“The Akashic Records comprise a field that holds past, present and possible futures.“ and this book provides a very detailed roadmap. It has a text book feel and rhythm which surprised me considering the subject, but I felt the same way reading Edward Cayce books. This topic is certainly fascinating and there’s no doubt of the authors extensive experience and knowledge. But I must admit there seems to be a lot of complicated rules. Luckily Maureen provides step by step instructions. Also I am fascinated by Sacred Geometry and appreciated how the author wove it into these teachings.

If the Akashic Records is something you’d like to learn about, access and explore this is a great resource. And Maureen leads you on the path with detailed prayer and exercises, practices and questions, including some crystal recommendations that might help on this path. Ah crystals, always draw me in plus the brief mention of Akasha essential oil blend and mudras, all parts of my everyday sacred journey, made the book much more interesting to me. I also enjoyed the section dedicated to questions to explore your Shadow.

I wanted to like this book, but I had some struggles with the material.

The first is a problem only because I had a galley. I understand that the publisher doesn’t want reviewers sharing their work prematurely, but it is MASSIVELY distracting to read a book with “for review only” watermarked onto every page.

The second is that what little I got through seemed to be a promotion for the author’s classes on how to access the records. I don’t mind self-referencing in nonfiction (“to learn more on X subject, read my book Y”) when it’s relevant to the subject; but when you say things like “which you can learn about if you take [my classes] or join [my group] on [my website]”, it comes off less like an instruction manual and more like a flyer for your work outside your books. If the first rule of writing an academic paper is to not believe any websites that are trying to sell you something, then why would I want to learn about a topic from a book that appears to be trying to sell me something?

I finally gave up around the time the author ventured into what I call “the Frou-Frou Zone”. (Or “the New Agey ******** Zone”, if you don’t mind a little profanity.) When the author starts yapping about how your higher self is in the fifth dimension and the akashic records are in the eleventh (WHAT?!), it’s time to put the book down and find another reference on the topic. Being Pagan might mean that I have quite an open mind; but I’m also a Capricorn—my skepticism is high and my tolerance for ******** is low.


(Thanks anyway, NetGalley! On to the next.)

If you're open to this topic, this is an excellent primer. It provides help info about what the records are (and aren't) and exercises. There are also accounts of the author's experiences and others which provide some context and build interest. I enjoyed the add'l info from "above" about there being no judgement or karma, etc. Nicely done.

I really appreciate the ARC for review!