Spirit Speaker
A Medium's Guide to Death and Dying
Written from the compassionate perspective of Salicrow, a medium, Spirit Speaker shares techniques and exercises for working with those who are dying and with the spirits of the dead.
Sharing experience-based stories about the process of dying, both for the individual experiencing death and for anyone connected to them, Salicrow suggests ways to ease the process for everyone involved. These suggestions include rearranging photographs so that images of the beloved dead (instead of those who will be left behind) surround a dying person who is struggling to cross over, honoring the recently departed with shared stories and memories, and setting a place for ancestors at special events and holidays so that they might be a part of the celebrations. Elsewhere, there are thought-provoking discussions of how and where spirits exist after death; of recognizing the signs that a departed loved one is attempting to make contact; and of establishing a deliberate connection with a spirit.
The book shares its information in an approachable way, in language that a novice can understand and utilize. It includes suggestions for general practices—like meditations and setting up altars to remember, grieve, and work on healing past and current traumas. It explains complex concepts with straightforward clarity. For example, a trance is explained as a semiconscious state wherein external stimuli can be ignored. Multiple planes of existence are explained with comparisons to a filing system: everyone can experience the clear file folder of reality, but not everyone can see the multicolored folders that represent the other dimensions that exist alongside of their own.
Spirit Speaker is a concise, gentle guide to being a medium who makes room for the dead and dying in daily life.
Reviewed by
Catherine Thureson
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