When Animals Speak: Advanced Interspecies Communication [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Penelope Smith (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1999

A pioneer in the field of interspecies telepathic communication explores the revelations communicated by animals, including who they say they truly are, how they feel about humans, and their spiritual understanding and purposes.

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Book Description

When Animals Speak reveals the aspects of animals as our teachers, healers, and guides through deep, life-changing revelations, communicated directly from the animals. Discover who animals and other forms of life really are; how they understand themselves and others; how they feel about humans and life on earth; how they choose their paths in life and death; the depth of their spiritual understanding and purposes; and how they can teach, heal, and guide us back to wholeness as physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual beings. Regain the language natively understood by all species. Laugh as you experience other species' refreshing and sometimes startling points of view on living in this world. When Animals Speak is a treasured key to your own intuitive connections with the rest of creation and nature's path to knowing oneself and being free. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Communicating with animals telepathically throughout her life, Penelope Smith discovered that animals could be relieved of emotional trauma and other problems through the same counseling techniques that help humans. Her renowned success results from her educational background; years of training and experience in human counseling; research into animal nutrition, anatomy, behavior, and care; plus her firsthand encounters with thousands of animals. Smith is the world’s leading teacher of basic and advanced interspecies telepathic communication, and has helped launch the careers of numerous professional animal communicators. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Beyond Words Publishing; 2 Revised edition (April 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1582700095
• ISBN-13: 978-1582700090
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,598,693 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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All her life, Penelope Smith loved animals and communicated with them. Now, she didn't just talk aloud to them but transmitted her thoughts and feelings non-verbally or telepathically, and understood what they communicated to her by receiving their thoughts and feelings. Animals, both domestic and wild, have been her friends, confidantes, and teachers for as long as she can remember.

As a spiritual counselor in 1971, Smith discovered that animals could be relieved of emotional traumas and other problems through the same counseling techniques that helped humans. The details of her amazing counseling session with her first animal client, a black and white cat named Peaches, is told in her book, "Animal Talk," first published in 1978, and now in its sixth edition. The profound results of her adventures in communicating and counseling with animals and their people are found throughout her subsequent books, audio, and video publications. The training and experience that have contributed to her success are her educational background, with bachelor's and master's degrees in the social sciences; years of training and experience in human counseling, nutrition, and holistic body energy balancing methods; research into animal nutrition, anatomy, behavior, and care; plus the firsthand education from the thousands of animals she has contacted.

Smith's visionary work as the leading pioneer in the field whose name she originated, "interspecies telepathic communication," has been featured in newspaper and magazine articles, such as the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Natural Home, and Woman's World, numerous books, and on radio and television (Coast to Coast, NPR Weekend America, Fox Channel News...). She has developed tried-and-true telepathic communication techniques, complementing ancient wisdom and modern scientific knowledge. Her methods foster people's ability to understand and communicate with animals on physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual levels. A legendary teacher for over three decades, she has helped launch the careers of numerous professional animal communicators. People have affectionately called her the "mother (and now the grandmother) of interspecies communication." Smith feels that the sacred connection we make through telepathic communication with other species is essential for human wholeness. She believes that everyone is born with the power to communicate with other species, and that, although it is long lost for most people, it can be regained for the benefit of all beings on Earth.

Smith is the author of the popular, classic books on the subject, "Animal Talk" (available in many languages), "When Animals Speak," and, "Animals in Spirit." She is the founding editor of "Species Link" magazine since 1990. Her audio recordings include the "Animal Communication Mastery Series," "Animal Healing Power," "Animal Spirit Call," and the "How to Communicate with Animals Basic Course." Her DVDs include an overview of animal communication, "Telepathic Communication with Animals" and a retreat at a wild animal sanctuary, "Wild Animals Speak."

Smith lives in a log cabin in the Ponderosa pines of Prescott, Arizona with her animal family.

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40 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For those with open hearts, February 15, 2001

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This review is from: When Animals Speak: Advanced Interspecies Communication (Paperback)

This is an excellent book for readers who already accept telepathic animal communication as reality. As the subtitle states, this is ADVANCED Interspecies Communication. Begin with wonderful books such as Patty Summers' Talking With the Animals and Arthur Meyers' Communicating With Animals and practice with your animal companions before tackling the concepts presented here. As I continue to learn and improve my own telepathic connection, I reread sections of When Animals Speak and more and more of Penelope's statements that seemed beyond belief are now fitting like puzzle pieces into my newly-expanded worldview. I especially appreciate Penelope's candor as she describes being torn between providing the safe environment she'd like for her animals or granting them the autonomy for which they long. And I'm grateful for the wise words and lessons from the animal teachers which Penelope shares with the rest of us.

109 of 142 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Crackpot or charlatan?, May 3, 2000

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I started this book with an open mind, really wanting to believe. As I read through the chapters, I could literally feel the doors slamming shut in my brain. I went from hope, to disbelief, to anger at paying money for this kind of unadulterated, new-age garbage. Penelope Smith claims to be able to communicate telepathically with animals. She claims to be an animal lover. As I read chapter after chapter, I became progressively more horrified as she told stories of her neglect and abuse of the animals under her care. The healthy Afghan hound she had put down, ostensibly because "She asked me to help her leave her body and this plane of existence", when in reality she just couldn't deal with having the dog around at the time. The other Afghan hound that showed symptoms of suffering from a brain tumor that she let go 5 days without eating, meditating over it to "Help it leave its body" instead of taking it for a quick and merciful end. This was her favorite dog that she couldn't seem to let go of. The tales of how she let her dogs run free in the woods to chase deer. She complains about her neighbors "Because they were sometimes quite critical and hostile". Well, perhaps that had something to do with the fact that Smith let her 2 dogs roam free, and both of them bit her neighbor while she was out jogging? Or could it have been that Smith's cat Sherman (who also was allowed to roam the countryside) got in the habit of visiting these same beleaguered neighbors, beating up and bullying their cats? Smith says to Sherman, "How could you do this?" She makes him promise not to do it again. He does it again. Three more times. Then there's the story of the 2 dogs that she let breed uncontrolled twice, because she thought it would be nice to have the puppies. This in spite of the fact that the female dog had severe behavior problems, and came from a line of dogs that displayed vicious and uncontrollable behavior.Smith has a glib answer and a spiritual reason for her neglect and abuse of the animals under her care. She even admits that she calls the vet only as a last resort. This, from a woman who lives in a very wealthy part of California; a woman who makes a lot of money using these animals to "teach" gullible people how to communicate telepathically with them. As I read, I went back and forth, wondering, "Is this woman delusional, or is she a slick and conniving charlatan?" After reading her explanation that Afghan hounds did not evolve on Earth, but rather were brought here from outer space in their present form, I'm starting to believe she is both. Oh wait, I think I'm getting a telepathic communication from Smith's animals...yes, it's coming in loud and clear...it's... "GET US OUT OF HERE!"

9 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my absolute favorite books of all time!, October 6, 2006

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This review is from: When Animals Speak: Advanced Interspecies Telepathic Communication (Paperback)

I have dozens and dozens of books in the fields of Spirituality, New Age and Eastern Religion, and this book is one of the most inspiring, deeply moving, and life changing in my collection. I have read things in this book that I have not found anywhere else. Penelope's experiences of animal communication rings true to my heart. Her abilities and experiences have had a profound impact on my world view and have inspired me greatly. Reality is far vaster and far more magical than we have been taught to believe. While others may find this possibility threatening, I find it liberating and a way of connecting with my soul's truth.