Book review: Psychic by Sylvia Browne
When I was purusing the TLC Book Tours list for my next book review options, I landed on Sylvia Browne’s Psychic: My Life in Two Worlds. I knew I had to read this book.
Not because she is psychic. I have my own psychic and paranormal experiences, so I was not looking for good ghost stories.
Not because she is associated with controversy. What well known psychic isn’t?
No, I knew I had to read Psychic because of this statement:
Sylvia tells how, once she had reached her seventies, and believed her romantic life over, the real Mr. Right finally –impossibly–showed up.
This had Silver & Grace written all over it, and I knew I would want to share this book with you. I was not disappointed.
You still get a good dose of ghost stories. You still get insight into some of the controversy surrounding her. But most importantly, you get the story of an ordinary woman (yes, psychics are just ordinary people) who made her fair share of mistakes and unfortunate decisions.
Of course, the first place I went to was the insert of photographs. I am an unabashed photograph voyeur. It helps me connect to the story teller .. and admittedly get a good chuckle over the fashions back in the day.
Then I settled into a story I can relate too. Getting married too young before she had time to discover who she is. Extreme joy of motherhood. Marriage break up. New relationships. Shock of betrayals. Then finally taking ownership for her own happiness and her own career.
Then and only then did Mr. Right enter her life.
Sylvia does discuss her belief system about the spirit world, and there might be a tendancy while reading to go ‘Uh-huh, ya …. whatever you say, lady’. However, to her credit, she doesn’t ask you to believe what she knows to be true. She simply asks you to be open minded to the existence of other realms of being and energy. Fair enough, I say.
I found Sylvia to be honest and forthright, with a good does of self-depreciating humour thrown in. After all, the world may give her celebrity status, but she is just an ordinary woman.
Just like you and me.
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For other TLC Book Tour reviews of Pyschic go visit:
Tuesday, May 25th: My Odd Family
Wednesday, May 26th: Art and Angels
Thursday, May 27th: Silver & Grace
Monday, May 31st: Mommy Mystic
Tuesday, June 1st: In Pencil
Wednesday, June 2nd: Sitting in the South
Wednesday, June 9th: A College Witch’s Experiences
Thursday, June 10th: Wordsmithonia
Tuesday, June 15th: Spiritual-Web
Wednesday, June 16th: Paganites
Thursday, June 17th: Lizzie’s Logic
Monday, June 21st: Winterspells: A Magical Life in Faery Witchcraft
Tuesday, June 22nd: Cynthia Lou
Wednesday, June 23rd: Laura and her favorite things
Tuesday, June 29th: Psychotic State
Wednesday, June 30th: Your Dark Passenger
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“Open minded to the existence of other realms of being and energy…” You better believe I am! After some of the freaky experiences I’ve had, I *know* there is much more to us than meets the eye. I think a lot of people go to psychics purely for the entertainment and novelty of it. Having said that, it’s hard to *know* who is a good psychic and who is just in it for a quick buck. So, that creates a lot of skepticism.
I saw one in Toronto about 15 years ago, before I moved to Vancouver. She was in fact from Vancouver Island and I happened to ask her about it as I was leaving. She look at me and told me, “You will be living in Vancouver in 5 years.” I thought nothing of it because I was happy where I was. Put my notes away and forgot about it. Then, through a weird serious of coincidences and ‘accidentally’ meeting people from Vancouver, I decided to take a holiday there. Fell in love with it — 9 months later I was moved. Not long after that I found my notes and was reminded of her words. I was indeed living in Vancouver… about 3 years after I’d seen her. Freaked me out it did.
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@Davina – I consider good psychics to be spiritual advisors, not fortune tellers. I do my own readings, but its nice to get a second opinion every once in awhile. I, too, have had many experiences that cannot be explained by the physical world as we know it.
Oh this sounds like a good read and fun too…I bet my book group would love it and read it. They think I pick books that are about change or the environment….
Thanks for doing this post…fun stuff.
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@Patricia – it was definitely a fun read. The trick, I found, was not to get wrapped up in her philosophies on the Spirit World. It would be interesting to see what your book group thinks of it.
“Of course, the first place I went to was the insert of photographs.” We are very much the same in that regard! I love to be able to visualize the people in a book as I read.
Thanks for being a part of the tour!