The Akashic Records are ”a dimension of consciousness that contains a vibrational record of every soul and its journey”. This body of knowledge contains everything that every soul has ever thought, said and done over the course of its existence.

In this book we are guided to easily access these records both for ourselves and others. We can ask questions and be healed/heal our clients, We use the Pathway Prayer Process, which is part of the “sacred prayer” tradition, to access the Records.

I have not used the process yet myself, since I have not yet purchased the book, but borrowed it from the library, and have now to return it. But I am in no doubt that the process will work.

It is a delightful book with a wonderful, gentle, loving energy. It is written elegantly, clearly and simply – everything you need to do is spelt out. We are assisted by the lords of the Records, the Masters, Teachers and Loved Ones.

The Lords of the Records are a group of Light Beings who work at the Universal level, rather than with individual souls. The Masters are also a group of Light Beings, and like the Lords of the Records have never been in physical bodies. But unlike the Lords, they work with individual souls. “Your particular Masters have been with you since your soul´s conception and are responsible for your soul´s ongoing growth and development.”

The Teachers may or may not have been in physical bodies before, and are not with you throughout your soul´s existence; each one stays with you for as long as it takes you to learn a particular lesson and integrate the consciousness of that Teacher.

The Loved Ones are people you knew in this lifetime who are now deceased, They are committed to your soul´s growth and evolution.

The book provides examples of sessions with clients, whose Akashic Records are opened, and who thus receive guidance.

Information you get from the Records comes from a Divine Consciousness that is beyond and greater than your intuition, so it doesn´t matter whether you consider yourself intuitive or not, though your intuition will get a lot stronger after you´ve been working in the Records for a time.

You can also read the Records of pets, of a home, of a company or of public monuments, buildings, etc.

This is a wonderful little book, and I feel it will benefit my spiritual progress greatly to use it and begin to access my own Akashic Records and those of others (with their permission, of course). I will immediately order the book, since the sooner I get to work with it, the better! ( )

As a hypnotherapist and shamanic teacher and student I had high hopes for the presentation of this material. In this New Age of techniques and energies coming into the planet, the myriad information about the Akashic Records can be confusing to novices and even veteran students. I went into this book excitedly seeking a different approach to the Records. While Howe clearly demonstrates her own experiences using the Records for herself and others, I remain unconvinced that this is a solid text for new Akashic students. Howe created an instructional CD based on this same material, so perhaps the book is more useful when paired with the CD.

Howe begins the book by sharing her personal experience, not only with the Akashic Records, but with the powerful spiritual awakenings she had along the way. From that wonderful voice I was very excited to read her account of the Records. The more I read, the more formulaic the writing became, thus her voice was not as prevalent, and the delivery of information became clinical. That change in voice influenced my connection to the material. Howe's understanding that clients must participate in their healing process is spot-on, as is her explanation of shifts of consciousness and emphasis on the need for grounding rituals entering into and departing from healing work. Her reliance on facets of the ritual being the exact same for everyone every time is more Piscean than I am accustomed. I respect that she is presenting a method as it has revealed itself to her, but relaying an artful modality as concrete can result in creating distance more than revealing opportunity. Ultimately that can only be discerned by individuals as they work with the material. I would like to have seen more writing dedicated to the Records, themselves, more examples of what is found in them and how that information can be used to enhance how one lives.

Howe's explanation of the Records is by far the most approachable one I've ever read and is beneficial for all readers; however, I do not recommend the book alone for beginners of trance work or of the Records, themselves. ( )