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Animal Talk: Interspecies Telepathic Communication

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I must admit i find Penelope Smith difficult to read. But her ideas are essential, and her expertise unquestionable. I'm only writing this review to make sure that people understand that though it's difficult to believe Penelope Smith because of her stilted writing style, if you need further clarification on the validity of communicating with insects and other creatures, try reading "Behaving as if the God in All Life Mattered" by Machaelle Small Wright, "Kinship with All Life" by J. Allen Boone or "To Hear the Angels Sing" by Dorothy MacLean. In fact, "Behaving..." actually tells you how it's done and I've used the technique to rid myself of roaches with NO pesticides whatsoever! And believe me, I was OVERRUN by them in my Brooklyn apartment. Having been an animal communicator myself for several years after being quite skeptical, I must say that there is no validity in negating the possibility any longer. If you're interested in the subject, by all means do not stop at Penelope Smith! Try reading the other books I've mentioned, and you'll see what I mean.

This is *the* starter book for anyone interested in animal communication. Written clearly and from the heart, this tells you what animal communication is and how to start doing it yourself. I'm a fledgling animal communicator, and I owe the opening of this part of my awareness to Penelope Smith.

This is an excellent book for the neophyte animal communicator such as myself. It is easy reading, very moving, and contains simple and easy-to-follow instructions on how to jump right in and get started communicating with animals.

It's also great reading for people who love animals and are open to new ideas. Penelope Smith writes well, both from extensive personal experience and knowledge, and from her heart, which seems like a very loving and inspiring place.

I can't think of anyone who wouldn't benefit from reading this book.

This book suggests many ways in which people with animals can learn to enhance their own intuitive awareness and communications with them.

Smith has clear and easily understood discussions on ways to understand animal problems on many levels - including the physical, emotional and relational (animal and human).

> Understanding does not necessarily equate with obedience. (p. 82)
> You'll find that different animals, like different humans, respond in varied ways. Some have a lot to say; some say very little. Some will be quite cheerful, others sad or bored. Accept what you receive, no matter how different it seems from your expectations. (p. 65)

Communications with animals can improve your relationships with them, and can invite them to cooperate with you and help you more.

Penelope Smith is definitely recognized as one of the BIGGIES when it comes to animal communication. There is no doubt in my mind (conscious or unconscious)that she knows of what she speaks (and hears). But her book is a bit hard to read and definitely carries the overall flavor of her personal beliefs and prejudices. I spent a while trying to come up with another word rather than prejudice -- because what Ms. Smith believes and espouses is definitely something we all could benefit from -- an understanding and quietness of our fellow living beings. But sometimes, as other reviewers have mentioned, she seems to layer her feelings into her readings -- (such as harnessing the bugs and all animals' opinions on spaying/neutering). But isn't that we all do in our conversations? We certainly tend to overlay our opinions, histories and beliefs in all conversations with humans -- so it's not really that suprising that we would do the same when communicating with other species.

This book is a useful tool to hear and learn from an accomplished and recognized animal communicator. It definitely is possible and this book is an enjoyable guide.

I simply LOVED this book. I'm an adult who was labeled "strong imaginative mind" as a child, but what we labeled so freely imagination is often intuition, telepathy... our angel guides talking to us and our animal friends. I was raised with yoga and meditation, so I'm not from a very dogmatic and religious background. Nonetheless, my background is in science, so it was hard for me to let the "analytic mind" float away and open my soul further. I'm still working on my ability to "hear" my friends and it does work. We just need to stop doubting ourselves and label what we hear the fruit of our imagination. I guess it's a little bit arrogant to attribute to my own imagination everything I hear; I mean really my dogs are pretty witty!!! Cheers to life and to Penelope Smith.

Very, very interesting. I found this book by way of another pet communicator who, after doing a reading on my pets, recommended this book. I can't say I learned how to communicate telepathically with my pets, but... hmmm... What Penelope Smith says makes sense: quiet mind is the first step for so many other things, from good health to artistic creation to, yes, it certainly seems possible, telepathically communicating with animals. The trouble is, sorting out the junk from genuine communication. So, in all, so far, I haven't gotten all that much from this book. But I'm very glad Penelope Smith wrote it. I know I will come back and re-read it.

The author of "Animal Talk," Penelope Smith, has some excellent guidelines for opening up the lines of communications between humans and other species. However, her accounts of her own ability to receive animal messages telepathically seem more like representations of her personal projections, wishful thinking or creative imagination than the probable thoughts or feelings of the animals themselves.

Opening her book at random, I found the statement: "Most of the companion animals I have communicated with on the subject [of spaying, neutering] are relieved and happy to have their sexual urges and reproductive cycles out of the way." I find that hard to believe. That seems more like the anthropomorphic projection of a perimenopausal woman than the response of a dog or cat to surgical removal of its reproductive organs.

While Ms. Smith has good pointers for encouraging animals' acceptance of humans (quiet observation, freedom from expectation, receptivity, etc.), I am by no means convinced that she has the key to telepathy. Many of her accounts of her conversations with animals up and down the phylogenetic scale strain credulity ... for example her alleged telepathic communication with insects.

On page 112 of "Animal Talk", Ms. Smith describes a plague of bugs she once had in her kitchen cabinets ("buggles"). Since she didn't wish to kill them and says she never resorts to poisons, she had a conversation with the leader of the bug horde. She asked him why his followers had come to her house. He replied that they were "attracted by the wonderful energy here, that they wanted to be a part of our family and help in interspecies communication." She says that she "made it clear that from my human viewpoint, having millions of buggle bodies crawling over my kitchen was undesirable. Couldn't they just be present and contribute in spirit?" The leader saw her point and transmitted the message to the bug community.

In her book, Ms. Smith describes what happened in the weeks that followed--after she had planted containers of diatomaceous earth in the four corners of her kitchen: "hordes of buggles marched into the containers and dried up, and their physical population gradually disappeared from my house."

A website on yard-care products that I found on the Internet describes diatomaceous earth as a product that "kills common household and garden pests like roaches, ants, fleas, beetles and many others. It is a long lasting control -- sprinkles easily into cracks and crevices where bugs hide and wipes them out! When soft-bodied insects come in contact, diatomaceous earth causes massive loss of body fluids and death."

It seems, then, that Ms. Smith's "buggles" committed suicide to accommodate her needs by voluntarily marching into pesticide containers that she provided for their convenience. Draw your own conclusions.

Ms. Smith's true genius may lie in her ability to accommodate a growing market for information and inspiration on the subject of interspecies communications. I don't doubt that she loves animals. Does she read their minds? I wonder. Readers who find half-truths and fantasy unsettling substitutes for truth may want to skip "Animal Talk," and look for other, more reliable sources of information.

Animal Talk is one of the finest beginning books on telepathic animal communication that is available. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in discovering and developing their innate ability to telepathically communicate with all life. I first discovered this book many years ago, and reading it was the beginning of my journey to recover my buried telepathic abilities, and to validate the profound and deep connection I have had with beings of other species throughout my life. I find myself returning to this book again and again for its clear instruction, straightforward approach to healing misunderstandings and difficulties between humans and animals, and its compassionate and wise teaching of respect and reverence for all life. Written in a clear, straightforward, and friendly style, Ms. Smith takes the reader through basic exercises of how to send and receive messages from animals, covering issues of problem prevention, physical and emotional care of animals, animal viewpoints, wild animals, and teaching children about the unity of all life. Ms. Smith's warm and generous approach to teaching and to life is reflected in the style and content of this book, which is clear, direct, easy to read, and very approachable. She demystifies telepathic communication with animals in such a way that people can immediately begin to have deeper and more profound connections with the animals in their lives. I highly recommend this book for anyone who wishes to begin the journey of communicating with animals, understanding their viewpoints, and sharing a closer and deeper bond with them.

Penelope Smith is a special woman, working tirelessly to bring the message of joy & connectedness to us all. I highly recommend all of her work to anyone who has ever asked "is this all there is?". Because the answer is no, there is more, more than I could have ever imagined. Her wisdom is one from & for the ages. It is a privledge to be able to learn from her.