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Seeing the Dead, Talking with Spirits: Shamanic Healing through Contact with the Spirit World

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This publication contains multiple interesting stories, but very little factual information one may use as a guide or set of instructions to perform shamanic healing themselves. Perhaps the title led me to believe this was sort of a ''do-it-yourself''book. Not finding same, I was slightly disappointed, but I did enjoy some of the stories.

I enjoyed the author's account of her spiritual path and how she opened up. But I also thought it was more of a "how to" or had ways to open up more for the reader. It is not, it is totally her autobiography. Now, I do not have a problem with that at all and did find her story fascinating BUT the blurb about the book leads one to believe that it has more methods and ways to learn than it does. That was my only complaint, I just wish it had more tips for the reader on development and expanding.

The author is obviously a very gifted healer and medium and I look forward to any more books. I bet she does a great workshop!

A lesson in how to bring joy (and spirits) into one's life. This autobiographical book sometimes reads like a journal with much detail, but I feel that is part of its charm. I found this book to be amazingly candid and insightful. My sense is that the author wanted to take the reader down as many carefully described paths as possible to explain how and why she ended up where she did. Given where Leclere started--as a TV producer--and where she eventually found herself--a clairvoyant and healer--I felt that the journalistic details were necessary. Afterall, it isn't every suburban soccer mom who finds herself participating in Native American sweat lodges or pursuing four-day vision quests alone in the wilderness without food or water. As a suburban soccer mom, I was happy for the lengthy narrative of how she got there. I was also inspired by her journey. I found Leclere's caveat about being wary of giving away too much of one's power very important no matter what one's quest is. This book is extremely compelling, and I hope that Leclere writes many more. I will definitely look for one of her workshops!

Alexandra Leclere's SEEING THE DEAD, TALKING WITH SPIRITS: SHAMANIC HEALING THROUGH CONTACT WITH THE SPIRIT WORLD tells of one woman's discovery of her ability to heal through spirit contact. Alexandra Leclere was a TV producer, not a psychic, when she discovered her talent after an alternative healing session. Her interest in and research on spiritual healing brought her into contact with shamans and healers and brought with it the discovery that she could see spirits. A fine first-person account of how these revelations changed her life.

I enjoyed reading the book very much. It is a story of the author's journey to shamanic healing. She has a candid honest approach. I found it an interesting story and insightful. I looked forward each night to reading the book until I finished.

A truly inspiring book, which, through the author's personal example, will invigorate and guide your courage to find your own spiritual path. Alexandra's story is offered as a roadmap, a starting point for you to live your own. This is a book to read and re-read along your life.

Reading this book was a very painful experience. I was very disappointed. I bought it mainly because of the title and that it was endorsed by Robert Moss and John Perkins (I wonder now if they even read this book). While there were a few (and I mean a few) parts that I found somewhat interesting they were few and far between. I quickly tired of listening to the authors' infatuation with one of her teachers, praising him when all went well and then sulking if he didn't pay enough attention. I felt I was reading a book about a school girls crush.

I found the book very self centered and had little to do with shamanic healing. Save your money....I wish I had.