Although it seemed to be exciting and that I would be learning more about the topic with a book for newcomers, reading “Mediumship Scrying & Transfiguration for Beginners: A Guide to Spirit Communication,” by Diana Palm, turned out to be a bitter experience that I most likely will not want to repeat in the near future.
This serves as a good example of what may result if the author doesn’t read often, and, just as kissing, it is shown at first sight. It became harder with each chapter to see the same words and ideas be repeated overa over, paragraph after paragraph, not leaving anything more that irritation to the reader.
“Mediumship Scrying & Transfiguration for Beginners” seems to be one of those methaphysical texts that want you to feel happy, cherful, positive and shiny all the time, and even try to put this as a funny practice. Don’t get me wrong, of course it is funny (sometimes) to speak to the dead, but the tone used by the author is simply cloying.
Despite there are some useful tips here and there, which I’m most surely be practicing soon, Palm just filled almost the entire set of pages with her stories, experiences, family reunions, how someone teached her somethig, how that spirit from the spiritual world teached her how to contact a better spirit… as if trying to prove herself as a real medium, and yes, that last phrase was an example of the writting.
Another thing that bothered me was the fact that she mixed so many times mediumship with healing. I can undestand that this can be one of the goals for the médium, but due to the title of the book, this is not what I expected, at all. Serves the purpose if Healing Mediumship is a topic you want to explore and learn about, but don’t let the title lie to you.
I must admit, to be fair with this book, that some of the stories were entertaining and made me see things under a different point of view, which is always good. One cannot expect things to happen the way we’re used to, that’s understandable. The problem here is that you get tired of reading anecdotes at the pont of skiping them entirely, waiting for the real information to appear.
Finally, I will say that although Palm tried to drove me crazy about how simple things can be and should always be, she made the point perfectly clear: There’s no need fo over elaborated techniques or ritual in order to speak with our deceased loved ones, or any other kind of spirit, just a few words and a clear intention will be enough to start, and try to learn more about the process while you practice. Points in here for the author.
I won’t say I will not read any other book from Diana Palm ever, we all know we should never say never, so I’ll keep the door open, just a little bit, in case there’s something else she has to tell, although the next time I will probably not be as thrilled as I was with this first book. Regular book, but nothing else.

Very in depth book. This is not a book you read once and are done. This should be in anyone who is interested in mediumship's reference library. You will want to study this book over and over again to get the most out of it. You cannot just read this book. It is a learning tool and a great one at that. Everyone will learn through this book beginners as well as people who have done scrying for years. Mediumship is not really a one size fits all thing, some of the stuff in the book is directed to everyone at face value but there are tips and tricks to change it to your personal situation.

A well written and very informative guide. Entertaining and informative.