An Easier WaySeptember 2, 2006 43 out of 46 found this review helpful
I am one who walks a hard path - things are flung at me so that I have to figure out what they are and how to deal with them, and then once I have it figured out by wading through all kinds of new age crap and fluff and relying heavily on trial and error, upsetting the people around me (in both realms), with a lot of whining and sniveling thrown in for good measure, I find a book that could have explained it properly in the first place. This is one such book.
Much of what is written as guidelines very closely matches my own experience. The author's methods are much more graceful than the things I have come up with on my own, and so her book has helped me to polish the rough edges of my experience without jarring against my common sense or world view. I am very grateful for that.
The meditations to meet and heal the ancestral line are amazing. My experience with using them was very powerful indeed, and I am very grateful to have had such clear and effective instructions to use as a guideline for my own family. There is something quite awesome about calling on your ancestors and feeling the connection to your spirit family. It gets even more awesome when something that has been festering in the collective family memory is released and healed.
There is a wealth of knowledge buried in some of the most simple statements in this book - the psychic protection of crossing yourself, as an example, if you've ever wondered what the Real reason is for genuflection. It is clear to me as the reader that the author has not only personal experience with her topic, but also formal learning in place to back up her experience. In this way the book has helped me close gaps that I have been aware of but unable to understand. There is no substitute for genuine knowledge.
That should be very reassuring to anybody who has ever been taken in by less than genuine practices, or unknowingly tried an incomplete method and been hurt as much as healed because of it. Healing is bound to be a little easier to do with a book such as this one in your hand. In my subjective opinion.
