Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Although Echo Bodine has enjoyed her work as a professional psychic, she began to feel that her services might be misleading people to look outside of themselves instead of within themselves for answers and guidance. A Small, Still Voice is her response to that concern, in which she sets out to help readers develop and hear their own "small, still voice" of intuition--a voice that Bodine believes is really the sound of God's guidance. Count on the same uncomplicated and clear narration that is a trademark of Bodine's earlier books (Echoes of the Soul, Relax, It's Only a Ghost). The main complaint here is that the structure of the book seems slightly cockeyed. In the beginning chapters, Bodine advises readers to listen to their inner voice (that comes from the gut--not the head) when answering personal questions on health, relationships, and finances. Yet, Bodine doesn't teach readers how to hear and interpret this inner voice until midway through the book (in the chapter titled "Living by a Small, Still Voice"). Bodine does offer an interesting early chapter that lists questions best answered by one's own intuition and questions best answered by a psychic. For example, ask yourself the question "Will I marry the man I'm engaged to?" But ask a psychic "Will you please connect with my soul and find out what my purpose for being here is?" Bodine promises great returns on efforts to strengthen and follow one's inner voice--and her inspirational writing makes it hard not to believe her. --Gail Hudson
Book Description
In A Still, Small Voice, famed psychic Echo Bodine turns to a subject she knows deeply and is passionate about: intuition. Using humorous anecdotes and a positive, readable style, this sequel to Echoes of the Soul explores what intuition is, where it’s located, what it sounds like, and how to cultivate it. The author, who comes from a family of psychics, exposes the various internalized voices that can mask one’s intuition. These include the voices of parents, grandparents, peers, therapists, significant others, religious figures, and society, along with such emotions as anger, fear, guilt, and despair. The book challenges the notions that psychic abilities and intuition are the same or that they are in some way suspect. One chapter is devoted to the many practical benefits that come from listening to intuition; another looks at the “faith-building times” in life and how to cope with others’ negative reactions to one’s setting off on a spiritual path. |
