Basic Psychic Development

By Gloria Hemsher and John Friedlander

Book Overview

"A complete psychic system that actually works. User friendly, these step-by-step exercises develop resourcefulness as well as psychic skills."--Anodea Judith, author of Eastern Body, Western Mind

Unlock your psychic ability with this powerful, easy-to-use guide to energy awareness for both beginners and advanced practitioners alike. Basic Psychic Development offers step-by-step exercises that show readers how to understand and use auras, chakras, and clairvoyance to make the invisible world become visible. Based on the work of Lewis Bostwick, founder of the Berkeley Psychic Institute, Basic Psychic Development encourages an open, playful approach to experiencing these energies.

John Friedlander's Basic Psychic Development shows how to: Develop your ability to see auras, develop clairvoyance, and access healing powers Overcome blocks and boundary issues Heighten self-awareness, healing, and insights Have deeper intimacy with yourself and others Discover your path to connect with spirit guides or angels

The book includes "Suggestions for Further Exploration" at the end of each chapter.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578635195
• ISBN13: 9781578635191
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Weiser Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Highly Informative

This book contains a lot of great basic information and numerous exercises for expanding your psychic awareness. Also, the descriptions of the various chakras are excellent. I had no idea for example that we all have hand and feet chakras, as well as four chakras above and below us. I also discovered each person's aura is quite complex with several different layers that correspond to each chakra.The book's first chapter starts off not surprisingly with grounding exercises, running earth and cosmic energy. Always good to start with basics. The next chapter discusses the various chakras. Subsequent chapters discuss topics like distinguishing your energy from others, cords and how to "dissolve" them, "screens," aura layers and repairing them if needed. I found the book along with all the various exercises, to be fascinating and plan to refer to it often in the future as I expand my psychic awareness.

Very Well Done and Easy to Follow

I found the book to give great insight into the use of one's psychic abilities. It leads the reader step-by-step into the most important aspects of psychic development. I would strongly recommend this book to anyone who is serious about developing their psychic abilities. Having been a practicing psychic for over thirty years I found this to be a wonderful work of art. Using this book can help a person the beginner, and adept alike. It is filled with practical wisdom that is usable and easily understood. The language of this book is clear and concise again making it easy to use and practice. I urge my friends to buy this book, and I use it my self having remarkable results.

Basic Psychic Development

The word "practical" easily applies to this book--much like one of John Friedlander's other books, The Practical Psychic. This book is full of down-to-earth and literally "connecting to the earth" advice about living in a physical world with more awareness that you ever imagined possible. Beginning exercises include grounding and running earth and cosmic energies complete with helpful diagrams and full explanations of each step. The reader quickly graduates to exercises directed at cleansing the chakras, learning easy and simple techniques to clear energy blocks, past, present and future. Next comes helpful advice for distinguishing personal energy from the energy of others. Awareness leads to the ability to cleanse the chakras of "stuck" energy and shed the intrusion of other's energies. Once the reader has bookmarked and practiced these exercises over and over, a sense of freedom, lightness and clarity rarely achieved in a lifetime is the expected result. The reader is ready to move on to achieving a profound place within to connect with Higher Self, your God of the Heart. With a sense of humor throughout, the reader can finally gain access to "a gentle state of neutrality, one of the most powerful and effective tools for dealing with difficult situations," the core of the entire practice. Neutrality is not the absence of emotions, but rather it is "an opening up to the complexity, subtlety, and multidimensionality of emotions and experience." Eventually the reader is able to find an increase in compassion, both personal and for others. This compassion leads to a state of forgiveness, both for yourself and for others, and the creation of a place of gentle acceptance of the self and the absence of blame and guilt. Add this book to your tool kit for forging a new self for practical living in the new millennium.

Excellent Self Help Book

I have been interested in the human energy field and the process of self-healing for several years. I have read many books on this subject and tried several different healing systems."Basic Psychic Development" is the book that I refer to over and over again. The dynamics of how our experiences, and the energy of others can affect us, and vice versa are simply and beautifully explained. The excercises given to explore these issues are simple, and quite fun to do. I would recommend this book to anyone who is ready to go on an adventure of self discovery and self healing.

Great intro, Accessible and Fun

I like the way this book is organized. It places psychic development in the larger context of life, by explaining everything in terms of relationships: relationships with other people, with the planet, and with our unique spiritual essence.The tone of the book is light, friendly, and fun. The exercises are explained in simple steps. And the authors give many real world examples of how psychic work can have positive impact on everyday life.All in all, it's enjoyable reading, and gives enough material for exploration to keep a person busy for years. I've read some other books on the subject, this one's my favorite.