Michelle BelangerBesprekingen

Good basic information on building a dream sanctuary and how to work on the astral.

I got this book at the dollar store and honestly would have bought regardless. Interesting story line that keeps you guessing and keeps you interested the whole time.

This was one of those book that I just did not realize how much I had read before I looked at the page numbers. Suddenly I was on page 100, so obviously I had to read on. But I did stop at page 300, I mean I had to get something done that evening. So I finished it in the morning instead ;) This book shows lot of promise, I hope it will get better and better.

I do like the amnesia premise. Zach wakes up and knows nothing, so we know nothing. Little by little we learn of different tribes of angels, the wars they have fought, and the conspiracy that Zach tried to get to the bottom of. He is in danger, but he does not know why. There is mystery and suspense thrown into this UF.

Zach, well he does not know much, duh. But he seems nerdy with his pop culture references and love of languages (some things he remembers, we will see why later). But is he good or not? He feels he is, but then he knows nothing. But I liked him.

Helping him later on he has someone calling himself his brother, I was so unsure about Remy all the way through. And Lilli, who was a breath of fresh air. She never stopped, aye I liked her.

I think the reason why I read it so fast but did not know it, is, oh maybe page 1 was heavy? But the rest just flowed? Anyhow, like I said, it shows promise and was a good start to a new series.

I look forward to reading more of this promising series, everything is good for now, but everything is so not ok in the world. Intriguing.

Belanger provides us with a lot of useful information about psychic intuition, senses and general psychic work. It's not the only "manual" which you should read if you wish to awake your psychic powers, but it's a good book for start. It will give you enough basics so you can start your psychic journey.

I'd love to believe that the main body of this work is accurate but being a scholar who has studied Hebrew, I've noticed that the introduction to this work is so unbelievably wrought with misinformation that I take the entire text with a grain of salt and forewarn you to do the same.

A very interesting read. Whether you "believe" in vampires or not, there is a large community of people who self identify as such. If you know anyone into energy work, or if you yourself are, this is a book worth getting your hands on. Covering everything from practical to philosophical this book is a series of writings by well known (within their sub culture) members of the vamp community. You will probably find yourself disagreeing with some of them, I know I did, but that never hurts either. ;)

This book appears to accomplish what it sets out to do, namely to arm a paranormal investigator with the basic tools to protect themselves and to effect "cleansing" activities in their surroundings and those of potential clients.

The book is laid out in a very readable manner, alternating between how-to and narrative examples from the author's history in the field.

The content is not preachy or specifically denominational, making this a reasonable fit for the spiritual sensibility of a broad range of ghost hunting and paranormal field research types.

Is the content accurate / complete / best-practice advice? That is left to the reader to determine. But there is nothing to suggest that the author speaks with anything less than the authority of experience.

As much as I may respect the author for her Psychic Vampire Codex, this did not impress me much at all. It seems like Belanger has been bitten by the Llewellyn Cultural Appropriation and fluff bug, much to my disappointment. While some attention in this work was paid to various different burial traditions, these were then mashed together with little regard to cultural seperation.

The idea of the visualizations where the practicioner's body is destroyed in different ways is interesting, and I have to admire Belanger's creativity there. However it is a very poor idea for a Left Hand Path practicioner of a school of magic such as Ordo Sekhemu to even consider such a ritual, unless they do so in order to overcome such decay and destruction. The meditation wherein one imagines one's face decaying too could have very negative effects on someone with a low self image, such as many teens who may be drawn to this book.

In my opinion, this work would have been much better if you didn't have watered down versions of the Tibetan Book of the Dead next to a "medicine bag" of items from a graveyard. I also personally feel that shamanic initiation should involve some kind of actual risk or challenge, not just a visualization. The destruction of the Heart Scarab at the end of the final rite also worries me from a magical perspective, as that could cause damage to the practicioner if taken to to great an extreme.

In all, I would classify this on the same page as Konstantinos's fluffy dark wicca books. Honestly I regret buying this one new and wish I had waited to read more of it before spending the money.

I heard about this book from some friends, who's opinion I respect. While what I knew about modern Vampire culture could fit on the point of a pen, I decided to pick up the book anyway. I was blown away by the skill of the author, and drawn in to the flow of the writing. This is a skillfully written book! A definate rainy day and get comfy read! Michelle Belanger, the author, is one of.. if not.. "THE" expert on modern Vampire culture in the U.S. I found the book entertaining and educating. Two musts for any writing to keep my attention. Definately an exciting addition to my library.

Psychic Dreamwalking takes you on a journey with the author, from her earliest experiences to present day. Beautifully written, the text examines from a 1st hand perspective, the baby steps of dreamwalking to a dead out run. This book can be a bit hard to find these days, as it has been out a while. Yet I believe that if's a must have for any personal library, and a definate resource for anyone new to the concept of dreamwork, or simply wants to learn how to develop dreamwork skills. The Author generously works with the reader in practice and principal. It's a must have for any library!

Seriously! How could you not want to read this?

I keep this book by my bedside, next to my dream journal. Belanger goes into detail about how she aquired the skill of dreamwalking and how it differs from lucid dreaming. I found her description of creating the dream space fascinating! Towards the end she introduces energy vampirism, a subject I'm not so familiar with, but palatable for non-vampire. She co-hosts a podcast called "Shadowdance" which expands on the topics of her book even more.