Guided

September 12, 2016
The idea that clairsentience, or the intuitive voice, is trustworthy and a universal human birthright forms the center of this rambling guide to looking into the mystical mirror, quieting mind chatter, and listening both to the heart and to the reader’s personal collection of spirit guides. Direct-voice medium King’s casual prose mashes the language of Westernized
conceptions of Eastern spirituality (karma, reincarnation, etc.) with pop-culture analogies that show his age and never fall quite right, such as sharing the hackneyed “which wolf are you feeding” analogy or describing a desire for instantaneous results as wanting things to “work like Windows 7.0.” Well-composed “Bringing It All Home” exercises at the end of each chapter encourage calm and introspection while teaching techniques such as automatic writing, encouraging awarenessness, or providing long lists of questions for contemplation. Two appendices, one mostly containing practical information on how to choose and work with a medium and one with bonus stories of King’s satisfied clients, engagingly extend the best parts of the main book, in which King shares personal experiences plucked from his decades-long career.