Beyond: A Living Person's Guide to the Dead

A twist of fate changed the life of author Tiffany Hopkins forever: in the midst of her fast-paced career in the big city, she unexpectedly inherited a cottage in America's oldest intentional Spiritualist community, Lily Dale in upstate New York: a little town completely comprised of 275 full-time psychic mediums that draws an average of 20,000 tourists every year. These seekers come to immerse themselves in the practice of communicating with the dead: booking s嶧nces, meeting one-on-one with mediums, and fully immersing themselves in the otherworldly atmosphere of this rare and wonderful town. Over a period of several years, Hopkins became the voice of this community, getting the word out about the practice of rational mediumship, the art of including the voices of the dead in everyday practice, which offers innumerable benefits to anyone willing to be curious about the world beyond the veil. Beyond encourages readers to increase their powers of empathy, intuition, and imagination to inspire creativity, heal body and mind, and even create community and help others find their way to like-minded souls. In addition to a step-by-step guide to the basics of mediumship, Hopkins includes prompts and exercises for developing skills like discernment and imagination, assuming trance consciousness to complete tasks in a state of "flow," and working with others in collaborative circles to pool ideas and receive more nuanced feedback from the universe. Readers will come away with a fresh appreciation for this world--both physical and metaphysical--and an exciting new way to approach their life by strengthening all six of their senses.