Recently reported by tvnz.co.nz/national-news, a grieving family turn to psychic for help. The New Zealand family torn apart by the death of their daughter has turned to medium Kelvin Cruickshank for help.

On December 4 last year, 20-year-old Samantha Henderson was killed after her defacto partner Justin Goldstone pointed a loaded, sawn-off shotgun at her face as he posed for photographs.

Twenty-one-year-old Goldstone was sentenced to three years and four months in prison for her manslaughter.

Goldstone has remained tight lipped on the events of that fateful night and so the family turned to Cruickshank in order to gain some closure. They are grappling with the fact Samantha could die at the hands of her partner and say some of the facts do not add up.

“All along I’ve struggled with how someone could be that stupid to have a loaded gun and point it at someone then physically pull the trigger,” says Samantha’s father, Dave.

They picked Cruickshank to help, as Samantha’s mother, Rachel, says out of the psychics they have seen “he was the one that was always so bang on”.

When Cruickshank made contact with Samantha’s spirit she sent a happy birthday message through Cruickshank to her mum. But it was her use of a nickname no-one outside of their family knows that turned Dave from a sceptic into a believer.

She bought the name “Pixie” in, which Rachel says is a name Samantha and Dave used to call her because of her ears.

“There was only Sam and Dave that knew that, so there was no way that he could have known that,” Rachel says.

This gave them confidence to believe the other information Cruickshank gave them about the day Samantha died.

Cruickshank said he got the feeling through Samantha’s spirit that Goldstone was on drugs at the time.

“He’s on something, there’s got to be some sort of reference to him being stoned or wasted or whatever and he snaps just like an owner of a dog to an animal. I can tell you he was high, high as a kite,” Cruickshank said.

Goldstone refused a toxicology test.

Dave said the reference to drugs made sense to him and actually gave him a little bit of peace of mind.

Cruickshank also said Samantha told him “with intent”.

However, there was never any evidence of intent, which is why Goldstone was charged with manslaughter, not murder.

Cruickshank said Samantha let him know she did not suffer, which Rachel said is the best she could hope for.

Samantha also expressed that she wants her daughter Hope to be with her parents.

As for those who say the family are silly for believing Cruickshank, Rachel says she does not care.

“I didn’t do this for everybody else or for anyone else to have an opinion.

“I did this for me and for Dave and for our kids, just to give us a sense of peace,” says Rachel.

The medium Kelvin Cruickshank was born in a small town on New Zealand’s North Island, and claims that from an early age he was aware of his psychic abilities because he could see people that other children could not. When he reached adulthood the visitors became harder to ignore and Kelvin realized that these visitors had messages which were meant to be delivered to others.

By Guest Contributor

“I’ve dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they’ve gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind.” – Emily Bronte, English novelist and poet.

Dreams have the tremendous power to transform our lives in so many ways. Taking the time to explore and understand our dreams can help us improve relationships, solve difficult problems, diagnose illnesses, inspire creativity, fresh ideas and new inventions, and teach leadership and right conduct. Sometimes, even a single dream can help shape our life purpose.

We spend up to 7 years of our lives dreaming

We all average about five to seven dreams a night (even if we don’t remember them) and will spend approximately five to seven full years of our lifetime dreaming.

Dreams are the language of the soul

Dreams are the language of the soul. They are spirit informing mind with the purpose of bringing wholeness and healing in our lives. Dreams serve two main functions: 1). To help us work through our issues or karma, and 2). To help us fulfill our destiny, purpose, or dharma. Most dreams will fall under these two broad pillars.

Everyone can understand their dreams

We all have the potential to self-interpret or at least understand our dreams to help enrich our lives.

Dreams come in many shapes and sizes

Precognitive or predictive dreams help us prepare for a future event that comes to pass. Clairvoyant or clear seeing dreams can often help us better perceive what’s happening in the present. And retro-cognitive dreams can help uncover something hidden in the past. Past, present, and future are one fluid continuum that dreams draw from.

There are visitation dreams where angels, mentors, and loved ones visit us to provide guidance. Lucid dreams occur when we become aware that we are dreaming – allowing us some conscious influence on the outcome of the dream. Telepathic dreams involve mind-to-mind communication with other people.

We often will dream experiential testing dreams (especially during a transition) where our soul is trying out different scenarios to help us make better choices or help prepare us for an arduous undertaking.

For example, a high school student transitioning over to college might have recurring dreams about participating in various on campus activities to better prepare him for the actual event. Or a recently laid off person who’s thinking of jumping into a business full-time might have a dream where she’s running her business but is wearing disheveled clothing, feeling exhausted, and swimming in a sea of paperwork. This dream could be warning the dreamer to transition over part-time or choose another business deal.

Dreams can have many layers of meaning

More complex dreams with several scenes will often involve multiple layers of meaning. Some dreams will require a long period of incubation involving several months or years because they are working on complex problems.

Some of these complex dreams might not make any sense at the moment of interpretation but will make sense after an appropriate gestation period has elapsed. It is well worth the effort to journal your dreams in as much detail as you can and make a conscious effort to explore all aspects and meanings of your dreams. Some dreams, like a good book, will bring new flashes of insight and meaning with each reading.

Dream Recall Tips

* Start with the belief that you can and will remember your dreams.

* Place a pad, pencil and pen by your bedside. (Pencil tips can break while pens can run out of ink).

* Try a light pen so you can write your dreams in the dark without having to switch on a lamp.

* You may wish to have a tape-recorder to speak your dream upon waking.

* Reading a good book on dreams 20 minutes before going to bed can help stimulate dream recall.

* Repeat a dream recall affirmation often such as: “I am easily remembering and recording my dreams.”

* Write down your dream as soon as you awake. 80 percent of a dream can be lost in as little as 10 minutes.

* Visualize yourself immediately writing down your dream on waking.

* Be as still as possible. Shifting positions in bed is known to reduce dream recall.

* Tell a partner or trusted friend in advance that you will share your dream with them tomorrow.

* Meditating and praying for guidance will put you in the alpha dream state and help increase recall.

* Get a good night’s sleep. Dreams get progressively longer peaking in the 6th, 7th, and 8th hours of sleep.

* You will establish the habit of remembering your dreams by journaling them for the next 30 days.

Dream Interpretation Tips

* Start with a sincere intent to learn from your dreams to better yourself and live purposefully.

* What emotional feeling are you left with? Feelings are more accurate and truthful than words in dreams.

* You are made up of 80 percent water. The state of water in your dreams often reflects your emotional state.

* Write a simple story line. Summarize your dream in one sentence and express the main theme.

* Ask: “Why did my soul have this experience? What do I need to understand? What issues need working?”

* Be aware of the events occurring in your life at the time of your dream; especially the day before.

* Remember that dream symbols often have dual opposite meanings. Good dream dictionaries will have both.

* There are three main types of symbols: archetypal symbols, cultural symbols, and personal symbols.

* Review all your dreams at least once a year. You will notice common themes and motifs to help guide you.

* Act on your dreams: call or visit someone, pick up a book, watch a movie, wear clothing from your dreams.

* Dream application leads to dream interpretation. By applying your dreams the full meaning reveals itself.

We now live in a world where the village Shaman that brought healing and hope to people is all but killed off. Under the veil of science and technological progress, the world weeps silently. It is time to bring back the lost art of dreaming…

By Guest Contributor

The topic of psychic dependency being both compelling and dangerous is one close to my heart. This is because psychic practitioners not only can rely indirectly on your need for information but can also feed the danger if they do not separate their ego and professionalism from their own deep personal needs when delivering information to you.

I believe that many self-proclaimed psychics have discovered and learned their craft through trauma. Now this on its own is of little importance unless it becomes coupled dangerously with a psychic’s sense of self and purpose and runs out via their ego. When a person, in general, is attached to and dependent on whom they want to be presented as being (as opposed to whom they really are) and they are also inflexible to understand that in time their level of professionalism needs to grow and develop rather than be reliant on the same old tricks, this can become a fatal combination and draw in others who share their dependency.

I always remember a visit to a psychic we’ll call ‘Barry from Bankstown’ on one of my random trips back home to Sydney a few years ago. I decided to be one of the girls for the day and also get a reading, so the group sent me in first! This way they could see my reaction and decide if they wanted to go as well.

‘Barry from Bankstown’, as we now fondly call him, came out in a black jumpsuit, with high collar, big belt and little red devils on it to announce that he was booked out weeks in advance and that we were lucky to have secured an appointment so quickly.

When I went in, ‘Barry’ asked me to shuffle the tarot cards and as I was doing this I was amazed at how much paraphernalia he had in his little booth in the crystal shop where he was based. I’ve never seen an array like it – crystals, devil ornaments, third eye ornaments and other weird and wonderful talismans.

Then he asked me what my seven worst worries were that he could sort for me – I thought it an odd thing to ask as I had never seen this approach before. So I responded that I loved my life but was here because I was curious about anything that may come in from my Guides. At this point he got very annoyed as I challenged him on the need for so much negativity and, a few insults later about his belief that women are unable to be intuitive, he ultimately told me to get out as he was very busily booked and only needed people who had ‘real issues for him to work out!’

Now this may seem a bit out of the ordinary – yet in fact it is not. He was simply much more extreme than the usual, run of the mill, helpful psychics attached to their identity.

As I thought of all the talismans in ‘Barry’s’ little cupboard I could clearly see how he both preyed on and worked with people’s fears and dependency. You see, living in that area are many foreigners who believe in the power of the evil eye, will want curses and such removed and will have terrible (or so perceived) secrets that they need to discuss for clarity. ‘Barry’ simply honed in on them and marketed himself both physically and emotionally to cater to them. Thus, he fed people’s fears which generated dependency and also could dangerously influence the decisions these clients were making.

So how do we recognize dependency and the danger it can cause both from a psychic and a client perspective?

I believe that psychics do not need to see a client more than at absolute most three times a year for a full reading to cover off all the issues. An accurate and quality psychic will give undiluted information to a client and then respects the client’s decision in how to manage the situation.

Good psychics recognize dependency when a client cannot make a decision – on every topic in their life – without consultation with them. An honest psychic will know that this person needs more than psychic guidance and may need some possible counselling assistance as there are greater issues at play with them.

As a client, you will know you have dependency when you feel COMPELLED to voice all your thoughts, actions and non-actions to your psychic before you ever take action. Have you ever felt panic before your decision making because you no longer feel you can make decisions without a third party instruction?

This becomes very dangerous when psychics feel compelled to be always sprouting their intuition and words to all who come in contact with them – in social situations, privately and at work. You will know it is dangerous as a client when you no longer feel you have any CAPACITY to action your decisions.

Beware if your psychic has your number on speed dial and is always offering advice and if you have their number on your speed dial and are always asking.

Some tips to avoiding psychic dependency include:

Tip 1. Go in to your psychic with specific areas you want covered and ask the questions – do not give the background to the question. This way they cannot assume what is happening and build from it.

Tip 2. Go to your reading with the expectation that each and every psychic reads very differently and no way is wrong as such – just different. However, if you feel that someone is overwhelmingly negative – work with your instincts on that.

Tip 3. Go to your reading having asked about how the psychic reads, when they first learned to read, what they love about their work and what is the benefit is of seeing this particular type of reader over any other. If the psychic replies anything along the genre of ‘I love to help people and it is my mission in life to do so’ – RUN. It is not their mission. A psychic’s mission is to simply be a conduit for Spirit and be good and honest about it. The outcome is the clarity and help it offers people.

Finally, when you walk into a psychic, reader, medium, clairvoyant or whatever else you wish to title them, and they know so much about you because you are there all the time, then stop. Why? I believe that once a psychic gets to know you very well their capacity to tune in becomes redundant to some degree. And the question of a psychic’s practical knowledge dictating the information given to you versus their talent dictating the information needs to be asked.

So if you do feel dependent on a psychic how do you know when your guidance from them has run its course? The answer is simple. A good psychic will let you know when you no longer need to present to them as you now must go and live the information and guidance given to you. The other types do not.

We use our eyes more than we do any of our other physical senses. We usually feel that our active consciousness is more connected with visual sight than with anything else. The sight-centers in the brain are used more than any of the others, and this fact is proven by our own dreams, in which we “see” figures, but very seldom hear any spoken words. Again our memory consists mostly of visual symbols and stimuli. When we think of a person, we call up their image before our minds eye, this being a “memory image.” Now, as these parts of the mind and brain are so active, it is only an extension of this natural faculty of inducing memory-images, which enables us to see objects and figures in our practice of clairvoyance.

We only have to encourage this mental ability a little more than usual to carry it beyond the limitations of the physical senses; whereas, with the other senses, much less used, we might have to do a great deal more of this cultivation or forcing-process, in order to develop the corresponding spiritual abilities. Clairvoyance and similar faculties usually depend on the partial liberation or freeing of the spirit from the body, and the stimulation of the corresponding psychic sense-organs into a higher degree of activity, to permit their use. The following are a few exercises which will be helpful in developing this faculty of clairvoyance.

PSYCHIC DEVELOPMENT EXERCISES
1. Sit in a comfortable chair in a semi-darkened room. Mentally construct (i.e., visualize) before you a tube, open at both ends. One end of this tube fits over your eyes, and the other end extends indefinitely out into space. Imagine that this tube is hollow and that you can see through it perfectly. Turn this tube in the direction of the house of a friend of yours; mentally go into a room and see if you can discover in it anyone present,and if so, who they are and what they look like. Note what you see carefully… including clothing or colors, or anything that stands out for you. You will be able to verify the next day how far your vision is correct. And remember to be playfull with this exercise, the more playful and open minded you are, the less stress will interfere with your progress.

2. Next, Construct the tube as before. At the other end of this tube, which you can imagine to be about one hundred yards long, you must endeavour to see clairvoyantly the face of a friend. Try to distinguish the features of their face, making them clearer and clearer. When you have done this, gradually pull it toward you by an effort of will, until it is only about two or three feet from you. It should then be perfectly clear and every feature distinguishable. When you have succeeded in visualizing this face so clearly that you see it as distinctly as you would as if that individual stood before you in life, your progress as a clairvoyant will have made great advances and you may then begin experiments in influencing this person at a distance, or sending messages back and forth while seeing his face before you, as explained. Use your power of WILL – so that he should do a certain thing, to think of you at a certain time or see your face float before him as he is busy with his daily activities. If you practice this persistently, you will ultimately achieve success, being able to communicate

After allowing for time zone changes and jet lag, I had one day spare to see the sights before the NLP training began. As there was a choice of theme parks to attend and a lot of shopping malls to see, I was up early that day. By 7am, I am experiencing my first “all you can eat” breakfast for less than 4 dollars. Needless to say, I made sure I got my money’s worth, read the paper, drank a bladder full of tea and after taking tourist advice from the helpful restaurant staff I headed off in search of a bus to go into town.

By 10am I was in the theme park and by 10.30am, I realised that I don’t actually like theme parks. There’s something about the insincerity of the places that make me feel a little bit depressed. I guess I prefer nature, beaches and countryside. I just don’t enjoy mingling with men dressed up as cartoon characters and seeing dolphins imprisoned in swimming pools.
I stopped at one of the many restaurants and had a jumbo bowl of ice-cream and mug of steaming tea whilst collecting my thoughts. It was during the ice-cream headache that I formulated the plan of foregoing any attempt at “getting my money’s worth” to have a go on the frighteningly large roller coaster and then leave the park and head back into town for the shopping malls.

Now, I got lucky. As there wasn’t a queue for the roller coaster, I could jump straight on board. I didn’t really think about it, I just jumped in the first seat available in front of me and quickly realised my mistake. In my excitement, I had ignored the etiquette of leaving an empty seat gap between myself and the next person. After all, about half the seats were empty. This etiquette failure wasn’t missed by the 17-year-old blonde girl beside whom I had just sat, who in turn was sat next to her mum. They both looked at me and then looked at each other. Their expressions said it all.
I suddenly looked and felt like the man who is in a theme park on his own, who has just got onto a half empty ride and who has just sat too close to the underage pretty blonde girl. In the few seconds that this awful realisation and psychic exchange was occurring and before I could get up and move seats, the safety bar was lowered, thus trapping me inside this socially embarrassing situation.

But it got worse.

The only way to hold on was to have my arms up and out in front of me on the safety bar. The width of which meant than in order to hold on, my arm made an unnecessary level of contact with the girl’s arm. And of course, being hot and sunny, we were both short sleeved. I tried to escape this, as did she, but unfortunately the only other place to rest my arms would be to have them down by my side, which would mean my hand would rest between my thighs and her thighs. Naturally, it was only by attempting this that I found this out.

I had visions of how the press release would go after my arrest.

This wasn’t at all good.

And it got worse.

Now, with this teenage girl clearly feeling very uncomfortable with my continued presence and an inescapable level of skin-to-skin contact, her mother attempted to call over the attendant to raise the barriers so that they could move to some other seats. But no-one heard her and the bastard ride started to move.

Continuing to feel very awkward indeed and unable to escape, the roller coaster climbed higher and higher and higher and higher and higher until I was worried that I was actually going to faint. Then, just when I could panic no more, it rocketed vertically downwards with a horrifying level of acceleration. A thought briefly flashed across my brain that this must be the sensation that one gets just before a plane crashes from a very high altitude, and I am sure I lost consciousness somewhere for a moment. I’d been grappling around in my panic and realised that I was now holding the blonde girl’s safety bar and not my own. I could feel her glaring at me as we corkscrewed around the loop the loop thing and I struggled not to be sick.
But it was to get worse. Much, much worse.

About 30 seconds after it had started, the ride was finally over and the safety bars were released. Mother and daughter quickly left the ride as I struggled to regain control of my limbs and found to my amazement that I could actually breathe again. Then, in attempting to control my exit from the coaster, I managed to thrust myself out onto the platform, stumble forward like a drunkard and go crashing into both mother and daughter who were squatting down whilst putting their shoes back on.

The only thing for which I am thankful is that I had peace of mind not to try to grab either of them to try and save myself falling. Instead, I crashed to the ground whilst mother, daughter and the ride attendants deliberated whether or not to call the paramedics or to call the police.
I didn’t wait around to hear the sirens and clumsily fled the scene of the social crime. I escaped back to the hotel to regain my dignity, change my clothes and put on a wig before heading to the mall for some serious shopping.

I’d never been to America before and this was turning out to be one heck of an introduction.

There are of course other perils with attending a training that is a sizable distance away from home. For example, problems can arise from the choice of accommodation. One such problem was experienced by Trevor – a hefty 6 foot, 6 inch tall Safety Officer from Scarborough. Looking rather haggard from jet-lag on the first day of the training, Trevor explained the problems of staying in a cheap motel. Keen to avoid the rather high bedroom fees of the hotel in which the training was held, Trevor opted instead to save a fortune and book into what became quickly known “The Bates Motel” across the road. It was a decision he quickly began to regret. Not only were the beds too short, but the “bed end” meant that stretching out was totally impossible.

Of course, this was only the start of Trevor’s regrets. For you see, being a cheap motel in an expensive part of town, the Bates’ Motel was inevitably a major draw to students looking for cheap accommodation during their Spring Break. And of course the student Spring Break coincided perfectly with the duration of the training.

So, lying diagonally each night in a hapless attempt at comfort, Trevor was forced to endure the hormonal antics of drunken teenagers and student sex each and every night for the duration of his stay. The evidence of such activity was invariably found slithering around on the shared bathroom’s floor each and every morning.

Of course, all this torment proved very amusing to the other course attendees who would have to nudge Trevor awake at the end of each group hypnosis session lest his snoring give the trainers completely the wrong impression.
It was only when Trevor developed a rather sinister skin rash that everyone started staying away.
Rather than seeing it as a worrying problem, it was this rash that one attendee from Birmingham began to wonder might solve his own particular problems arising from being on the course.

“Do you think I am overly attractive?” asked Derek in a concerned tone of voice.
“What?” I asked, not quite sure where this was going.

“No. No. Not like that. I mean, to men, do you think I am attractive to men?”
And I must say, I was even more concerned for a moment. After all, I had just returned from the coffee shop with Janet, Derek’s wife, who was standing right beside me. Now, I’ve been on courses before where on the last evening attendees gather in the bar and rapidly turn it into some strange kind of immoral fuckfest, but this seemed too early on in the course. We were only on day two out of six. So, just where on earth was Derek leading with this line of questioning…? I was worried.
“Derek, what are you on about?” I asked as I quickly hid behind Janet.

“Well, see him over there,” he said pointing at a ginger haired guy. “I think he might fancy me or something.”
I had to look again. After all, the guy being pointed at is considered to be quite a “name” in the field.
“What on earth makes you think that?” I asked.

And so Derek told me. Apparently, the previous day Ginger had told him that he thought Derek was “hot” and winked knowingly. As a rampant heterosexual, poor Derek was a little confused by this and wondered just what Ginger had meant.
“Let me take you in there and show you,” Ginger had apparently replied with another wink whilst gesturing to the toilets.
“And what did you say to him?” I asked as Derek was turning quite red with embarrassment at telling the story.
“I didn’t know what to say,” said Derek.

“So, you didn’t say, ‘no’, then?” I asked much to the amusement of the rapidly assembling audience who had migrated away from Trevor’s infection update to hear about a possible NLP sex scandal.
“Uhhh…no……urrghh…fuck off!

So, we’ll return to the blooming relationship between Derek and Ginger in a bit.

Meanwhile, NLP courses tend to attract some fairly common stereotypes. The most evident are what have become known as the “NLP Wankers” – these are the course junkies and groupies who wander around smugly intimidating everyone with how fantastic they feel and like to show off how confident they are. Visual cues are often there too. The guys invariably have a little pony tail and tend to mimic their favourite trainers’ mannerisms and dress style, and the girls tend to have to project their voice at all times, stand like a man and invariably stand too close.

Their conversation skills are fairly limited to discussion such as, “Who did you train with?” and “How did you get into NLP?” and so forth. They do of course always refer to their celebrity trainers on first name terms and always have a story to tell about their amazing experience to anyone who will stand and listen. Any deviation from the theme tends to confuse them a bit, something that often sends them running over to their next victim.

The other category that is common are the “Wannabe NLP Wankers” – this is the second most dangerous category of all. These are the ‘Groupies In Training’ who are still at that ridiculous meta-model phase and think it hilarious to challenge everything with a “…specifically?” question. I hate these idiots and wish for them all to be neutered. The reason for this is that they tend to want to “do” NLP on everyone – they wander around commanding everyone with exceptionally unsubtle language patterns and keep poking and prodding everyone under the guise of “anchoring.”
Shoot them. Shoot them all.

Often on the big courses, it isn’t unusual to find a reasonable number of people with mild to significant emotional and/or behavioural problems. This is to be expected of course, because seminars focussing on NLP and hypnosis tend carry a significant leaning towards personal development, and so those in need of personal development attend. Of this attendee group, the majority will have self insight and so tend not to present any of their problems to other people outside of any appropriate context.

So, this is the category of normal people. They are there for all the right reasons, with social skills variable, dress codes mixed and they tend not to go around inflicting their NLPness upon everyone else.
So, all well and good so far.
…continued….

Interesting Astrology Predictions into 2010 by Astrologer Barbara Goldsmith, from her site:

[Barbara] has been a practicing astrologer for over 30 years. She has a wealth of experience in both teaching astrology from beginners to advanced levels and also giving personal astrology readings.
She has worked in the USA, the UK and Germany and has appeared on BBC TV discussing the benefits of astrological counselling.

She is an accomplished speaker and presenter and has hosted her own local radio show. She has written numerous articles for various publications about astrology and has also had her own astrology column in the local press.

“An Astrologer proved a star turn when she made her TV debut on Saturday. Barbara impressed viewers when she won a competition to guess celebrities’ star signs. She has been teaching and practising astrology for over 15 years and travels the country hosting workshops.”
Daily Express, UK Oct 2000.

Don’t Kiss Them Good-bye

“Death is a funny thing. It brings out the best and worst in people. It casts light on the truth and makes life blindingly clear.” Her visions have helped solve crimes; her instincts have helped find missing people; she can predict future events and sense your thoughts. These are some of the extraordinary gifts that define the remarkable Allison DuBois, the real-life medium, wife, and mother whose life is the inspiration for the hit NBC television series Medium.

When she was six years old, Allison’s deceased great-grandfather came to her with a message for her mother: “I am okay, I am still with you. Tell your mom there’s no more pain.” Allison shared his comforting words with her mother and thus began a lifetime of creating connections between loved ones and those they have lost. The purpose of her gifts became clearer when Allison worked as an intern in the homicide bureau of the district attorney’s office and found that she visualized the crime as she handled the evidence. Allison now works as a profiler on criminal investigations.

In this stunning book, Allison shares fascinating stories of her encounters with people who have passed and her adventures as a profiler for various law enforcement organizations. With wit and compassion, Allison shows us what it is like to live with these special gifts and talents and also tells about her struggle to live a normal life as a devoted wife and mother. She shows how learning to accept her own gifts has helped her accept the unique gifts of others and how her compelling desire to relieve the pain of others has helped define her own life, a life committed to the search for ultimate truth.

If you have ever questioned whether there is an afterlife, this book will help you see that there is a living energy beyond death.

If you are interested in purchasing any Allison DuBois books you can find them all here: http://www.amazon.com/

Secrets of the Monarch: What the Dead Can Teach Us About Living a Better Life

In SECRETS OF THE MONARCH, Allison explains that if you want to understand life, you must understand death. She shows readers how communicating with the dead has taught her important lessons about life and how people can apply these principles to their own lives.

Allison stresses that every person’s life is part of a bigger story, stretching past family and friends to neighbors, community members and society as a whole. By making the most of your life now, she says you can positively affect that story. After all, if you already know the story will end, why not make the content a true masterpiece?

If you are interested in purchasing any Allison DuBois books you can find them all here: http://www.amazon.com/

We Are Their Heaven: Why the Dead Never Leave Us

With the success of the television series Medium and her first book, Don’t Kiss Them Good-bye, millions of people have embraced Allison, her story, and her remarkable gift. The idea for We Are Their Heaven was born out of the pieces of communication that Allison received from the spirits who touched her over her years as a medium. In this book, she helps people to understand that we are so special to those who have died that they choose to remain with us, not because they’re bound but because we are their happiness, we are their heaven.

Now Allison brings readers into her psychic experiences. As we walk the continuum of life and death with her and meet the people whose lives she has touched, we feel the pain of loss and are at once saddened and then renewed by her experiences and the stories of loss and connection. Each chapter focuses on a different type of loss — parents, children, friends, and spouses who have lost loved ones through accidents, murder, suicide, and illness.

Throughout the book, people who have had readings with Allison share their experiences and the significance of their readings. They take us into their confidence and share the unique details, identifying the calling cards of the dead, the initial private piece of information that convinced them that they were communicating directly with their loved ones. Allison, in turn, takes us through the same readings and describes exactly what was delivered and how it was conveyed. She convinces us that an essential part of communicating with the deceased is learning how to read both their signs (the message) and their signature (the unique information).

Through Allison’s eyes, we see that the dead are trying to reach their living loved ones all the time. She explores timing, coincidence, auditory and sensory communications, dreams, visions, incident manipulation, and streaming events to affirm their attempts. Allison presents the riveting details of her communications — what she hears, sees, and feels.

If you are interested in purchasing any Allison DuBois books you can find them all here: http://www.amazon.com/

By Guest Contributor

We use our eyes more than we do any of our other physical senses. We usually feel that our active consciousness is more connected with visual sight than with anything else. The sight-centers in the brain are used more than any of the others, and this fact is proven by our own dreams, in which we “see” figures, but very seldom hear any spoken words. Again our memory consists mostly of visual symbols and stimuli. When we think of a person, we call up their image before our minds eye, this being a “memory image.” Now, as these parts of the mind and brain are so active, it is only an extension of this natural faculty of inducing memory-images, which enables us to see objects and figures in our practice of clairvoyance.

We only have to encourage this mental ability a little more than usual to carry it beyond the limitations of the physical senses; whereas, with the other senses, much less used, we might have to do a great deal more of this cultivation or forcing-process, in order to develop the corresponding spiritual abilities. Clairvoyance and similar faculties usually depend on the partial liberation or freeing of the spirit from the body, and the stimulation of the corresponding psychic sense-organs into a higher degree of activity, to permit their use. The following are a few exercises which will be helpful in developing this faculty of clairvoyance.

PSYCHIC DEVELOPMENT EXERCISES

Exercise 1: Sit in a comfortable chair in a semi-darkened room. Mentally construct (i.e., visualize) before you a tube, open at both ends. One end of this tube fits over your eyes, and the other end extends indefinitely out into space. Imagine that this tube is hollow and that you can see through it perfectly. Turn this tube in the direction of the house of a friend of yours; mentally go into a room and see if you can discover in it anyone present,and if so, who they are and what they look like. Note what you see carefully… including clothing or colors, or anything that stands out for you. You will be able to verify the next day how far your vision is correct. And remember to be playfull with this exercise, the more playful and open minded you are, the less stress will interfere with your progress.

Exercise 2: Next, Construct the tube as before. At the other end of this tube, which you can imagine to be about one hundred yards long, you must endeavour to see clairvoyantly the face of a friend. Try to distinguish the features of their face, making them clearer and clearer. When you have done this, gradually pull it toward you by an effort of will, until it is only about two or three feet from you. It should then be perfectly clear and every feature distinguishable. When you have succeeded in visualizing this face so clearly that you see it as distinctly as you would as if that individual stood before you in life, your progress as a clairvoyant will have made great advances and you may then begin experiments in influencing this person at a distance, or sending messages back and forth while seeing his face before you, as explained. Use your power of WILL – so that he should do a certain thing, to think of you at a certain time or see your face float before him as he is busy with his daily activities. If you practice this persistently, you will ultimately achieve success, being able to communicate and influence persons without doubt.