Intuitive Studies: A Complete Course in Mediumship

I liked that he provided exercises we can do at home on our own but being in Northern California I don't think there are many people I can connect with for forming a circle group. I think I would have to start off very slow with just the first two exercises until I can get into one that would accept a newbie and that is as nurturing as Gordon.I will ask my guide to connect me eventually to a circle best suited for me but not until I have done the first two exercises for at least a year consistently .This book is great with step by step guide to becoming a good medium if your intentions are pure and to help others heal or if u have love and compassion, but not if u just want to show off.I am not sure why I'm interested, I think it's because of my own experiences that I want to learn more. As a kid I always felt fear of ghosts and my mom says its because I use to see them ... But after five yeas old I can't remember that far back. As a teen I seen apparitions twice. Felt them too. I've had only one premonition and it was small from a dream.My mother in law hasn't visited for months and when we would invite her every other weekend she would not feel up to it for whatever reason, she never said. Then one night I dreamt she called my husband and aske if she could come over for a swim and to just hang out. So I woke up thinking to myself that it wouldn't happen cus she's been making excuses every time we asked her to come for a swim or a barbique. I was going to tell my husband about the dream but forgot about it . I should have because not two hours after waking up that morning, she called him asking if she and her husband could come swim and hang out if he got off by 4pm. I then thought darn it I knew I should have told my husband, he would never believe me. It was odd that she called because she never wanted to come over. Anyway that happened last Saturday . Then I also have my seven year old son who sees orbs with his naked eyes. He looks away to see if they go away but they stay for a few seconds longer then disappear. When I first hurt my jaw and was very much in pain, lying on my bed , he pointed out that a purple orb was sitting on my left cheek. He doesn't see them daily though, just every few days or so. And he tries to point them out to me but I don't see anything. He sees orange ones, red ones, green ones and transparent large ones.He isn't afraid of them.I know I'm rambling but I have to say, all of this is very cool and interesting and I have been spiritual since I turned 19/20. I've read all kinds of books and this is the only one that gives clear step by step guidance on developing your skills. If anything, I would be content just learning to sit in silence and clear my mind for an hour, because I am a very busy stressed out person and it would help a lot

I am an Usui Reiki Master Healer. I have a great desire to improve my communication with Spirit, and felt the psychic mediumship would be another great healing modality to pursue. I started by reading literally stacks of books on the subject, in fact most of the titles here on Amazon, and a few that were recommended to me by a psychic medium friend of mine. What my journey has led me to discover, is that I have been reading the wrong books! It has been a very frustrating process plowing through volumes of information to get the "right" information. Book "A" says this is what is required, book "B" says something similar but different. I never had the feeling that any of the books were sending me down the right path to achieve my goal. They all seemed to point me in the general direction, but none of them got me on the road. Here I am, like little Luke Skywalker searching the galaxy for my "Yoda" to no avail. Well....I have found him! He wasn't in the Dagobah system, apparently he has been in a barber shop in Scotland! Yes, Gordon Smith is the psychic "Yoda" that all you prospective Psychic Mediums have been searching for, and probably like me, had yet to find. After reading Intuitive Studies as well as other of his works, and listening to his lectures available on Audible, the path has been made clear, and yes, as I suspected, it will take time, much more time and training than the other books would lead you to believe, but I am confident that following Gordon's teachings will finally enable me to achieve my goals. If you, like me have been searching for the right path, I would offer that if you read his books, and listen to his lectures, that you will come away with the same conclusion. A big "WOW!" moment of affirmation for me was the passage on the "Calling Card". When doing Reiki healings I always ask my guide for a sign of his/her presence, and the calling card is EXACTLY as Steven described, a tingling feeling on my face that feels like someone is lightly touching you as if tickling you with a feather. This is the first book that I've read that accurately described something that I've actually experienced! Buy it, you won't regret it!

I enjoyed reading Gordon's book and what I liked about it was that Gordon starts at the basics, and builds up, and I also like that he has a way of making the student feel comfortable. Gordon stresses that the student should not be so focused on results, and I feel that this takes the pressure off and really helped me to relax and just enjoy the process.The only thing I would point out is that a large part of the book centers on the development circle and many of the exercises in the book are done with partners or in a development circle. If you don't have access to a circle, as I don't, then you will not benefit from some of these exercises. It would be nice to find a book that teaches more how to develop on your own. Gordon has his reasons, though, that the development circle is important, and talks about this in the book. It is still a very good book, one that I would suggest anyone interested in developing their mediumship skills should not do without.

I'm not really sure if this could be considered a complete course... Maybe more like a description of a course in mediumship that you might find one day. Gordon Smith takes the journey of one of his students as an example case to share his style of teaching mediumship to groups and individuals. I found this book much milder compare to his previous books where the style of writing kept making you feel like the way he learned and taught was the 'proper' way and the rest.... Well.... Considering there are many types of students I think there should be also different schools and methods of teaching mediumship, too. This way the student won't feel like a 'failure' if they cannot succeed following his 'proper' way of becoming a medium. If you'd like to develop your mediumship abilities please read as much as you can and try out different techniques and groups to find the method that you feel comfortable practicing in.

Gordon Smith books are always accessible, easy to read and down to earth on a topic one might expect to be discussed in terms as esoteric as the subject. A very good starting point for anyone wanting to investigate the world of the medium from an observational or participatory point of view. They are also a valuable read to mediums, psychics and healers setting out on the spiritual path and to those same groups to touch base again with the basics further down the line.If I’m completely honest, this book was not quite what I expected. Where I took it on face value to be a development course, it in fact documents the development of a course. That might sound odd, yes, but by charting how Gordon and his student, Steven, put together and delivered a development course to 40 students, he makes it clear that we can, by all means, follow the exercises but, without a development circle to sit with, we’d get a fraction of the results.Patience, trust and perseverance are the fundamental points that come across and this is true; without those results can be neither guaranteed nor predicted. Smith sets a good standard for students and at the same time lets those with just a passing curiosity gain an insight into the makings and workings of a medium, psychic or healer. With meaningful quotes from his own spirit guide, Master Chi, at the start of every chapter, we are given little snippets of the wisdom of spirit throughout, as well as the wisdom of many years’ experience working with spirit.When I first started reading this book, I wasn’t in a position to benefit and only read the first third. With a couple more years’ experience behind me, I picked it up again and read it cover to cover with a better understanding in a better frame of mind and found it a far more enlightening read. Perhaps it is more relevant to those already in or beginning a development circle, perhaps it will inspire others to find one. All will become clear with time…

I am not a fan of 'how to books', but as a consulting Medium I cannot recommend this book enough. I have encouraged all my own developement circles to buy at least a copy between them. Gordan is old school and shows it. This is not about a quick fix or instant fame but about the truth of Mediumship, the nature of time and hard work it takes to develope the connection with Spirit.The exercises are well laid out and his examples using real people in real groups helps to guide the reader through times of frustration that we all encounter. (Many of his lectures are out of the UK, but this book offers most of what they contain at a fraction of the price.)If you only every buy one book out developing Mediumship and healing buy this.

The book does not really explain teachings set out from teacher to student as such, so I would not call it a course. It does not have anything in it that I have not seen in other books that Gordon has written really that shows more how this medium works with his own friends, so to me its really an autobiography of Gordon Smith than a teaching book that I could learn from. Very disappointed as it seemed a hyped up book.

A generous and insightful book - I love the format, and the inspiration I am getting from reading the combination of Gordon's narrative and information, with the notes of the student whose journey is documented throughout (a journey that illustrates the exercises and learning points very well). The recommended 'exercises' are clear and well explained. I have read Gordon's books before - and I enjoyed them well enough. But this one comes from a very different place, and it has inspired me in a way that no other book on this area has. Definitely recommend this one.

I read a portion of this book each night before I retired, it is an amazing book, Gordon Smith is a terrific Author, simply explains each step as you go and mesmerising you with the stories of his experience and feelings, I would recommend this book to anyone, I have just started his book on does animals have souls, the first part had me in stitches, the way he describes a dog that he was told to adopt