
s3btle energiesC Here are a fe/ /ays to ha4e so8e f3nC
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If yo3 find yo3rself 3pset or dist3rbed! here is a si8ple /ay to restore balanceC
Stand stillC Ta7e a breath and let it o3tC Pass yo3r hands a fe/ inches fro8 yo3r body! 8o4ing do/n yo3r body fro8 yo3r head to yo3r hips and! if
yo3 are terribly distressed! then all the /ay do/n to yo3r feetC
&lic7 the energy off the pal8s of yo3r handsC (o3 /ill feel energiSed and centeredC
(o3 can also co8b the a3ra of so8eone elseC The only thing is! yo3 83st al/ays as7 per8ission firstC
I re8e8ber one day being /ith a child /ho /as so tired that he had a tantr38C I too7 hi8 aside and told hi8! <=XIt<=>s all rightC Don<=>t
/orryC E4erything<=>s going to be o7ayC<=Y -hen his sobs s3bsided! I as7ed per8ission to do so8ething to 8a7e hi8 feel betterC -hen he
nodded thro3gh his tears! I passed 8y hands do/n his little body fro8 head to feetC "y hands /ere fi4e or si5 inches a/ay fro8 hi8! perhaps a
footC "y right hand br3shed do/n the front of his body /hile 8y left hand br3shed do/n the bac7C Then I co8bed his sidesC
Instantly his tears dried 3pC He /as bac7 in his body! ready to face the /orld againC The entire operation too7 t/o secondsC
Co8bing yo3r a3ra loo7s oddC Do it in pri4ate! or! if yo3<=>re in a p3blic place! go into the restroo8 /here no one is /atchingC %ther/ise! people
/ill thin7 yo3<=>re n3tsC
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So8e people feel or sense the energy field rather than see itC
#gain! ta7e a 8o8ent to go deep insideC Scan yo3r bodyC E5hale slo/ly and ta7e a fe/ 8o8ents to center yo3rselfC
Close yo3r eyesC Hold yo3r hands t/o or three feet apartC &oc3s yo3r attention on the pal8s of yo3r hands! and slo/ly! slo/ly 8o4e yo3r t/o
hands together /ith tiny p3lsing 8otionsC +eep yo3r attention on the pal8s of yo3r handsC #t a certain point yo3 8ay feel a 7ind of spongy U3ality
bet/een yo3r handsC P3lse yo3r hands lightly to test the sensationC If yo3 open yo3r eyes! yo3 8ay find that yo3r hands are U3ite far apartC
Close yo3r eyes againC ,o/ slo/ly! slo/ly 8o4e yo3r hands closer togetherC Don<=>t be afraid to allo/ the8 to p3lse or 4ibrate! b3t 7eep yo3r
attention on the s7in of yo3r pal8sC (o3 /ill feel this sponginess beco8e a 7ind of ball bet/een yo3r handsC (o3r hands 8ay be a good foot or
8ore apartC
03t no/ that yo3 ha4e <=Xca3ght<=Y this ball of energy! play /ith itC T/ist yo3r hands to feel the ball in spaceC Is it the siSe of a 4olleyball6 #
bas7etball6 # baseball6
This is yo3r o/n energy fieldC E5peri8ent /ith itC Try to toss it a/ayC -hat did that feel li7e! and /hen yo3 bring yo3r hands bac7 together do yo3
still ha4e the ball! or has it been <=Xtossed<=Y else/here6
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So8e people say that they can see an a3ra best against a blac7 bac7gro3nd! b3t I find it easier to percei4e it against a /hite or pale /allC
E5peri8ent to disco4er /hich yo3 preferC
C3p yo3r hands loosely! fingertips to3chingC A(o3r th38bs don<=>t need to to3chCB ,o/! /ith softly foc3sed eyes! slo/ly p3ll yo3r fingertips apart
and /atch the /idening space bet/een yo3r fingertipsC (o3 /ill see ribbons of light stretching bet/een yo3r fingertipsZ and if yo3r gaSe is gentle
and tr3sting! yo3 /ill see e4ery finger and th38b s3rro3nded by lightC
Spread yo3r fingers /ide apart and loo7 at the spaces bet/een yo3r fingersC Can yo3 see yo3r o/n light field6
#t first yo3 8ay find it hard to seeC (o3<=>re loo7ing at the spaces! not the fleshC -e<=>re acc3sto8ed to loo7ing /ith hard and penetrating
eyes! and this reU3ires an entirely different /ay of softly foc3sed seeingC So8e people 8ay see the ribbons of light or energy and ascribe it solely
to their i8aginationC They do3bt and deny their 4ery eyesC It co8es as a shoc7\ -e aren<=>t told that /e li4e in a s3rro3nd of lightC Play /ith itC
Try seeing it on other people! tooC
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If yo3 ha4e a partner or friend! here is another /ay to play /ith a3rasC
#s in the pre4io3s e5ercise! press yo3r fingertips together loosely! b3t this ti8e 7eep yo3r eyes closed as yo3 dra/ yo3r fingers slo/ly apartC
-hen yo3r fingertips are three or fo3r inches apart! yo3r friend says! <=XStopC<=Y Do not open yo3r eyesC +eep yo3r attention on the tips of
yo3r fingersC
(o3r partner chops the air bet/een yo3r hands in a s/ift! c3tting gest3re: do/n! 3p! do/nC
Li7e a shi4er! yo3 /ill feel the c3rio3s and so8e/hat 3nco8fortable sensation of ha4ing yo3r energy field c3t in t/oC
)e4erse! and try it on yo3r partnerC
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The ne5t e5ercise is perfor8ed o3t of doors in an open space! a 8eado/ or la/nC
Center yo3rselfC &eel yo3rself inside yo3r bodyC
,o/ stand bac7-to-bac7 /ith yo3r partnerC Pa3se a 8o8ent! feeling the /ar8th of each other<=>s bac7 and 8a7ing a <=XconnectionC<=Y P3t
yo3r a/areness on yo3r bac7! yo3r spineC #t a certain 8o8ent A<=X%7ay! ready6<=YB! yo3 each begin to /al7 for/ard! a/ay fro8 one anotherC
#s yo3 8o4e apart! re8ain foc3sed on yo3r bac7C Can yo3 still feel yo3r partner<=>s energy6 #fter a fe/ paces! stop! and /itho3t t3rning
aro3nd! chec7 yo3r connectionC Can he feel yo36 Can yo3 feel hi86
If so! /al7 onC If yo3 lose the connection<=Vcannot feel hi8<=Vgo bac7 and start againC
+eep yo3r foc3s on yo3r bac7C Ho/ far apart can yo3 8o4e before yo3 lose the connection6
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This ne5t test also reU3ires a partner! b3t this sho3ld be a special lo4er or good friend! for this e5ercise leads to s3rprising inti8acyC
(o3 both sit co8fortablyC )ela5C (o3r eyes are openC (o3 feel cal8 and easyC Place the pal8 of yo3r hand against one of hisC (o3 don<=>t need to
sU3eeSe yo3r t/o hands tight! b3t the fingertips as /ell as the pads at the /rist sho3ld lightly to3chC ,o press3reC ,o tensionC
#llo/ yo3r fingertips to rest together for a 8o8ent! 8a7ing contactC
&oc3s yo3r a/areness on the pal8 of yo3r handC
Close yo3r eyesC
,o/ slo/ly p3ll yo3r hands apart! t/o inches! three! fo3r! al/ays foc3sing on the s7in at the pal8 of yo3r hand and <=Xlistening<=Y to the
connection bet/een yo3C "o4e 4ery slo/lyC
#t a certain point yo3 /ill feel a ball of energy passing bac7 and forth bet/een yo3! li7e a Ping-Pong ballC Poc7\ Poc7\ Poc7\
So8eti8es! instead of the rally bac7 and forth! it 8ay feel li7e do3ble poc7s! in /hich the energy hits both hands si83ltaneo3slyC
If yo3 cannot feel it! 8o4e yo3r hands farther apart! for the energies bet/een yo3 8ay be so strong that they go right thro3gh yo3r hands
/itho3t yo3r catching the8C
Ho/ far apart can yo3 hold yo3r hands and still feel the p3lse of yo3r partner<=>s energy6
To end and c3t the connection! slide yo3r hands together and releaseC
(o3 can also try this sa8e e5ercise /ith yo3r o/n t/o handsC
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;3st as yo3 can cal8 yo3r energy field by passing yo3r hands do/n yo3r body! yo3 can also gi4e energy to yo3rself or to another person by
lifting the energy field or Sipping 3pC Starting at the hips or tr3n7 of the body! 8o4e yo3r hands 3p the energy field to/ard the heart! the throat!
the headC #t the cro/n of the head! close yo3r t/o hands togetherC &inishedC
# /ord of /arning: If yo3 /ish to gi4e energy to a child /ho is tired or angry! holding hi8self in /ith all his strength! be caref3lC Heightening
energy at this 8o8ent 8ight be the stra/ that sends hi8 into total collapseC It 8ight be better! instead! to cal8 hi8 /ith a do/n/ard pass of
yo3r handsC
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#ccording to traditional Indian 8edicine! the cha7ras are great /heels of energy that /hirl cloc7/ise at se4en 8a[or centers in the bodyC If
so8eone yo3 7no/ is 3pset or distra3ght! balancing the cha7ras is an i88ediate /ay to bring her bac7 to center! pac7ing her energy field aro3nd
herC It ta7es only one 8in3teC
Stand on her right side! so that yo3r right hand is at the front of her body! yo3r left hand at the bac7C
+eeping yo3r hands eight to t/el4e inches fro8 her body! place the8 in the air first at the root cha7ra! located at the base of the spineC (o3r left
hand ho4ers at the tailbone! lo/ do/n the bac7! /hile yo3r right hand is held an eU3al distance a/ay fro8 the p3bic boneC Hold the8 there!
listening! 3ntil yo3 <=Xcatch<=Y the ball of energy in both hands and feel it p3lsing bac7 and forthC AThe root cha7ra is the hardest to catch! for
/hen so8eone is 3pset he<=>s 3s3ally 3p in his head! /ith little gro3nding energyC If yo3 absol3tely cannot feel it! 8o4e to the second cha7raCB
-hen yo3<=>4e ca3ght the root cha7ra energy! 8o4e yo3r hands 3p to the second cha7ra! at the belly! and then contin3e 3p the body! pa3sing
at each cha7ra 3ntil yo3 feel the connection: third cha7ra at the solar ple53s! fo3rth cha7ra at the heart! fifth cha7ra at the throat! si5th cha7ra at
the bro/C 0y the third cha7ra yo3 sho3ld feel the energy strongly in both hands! for 8ost people are <=X3p in their headsC<=Y
-hen yo3 finish at the bro/! or si5th cha7ra! 7eep yo3r left hand at the bac7 of the head! b3t 8o4e yo3r right hand fro8 the bro/ to abo4e the
cro/n of the head! the se4enth cha7raC Hold it thereC &eel the ping of energy in both handsC
(o3 are al8ost finishedC
,o/ to concl3de: Holding yo3r right hand abo4e the cro/n! 8o4e yo3r left hand do/n the person<=>s bac7! pa3sing at each cha7ra to feel the
connection bet/een the cro/n and the lo/er cha7rasC &eel it ping in yo3r handsC
-hen yo3r left hand reaches the first or root cha7ra! yo3r right hand 8o4es fro8 the cro/n of the head do/n the bac7 of the body to 8eet
yo3r left hand at the b3ttoc7sC
Close yo3r pal8s together and step a/ayC
D3ring this process! the person on /ho8 yo3 are /or7ing 8ay feel a tingling in her hands as yo3 are balancing herC If her eyes are closed! she 8ay
not be able to stop s/aying bac7 and forthC
#fter/ard! centered again! she /ill feel energiSed and strong! ready to tac7le life ane/C
In4iting Int3ition III: #3to8atic -riting
I /ant to add here! for no reason other than int3iti4e associati4e thin7ing! another /ay to increase yo3r int3itionC It has 8any na8es! b3t I call it
a3to8atic /ritingC It<=>s a /ay of tal7ing to yo3r Higher Self! yo3r so3l! protecting angels! if yo3 /ill! and to hear the int3itions that are
so8eti8es so fragile they cannot brea7 thro3gh the layers of logic to b3bble into conscio3snessC It pres38es belief in a spirit3al di8ension and in
so8e force that is g3arding and lo4ing yo3! b3t yo3 8ay try it /itho3t any s3ch con4ictionC In that case! yo3 are spea7ing to yo3r inner /isdo8!
yo3r center! yo3r psyche! or so3lC
(o3 8ay do this e5ercise either /ith a pencil or on a co8p3terC
0egin by going into a light 8editationC )ela5C Let o3t yo3r breath and allo/ yo3rself to enter a slightly altered stateC
Sit 3p /ith yo3r bac7 straight! feet flat on the floor! and eyes closedC
(o3 sho3ld be easy! co8fortable! yo3r head balanced on the col38n of yo3r nec7C Scan yo3r bodyZ /here4er yo3 feel tension send an in4itation
to that part of yo3r body to rela5! release the tensionC This is especially tr3e of the yo7e /e carry across o3r sho3ldersC )ela5 yo3r sho3lders! rela5
yo3r facial 83scles! rela5 yo3r nec7CCCC
-hen yo3 feel still! begin /ith an in4ocation to yo3r g3ides! or to 'od! an offering to yo3r Higher Self! yo3r inner /isdo8C (o3 /ill find yo3r o/n
/ords! b3t it 8ight go so8ething li7e:
% 'od! angels! g3ardian spirits: Co8e to 8eC Help 8eC Tal7 to 8eC Let 8e be open to yo3r /ordsC Spea7 to 8e! and let 8e hear yo3 easilyC
Perhaps yo3 begin /ith a U3estion that is p3SSling yo3C -rite the U3estion do/nC Pa3se no/C ListenC If yo3 are 3sing a pen or pencil allo/ yo3r
hand to drop to the pageC I find 8yself! eyes closed! heart open! 8a7ing s8all $<=gs or "<=>s at the top of the page! 3ntil the /ords spring
telepathically to 8y 8indC If yo3 are at the co8p3ter! /aitC Soon yo3r fingers /ill begin to typeC #nd no/ yo3<=>ll find yo3rself /riting things yo3
ne4er tho3ght abo3t beforeC So8eti8es yo3<=>ll 3se /ords not in yo3r 4ocab3laryC
,o/ as7 yo3r U3estions! all of the8C -rite do/n the ans/ers! not beca3se yo3 8ay forget the8 b3t beca3se these are beyond o3r nor8al
e4eryday ideasC
,o/ yo3 8ay ha4e a dialog3e /ith yo3r Higher SelfC The higher and 8ore spirit3al the U3estions that yo3 as7! the higher the angel or g3iding
spirit /riting thro3gh yo3! and yo3 /ill feel its energyC
%ne day /hile engaged in s3ch a practice! I as7ed! <=X-ho are yo36 Is this [3st 8y i8agination that I<=>8 /riting to6 Sho/ 8e\<=Y
Instantly they leftC I say <=Xthey!<=Y and yet I don<=>t 7no/ if it /as one Presence Aas I s3spectB or 8any! 8yself or a fra4ashi! an angel! a
g3ideC 03t in a flash! I fo3nd 8yself alone in 8y body! pathetic! i8potent! /ea7! and 43lnerableC
%h! the horror of that e8ptiness\
-hen only 8in3tes earlier I had felt 8antled in a /ar8th and co8fort I hadn<=>t e4en recogniSed! and no/ it /as goneC
<=XCo8e bac7\<=Y I calledC I /anted that energy encasing 8e! the LightC #nd so tenderly does the %ther Di8ension care for 3s that instantly it
ret3rnedC The creati4e /riter or artist feels this sa8e sensation /hen 3plifted by the "3seC The athlete e5periences this sa8e s/eet transport
/hen in the SoneC It is the Qen of tennis or archery or golf or Chinese calligraphyC It is the 3nion of the 8ystic! yo3rs at any ti8eC
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"I,D-SI'HT! %) -H#T IS C%,SCI%*S,ESS #,D -HE)E D%ES IT '% -HE, -E DIE6
#ll analytical tho3ght bo/s in silence before the 8a[esty of insight and the before the 8a[esty of insight and the to3ch of the spirit3al di8ensionC
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I, HPLR! ;E#,-E*'?h,E )%0E)T-H%*DI,! the 8ost reno/ned 8agician of his ti8e Athe 8an fro8 /ho8 Harry Ho3dini /o3ld later ta7e his
na8eB! as7ed for lea4e to in4estigate the clai8s of the a8aSing &rench clair4oyant #le5is Didier! /ho /as astonishing all of E3rope /ith his giftsC
-ith bandaged eyes Didier co3ld beat his opponent at a ga8e of cards! 7no/ing all the cards dealt! not only those in his o/n hand b3t also those
in the hand of his antagonistC He clai8ed it /as 8erely int3itionC %r second sightC -ith his eyes closed! he co3ld read pages selected at rando8 in
a boo7C He co3ld describe a 4illa h3ndreds of 8iles a/ay! do/n to the paintings on the /allC
It is /idely accepted that it ta7es a fra3d to 3nco4er oneC )obert-Ho3din! 7no/ing the 8agic tric7s of con[3ring and sleight-of-hand! as7ed to
in4estigate the i8postorC -ith his o/n hands he bandaged Didier<=>s eyes! and /hen they /ere /ell encased in /adding and bandages! he too7
o3t t/o ne/ dec7s of cards! still in their go4ern8ent-sta8ped /rappers! opened the8! sh3ffled! as7ed #le5is to c3t! and proceeded to play
?@cart?@ against the blindfolded int3iti4eC
<=X(o3 needn<=>t pic7 3p yo3r hand!<=Y #le5is Didier saidC <=XI ta7e e4ery tric7C<=Y
<=XLet 3s begin againC<=Y
#gain Didier too7 all the tric7sC
# disco8forting ga8eC Each ti8e the cards /ere dealt! Didier 7ne/ all the cards facedo/nC
0affled! )obert-Ho3din 8o4ed on to another testC He re8o4ed Didier<=>s 3seless bandages! p3lled a boo7 fro8 his poc7et! and! indicating a
partic3lar starting place! as7ed hi8 to read at a point that /as eight pages farther onC #le5is pric7ed the page t/o-thirds do/n /ith a pin!
ret3rned the boo7 to Ho3din! and spo7e: <=X#pr?is cette triste c?@r?@8onieC CCC<=Y
<=XEno3gh\<=Y said )obert-Ho3din! tri38phantC He<=>d ca3ght hi8\ There /ere no s3ch /ords on the eighth page! b3t after t3rning the page
to the ninth! Ho3din read at the sa8e height! <=X#pr?is cette triste c?@r?@8onieC CCC<=Y
)obert-Ho3din then dre/ o3t a letterC <=XCan yo3 tell 8e /ho /rote this letter6<=Y
#le5is Didier held the letter to the cro/n of his head and against his sto8achC He 8ade little 8ista7es describing the /riter<=Vthe color of the hair
/as /rong! for e5a8pleZ and! seeing the letter /riter s3rro3nded by boo7s! he called hi8 a librarian! b3t )obert-Ho3din ignored these trifling
errorsC
<=X-here does he li4e6<=Y
#le5is described the ho3se easilyC
<=XSince yo3 can see the ho3se! /hat street is it on6<=Y
<=X'i4e 8e a pencil!<=Y said Didier! and in a fe/ 8in3tes he ga4e the e5act address! incl3ding the ho3se n38ber and street na8eC
<=XIt is too 83ch\<=Y cried the in4estigating 8agicianC <=XIt<=>s beyond 8eC %ne 8ore /ordC -hat is the /riter doing at this 8o8ent6<=Y
<=X0e on yo3r g3ard!<=Y said DidierC <=XHe is betraying yo3r confidence at this 4ery 8o8ent\<=Y
<=X%h! that<=>s an 3tter 8ista7eC He<=>s one of 8y best and 8ost tr3sted friendsC<=Y
<=XTa7e careC<=Y
<=X,onsense\<=Y
# year later )obert-Ho3din disco4ered that his friend had defra3ded hi8 of HI!III francs at the 4ery ti8e of the sittingC
So8e ti8e later )obert-Ho3din ret3rned to play another ga8e of ?@cart?@ against the clair4oyantC Each ti8e #le5is Didier 7ne/ e4ery card!
often before it had been dealtC
<=XI left this s?@ance then!<=Y /rote )obert-Ho3din in testi8ony! <=Xin the greatest possible state of a8aSe8ent! and con4inced of the 3tter
i8possibility of chance or con[3ring ha4ing been responsible for s3ch 8ar4ello3s res3ltsC<=Y
If Conte8plation /hich introd3ces 3s to the 4ery heart of creation does not infla8e 3s /ith s3ch lo4e that it gi4es 3s! together /ith deep [oy! the
3nderstanding of the infinite 8isery of the /orld! it is a 4ain 7ind of conte8plationZ it is the conte8plation of a false 'odC The sign of tr3e
conte8plation is charityC 0y the capacity for forgi4eness shall I recogniSe yo3r 'od and also yo3r opening to creationC
"#)I*S ')%*T! &rench T3a7er
-H#T IS C%,SCI%*S,ESS6 Ho/ can the 8ind o<=>erleap its physical senses and 8o4e into real8s re8ote to eye and ear6 #nd if it can! then
/here or /hen does this a/areness end6
I<=>8 fascinated by /hat happens to 3s /hen /e dieC I<=>8 not afraid of dying Atho3gh terrified of the pain that 8ay acco8pany itZ horrified
also at the prospect of beco8ing a b3rden to 8y children! an #lShei8er<=>s 4egetable <=Xsans teeth! sans eyes! sans taste! sans e4erything!<=Y
incl3ding continence and! 8ost i8portant! conscio3sness! by /hich I 8ean a/areness of /hat is happening aro3nd 8e! of the glass of /ater at
8y hand! the light in the soap b3bbles in the 7itchen sin7! the faces of 8y belo4ed children and their 7idsBC I accept /itho3t U3estion the reality of
int3ition! telepathy! pre8onitions! presenti8ent! and psychic or paranor8al e5periencesC I accept also the concept of spirits and in4isible
g3ardians /atching o4er 3s! of angels and a spirit3al 8edi38 in /hich /e li4e li7e fish in /ater! and later in this boo7 I /ill spea7 abo3t sensiti4es
and psychics and the difference bet/een the8 and the 8edi38s /ho see spirits and ghostsC "ean/hile! I 7eep tight hold for the 8o8ent on this
topic of int3ition in its narro/est senseC -hat<=>s interesting abo3t precognition and int3ition and other for8s of psi is the n38ber of people
/ho belie4e they<=>4e had at least one e5perienceC Present 3nderstanding of o3r brains lea4es no roo8 for these pheno8enaC

S%"ETI"ES #S I<=>" '%I,' to bed at night! I as7 for the sol3tion to a proble8 that<=>s been p3SSling 8e! for I ha4e learned the ancient fol7
/isdo8 of <=XSleep on itC (o3<=>ll 7no/ the ans/er in the 8orningC<=Y Li7e 8any people! I 7eep a pad of paper by the bed and a pen or pencil
in order to /rite do/n drea8s and nightti8e insightsC
%n this partic3lar occasion I<=>d been noodling on int3ition! /ondering if there is a special spot in the brain for int3ition and psychic abilitiesC I
as7ed that night to be sho/n the tr3th! that is! to ha4e a de8onstration of ho/ int3ition /or7sC
"y drea8 /as 4i4id! realistic! /hich is one of the signs of a <=Xgifted drea8!<=Y for so8e drea8s are nothing b3t the b3sy 8ind e8ptying the
day<=>s trash into the d38psterC 03t this drea8 /as l3cid! colorf3l! 8e8orableC
I sa/ the inside of 8y brain! and lights! /hich I 7ne/ /ere tho3ghts! s/eeping li7e tidal /aters /ashing thro3gh a sponge<=Vpo3ring in and o3t!
o4er and thro3gh the cells of 8y brain! and not [3st lighting 3p one seg8ent of 8y brain Aas I<=>d i8aginedB b3t all the areas e5cept oneC In 8y
drea8 I tried to e5press /hat I /as seeing! to describe it! b3t the lang3age center A/hich! in 8y drea8 /as at the left side of 8y te8ple<=Vthe left
parietalB /as 83teZ and in the drea8 I 3nderstood that if lang3age /ere acti4ated! the /ash of int3ition Aat least in 8y drea8B co3ld not be
discernedC
These int3itions co3ld be e5pressed later! b3t the bolt fro8 the bl3e co8es! li7e 8ystical 3nion! e8pty of /ordsC Lights flare 3p thro3gho3t the
brain! flashing here and there! b3t the <=X7no/ing<=Y arri4es 4is3ally! as in a painting or else acco8panied by physical sensations s3ch as goose
b38ps! chills! hairs rising on yo3r scalp or nec7! a /renching in the g3t! or yo3r feet racing o3t of dangerC 03t for that instant! lang3age! cognition!
is deliberately c3t offC -hy6 In 8y drea8 I 7ne/ the reason /as to force 8e to listen\ and respond /itho3t <=Xthin7ing<=Y thro3gh the factsC
-as 8y drea8 a tr3e depiction of int3ition and heightened and psychic abilities at /or76 I don<=>t 7no/C -hen 8on7s! n3ns! and e5perienced
8editators are hoo7ed 3p to brain scan 8achines d3ring intense prayer and 8editation! it is the prefrontal corte5 that lights 3p! /hile the parietal
area goes dar7! as the 8editators tap into the transcendent! speechless silence of 3nity /ith the Di4ineC The prefrontal corte5 is 7no/n as the seat
of cognition! intellect! reasoningC The left parietal controls lang3age A[3st as I sa/\BZ the right parietal is concerned /ith non4erbal 8e8oryC
# -%"#, S#T in her car at the red lightC It t3rned greenC
<=X(o3 can go!<=Y her da3ghter saidC
Still she satC <=XI thin7 I<=>ll stay!<=Y she tho3ght! not 7no/ing /hy! and c3rio3sly the cars on her left also didn<=>t 8o4eC S3ddenly a car raced
into the intersection! pl3nged thro3gh the red light! and tore aro3nd the cornerC Had she 8o4ed /hen the light t3rned green! that car /o3ld ha4e
7illed her da3ghter in the passenger seatC
Ho/ did she 7no/ to /ait6
I<=>8 told that -inston Ch3rchill escaped a bo8b one day by 3ncharacteristically ta7ing a different seat than 3s3alC
Lyn 03chanan! /ho /or7ed for the *CSC 8ilitary as a controlled re8ote 4ie/er and /ho later fo3nded a co8pany that teaches path/ays to inner
int3ition! /as /aiting in his car one e4ening to cross a b3sy t/o-lane high/ay /hen s3ddenly! as if /ith a 8ind of its o/n! his car leaped across
the steady strea8 of co883ter traffic! dodged bet/een the onco8ing cars! and landed safely on the far side [3st as a tr3c7 plo/ed into the post
/here seconds earlier he<=>d been /aiting in his carC Int3ition6 &oresight6 Second sight6 Precognition6
,obel la3reate Eric )C +andel! professor and director of the +a4li Instit3te for 0rain Science at Col38bia *ni4ersity! /ho perfor8ed priSe/inning
e5peri8ents on 8arine snails! ad8itted in a personal e-8ail: <=X-e 7no/ little abo3t the brain 8echanis8s of conscio3sness or int3itionC<=Y
To a degree it does not lend itself to scientific in4estigationC #ccording to the Dalai La8a Aand 03ddhis8 has been in4estigating conscio3sness for
8illenniaB! the nat3re of conscio3sness or a/areness! shepa in Tibetan! has no 8aterial for8 or shape at allC Instead of ha4ing so8e 8aterial
nat3re! conscio3sness is <=X8ere e5perience<=Y or <=Xa/arenessC<=Y
03t is that all6 So8e years ago ne3roscientists tho3ght the ne3rons in the brain co3ldn<=>t change or regenerateC ,o/ /e 7no/ that the brains
of London cabbies gro/ h3ge si8ply by their ha4ing to learn e4ery street and a4en3e and alley/ay in that h3ge cityC 0irds learn to pec7 a hole in
the paper top of 8il7 bottles so they can drin7 the 8il7C People /ho 8editate change the 4ery str3ct3re of their brains! opening access to the
deep ga88a /a4es that are then para8o3ntC 0y 8editating they heal physiological breaches in the brainC
# case st3dy reported in HNPI in Science concerned a hydro-cephalic st3dent at Sheffield *ni4ersity! England! /ho had 4irt3ally no brain\
Increased intracranial press3re had co8pressed his cerebral corte5 against his s73ll to less than a 8illi8eter in thic7nessC ,onetheless! he had an
IT of HOR and grad3ated /ith first-class honors in 8athe8aticsC
#nd /e thin7 /e 7no/ anything abo3t conscio3sness6 -e obser4e the physical /orld aro3nd 3s and na8e it <=Xconscio3sness!<=Y b3t /itho3t
e5perience /e<=>d forget the o3ter /orld /e<=>re loo7ing atC "e8ory plays its part in conscio3sness by enabling 3s to recall o3r o/n
e5periences or be a/are of e8otions s3rging thro3gh 3sZ and all of this /e thin7 of as basic conscio3snessC (et there<=>s still another! e4en
higher aspect of conscio3sness: the <=Xl38ino3s U3ality of the 8ind<=Y that shines on the e5ternal /orld and sees it not as separate fro8 itself
b3t integralC The idea of separation is itself a tric7 of conscio3snessC Indeed! ho/ can the conscio3s 8ind loo7 into or st3dy itself6
The fact is! /e<=>re hard p3t e4en to say /hen so8eone is conscio3s or notC -itness the contro4ersy o4er Terri Schindler Schia4o! /ho /as in a
persistent 4egetati4e state AP$SB for fifteen years! 3ntil she /as allo/ed to die by co3rt order in OIIGC -as she <=Xali4e<=Y6 Did she 7no/ /hat
/as happening aro3nd her6 Co3ld she hear and thin76 -as she dead before they sh3t do/n the 8achines that 7ept her heart beating! her l3ngs
ta7ing in air6
#t one ti8e <=Xloc7ed-in<=Y patients /ere tho3ght to be 3nconscio3sC Ho/e4er! those /ho ha4e brain f3nction b3t cannot co883nicate
beca3se of brain in[3ry 8ay ha4e a ne/ /ay to 8a7e their needs 7no/nC Engineers at the *ni4ersity of Toronto ha4e de4eloped a syste8 that
8eas3res blood flo/ to the parts of the brain that process preferencesC If it /or7s! it /ill allo/ patients to e5press a choice and ha4e that decision
3nderstoodC
In OIIR the ;o3rnal of Clinical In4estigation p3blished ne/ research on the reco4ery of Terry -allis! /ho li4ed nineteen years in a 8ini8ally
conscio3s state A"CSBC In HNPL! as a nineteen-year-old! Terry s3r4i4ed a car crash that sheared the ner4e connections in his brain! p3tting hi8 in a
8ini8ally conscio3s state and rendering hi8 U3adriplegicC His parents 4isited reg3larly! tal7ing to hi8 all the ti8e! 3ntil one day! nineteen years
later! he spo7e the /ord "o8! and so began his reco4eryC
This has added to the gro/ing e4idence that /ith therapy those /ith <=Xhopelessly<=Y se4ere brain in[3ries 8ay be able to rec3perateC #nd it
thro/s into U3estion e4erything /e 7no/ abo3t conscio3sness! a/areness! life itselfC
0eca3se h38an conscio3sness 83st in4ol4e both pleas3re and painC To stri4e for pleas3re at the e5cl3sion of pain is! in effect! to stri4e for the loss
of conscio3snessC
#L#, -#TTS
Ti8e after ti8e! a patient dies on the operating table! brain /a4es flat! no p3lse or 4ital signs! only to reco4er a fe/ 8in3tes Ain at least one case
ho3rs\B! later to report on /hat happened d3ring the lapse: the s3rgeons<=> con4ersations! the efforts to bring the patient bac7 to lifeC )ay8ond
"oody /rote of this pheno8enon as long ago as HNFG in his boo7 Life #fter Life! follo/ed by f3rther reports by +enneth )ing! professor e8erit3s
in psychology at the *ni4ersity of Connectic3t! and by so 8any others that today the acrony8 ,DE or <=Xnear-death e5perience<=Y has beco8e
as co88only recogniSed as <=Xo3t-of-body<=Y e5perienceC 0etty Eadie /rote abo3t /hat happened in her near-death e5perience in her boo7
E8braced by the Light! and Dannion 0rin7ley clai8s to ha4e been 7illed not once b3t thrice! re4ealing tales of a dar7 t3nnel! a crystal city! a
cathedral of 7no/ledge! and angels offering re4elations of the f3t3reC The HNPO near-death e5perience of "ellen-Tho8as 0enedict! /ho
<=Xdied<=Y of cancer! echoes the others! /ith the Light p3lling hi8 into one e5perience after another and shifting into i8ages of Christ! the
03ddha! 8andalas! archetypical i8ages! Lord +rishna! and his Higher SelfC He dran7 of the )i4er of LifeC He 4isited pre-Creation before the 0ig 0ang
and stood in the 8ystic<=>s 4oid of absol3te! p3re conscio3sness! in the energy and 4ibration of the space bet/een ato8sC #nd later! /hen he
/as bro3ght bac7 once 8ore into <=Xthe 4ibratory real8!<=Y as he called it! he tasted the gift of <=Xbeing the h38an part of 'odC<=Y He had
been declared clinically dead and re8ained so! /e<=>re told! for an ho3r and a halfC
%ne of the 8ost co8pelling and 4erifiable stories concerns a girl! $ic7y 0right! /ho <=Xdied<=Y in a car crashC She /o7e 3p ho4ering at the ceiling
of an operating roo8 and fro8 that 4antage point obser4ed the s3rgeons /or7ing on her cloth-draped body belo/C
<=X-ell!<=Y said one! <=Xshe 8ay not e4en s3r4i4eC #nd if she does! she co3ld be in a per8anent 4egetati4e stateC<=Y #n 3psetting tho3ghtC
Later! /hen she ca8e bac7 in her body and /as reco4ering fro8 the s3rgery! she reported e4erything she had heard and seen<=Vthe brilliant
colors! the lights! the /ords spo7en! the actions ta7en! her o/n sha4ed hair! the /edding ring on her hand! and none of this /o3ld ha4e been
re8ar7able if yo3 belie4e that conscio3sness contin3es after death! e5cept that $ic7y had been blind fro8 birthC
+enneth )ing calls it 8ind-sight! a 7ind of spirit3al senseC
The c3rio3s case of Pa8 )eynolds offers another 4ie/ of ho/ bo3ndless is o3r conscio3snessC Her f3ll story /as /ritten 3p in "ichael Sabo8<=>s
boo7 Light and Death! and retold by ,P) reporter 0arbara 0radley Hagerty in her bea3tif3l &ingerprints of 'od! b3t it doesn<=>t 8ean the
e4ents sho3ld not be retold here! so po/erf3l are the i8plications of this oneiric U3ality of the h38an brainC
-hen she /as thirty-fi4e Pa8 had a basilar artery ane3rys8! /ith blood lea7ing into her brainC She fle/ to #riSona for <=Xstandstill<=Y s3rgeryC
There the doctors taped her eyes sh3t! pac7ed her body in ice to lo/er her te8perat3re! and stopped her heartC -hen her te8perat3re dropped
to abo3t RI degrees! the doctors drained all the blood o3t of her body! so that the ane3ris8 sac in her brain /o3ld collapse and co3ld be clippedC
#t that point she had no p3lse! no blood press3re! no respiration! no brain acti4ityC Technically she /as not ali4eC #fter the operation! the
s3rgeons /ar8ed the blood! transf3sed it into her body! and! at abo3t FP degrees! started Pa8<=>s heartbeat againC
03t fro8 Pa8<=>s point of 4ie/ /hat happened /as re8ar7ableC #s /ith 8any ,DEs! she reported floating to the ceiling and loo7ing aro3nd
/ith intense a/arenessC It /as /onderf3l\ Colors /ere e5tra4agant! so3nds intensified! and all her senses sharper than in lifeC She /atched the
doctors /or7ing on her body<=Vand didn<=>t careC She heard their /ords! e5a8ined /ith c3riosity the s3rgeon<=>s drill! and at that 8o8ent
sa/ a pinpric7 of light calling to herC She felt herself p3lled to/ard the light! and there stood her grand8other and her 83sician 3ncle! Da4id
Sa5ton! /ho had died earlier of a heart attac7C 0ehind the8 stood a sea of people! all shi88ering /ith light and loo7ing yo3ng and [oyo3s and
bea3tif3l! and /earing <=Xcoats of lightC<=Y
<=XIs 'od the light6<=Y she as7ed! and the ans/er ca8e bac7 telepathically: <=X,oCCCC The light is /hat happens /hen 'od breathesC<=Y
<=X-hen 'od breathes!<=Y she tho3ght! ri4en by [oyC <=XI a8 standing in the breath of 'odC<=Y
Pa8 stood in the breath! yearning to di4e deeper into the Light! /hen her 3ncle Da4id infor8ed her that she had to go bac7 into her bodyC She
didn<=>t e4en /ant to loo7 at her bodyC She protested! ref3sed! and then her 3ncle p3shed herC <=X#nd I hit the body! and I heard the title
trac7 to the Eagles<=> alb38 Hotel CaliforniaC -hen I hit the body the line /as: <=d(o3 can chec7 o3t anyti8e yo3 li7e! b3t yo3 can ne4er
lea4eC<=><=Y #fter she reco4ered! she tho3ght she<=>d been hall3cinating! despite the fact that her deepest brain f3nctions had been sh3t offC
03t a year later! /hen she described /hat she had seen and heard of the s3rgery in the operating roo8! her doctor confir8ed it allC #nd /hat
does this say abo3t conscio3sness6 %r death6
&reU3ently it<=>s a fa8ily 8e8ber /ho greets the one /ho has <=XdiedC<=Y -hen 8y friend Sonia<=>s son Carl died in a car accident! it /as
his grandfather /ho 8et hi8 in the Light and sent hi8 bac7 into his bro7en bodyC

S%"ETHI,' LI+E EI'HT "ILLI%, PE%PLE ha4e had a near-death e5perience A,DEBC In other /ords they clinically died Ae4idencing no brain or
heart acti4ityB and 8ysterio3sly ret3rned to lifeC A03t they did not really die! did they6 %r they<=>d not be bac7 gi4ing reportsCB So8e sa/ nothing:
the )i4er Lethe of forgetf3lnessC 03t 8any ret3rn /ith tales of enco3ntering a great light or bea3tif3l 0eings of Light! often percei4ed as sheer
IntelligenceC So8e /ere 8et by angels and sages! others by dead relati4es /elco8ing the8C %ne child /ho ret3rned fro8 this chthonic [o3rney
told his father he had 8et a <=Xlittle brother!<=Y at /hich the father b3rst into tears and confir8ed that! yes! an older baby had died before this
boy /as bornC
These blessed so3ls! ret3rning! also 3nifor8ly report 7no/ing that e4erything in the *ni4erse operates perfectly! according to a perfect plan! e4en
s3ffering! e4en fa8ine! tort3re! /ar! ab3seC E4en o3r 3nans/ered prayersC %ften these indi4id3als are transfor8ed by their e5perienceC They ha4e
had a spirit3al a/a7eningC They can no longer tolerate the physical /orld /ith its ill3sions! anger! 8aterialis8! its polarities of [3dging e4erything
as goodDbad! blac7D/hite! eitherDor! /eDtheyC ,othing appears to the8 as before! and they are not U3ic7 to decide any8ore /hat<=>s good for
3s or bad b3t only /hat isC

IT -#S -HILE THI,+I,' abo3t this boo7 that I began to /onder ho/ tr3ly odd is conscio3snessC -e thin7C -e respond to ne3ral sti83li Apo7es!
p3nches! pric7sBC -e ha4e s3dden flashes of int3ition<=V<=XDon<=>t 8o4e\<=Y<=Vthat so8eti8es sa4e o3r li4esC #nd ro3ghly e4ery si5teen or
se4enteen ho3rs! e4ery ad3lt! child! and doddering aged creat3re lies do/n and goes to sleepC Soldiers in opposing ar8ies p3t do/n their
/eapons! t3rn o3t the lights! and fall asleepC 0an7ers! b3ilders! beggars and bra/lers! dictators and prisoners! pacifists and terrorists! 8others and
babies<=Ve4eryone gi4es pa3se to conscio3s cognition and drops into a state of othernessC -e drea8C -e li4e alternati4e states in sleep and then
/a7e 3p and /ind 3p the 8ortal coil againC
Conscio3sness is 8ar7ed by creati4ity! int3ition! the play of i8aginationC -e see its operation not only in the beating of a heart! the p3lsing
orange or green line of an electrical brain 8onitor! the rise and fall of breath! digestion and defecation! b3t also in eye 8o4e8ents and o3r cries
of [oy and painC -e see it in hearts bro7en by grief or in the entangle8ent of telepathy and precognition! in clair4oyance and re8ote or distant
4ie/ingC
%ne 8an I 7no/ /ent to a psychic /ho told hi8 that his great-grand8other ;3lia /as there! pleased to see hi8C He /ent ho8e to his 8otherC
<=XI didn<=>t 7no/ I had a great-grand8other ;3liaC<=Y
<=X%h! don<=>t be sillyC %f co3rse yo3 doC I<=>4e told yo3 abo3t her\<=Y

I )E"E"0E) "( "%THE) telling 8e /hile riding in the car /ith her AI re8e8ber the 4ery crossroad that /e passed! s3ch an i8pression did her
/ords 8a7e on 8e as a childB that /hen yo3 die <=Xyo3r life passes before yo3r eyesC<=Y &ol7tales are rich /ith s3ch reportsC People ha4e been
dying and ret3rning! apparently! since the beginning of ti8eC
(o3 see yo3r life li7e a 8o4ie flashing before yo3r eyes! she told 8e! and e4ents are sho/n dispassionately and /itho3t [3dg8ents of good or bad
Ano p3nish8entBC )ather! yo3 see the8 fro8 the point of 4ie/ of e4eryone in4ol4edC I read of one child /ho decided to co8e bac7 to life beca3se
d3ring this re4ie/ she 3nderstood that she /as being sho/n only those 8o8ents /hen she <=Xhadn<=>t lo4ed eno3ghC<=Y She ret3rned to life
in order to lo4e 8ore deeply this ti8e aro3ndC Is co8passion another aspect of conscio3sness6
#nd here<=>s another U3estion: Does conscio3sness incl3de o3r character or personality6 People /ho e5perience ,DEs retain their personalityC
Thin7 of that\ They 8et belo4ed parents! angels! and deitiesC
So it<=>s not goodbye /hen /e die b3t sayonara! hasta la 4ista! see ya! I<=>ll 8eet yo3 o4er thereC S/edenborg has a lot to say abo3t /hat
happens /hen /e die! and ho/ those /ho ha4e li4ed good li4es go to a place of goodness! and those /ho ha4e li4ed e4il li4es also go there b3t
find the8sel4es so 3neasy in hea4en that gladly they flee to the hell of their o/n 8a7ing and co8fort le4elC
"ean/hile! /hat can /e do to increase o3r int3ition! creati4ity! and heightened perceptions6 %3r conscio3sness6 -hat can /e do to a/a7en
and enter the l38ino3s 8ystery that so often /e approach /ith d3lled eyes and plodding footsteps6 The ans/er lies in o3r brain /a4es! and this!
too! as yo3 see in the ne5t chapter! is a s7ill that can be learnedC
ele4en
"I,D "I))%) 2 "I,D-&L%-
(o3 need not do anythingC )e8ain sitting at yo3r table and listenC ;3st /aitC #nd yo3 need not e4en /ait! [3st beco8e U3iet and still and solitaryC
#nd the /orld /ill offer itself to yo3 to be 3n8as7edC It has no choiceC It /ill roll in ecstasy at yo3r feetC
&)#,Q +#&+#

%,E E$E,I,'! /hile I /as at a b3sy -ashington f3nd-raising reception! the b3SS of 4oices rising aro3nd 8e and the 8illing cro/d pressing
aro3nd tables piled /ith food and drin7s! a friend approached! and! sho3ting o4er the noise! as7ed /hat /as going on these daysC It is one of the
la/s of the *ni4erse that yo3 don<=>t really ha4e to do anythingC ;3st notice /hat yo3 /ant and /atch it r3sh into yo3r ar8sC
<=XI<=>4e been /ondering /hat Conscio3sness is!<=Y I ans/eredC <=XI need so8eone /ho 7no/s ho/ the brain /or7sC<=Y
<=X%h! yo3 need to 8eet 'eorge Pierson!<=Y she criedC <=XHe teaches people to /or7 /ith their brainsC Loo7! there<=>s 8y sonC He 7no/s
ho/ to reach 'eorgeC Let 8e introd3ce yo3C<=Y
#nd that<=>s ho/ I fo3nd 8yself a fe/ /ee7s later in a spectac3lar pentho3se in Sil4er Spring! "aryland! /ith 4ie/s fro8 the /raparo3nd
terrace across the )oc7 Cree7 /oodlands to the -ashington "on38ent and the Capitol! and to/ard the /est o4er a canopy of treetops to the
co88ercial! high-rise to/ers of )oc74ille! "aryland! 8iles a/ayC
'eorge Pierson is a hearty! r38pled 8an /ith that daring eccentricity that 8ar7s the creati4e 8ind! and his apart8ent re4ealed his eclectic
interests: the plants on the s3nstr3c7 terraces! the candles and flo/ers placed at the feet of the gargant3an stat3e of the 03ddha that do8inated
the entrance hall! the spare! 8asc3line blac7 and grey lines of his li4ing roo8! and a 8odern 7itchen /ith granite co3nters laden /ith shiny
8achines /aiting to grate! grind! blend! or boil as reU3iredC 03t the 8ost i8pressi4e feat3re to 8e /ere the t/o roo8s set aside for a terrifying
array of co8p3ters! la8ps! T$s! stereos! and brain-/a4e 8achines! all [oined by electric cords blac7-sna7ing o4er the floors and aro3nd the chairsC
This is a 8an /ho lo4es technologyC
In HNFN 'eorge /or7ed in the pro8otion depart8ent of H0%! /here he beca8e fascinated /ith the creati4e process and also /ith /hat his 8ind
see8ed able to doC If t/o people in his depart8ent /ere fighting! for e5a8ple! he disco4ered he co3ld go ho8e that e4ening! sit U3ietly! send
the8 har8onio3s tho3ghts! and the ne5t 8orning their U3arrel /o3ld ha4e been resol4edC S3ch things happened often eno3gh for hi8 to begin
to as7: Did his intention ha4e so8ething to do /ith this6 -as the har8ony he tried to pro[ect act3ally affecting the86
In HNNL Disco4ery T$ recr3ited hi8 for senior 4ice president in creati4e pro8otionC His tas7 /as to inspire creati4ity! and he started playing /ith
the U3estion of /hy so8e people are 8ore creati4e than others! and its corollary: Can geni3s be ta3ght6
Int3ition is a nat3ral state! li7e breathing! and the only ti8e yo3 inhibit it is by addiction to dr3gs or alcohol! 8ind-altering s3bstances intended to
ind3ce po/er b3t /hich instead disr3pt the /isdo8 of the 8indC
It /as at Disco4ery that he 8et #nna -ise! the leading brain-/a4e practitioner of her ti8eC #3thor of se4eral boo7s! -ise st3died 3nder the
0ritish scientist and Qen 8aster "a5/ell Cade! considered the father of biofeedbac7 in EnglandC Cade /as interested in 8eas3ring the brain-/a4e
patterns of people in higher states of conscio3sness! and he de4eloped! in con[3nction /ith 'eoffrey 0l3ndell! an EE' designed to 8eas3re only
conscio3snessC They na8ed it the "ind "irrorC
In OIIE! Pierson recei4ed his certification after s3ccessf3lly co8pleting #nna -ise<=>s progra8 of Creati4e "ind-&lo/ for 0etter 0rains! and says
he has helped 8ore than one tho3sand people beco8e 8ore creati4e and 8ore int3iti4e thro3gh brain-/a4e trainingC Indeed! to ha4e the #ha\
e5perience on de8and\ #nna -ise calls this the #/a7ened "ind! /hich is /hat the 03ddha called it! tooC
<=X#re yo3 Enlightened6<=Y the 03ddha /as as7edC He ans/ered! <=XI a8 #/a7eC<=Y
Pierson challenges the idea that so8e people are 8ore int3iti4e than othersC He says that once yo3 learn to 8aintain an open flo/ of infor8ation
bet/een the conscio3s and s3bconscio3s 8inds! yo3 can enter these creati4e states at /illC -ith training! he says! e4eryone can learn to 3se all
brain-/a4e freU3enciesC E4eryone can enter altered states of a/areness and de8onstrate /hat /e call geni3sC
The first thing he did /as settle 8e in his li4ing roo8 and 8a7e a for8al Po/erPoint presentation of /hat he calls 8ind-flo/C
Energy follo/s Tho3ght! he instr3ctedC Tho3ght directs EnergyC Tho3ght or Intention has physical po/erC
The Energy of Tho3ght
So 8any st3dies ha4e been done on the effect of tho3ght or intention on plants and lo/er ani8al for8s Asnails! shri8pB that yo3 /o3ldn<=>t
thin7 anyone needed to test it any longerC Tal7ing to plants in lo4ing 7indness 8a7es the8 thri4eC Sending prayer or lo4ing intentions to petri
dishes of 8icrobes or blood plas8a or seedlings 8a7es the 8icrobes! red blood cells! or seedlings gro/ faster than those in a control gro3p /ith
no e5pos3re to 7indly tho3ghtsC
The 4isionary and creati4e ;apanese researcher DrC "asar3 E8oto alleges that the energy of tho3ghts! /ords! and 83sic affects the 8olec3lar
str3ct3re of /ater! /hich he doc38ents by freeSing droplets of /ater and photographing the8 3nder a dar7-field 8icroscopeC
His boo7 The Hidden "essages in -ater sho/s the t/isted! distorted drop of /ater that for8ed 3nder the tho3ght <=X(o3 8a7e 8e sic7!<=Y
and the e5U3isite crystals that for8ed /hen soothed /ith <=XI lo4e yo3<=Y and <=XThan7 yo3C<=Y Dirty and poll3ted /ater in a 4ial beca8e
clean /hen bo8barded /ith genero3s than7s and lo4ing intentions! /hile clean /ater barraged /ith hatef3l /ords t3rned 3glyC
Sho3ld this s3rprise 3s6 #ren<=>t /e! too! infl3enced by a soft 4oice and a genero3s aspect6 <=X# soft ans/er t3rneth a/ay /rath!<=Y goes the
ancient pro4erb! as e5e8plifed in the fol7tale of the ,orth -ind and the S3n co8peting to see /hich co3ld 8a7e a 8an re8o4e his coatC
&or o4er thirty years an office at the Princeton Engineering #no8alies )esearch APE#)B progra8 has de8onstrated the effect of Intention Aor
Tho3ghtB on rando8-operating 8achinesC (o3 sit in front of one of a n38ber of 8achines and send an intention for the 8achine to beha4e in a
partic3lar fashion! and according to PE#) the 8achines respond at statistically significant le4elsC %ne 8achine is a fo3ntain of /ater! and yo3r tas7
is to 8a7e the /ater shoot higher or lo/er! or /ider or thinnerC #nother is a co8p3ter /ith a 4ariety of pict3res rando8ly appearing on the
screenZ yo3 try to bring 3p the cheetah Aor pyra8id or cityB 8ore often than othersC There is a bo5 that spe/s o3t rando8 n38bers! /hich yo3
direct to spi7e high or drop lo/C There is a ro3nd table /ith a robot on the center! and yo3 try by tho3ght alone to 8o4e the robot in one
direction or another of the co8pass roseC
Distance 8a7es no differenceC (o3 can send yo3r intention fro8 #3stralia to the 8achine in Princeton! and yo3r intention registers at statistically
significant le4elsC
Ti8e 8a7es no differenceC (o3 can send yo3r intention ten days early! and statistically significant res3lts occ3rC "oreo4er! yo3 can send yo3r
intention after the 8achine has 8ade its r3n! and if the data ha4e not yet been re4ie/ed and recorded! the 8achine /ill ha4e registered the
postdated intentionC I8agine\ The past is 8alleable to Tho3ght\
T/o people /or7ing together ha4e t/ice the effect of a single indi4id3al on the 8achinesC T/o people /ho are in lo4e /ith each other<=Vand I
8ean erotic! passionate! ro8antic! se53al lo4e<=Vha4e se4en ti8es the effectC ,egati4e e8otions s3ch as anger! [ealo3sy! and 4engeance ha4e
no effectC #pparently /hat affects rando8-operating! non-organic 8atter is the energy of co8passion! delight! and [oyf3l lo4eC
THE 0)#I, P)%D*CES electrical i8p3lses all the ti8e that ha4e both freU3ency and a8plit3deC The a8plit3de sho/s the po/er of the i8p3lse! as
8eas3red in 8icro4oltsC The freU3ency is the speed of these /a4es! 8eas3red in cycles per second AhertSB! and there are fo3r freU3encies: beta!
alpha! theta! and deltaC AThe reason that beta co8es first in this list instead of second! as in the 'ree7 alphabet fro8 /hich the ter8s are ta7en! is
beca3se the lo/er alpha /a4es /ere the first to be disco4ered! and only later /ere the higher freU3encies of beta fo3ndC Too lateZ the ter8s
co3ld not be changedCB
(o3r state of conscio3sness arises fro8 the fl3id co8bination of these fo3r freU3encies! and a person /ith the creati4e and int3iti4e
<=Xa/a7ened<=Y 8ind is 3sing all fo3r in sy8phonic har8onyC A# fifth! the 8ysterio3s ga88a /a4e! is fo3nd in spirit3ally e4ol4ed la8as and
spirit3al giants /hen they are 8editating! b3t 8ind-flo/ is not concerned /ith these! b3t rather /ith helping ordinary people to discern and
3tiliSe the 8ore co88on freU3enciesCB
0eta /a4es AEP-HG hertSB are /hat 8ost people 3se 8ost of the ti8eC -hen yo3<=>re in Ti8es SU3are bo8barded by sti83li! alert! analySing and
negotiating life! yo3<=>re 3sing beta freU3enciesC 0eta /a4es are associated /ith logical thin7ing! proble8 sol4ing! heightened sensiti4ityC Too
83ch beta! ho/e4er! and yo3 can<=>t stop /orryingZ yo3r 8ind racesZ yo3r heart po3ndsZ yo3 are plag3ed by an5iety! restlessness! and sleepless
nightsC
Classical 83sic! especially that of "oSart! thro/s yo3r brain /a4es into the lo/er freU3encies of creati4ity and int3itionC Hard roc7! on the other
hand! sets off ts3na8is of brain /a4es that s8ash against each other 4iolentlyC
C3rio3sly! 3sing a cell phone interr3pts beta /a4es and 8a7es yo3 spaceyC This is /hy dri4ing a car /hile tal7ing on yo3r cell phone is do3bly
dangero3s! not only beca3se it splits yo3r attention b3t also beca3se e4en /hile loo7ing straight at an onco8ing tr3c7 yo3r distorted beta brain-
/a4e freU3encies can<=>t co8p3te the co8ing accidentC (o3 see the tr3c7 and cannot respondC
0eta /a4es are 4ital to the creati4e process b3t only in con[3nction /ith the three lo/er freU3encies: alpha! theta! and deltaC
#lpha /a4es 4ibrate at fro8 HL to N hertS! slo/er than betaC -ith alpha yo3 ha4e a rela5ed! detached! recepti4e airC The fi4e senses are associated
/ith alpha! as is the ability to process the8: to recogniSe sights! so3nds! s8ells! taste! to3chC In alpha e4erything ta7es on a sacred and holy
radiance! for ,at3re itself 4ibrates at a freU3ency eU3i4alent to alphaC 0eing in nat3re! therefore! thro/s yo3 into alphaC (o3 are 3sing alpha
/a4es /hen gardening or /al7ing in nat3re! /hen /atching a /aterfall! /hen ai8lessly daydrea8ingC Tests of int3ition and ESP indicate an
increase of alpha /a4esC &or 8ost people the proble8 is not ha4ing too 83ch alpha b3t not eno3ghC #lpha is the bridge bet/een the conscio3s
and s3bconscio3s 8indC -itho3t alpha yo3 can<=>t re8e8ber yo3r theta drea8s! e4en /hen they are 4i4id! i8portantC
0elo/ alpha! the slo/er theta /a4es 4ibrate at fro8 P to G hertSC This is the arena of the s3bconscio3s and of long-ter8 8e8oryC In theta yo3 find
s3ppressed and psychological 8aterial loc7ed deep in the ca4erns of the psycheC Enhanced by a8plit3de! theta is the freU3ency of high-
f3nctioning creati4ity and int3itionC (o3 are flooded /ith energyC Theta changes feelings into poetic 8etaphors of colors! shapes! so3ndC It offers
3s the poetry of the 3nconscio3sC In theta yo3 are 8o4ed by e8pathy and co8passion! o4er/hel8ed by the gallantry of the h38an raceC Then!
/ith "iranda in The Te8pest! yo3 e5clai8! <=X% 0ra4e ,e/ -orld D that has s3ch people in<=>tC<=Y
In theta yo3 e5perience b3rsts of insight<=Vthe bolt fro8 the bl3e that c3ts thro3gh the 'ordian 7notC 03t the other freU3encies are also needed
to bring this creati4ity into playC The lo/est theta freU3encies ta7e yo3 into deep 8editation and ha4e healing potentialC In theta lie 8ystical and
spirit3al e5periencesC
"any children /ith attention deficit disorder A#DDB ha4e an o4erab3ndance of theta and a deficiency of beta /a4esC AThe antidote for s3ch
conditions is s3ppression of the theta and enhance8ent of the beta f3nctionsCB
&inally! beneath theta! /e find the e4en slo/er delta /a4es! /hich operate at freU3encies fro8 L to ICG hertS Aonly one-half a hertS\BC This is the
7ingdo8 of the inchoate 3nconscio3s! of deep sleep and restorati4e restC In delta yo3 find the desire for spirit3ality! inner longings! a search for
8eaning in lifeC In delta yo3r radar is connected to int3ition and psychic leaps: (o3 thin7 of so8eone and 8eet hi8 on the streetC (o3 reach for
the phone before it rings! and yo3 7no/ /ho is calling any/ayC -ith delta a8plified! yo3 feel s3ch e8pathy for others and ha4e s3ch poro3s
bo3ndaries that so8eti8es yo3 can<=>t tell /here yo3 begin and others lea4e offZ and this 8eans that yo3 can affect the e8otional state of
others 8erely by yo3r delta procli4itiesC %r con4ersely yo3 can be thro/n into their disr3pted states! /hich can feel horrible 3ntil yo3 learn to
dra/ on the other brain-/a4e freU3encies to 8aintain yo3r bo3ndariesC 'eni3ses and psychics ha4e access to deltaC Healing abilities are carried
on delta as /ell as on theta /a4esC
Please note: ,o brain /a4e is better than anotherC They /or7 in har8ony! 8o4ing li7e ocean /a4es to for8 e8otional or 8ental or spirit3al
statesC 03t /hen yo3 are able to access all fo3r /a4elengths at /ill and /hen yo3 add the po/er of heightened a8plification! then yo3 ha4e the
attrib3tes of the #/a7ened "indC
,o/ yo3 de8onstrate creati4ity! clarity! fle5ibility! int3ition! psychic and spirit3al giftsC (o3 7no/ /ho yo3 areC (o3 are connected to yo3r core!
co8fortable in yo3r s7in! e8pathic /ith othersC
Children 3p to the age of t/o li4e pri8arily in deltaZ fro8 t/o to si5 in thetaZ fro8 si5 to ten or e4en 3p to p3berty alpha is added to the 8i5C The
abstract thin7ing of beta /a4es co8es lateC
-ITH THIS I,T)%D*CTI%,! 'eorge led 8e happily to one of his play stationsC I sat in a pl3sh blac7-leather reclining chair /hile he dabbed 4ario3s
places on 8y head /ith a gooey gel and placed fi4e electrodes on 8e! li7e a cro/n: t/o in front! t/o on the sides! one in bac7C # scanner /o3ld
8onitor 8y brain /a4es as he ga4e 8e 4ario3s proble8s to sol4eC It /as interestingC %4er his sho3lder! I co3ld 8a7e o3t the co8p3ter screen and
the fo3r horiSontal stripes of color that corresponded to each freU3encyC
0eta<=V0l3e
#lpha<=V(ello/
Theta<=V'reen
Delta<=VP3rple
I /as first as7ed si8ply to say so8ething /hile he ad[3sted the scannerZ and choosing an incident that had recently happened to 8e! I told a storyC
"y brain /a4es leaped into delta! as recorded by a /ide strea8 of p3rple on the 8onitorC
He then as7ed 8e to close 8e eyesC <=XI /ant yo3 to co3nt bac7/ard fro8 one h3ndred by se4ens!<=Y he saidC <=XThe first is ninety-threeC
Please contin3eC<=Y -o/C This /as hard\
I thin7 I had reached fifty-one /hen he stopped 8e and as7ed 8e no/ to start a light breathing 8editationC I<=>4e been 8editating for years and
can easily beco8e a shell of air! filled /ith /hiteness or pleasing lightC #t this point he p3t on soft! 3n8elodic ,e/ #ge 83sic! and I 8ay ha4e
fallen asleep for a fe/ secondsC I /o7e 3p! startled by his 4oice as7ing 8e to concentrate on the color red! to see the color behind 8y closed eyesC
To 8y s3rprise! the scarlet h3e appeared! flo/ing forth: no proble8 seeing redC He ran 8e thro3gh a 8edley of colors: orange! yello/! green!
bl3e! p3rpleC So8eti8es he added other senses! li7e the s8ell of ne/-8o/n grass! for e5a8ple! as I called 3p green! or the taste of bl3eberries
/hen thin7ing of bl3eC I /as s3rprised at ho/ perfectly these sensations occ3rredC I co3ld s8ell the grass and taste the oranges or bl3eberries on
8y tong3eC I 8ar4eled at itC Do the senses reside inside the 8ind6
-e don<=>t 3nderstand ho/ o3r psychic forces dra/ and replenish the8sel4es fro8 this `spirit3ala so3rceCCCC -e<=>re only beginning to be a/are
of the int3itional forcesC
#"0)%SE -%))#LL! healer and aerona3tical engineer
&inally! 'eorge as7ed 8e to i8agine the life that I /o3ld li7e to ha4e Athis felt terrific\B! and then! al8ost before I /as ready! he started slo/ly
bringing 8e bac7 into 8y body! bac7 into the roo8 /ith its ban7s of electronics! bac7 into the leather chair! and I /as la3ghing /ith pleas3re at
8y <=XtripC<=Y
"ost notable healers operate in the #/a7ened "ind pattern Aco8bining all fo3r brain-/a4e freU3enciesBC "erely by re8aining in the presence of
a healer! the patient /ill e4idence a change in brain-/a4e patternsC
<=XI thin7 /e<=>re 8o4ing into a paradig8 shift!<=Y Pierson saidC <=X-ith training! e4eryone can 8o4e into these altered states and learn to
3se all fo3r brain-/a4e freU3enciesC #nd /hen /e do! /e enter ne/ states of a/areness and 3nderstandingC &or 8ost people! the proble8 is
si8ply to red3ce the beta-/a4e f3nctions eno3gh to slip into slo/er brain /a4es! or rather to dra/ 3p the alpha! theta! and delta that per8it the
int3iti4e #ha\<=Y
<=X#nd yo3 can teach so8eone that6<=Y
<=X(esC<=Y
<=X#nyone6<=Y
<=X(esC -e ha4e thirty years of e5perience behind 3sC<=Y

#,T%,I%! an ac3p3nct3rist and archaeologist! is also an athleteC %ne day he /as hi7ing in the high-altit3de 8o3ntains abo4e Taos! absorbed in
the s3n-dappled trail! the p3ll of the hill on his thighs! the to/ering trees! and sharp airC He /as playing on a tiny fl3te as he cli8bed! /hen
s3ddenly he stopped shortC He /as in an aspen gro4e of tall shi88ering treesC # tho3ght ca8e to hi8: It happened hereC He gre/ 4ery stillC He
stepped off the trail into the thic7 green grass beneath the treesC His co8panions /ere far behindC He /as aloneC His eyes searched the gro3nd!
the grass! and then he tho3ght! HereC He bent do/n! and at his feet pic7ed 3p a s8all stoneC %nly an archaeologist /o3ld ha4e recogniSed itC It
/as an arro/head dating fro8 OIII 0CC
He t3rned it in his hands! listeningC -hat had happened that day6 #n Indian had shot and lost an arro/C -hat had he shot at6 #nother 8an6 #
bear6 # deer6 #ntonio poc7eted the arro/head and /al7ed on! /ondering /hat int3ition led hi8 to that 7no/ing! It happened hereC

IT IS I, DELT# and theta that yo3 pierce the 8isty bo3ndaries into the spirit3al real8sC (o3 see spiritsC (o3 co883ne /ith angelsC (o3 are psychic
no/Z yo3 can see into the f3t3re! /or7 /ith &ateC (o3 ha4e only to /ish! and often the drea8 is yo3rsC (o3 7no/ ho/ to to3ch the fabled
03ddhist <=X-ish-&3lfilling Tree<=Y of 8editation! no longer a 8etaphor b3t realityC (o3 conscio3sly create conditionsC The irony is! of co3rse!
that by the ti8e yo3 reach this state! yo3 ha4e lost the desire to 8anifest selfish things or har8 anotherC (o3 ha4e co8e to tr3st Pro4idence!
Intelligence! /hate4er /e call this "ystery of 'odC (o3 enter the spirit3al real8s in deep h38ility! co8passion! and gratit3deC Do yo3 /ant to see
angels6 Then as7C #nd /hen yo3r prayers and inner longings are ans/ered! yo3 re8e8ber yo3r responsibilityC
(o3 noticeC
(o3 gi4e than7sC
(o3 pass the gifts alongC
t/el4e
D%-SI,' 2 $IE-I,'
Perhaps the only li8its to the h38an 8ind are those /e belie4e inC
-ILLIS H#)"#,! president of I%,S! HNFF-HNNF

-HE, I -#S # LITTLE 'I)L! a do/ser ca8e o3t to 8y grand8other<=>s far8 to /al7 the past3res loo7ing for /ater! or rather for /here to place
a /ellC E4eryone /ho gro/s 3p in the co3ntry is fa8iliar /ith these so-called /ater /itches! /ho ha4e the ability to ta7e a slender (-shaped
branch in their hands Apreferably haSel! /illo/! or peachB! stride 3p and do/n the hills! and find by the bending of the branch the best site for
drillingC A# 4ariety of rods! straight or bent! /ire or plastic! are 3sed for do/sing as /ell as for finding 8inerals! pipes! oil! and electrical and other
forcesCB I /as abo3t t/el4e at the ti8e! and c3rio3sC I re8e8ber I too7 the do/ser<=>s branch and disco4ered I! too! had the gift<=Ve5cept in
re4erse\ The branch tore the 4ery s7in off 8y hands as I str3ggled to 7eep it fro8 8o4ingC It lifted its point s7y/ard and t/isted ro3nd! slashing!
/hipping 8e in the face\ I felt h38iliated /hen the gro/n-3ps la3ghed! b3t I had no do3bt abo3t /hat happened! for I<=>d done e4erything I
co3ld to pre4ent the stic7 fro8 8o4ingC I don<=>t 3se the gift! b3t on those occasions /hen for f3n I<=>4e tried! the /and al/ays beha4es in the
rec7less sa8e /ay: s/i4eling s7y/ard and aro3nd to/ard 8e instead of dipping co3rteo3sly to/ard the earth and the /ater lying hidden in its
depthsC
"y da3ghter and her h3sband ha4e a place in "assach3settsC -hen they /anted to drill a /ell! they called in a reno/ned do/serC
<=X-e /ant to 7no/ /here to drill the /ell!<=Y ;onathan needlessly e5plainedC
<=X-hoaC -aitC 0ac7 3pC Ho/ deep do yo3 /ant it6 ,o point ha4ing to drill do/n too farC Shall /e as7 for! /hat! 3p to fi4e h3ndred feet6<=Y
<=XThat so3nds goodC %7ay! let<=>s goC<=Y
<=X-hoaC -ait a 8in3teC (o3 /ant good-U3ality /ater! right6 It sho3ld be p3reC Ho/ 8any gallons a 8in3te6 ,o point getting a tric7leC Shall /e
say fifty gallons a 8in3te6<=Y
;onathan la3ghedC <=X-he/\ That<=>s a lot\ 03t all right! /hy not6 0etter 8ore than lessC<=Y
%nly then did the do/ser 8o4e o3tside to /al7 their landC #fter a ti8e he indicated the e5act spotC <=XDig hereC<=Y
#t ro3ghly OGI feet! they str3c7 the p3rest! 8ost delicio3s /ater yo3<=>4e e4er tasted flo/ing at! yo3 g3essed it! fifty gallons a 8in3teC
Do3sers 3se all sorts of tools: a /ire coat hanger stretched into a long thin strip can be 3sedZ or t/o /ires bent at nintydegree angles and one held
in each handC #t a party in 0rittany! I once 8et a &rench do/ser! ;ean *ng3en! /ho sho/ed 8e the thin! fle5ible! plastic t/enty-se4en-inch-long
/and he 3sed to find electrical or geological fa3lt linesC He told 8e ho/ a far8er once called hi8 to find o3t /hy the so/s in one sty prod3ced fat!
healthy piglets and those in the nearby sty bro3ght forth only sic7ly! /ea7 little creat3res that often diedC *ng3en do/sed the far8yard /ith his
/and! 8ade his deter8ination! and told the far8er to place a 8agnetC <=XHereC %n this fence postC #nd don<=>t 8o4e itC<=Y
I don<=>t 7no/ ho/ the far8er 8anaged to attach the 8agnet to the fence! b3t after/ard the piglets in the 3nhealthy sty /ere born as fat and
fris7y as anyone co3ld /ishC So8ething in the far8 /as electrically <=XoffC<=Y
-e<=>re o3t of the real8 of personal int3ition no/! b3t do/sing is an age-old occ3pation! another tool of psychic e5plorationC I re8e8ber
la3ghing /ith ;ean *ng3en as he told 8e tale after tale of his professional /or7C #fter a bit I as7ed if he co3ld help 8e /ith 8y ho3se\ #t the ti8e
I o/ned a bea3tif3l ho3se in the fashionable 'eorgeto/n neighborhood of -ashington! DCCC The only proble8 /as it 8ade 8e sic7Z that is! I
al/ays felt a little poorly in the ho3se! not badly! b3t eno3gh to feel lo/ or tired! o3t of sortsC
<=X"a7e a floor plan of the ho3se /hen yo3 get ho8e!<=Y *ng3en saidC <=XDo it on graph paper! e5act to the centi8eter! and 8ail it to 8eC
I<=>ll do/se it /ith 8y pend3l38! and then /e<=>ll tal7 by phoneC<=Y
His 0reton accent /as thic7 eno3gh to 8a7e 8e hesitate at the idea of a phone con4ersation! b3t I follo/ed his directions! 8ailed hi8 a precise
floor plan! e5act to the centi8eter! and /or7ed o3t a ti8e to tal7C He said a fa3lt line ran diagonally 3nder the dining roo8! that I needed to place
a 8agnet in the li4ing roo8 to balance the fa3ltC I<=>d ha4e to phone hi8 /hen I /as ready! and he /o3ld indicate to 8e long-distance the e5act
site for the 8agnetC
The first proble8 /as ho/ to p3t a 8agnet in the 8iddle of the li4ing roo8 floor /itho3t ha4ing it 7ic7ed or s3c7ed 3p by the 4ac338 cleanerC
&ort3nately /e had a <=X8other-in-la/<=Y apart8ent in the base8ent [3st belo/C I co3ld attach the 8agnet to a ceiling panel belo/ that hid
the 3nderside of the li4ing roo8 floorC
I as7ed 8y &rench niece o4er to translate for 8e on the telephoneC Then yo3 sho3ld ha4e seen 3s as /e sat on the base8ent floor! trying to tape
the 8agnet to the base8ent ceiling Athe re4erse side of the li4ing roo8 floorBC -e placed the ceiling panel on the floor! the 8agnet on the panelC
*ng3en! in &rance! directed the operationC
<=X"o4e the 8agnet slightly left!<=Y he directed 3s! holding his pend3l38 o4er the dra/ing I had sent hi8C <=XDo/n a littleC *pC %4erC There\
)ight there\<=Y
"y fa8ily thin7s I<=>8 n3tsC I taped the 8agnet in the e5act spot and g3ess /hat6 ,e4er again did I feel ill in the ho3se\
-e<=>re far re8o4ed! it see8s! fro8 int3ition and psychic st3dies! precognition and clair4oyance! b3t they are related! at least to the degree
that /e don<=>t 7no/ /hat<=>s going on beyond the fact that a pendant or do/sing tool offers so8e people the ability to <=Xsee<=Y or
<=Xfeel<=Y or <=Xsense!<=Y in /ays /e cannot 3nderstand! things that they ha4e no right to 7no/C
03t yo3 don<=>t need the /and\
I ha4e a sensiti4e friend! EliSabeth PaigeC %ne day! hi7ing alone in Crete Afor these i8ages often co8e /hen yo3 are aloneB! she fo3nd herself in an
isolated little 4alley /ith the stone/or7 re8ains of an abandoned far8C She stood a fe/ 8o8ents near one of the roofless stone h3ts Aa for8er
springho3se6B and sh3ddered as she sa/ /ith 8o4ie-clip clarity a yo3ng /o8an in long s7irts /ho! standing near the h3t! loo7ed 3p fro8 her
/or7 and /as /ashed by terrorC She<=>d seen her father leading his don7ey 3p the hillside on his /ay ho8e! and a /a4e of panic had s/ept o4er
her! 7no/ing that once again he /o3ld assa3lt herC Incest\ )ape\ She had no /ay to protect herselfC Her lonelinessC Her helplessnessC Her
isolationC 0lin7\ The 4ision lasted only a second! b3t it /as so strong that 8y friend co3ld not sha7e itC She h3rried a/ayC She ne4er do3bted that
for one 8o8ent she<=>d ripped the fabric of ti8e and seen the resonance of a real e4entC

IT -#S THE -)ITE) CC "C "ayo /ho s3ggested that if I /as interested in int3ition I sho3ld ta7e a class in controlled re8ote 4ie/ingC I had first
read abo3t re8ote 4ie/ing aro3nd HNFN! in the Science section AI belie4eB of ,e/s/ee7C 03t the ter8 had been coined earlier by physicists
Harold P3thoff and )3ssell Targ at Stanford )esearch Instit3te and p3blished first in ,at3reC It ca3ght the attention of the right people! and the
CI# ga4e the laser physicists ^GI!III to cond3ct for8al st3diesC It /as si8pleC They placed a psychic in a so3ndproof! lead-lined! /indo/less
&araday roo8 to shield hi8 or her fro8 e5ternal electro8agnetic /a4es or radiationC Three <=Xsites<=Y /ere blindly chosen at rando8! slipped
into three sealed en4elopes! and gi4en to a dri4erC He /as told to get in the car! choose one en4elope! open it! dri4e to that site! and loo7 aro3ndC
"ean/hile! the psychic! co8fortable in the /indo/less roo8! /as already s7etching the site that had not yet been chosenC The s7etches pro4ed
re8ar7ably acc3rateC %ne sho/ed a child<=>s playgro3nd! I re8e8ber! and the psychic 8anaged e4en to hear the sU3ea7 of the r3sty s/ings and
the la3ghter of the childrenC
The article 8ade a profo3nd i8pression on 8e! b3t I heard nothing 8ore for decadesC It t3rns o3t the 8ilitary had also been i8pressed and began
their secret e5peri8ents in psychic spying aro3nd this ti8e! operating o3t of a p3rportedly abandoned shac7 in &ort "eade! "arylandC Lyn
03chanan /as one of these 8ilitary <=X4ie/ers!<=Y and his boo7 The Se4enth Sense is a [e/el of infor8ation abo3t these no/ declassified
e5peri8entsC -hen the 8ilitary 3nit closed do/n in HNNR! at the end of the Cold -ar! and 03chanan left the 8ilitary! he and his /ife! Linda! set
3p a b3siness! Proble8s Sol3tions Inno4ations Adid yo3 notice the acrony8 psi6B to help b3sinesses gro/! find lost children! /or7 /ith police!
diagnose health proble8s! and teach people ho/ to do controlled re8ote 4ie/ing! for it is Lyn<=>s pre8ise that /ith practice /e all ha4e these
po/ersC
C)$ /as not created for psychicsC It /as created for the nonpsychics! for the <=X3ngiftedC<=Y
L(, 0*CH#,#,
$ario3s organiSations no/ teach re8ote 4ie/ing! incl3ding the "onroe Instit3te in &aber! $irginiaC #t 8y friend<=>s s3ggestion! tho3gh! I chose
to ta7e the basic co3rse fro8 Lori -illia8s! 03chanan<=>s talented st3dent! in #8arillo! Te5asC AThere are 8any le4els to C)$! the ad4anced
co3rses being ta3ght in #la8ogordo! ,e/ "e5ico! by e5-8ilitary 4ie/er 03chanan! b3t Lori teaches the introd3ctory basic co3rseCB
It /o3ld ta7e too long to e5plain the process and be so boring that yo3 /o3ld /ander off to a Terry Pratchett no4el or so8e 4ideo ga8e! and /ho
co3ld bla8e yo36 S3ffice it to say that on the first day /e /ere ta3ght a series of ideogra8s or hieroglyphs that pro4ide a lang3age to the
/ordless! i8agistic s3bconscio3s 8ind! allo/ing it to shift infor8ation into o3r conscio3s 8indsC The se4en ideogra8s are: land! /ater! 8an-8ade
Aob[ectB! biological or organic A8aterialB! spaceDair! 8otionDenergy! and nat3ral A8aterialBC )efine8ents are added in later co3rsesC Controlled
re8ote 4ie/ing ta7es left- and right-brain f3nctions into acco3nt! b3t it doesn<=>t dra/ on brain-/a4e freU3encies or energy fieldsC
Ha4ing ta7en only the basic and inter8ediate co3rses! I can only describe 8y e5perience at this so8e/hat pri8iti4e le4el of int3iti4e 4ie/ingC #t
the end of the first day<=>s introd3ction /e /ere ready to tryC
<=XChoose a n38ber bet/een one and t/enty!<=Y said LoriC
<=XSe4enteenC<=Y
<=XIs that se4enteen co3nting fro8 the top or fro8 the botto8 of a stac76<=Y
<=X&ro8 the topC<=Y
<=X'oodC<=Y She left the roo8 together /ith +aren! 8y class8ate! too7 an inch-thic7 file of photographs! co3nted se4enteen pages fro8 the
top! slipped n38ber se4enteen into a folder! and ret3rnedC
<=X%7ay!<=Y she saidC <=X-hat is the target6<=Y
<=X-hat\ #re yo3 craSy6<=Y
<=X-or7 the siteC (o3 7no/ ho/ to do it no/C *se the ideogra8sC<=Y
The a8aSing thing is ho/ 83ch yo3 7no/\ It 8ay ta7e an ho3r to <=X/or7<=Y a target! or e4en daysZ the choice is left entirely 3p to yo3C
In the ad4anced classes yo3 learn to deter8ine di8ensions AlengthD/idthDheightB! history! ti8e fra8es! and 4ario3s other factors that per8it not
only 4ie/ing the target thro3gh a glass dar7ly b3t also p3tting the 4ario3s pieces into a cohesi4e /hole in order to 3nderstand the i8age or site
itselfC
C)$ fo3nd that int3iti4e f3nctions are highest /hen perfor8ed /ithin one ho3r of each side of H!ELF ho3rs sidereal Aor starB ti8eC They are lo/est
/ithin half an ho3r of each side of H!PII ho3rsC Sidereal ti8e differs fro8 solar ti8e by fo3r 8in3tes a dayC %n only one day a year are the t/o the
sa8eC # sidereal cloc7 is reU3ired for calc3lating sidereal ti8eC
THE)E<=>S # CE)T#I, I)%,( to the fact that it<=>s the 8ilitary that hac7ed a path/ay into this /ilderness of int3ition! and yo3 can<=>t help
b3t ad8ire the st3rdy! str3ct3ral discipline of the 8ilitary approachC %n a sheet of paper! any conscio3s reasoning of left-brain logic is recorded
do/n the right-hand side of the pageC The ill38ined int3ition of right-brain insight is recorded on the lefthand side of the sheetC This is in
accordance /ith the /ay the left brain go4erns the right side of the body! and the right brain go4erns the left sideC
-hile searching /ith the right-brain inner eye! yo3 occ3py yo3r analytical 8ind by [otting on the right-hand side of the paper e4ery tho3ght!
concl3sion! do3bt! and castle it /ants to b3ild in the airC Conscio3s tho3ghts are recogniSable as sentences and no3ns! for the percei4ing int3iti4e
8ind /or7s only in sy8bols! i8agery! and descripti4e ad[ecti4es and ad4erbsC It 7no/s no no3nsC If yo3 thin7 <=XsU3irrel!<=Y therefore! yo3
record it as a left-brain conscio3s tho3ghtC If yo3 thin7 <=Xs8all! biological! f3rry! s/inging! stopping! scooting! U3ic7!<=Y yo3 can be pretty s3re
yo3 are <=X4ie/ing<=Y /ith right-he8isphere int3itionC )e8ote 4ie/ing insight only describesC
%ne interesting pheno8enon: -hen yo3r s3bconscio3s 8ind is f3lly acti4ated! percei4ing! yo3 lose the ability to spell and /riteC (o3r hand
sha7esC Seeing in pict3res! yo3 lose /ordsC Instead! yo3 dra/C
%nly the 8ilitary co3ld ha4e dredged! 8ined! sorted! sifted! and sc3lpted this brilliant entry into int3ition! the Seeing So3l! as it /ere Atho3gh the
8ilitary /o3ld not call it thatB! /hereby anybody<=Vyo3! 8e! yo3r little sister! yo3r irritable h3sband! yo3r defiant disbelie4er! anyone at all<=Vcan
/or7 the p3SSleC
Is ti8e a barrier6 ,oC Space6 Piffle\ (o3 leap o4er tall b3ildings in a single bo3nd! flying to far co3ntries U3ic7 as tho3ghtC -onder -o8an and
other s3perheroes<=Vthey all ha4e less sophisticated s7ills than the ones /e e4eryday percei4ers 3tiliSe\ #nd! 8ost astonishing! it ta7es only one
three-day /ee7end and considerable practice to hone these s7illsC A#fter the /ee7end! yo3 ha4e to practice /ith the discipline of a 8artial art! to
/hich it is co8pared! for it ta7es practice! practice! practice to get good at itCB I don<=>t need to add that all <=Xre8ote 4ie/ers<=Y ha4e poor
sessions so8eti8es! co8ing 3p blan7! b3t often they hit the target spot onC ,o 8editation is in4ol4ed! no tarot or crystal balls! no pend3l38 or
s8o7ing incense! no crystals! no angels! no spirit g3ides<=Vnothing b3t yo3r inner /isdo8 as yo3 listen to yo3r heightened perceptions! a/are of
sites far distant fro8 yo3r sensesC
I thin7 the s3bconscio3s! if it is indeed the seat of int3ition! is 3s3ally consigned to the base8ent! chained li7e a 8ad8an in the cellar fro8
/hence his ho/ls and banshee /ails ca3se shi4ers in the 3pstairs host A<=XT3ic7\ Po3r another drin7\<=YBC De8onic! /e call it! or the /or7 of
the de4il! /itho3t 3nderstanding that the l38ino3s and inartic3late presence of this 4oice of glory is al/ays on o3r sideC

TH%SE #SS%CI#TED /ith 03chanan<=>s controlled re8ote 4ie/ing are caref3l to assert that this acU3ired s7ill is different fro8 psychic abilities\
,onetheless! they clai8 it increases int3ition! as the s3bconscio3s learns a /ay of co883nicating /ith the conscio3s 8indC
<=XThe difference!<=Y /rote Lyn 03chanan to 8e in an e-8ail! <=Xis act3ally a 4ery large one! in that int3ition or psychic fac3lties is an abilityC
C)$ is a set of tools that gi4e yo3 control o4er the abilityC<=Y The tools are based! he contin3ed! on discipline and practice! on 8ind-brain st3dies!
and on inter4ie/ing or reporting techniU3esC
If psychic gifts are li7ened to a 4acation in the co3ntry! controlled re8ote 4ie/ing is the car that ta7es yo3 there U3ic7ly and 3nder yo3r o/n
po/erC %nce yo3 are at the 4acation site! it gi4es yo3 freedo8 and 8obilityC The car is not the 4acation! b3t it<=>s an efficient 8echanis8 for
controlling yo3r tripC #nd then he added! disting3ishing his /or7 perhaps fro8 that of so8e others! <=X)e8ote 4ie/ing is the ,e/ #ge ter8 for
<=dpsychic abilityC<=> Controlled re8ote 4ie/ing is the na8e of the set of tools that p3t yo3 in control /hile yo3<=>re 3sing yo3r giftsC<=Y
C)$ is not a toyC It can be dangero3sC I spo7e earlier of the bl3rring of bo3ndaries! especially in childrenC -ith controlled re8ote 4ie/ing yo3 8ay
get s3c7ed into the target in the sa8e /ay! ca3ght in a 83d slide! or blo/n 3p by a bo8bZ or! if it is a h38an! yo3 can enter so f3lly into the
8ental state of the s3b[ect that his /ay of thin7ing beco8es yo3rs! at least for the d3ration of the session<=Va danger if yo3<=>re 4ie/ing a
psychopathC
<=X"ental access!<=Y /rites 03chanan! <=Xat the le4el pro4ided by the C)$ process can be 4ery dangero3s to the 4ie/erC<=Y -hen the target
is a person! yo3 describeZ yo3 don<=>t try to access or get inside the other person<=>s 8ind\ The bo3ndaries are slippery! enchanted! and
entrancing! as yo3 /ill see in the follo/ing chaptersC
In4iting Int3ition I$: *sing the Pend3l38
0eca3se e4eryone is different! there are no hard-and-fast r3les for learning int3ition! e5cept the one concerning stillness and deep listeningC 03t
once yo3 can easily attain a U3iet and attenti4e <=Xno-8ind<=Y state! the pend3l38 beco8es a /ondro3s toolC
(o3 8ay 3se any pendant hanging on a chain or stringC # se/ing needle /or7s perfectlyC Thread the needle /ith abo3t t/el4e inches of thread
and tie a 7not Ato 7eep it on the needleBC Hold the 7not! allo/ing the needle to s/ing freeC AIt 8ay be easier to see if yo3 hold it o4er a dar7 s3rface
or yo3r handCB
E8pty yo3r 8indC 'o into the space of no-8indC
&irst yo3 83st create a relationship bet/een yo3rself and yo3r pend3l38C #s7 the needle to sho/ yo3 <=X(esC<=Y -hen I do it! the <=X(es<=Y
presents as a 4ertical s/ing or! so8eti8es! /hen the pend3l38 is /ildly enth3siastic! as high! fast! cloc7/ise circlesC
&or <=X,o!<=Y the pend3l38 s/ings horiSontally bac7 and forth or else in passionate co3ntercloc7/ise s/eepsC 03t bear in 8ind that if yo3r
pend3l38 re4erses this signal! that<=>s perfectly all right\ -hat<=>s i8portant is that yo3 and yo3r pend3l38 /or7 together and that yo3 both
3nderstand the signat3reC
%nce yo3 feel co8fortable /ith yo3r pend3l38! yo3 begin to /or7 /ith itC )e8e8ber it can respond only /ith (es or ,oC (o3r U3estions!
therefore! 83st be phrased in s3ch a /ay that it can pro4ide yo3 /ith either a positi4e or negati4e ans/erC If yo3 as7 so8ething li7e <=X-hat
shall I do abo3t 96<=Y the pend3l38! helpless! /ill either stand still or /ea4e the air in sin3o3s coils! e5pressing hesitation! ang3ish! fr3stration!
li7e a dragon coiled in its lairC 0rea7 the U3estion do/nC
<=XSho3ld I contact 96<=Y
<=X(esC<=Y
<=X0y e-8ail6<=Y
<=X,oC<=Y
<=X0y phone6<=Y
<=X(esC<=Y
<=XSho3ld I phone to8orro/6<=Y
<=X(esC<=Y
<=XSho3ld I call before t/el4e noon6 0efore ten o<=>cloc76 0et/een ten-thirty and ele4en o<=>cloc76<=Y
<=XSho3ld I apologiSe6<=Y
0y the ti8e yo3 3se yo3r pend3l38 daily or e4en se4eral ti8es a day! yo3 /ill ha4e acU3ired one that appeals to yo3<=Va [e/eled /atch fob!
perhaps! a gold cross! or an a8ethyst car4ed and shaped into a fine point<=Vand yo3<=>ll as7 yo3r U3estions and recei4e responses s/ift as
tho3ght: no one co3ld i8agine /hat yo3<=>4e doneC 03t 3ntil that ti8e and /hile yo3 are learning! I s3ggest that each ti8e yo3 pic7 3p yo3r
pend3l38! yo3 as7 it for per8ission to /or7 /ith yo3C Each ti8e as7 it to sho/ yo3 (es and ,oC AThere<=>s no point 8isreading the 8essage
fro8 yo3r higher sensesBC
Each ti8e as7 it three U3estions: Co3ld I as7 yo3 abo3t 96 Sho3ld I as7 abo3t 96 #nd finally! "ay I as76
If yo3 recei4e a deliberate <=X(es<=Y for each of the three! then boldly for8 yo3r U3estionsC (o3 can also 3se the pend3l38 for long-sighted!
farsighted infor8ationC
(o3r U3estions 8ay be as i8portant as /hether to U3it yo3r [ob or change yo3r da3ghter<=>s schoolC %r they 8ay be as silly as /hether yo3r
h3sband! /ho is tra4eling! is still asleep or if he can be phonedC Let<=>s say yo3<=>4e planned to 8eet a friend in a caf?@ and yo3 forgot to
confir8C -ill he be there6 #s7 yo3r pend3l38C It /ill tell yo3C A(o3 co3ld also call on yo3r cell phone! I agreeCB
I 3sed to disli7e pend3l38 do/sing si8ply beca3se I co3ld 8a7e the pendant gi4e any ans/er that I chose\ 03t once yo3 learn to e8pty yo3rself
of desire for an o3tco8e the pend3l38 beco8es another 3sef3l toolC

The Ethics of Do/sing

,e4er 3se yo3r pend3l38 in a p3blic space! li7e a s3b/ay or b3siness 8eeting! /here strangers can see yo3C A%f co3rse! if yo3 are participating in
a psychic circle or 3sing it to gi4e a reading on behalf of so8eone else! that<=>s another storyCB
There are se4eral reasonsC &irst! so8eone 8ay be te8pted 8alicio3sly to deflect it by sending it a contradictory tho3ght Apsycho7inesisB! and
don<=>t i8agine that the pend3l38 /on<=>t respondC %r! so8eone co3ld 3nconscio3sly interfere 8erely by the strength of his or her energy
field! and torU3e yo3r ans/er li7e a co8pass needle shifted fro8 tr3e northC
03t second! it<=>s not respectf3l of either the pend3l38 or the people aro3nd yo3C
+eep yo3r pend3l38 in a p3re and pri4ate placeC Treas3re itC
)e8e8ber that the pend3l38! li7e a crystal ball or the tarot! is nothing b3t a toolC #s yo3 beco8e adept! yo3 8ay set it asideC (o3<=>ll scry /ith
yo3r perfected int3itionC The ans/er co8es instantly /itho3t the toolC E4en then! ho/e4er! if yo3<=>4e been ill or thro/n off center by an
3ne5pected blo/! yo3 8ay /ish to re4ert to the pend3l38C If yo3 ha4en<=>t 3sed it in a /hile! re8e8ber to begin each ti8e afresh! as7ing it for
(es and ,oC
Part III
E,CH#,TED 0%*,D#)IES
It no longer see8s possible to br3sh aside the st3dy of so-called occ3lt factsC
SI'"*,D &)E*D
thirteen
SPE#+I,' %& SPI)ITS
Is there another Life6 Shall I a/a7e and find all this a drea86 There 83st beC -e cannot be created for this sort of s3fferingC
;%H, +E#TS! in a letter

"#,( (E#)S #'%! #nnabel Stehli! a friend of 8ine! phoned to say she had a tape she /anted 8e to listen toC
-e /ere li4ing in 0roo7lyn Heights at the ti8e! and #nnabel! a single /o8an /ith t/o little girls! li4ed a fe/ streets o4erC Dotsie de4eloped
le37e8ia at age fo3r! and 'eorgiana! the yo3nger child! /as a3tisticC The father had r3n o3tC A%f co3rse\ I tho3ght indignantly on behalf of 8y
lo4ely friendC ;3st li7e a 8an\B They li4ed in a s8all 3pstairs apart8ent o4erloo7ing a noisy street! and #nnabel /as in danger of 3nra4elingC T/o
babies! both /ith disabilities! and s/eet tho3gh they /ere! it /as hard for her to 8a7e it thro3gh a dayC Dotsie<=>s hair had fallen o3t fro8 the
che8otherapy! and her [oints and face /ere s/ollenC She /as yo3ng and innocent! and she /as sic7! poor little thingC She h3rt! and the fact that
her yo3nger sister co3ld not spea7! co3ld not loo7 yo3 in the face! co3ld not play /ith other children! incl3ding 8ine! /hen /e ca8e o4er for a
playdate or to help o3t #nnabel<=Vall co8bined to 8a7e it hard for #nnabelC
#t age eight! Dotsie diedC # year or 8ore passed! and one day #nnabel phoned 8eC She had [3st ret3rned fro8 England! she said! /here she<=>d
seen the fa8o3s 8edi38 Ena T/iggC
<=X-hat<=>s a 8edi386<=Y I as7ed in 8y si8plicityC
<=XI ha4e a tapeC<=Y She /as b3rsting /ith e5cite8entC <=X-ill yo3 listen to it6 I /ant yo3 to tell 8e /hat yo3 thin7C<=Y
She ca8e o4er to 8y apart8entC -e p3t the tape into the recorder! and soon the 4oice of the 8edi38 /ith her English accent filled the roo8C #
8o8ent later her 4oice changed! and a chill ran do/n 8eC It /as Dotsie\ I 7ne/ that 4oiceC I 7ne/ that child\ There /as no do3bt in 8y 8indC
"oreo4er! as if to dispel any U3estions her 8other 8ight ha4e had! the 4oice of Dotsie told ho/ one day after she had died she had /atched her
8other /eeping /hile folding 3p her little clothesC Then she described a 8o8ent! a single act that no one b3t her 8other co3ld ha4e 7no/nC
<=XIt<=>s tr3e\<=Y said #nnabel! her face alightC <=XIt<=>s tr3e\<=Y
L
That /as the first ti8e I heard abo3t 8edi38shipC ,e4er did I i8agine that I /o3ld acU3ire int3iti4e gifts 8yself Atho3gh nothing approaching the
le4el of the 8agnificent Ena T/iggB and ne4er did I realiSe that /e all ha4e it /ithin o3r po/er to cross these bo3ndariesC So8e people are 8ore
nat3rally gifted than others! b3t I<=>8 con4inced /e all can do it\
03t before I /as able to 3nderstand these things! years of learning lay ahead of 8eC &irst I had to accept the possibility that there /as indeed a
spirit3al di8ension Aor 8ore than oneB! that the so3l li4es on after death! that angels and spirits 8ay be 8ore than 8etaphor! and that /e are all
s3b[ect to 8o8ents of grace! ine5plicably enfolding 3s in lo4eC #nd this! despite the fact Aa8 I partic3larly dense6B that I had been reared in the
Episcopal Ch3rch! after all! /hich ta3ght belief in 'od and the afterlife! in the lo4e and forgi4eness of a Holy SpiritC So8eho/ I needed proof
before I co3ld accept the teachings as tr3eC (et e4idence abo3ndedC It /as all aro3nd 8eC #s long ago as HFGP! the 8ystic S/edenborg had 4isited
T3een Lo3isa *lri7a of S/eden! /ho as7ed hi8 to tell her so8ething abo3t her deceased brother #3g3st3s -illia8C The ne5t day! S/edenborg
/hispered so8ething in her earC T3rning pale! she e5plained that /hat she<=>d heard /as so8ething only she and her brother co3ld 7no/C
#nother ti8e a /o8an /ho had lost an i8portant doc38ent ca8e to the fa8o3s clair4oyant! as7ing if a recently deceased person co3ld tell hi8
/here it /as! and this infor8ation! too! he passed alongC

-HE, I -#S # CHILD! I /as afraid of the dar7C -e li4ed in the "aryland co3ntrysideC Today the landscape is co4ered by de4elop8ents! b3t in
those days /hen no one li4ed nearby! the tall oa7s to/ered o4er the roof! s/aying gently li7e sea 7elp and casting a greenish light o4er 3s! as if /e
li4ed 3nder/aterC 03t at night the dar7ness /as i88enseC -e ne4er /ent o3tside at nightC
In s388er! of co3rse! the long! slo/! pearl d3s7 lit by fireflies 7ept the night at bay 3ntil /e children /ere /ell in bedC 03t in /inter the fa8ily
cro3ched in the s8all st3dy! o3r parents and /e three 7ids! 3ntil o3r 8other /o3ld nod to 8eC
<=XTi8e for bedC 'i4e a 7iss good nightC<=Y
I dreaded bedti8eC "y parents didn<=>t thin7 to /al7 8e 3pstairs! and I 7ne/ better than to in4ite their ridic3le! as7 for coddlingC
<=XShe<=>s afraid of the dar7\<=Y They /o3ld ha4e la3ghed and then! i8patient: <=X,o/! go onC There<=>s nothing thereC<=Y
&ro8 the s8all st3dy I had to cross the pitch-blac7 do/nstairs hallC It too7 all 8y co3rage to leap into the pit to/ard the light s/itch on the far
/all! right ne5t Aoh! horror\B to the ya/ning blac7 door/ay of the for8al li4ing roo8C %nce there! safe for a 8o8ent in a yello/ pool of the light! I
stood helpless! staring into the blac7 hole 3p the stairsC
I co3ld t3rn on the light fro8 do/nstairs and cli8b the lit stair/ell! b3t e4en so! once 3pstairs I had to flic7 off the light at the far /all and dash
thro3gh dar7ness<=Vfi4e steps<=Vto 8y roo8\ A,o one tho3ght of lea4ing lights on! and the possibility ne4er entered 8y head! so trained /ere
/e to sa4e electricityCB
-hy /as I so afraid6 The gro/n-3ps /al7ed thro3gh the blac7 roo8s /itho3t a tho3ght! fa8iliar as they /ere /ith the n38b stability of chairs
and tablesC 03t to 8e the dar7 /as filled /ith s3btle 8o4e8ent! a shifting of air! a 7ind of silent breathing! and a sense of being /atchedC
Things C C C /atchingC
Later! /hen I /as gro/n and li4ing in other roo8s in other ho3ses! I<=>d so8eti8es catch the flic7er of a shado/ at the corner of 8y eye and
t3rn to see C C C nothing thereC So8eti8es I<=>d sh3dder at the 3nco8fortable sensation that so8eone /as in the roo8 /ith 8eC I<=>d s/i4el
aro3nd! only to find the roo8 e8ptyC -as it 8y i8agination6 The play of light6 "y eyesight /as e5cellentZ these instincts /eren<=>t the
conseU3ence of i8paired 4isionC (et this<=V/hat do I call it6<=Venhanced ac3ity of the senses carried o4er into ad3lthoodC
Spirits are 3s3ally seen /ith peripheral 4ision! o3t of the corner of yo3r eyesC # flash and they are goneC They are sensed /ith the <=Xspirit3al
eyeC<=Y
I didn<=>t belie4e in ghosts or spiritsC &or that 8atter I didn<=>t e4en belie4e in 'od Aat least not as the /hite-bearded! erratic! 8ale! %ld
Testa8ent deity I<=>d read abo3t! and I /asn<=>t so s3re of the &ather that ;es3s offered either! no one ha4ing told 8e that o3r i8ages of 'od
8ight gro/ and change as /e 8at3reBC (et I belie4ed in So8ething that I didn<=>t 3nderstandC I<=>d stand speechless so8eti8es at the bea3ty
of a tree! a pond! the bra4ery of a sU3irrelC #nd so8eti8es shi4er as if to3ched by the trailing of a /ill-o<=>-the-/ispC
I<=>8 telling yo3 all this as an introd3ction to 8y fear of dyingC AThis /as before I 8et 8y first ghost or had 8y life sa4ed by an angel or
e5perienced 8ost of the e4ents that a/a7ened 8y conscio3snessCB
I /as t/enty-fo3r or -fi4eC It had only recently da/ned on 8e that I co3ld be e5ting3ished 3tterly! and at night I lay in bed beside 8y h3sband!
rigid /ith terror! 8y tho3ghts flying and fleeing this apprehension of reality! scrabbling for escapeC %f co3rse! I<=>d 7no/n abo3t death since the
age of t/o: The cat had diedC So! too! the chic7ens! 8ice! goldfish! dogsC 03t they /eren<=>t 8e! and I s3ppose yo3 ha4e to reach a certain le4el
of 8at3rity before yo3 can grasp that egocentric factC In teen age! yo3<=>re i8pregnable! i88ortal! i883table! a godC
So there I /as at t/enty-fi4e! lying in the dar7 in bed! thin7ing abo3t being dead! and! /orse! seeing no /ay o3t and 7no/ing that 8y o/n death
/as co8ing closer /ith e4ery passing day Ati8e ha3ling 8e handc3ffed to/ard the Infinite Dar7BC &inally I decided that conte8plating 8y
e5tinction! as I /as doing! /as dri4ing 8e insaneC -as I clinging to an egoistic! isolated notion of a self6 %ne night! defeated! I ga4e 3p! decided to
thin7 abo3t it no 8ore! e5cepting the desperate! inartic3late! and silent prayer <=XSa4e 8e! 'od\<=Y A#t the ti8e I had no concept of the
03ddhist doctrine of anat8an! the theory of <=Xno-self<=Y or <=Xno-so3l!<=Y [3st as I 7ne/ nothing of the 03ddhist <=Xe8ptiness<=Y of all
pheno8ena or 3nderstood the -isdo8 0oo7s of Ecclesiastes! be8oaning that all is e8ptiness! all 4anityCB
There is b3t one freedo8! to p3t oneself right /ith deathC
#fter that! e4erything is possibleC C C C 0elie4ing in 'od
a8o3nts to co8ing to ter8s /ith deathC -hen yo3 ha4e
accepted death! the proble8 of 'od /ill be sol4ed<=Vand
not the re4erseC
#L0E)T C#"*S
(ears passedC I had childrenC 'rad3ally! ca3ght in the b3syness of li4ing! I forgot abo3t dyingC
#nd then 8y 8other diedC -e<=>d had a stor8y relationship! as I str3ggled for independence and she to i8press on 8e so8e se8blance of
respectabilityC She /as an int3iti4e herself! prescient! e8otionalC I see her still! the /ay she dragged the little tractor aro3nd the patchy t/o-acre
la/nC She /o3ld stop to rest and loo7 o3t o4er the 4alley to the line of trees that 8ar7ed a strea8 belo/C She dre/ energy fro8 the earth! the
4ie/! the to/ering treesC "y 8other <=X7ne/<=Y thingsC
%nce she drea8ed of ship/rec7ed people on a raft! rising and gliding do/n the slopes of high /a4esC In the drea8 she sa/ the coordinates for
the raftC The ne5t 8orning she heard on the radio that a plane had crashed in the PacificC She /as aghast! b3t /hat co3ld she do6 -ho8 co3ld she
telephone to tell of s3ch a drea8! and /ho /o3ld belie4e her if she tried6
Cassandra! da3ghter of Pria8 in the Iliad! had 4isions! foresight! drea8sC She prophesied the fall of Troy and to her horror foresa/ the city set
afla8e! herself ensla4ed and carried to a foreign landC She /as 8ade 8ad by the sla3ghter! rape! and b3tchery she forecastZ 8ade 8ad by 4irt3e
of her int3ition! her gifts of precognition and prophecy! that sho/ed /hat ang3ish lay in store: 8ad /ith horror! 8ad /ith grief! 8ad /ith the
loneliness and isolation of farsighted int3itionC She co3ld not tell! and others co3ld not hearC
It is no accident that the 'ree7 seer Tiresias /as blind<=Vthe perfect 8etaphor for insightC %r that the prophecies of the Delphic %racle ca8e fro8
the dar7 ca4ern in the roc7s fro8 /hence arose the s8o7y stea8ing breath of the earth and godsC
%ne-half of all spontaneo3s psi e5periences occ3r in drea8sC "any in4ol4e the death of a fa8ily 8e8ber or lo4ed oneC
I,T*ITI%, TH#T C%"ES in the for8 of a drea8 is as old as fol7lore itselfC Pl3tarch reports ho/ Calp3rnia! /ife of ;3li3s Caesar! drea8ed of the
danger to her h3sband on "arch HG! the ides of "archC She begged hi8 to stay ho8e that fatef3l 8orning and not /al7 do/n to the )o8an
&or38 to attend the SenateC He ref3sed her ad8onitions and pre8onitions and th3s /as stabbed by the )o8an senators! /ho feared he<=>d
end the )ep3blic by na8ing hi8self dictatorC
&or na3ghtC His nephe/ #3g3st3s grabbed po/er d3ring the ens3ing ci4il /ar! cro/ned hi8self e8peror! and finished off the )ep3blic any/ayC
There are so8e /ho say that o3r drea8s are gi4en 3s by angels! spirit g3idesC #nd others that o3r s3bconscio3s 8ind! 3nable to 8a7e itself heard
abo4e the clatter of the conscio3s 8ind! forces its int3itions on 3s as i8agery in the for8 of drea8sC
-ord associations i88ediately after a/a7ening fro8 a drea8 are ON percent 8ore li7ely to be 3n3s3al than those later in the dayC
0#C+ T% "( "%THE)C %ne day she diedC #nd 8y o/n 4ie/s of the afterlife changedC
#fter her death! she 8ade her presence 7no/n insistently! and 3s3ally /ith her o/n U3ir7y sense of h38orC The first instance! perhaps a fe/ days
after the f3neral! occ3rred /hen 8y sister and brother and I /ere loo7ing for a partic3lar doc38entC -e co3ldn<=>t find it any/hereC &inally! /e
stood in the pantry loo7ing at one another helplesslyC
<=X-here co3ld it possibly be6<=Y
<=XI 7no/\<=Y 8y brother cried! and he dashed do/n the base8ent stepsC
# 8o8ent later he ret3rned /ith the legal doc38ent in his handC <=XIt /as in a file cabinet at the bac7 of the cellarC<=Y
<=XHo/ in the /orld did yo3 7no/ /here to loo76<=Y
He loo7ed at 3s in baffle8entC <=XI didn<=>t e4en 7no/ there /as a file cabinet thereC<=Y
Int3ition6 Clair4oyance6 -e la3ghedC -e 7ne/ o3r 8other<=>s /or7: tho3ghts inserted in his headC
The second one too7 place 8onths laterC #fter 8y 8other died I 3sed to dri4e to 0alti8ore fro8 -ashington once or t/ice a /ee7 to see 8y
father! /ho had s3ffered a stro7eC He /as fort3nate to ha4e n3rses caring for hi8C He didn<=>t ha4e to go into assisted li4ingC 03t his life /as sad
and lonely /itho3t his /ife of fifty yearsC The ho3se felt U3iet no/ /itho3t her b3sy footsteps clattering across the /ooden floorsC (et oddly! I
ne4er opened the front door /itho3t feeling the /elco8e of her presence! as if she /ere still hanging aro3ndC -aiting for DaddyC <=X"y
i8agination!<=Y I tho3ght! and repro4ed 8yself for /ishf3l thin7ingC
So8eti8es I bro3ght along 8y da3ghter! then t/el4e! and beca3se I /anted her to ha4e fond 8e8ories of these 4isits to her grandfather! I fo3nd
so8e horses nearby for 3s to rideC -e /o3ld 4isit Daddy! go off to ride for an ho3r! co8e bac7 to ha4e tea and tal7 /ith hi8C I /o3ld do the
tal7ing! holding his li8p hand! telling hi8 the ne/s and lo4ing hi8 /hile he listened! eyes shining or so8eti8es d3lled /ith the e5ha3sted despair
of those i8prisoned by a stro7eC I had the helpless feeling that these 4isits /ere ne4er eno3ghC I co3ldn<=>t help hi8C
%ne day /e ca8e in the ho3se! sat /ith 8y father for a /hile! and then left for o3r rideC -hen /e ret3rned! 0ernice! the n3rse! anno3nced!
<=XThere<=>s no /ater in the ho3seC<=Y
<=X-hat do yo3 8ean6<=Y
<=XIt happened right after yo3 leftC -e had /ater thenC )e8e8ber! yo3 had a c3p of tea6 -hen yo3 left! I /ent to the 7itchen to 8a7e l3nch!
and all of a s3dden the spigots spit o3t airC The toilets don<=>t fl3shC It happened right after yo3 t/o leftC<=Y
<=X-e need a pl38berC<=Y
03t first I /ent do/n to the gloo8y base8ent to in4estigateC There! in a ca4ern off to one side! a p38p s3c7ed 3p /ell /ater /ith hea4ing gasps
that 3sed to thrill and terrify 3s as childrenC The p38p roo8 /as the heartbeat of the ho3se! and only 8y 8other 7ne/ ho/ it /or7edC I too7 a
flashlight and cl38ped do/n the narro/ base8ent steps and bac7 to the dan7 Etr3scan ca4e! s/eeping the light aro3nd the dar7 cinder-bloc7
/alls! 3ns3re of /hat I<=>d be loo7ing for any/ayC To 8y s3rprise! the floor /as an7le-deep in /aterC
I shone the flashlight aro3nd! and there in the far corner! behind the p38p! I sa/ an open fa3cet! only inches fro8 the gro3nd! /ith /ater po3ring
o3tC
I too7 off 8y shoes and soc7s! /aded thro3gh the pond! and t3rned the spigot offC
<=XIt<=>s on\<=Y ca8e a cry fro8 the 7itchen o4erheadC <=XThe /ater<=>s bac7 onC<=Y
<=X%h! "388y\<=Y I b3rst o3t la3ghing\ %nly 8y 8other 7ne/ there e4en /as a fa3cet there! and 8y heart re[oiced as I p3t 8y shoes bac7
onC She /as still in the ho3se! playing [o7es on 3sC Telling 3s that she /as still aro3ndC
03t ho/ co3ld a spirit t3rn a spigot on6 That ta7es physical forceC Do /e concl3de either that the fa3cet t3rned itself on Athis once! and ne4er
before or sinceB or that spirits can act3ally 8o4e a physical /eight6 I read so8e/here that a spirit can 8o4e three po3ndsC -hen the son of a 8an
I 7no/ died! the grie4ing father fo3nd his son<=>s baseball cap 8ysterio3sly shifting aro3nd the ho3se<=Vthe top of the boo7case! his co8p3ter!
the boy<=>s old roo8! his o/nC
I<=>8 told that spirits ha4e a special relationship to /aterC I had a great friend! Dorothy Clar7e! then /ell into her ninetiesC Her da3ghter had
tragically died by falling off a balcony! and soon after ;ane<=>s death her 8other fo3nd that each ti8e she too7 her broo8 o3t of the closet!
/ater po3red o3t of the stra/ onto the floorC It<=>s i8portant to note that Dorothy al/ays set the broo8 3pside do/n in the closet! handle to
the floor! ha4ing learned as a child that this is the proper /ay to conser4e the stra/C ,o/! each ti8e she p3lled o3t the broo8! a c3p or t/o of
/ater po3red onto the 7itchen floorC There /as no lea7 in the closet! not e4en a /ater pipe nearbyC %ne day she anno3nced to 8e! <=XI 7eep
thin7ing it 83st be ;ane doing thisC Do yo3 thin7 ;ane co3ld be sending 8e a 8essage6<=Y
#fter this! the broo8 stopped filling /ith /ater! /hich /as as c3rio3s as the fact that it had o4erflo/ed so copio3sly d3ring the pre4io3s /ee7sC
Had ;ane<=>s spirit /anted only to be ac7no/ledged6 -as she sending a 8essage of the /ater of ne/ life6
The S3nday after her father died! a friend! grie4ing! stayed ho8e fro8 "ass /hile her 8other and sister attendedC <=XI [3st ha4e a feeling!<=Y
she saidC <=X#n int3itionC I don<=>t 7no/ /hy! b3t I thin7 I sho3ld stay ho8eC<=Y She didn<=>t belie4e in an afterlifeZ yet /hat she /anted
8ore than anything /as to 7no/ that her father /as so8eho/ all rightC
-hen the t/o /o8en ret3rned fro8 ch3rch! she 8et the8! bea8ingC <=X(o3 /on<=>t g3ess /hat happened\<=Y Their 3ncle had phoned fro8
Ha/aii to say that he<=>d had a c3rio3s drea8 the night before! in /hich his dead brother told hi8 he had to phone ho8e and tell his da3ghters
that their father /as all right! that e4erything /as fineC
(o3 hear story after story li7e thisC (o3<=>d thin7 this 8atter of angels and apparitions /o3ld be o3t of order in this /or7 on int3ition! b3t noC If
conscio3sness contin3es after death! is it too diffic3lt to belie4e that those /ho lo4ed 3s on earth /o3ld not still be g3iding! protecting! g3arding
3s6 #nd co3ld they do so any better than by popping tho3ghts into o3r 8ind6 Is it too far-fetched to thin7 that int3ition 8ay be associated /ith
attending spirits6
I 3sed to /onder if all int3itions /ere not angels at /or7C I<=>4e co8e to belie4e! ho/e4er! that /e ha4e these gifts /ithin o3rsel4esC -e are
so3ls incarnated into physical bodies! and /e co8e trailing clo3ds of glory fro8 the other /orld Aor /orldsBC -e co8e /ith all the 8anifestations
and abilities of di4inityC The tric7 is to hear /ith the heart! for int3itions co8e not fro8 intellect b3t fro8 an opening! a loosening of inhibitions! an
a/areness of o3r connection to one another and to all sentient lifeC It reU3ires deep listening and a co8passionate heart energy! if I 8ay 3se so
i8precise a ter8C It is o3r right as spirit3al beingsC The infor8ation is carried on spirit3al energy /a4es and recei4ed at the core of o3r so3ls! and if
angels are also in4ol4ed! I say! /ell and goodC
I<=>4e had 8any e5periences /ith spirits no/! and they are different fro8 anything I 8ight ha4e i8agined as a child! not the least of /hich is
yo3r c3rio3s lac7 of fearC It<=>s U3ite 3nli7e the depictions in 8o4ies! /here the spirits leap screa8ing fro8 a closet and scare the be[es3s o3t of
yo3C %r li7e the ghost of Ha8let<=>s father! /ho disappears at first coc7<=>s cro/C In real life Aor afterlifeB they ho4er aro3nd all day! and they
see8 not only 7indly and helpf3l b3t terribly an5io3s to co883nicateC They are happy! yo3ng! in perfect healthC They lo4e 3s deeply! and they are
fascinated by o3r /orldC

SPI)ITS LI+E TECH,%L%'(C #gain and again /e hear of lights flic7ering! or the T$ t3rning off and onC %r the record player going on all by itself!
playing the fa4orite song of yo3r brother! /ho [3st diedC In one story! the grie4ing girlfriend alone in her apart8ent fell asleep listening to one
record and /o7e 3p to her boyfriend<=>s fa4orite song! /hich /as on the re4erse of the recordC AHo/ co3ld the record ha4e t3rned itself o4er6B
So8eti8es others /ill <=Xfeel<=Y the presence of the spirit /hen they 8eet yo3! confir8ing yo3r o/n sense of hi8 still hanging aro3nd! b3t
e4ent3ally the spirit 83st lea4eC There<=>s /or7 to be doneZ there<=>s so8e <=Xplace<=Y or di8ension it<=>s s3pposed to beC
Ted 'reene! 8y anthropologist friend! says that /hen he /as aro3nd forty! he rene/ed a friendship /ith his best friend fro8 high schoolC He had
not seen -ayne in years and fo3nd! as happens /ith so8e friendships! that they pic7ed 3p /ith the sa8e inti8acy and delight they had shared
years earlierC
#nd then -ayne got cancerC They tal7ed abo3t his dyingC Ted as7ed -ayne to co8e after he died and tell hi8 abo3t itC Ted 4isited hi8 in the
hospital [3st before flying on a 8ission to Santo Do8ingo! and as he left his friend<=>s roo8! /al7ing do/n the hospital corridor! he had a
pre8onition that he /o3ld ne4er see -ayne againC He bro7e into tearsC # fe/ days later! -ayne<=>s /ife phoned hi8 in Santo Do8ingo /ith the
/ord that his friend had diedC
That night as Ted lay reading in bed! -ayne s3ddenly 8aterialiSedC Ted frea7edC I88ediately the i8age 4anishedC Ted groped his /ay to the
7itchen for a glass of /ater and regained controlC
<=X-hy /o3ld I be afraid of -ayne6<=Y he as7ed hi8self! and then forced hi8self to lie do/n again! rela5! and see if his friend /o3ld ret3rnC
<=X)ela5! rela5!<=Y he ad8onished hi8selfC <=XI acceptC I /ant hi8 to co8eC<=Y
#t this point -ayne reappearedC
<=XI<=>8 not s3pposed to be hereC<=Y He spo7e telepathicallyC <=XI<=>8 brea7ing a big r3leC 03t /e al/ays 8ade a point of brea7ing r3les!
didn<=>t /e6<=Y The spirit la3ghedC <=XI can<=>t stayC There<=>s so8eplace I<=>8 s3pposed to beC<=Y The i8portant ne/s for Ted! ho/e4er!
/as that he /as happyC Things /ere goodC Death brings no e5ting3ish8entZ /e li4e on after/ardC
Ted has no interest in de4eloping his gift! if a gift it is! b3t as an anthropologist he<=>s a/are that all the so-called pri8iti4e c3lt3res lay clai8s to
these 8ysterio3s po/ersC He belie4es they are o3r nat3ral heritage! /iped o3t of -esterners by the speed and h3rry of o3r technological li4esC
In psychology! physiology and 8edicine! /hene4er a debate bet/een the 8ystics and the scientists has been CCC decided! it is the 8ystics /ho ha4e
3s3ally pro4ed to be right abo3t the facts! /hile the scientists had the better of it in respect to theoriesC
-ILLI#" ;#"ES
SPI)ITS C%"E 0#C+ in 8any for8s! especially in drea8s! b3t they see8 to ha4e a special affinity for birds or b3tterflies! /inged ele8entsC I heard
of one /o8an /ho lo4ed robinsC Soon after her death! her da3ghter /as in her 7itchen! /hen s3ddenly a robin landed on the /indo/sill and
began to pec7 at the glassC It /o3ldn<=>t stop\ It pec7ed and pec7edC The da3ghter approached the /indo/! held 3p her hand! and still the bird
did not fly offC
<=X"other! is that yo36<=Y The robin stopped pec7ing! hopped on the sill! peered at her /ith one coc7ed blac7 eye! pec7ed one last ti8e! and
fle/ a/ayC She b3rst into tearsC
# 8an dri4ing do/n the road thin7ing of the father he had lost fo3nd his car s3ddenly s3rro3nded by a s/ar8 of yello/ b3tterfliesC <=X"y
dad!<=Y he tho3ght! for if there /as anything his father had lo4ed! it /as b3tterfliesC
I recently heard of a 8an /hose blac7 Lab /as stric7en /ith prostate cancerC %ne night he sa/ an o/l perched in the branches of the tree o3tside
his bedroo8 /indo/<=Van o/l he had ne4er seen before and ne4er sa/ againC # day or t/o later! the dog died! and he re8e8bered the ,ati4e
#8erican belief that an o/l /ill co8e to help a so3l 8o4e to the %ther SideC
Ho/ odd that these apparitions see8 to co8e <=Xs3ddenlyC<=Y They don<=>t last long<=Va greeting! an appearance in so8e physical
for8<=Vand al8ost as s/iftly they ha4e goneC
Soon after 8y co3sin died! his /ife and da3ghter sa/ a 8agnificent antlered stag cross the la/n of their s3b3rban "aryland ho8e! stal7 3p to the
pict3re /indo/! and stare in at the8! then t3rn to step 8a[estically to the grie4ing /ido/<=>s fa4orite b3sh! drop his head! and snatch a biteC He
gaSed at the8 fro8 h3ge dar7 eyes and 8o4ed serenely into the /oodsC The t/o /o8en /atched in astonish8ent! certain that this /as no
nor8al stagC #nd this is one of the 8ar7s of these engage8ents /ith ani8als! drea8s! or int3itions: that the percipients can<=>t sha7e the idea
that the e4ents are beyond the ordinaryC
Patricia +ratSer is an 3n/illing clairsentient /ho /or7s as director of finance at I8agination Stage! the children<=>s theater! near -ashington!
DCCC She is English by birth! and 8ost of her e5periences ha4e ta7en place in E3ropeC
<=XIt only happens /ith people /ho8 I tr3st! in a healing class! for instance! /hen people are holding handsC S3ddenly a spirit /ill appearC<=Y
Patricia doesn<=>t see people! b3t she hears and feels the8C In these 8o8ents she can<=>t breatheC %ften tears spring to her eyesC It<=>s
easy! she says! to categoriSe these <=Xco8ings<=Y as prod3cts of her i8aginationC Her 8other! ho/e4er! can tell /hen a spirit has co8e to her!
for Patricia<=>s clairsentience has gone on since childhoodC
<=X)ela5!<=Y her 8other /ill sayC <=X#s7! <=d-hat do yo3 /ant to tell 8e6<=><=Y
Patricia is not altogether co8fortable /ith her giftC If she<=>s a/are of a little elf r3nning bac7 and forth! she<=>s left /ondering! -hat is it6
-hat is real6 #t one ti8e she tho3ght to c3t o3t: <=XIt<=>s not so8ething I /ant entering 8eC<=Y
<=XEntering yo36<=Y I as7ed in o3r inter4ie/C Her choice of /ords intrig3ed 8eC
<=XI don<=>t see the8C They<=>re inside 8eC I hear the8 tal7ingC I can<=>t go past the $ietna8 "e8orial!<=Y she contin3edC <=XI hear the
screa8sC<=Y
%nce! /hile staying at an ancient inn in Corn/all /ith her diplo8at h3sband Ahi8self an atheistB! <=XI sa/ horrible thingsC I /o7e 3pC There /ere
people e4ery/here! so8e grabbing at 8eC So8e /ore the eighteenth-cent3ry cost38es of high/ay8enC Later I learned they 3sed to hang the
high/ay8en right there at the site of the innC<=Y
Christy $inson is another spirit 8agnetC S7inny and ner4o3s! she tal7s fast and a lotC She has attracted spirits since early childhood! ha4ing
acU3ired the gift thro3gh both her 8other and grand8other! b3t only recently has it intr3ded into her lifeC
Seeing spirits hasn<=>t been easy for herC
<=XI /ish I co3ld say it<=>s been a fl3ffy! lo4e-filled e5perience! that I<=>4e sailed along the last si5 years or so on cal8 /aters of peace and
grace! b3t it has not been s8ooth at allC I don<=>t tal7 abo3t it aro3nd the PT# or o3r 8ar7eting b3siness! or friends and neighborsC They 7no/
the <=dold 8eC<=> I<=>8 the sa8e 8e! e5cept no/ I see and feel beings fro8 the %ther SideC<=Y She calls the8 passed onesC
The apparitions often appear in her bedroo8 as she is going to sleep! or they a/a7en her in the night<=Vpassed ones of all ages and appearancesC
She /ill get a <=Xhit<=Y of death by car accident! or by cancer! or by heart attac7C #t first she /as afraid! not 7no/ing /hat to do or ho/ to helpC
<=X(o3 see! it<=>s not [3st that they sho/ 3p and frea7 8e o3t by loo7ing creepyC It see8s to be first a /ay of letting 8e 7no/ <=dho/<=> they
passed and then an indication of their present <=dcondition<=>: afraid or sad! or angry! lost! 3nhappy! /hate4erC<=Y
%ne night a soldier appeared at the foot of her bed! glaring at herC He stayed CCC and stayedC
<=X(o3 ha4e to go\ This is 8y ho8e\ 'o a/ay\ I need to sleep\<=Y
&or fo3r ho3rs she prayed for the soldier! con4inced he needed to 8o4e on! get o3t! go to the %ther SideC She as7ed ;es3s A<=Xsince He /as
h38an and 83st 3nderstand 3s h38ans and o3r diffic3lties<=YB and also the soldier<=>s g3ardian angel to helpC
<=XS3ddenly! to 8y alar8 and a8aSe8ent! into the bedroo8 ca8e a /hirlpool of light abo3t the siSe of a door/ay! co8plete /ith spar7les and
rainbo/ colorsC It fle/ 3p to the ceiling! and I co3ld see a /o8an reaching o3t her ar8s to hi8 Aperhaps a 8o8 or grand8aB along /ith se4eral
tall! angelic fig3resC He /as al8ost s3c7ed into the light and disappearedC<=Y
)elie4ed! she fell asleepC

S%%, #&TE) THE S*DDE, DE#TH of her h3sband of thirty-one years! ;o#nne Qa/itos7i had a drea8C She ne4er sa/ her h3sband! b3t in her
drea8 a 4oice as7ed if she /o3ld accept finding her h3sband<=>s 8issing class ring and his poc7et PC as a sign that her h3sband /as /ell and
happy! still ali4e /ith conscio3snessC She said yes! for both ite8s had been 8issing since his deathC
That 8orning her son fo3nd the ring t3c7ed deep into the seat of his father<=>s car A/hy /o3ld he ha4e ta7en it off there6B! and t/o days later
her h3sband<=>s boss phoned to say the poc7et PC had been fo3nd at his office<=Vdid she /ant it bac76
E4en tho3gh ;o#nne had agreed in the drea8 that she /o3ld <=Xbelie4e<=Y if the t/o ite8s /ere fo3nd! she didn<=>t feel co8fortedC She
/anted hi8 bac7C
%f co3rse! not e4eryone belie4es in a spirit /orldC %ne friend of 8ine /as at 8y ho3se for dinner soon after his 8other diedC C3rio3s Aand /ith 8y
3s3al tactlessnessB! I as7ed! <=XHa4e yo3 seen her since she died6<=Y
<=X-hat do yo3 8ean6<=Y He /as ta7en abac7C
<=XI 8ean! has she co8e bac7 to tell yo3 she<=>s all right6<=Y
<=X%f co3rse notC<=Y
-e /ere silent a 8o8entC <=XE5cept last night!<=Y he added! <=XI had the 8ost 4i4id drea8 abo3t herC It /as so realC She /as standing by the
bedC She /as happyC Is that /hat yo3 8ean6 03t nothing happenedC<=Y
fo3rteen
SE,SITI$ES 2 PS(CHICS
`"ana CCC is a 8icrocos8! or a little /orld! beca3se he is an e5tract fro8 all the stars and planets of the /hole fir8a8ent! fro8 the earth and the
ele8ents! and so he is their U3intessenceC
P#)#CELS*S

I *SED T% L#*'H at psychics and pal8ists! tarot and tea-leaf readersC I loo7ed do/n on the charlatan /ith her neon sign A<=X"iss Sophie<=>s
Psychic )eadings: ^GCII<=YBC &ra3d\ S3perstition\ S8o7e and 8irrorsC ,onetheless I re8e8ber once 4isiting a seer /ith 8y sister on a lar7C -e
/ere only yo3ng girlsC -e ca8e into her 'ypsy tabernacle! be83sed by the 83ltipatterned c3rtains s/aying fro8 the ceiling and /alls! and the
little! ro3nd! cloth-co4ered table boasting its crystal ballC It had all the trappings of a 8o4ie setC
I don<=>t re8e8ber anything abo3t the reading e5cept being startled by the 'ypsy<=>s perceptionsC She /as a psychic! not a 8edi38! and
there /ere no frightening gest3res or in4itations to spirits to contact 3sC
# psychic 3ses int3ition<=Vsheer 7no/ingZ a 8edi38! 8ediating bet/een t/o /orlds! accesses spirits or channels g3idesC
She told 8e I<=>d 8arry a 8an na8ed Da4id! a prediction I la3ghed off! since at the ti8e I 7ne/ t/el4e 8en /ith that na8eC AThe fact that I later
8arried a Da4id did! ho/e4er! scre/ her prediction into 8y brainCB #fter/ard! 8y sister and I! b3c7ling /ith la3ghter! fell bac7 o3t onto the streetC
Ho/ had she done it6 Did she ha4e 8irrors6 Had she o4erheard 3s tal7ing before she [oined 3s in her inner sanct386
#nother ti8e I had 8y pal8 read at a ,e/ ;ersey Co3nty &air together /ith 8y best friend! CorinneC Corinne had slipped off her engage8ent ring
to fool the pal8ist! for tho3gh /e /ere /illing to pl3n7 do/n o3r 8oney! /e certainly didn<=>t <=Xbelie4e<=Y in this st3ffZ /e /ere yo3ng girls
ha4ing f3nC #gain! the psychic /as dec7ed o3t in t3rban and 'ypsy robesC She told 8y friend that she /o3ld not 8arry for three years! and this
ti8e! too! /e left her tent b3rsting /ith la3ghter! beca3se her /edding /as sched3led in only a fe/ 8onthsC #s it happened! Corinne bro7e the
engage8ent and didn<=>t 8arry for se4eral 8ore yearsC
#fter that I had nothing 8ore to do /ith psychicsC I /as b3sy raising 8y children! /orrying abo3t 8y 8arriage! 8y father<=>s stro7e! 8y
8other<=>s cancer! and [3st the de8ands of 8a7ing a li4ingC
&ast-for/ard se4eral decadesC I /as in the 8iddle of a di4orce! separated fro8 8y h3sband and children! conf3sed! and gropingC # friend 3rged
8e to see the )e4erend &C )eed 0ro/n! a psychic! at the #rlington "etaphysical Chapel in the $irginia s3b3rbsC I /as 3nhappy eno3gh to agreeC
Later! I beca8e friends /ith )eed and e4en too7 so8e classes /ith hi8! b3t at the ti8e I /as si8ply 7noc7ed off 8y pins by his insightC I ass38ed
it /as so8eho/ a fi5C
The #rlington "etaphysical Chapel is a pretty little /hite clapboard b3ilding /ith lo4ely stained-glass /indo/sC It has that special 83sty scent of
hy8nals and flo/ers! a place of U3iet prayerC )eed<=>s office /as a s8all roo8 off the entrance/ayC He /as reading for so8eone else /hen I
arri4ed! for that /as /hat he did: see people! ho3r after ho3rC I prayed in the ch3rch 3ntil I /as called into his tiny cl3ttered officeC
%n arri4al! I<=>d been instr3cted to /rite do/n the na8es of three people /ho had passed o4er and all 8y U3estions on the sa8e three-by-fi4e-
inch card! fold the card in half! and then in half again! 3ntil it 8ade a tiny /adC 0ro/n stood 3p behind his des7 as I enteredC He /as a roly-poly
8an in his 8iddle age! /ith a cheerf3l s8ile and an open! cordial handC # 8an delighted to li4e in his o/n s7inC %n the /all behind hi8 h3ng a
portrait of a /hite-bearded 8anC I learned later that it /as DrC Peebles! his special fa8iliar! or spirit g3ideC
)eed slapped a tape into his tape recorder for 8eC He too7 8y card and as7ed 8e to co4er his hand /ith 8ine! said a prayer for g3idance! then
dropped the card AI pic7ed it 3pB! sat bac7! and proceeded to tell 8e the three na8es on the card and to ans/er all 8y U3estionsC
I /as st3nnedC Ho/ had he done that6 -ere there ca8eras in the entrance hall6 E4en so! no ca8era co3ld ha4e read the cardZ 8y hand/riting is
s8aller than the footprints of fairiesC I can hardly read it 8yself\ %ne especially interesting 8o8ent str3c7 8eC %ne of 8y U3estions concerned a
friend of 8ine na8ed PageC )eed leaned bac7 in his chair! one hand to his foreheadC He tapped the third eyeC <=XI<=>8 seeing a boo7! a
bea3tif3l boo7! and pages are t3rningC They are fine pages! co4ered /ith /riting! and they are t3rning one by oneC %ne by oneC Does this 8ean
anything to yo36<=Y
<=X,o!<=Y I said! baffledC
<=X,o 8atterC -hat I<=>8 getting is that yo3 aren<=>t to 8a7e any 8o4esC This is all being orchestrated by #bo4eC (o3<=>re not to /orryC
E4erything /ill t3rn o3t the /ay it<=>s s3pposed toC<=Y
It /as only as I /as dri4ing ho8e that I re8e8bered I<=>d as7ed abo3t 8y friend Page\ Dope\ I<=>d totally forgotten 8y U3estion by the 8iddle
of the readingC A&or one thing! I /as still p3SSling o3t ho/ in the /orld he had 8anaged to tell 8e the first na8es of 8y 8other and father! /ho!
he said! /ere /atching o4er 8e pro3dly fro8 the %ther SideCB
I fo3nd the reading interesting b3t did not go bac7 for yearsC %ne day 8y friend Ted 'reene! the Har4ard anthropologist /ho /as /or7ing then
/ith the State Depart8ent! as7ed if I /anted to go /ith hi8 /hile he cons3lted #nne 'eh8an! a /ell-7no/n 8edi38 in $irginiaC AThis is the sa8e
Ted /ho years later told 8e abo3t seeing the spirit of his friend -ayne after his deathCB
<=X# 8edi38\6 (o3<=>re going to a 8edi386<=Y I b3rst o3t la3ghingC 03t I /as also c3rio3sC #fter all! Ted is an intellect3alZ I /anted to 7no/
/hat in the /orld he tho3ght he /as doingC
Dri4ing there! Ted told 8e ho/! in an earlier reading! #nne 'eh8an had infor8ed hi8 that his 8other /as sic7 and that the fa8ily sho3ld pay
attentionC -hen he<=>d forced his 8other to see a doctor! they fo3nd she had Par7inson<=>s diseaseC
<=X%hC<=Y
-e /ent to a /ell-7ept s3b3rban office si8ilar to a doctor<=>s officeC #nne /as a pleasant /o8an a little yo3nger than 8e! and I /as s3rprised
at ho/ do/n-to-earth and ordinary she appeared! and ho/ 83ch I li7ed herC AIt /as the sa8e /ith 0ro/n: ho/ professional and high-spirited and
ho/ ordinary he /as<=Vand ho/ anything b3tCB -hile she ga4e Ted his reading! I /aited in the co8fortable! /ell-appointed anteroo8 and leafed
thro3gh the 8agaSines in the bas7et! none of /hich /ere on psychic 8atters! feeling a little en4io3s that I /asn<=>t getting a reading! tooC
#s /e dro4e a/ay! Ted told 8e /hat she saidC I /as i8pressedC This 8edi38 /as U3ite different fro8 the psychic of 8y i8agination /ho bends
o4er yo3r pal8 /hile intoning! <=X(o3 are 4ery sensiti4e! yo3<=>4e been 3nhappy! no one 3nderstands yo3!<=Y and charges fifty dollars for
/ords that co3ld apply to anyoneC
03t I /as still far fro8 the realiSation that /e all ha4e these abilities or that they can be de4elopedC I didn<=>t 7no/ that the 8ore yo3 lo4e! the
8ore psychic and int3iti4e yo3 beco8eC I didn<=>t 7no/ that! 8ade fearless by the ardor of yo3r lo4e! yo3 dare to tr3st the *ni4erse<=Vangels!
spirits! and g3ardians! yo3r o/n insights and inspiration<=Vto /or7 /ith yo3 and bring yo3 C C C e4erythingC Incl3ding infor8ationC InspirationC I
didn<=>t 7no/ that [oy and gratit3de are so8eho/ in4ol4ed! as /ell as h38ble s3rrender to so8ething bigger than yo3rselfC
In lo4e<=Vthe only /ay of 0eingC
#,%,("%*S
(ears later! #nne beca8e a friend of 8ine! and together /ith the 8edi38s! she ta3ght 8e ho/ to gi4e a readingC #nne is also the pastor of a
Spirit3alist ch3rch in another nearby $irginia s3b3rb! &alls Ch3rch Aand here it doesn<=>t see8 o3t of line to note that -ashington! DCCC! a
political po/er center! is apparently a spirit3al po/er base as /ell! boasting no fe/er than se4en Spirit3alist ch3rches that I 7no/ of! in addition
to the tho3sands of other te8ples! 8osU3es! synagog3es! and ch3rches of e4ery deno8inationBC
The ,ine Spirit3alist Principles
The ,ational Spirit3alist #ssociation of Ch3rches /as for8ed in HPNE and pro83lgated the first si5 principles in HPNNC They ha4e re4ised the8 fo3r
ti8es! the last in HNNP:
HC -e belie4e in Infinite IntelligenceC
OC -e belie4e that the pheno8ena of ,at3re! both physical and spirit3al! are the e5pression of Infinite IntelligenceC
EC -e affir8 that a correct 3nderstanding of s3ch e5pression and li4ing in accordance there/ith constit3te tr3e religionC
LC -e affir8 that the e5istence and personal identity of the indi4id3al contin3e after the change called deathC
GC -e affir8 that co883nication /ith the so-called dead is a fact! scientifically pro4en by the pheno8ena of Spirit3alis8C
RC -e belie4e that the highest 8orality is contained in the 'olden )3le: <=XDo 3nto others as yo3 /o3ld ha4e the8 do 3nto yo3C<=Y
FC -e affir8 the 8oral responsibility of indi4id3als! and that /e 8a7e o3r o/n happiness or 3nhappiness as /e obey or disobey nat3re<=>s
physical and spirit3al la/sC
PC -e affir8 that the door/ay to forgi4eness is ne4er closed against any so3l here or hereafterC
NC -e affir8 that the precepts of Prophecy and Healing are Di4ine attrib3tes pro4en thro3gh 8edi38shipC
IT -#S # THI)D psychic and 8edi38 /ho introd3ced 8e to the history of spirit3alis8C So innocent /as I that I<=>d ne4er heard of the /ord!
83ch less of the 8o4e8ent that had gro/n 3p in the late HPIIs! in the /a7e of the intense interest in spirits and parapsychology that flo3rished
in that cent3ryC
I<=>8 not s3re /hy the spirit /orld prono3nced itself so pro8inently in the nineteenth cent3ryC *ntil then only ;oan of #rc and 8aybe E8an3el
S/edenborg ad8itted to hearing 4oices! co883ning /ith spiritsC E4en Saint Teresa of ?b4ila /as circ38spectC It 8ay ha4e had to do /ith /itch-
h3nting and the InU3isition! b3t s3ddenly! in the HPEIs! along ca8e a royal fl3sh of apparitions and spiritsC In the *nited States! it started /ith a
83rder in the little ha8let of Hydes4ille! ,e/ (or7! and the lo/ly spirit that l3sted for 4engeanceC
-hen the &o5 fa8ily 8o4ed to their ne/ far8 on Dece8ber HH! HPLF! they had t/o children li4ing /ith the8: "argaret! fo3rteen! and +ate!
ele4enC The older children had already 8o4ed a/ayC The follo/ing year the rapping startedC 038ps in the nightC )apping had been heard in
'er8any once in HGOI and again in England in HFHR! b3t the &o5 fa8ily 7ne/ nothing abo3t those! and finally on "arch EH! HPLP! yo3ng +ate
challenged the 3nseen entity As3rely a de8on\B to repeat the snaps of her fingersC <=XHere! old Splitfoot! do as I doC<=Y #nd it didC This ca3sed a
sensation\ E4ery snap /as echoed by a rap! 3ntil so8eone tho3ght to 8a7e 3p an alphabetical code<=Vone rap for #! t/o for 0! and so
forth<=V/ith /hich the entity laborio3sly spelled o3t the story of ho/ he<=>d been a peddler /ho<=>d been 83rdered in the far8ho3se and
b3ried in the base8entC That s388er a party of 8en began to dig /here the spirit had said his body /as b3riedC They ca8e across charcoal! li8e!
h38an hair! and the bones of a h38an s7eleton! b3t it /as not for another fifty-si5 years that the f3ll s7eleton /as fo3nd in the old <=Xspoo7
ho3se!<=Y together /ith a peddler<=>s tin bo5! /hich yo3 can see in the library at the Spirit3alist co883nity of Lily Dale in ,e/ (or7 StateC
#fter that a lot of people began to hear rapping and 7noc7ingC The &o5 sisters to3red internationally gi4ing readings to people! e5ha3sting the8
/ith spelling o3t the alphabetC -hen the sisters /ere as7ed in one session /hy the spirits /ere co883nicating no/! the ans/er ca8e! <=XIt is to
dra/ 8an7ind together in har8ony and to con4ince s7eptics of the i88ortality of the so3lC<=Y A#las\ If history ser4es as a g3ide! it did no s3ch
thingZ ne4er has s3ch sla3ghter been seen as in the follo/ing t/entieth cent3ryCB
The &o5 sisters got in /ay o4er their headsC %ne had a proble8 /ith alcohol! lost her child to her sister! /ho s3ed for c3stodyZ they /ere both
attac7ed as fra3ds and for artificially creating the l38ino3s s3bstances seen in their s?@ances! not to 8ention the table tilting! /riting on slates!
spirit lights! raps! and the appearance of dise8bodied handsC In one session recorded by Sir -illia8 Croo7es! the disting3ished in4estigator! +ate
&o5<=>s t/o hands /ere held by Sir -illia8 /hile her feet rested on his! and then<=V<=Xa l38ino3s hand ca8e do/n fro8 the 3pper part of the
roo8 C C C too7 a pencil fro8 8y hand! rapidly /rote on a sheet of paper! thre/ the pencil do/n! and then rose o4er o3r heads! grad3ally fading
into dar7nessC<=Y
The &o5 sisters died in the HPNIsC 0y then the Society for Psychical )esearch had been fo3nded by Sir #rth3r Conan Doyle and other scientific
giants of the ti8e AHPPOB! as /ell as the #8erican Society for Psychical )esearch AHPPGB! located in ,e/ (or7 City! both of /hich engaged in
scholarly researchC In HPPL the College of Psychic St3dies for e5periential research /as fo3nded in LondonC #nd anyone can 4isit these a3g3st
organiSations e4en today or ha4e a reading fro8 one of the 8any psychics and seers /ho st3dy and practice at the collegeC
"ean/hile other re8ar7able 8edi38s and int3iti4es /ere cropping 3p! and charges of fra3d contin3ed! so8eti8es /ith ca3seC Sir #rth3r Conan
Doyle e5pressed it s3ccinctly in his boo7 The History of Spirit3alis8 ACo8pleteB: <=Xthere is no 8ore conne5ion bet/een physical 8edi38ship
and 8orality than there is bet/een a refined ear for 83sic and 8oralityC<=Y

T-% %THE) I,T*ITI$E 'I#,TS 83st be 8entioned! tho3gh they did not al/ays spea7 to spiritsC Daniel D3nglas Ho8e! born in HPEE in a 4illage
near Edinb3rgh! /as a conte8porary of the &o5 sistersC He 8o4ed to the *nited States as a child and ret3rned to E3rope as an ad3ltC #rtistic!
refined! of delicate health! /ith a personal rep3lsion for anything sordid and 3gly! he 8o4ed in the highest aristocratic circles of &rance! )3ssia!
Italy! and EnglandC He had e5traordinary po/ers! possessing all fo3r U3alities that Saint Pa3l ter8ed <=Xof the spiritC<=Y -e spea7 of a direct
4oice 8edi38! a trance spea7er! a clair4oyant! and a physical 8edi38! this last ha4ing the ability to prod3ce physical 8anifestations! and Ho8e
co3ld do all fo3rC
In one test! a s8all handbell /as placed on the carpet! and it rang /hen nothing co3ld ha4e to3ched itZ a glass of /ater held by the in4estigator
abo4e Ho8e<=>s head e8ptied 8ysterio3sly and [3st as strangely refilled itself! /etting the hands of the person holding itC "any ti8es Ho8e
/as seen to le4itate and float! li8bs rigid and his body in a nearly horiSontal position! 3p to the ceiling Aonce 8ar7ing it /ith a pencilB or in one
case o3t the sitting roo8 /indo/! passing se4enty feet abo4e the street and then bac7 insideC He /ent o3t headfirst and ret3rned feet firstC
Ho8e /as a deeply religio3s 8anC He ga4e readings to s3ch clients as the a3thors Ed/ard 03l/er-Lytton and TC #C Trollope Abrother of #nthony
TrollopeB! the socialist )obert %/en! and lists of d37es! co3nts! and other royalty! as /ell as ladies of the aristocracyC He too7 no 8oney for his
s7ills and died in po4ertyC Ho8e /as in4estigated by Sir -illia8 Croo7es AHPEO-HNHNB! one of the leading che8ical and physical scientists of his
age! /ho began his in4estigations as a s7eptic! belie4ing e4erything /as a tric7! and against his best [3dg8ent /as forced to confir8 Ho8e<=>s
abilitiesC AThis is the sa8e Croo7es /ho in4estigated the &o5 sisters as /ellCB Croo7es reports that he sa/ Ho8e le4itate at least fifty ti8esC Ho8e
co3ld 4isit an art gallery! stand /ith his bac7 to the /all! and describe the paintings behind hi8 in detailC #t his death the 0ritish press generally
deno3nced Ho8e as a fra3dC
%ne last spirit3al giant reU3ires recognition! the contro4ersial 8ystic and clair4oyant Edgar Cayce! 7no/n as the Sleeping ProphetC 0orn HPFF on a
far8 in +ent3c7y! he began at the age of si5 or se4en to ha4e 4isions! and in those early years he also had an in4isible play8ate /ho later /ent
a/ayC #s a boy Cayce co3ld fall asleep lying on his schoolboo7s and on /a7ing ha4e a photographic 8e8ory of the contentsC #s he gre/! so did his
abilitiesC #t the age of thirteen! he had a 4ision of a bea3tif3l /o8an /ho as7ed hi8 /hat he 8ost /anted in lifeC He told her that! 8ore than
anything! he /anted to help others! especially children /hen they /ere sic7C
He /as a lo4ing h3sband! the father of t/o children! a s7illed photographer! a de4oted S3nday-school teacher! and an eager gardenerC (et for
forty-three years as an ad3lt! Cayce /o3ld lie do/n! fold his hands o4er his sto8ach! and go into a 8editati4e or <=Xsleeping<=Y or trance state!
in /hich he co3ld co883ne /ith people aro3nd the /orld and ans/er U3estions of e4ery type! fro8 hicc3ps to the secrets of the 3ni4erseC He
didn<=>t 7no/ /hat he said in these readingsC 'rad3ally their range e5panded fro8 8edical diagnoses to theology! ed3cation! so3l [o3rneys!
spirit3ality! and psychologyC #fter so8e years! /ith the help of a secretary! he began to 7eep recordsC To pro4ide confidentiality! each reading /as
gi4en a n38erical code! and copies of HL!III of his readings! g3ided by his /ife and recorded by his secretary! are a4ailable to the p3blic at the
#ssociation for )esearch and Enlighten8ent! IncC A#C)CECB! a research body that he fo3nded in HNEH in $irginia 0each! $irginiaC In addition to #C)CEC!
he fo3nded a hospital and a 3ni4ersityC
#s his fa8e increased! so did the de8and for readingsC
-hen indi4id3als as7ed Edgar Cayce ho/ to beco8e 8ore psychic! he ans/ered that the goal is si8ply to beco8e 8ore spirit3al! <=Xfor psychic
is of the so3l!<=Y he said! and as yo3 beco8e 8ore spirit3al! the abilities de4elop nat3rallyC If the indi4id3al is not interested in spirit3al
better8ent! he sho3ld lea4e the s7ills aloneC
0( HNLL! at the height of -orld -ar II! Cayce /as gi4ing eight readings a day! tho3gh e4en his o/n int3ition 3rged hi8 to offer no 8ore than t/o
a day! to slo/ do/n! stopC 03t sac7s of 8ail strea8ed in each day! i8port3ning hi8! and he felt s3ch an obligation to ease the s3ffering he sa/
that he finally collapsed /ith a stro7eC He died ;an3ary E! HNLG! follo/ed three 8onths later by the /ife /ho had s3pported and aided his /or7
since their engage8ent in HPNF! /hen Cayce /as t/enty and 'ertr3de in her teensC
He read the 0ible once for each of his si5ty-eight years! ta3ght at S3nday school! recr3ited 8issionaries! and is said to ha4e agoniSed o4er the iss3e
of /hether his psychic abilities<=Vand the teachings that res3lted<=V/ere spirit3ally legiti8ateC
Thro3gh his 4isions and readings! Edgar Cayce ca8e to belie4e in reincarnation! and he fo3nd it co8patible /ith the de4otion he bro3ght to
ChristianityC AThere is co8pelling e4idence for itC I refer yo3 to the /or7 of DrC Ian Ste4enson! psychiatrist at the *ni4ersity of $irginia! /ho has
fo3nd three tho3sand s3bstantiated cases of reincarnation /orld/ideCB
03t /hat happens at death re8ains a 8ysteryC

I<=>" #"*SED! 0E"*SED! at people getting together to go o3t spirit h3nting /ith their digital ca8eras and a3dio eU3ip8ent! nightly stal7ing
the ha3nted ho8es! ch3rches! granges! and co883nity centers rep3ted to ho3se ghostsC They record the /hispers of dise8bodied entities on
tape or catch on fil8 the orbs of light that /ill scientifically 4erify the in4isible spirit presenceC
<=XHiiii!<=Y the hollo/ /hispers co8eC A(o3 hear it on the tape! clear as the breath they no longer ha4eCB So8eti8es they gi4e a na8eC
<=X-ho are yo36<=Y as7s the a8ate3r researcherC
<=XI<=>8 'race `or Do3g! or 0ill! or ,aanceeeyaC<=Y
Perhaps the tape re4eals the sU3ea7 of a footstep! as if so8eone /ere treading on a loose boardC So8eti8es the ca8era sho/s strea7s of light or
orbsC "ost i8ages on the fil8 are the prod3cts of d3st! b3gs! 8ist! fog! a ca8era strap! or 8isplaced th38b! b3t so8eti8es! I<=>8 told! a
discarnate spirit appears in the for8 of a blob of lightC The ghost h3nters are serio3s abo3t their /or7 and [oin cl3bs and leag3esC The "id-#tlantic
Paranor8al )esearch Co3ncil A"#P)CB is one s3ch gro3p! and its 8e8bers are nor8al! ordinary fol7C They are ed3cated! infor8ed! engaged! and
c3rio3s<=Vthe 7ind of people yo3<=>d 8eet at any social f3nctionC
I ha4e no interest in [oining the8C I find 8yself rebelling against their /or7C -hat I<=>8 saying is that I belie4e! and in the ne5t breath don<=>t!
re4erting to the protection of intellect3al distasteC -hen I see a spirit 8yself or /hene4er I ha4e a pre8onition or int3ition 8yself! I belie4eC I
tr3stC -hen ca3ght 3p in the 8agnificence of a 8ystical enco3nter! I belie4eC 03t /hen so8ething happens to the person standing ne5t to 8e
/hile I see nothing C C C I don<=>t 7no/ /hat to thin7C
It is 4ery diffic3lt to rearrange one<=>s ideas so as to fit these ne/ facts inC %nce one has accepted the8! it does not see8 a 4ery big step to
belie4e in ghosts and bogiesC The idea that o3r bodies 8o4e si8ply according to the 7no/n la/s of physics C C C /o3ld be one of the first to goC
#L#, T*)I,'! 8athe8atician /ho helped brea7 the 'er8an Enig8a cryptograph 8achine d3ring -orld -ar II
SPI)ITS! 'H%STS! DE$#S! P%%+#S! and poltergeists<=Vthe s3perstition of it all\ %n one le4el I find these things re4oltingC Soon /e<=>ll be bac7 in
pagan ti8es! /hen e4ery tree and st38p and spring and roc7y cliff /as tho3ght to harbor its o/n god! to /ho8 a tra4eler had better 8a7e
appropriate sacrifice if he /ished to pass 3nscathedC
#nd yet I heard 8y 8other<=>s 4oice after she<=>d died! calling 8e o3t of sleep by 8y childhood nic7na8e: <=X-a7e 3p\ -a7e 3p\<=Y *rging
8e to h3rry to 8eet 8y friendsC #nd not long ago I stayed in the t/o-h3ndred-year-old ho3se of a friend in 03c7s Co3nty! Pennsyl4ania! /here I
/as a/a7ened in the night by a patter of fairy footsteps and then a sin7ing of the bed as so8eone sat do/n on itC The cat! I tho3ght! e4en as I
7ne/ it /as a spirit leaning o4er c3rio3sly to e5a8ine 8eC I /as not afraidC It got 3p a 8o8ent later and drifted silently a/ay: no catC
It<=>s a tr3is8 that before any scientific disco4ery is 8ade its creati4e thin7er is often despised! conde8nedC -e thin7 of DrC IgnaS Philipp
Se88el/eis AHPHP-HPRGB! then /or7ing in the $ienna 'eneral Hospital! /ho proposed in HPLF that the high death rate of 8others /ho deli4ered
in hospital 8ight be red3ced if the doctors /ho 8o4ed directly fro8 perfor8ing an a3topsy to deli4ering the baby 8erely /ashed their hands in
a chlorine sol3tion before to3ching the 8otherC He fo3nd that this si8ple proced3re red3ced the deaths in his hospital fro8 HI percent to H or O
percentC ,onetheless he /as so 4ilified! h38iliated! and harassed that he /as forced to 8o4e to PestC He ended his life in a 8ental instit3tion!
/here in a t/ist of fate he died of the septice8ia he tried to pre4entC This /as in HPRL! before Paste3r disco4ered the ger8 theory that
corroborated his insightC
#nother e5a8ple is -illia8 Har4ey! /ho in HROP declared that the heart acted as a p38p! circ3lating blood thro3gho3t the body and that it co3ld
be heard as a p3lse or heartbeatC His idea /as considered ridic3lo3s! since e4eryone 7ne/ that the body /as controlled by h38ors! a theory
propo3nded by the 'ree7 anato8ist 'alen a tho3sand years beforeZ and s3ch is the po/er of s3ggestion that /hen the doctors of Har4ey<=>s
ti8e tried to test his o3tlandish proposal they really co3ld not hear the heartbeat that /o3ld ha4e pro4ed his caseC
fifteen
E,TE)I,' THE &%)0IDDE,
# 8an or /o8an /ho is a 8edi38 or /iSard shall be p3t to deathZ they shall be stoned /ith stones! their blood shall be 3pon the8C
LE$ITIC*S OI:OF

&)%" E#)LIEST TI"ES C%"E tales of gods and heroes /ho descended into Death<=>s dar7 real8 and ret3rned to tell of itC #ccording to the
8yths of ancient S38er! a ci4iliSation that flo3rished fro8 GIII to EIII 0C in /hat is no/ so3thern IraU! it too7 three days and three nights to
tra4el to the *nder/orld and bac7C The goddess Inanna once did it! shedding a piece of clothing at each of the se4en gates to +3r! 3ntil she arri4ed
na7ed at the final portal! and aloneC It is a fitting 8etaphor! for e4eryone dies na7ed and aloneC In this long story! the goddess ret3rned to earth
for si5 8onths of e4ery year b3t only beca3se her sister 4ol3nteered to ta7e her place for those si5 8onthsC
Tho3sands of years later in the 8yths of ancient 'reece! Persephone! da3ghter of De8eter! goddess of fertility! did not <=Xgo gentle into that
dar7 night<=Y b3t! capt3red by Hades! the 'od of the *nder/orld! /as ra4ished and carried forcibly into the land of shado/sC There! grie4ing and
sorro/ing! she ref3sed to eat! /hile one te8pting dish after another /as placed before herC &inally! to appease dar7 Hades! she s3c7ed si5 s8all
po8egranate seeds on her tong3e and by that act /as trapped! an echo of Inanna! for si5 8onths of e4ery year! one for each seedC &or si5 happy
s388er 8onths each year! she ret3rned to /al7 /ith her lo4ely 8other! De8eter! and at each footstep flo/ers and plants sprang 3p behind
the8 on the fertile gro3nd! only to die again as Persephone departed for the ne5t si5 barren 8onthsC
The god #donis Ado yo3 hear the resonance of his na8e in the Se8itic #donai! <=X"y Lord<=Y or <=X"aster!<=Y /hich is fro8 an *garitic /ord
8eaning <=Xfather<=Y or <=Xlord<=Y6B also descended into Hades! b3t he ret3rned s3ccessf3lly! as did the se8i8ortal %rphe3s! /ho played the
lyre so brilliantly that no li4ing creat3re co3ld /ithstand the char8 of his 83sicC 'rie4ing for his belo4ed /ife! E3rydice! %rphe3s played for Hades!
beseeching hi8 to ret3rn E3rydice to lifeC So 8o4ed /as the god of death that he granted the /ishC #ll %rphe3s had to do /as /al7 bac7 3p the
steep slope to/ard life! playing his 83sicC E3rydice /o3ld follo/! b3t /hate4er he did! %rphe3s 83st tr3st and not loo7 bac7C He /al7ed that long
diffic3lt 8ile! playing and str3ggling against his do3bt<=V-as she really behind hi86 -as he the br3nt of a [o7e6<=Vand 8ade it al8ost to the
throat of the passage/ay of death! /hen! 3nable to bear the tension any longer! he glanced behind! only to see the shade of his belo4ed! /ho!
silently follo/ing! had acU3ired the heftiness of a s3bstantial fog<=Vas she faded! and slipped bac7 into deathC
%ther heroes /ho challenged the di8ension of death incl3de Herc3les A/ho had to capt3re Cerber3s! the ho3nd of Hades! in one of his near-
i8possible laborsB! Pythagoras! These3s! and Piritho3sC %dysse3s! the crafty /arrior of Troy! descended to the *nder/orld to cons3lt Tiresias! the
blind seer! and there he sa/ his o/n 8other! /ho had died d3ring his long absence at /arC She scolded hi8 as 8others doC
# tho3sand years later! in $irgil<=>s #eneid! the Tro[an fo3nder of )o8e li7e/ise descended to hell! for by then no literary hero co3ld pass it byC
'lendo/er: I can call spirits fro8 the 4asty deep
Hotsp3r: -hy! so can I! or so can any 8anZ
03t /ill they co8e /hen yo3 do call for the86
HE,)( I$! P#)T I! #CT III ! H:GE - GG
#LL THE #,CIE,T C*LT*)ES fro8 "esopota8ia to the Celts belie4ed in di4ination! 8agic! and /ays to /in the fa4ors of the godsC %r to infer their
/illC
"agic refers to h38an efforts to affect nat3re and the gods! and di4ination to gaining infor8ation abo3t the f3t3reC In the polytheistic /orld of
ancient ti8es! s3ch practices /ere /idespread Athin7 of the fa8o3s oracle at Delphi in 'reeceBC %nly the ancient Israelites prohibited di4ination!
for 'od alone had total control! co883nicating thro3gh his priestsC To Israel di4ination /as seen as an act of insolent h3bris Aif I 8ay 3se the
'ree7-root /ordB on the part of a h38an! of arrogance! the 8ar7 of so8eone ready to ele4ate hi8self to the le4el of #l8ighty 'odC The
p3nish8ent /as deathC
03t e4en in ancient Israel! the longing for s3pernal 7no/ledge snea7ed inC Spea7ing to spiritsC Probing for the -ill of 'odC -hen the prophet
Sa83el died Anote the slippery distinction bet/een di4ination and prophecyB! and Sa3l beca8e the ne/ Aand firstB 7ing! al8ost his initial act /as
to banish all the /iSards and seers! int3iti4es! psychics! and 8edi38s fro8 the landC Soon after! the Philistine ar8y gathered on the borders 3nder
the leadership of #<=>chish! and Da4id Aof /ho8 it /as s3ng that Sa3l had 7illed his tho3sand b3t Da4id his ten tho3sandB! no/ Sa3l<=>s 8ortal
ene8y! had raised his o/n ar8y fighting on the Philistine sideC -hen Sa3l sa/ the forces gathered on the plain! his heart failed hi8C He felt
abandoned by 'odC He had neither drea8s nor int3itions abo3t /hat to doC
Then he sent a ser4ant to go find the /itch of Endor! a fa8o3s 8edi38! /ho channeled a g3iding spirit! or fa8iliar! as it /as calledC Sa3l! disg3ised
and hidden 3nder the dar7ness of night! /ent to 4isit her /ith t/o co8panionsC He as7ed her to call 3p her g3ide and ha4e it bring forth the spirit
of so8eone he /o3ld na8eC
The /o8an /as no foolC <=X*nh-3nh!<=Y she saidC <=X-hat is this! a tric7 to get 8e 7illed6<=Y Sa3l s/ore by the Lord 'od #l8ighty
Aapparently forgetting the Third Co88and8entB that she /o3ld not be har8edC He pro8isedC Then the /o8an /ent into an altered trance stateC
<=X-ho8 shall I bring 3p fro8 the Dead for yo36<=Y she as7edC He ans/ered! <=XSa83elC<=Y #nd /hen she sa/ Sa83el! she ga4e a great cry
and recogniSed her 4isitor as Sa3lC Sa3l as7ed /hat Sa83el loo7ed li7e! and she ans/ered that he /as an old 8an! co4ered /ith a 8antleC Sa3l
hi8self co3ld see the spirit no/! and he bo/ed to the gro3nd at its feetC
<=X-hy ha4e yo3 dist3rbed 8e6<=Y Sa83el de8anded in ra/ irritationZ and /hen Sa3l told hi8 that the Philistines /ere 8a7ing /ar! that he
/as afraid and that 'od had abandoned hi8! that he didn<=>t ha4e int3itions any8ore! not e4en prophetic drea8s! and that he needed help and
/hat /as he to do! Sa83el lost all patienceC
<=X-hy do yo3 co8e to 8e!<=Y he de8anded! <=Xseeing that 'od has departed fro8 yo3 and ta7en yo3r 7ingdo8 and is gi4ing it to Da4id6
(o3 didn<=>t listen to 'od! and this is /hat yo3 getC To8orro/!<=Y he prophesied! <=Xyo3 and yo3r sons and the /hole Israelite ar8y /ill be
4anU3ished by the PhilistinesC<=Y Then he disappeared! and Sa3l fell flat on the earth! /eeping and sore afraidC
Sa3l hadn<=>t eaten in daysC The 7ind /o8an of Endor pre4ailed on hi8 to nibble so8e bread and parta7e of a calf that she 7illed and coo7ed for
hi8 to restore his strengthC
The ne5t day the t/o ar8ies 8etC This /as the battle in /hich all three of Sa3l<=>s sons /ere 7illed Aone being ;onathan! Da4id<=>s closest
friendB and in /hich Sa3l hi8self /as /o3nded by arro/sC Sa3l as7ed his ar8or bearer to finish hi8 off! and /hen the boy ref3sed! Sa3l fell on his
o/n s/ord and co88itted s3icide! lest he be capt3red by the ene8y and tort3red and his corpse defiledC The ar8or bearer 7illed hi8self /ith
Sha7espearean ine4itability! and the Israelite ar8y /as destroyed as foreseen by the so-called /itch of Endor! the 8edi38C

&)%" #S &#) 0#C+ as the fifth cent3ry 0C! the )o8ans! li7e/ise! opposed 8agic and /itchcraft! /hich typically 8eant casting c3rses and
spreading disease! or 8a7ing crops fail! or concocting poisons and 3sing the8C 03t if they ad8ired anything! it /as di4ination! a practice their
priests perfor8ed reg3larly! reading the entrails of b3tchered ani8als or /atching for signs fro8 the gods! s3ch as a floc7 of birds flying past a
pillar! or a rainbo/ at the right 8o8ent! or a co8et passing o4er or a l3nar or solar eclipse! all of /hich i8pacted h38an li4esC "ean/hile the
prohibition against 8agic and /itchcraft contin3ed! and fear of the8 ran highC
#fter the fall of )o8e! in LFR! the &ran7ish 7ing Clo4is pro83lgated the Salic la/! /hich fined anyone tying a /itch<=>s 7not or practicing
/itchcraftC So the prohibition goes bac7 long before the later persec3tions of the Christian Ch3rchC In fact! in its early years! the Catholic Ch3rch
tried to sta8p o3t the deep-rooted fol7 horror of /itchcraft as ran7 s3perstition that enco3raged 4iolence! 4igilante death sU3ads! and atrocitiesC
03t grad3ally the Ch3rch began to eU3ate /itchcraft /ith heresy! the latter being i8portant to destroyC Clai8s of secret 8eetings! orgies! feeding
on babies! of flying thro3gh the air! or t3rning 8il7 so3r! of pacts /ith the De4il! r38ors of desecrating the E3charist! of shape-shifting and
creating 8agic oint8ents /ere all considered signals of /itchcraft and the occ3ltC Horses fo3nd s/eating in their stalls in the 8orning /ere said to
be hag-riddenC 0y then no one 7ne/ the difference bet/een s/eet int3ition and a paranor8al e5perienceZ it all fell 3nder the aegis of the
forbiddenC ;oan of #rc /as b3rned at the sta7e as a /itch for hearing 4oicesC
0eginning aro3nd HLGI! the fear and prohibition beca8e a 8ania that lasted for the ne5t t/o h3ndred yearsC "illions of /o8en /ere tort3red
and 83rdered d3ring this fearf3l ti8e: anyone /ith 7no/ledge of healing herbsZ anyone /ho ad8itted to ha4ing had a prescient or 3n3s3al
drea8 or a crisis int3itionZ anyone /ho gli8psed an angel<=>s /ing! felt the 3ps/eeping ra4ish8ent and [oy of a spirit3al e5perience<=Vall /ere
s3spected of interco3rse /ith the De4ilC They /ere b3rned ali4e! dro/ned! hanged! or stoned to deathC They /ere cr3shed /ith 8illstones on
their chestC They /ere torn li8b fro8 li8b! and if /e are to belie4e the fairy tales! they 8ay ha4e also been ha88ered into nail-st3dded barrels
and rolled do/nhillC If they s3r4i4ed the <=Xtest!<=Y li4ed thro3gh the dro/ning! for e5a8ple! it only pro4ed their /itchiness! and they /ere
7illed a little 8ore efficiently ne5t ti8e aro3ndC #ny /o8an /itho3t a h3sband or father or brother or fort3ne to protect her /as s3spect! as /as
any /o8an /ho reached a certain age! for hags and crones /ere 3gly! and 3gliness a proof of e4ilC #nd this contin3ed /ell into the HFIIsC ,o
/onder /e still hesitate to tal7 of int3itions to this day! or psychic and paranor8al e5periences! 83ch less of spirit entitiesC
<=X%h! the de4il! the de4il!<=Y /e say /hen /e 8ight be saying! <=X'od\ 'od\<=YC C C I a8 U3ite s3re I<=>8 8ore afraid of people /ho are
the8sel4es terrified of the de4il than I a8 of the De4il hi8selfC
S#I,T TE)ES# %& ?b$IL#
E4en today the prohibition against di4ination is rooted in o3r conditioning Afort3ne-telling6\B! and yo3 don<=>t ha4e to be ;e/ish to feel a n3dge
of so8ething <=X/rong<=Y as yo3 sign 3p for classes! as if there are so8e things /e<=>re not s3pposed to 7no/C
The fe/ classes I<=>4e ta7en! tho3gh! /ere all and al/ays abo3t increasing yo3r spirit3al discern8ent! abo3t /idening yo3r conscio3s contact
/ith 'od! and gro/ing spirit3allyC 0y /hich I 8ean gro/ing in co8passion and e8pathy! 7indness and charityC The e8phasis is on prayer!
h38ility! and ser4ice to those in needC Tr3e! the teachers 8ay s3ggest that yo3 p3t a red light in yo3r closet! the better to see a ghostly apparitionZ
or they enco3rage the 3se of tools s3ch as a pend3l38 or tarot cards! a %3i[a board! a do/sing /and or crystal ball! or other for8s of scryingC
They 8ay ad4ise on /hat digital ca8era to 3se to capt3re the /ispy i8age of an e8anationC 03t these are 8erely aids for yo3r o/n int3itionC
#t its highest le4el! the teachings are in no /ay a fort3ne-telling tric7C It is p3rification and discipline that they 3rgeC
Part I$
)E#DI,' THE #I)
It is not I b3t the &ather /ithin that does these thingsC
;ES*S CH)IST
si5teen
PE)CEI$I,'
#l8ighty 'od! 3nto /ho8 all hearts be
open! all desires 7no/n! and fro8
/ho8 no secrets are hidZ cleanse the
tho3ghts of o3r hearts by the inspiration
of thy Holy Spirit! that /e 8ay perfectly
lo4e thee! and /orthily 8agnify thy holy
,a8e: thro3gh Christ o3r LordC #8enC
EPISC%P#L C%LLECT

%,E ,E- (%)+ PS(CHIC or int3iti4e /ho as7ed not to be na8ed ga4e a reading to the sister of a dear friendC The sister /anted to rent an office
for her b3siness! and she had fo3nd a site that see8ed to fit her needsC He ad4ised her to /aitC Don<=>t ta7e itC In a fe/ /ee7s! he said! another
opport3nity /o3ld present itself that /o3ld be 83ch better! and that<=>s the one she sho3ld rentC
S3re eno3gh! in a fe/ /ee7s the resta3rant in the sa8e b3ilding closed! and the space! /hich /as larger than the original office and /ith floor-to-
ceiling /indo/s o4erloo7ing the street! ca8e 3p for rentC
So8e psychics ha4e their gifts fro8 earliest childhood! li7e one I 7no/! /hose parents belonged to a Spirit3alist ch3rch in 0alti8ore and practiced
gi4ing readings on each other at ho8eC It /as no 8ore of a s3rprise that their son sho3ld de8onstrate psychic ability as a little boy than that
"oSart! son of a 83sician! /o3ld ha4e 83sical talentC %thers ha4e the s7ill fro8 childhood despite the fact that no one in the fa8ily de8onstrates
the talent and 8ay e4en be disco3raged fro8 3sing theirsC %thers disco4er their gifts late in life after so8e re8ar7able e5perience! a 8o3ntaintop
8ystical e5perience! or Aand this is tr3e of 8any 8edi38sB a loss or tragedyC 0renda "arshall! an English psychic /ho ser4ed for ten years as
president of London<=>s College of Psychic St3dies! /as one of these! acU3iring her abilities only after the death of her h3sband! /hen! 3pon
agreeing to /or7 te8porarily as a secretary at the college to help o3t a friend! she disco4ered to her a8aSe8ent that she herself /as psychicC
%ften it /as her h3sband /ho8 she felt g3iding and s3pporting her d3ring a readingC
#nd so8e people ta7e classes and st3dy /ith the ind3stry of the yo3ng /iSards at Hog/arts! de4eloping their s7ill by hard /or7! the /ay a child
learns to /al7 by falling do/n again and again and p3lling hi8self 3p each ti8e 3ntil he finds his balance and /al7sC ,o sense of fail3re for a childC
# child learns to read the sa8e /ay! st3dying the alphabet and p3tting the letters into /ords! 3ntil one day he can read deep philosophical
treatises /itho3t e4en /ondering ho/ he does itC E4erything ta7es practice! after allC
Still others disco4er their abilities by accident! as I didC I tell the story not to blo/ 8y o/n horn! for there are h3ndreds of tho3sands of psychics
and 8edi38s! and 8any /ith finer sensiti4ities than 8ine! b3t rather to ill3strate the generosity of the Di4ine: 'od<=>s grace lies e4ery/hereC
#nd once again /e<=>re re8inded to t3rn all things o4er to 'od! as7ing only to ser4e 3nselfishlyC %nce again /e<=>re re8inded to tr3st o3r
int3ition! those fragile /hispers to the heart that co8e to 3s 3nbidden<=Vgifts po3red 3pon o3r heads! anointing 3s /ith oilC
It began so8e years agoC I had been in one of 8y tro3ghs! bet/een boo7s /ith nothing to /rite Aal/ays diffic3lt for a /riterBC #s the 8onths
passed! I despaired that I /asn<=>t doing anything /ith 8y lifeC I /anted to be of ser4iceC I /anted to be 3sef3l in so8e /ayC I prayed and
prayed! as7ing for directionC -here /as I s3pposed to be6 -hat /as I s3pposed to do6 <=XSho/ 8e! sho/ 8eC<=Y I prayed fr3itlesslyC #nd then!
one 8orning I /o7e 3p fro8 a so3nd sleep /ith the startlingly clear 7no/ledge: <=X,e/ (or7 CityC Si5 8onthsC<=Y
#nd the leap of 8y heart! the p3rity of the yes\ That I ha4e co8e to associate /ith the -ill of 'odC
"y [oy /as follo/ed instantly by do3btC
<=X,e/ (or7 City\ I can<=>t afford ,e/ (or7\<=Y #nd then! the in/ard reproof and re8inder: <=XDon<=>t be sillyC #ll things are possible /ith
'odC<=Y
That 8orning I phoned t/o people I 7ne/ in ,e/ (or7C %ne of the8 /as a school8ate I hadn<=>t tal7ed to in yearsC -hat 8ade 8e thin7 of her6
<=XI<=>8 considering co8ing to ,e/ (or7 for fo3r or fi4e 8onths!<=Y I said! already bargaining do/n the ti8e fra8eC <=XIf yo3 7no/ anyone
/ho has a f3rnished apart8ent to s3blet CCC<=Y
"y class8ate said! <=XI don<=>t 7no/ of anything! b3t 8aybe Charlotte can help yo3C Here<=>s her n38berC<=Y
It t3rned o3t that Charlotte /as a real estate agentC I left a 8essage on her ans/ering 8achine at /or7C
That 8orning Charlotte /as getting the 8ail in her b3ilding /hen a /o8an ca8e 3p to her and said! <=X(o3 do real estate! don<=>t yo36 "y
friend "ary [3st died! and the fa8ily /ants to find so8eone to rent her t/o-bedroo8! f3rnished! rent-controlled apart8ent for si5 8onthsC<=Y
-hen she got to /or7! there /as 8y 8essage on her ans/ering 8achineC Coincidence6 Serendipity6 I only 7no/ that<=>s ho/ a st3nning! t/o-
bedroo8 rent-controlled apart8ent on the fashionable East Side ca8e to 8eC
I /ent to ,e/ (or7 /ith no idea /hy I /as there or /hat I /o3ld doC -as I s3pposed to 8o4e there per8anently6 A,oCB -as I to 8eet so8eone6 I
still don<=>t 7no/C 03t one of the people I 8et d3ring this ti8e /as Charlotte! and /e beca8e close friends! li4ing in the sa8e apart8ent
b3ildingC She /as 4ery sic7C The doctors didn<=>t 7no/ /hat /as /rongC -e tal7ed a lot abo3t death d3ring the ne5t 8onths! tho3gh neither of
3s 7ne/ that /ithin the year she /o3ld be dead! and I /onder so8eti8es if 8eeting her and the deep con4ersations /e had late into the ,e/
(or7 nights 8ight be one reason /hy I /as <=Xsent<=Y to ,e/ (or7C
Coincidence is 'od<=>s /ay of perfor8ing a 8iracle anony8o3slyC
#,%,("%*S
0y coincidence! ho/e4er! I<=>d been contacted [3st before 8o4ing to ,e/ (or7 by the no/-def3nct organiSation Healing -or7s! /hich pro4ided
alternati4e healing to the poor and disenfranchised! to those /ho co3ld not afford ac3p3nct3re! 8assage! psychotherapy! )ei7i! cranial-sacral! or
other healing energy 8odalitiesC It /as r3n by ;3lie -inter! an e5ceptional /o8an /ho /as a 4isionary! healer! int3iti4e! and therapistC #nd here
is another e5a8ple of the 8ysterio3s /or7ings of 'odC Ho/ 8any little t3c7s in ti8e and s8all coincidences /ere in4ol4ed in orchestrating the
con4ergence of o3r disparate li4es6 I offered to 4ol3nteer /ith the8C
<=X-hat can yo3 do6<=Y ;3lie as7ed 8e! /hen I arri4ed to offer 8y ser4icesC
<=X-hate4er yo3 needC Lic7 en4elopes! /or7 the co8p3ters! help /ith yo3r 8ailing lists<=V/hate4er /o3ld be 3sef3l to yo3C<=Y
She loo7ed at 8eC She 7ne/ 8y boo7sC <=X,o!<=Y she said fir8lyC <=XI /on<=>t /aste yo3 on thatC (o3<=>ll gi4e readingsC<=Y
<=X)eadings6<=Y I /as appalledC
<=X(o3 can do it!<=Y she said confidentlyC <=X(o3 ha4e angels /ith yo3C I<=>ll send yo3 clientsC<=Y
#nd that<=>s ho/ I spent the ne5t fo3r 8onths! learning to tr3st 8y int3ition and the /ords that fell fro8 8y 8o3thC To this day! I don<=>t
7no/ /hy ;3lie 7ne/ I co3ld do itC -as it int3ition on her part! or did she si8ply 3nderstand that creati4e people ha4e this sensiti4ity6

I D%,<=>T THI,+ %& 8yself as a 8edi38C I thin7 of 8yself as gi4ing an int3iti4e or spirit3al readingC So8eti8es Ab3t not al/aysB an angel
appears and so8eti8es Ab3t not al/aysB a spiritC 03t so8eti8es I feel I a8 8erely dipping into the client<=>s history in so8e 8ysterio3s fashion
that I don<=>t 3nderstand 8yselfC
0efore she arri4es! I as7 the client to /rite do/n all her U3estionsC It<=>s not for 8eC I don<=>t /ant to see the listC )ather! I /ant to 8a7e s3re
that she doesn<=>t go a/ay and later re8e8ber an i8portant U3estion: <=XDarn\ I forgot to as7 abo3t s3ch and s3chC<=Y
0efore she arri4es! I go into a prayerf3l stateC I t3rn the co8ing session o4er to the Holy Spirit! praying that I 8ay <=Xhear<=Y /hat is needed and
spea7 /ords that /ill stri7e her heart! her so3lC I pray for ill38inationC I pray for clarity! for a /ay to be of helpC
I ha4e one special place in 8y apart8ent reser4ed for 8editation and for readingsC -hen the client arri4es! I settle her on the sofa! and I pray
again! this ti8e /ith herC
Straining or stri4ing to <=Xrecei4e<=Y an int3ition or psychic ill38ination is 3selessC It thro/s 3p a bric7 /all and /ards off the e5perienceC
I as7 to hold so8ething i8b3ed /ith the client<=>s energyC It co3ld be her ring or nec7lace! 7eys or /atchC This practice is called psycho8etry!
/hereby yo3 <=Xfeel<=Y the history of an ob[ectC E4ery ob[ect carries an energy 8e8ory! as it /ereC #8brose -orrall! the sensiti4e and healer!
tells ho/ once as a yo3th he pic7ed 3p a c3rio3s 8etal bracelet and /as str3c7 by pain across his bac7! li7e the lash of a /hipC The bracelet had
been /orn by a sla4e girl fro8 ,orth #frica /ho had been /hipped to deathC I 7no/ of one pal8 reader /ho holds the person<=>s hand! b3t
/hat she is doing is reading not the lines so 83ch as the client<=>s energy field! in the sa8e /ay that I 3se a set of 7eys or a ringC %f co3rse! so8e
seers do not need to hold an ob[ect! and indeed I<=>4e gi4en readings holding nothingC 03t psycho8etry is a 8ethod I feel co8fortable /ithC
Perhaps yo3<=>4e had the e5perience yo3rselfC (o3 are dra/n to a partic3lar [e/el! or! con4ersely! yo3 a4oid /earing another one and can<=>t
for the life of yo3 say /hyC If the client has bro3ght no ob[ect! I hold the list of U3estions! folded into a tiny ballC
,o/ that /e are settled! I /rite do/n the client<=>s f3ll na8e and date of birthC I ta7e a breath and go into a slightly altered state! not a f3ll
tranceC #8 I 3sing the delta brain /a4es6 Theta6 I ha4e no ideaC -ords spill fro8 8y 8o3thC Ho/ do I 7no/ the things I say6 It<=>s beyond
co8prehensionC 03t one thing I<=>4e learned to do is to spea7 e5actly /hat I<=>8 seeing! e4en if the 4ision 8a7es no sense! for either it 8a7es
sense to the client! or else Aand I 8yself ha4e had this e5perienceB she goes a/ay and a fe/ days later s8ac7s her bro/ in s3dden recognition:
<=X%f co3rse\ That<=>s /hat that /as abo3t\<=Y
This is /hy I li7e the client to tape or /rite do/n e4erything that<=>s said! for these are not 8y /ords! the lang3age of 8y o/n li8ited
3nderstandingC They co8e fro8 so8e/here else! so8eti8es in a style that is often precise and different! 3sing 3n3s3al /ords or i8ageryC
%ften I don<=>t re8e8ber after/ard 83ch of /hat /as saidC I cannot repeat the session! therefore! once I<=>8 o3t of the altered stateC I can
only re8e8ber the gist of things and so8eti8es not e4en thatC
*s3ally the first i8pression co8es to 8e as a 4is3al i8age! and I<=>4e learned to tr3st these s/ift 8etaphors! tooC
I re8e8ber one of the first readings I ga4e in ,e/ (or7C I /as still 3ncertain at the ti8e that I co3ld really do itC I settled the pretty yo3ng 8other
on a chair opposite 8e! too7 3p the ring she offered! /rote do/n her na8e and birth date<=Vand s3ddenly I sa/ a 8o3se sc3rrying aro3nd on the
floor! here! there! e4ery/here! frantic! frenSied! changing direction e4ery t/o feetC I co3ld feel 8y heart po3nding\ It so startled 8e that I
didn<=>t 7no/ /hat to doC Did it ha4e anything to do /ith this /o8an6 I /as by no 8eans s3re! b3t re8e8bering to tr3st! re8e8bering that
I<=>d been ta3ght to tell e4erything that ca8e to 8e! I started to describe it! and the girl lifted her head! eyes filled /ith tears: <=X(es! that<=>s
8eC I can<=>t stop r3nningC<=Y
<=X-e h38ans are poro3sC<=Y "ary ;o Peebles is a -ashington psychotherapist /ho disco4ered this in her o/n /or7C <=X-e pic7 3p /hat is
going on in othersC<=Y
#nd still it doesn<=>t e5plain the appearance of spiritsC

I<=>" #S+ED if I<=>4e e4er recei4ed nothing in a readingC It<=>s happened t/iceC The first ti8e I /as [3st beginningC The client /as a /o8an
in her early thirties! /ith strong blac7 hairC I held her ring in 8y closed fistC I closed 8y eyes and got CCC SeroC Total dar7nessC ,o so3ndC ,o tasteC
,o sightC ,othingC Pitch-blac7C
S3icide is not an optionC The /ords popped into 8y head! b3t I /asn<=>t abo3t to say the8 o3t lo3d to herC
&inally I ga4e her ring bac7 and ad8itted that I co3ldn<=>t gi4e a readingC I didn<=>t 7no/ /hy! b3t I /asn<=>t <=Xgetting<=Y anythingC If s3ch
a thing happened to 8e no/! I<=>d spea7 bra4ely /hat I sa/ and heard! b3t being so ne/ I didn<=>t tr3st 8y int3ition yetC I didn<=>t 7no/
/hat to doC I offered her a healing )ei7i treat8ent instead! and she agreedC In this for8 of healing to3ch! the client lies f3lly clothed on a 8assage
table! /hile the practitioner places her hands gently abo4e or on her bodyC Energy flo/s into the clientC It is /ar8 and soothingC It is golden in
color or /hiteC It has an electrical energy! and it fills yo3! 8o4ing nat3rally to those places that need healingC The practitioner doesn<=>t need to
7no/ or <=Xdo<=Y anythingC Instincti4ely her hands /ill tell her /here to 8o4e! send energyC T/o or three ti8es d3ring the )ei7i session the
sa8e /ords ca8e to 8y 8ind: S3icide is not an optionC
I<=>d ne4er e5perienced anything li7e this beforeC I co3ld tell she /as angry! depressedC E4en the )ei7i felt 3ns3ccessf3l! for the /o8an /as
resistant! deliberately and p3rposef3lly bloc7ing energyC
#s she left! I held the door for her and 3ne5pectedly bl3rted it o3t: <=XS3icide is not an optionC<=Y
She t3rned /ith the ferocity of a tiger\ <=XHo/ dare yo3\<=Y she criedC <=X-hat do yo3 7no/6 -ho do yo3 thin7 yo3 are6<=Y
She left in a f3ryC She didn<=>t deny the idea! and I felt 8iserableC I sho3ld ha4e spo7en 3p earlier! /hen /e /o3ld ha4e had a chance to tal7C
To this day! I don<=>t 7no/ /hat happened to herC I phoned ;3lia! /ho had sent her to 8e! and reported 8y concernC I /as told that her brother
had co88itted s3icide earlier and that her therapist /o3ld be notifiedC I ne4er sa/ her again! b3t I ha4e not forgotten that single ti8e /hen I 8et
nothing b3t a dar7 4oidC
The second occasion ca8e years laterC # /o8an arri4ed for a reading! [a3nty and electric /ith energyC She hoo7ed her sho3lder-length bro/n hair
behind her ears and happily handed 8e her 7eysC I /ent into 8y slightly altered state! and for the second ti8e felt CCC nothingC It /as U3eerC
&inally! in defeat! I ret3rned the 7eys to herC I co3ldn<=>t lieC
<=XI<=>8 sorryC I g3ess I can<=>t gi4e yo3 a readingC I<=>8 not getting anythingC<=Y
<=X'ood\<=Y She bro7e into a h3ge s8ileC <=X,o/ I 7no/ yo3<=>re for realC They aren<=>t 8y 7eysC That /as a testC They aren<=>t anythingC
If yo3<=>d gi4en 8e a reading 3sing those! I /o3ldn<=>t ha4e belie4ed yo3C Here are 8ineC I<=>8 readyC<=Y
0eforehand! I al/ays feel I<=>8 not going to <=Xget<=Y anything and so8eti8es I feel that /ay d3ring the reading: no angels! no spirits! and not
e4en 83ch infor8ationC %ften that<=>s /hen people later /rite to tell 8e /hat a good reading they recei4edC So /hat do I 7no/6 The /hole
process teaches h38ilityC

S%"E PE%PLE -%,DE) ho/ the psychic gi4es bad ne/s! and others 8ay e4en ref3se to 4isit an int3iti4e for fear of hearing infor8ation she
hasn<=>t strength to bearC 03t loo7C Ho/ do /e 7no/ /hat is <=Xgood<=Y or <=Xbad<=Y6 %ften the 4ery things /e clai8 to be <=Xbad<=Y
co8e trailing clo3ds of glory! /hile those s3ccesses /e tr38pet as o3r tri38phs 8ay pierce o3r flesh /ith thornsC A"y children ha4e ta7en to
as7ing their little ones! <=X-hat /as the rose in yo3r day! and /hat the thorn6<=Y<=Va U3estion that a4oids all [3dg8ents of good and badCB
In e4ery life /e face challengesC # crisis can be an opport3nityC I spea7 of ho/ best to rise to the occasionC I spea7 of /isdo8! attit3de! choices!
and of strengths and opport3nities! for these e8po/er and offer hopeC
Ho/ to Tell So8eone He or She Has a Disease
I don<=>tC I<=>8 not a doctorC I 8ight say! <=X(o3r health loo7s good!<=Y or <=XHa4e yo3 seen a doctor recently6<=Y 03t I /ill ne4er offer a
diagnosis or prescribe a re8edyC I re8e8ber once seeing a 7ind of dar7ness at one client<=>s bellyC I s3ggested that she see a doctor! and /hen
she did the doctor fo3nd polyps on her o4ariesC 03t I a4oid telling clients anything abo3t their health! not only beca3se of 8y o/n ignorance b3t
also beca3se of legal liabilitiesC It<=>s not 8y placeC It /o3ldn<=>t be ethicalC
E$E)( C*LT*)E H#S a 8yth or legend or story abo3t spiritsC -hen Christ ascended! his spirit contin3ed Acontin3esB on this planeC 0efore! he /as
present to his disciples in the physical /orld and after/ard as the Holy SpiritC The Dalai La8a notes that /hile 03ddhist beliefs 4ary fro8 c3lt3re
to c3lt3re! Tibetan 03ddhis8 affir8s the special relationship bet/een the e8anation and its perception by another! and altho3gh <=Xthe
e8anation for8 of a h38an being 8ay ha4e ceased<=Y he is still present in the for8 7no/n as his sa8bhoga7ayaC<=Y He <=Xcontin3es to
e8anate and 8anifest in 4ario3s for8s that are 8ost s3ited and beneficial to other sentient beingsC<=Y

I H#$E H#D "EDI*"S tell 8e in a reading that a spirit has appearedC I find it hard to belie4e! 3nless they offer so8e 8eans of identificationC
#nyone can say they see a spirit: <=X%h! there<=>s the 8ost bea3tif3l spirit here! a grand8otherly typeC She has pin7 chee7s and the prettiest
s8ileC Does the na8e )ose 8ean anything to yo36<=Y
<=X,oC<=Y
<=XIt doesn<=>t 8atterC #nd there<=>s a 8an here! too! a fine-loo7ing gentle8anC He has a /onderf3l s8ileC I thin7 he<=>s yo3r fatherC<=Y
<=X"aybeC<=Y 03t one part of 8yself is cringing at descriptions that co3ld hold tr3e for anyoneC E4ery 8an is a fine-loo7ing gentle8an or 8ight
be tho3ght to be soC "oreo4er! the fact that the spirits 3s3ally don<=>t ha4e 83ch to say does little to ass3age 8y 8istr3stC 03t so8e 8edi38s
are tr3ly gifted at na8ing spiritsC
%ne of these! the late 'ladys Stroh8! /as ninety-t/o /hen a friend ga4e 8e a reading /ith herC I had ne4er heard of 'ladys! b3t she /as a large!
e5tra4agant! happy /o8anC A-hy not6 Li7e 8any spirit3al people! she /as [o7ing /ith the spirit3al di8ension all the ti8e\B
'ladys ga4e 8e one sharp! piercing glance as /e /al7ed to/ard her front doorC <=XDece8ber t/elfth!<=Y she bl3rted o3t! and then a yearC
I bro7e o3t la3ghingC She<=>d [3st anno3nced 8y birthdayC <=X(o3 do yo3r researchC<=Y
<=X,oC It [3st co8es to 8eC<=Y
-e sat do/n! and /ith no preli8inary prayers! no [otting do/n of na8es or dates! no psycho8etric holding of an ob[ect! not e4en a 8o8ent of
U3iet prayer and reflection! she roc7ed bac7 in her chintS-padded chair and proceeded to tell 8e the first and last na8es of 8y 8other and then
of 8y father! and to describe the8 /ith frightening acc3racyC
<=XThey<=>re both hereC They [3st /ant to say they<=>re /atching! and they<=>re 4ery pro3d of yo3C They<=>re together on the %ther SideC
E4erything<=>s fineC They<=>re happyC<=Y
She then ga4e 8e a reading that I ha4e referred to e4ery no/ and again o4er the years! since so 83ch of /hat she predicted has co8e to passC
The )e4erend &C )eed 0ro/n! for8er pastor of the #rlington "etaphysical Chapel in $irginia! no/ retired and li4ing in )oano7e! $irginia! at the
ca8p3s that he fo3nded! is also good at getting the na8es of attendant spirits and describing the8 p3nctilio3slyC In one reading! he heard the
first na8es of both 8y parents and ca3ght a close appro5i8ation of the 3n3s3al s3rna8eC &or one friend of 8ine! a grandfather ca8e thro3gh!
co8plete /ith his ,or/egian na8e<=Vthe sa8e grandfather! I 8ight add! /ho had se53ally ab3sed her /hen she /as a little girlC He /as not
so8eone she cared to hear fro8! 3ntil she heard of the heartache and re8orse he felt for his actions! no/ that he had passed o4er and learned
8ore abo3t the pain he<=>d inflicted! the e4il he had perpetratedC It /as after this con4ersation /ith hi8 that she /as able to let go! to forgi4eC
"o4e onC
#s for 8e! I<=>8 not so good at recei4ing na8esC I ha4e to as7 for identification! so8e indication of the spirit<=>s for8er life! so8ething that
8a7es sense if not to 8e then at least to the client /ho has co8e for the readingC #nd 3s3ally the entity co8pliesC
%ne /o8an s3ddenly displayed a large green banner r3nning diagonally fro8 her right sho3lder and across her chest to tie on the right hipC The
/ord Irish thr3st itself into 8y 8indC #ll I co3ld thin7 /as IrishC 03t it /as eno3gh for this da3ghter to recogniSe her first-generation Irish
8other! /ho had belonged to Irish orders and 8arched in her green banner on StC Patric7<=>s DayC
%n another occasion a spirit appeared! clai8ing to be the client<=>s h3sbandC 03t ho/ co3ld /e be s3re6 I as7ed her to thin7 of so8ething that
/o3ld 4erify her h3sband<=>s identityC
<=XThe song that /as playing /hen /e 8et!<=Y she challengedC
<=X<=dSo8e Enchanted E4ening!<=><=Y I ans/ered /itho3t hesitationC #fter /hich the spirit told his /ife ho/ to handle a financial proble8
p3SSling herC
I repeat: # spirit does not al/ays appear! for they are not o3r sla4es! b3t I re8e8ber t/o e4ents in partic3larC In one! I /as gi4ing a reading to a
yo3ng /o8an! Sandy! /hen a girl appeared at 8y left elbo/! as7ing to be heardC It /as her sisterC I /as tal7ing at the ti8e abo3t Sandy<=>s
relationship /ith her boyfriendC <=X-ait till I<=>8 finished!<=Y I spo7e to the spirit telepathically! and she stood patiently at 8y elbo/! /aitingC
I /as still fairly ne/ at gi4ing readingsC -hat if Sandy didn<=>t ha4e a sister6
<=X*8C Do yo3 ha4e a sister6<=Y I as7ed ca3tio3slyC
<=XI didC She diedC<=Y
<=X-ell! she<=>s here no/C<=Y I /as relie4edC <=X#nd she /ants to tal7 to yo3C 03t I thin7 yo3 don<=>t need 8eC I thin7 8aybe yo3 can feel
her yo3rselfC<=Y
<=XI can\<=Y she criedC <=XI feel herC<=Y
<=XI tell yo3 /hatC I thin7 yo3 /on<=>t need 8e to interpretC Tal7 to herC She can hear yo3C Tell her e4erything yo3 need to sayC I<=>ll act as an
antenna! holding the space for her! for yo3C If yo3 can<=>t hear her! tell 8e! and I<=>ll pass on /hat she says! b3t 8aybe yo3 can e4en hear her
/itho3t 8eC<=Y
I felt 8yself reaching for a higher 4ibration! tre8bling! 8y /hole body U3i4eringC I /as s3rro3nded by lightC
It t3rned o3t that Sandy co3ld feel her sister<=>s presence and tal7 to her! b3t she co3ld not hear the ans/ersC Then I recei4ed an astonishing bit
of ne/s: (o3 /ant 8e to say that6 The spirit /as al8ost dancing foot to foot in her e5cite8entC
<=X*8C She /ants yo3 to 7no/ she has a boyfriend on the %ther SideC<=Y
Sandy /as in tearsC Her s8ile spreadC <=X%h! that<=>s /onderf3lC She al/ays /anted a boyfriendC<=Y
<=X-ell! she has one no/C<=Y
I don<=>t re8e8ber 83ch 8ore abo3t the sessionC #fter a /hile the spirit began to fadeC
<=X&inish U3ic7ly!<=Y I saidC <=XI can<=>t hold the space 83ch longerC She<=>s lea4ingC<=Y #nd then she /as gone! and 8y body stopped
shi4eringC I ret3rned to 8yself! already 8issing the pleas3re of that heightened state! /hich /as both diffic3lt and e5U3isitely s/eetC
Is this /hat the other 8edi38s feel /hen they report! <=XThere<=>s a spirit hereC She<=>s a grand8otherly type! pin7 chee7s! so s/eet CCC<=Y6
I said that I partic3larly re8e8ber t/o spirit apparitionsC The second one concerned a lo4ely /o8an in her late forties or early fifties! a stranger!
/ho telephoned o3t of the bl3eC I /ill call her S3SanneC She as7ed if she co3ld bring her h3sbandC I ans/ered no! that his energy /o3ld conf3se
her reading! b3t if he /ished to co8e! he co3ld sit in the ne5t roo8 /hile she and I had o3r sessionC
I don<=>t 7no/ ho/ I 7ne/ thatZ it /as si8ply another e5a8ple of percei4ing int3iti4ely a tr3th 3n7no/n beforeC
#s it happened S3Sanne<=>s h3sband ca8e /ith her! and I settled hi8 in the other roo8 /hile S3Sanne and I /ent to 8y 8editation alco4eC I
/rote do/n her na8e and date of birth! reached for her 7eys<=Vand /as so hit by a headache I tho3ght I /o3ld faintC I felt na3seo3sC Co3ld I e4en
gi4e the reading6 This /as the rac7ing headache of Qe3s! o3t of /hich sprang the goddess #thenaC # 8o8ent later it occ3rred to 8e that the
headache 8ight not be 8ineC
<=XDo yo3 ha4e a headache6<=Y I as7edC
<=X,oC<=Y
<=X-ell! I ha4e one! and it<=>s li7e nothing I<=>4e e4er 7no/nC It<=>s so painf3l I<=>8 going to faintC<=Y The ne5t 8o8ent the spirit
appearedC <=X%h! there<=>s a spirit here! a yo3ng /o8anC She<=>s yo3r da3ghterC<=Y
<=XI don<=>t ha4e a da3ghter!<=Y S3Sanne replied stifflyC
0y no/ the headache /as goneC <=X-ell! she<=>s loo7ing at yo3C She<=>s saying! <=d"otherC "otherC<=> (o3 8ay not ha4e a da3ghter! b3t to
her yo3<=>re her 8otherC<=Y
<=XI ha4e a stepda3ghterC<=Y
<=XI don<=>t 7no/C She<=>s calling yo3 <=d"otherC<=> <=Y
D3ring all this ti8e I felt 8yself 3plifted! in that heightened state of energy I described earlier! in /hich 8y body is shot /ith electricity: I a8 clearZ
I a8 n38bZ I a8 both present to the client and yet not f3lly a/are! straddling t/o /orlds! one foot in eachC
<=XShe has a child /ith herC<=Y I described the baby! abo3t a year old! tottering at her 7nee! clinging to herC
<=X-hat is she /earing6<=Y said S3Sanne s3spicio3slyC
<=XSo8ething bro/n! a 7ind of bro/n pants3itC #nd bootsC<=Y
<=XCan I bring 8y h3sband in6<=Y she as7ed! and no/ her 4oice /as fe4eredC <=XI thin7 this is his da3ghterC<=Y
I agreedC The spirit told 8e toC
He sat in a nearby chair! and I /atched! describing the spirit as she cli8bed into his lap and c3rled her ar8s aro3nd his nec7! 7issing and h3gging
hi8! clinging to hi8C He hardly needed 8y description! for he co3ld feel her presence in his ar8sC
<=XIt<=>s ho/ she al/ays sat on 8y lap!<=Y he saidC #ll three of 3s /ere /eepingC It t3rned o3t that the yo3ng /o8an had been in the ar8yC #
year earlier! she had been /al7ing fro8 one b3ilding to another /hen she /as str3c7 by lightning and 7illedC She<=>d been pregnantC
This spirit stayed a long ti8e! before it /as ti8e for her to goC #fter/ard! I ga4e a si8ple int3iti4e reading to the 8an and his /ife b3t /itho3t any
f3rther dra8atic apparitionsC
<=X%h! yo3<=>re going to /rite a boo7!<=Y I re8e8ber saying! and not long ago I recei4ed in the 8ail a copy of the boo7 she had /ritten!
together /ith a note saying that she and her h3sband /ere sailing on the long cr3ises that I<=>d also foretoldC

I D%,<=>T -#,T (%* to thin7 that ha4ing e5tre8e int3ition is any help to nor8al li4ingC I heard of one psychic /ho ca8e ho8e after /or7 one
e4ening and sat do/n in the li4ing roo8C It too7 hi8 a fe/ 8in3tes to realiSe that none of the f3rnit3re loo7ed fa8iliar! that he /as in the ho3se
ne5t doorC E8barrassed! he left! closing the door gently behind hi8! and /al7ed across the la/n to his o/n ho3seC
There<=>s a reason Tiresias! the blind seer of ancient 'reece! /as sightlessC 0eing psychic or int3iti4e doesn<=>t 8ean that yo3 necessarily are
able to s8oothly na4igate yo3r lifeC %ne brilliant psychic did not <=Xsee<=Y that her second h3sband /as se53ally ab3sing her little da3ghter! and
neither! after she had finally di4orced hi8! /as it easier for her to pic7 3p the piecesC -e all face life sit3ations! o3rs to confront! and int3ition
co8es in its o/n ti8eC

THE #))I$#L of an apparition is a po/erf3l e5perience! b3t often the infor8ation recei4ed /hen gi4ing a reading co8es si8ply as a U3iet! inner
int3itionC It 8a7es 8e /onder: Is /hat I<=>8 doing any different fro8 reading body lang3age and 8icroe5pressions! a host of s3btle physical
cl3es and energy fields6 In so8e cases! I thin7 notC #fter all! anyone /ho co8es for a reading is tro3bled to a certain e5tent! conf3sedC He<=>s
loo7ing for a pathC So! already yo3 7no/ a lot right thereC "ean/hile! yo3 are reading the tiny signals /e all send o3t: a nod of yes! a confir8ation!
or the flash of a fro/n! a hesitation! or re[ection of so8ething saidC Do yo3 ad[3st6 %f co3rse yo3 doC #nd yet it doesn<=>t 8ean the insights are
not rightC So8eti8es I find it easier to gi4e a reading /ith 8y eyes closed or loo7ing into so8e haSy 8iddle space and not directly at the
client<=>s faceC
&or the first t/enty or thirty 8in3tes of a session! I as7 the client to say nothing or not to spea7 3ntil I pa3se and as7 for infor8ationC &or I find
the client is often dying to spill e4erything! li7e [e/els fro8 a sac7! to po3r the8 into yo3r lapC So8e people! if they had their /ay! /o3ld ta7e 3p
the /hole ho3r /ith their catalog3e of proble8s and sol3tionsC
I ha4e three reasons for not letting the sitter spea7 i88ediatelyC &irst! 8y reading /o3ld be tainted by her re4elationsC Second! by listening! I
/o3ld be thro/n o3t of the slightly altered state /herein I attend to the /hispers of int3ition and can be of helpC Third! ha4ing already told 8e
e4erything she 7no/s Aor thin7s she doesB! the client /o3ldn<=>t tr3st the readingC Ho/ co3ld she6 Hasn<=>t she already told 8e e4erything6
So8eti8es I thin7 I<=>8 doing nothing specialC # tho3ght pops into 8y 8indC %r doesn<=>tC So8eti8es I /orry: I<=>8 not <=Xgetting<=Y
anything\ The infor8ation co8es hesitantly! f3ll of stops and startsC I ha4e co8e to 3nderstand that ho/ the infor8ation co8es A4ia spirits!
int3ition! or psychic insightB is not i8portantC "y tas7 is 8erely to pass on /hat I hearC
#nd so8eti8es the infor8ation co8es thro3gh clearlyC -ith certaintyC
(ears ago a /o8an na8ed ;ane ca8e for a readingC
<=X%h! yo3r da3ghter<=>s going to college in the fall\ She<=>s going to the *ni4ersity of "ichigan\<=Y
<=XShe<=>d li7e to!<=Y ;ane said! <=Xb3t /e can<=>t afford itC She<=>s applied to t/o other colleges no/C<=Y
<=X,o! she<=>s s3pposed to go thereC (o3 ha4e to get in the car this /ee7end and dri4e to "ichigan /ith her and tal7 to the financial aid officeC
This /ee7endC She<=>ll get a scholarshipC<=Y
<=XCan I telephone6<=Y
<=X,oC (o3 ha4e to go in personC<=Y
&ort3nately ;ane follo/ed the ad4ice of her spirit g3ides and dro4e to "ichigan /ith her da3ghter! /ho recei4ed a hefty scholarshipC
)ecently ;ane re8inded 8e of another sit3ationC She /as /or7ing at an e8bassy here in -ashington at the ti8e and /anted to find another [obC
Clear as a bell! the infor8ation ca8e: <=XDon<=>t loo7C Let the [ob co8e to yo3C So8ething is co8ing along! b3t they<=>ll call yo3C<=Y #nd in
that sa8e reading: <=XDon<=>t forget to fight for yo3r retire8entC<=Y
<=X-hat6<=Y
<=XDon<=>t forget to as7 for yo3r retire8entC (o3 8ay ha4e to fight for itC<=Y
<=XI don<=>t thin7 I get retire8entC Do yo3 8ean in the ne/ [ob6<=Y
<=XI don<=>t 7no/C That<=>s all I 7no/C<=Y
<=X-hat retire8ent6<=Y
<=XIt doesn<=>t 8atterC -hen the ti8e co8es! tho3gh! fight for itC<=Y Later! as she left the e8bassy for her ne/ position on Capitol Hill! she
re8e8bered that co3nsel! fo3ght doggedly! and recei4ed the retire8ent pay the e8bassy had first ref3sed to payC
-here do the tho3ghts co8e fro86 -hat g3idance p3ts these ideas in one<=>s head6 ,ot long ago I got a letter fro8 a /o8an re8inding 8e of
a reading she had had a year beforeC #t the ti8e she had /anted to lea4e her [ob! beca3se of t/o offensi4e s3per4isorsC
<=XStay!<=Y she /as toldC <=XIt<=>s a perfect fit for yo3C They<=>re both going to lea4eC They /on<=>t be there longC<=Y
She /rote 8e to say that both s3per4isors had ta7en other [obs and that e4erything had t3rned o3t as predictedC ,o/ she lo4ed her [obC
In4iting Int3ition $: Co8passionate %bser4ation
Here is another practiceC -hene4er yo3 8eet so8eone ne/! try for a U3ic7 <=XreadingC<=Y It ta7es only the ti8e to sha7e his hand<=Vor glance
3p as he co8es thro3gh the doorC -hat do yo3 7no/ abo3t the person6 '3essC -hat is his profession6 -hat is she /orried abo3t6 Is he happy!
e5cited! angry! frightened! or sad6 -hat else can yo3 <=Xsee<=Y6
Don<=>t /orry abo3t not chec7ing yo3r infor8ationC This is an e5ercise in de4eloping e8pathy! in learning to listenC Later! yo3 /ill be gi4en the
opport3nity to chec7 o3t yo3r int3itionsC The *ni4erse /ill pro4ide yo3 chances! b3t only /hen yo3<=>re ready and /hen no har8 can co8e of itC
"ean/hile! conscio3sly practice an attit3de of gratit3deC De4elop sy8pathy for others! e8pathy! co8passionC I cannot stress this eno3ghC I 7no/
plenty of people! 8any of the8 yo3ng! /ho are act3ally frightened of entering any 3n7no/n gro3pC A-hat /ill they thin7 of 8e6 Do I loo7 all
right6 They<=>ll be tal7ing behind 8y bac7\B If yo3 start practicing this e5ercise in co8passionate obser4ation! yo3<=>ll soon disco4er yo3 ha4e
nothing to fearZ they are probably not thin7ing abo3t yo3 any/ay\
This also entails obser4ing yo3r o/n tho3ghtsC #re yo3 gossiping6 -hy6 Is it to feel s3perior or righteo3s! or is it o3t of tr3e concern for yo3r o/n
friend6 The 8ore yo3 are a/are of yo3r o/n feelings and the 8ore tender yo3 beco8e! the 8ore readily do psychic po/ers appearC
The 'ift of "ista7es
In yo3r early days of listening for /hispers! yo3 8ay 8istr3st the 8essages! or else yo3 let reason o4erride a /arning that<=>s as /ea7 as the
shi88ering of a leafC Perhaps yo3r int3ition 8a7es no senseC (o3 b3ll past it! ignoring the signals! inattenti4e to s3ch psychic signs! and th3s by
yo3r 8ista7es yo3 learn the signals! and that<=>s another gift right thereC
So8e people beat the8sel4es 3p for 8a7ing a 8ista7e! b3t I say no! gi4e than7s for the8C 0y yo3r 8ista7es! yo3 learn in /hat for8 yo3r int3ition
co8es to yo3C
-H#T D%ES #LL THIS "E#,6 Is there &ate6 Predestination6 Destiny6 I belie4e /e 8a7e o3r f3t3re! choice by choice! each 8o8ent of the dayC I
belie4e /e<=>re gi4en a general 8ap! a so3l 8ap! if yo3 /ill! b3t /e ha4e absol3te &ree -ill to follo/ or decline the planC -hat<=>s i8portant is
to listen to the n3dges of yo3r inner /isdo8! leading yo3 to higher conscio3snessC I belie4e that o3r tas7 is al/ays to beco8e 8ore <=Xspirit3ally
8at3reC<=Y #nd /hat does that 8ean6 To be less angry! less pridef3l! less greedy! less intolerant! less 4iolentC To ha4e 8ore patience! serenity!
co8passion! inner tranU3illity! si8plicity! and happinessC
It is 4ery hard to be si8ple eno3gh to be goodC
)#LPH -#LD% E"E)S%,
I "*ST C%,&ESS TH#T in the beginning I do3bted these 4isions! 4isitations! insights<=Ve4erythingC I reported the8 to the client! yesC 03t I /o3ld
finish a reading! see the indi4id3al o3t! and then in despair r3n o4er and o4er it in 8y 8ind! /hate4er I re8e8bered of the reading! do3bting
e4erythingC Today! I<=>4e learned to tr3st 8y g3idance and not loo7 bac7C I a8 a cond3it! that<=>s all! and /hat the client does /ith the
infor8ation is also not 8y responsibilityC &or yo3 ha4e &ree -ill not to accept or act on /hat the int3iti4e seesC I 7no/ se4eral people /ho paid
for readings /ith reno/ned psychics and ignored their e4ery /ordC
I ne4er do3bt the g3idance I recei4e at the ti8e of a
readingC It<=>s i8portant to be detached fro8 itC I see 8yself
si8ply as a 4essel thro3gh /hich the infor8ation flo/sC
That also releases 8e fro8 carrying the 8e8ories and
concerns abo3t itC This is perhaps one of the 8ost diffic3lt
things for 8any 8edi38s to learnC I /as fort3nate to ha4e
a teacher /ho insisted on this disciplineC I enco3rage any
8edi38 to de4elop it too! beca3se it<=>s not healthy to carry
concerns after the readingC
#,,E 'EH"#,! 8edi38
Ethics
The ethics of psychic readings are basically the sa8e as those of nor8al li4ing: Do 3nto others as yo3 /o3ld ha4e the8 do 3nto yo3C
0e tr3thf3lC 0e 7indC
Do not gi4e a reading if yo3 are e8otionally shoc7ed! angry! or in distressC
Don<=>t gi4e a reading /itho3t per8issionC Don<=>t go 8arching 3p to so8eone at a dinner party or a b3siness con4ention and declare that
yo3<=>4e [3st recei4ed so8e psychic infor8ation he needs to hear: 0elie4e 8e! he doesn<=>t\
#nd ne4er e4er <=Xloo7 into<=Y so8eone /itho3t per8issionC A,ote that this in[3nction is different fro8 practicing yo3r int3iti4e s7ills in an
effort to discern 8icroe5pressions and body lang3ageC If yo3 /ish to de4elop psychic s7ills! do so by sending and recei4ing telepathically /ith a
friend! or gather fo3r or fi4e people together e5pressly to practice yo3r percepti4e and pro[ecti4e s7illsC It<=>s /rong to i8pose on strangersCB
&inally! as an int3iti4e! yo3 ne4er 7iss and tellC I heard of one psychic /ho! needing 8oney! decided to /rite a tell-all boo7 in /hich she<=>d spill
the secrets of the fa8o3s congress-8en and celebrities /ho<=>d co8e to her for readings! na8ing the8 allC &ort3nately! the pro[ect ca8e to
nothing! for it /as totally 3nethical\
#LL THESE ST%)IES )EC%*,T 8y s3ccesses and none of 8y fail3resC Is that beca3se I don<=>t re8e8ber the ti8es I<=>4e failed6 %r are the
clients too 7ind to thro/ 8y 8isses in 8y face6 %ne thing yo3 learn in gi4ing readings is to be gentle /ith yo3rself! especially /hile yo3 are
learningC &orgi4e yo3rselfC (o3 8ay need to practice forgi4ing yo3rself daily Aanother spirit3al disciplineBC 'i4ing readings is an i8precise s7illC (o3
see thro3gh the glass dar7ly! snatching 8o8ents of ill38ination before the 8ists roll in and bo3ndaries closeC
03t one thing is certainC (o3 lo4e the client d3ring a readingC (o3 8erge in s3rprising /ays! and if she or he is recepti4e! the t/o of yo3 can tra4el
to the starsC
se4enteen
)ECEI$I,'
To 7no/ o3rsel4es tr3ly! to ac7no/ledge o3r 3niU3eness! /e need to be 7no/n and ac7no/ledged by others for /ho /e areC -e cannot find the
/ay to tr3e freedo8 and life in secrecyC -e need lo4ing and caring friends /ith /ho8 /e can spea7 fro8 the depth of o3r heartC
HE,)I ,%*-E,

"E#,-HILE THE P)%SPECTI$E CLIE,T! too! has responsibilitiesC

&C )eed 0ro/n tells ho/ a 8an once ca8e to hi8 for a reading! already disdainf3l! s7eptical! and searching for the signs of fra3dC -ho 7no/s /hy
he ca8e for the reading in the first place! gi4en his distaste6 Perhaps his /ife sent hi8C Perhaps he /as intent on 3nco4ering a fra3dC He /as a
Ci4il -ar historian! and d3ring the reading! the spirits of one Ci4il -ar soldier after another appeared! *nion and Confederate! offering their
na8es and ho/ and /here they died! /hile the client gri8aced! sneered! and tossed his headC
<=X-hat a /aste!<=Y 0ro/n co88entedC <=XHere he /as! an historian! gi4en the cro/n [e/els of researchC #ll he had to do /as go loo7 3p the
Ci4il -ar records to find o3t if the na8es and 8aterial /ere for realC Instead he grabbed his tape and left in a h3ffC<=Y
<=XDoes it affect yo36 -hen so8eone<=>s s3spicio3s6<=Y I as7edC
<=X%f co3rse it doesC I can<=>t gi4e as good a reading if I ha4e to fight off the client<=>s disdainC It<=>s abo3t energyC It<=>s energeticC<=Y
Later the 8an stor8ed bac7 into the office of DrC 0ro/n! /a4ing the session tapeC
<=XHo/ did yo3 do that6<=Y he de8anded! f3rio3sC
<=XDo /hat6<=Y
<=XHo/ did yo3 get that 4oice on the tape6<=Y
<=X-hat 4oice6<=Y
He played the tape of the session! on /hich 0ro/n co3ld be heard tal7ing! /hen s3ddenly a different 4oice interr3pted: <=XListen to hi8! SidneyC
He<=>s trying to tell yo3 so8ething\<=Y
<=XHo/ did yo3 do that6<=Y he sho3tedC Defiant! s3spicio3s! angry at not recei4ing the e5planation of fra3d that he de8anded! he as7ed to
e5a8ine the office /hile 0ro/n /ent to l3nchC
-hen DrC 0ro/n ret3rned fro8 l3nch he fo3nd his office trashed: dra/ers p3lled o3t! papers stre/n o4er the floor! the pict3res torn fro8 the
/alls! e4erything helter-s7elterC The s7eptic fo3nd none of the /ires or de4ices he e5pectedC

-HE, (%* C%"E for a reading! it<=>s inc38bent on yo3 to be respectf3lC %3t of co3rtesy! yo3 sho3ld be on ti8e and follo/ /hate4er
directions yo3 are gi4en by the psychic! int3iti4e! or 8edi38C (o3 sho3ld attend to the reading /ith dignityC I<=>8 not telling yo3 to set aside
yo3r gifts of critical [3dg8entC If the reading doesn<=>t ring tr3e or feel <=Xright!<=Y if the psychic sends bad 4ibes! if yo3r int3ition starts
clanging /arning bells and /a4ing lanterns 3p and do/n the trac7s to stop the onco8ing train /rec7! then get 3p! e4en in the 8iddle of the
reading! and lea4e\ Tr3st yo3r g3tC Pay and departC (o3<=>re 3nder no obligation to stayC
Especially is this tr3e if yo3 feel the psychic is trying to p3ll yo3 into additional sessions! to con or frighten yo3! /hether by insisting yo3 ret3rn for
healing treat8ents or 8ore readings or for hi8 to cast o3t de8ons that he sees in yo3C ,ot e4eryone has 8oral integrityC
03t /hen the see7er finds a good psychic Aand there are 8any tho3sandsB! so8eone /ho has been reco88ended by a friend or by /ord of
8o3th! and /hen in 8a7ing an appoint8ent yo3 test yo3r int3ition! yo3r inner g3idance! to ens3re the psychic or 8edi38 <=Xfeels<=Y right!
then treat the practitioner /ith respectC
)e8e8ber that s7epticis8 affects a readingC ;3st as physicists find the researcher<=>s attit3de infl3ences e5peri8ents /ith s3bato8ic particles!
so do yo3r tho3ghts and ferocio3s negati4ity affect the clair4oyantC So please don<=>t hea4e great sighs or fro/n or [iggle or snort in disbeliefC If
that<=>s the /ay yo3 feel! don<=>t co8e for a reading\
# second co3rtesy: The client sho3ld lea4e /hen the session is o4erC This is so8eti8es hard to doC &or that f3ll ho3r yo3 ha4e been <=Xseen<=Y
and 3nderstood in /ays 8ost people rarely e5perience! and as part of the process yo3 8ay feel lo4e and appro4alC The psychic cannot gi4e a
reading /itho3t con[oining /ith the client at so8e deep 3nconscio3s le4elC It<=>s flattering! sed3cti4eC (o3 don<=>t /ant to lea4eC (o3 thin7 3p
other U3estions 8erely to e5tend the session! to re8ain in this sacred space a 8o8ent 8oreC 03t 3nless yo3 are paying for the psychic<=>s ti8e!
it<=>s not U3ite fairC
"oreo4er! the int3iti4e 8ay li7e/ise be 3nable to brea7 free easilyC Certainly it<=>s hard to charge for additional ti8e! tho3gh this can e5tend an
e5tra fifteen or t/enty or thirty 8in3tesC He has yo3r chec7 in handZ ho/ can he loo7 at his /atch and say! <=XThat<=>ll be another 9 dollars!
please<=Y6 In a /ay! separating after gi4ing a reading is si8ilar to that period after 8a7ing lo4e /hen yo3 and yo3r partner float in the e8bers of
each other<=>s e8brace! feeling yo3r energy fields drift and sift! as yo3 slo/ly p3ll apart! each into yo3r o/n physical bodyC If yo3r partner [38ps
3p br3sU3ely! it feels li7e tearing a piece of paper in t/oC In gi4ing a reading yo3<=>4e 8erged at a s3bconscio3s le4el! and after/ard yo3 need to
co8e bac7 into yo3r o/n separate Sones! inside yo3r bo3ndariesC Thin7ing abo3t 8oney at this stage is hardC
I e5aggerate perhaps to 8a7e 8y pointC 03t the client<=>s responsibility at the end of the session is si8ply to pay and lea4eC I 7no/ one 8edi38
/ho has had s3ch tro3ble /ith people departing that no/ she charges for e4ery fi4e 8in3tes o4er the initial ho3rC She<=>s to3gh! b3t she<=>s
learned the hard /ay ho/ her ti8e and energy can be eaten a/ay by a client /anting 8oreC
%nly connectC
EC "C &%)STE)
I<=>$E #LS% +,%-, PE%PLE /ho ha4e as7ed for readings at inappropriate ti8esC <=X%h 8y gosh\ (o3<=>re a psychic\ Can yo3 gi4e 8e a
reading right no/6 Here at this dinner party6<=Y They don<=>t 8ean to be disrespectf3lC They spea7 o3t of ignorance or playf3lness! /itho3t
3nderstanding the deep s3bconscio3s le4els into /hich the psychic sin7s /hen gi4ing a readingC
<=XI only ha4e one U3estion<=Vthis /on<=>t ta7e a 8in3te!<=Y she says! calc3lating also that it 8ay not cost as 83ch as a f3ll reading eitherC A,o
point /asting a /hole ho3r\ ,ot /hen yo3 only ha4e one teensy U3estionCB
It doesn<=>t /or7 that /ayC "ost psychics are 3nable to ans/er the U3ic7ie <=X[3st one U3estion<=Y on target Aright this 8in3teB /ith anything
better than ordinary co88onsense ad4ice<=Vhardly /hat the client /antsC The int3iti4e doesn<=>t 7no/ /hat infor8ation /ill co8e to hi8!
dra/n fro8 the deep s3bconscio3s le4els! and 3s3ally a reading co4ers considerable gro3ndC So8e psychics /on<=>t e4en consider the U3ic7ie
reU3est: <=XI don<=>t do that!<=Y they /ill sayC

&I,#LL( -E C%"E to the U3estion of ho/ to find a good psychic or int3iti4eC

&irst! as7 aro3ndC Do yo3 7no/ so8eone /ho has gone to this int3iti4e6 -hat /as her e5perience6
Second! 3se yo3r o/n int3itionC Hold the na8e of the psychic on yo3r tong3eC Taste itC Is it s/eet6 Is it tart or bitter6 %r try one of the 8ethods I
3se /hen 4acillating bet/een t/o choicesC 'o into a prayerf3l stateC Hold o3t yo3r hands! pal8 3pC I8agine the t/o choices placed one in each
handC -hich is hea4ier6 Dar7er6 -hich hand sin7s6 -hich has a lighter! light-str3c7 feel6 -hich e8its a sense of happiness and [oy6 Choose the
lighter! [oyf3l one\ Do the sa8e /ith the na8es of t/o psychics: -hich one <=Xfeels<=Y right6 Pray o4er the decision! as7ing for the highest good
for all concernedC I say this 7no/ing! ho/e4er! that periods of stress and lac7 of clarity are e5actly those ti8es /hen yo3r int3ition isn<=>t
/or7ing /ellC -hich is /hy yo3 /ant to cons3lt an int3iti4e in the first placeC
$ery /ell! then! /hat sho3ld yo3 loo7 for6
&irst! loo7 to see if the infor8ation gi4en is specific and correctC Second! yo3 [3dge her life! her s3rro3ndings! her /ords! and tho3ghtsC Loo7 for
so8eone /ith the highest principles and spirit3al aspirations /hose p3rpose is to g3ide others on their spirit3al /ayC Loo7 for so8eone /ho is
co8pletely at peace! so8eone /ith high ethical and 8oral standards! /isdo8! co8passion! and a strong feeling for her clients<=> /elfareC Loo7
for so8eone /ho is happy! serene! f3lfilledC
0e sensibleC Charlatans and fra3ds abo3ndC Ta7e the case of Hong +ong<=>s ,ina -ang! one of #sia<=>s richest /o8en! /ho died in OIIF!
lea4ing her ^L billion fort3ne not to her fa8ily b3t to the e5-bartender and feng sh3i e5pert Tony Chan! /ho is acc3sed of pretending he co3ld
8agically e5tend her life /ith his secret rit3als and s3pernat3ral po/ersC Especially g3ard against so8eone trying to get yo3 to thro/ 8oney at
the8C
In the end yo3 rely on the salty gift of ordinary co88on senseC
C%D#
-H#T D% -E "#+E! finally! of these 83sings on int3ition and the paranor8al6 -hat 8eaning are /e to gather6 I thin7 that /hat /e learn in
considering these flashes of int3ition that fall on 3s li7e 0yron<=>s /ol4es Aor the #ssyrian cohorts in p3rple and goldB! these psychic sighs and
insights of the so3l! these 8eta-nor8al senses! is the 3n/a4ering reality of s3r4i4al after deathC It<=>s nothing ne/C # 4ast body of e5perience
fro8 earliest ti8es attests to it! /hether it is the certainty of so8e after/orlds! the 8any 8ansions in %3r &ather<=>s lands! or reincarnation
bac7 into these planes and plainsC Poets! philosophers! scholars! scientists! great intellects<=Vall conc3r in 3pholding tr3ths as old as history itselfC
Plato! the 0ible! 0la7e! Sha7espeare! -ords/orth! Dante! the Christian 8ystics and 03ddhist 8on7s! the S3fi ecstatics and songs of "irabai! the
greatest 8inds the /orld has e4er 7no/n! na8es of i8peccable integrity<=Vare all in agree8ent on the indestr3ctibility of conscio3snessC Christ
died physically! and yet He contin3es to e8anate and 8anifest as Christ-conscio3sness in /ays 8ost beneficial to allC The 03ddha diedC His last
/ords concerned the transient nat3re of all things! incl3ding e4en the body of a f3lly enlightened being! 4alidating the doctrine of i8per8anenceC
(et his presence contin3es as p3re conscio3snessC
Int3iti4ely or instincti4ely! /e recogniSe that /ith all o3r differences! the 4ast di4ersity and 4ariety of life! /e for8 %ne spirit3al /hole: earth!
ani8als! h38ans! cos8os<=Vall p3re Intellect! all deri4ed fro8 the 8ystery of 'reat IntelligenceC Ho/ different /e all are and yet ho/ ali7e\
ConnectedC -e e5perience o3r li4es 3nder the ill3sion of separation! /hile 3nderneath! as if half /a7ing fro8 a drea8! /e di8ly hear the sirens
singing of 8ystical *nion and *nity! its strands inter/ea4ing into one glorio3s sil4er /eb! s3pporting 3sC 0reathe on one fine strand! and ripples
r3n across the /hole: not a thread! no 8atter ho/ thin or ho/ far a/ay! that does not shi4er /ith the /hisper of that /ind! that sigh! that psiC
%3r 8inds reach o3t to one another e4en across 4ast distances and years! islands in the seaC -e are not trapped inside o3r bodies li7e a lobster in
its shellC There are no li8its to o3r 8inds! o3r int3ition! o3r transcendent 7no/ledgeC
"any of 3s sense the palpable presence of so3rces in4isible! that of angels and g3ides and g3ardians and tote8s! of spirits and spirit3al sages! all
3nseenC They spea7 thro3gh 3sC 'entleC '3idingC %r perhaps it<=>s the inner bea3ty of o3r o/n heartsC
#s the years ha4e passed so8e of the distr3st of psychics and the paranor8al has easedC &or8erly! al8ost any in4estigation into psychic 8atters!
telepathy! psycho7inesis! clair4oyance! claira3dience! pre8onitions and prescient drea8s! physical 8anifestations of spirits! incl3ding 7noc7ing
and rapping and /riting on slates! flashing lights and /ispy apparitions ridic3led! regarded /ith s3spicionC
Today /e find a different danger: an e5plosion of p3blic interest! so8eti8es at a s3perficial le4el! that te8pts 3s to forget that these int3itions are
intended for o3r spirit3al! not psychic! de4elop8entC (o3 /ill ha4e 8any e5periences as yo3 proceed on the spirit3al path! and in general these
siddhis sho3ld be ignoredC Concentrate instead on /hat they point to: the psyche! the So3l! the Holy SpiritC Concentrate on the goodness that
3nderlies the 3ni4erseC
#ccording to Qen strea8 of tho3ght! h38ans /ere created beca3se the gods needed a for8 that co3ld /itness and artic3late the sheer /onder
and bea3ty of lifeC
-hat is spirit3al6 Li7e lo4e! the /ord<=>s been dil3ted by o4er3seC I thin7 it 8eans first an appreciation that there is so8ething greater than
o3r petty sel4esC Call it by /hate4er na8e yo3 li7e! a Higher Po/er or Creati4e Intelligence! a Spirit of the *ni4erse 3nderlying the totality of
thingsC Call it by one of the tho3sand na8es that /e ascribe to holiness! be it 'od or #llah or +rishna or the 03ddha! His "a[esty! #4alo7itesh4ara!
ChristC It 8eans! too! a recognition that /e share in those sa8e U3alities! and as /e /or7 thro3gho3t o3r li4es to c3t a/ay the detrit3s that
hinders that recognition! /e find o3rsel4es /ith po/ers beyond i8agining: int3ition C C C and the 3nderstanding that it<=>s si8ply that! a s7ill! li7e
coo7ing a good 8eal! li7e fertiliSing a to8ato plant! li7e training a fine dog<=V[3st another e5pression of the 8irac3lo3s l38ino3s e5perience that
lets 3s 7no/ that /e<=>re ali4eC
I /ish /e had a host of /ords for lo4e and the s3btlety of e8otions it e4o7es! the poignancy! ecstasy! fragility! breath-held /onder! and h38ility
that go /ith itC If int3ition rides on ribbons of lo4e! /e need a /ord for thisC I<=>4e heard that the ;apanese ha4e 8any /ords for rain! 8a7ing
translation fro8 English diffic3ltC -e say! <=XThe rain fell against the /indo/paneC<=Y -hat 7ind of rain6 the ;apanese translator as7sC Is it a sad
rain! a dri4ing rain! a poignant rain! a lighthearted spring rain! an angry! lashing stor8! a forlorn or grie4ing rain6 So att3ned is the ;apanese
lang3age to the e8otions that I 3nderstand there<=>s a /ord to describe the feeling yo3 ha4e /hen standing on a beach gaSing at the s3n as it
sets o4er the dar7ening seaC English! on the other hand! is f3ll of 8artial no3ns: table! chair! la8psC -e need 8ore /ords in English to e5press
e8otion and the spirit3al! int3iti4e! non8aterial di8ension! l38ino3s /ords that /hisper to 3s of the so3l! /ords U3i4ering in the silence of their
in4isibilityC
#C+,%-LED'"E,TS
%nce an ad8irer as7ed the artist ;a8es -histler as they stood before one of his paintings! <=XHo/ long did it ta7e yo3 to paint that6<=Y
<=X#ll 8y life!<=Y he ans/eredC
That<=>s /hat I feel li7e as I approach the end of /riting this boo7 and consider those /ho ha4e helped! to /ho8 I /o3ld offer than7s and p3blic
ac7no/ledg8entC The list stretches o3t endlessly! e4en eternally! if yo3 add the i88ortals /ho ha4e infl3enced 8e o4er the decades of 8y lifeC
It<=>s li7e the e4er-/idening! o3t/ard-spreading ripples of a roc7 tossed into a pondC Those closest are 8y fa8ily! beginning /ith 8y 8other and
father! 8y /onderf3l brother and sister! 8y bea3tif3l da3ghters and their h3sbands! and then I add the o3ter-r3nning ripples of in-la/s and
co3sins! nieces! nephe/s! and of friends so close they 8ay as /ell be sisters and brothers: too 8any to listC Do yo3 7no/ /ho yo3 are6 #dd 8y
/riter-artist friends! /ho for8 a little brotherhood! sharing professional insights! dis8ay! ang3ish! helplessness! enco3rage8ent! calling to one
another! so8eti8es across h3ge distances! /ith 7indness and s3pportC
0egin /ith these: I /ish to than7 8y agent! #nne Edelstein! /ho first approached 8e /ith the seed of the idea that beca8e this boo7! and to
+rista IngebretsonZ to Sara Carder! 8y sensiti4e editor at Tarcher! and her assistant! #ndre/ (ac7ira! /ho /as also of inesti8able helpC I than7
;3lia Ca8eron and +atherine ,e4ille! Catherine "ayo! Peggy Heller! S3Sy +ane! and #nne Si8p7insen! and 8y assistant! ;ane S/ensen! and
especially ;3dith and ;o! ;ac7ie Si8pson in England! ;i8 and Lori -illia8s in Te5as! #nne 'eh8an! Dean )adin! Christie $inson! 0arbara C3lliton! &C
)eed 0ro/n! Larry Lonergan! and all the other people /ho p3t 3p /ith 8e d3ring the inc3bation! gestation! and deli4ery of this boo7C To all those
/ho are na8ed in the boo7! /ho freely ga4e 8e their stories of int3ition! spread petals in 8y path! passed 8e notes of /here to loo7Z and to all
those 3nna8ed! the richness of /hose infl3ence cannot e4en be i8agined! I gi4e yo3 than7sC The reader /ill co8e across n38ero3s people in this
boo7C To all of yo3! I a8 gratef3l! 8y heart so f3ll! I bo/ do/n at yo3r bea3tif3l feetC
Here: a roc7 tossed in the pondC Th3n7\ I hope the ripples lap against yo3r chairs and lic7 yo3 /ith the 7no/ledge of ho/ 83ch yo3 helped! ho/
83ch yo3r life has infl3enced anotherC
appendi5 i
H%- T% "EDIT#TE
Do yo3 /ant to increase yo3r int3ition6 &irst yo3 83st U3iet the 8indC 'ro/ stillC %ne /ay to do this is to practice 8editationC "editation brings
three things:
&irst it brings peace and cal8C Second it brings laser-sharp concentration and int3itionC (o3 7no/ thingsC Third! if yo3 /ish it! it leads to the direct
e5perience of 'odC There are 8any for8s of 8editation: -eeding the garden can be a for8 of 8editationZ 7nitting! r3nning! ro/ing<=Vany U3iet!
repetiti4e! 8ind-cal8ing acti4ity can be considered 8editationC
E4erything in o3r c3lt3re! ho/e4er! is designed to 7eep yo3 in a r3shed and ch3rning state of 8ind: cell phones! iPods! blogs! e-8ails! children! the
stress and press3re of /or7! fa5es! phones! bills! ban7ing! red tape C C C Ho/ hard it is to find a 8o8ent<=>s peace\ In the beginning yo3 sho3ld
practice 8editating for only fi4e or ten 8in3tes at a ti8eC That /ill be hard eno3ghC
Sit co8fortably in a chairC A(o3 don<=>t ha4e to be cross-legged on the floorCB (o3r bac7 is straight! yo3r head parallel to the ceiling! yo3r chin
neither t3c7ed tight nor lifted 3p in s3ch a /ay that yo3 p3t press3re on the bac7 of yo3r nec7C (o3 feel easy! floating on yo3r sit bonesC
Ta7e a breathC Scan yo3r body! and /here4er yo3 feel disco8fort! breath o3t /ith a/areness into that placeC
,o/ p3t a s8ile on yo3r faceC
&oc3s yo3r attention gently on yo3r nostrils and /atch yo3r breath: in C C C o3t CCC yo3 co3ntC In C C C o3t C C C Instantly yo3r 8ind /ill leap off to a
tho3ght! a do3btC It can<=>t stand to be trapped! chained! restrainedC 'ently bring yo3r attention bac7 to yo3r breath: in C C C o3t C C C )e8e8ber
to s8ileC This is bea3tif3lC
#ll yo3 are doing is /itnessing yo3rself! obser4ingC (o3 ta7e t/o breathsC (o3r 8ind r3ns off! and it 8ay ta7e yo3 a fe/ 8o8ents to realiSe
yo3<=>re lost in planning or daydrea8ing or 8a7ing lists or re8e8bering so8ething that happened yesterdayC Don<=>t be 3psetC
Planning<=Vyo3 na8e the action of yo3r 8ind! or it 8ay be drea8ing! [3dging! re8e8bering! analySingC %r perhaps it<=>s an e8otion that
carried yo3 a/ayC ,otice and na8e it: fear! /orry! an5iety! [ealo3sy! anger! resent8ent! co8passion! [oy! happiness! criticiSing! boredo8! desire
for a c3p of teaC #l/ays! go bac7 to yo3r breathC If it is a physical sensation that capt3red yo3r attention! yo3 na8e that! too<=Vpain! press3re!
pric7ling! tic7ling! itching! soreness<=Vand once 8ore! /itho3t [3dg8ent or dis8ay! ret3rn yo3r a/areness to this present 8o8entC &or the breath
is the only thing /e 7no/ to be tr3e! this 8o8ent! this one breathC
#t the end of fi4e or ten 8in3tes! stopC
'i4e than7s! get 3p! and go abo3t yo3r day! refreshedC
'rad3ally! as yo3r 8ind learns to slo/ do/n! beco8e alert and a/are! yo3 /ill increase the period to t/enty 8in3tes once a day and then! if yo3
/ish! to t/o sessions! 8orning and e4ening! and yo3<=>ll loo7 for/ard to these periods of reliefC
Don<=>t /orryC 0e at peaceC -hat yo3 are doing is 8ind training! and! li7e training a p3ppy! it ta7es ti8eC -ithin a /ee7! yo3 8ay b3ild 3p
eno3gh strength to re8ain in 8editation for ten or t/el4e 8in3tes! b3t there<=>s no h3rryC Soon yo3r [38py! frantic 8ind /ill co8e to lo4e this
period of rest and /ill settle instantly into peaceC #t this point yo3 8ay /ant to re8ain in 8editation for longer periods<=Van ho3r! t/oC 03t yo3
don<=>t need to 8editate for 8ore than t/enty 8in3tes at a ti8eC Soon<=VU3ic7ly<=Vyo3r int3ition /ill sharpenC (o3 7no/ ho/ to do things
that pre4io3sly baffled yo3C (o3 sol4e proble8s d3ring 8editation: ho/ to spea7 to yo3r children! /hat U3estion to as7 the acco3ntant! /hen and
ho/ to present an idea to yo3r bossC
"editation opens the gate/ay to yo3r inner /isdo8C
0e gratef3lC
0e easyC
0e at peaceC
appendi5 ii
)ES%*)CES 2 )ESE#)CH
There are so 8any boo7s! periodicals! classes! fil8s! and other reso3rces on creati4ity! int3ition! the brain! and psi pheno8ena that I offer here
only a bare s7eleton of s3ggestionsC So8e are easyZ so8e are pretty hea4y goingZ so8e are personal fa4oritesC 03t as yo3 del4e into the topic!
yo3<=>ll find h3ndreds 8ore that yo3 li7e! and betterC This list is [3st a beginningC Don<=>t forget the InternetC
'E,E)#L
#ndreasen! ,ancy CC The Creating 0rain: the ,e3roscience of 'eni3s A,e/ (or7: Dana Press! OIIGBC
0aba! "eherC 'ift of Int3itionC &ifteen essays co8piled by Don EC Ste4ens ALondon: Co8panion 0oo7s! OIIRBC
0riSendine! Lo3ann! "CDC The &e8ale 0rain A,e/ (or7: "organ )oad 0oo7s! OIIRBC
Cayce! EdgarC "y Life as a Seer: The Lost "e8oirs A,e/ (or7: StC "artin<=>s Press! HNNFBC
Da4ies! Pa3lC The "ind of 'od: Science 2 the Search for *lti8ate "eaning A,e/ (or7: Peng3in! HNNOBC
Dossey! Larry! "CDC The Po/er of Pre8onitions: Ho/ +no/ing the &3t3re Can Shape %3r Li4es A,e/ (or7: D3ttonDPeng3in! OIINBC
'iese8ann! S3SanneC The Priest and the "edi38 ACarlsbad! C#: Hay Ho3se! OIINBC
'lad/ell! "alco8bC 0lin7: The Po/er of Thin7ing -itho3t Thin7ing A,e/ (or7: Little! 0ro/nDHachette! OIIRBC
'oodall! ;ane! /ith Phillip 0er8anC )eason for Hope: # Spirit3al ;o3rney A,e/ (or7: -arner! HNNNBC
Hagerty! 0arbara 0radleyC &ingerprints of 'od: The Search for the Science of Spirit3ality A,e/ (or7: )i4erhead! OIINBC
;a/er! "ichael #C! /ith "arc SC "icoSSi "CDC! PhCDC The Spirit3al #nato8y of E8otion A)ochester! $T: Par7 Street Press! OIINBC
+andel! Eric )C In Search of "e8ory: The E8ergence of a ,e/ Science of "ind A,e/ (or7: ,orton! OIIRBC
+arag3lla! Shafica! "CDC 0rea7hro3gh to Creati4ity : (o3r Higher Sense Perception ACa8arillo! C#: De$orss! HNRFBC
"ain! ;ohnC The Heart of Creation A,e/ (or7: Contin338! HNNPBC
"yers! Isabel 0riggs! /ith Peter 0C "yersC 'ifts Differing: *nderstanding Personality Type A"o3ntain $ie/! C#: Da4ies-0lac7 P3blishing! HNNGBC
"yers! IsabelC Introd3ction to Type: # Description of the Theory and #pplication of the "yers-0riggs Type Indicator A'aines4ille! &L: Center for
#pplications of Psychological Type! HNNIBC
The "yers-0riggs Type IndicatorC %nline at: ///C8yersbriggsCorgD8y-8bti-personality-typeD8bti-basicsD C
,i88er! DeanC #rt fro8 Int3ition: %4erco8ing (o3r &ears and %bstacles to "a7ing #rt A,e/ (or7: -atson-'3ptill! OIIPBC
T3en7! ,ao8i LC Essentials of "yers-0riggs Type Indicator #ssess8ent AEssentials of Psychological #ssess8entB A'aines4ille! &L: Center for
#pplications of Psychological Type! OIINBC
)adin! DeanC The Conscio3s *ni4erse: The Scientific Tr3th of Psychic Pheno8ena A,e/ (or7: Harper%ne! OIINBC
<=V<=V<=VC Entangled "inds: E5trasensory E5periences in a T3ant38 )eality A,e/ (or7: Poc7et 0oo7s! OIIRBC
Sheldra7e! )3pertC Dogs That +no/ -hen Their %/ners #re Co8ing Ho8e and %ther *ne5plained Po/ers of #ni8als A,e/ (or7: Cro/n! HNNNBC
<=V<=V<=VC # ,e/ Science of Life: The Hypothesis of &or8ati4e Ca3sation ALos #ngeles: Tarcher! HNPHBC
-ise! #nnaC The High-Perfor8ance "ind: "astering 0rain/a4es for Insight! Healing! and Creati4ity A,e/ (or7: TarcherD Peng3in! HNNFBC
-orrall! #8brose #C! /ith %lga ,C -orrallC The 'ift of Healing: # Personal Story of Spirit3al Therapy A,e/ (or7: Harper 2 )o/! HNFRBC
E,E)'( #,D #*)#S
Eden! Donna! /ith Da4id &einsteinC Energy "edicine A,e/ (or7: TarcherDPeng3in! HNNPBC
E8oto! "asar3 AThe Hidden "essages in -ater! transC Da4id #C ThayneB AHillsboro! %): 0eyond -ords P3blishing! OIILBC
Led/ith! "?jkle?ml! and +la3s Heine8annC The %rb Pro[ect A,e/ (or7: #tria 0oo7sD0eyond -ords P3blishing! OIIFBC
Peirce! PenneyC &reU3ency: The Po/er of Personal $ibration A,e/ (or7: #tria 0oo7s! OIINBC
C%,T)%LLED )E"%TE $IE-I,'
03chanan! LynC The Se4enth Sense: Secrets of )e8ote $ie/ing as Told by a <=XPsychic Spy<=Y for the *CSC "ilitary A,e/ (or7: Poc7et 0oo7s!
OIIEBC
"oreho3se! Da4idC Psychic -arrior A,e/ (or7: StC "artin<=>s Press! HNNRBC
Proble8s! Sol3tions! Inno4ations! ///Ccr4ie/erCco8C
Schnabel! ;i8C )e8ote $ie/ers: The Secret History of #8erica<=>s Psychic Spies A,e/ (or7: Dell! HNNFBC
SPI)IT*#LIST #,D PS(CHIC )ES%*)CES
0ar7er! Elsa A/ritten in HNHL thro3gh her handBC Letters fro8 the #fterlife: # '3ide to the %ther Side AHillsboro! %): 0eyond -ords P3blishing!
OIILBC
0arnes! PeggyC The &3nda8entals of Spirit3alis8 AS388it! ,;: Sto/ "e8orial &o3ndation! OIIOBC
<=V<=V<=V<=VC Psychic &acts AS388it! ,;: Sto/ "e8orial &o3ndation! OIIOBC
03rro3ghs! HC 'ordonC 0eco8ing a Spirit3alist ALily Dale! ,(: ,ational Spirit3alist #ssociation of Ch3rches! HNROBC
ChoU3ette! SoniaC Diary of a Psychic: Shattering the "yths ACarlsbad! C#: Hay Press! OIIFBC
<=V<=V<=V<=VC The Psychic Path/ay: # -or7boo7 for )ea/a7ening the $oice of (o3r So3l A,e/ (or7: Three )i4ers Press! HNNLBC
Doyle! #rth3r ConanC The History of Spirit3alis8 ACo8pleteB A"iddlese5! England: Echo! OIIRBC
Hoff8an! EnidC De4elop (o3r Psychic S7ills A#lglen! P#: -hit-ford Press! HNPHBC
+ing! "argaret LC "edi38ship and Its Phases ALily Dale! ,(: ,ational Spirit3alist #ssociation of Ch3rches! OIIOBC
Peirce! PenneyC The Int3iti4e -ay: # '3ide to Li4ing fro8 Inner -isdo8 AHillsboro! %): 0eyond -ords P3blishing! HNNFBC
)i4a! Pa8! edC Light fro8 Sil4er 0irch ALondon: Psychic Press! HNPEBC
)oberts! ;aneC The #fterdeath ;o3rnal of an #8erican Philosopher: The -orld $ie/ of -illia8 ;a8es AEngle/ood! ,;: Prentice-Hall! HNFPBC
-allis! EC -C! and "C HC # '3ide to "edi38ship and Psychical *nfold8ent A-hitefish! "T: +essinger P3blishing! OIIRBC
-hite! Ste/art Ed/ardC The 0etty 0oo7: E5c3rsions into the -orld of %ther- Conscio3sness "ade by 0etty 0et/een HNHN and HNER ACol38b3s!
%H: #riel Press! HNPPBC
<=V<=V<=VC The *nobstr3cted *ni4erse ACol38b3s! %H: #riel Press! HNPPBC
I, 0)IT#I,
I also reco88end to anyone /ho can get the8 so8e of the periodicals fro8 the College of Psychic St3dies in England! especially their p3blication
Light: # )e4ie/ of Spirit3al and Psychic +no/ledge! /hich has been p3blished /itho3t a brea7 since HPPHC
The College of Psychic St3dies! HR T3eensberry Place! London S-F OE0C Tel: IOI FGPN EONOC
///Ccollegeofpsychicst3diesCcoC37Dlight
Loo7 also for Paranor8al )e4ie/: # &or38 for Debate! the 8agaSine of the Society for Psychical )esearch!LN "arloes )oad! +ensington! London
-P RL#C The Society cond3cts scholarly research into h38an e5periences that challenge conte8porary scientific 8odelsC
///CsprCacC37
The #rth3r &indlay College at Stansted Hall! calling itself the fore8ost college for the ad4ance8ent of Spirit3alis8! is a f3ll board residential center
/here st3dents de4elop psychic abilities and st3dy Spirit3alist philosophy and practiceC
I, #*ST)#LI#
The Chiara College of "etaphysics! established in HNNG! has online classes as /ell as in fi4e locationsC "ailing address: P% 0o5 RHLG!
Ha88ond4ille! ,S- HOHFI! #3straliaC E-8ail: ad8innchiaracollegeCco8C
I, THE *,ITED ST#TES
The #8erican Society for Psychical )esearch A#SP)B! G -est FErd Street! ,e/ (or7! ,( HIIIE ATelC OHO-FNN-GIGIBC Established HPPG! the #SP) is
basically a research libraryC
This is balanced by the follo/ing:
The ,e/ (or7 City S7eptical Psychic Society! fo3nded &ebr3ary OIHI! has occasional 8eetings at OI -est OIth Street! ,e/ (or7! ,(! or on
&aceboo7C
The Parapsychological #ssociation of scholars and scientists st3dying psi pheno8ena! fo3nded in HNGF by ;C 0C )hine! p3blishes the ;o3rnal of
Parapsychology and "indfieldC This association held its GErd ann3al con4ention ;3ly OIHI in ParisC
The #ssociation for )esearch and Enlighten8ent A#)EB! OHG RFth Street! $irginia 0each! $# ATelC PII-EEE-LLNNBC &o3nded by Edgar Cayce in HNEH!
this is one of the /orld<=>s greatest reso3rces for the st3dy of transpersonal s3b[ects! spirit3ality! drea8s! int3ition! psi abilities! philosophy!
and reincarnationC
I,TE),ET
There are doSens of local spirit3al schools and colleges in e4ery co3ntry in the /orld and tho3sands of psychics a4ailable thro3gh the Internet or
&aceboo7 /ho are /illing to teach their s7illsC 0eing 3nfa8iliar /ith the8! I hesitate to 8a7e specific reco88endationsC 03t I a8 s3re that co3rses
at any ch3rch that is part of the ,ational Spirit3alist #ssociation /o3ld probably be legiti8ateC
If yo3 loo7 on the Internet! yo3 /ill find so8e ECHG 8illion hits 3nder <=XPsychic Societies ,(C<=Y aloneC I /ish /e had in the *nited States an
eU3i4alent to the long-established English colleges for the st3dy of psychic abilities and 8edi38shipC 03t /e do ha4e n38ero3s schoolsC Clic7 on
///CPsychic-;3n7ieCco8 to find listings of psychic and spirit3al schools that offer 0C#C! "C#C! DCDC! and PhCDC degrees in 8etaphysics! distance
learning! and psychic de4elop8entC )e8e8ber! yo3 are on yo3r o/nC *se yo3r int3itionC Test the teachingC It is spirit3al de4elop8ent that sho3ld
be of concern! not the acU3isition and 3se of heady po/ersC
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#dapti4e 3nconscio3s
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#ddiction! and int3ition
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#fterlife! 4ie/s of
#7ashic )i4er of +no/ledge
#lla/i! #yad
#lpha brain /a4es
#8erican Society for Psychical )esearch A,e/ (or7B
#8ericans! beliefs
#ncient c3lt3res! and di4ination
#ndreasen! ,ancy CC
#ngels ani8als as
#nger
and energy fields
and int3ition
#ni8al co883nicators
+ar8i
#ni8als! int3ition of
#ntonio Ae5a8ple of int3itionB
#n5iety! loss of
#rchi8edes
#ristotle
#rlington "etaphysical Chapel
#rtists
creati4ity of
and precognition
#si8o4! Isaac
#ssociation for )esearch and Enlighten8ent A#C)CECB
#ston! &rancis
#t7ins! Peter
#to8s
#ttention deficit disorder A#DDB
#3g3stine! Saint
#3g3st3s
#3ras
anger and
e5ercises
and int3ition
photography of
reso3rces
seeing of
#3sten! ;ane
#3stralia! reso3rces in
#3stralian aborigine! int3iti4e
#3to8atic /riting
#/a7ened "ind
brain /a4es
healers and
0acon! S388er
0alance! restoration of
0alitsaris! "argaret D3laney
0ea3ty! a/areness of
0eha4ior change! pre8onitions and
0ena4ides! &elipe
0enedict! "ellen-Tho8as
0ergson! Henri
0esant! #nnie
0eta brain /a4es
0irds! spirits and
0lin7 A'lad/ellB
0l3ndell! 'eoffrey
0rain
and creati4ity
electrical i8p3lses
in[3ry to
and instantaneo3s decisions
and int3iti4e infor8ation
8editation and
near-death e5periences
ne3ronal change
0rain /a4es
8eas3re8ent of
training of
0riggs! +atharine Coo7
0right! $ic7y
0rin7ley! Dannion
0ritain! reso3rces in
0ront?c! Charlotte
0ro/n! &C )eed
03chanan! Linda
03chanan! Lyn
and C)$
03c7! -illia8
03ddha
03ddhis8
and conscio3sness
and spirits
03rnha8! Sophy! boo7s by
03tterflies! spirits and
Cade! "a5/ell
Calp3rnia
Ca83s! #lbert
Care for the -ild
Cassandra
Catholic Ch3rch! and /itchcraft
Cats! int3ition of
Ca3sality
Cayce! Edgar
Cell phones! and brain /a4es
Cha7ras
balancing of
Challenges! in life
Chan! Tony
Charity! di4ination and
Charlatans
Children
/ith #DD
brain /a4es
and e8otions of others
and energy fields
8inds of
pre8onition
psychic s7ills
Christ
healing by
and light
Ch3rches
Catholic! and /itchcraft
Episcopal! teachings of
Spirit3alist
in -ashington! DCCC
Ch3rchill! -inston
Claira3dience
Clairsentience
+ratSer and
Clair4oyance
st3dies of
Clair4oyants
Cayce
Didier
S/edenborg
Clancy! To8
Clar7e! Dorothy
Clients of psychics
responsibilities of
Clo4is A&ran7ish 7ingB
Coincidence
Co7er! )ory
Collecti4e 3nconscio3s
College of Psychic St3dies ALondonB
Co883nication! ani8als and
Co8passion
brain /a4es and
and conscio3sness
di4ination and
int3ition and
Co8passionate obser4ation
Conscio3sness
brain /a4es and
after death
indestr3ctibility of
8eas3re8ent of
nat3re of
Conte8plation
Controlled re8ote 4ie/ing AC)$B
reso3rces
Creation of h38ans! Qen idea of
Creati4e 0rain! The: The Science of 'eni3s A#ndreasenB
Creati4e people
Creati4ity
brain /a4es and
and inspiration
psychic e5periences and
training for
Croo7es! -illia8
C)$ Acontrolled re8ote 4ie/ingB
reso3rces
C3lt3res! ancient! and di4ination
C3nliffe! 0renda
Dalai La8a
and conscio3sness
Da4id Abiblical 7ingB
Day! La3ra
Daydrea8ing
De )er38 ,at3ra AL3creti3sB
Death
spirit3alists and
s3r4i4al afterC See also Spirits! appearances of
Decisions
brain and
instantaneo3s
Delphic %racle
Delta brain /a4es
De8aterialiSation
De8ocrit3s
De4i! Indira
Didier! #le5is
Di8ensions! <=Xother!<=Y
Discontin3o3s reality
Di4ination
Di4inity
Dogs That +no/ -hen Their %/ners #re Co8ing Ho8e ASheldra7eB
Dolphins! co883nication /ith
Dontas! 'eorgios
Dosa! Da4id
Dossey! Larry
Do3bt
Do/sers
Doyle! #rth3r Conan
Drea8s
creati4ity and
int3iti4e
pre8onitory
psi e5periences
D37e *ni4ersity! paranor8al research
Dying! fear of
Eadie! 0etty
Earth/or8s! precognition in
Ecstatic ;o3rney! The A03rnha8B
Ed3cation
and belief in psychic pheno8ena
and creati4ity
Einstein! #lbert! and U3ant38 8echanics
Elytis! %dysse3s
E8anation
E8braced by the Light AEadieB
E8erson! )alph -aldo
E8oto! "asar3
E8pathy
brain /a4es and
de4elop8ent of
di4ination and
and int3iti4e e5periences
Energy
reso3rces
s3btle
tho3ght and
trans8ission of
Energy fields
a3ras
e5ercises
lo4e and
negati4e e8otions and
of ob[ects
Enlightened so3ls
Enlighten8ent
Entangled "inds: E5trasensory E5periences in a T3ant38 )eality A)adinB
Episcopal Ch3rch! teachings of
Episcopal collect
ESP Ae5trasensory perceptionB
alpha brain /a4es and
belief in
Ethics! of psychic readings
E5perience! and conscio3sness
<=XE5peri8enter Effect!<=Y
E5ternal 4oice! inspirational
E5trasensory perceptionC See ESP
E5tro4erts
&a8e
&ear
anger and
and force fields
int3ition and
loss of
&eyn8an! )ichard
&ingerprints of 'od AHagertyB
f")I Af3nctional 8agnetic resonance i8agingB! int3ition test
&orce fieldsC See Energy fields
&orced-choice e5peri8ents
&orgi4eness
of self
spirit3alists and
&orster! EC "C
&ort3ne-tellingC See Di4ination
&o5 fa8ily! and spirit3alis8
&ree -ill
&re3d! Sig83nd
&3chs! ;oseph
&3nctional 8agnetic resonance i8aging Af")IB! int3ition test
&3t3re! 8a7ing of
'<=>t38o
'a88a brain /a4es
'arrett! Eileen
'as discharge 4is3aliSation A'D$B
'eh8an! #nne
'ender differences in int3ition
'enerosity
'host h3nters
'ift of Healing! The A-orrallB
'lad/ell! "alcol8
0lin7
'od
belief in
connecting /ith
e5perience of! 8editation and
and int3ition
4oice of
'oethe! ;ohann -olfgang 4on
'ogol! ,i7olai
'oodall! ;ane
'oodness! a/areness of
'ratit3de
'reene! Ted
'rief! and int3ition
'ro3t! "ari3s
'3rney! Ed83nd
'3t feelings
Hades
Hagerty! 0arbara 0radley! &ingerprints of 'od
<=XHallel3[ah Chor3s<=Y AHandelB
Handel! 'eorge &rideric
Happiness
Har8an! -illis
Harrison! E4elyn
Har4ey! -illia8
Healers
Healing! brain /a4es and
Healing to3ch
Healing -or7s
Heart rate! int3iti4e infor8ation and
Henry I$ ASha7espeareB
Herc3les
Hidden "essages in -ater! The AE8otoB
Higher Self
a3to8atic /riting and
heart and
and int3ition
and int3iti4e 8ind
8editation and
History of Spirit3alis8 ACo8pleteB! The ADoyleB
Hol8es! %li4er -endell
Holy Spirit
Ho8e! Daniel D3nglas
Hop7ins! 'erard "anley
Ho3dini! Harry
Ho3ston! ;ean
Ho4ing! Tho8as
H38an energy! photography of
H38ans! creation of! Qen idea of
H38ility
di4ination and
H3ndred-8on7ey syndro8e
Identification of spirits
I8ages! ani8al co883nication by
I8agination
Inani8ate ob[ects! a3ras of
Inanna AS38erian goddessB
Infinite Intelligence
Infor8ation
int3iti4e! so3rce of
processing styles
Insec3rity! and force fields
Insight
in readings
theta brain /a4es and
Insight 8editation
Inspiration
and creati4ity
e5ternal 4oice
so3rce of
Instit3te of ,oetic St3dies AI%,SB
Intelligence
infinite! spirit3alists and
and int3ition
Intention
infl3ence of
International Society for the St3dy of S3btle Energies and Energy "edicine AISSEE"B
Internet! reso3rces
Intro4erts
Int3ition
and alpha brain /a4es
a3ras and
belief in
C)$ and
delta brain /a4es and
de4elop8ent of
disr3ptions of
do3bts of
in drea8s
and fear
for8s of
incidence of
increase of
inherited
inhibition of
in4iting of
location of
8editation and
8ystical e5perience and
and nor8al life
and pre8onition
and psi
and psychic abilities
psychics and
research
spirits and
theories
theta brain /a4es and
training of
*CSC #r8y st3dies
Int3iti4e e5periences
Int3iti4es
professional and e8otions of others
See also "edi38sZ Psychics
In4iting int3ition
I%,S AInstit3te of ,oetic St3diesB
Irrational f3nctions! ;3ng<=>s ideas of
Israel! ancient! and di4ination
ISSEE" AInternational Society for the St3dy of S3btle Energies and Energy "edicineB
;a8es! -illia8
;ane Eyre A0ront?cB
;es3sC See Christ
;oan of #rc! Saint
;ordan! 0ill
;o3rnal of Clinical In4estigation
;o3rnal of Parapsychology
;3dg8ental personality type
;3li3s Caesar
;3ng! Carl 'C
+af7a! &ranS
+alahari 03sh8en! telepathic
+andel! Eric )C
+ar8i! "aria
+eats! ;ohn
+e73l?@ 4on StradonitS! &riedrich #3g3st
+indness! di4ination and
+irlian! Se8yon
+noll! -ayne
+no/ing! int3iti4e
+orot7o4! +onstantin 'C
+ratSer! Patricia
Langley! Sa83el PC
Lang3age
int3iti4e e5perience and
of spirit3ality
Last Prince of the "e5ican E8pire! The A"ayoB
Leadbeater! Charles
Le3cipp3s
Le4itation
Le4itic3s
Life #fter Life A"oodyB
Life force! trans8ission of
Light
e8anation of
ribbons of! at fingertips
spirit3al e5perience and
Light and Death ASabo8B
Lily Dale A,e/ (or7 co883nityB
paintings
Listening
deep
healing in
int3ition and
Little Prince! The ASaint-E53p?@ryB
Lodge! %li4er
London! Society for Psychical )esearch
Lo3isa *lri7a AU3een consort of S/edenB
Lo4e
a3ras and
and energy fields
'od as
and int3ition
light of
psyche and
and rando8-operating 8achines
and readings
ribbons of
L3creti3s
"adappa! +rishna
"agic
"a7ing )o3nds /ith %scar ADosaB
"#P)C A"id-#tlantic Paranor8al )esearch Co3ncilB
"arshall! 0renda
"artial arts
"aslo/! #braha8
"aterialiSation
"atter
"at3rity! spirit3al
"ayo! CC "C
The Last Prince of the "e5ican E8pire
"cCraty! )ollin
"cPhail! Ian
"CS A8ini8ally conscio3s stateB
"editation
and a3to8atic /riting
and brain
and int3ition
theta brain /a4es
"edi38s
0ro/n
'eh8an
Ho8e
professional
and spirits
trances
-itch of Endor
"e8ory
and conscio3sness
long-ter8! theta brain /a4es
"en! and int3ition
"ental telepathy
incidence of
a8ong +alahari 03sh8en
st3dies
/o8en and
"essiah AHandelB
"id-#tlantic Paranor8al )esearch Co3ncil A"#P)CB
"ilitary! *CSC! and re8ote 4ie/ing
"ilton! ;ohn
"ind
and conscio3sness
int3iti4e
nonlocality of
"ind energy
"ind-flo/
brain /a4es and
"ind "irror
"ind-sight
"ini8ally conscio3s state A"CSB
"ista7es! gift of
"itchell! Edgar
"olec3lar str3ct3re! tho3ght and
"oody! )ay8ond
"orals! spirit3alists and
"organ! ;C PC
"orphic fields
"orrison! "ary CC
#l "o38in! "ish7at
"oSart! -olfgang #8ade3s
"3sic! and brain /a4es
"yers! Isabel 0riggs
"yers-0riggs Type Indicator tests
"ystical e5periences
"ystics! and scientists
"yths! of *nder/orld
,a8es of spirits
,ational Science &o3ndation
,ational Spirit3alist #ssociation of Ch3rches
,at3re
and alpha brain /a4es
spirit3alists and
,ear-death e5perience A,DEB
,egati4e e8otions! and non-organic 8atter
,egati4e i8p3lses! int3ition and
,e/ (or7 Ti8es! The
,g! 0obby
NDHH attac7s! pre8onitions of
,ineteenth cent3ry! spirit3alis8 in
,onlocal 8ind
,onlocality
,o3/en! Henri
%bser4ation! co8passionate
%cc3lt Che8istry A0esant and LeadbeaterB
%dysse3s
<=X%ld-fashioned &ar8ers<=Y A'ogolB
%ne-ness! sense of
%rphe3s
%thers! interest in
Paige! EliSabeth
Paintings! by spirits
Pal8ists
Paracels3s
Paranor8al abilities
Parapsychology! research
Parapsychology &o3ndation
Partners! e5ercises /ith
Path of Prayer! The A03rnha8B
Patience
PE#) APrinceton School of Engineering #no8alies )esearchB
Peebles! ;a8es "artin
Peebles! "ary ;o
Pend3l38s
Perceptions
personality types and
psi
psychic
Peripheral 4ision
Persephone
Personality
conscio3sness and
types
;3ng and
"yers-0riggs test and
Pert3rbation techniU3e
Pet psychics
Photons
entangled
e5peri8ents
Pic7ering! Ed/ard CC
Pict3res! ani8al co883nication by
Pierson! 'eorge
P+ Apsycho7inesisB
Planc7! "a5
Pl3tarch
Po/er of Pre8onitions! The ADosseyB
Prayer! di4ination and
Precognition
ani8als and
st3dies
Prefrontal corte5 of brain
Pre8onition
in drea8s
and int3ition
lo4e and See also Precognition
Prescience
Presenti8ent
<=XPri8iti4e<=Y people! telepathic
Princeton Engineering #no8alies )esearch APE#)B
Princeton School of Engineering
Pro[ections
Prophets
Psi
st3dies
Psyche! 'ree7 8yth of
Psychic abilities
of ani8als
C)$ and
de4elop8ent of
disco4ery of
int3ition and
Psychic concepts
Psychic e5periences
creati4e people and
incidence of
psi See also Int3ition
Psychic gifts! nat3ral
Psychic perceptions
Psychic pheno8ena! st3dies of
Psychic readingsC See )eadings! Psychic
Psychic s7ills! de4elop8ent of
Psychic s3rgery
Psychics
and bad ne/s
Cayce
defined
&o5 sisters
professional
choice of
profile
re8ote 4ie/ing st3dy
reso3rces
See also "edi38sZ Pet psychics
Psycho7inesis AP+B
Psycho8etry
P3thoff! Harold
T3ant38 8echanics
)adin! Dean
Entangled "inds: E5trasensory E5periences in a T3ant38 )eality
)ando8-operating 8achines
intention and
)ational f3nctions! ;3ng<=>s ideas of
)ayleigh! ;ohn -illia8 Str3tt
)eadings! psychic
clair4oyant
do3bts of
ethics of
by 8edi38s
spirits and
spirit3al
)eality
0ergson<=>s 4ie/ of
and intention
)eason! and ci4iliSed c3lt3re
)eason for Hope A'oodallB
)ei7i
)eincarnation
)eligion! spirit3alists and
)e8ote 4ie/ing
)eso3rces
)eynolds! Pa8
)hine! ;C 0C
)hine )esearch Center
)ibbons of lo4e
)ichards! "ichael
)ing! +enneth
)obert-Ho3din! ;ean-E3g?ine
)o8ans! ancient! and /itchcraft
)oose4elt! &ran7lin Delano
)ottier! ;ane
)38i! ;alal ad-Din
Sabo8! "ichael
Sai 0aba! Sathya
Saint-E53p?@ry! #ntoine de
Sa83el AprophetB
Sa3l Abiblical 7ingB
Schia4o! Terri Schindler
Schooler! ;onathan
Schr?_dinger! Er/in
Science! creati4ity and
Scientific disco4eries! acceptance of
Scientists
and int3ition
and 8ystics
Second sight
SeersC See "edi38sZ Psychics
Self
forgi4eness of
7no/ledge of
Self-act3aliSation
Se88el/eis! IgnaS Philipp
Sense perceptions
Sensiti4esC See Psychics
Sensiti4ities! heightened
Serenity
Ser4ice to others! di4ination and
Se4enth Sense! The A03chananB
Sha7espeare! -illia8
Henry I$
The Te8pest
Sheldra7e! )3pert
Dogs That +no/ -hen Their %/ners #re Co8ing Ho8e
8orphic fields
Shelley! Percy 0ysshe
Siddhis
Sidereal ti8e! int3ition and
Sidg/ic7! Henry
Silence
Si8on! ,eil
Si8plicity
Sinclair! *pton
S7eptics
and a3ras
and g3t feelings
of int3ition
of psychic readings
S7in cond3ctance! fl3ct3ations
Sleep
delta brain /a4es and
Sleeping Prophet ACayceB
Society for Psychical )esearch ALondonB
Society for Psychical )esearch! #8erican! A,e/ (or7B
Solit3de
So3nd of a "iracle! The AStehliB
Spirits
appearances of
physical 8anifestations
belief in
c3lt3res and
for8s of
8edi38s and
presence of
recordings of
seeing of
Spirit3al #/a7ening
Spirit3al de4elop8ent! int3ition and
Spirit3al e5perience
Spirit3al 8at3rity
Spirit3alis8
Spirit3alist principles
Spirit3alists! reso3rces
Spirit3ality
brain /a4es and
and psychic abilities
U3alities of
S/edenborg and
Stanford *ni4ersity! psychical research
Stehli! #nnabel
Ste4enson! Ian
StieglitS! Perry
Stillness
String theory
Stroh8! 'ladys
S3bato8ic entangle8ent
S3bconscio3s 8ind
and C)$
and int3ition
theta brain /a4es
S3btle energies
play /ith
S/eden! belief in paranor8al in
S/edenborg! E8an3el
Sy8pathy for others
Tai chi
Targ! )3ssell
Tartt! ;3dith -at7ins
Tchai7o4s7y! Peter Ilyich
Technology
and paranor8al research
Pierson and
spirits and
Telepathy
incidence of
a8ong +alahari 03sh8en
st3dies
/o8en and
Te8pest! The ASha7espeareB
Tenderness
Teresa of ?b4ila! Saint
Theta brain /a4es
Thin7ing! ;3ng<=>s ideas of
Tho3ght! and energy
Tho3ght transferenceC See also Telepathy
Tho3less! )obert
Ti8e! 8o4e8ent of
Ti8ing of int3iti4e f3nctions
Tipping point
Tiresias
Titanic disaster! pre8onitions of
Tolerance
Train accidents! pre8onitions of
Trance 8edi38s
TranU3illity! inner
T3ring! #lan
T/igg! Ena
*nconscio3s! and inspiration
*nderstanding
*nder/orld! 4isits to
*ng3en! ;ean
*nited States! reso3rces in
*nity! 8ystical
*ni4ersity of Pennsyl4ania! telepathy st3dy
*CSC #r8y! and int3ition
*tley! Dorothy and La4erne
4an der Post! La3rens
$erbal o4ershado/ing
$essel! ;ane
$inson! Christy
$ital life force
$oice of 'od
-ang! ,ina
-ashington! DCCC! ch3rches
-ater
8olec3lar str3ct3re! tho3ght and
spirits and
-atts! #lan
-eil! #ndre/
-histler! ;a8es
-hiteley! EliSabeth
-illia8s! Lori
-illis! Terry
-inter! ;3lie
-isdo8
-ise! #nna
-itch of Endor
-itchcraft
-o8en
and a3ras
and int3ition
and int3iti4e infor8ation
and psychic e5periences
and telepathy
-ord associations! drea8s and
-orrall! #8brose
The 'ift of Healing
-riters
creati4e
and creati4e ideas
prescient
Qa/itos7i! ;o#nne
Qener cards! tests /ith
Qeri! &ederico
H
&ro8 Dean )adin! Entangled "inds: E5trasensory E5periences in a T3ant38 )eality A,e/ (or7: Para4ie/ Poc7et 0oo7s! OIIRB! pC OFRC
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D3ring the nineteenth cent3ry! the heyday of spirit3alis8! spirits /rote on slates! dre/ pict3res! rapped and tapped! tilted tables! 8o4ed ob[ects
aro3nd a roo8! and 8ade their presence 7no/n in other e5otic /ays! incl3ding ectoplas8icallyC (o3 hear less of these sensational appearances
todayC %ne 8edi38 I 7no/ says the reason is that earlier the spirits! atte8pting to get o3r attention! reU3ired dra8atic effects that today are no
longer necessary! b3t another reason 8ay si8ply be that 8edi38s! ha4ing learned to a4oid ad4erse p3blicity! no/ offer s3ch effects only in
pri4ate s?@ances and spirit circlesC The nineteenth cent3ry sa/ plentif3l charges of fra3d to go along /ith these physical 8anifestationsC Ho3dini
3nco4ered the sleight-of-hand behind so8e of the rapping and /ritingC The Co88ittee for S7eptical InU3iry! /hich iss3es S7eptical InU3irer
"agaSine! has interested itself in othersC )ecently it in4estigated the spirit paintings at Lily Dale and! 3ns3rprisingly! fo3nd the8 to be fra3dsC
E
Sai 0aba ta3ght no partic3lar religion b3t lo4ed both Isla8 and Hind3is8C He ad4ised his follo/ers to lead a 8oral life! help others! lo4e e4ery
li4ing being /itho3t discri8ination! treat all /ith lo4e! and de4elop faith and patienceC He criticiSed atheis8C In his teachings Sai 0aba e8phasiSed
the i8portance of perfor8ing one<=>s d3ties /itho3t attach8ent to earthly 8atters and being e4er content regardless of the sit3ationC He
ta3ght that 'od penetrates and li4es in e4ery being! for 'od is the essence of allC He e8phasiSed the co8plete oneness of 'od! a philosophy close
to the Isla8ic ta/hid and the Hind3 *panishadsC
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There<=>s 8ore to the storyC It has a happy endC (ears later! /hen 'eorgie /as aro3nd ele4en! her 8other and stepfather fo3nd an a3diologist in
S/itSerland /ho! in t/enty half-ho3r sessions o4er a period of ten days! co8pletely healed 'eorgie of both her dysle5ia and the hyperac3te
hearing disorder that! diagnosed fro8 birth as a3tis8! had 7ept her in instit3tions for yearsC The story is bea3tif3lly told in The So3nd of a "iracle
by #nnabel Stehli A,e/ (or7: 0ea3fort 0oo7s! HNNGBC
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Inspirational
# 0oo7 of #ngels: )eflections on #ngels Past and Present!
and Tr3e Stories of Ho/ They To3ch %3r Li4es
#ngel Letters
The Ecstatic ;o3rney: -al7ing the "ystical Path in E4eryday Life
The Path of Prayer: )eflections on Prayer and Tr3e Stories
of Ho/ It #ffects %3r Li4es

,onfiction
The #rt Cro/d
The Landed 'entry: Passions and Personalities
Inside #8erica<=>s Propertied Class

,o4els
)e4elations
The President<=>s #ngel
The Treas3re of "onts?@g3r: # ,o4el of the Cathars

(o3ng #d3lt ,o4els

03ccaneer
The Dog/al7er

Plays
Penelope: The Story of the %dyssey fro8 Penelope<=>s Point of $ie/
Sno/stor8s AThe St3dyB
Pro8ethe3s: #daptation fro8 #eschyl3s
The "eaning of Life

&il8s
The S8ithsonian<=>s -hale
The Leaf Thie4es