Spirit Speak: Knowing and Understanding Spirit Guides, Ancestors, Ghosts, Angels, and the Divine (Paperback)

by Ivo Dominguez Jr. (Author)
Key Phrases: divine embodiment, divine possession, middle self, Great One, Spirit Guides, Drawing Down (more...)

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Product Description
If you do magic, pray, or venerate your ancestors, you are working with spirits. If you seek information or guidance through channeling, through mediumship, or through the words and visions of mystics, you are also working with the beings of the subtle realms.

Spirit Speak presents a unified system for understanding a broad range of nonphysical beings that we call spirits. Dominguez is able to make complex ideas accessible, through analogy and example, without oversimplifying. This comprehensive book can be understood and appreciated by readers from all different faiths, backgrounds, and levels of experience. It explores concepts such as:

* spiritual lineage

* the assumption of god forms

* divine embodiment

* the limits and potential for many spiritual practices

A hidden classic in many spiritual communities for years, Spirit Speak is now available with new material and fresh insights.

From the Back Cover
"This book is helpful to anyone wanting to explore the concepts of drawing down, aspecting or possession, dealing with the disincarnate, and plumbing the concept of magical contacts. Dominguez also gives advice on helping others through such experiences, making this a valuable resource for teachers, priestesses, and counselors. There is information here that I, in 25 years of magical study, had not readily encountered before."

--T. Thorn Coyle, author of Evolutionary Witchcraft

"This is the `nuts and bolts' of working with spirits. Mr. Dominguez covers it all in depth--from explaining the different forms of spirit, the different levels of working relationships, and the different types of contact we can experience, to successfully connecting to and separating ourselves from spirits. With clear separation of fact and fantasy, very detailed discussion, and solid-based research, Mr. Dominguez presents the community with a working textbook on spirits."

--Boudica, twpt.com


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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: New Page Books (April 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1601630026
• ISBN-13: 978-1601630025
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #449,441 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Insight into the Realm of the Otherworld, June 18, 2008

By	Helena D. Anderson "Helena Domenic" (Chester County, PA, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Ivo Dominguez, Jr., in his book Spirit Speak, provides a clear and concise approach to working with the realm of the other world based on his years of study and personal experience. This book not only provides excellent insight into working with the ancestors, spirit guides and so forth, but also provides practical advice for the spiritual practitioner looking to broaden his or her practice.

Ivo understands the challenges, trials, and tribulations that come with higher workings, and he helps his reader by providing exercises to help prepare for those challenges. His is a much more thorough and thoughtful approach than one might see in many of the books available on the market. Many of these exercises have applications that can be used under many other circumstances.

I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in spirit contact, working directly with divine embodiment and understanding the guiding spirits that wish to support humanity.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must-read for anyone who works with/in the spirit realms, April 27, 2008

By	Diotima Mantineia (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

A remarkable book that fills what was a gaping hole in modern magical/occult literature. Spirit Speak gives a clear overview and deeper understanding of the mechanisms of and requirements for contact with non-physical consciousness independent of the dogma of various religions and spiritual traditions.

The author's knowledge of his subject is both broad and deep, and is given further authority by his years of personal experience in working with the world of Spirit. You'll get clear, reasoned explanations and examples spirit contact, distilled through a practical mindset and dished up with wonderful metaphors that help clarify unfamiliar concepts.

While laying out a solid conceptual and philosophical framework for understanding spirit contact, the book also gives plenty of practical techniques and advice. In fact, the chapter on "Preparations and Interventions for Higher Order Workings" is worth the price of the book all by itself.

Already a classic among those who read the book in its earlier, self-published incarnation, to those of you who have read the original, I can suggest without reservation that you add this version to your library. It has been considerably expanded as well as re-written.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A rare and valuable treatise on nature of spiritual world, November 23, 2008

By	N. Mentor "imanisaida" (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I had the pleasure of attending several of Ivo's workshops at the Harvest Home Gathering festival in 2008. He is the quintessential teacher and his evident authority over his chosen subjects translate seamlessly into his writing. I must warn you that if you're looking for yet another book on how to contact spirits or become more psychic, you will find little of that in "Spirit Speak". Although Ivo does refer to exercises and practices that would enable spirit communication, "Spirit Speak" focuses more on the nature of the spirit world. None of the material is speculative, but a direct result of wisdom acquired over many years of practice and collaboration with other talented seers. "Spirit Speak" does not sugar-coat, paint a picture of dancing cherubs and New Age spirit guides. Nor does it inflate unnecessarily the role humans play in spirit contact. There are theories and views presented in "Spirit Speak" that I've yet to see anywhere else. And the language used therein reminds me of my old university texts, so be forewarned. This isn't an easy read or even a one-time read. I see myself referring to this book and re-reading it entirely over the length of my practice. Anyone who wishes to deepen their spiritual experience and be more than a passive observer (or likes to visit the local psychic parlour) should read this book.