I will keep track of the books I’m reading here. I usually have more than one book going at a time.

Currently reading:
I checked The New Diary out of the library a week ago and am enjoying reading it during nearly every spare moment. I’m a long-time journal writer and am having fun putting some of Tristine Rainer’s suggestions into practice. This book was originally published in 1978.


Currently reading:
I just finished reading the first chapter of Jung’s biography/autobiography this morning. I loved the way he introduced his childhood by discussing the visions, dreams, and snapshot memories he had from that time in his life. As to why this is both a biography and an autobiography, one must read the foreword by his editor, Aniela Jaffe. This was mainly her project at first, but he was inspired to contribute quite a bit. I’m enjoying the wonderful, conversational writing style and am impressed by Jung’s allegories.


Just finished:
Until recently I didn’t think much about entities or possession. I never believed in it though I remembered a book I read years ago, Always, Karen by Jeanne Walker, which described how some people new to the afterlife will try to reincarnate by inhabiting the body of another living person. Walker’s book stated that this was an injury to the soul of the person whose body was taken over.

[Note: After looking up Always, Karen by Jeanne Walker at Amazon, I was inspired to write a review there tonight.]

When I first started using a computer bulletin board system back in 1992, I chatted a few times with a young man who claimed that this was the case for him. He said he had another spirit using his body and that at times he had to move aside and let the other spirit take over. I didn’t know what to think about that but this is a fact: one night he said he had a sudden vision of what I looked like, and said I was wearing a red dress and had a streak of gold in my hair. I was startled because I was wearing a skirt and blouse that could have looked like a dress. They were a dark hot pink sort of color. Very close to red! But I denied that I had any streak of gold in my hair. “Yes you do have a streak of gold in your hair,” he said. He was insistent that his vision of me was accurate. I reached up and felt my head and suddenly realized that I was wearing a barrette. I took it out. It was a long, narrow, gold barrette. Definitely a streak of gold!

Yet for years I took this entity possession thing lightly. I read accounts of people who beat their children claiming they were possessed. In one such account a girl was killed. I had a child with behavior problems and the idea that she could have an entity was definitely not something I could believe. I was shocked and distressed that any parent could think such a weird thing.

This year, however, I changed my mind. My new boyfriend studies this and had a collection of books on the topic. This is the second book of his on entity possession that I’ve read. And something else - I’ve learned to put myself into a trance state where I can detect the presence of entities or fragments in myself and others.

I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the topic. Sagan writes mainly of fragments - bits of the astral body that break off after death and seek a new host. I would love to be able to attend his Clairvision School.


Just finished:
I considered Trust Your Vibes by Sonia Choquette to be a coffee-break book. I enjoyed reading the chapters occasionally while on breaks. It took me a long time to get through this book because I savored the chapters - usually one at a time.

The book is a very easy read - the writing style is friendly and conversational. Choquette has lots of great ideas for enhancing one’s ability to pick up vibes or psychic impressions.