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Animal Magic: The Extraordinary Proof of Our Pets' Intuition and Unconditional Love for Us
World-famous medium Gordon Smith is well known for giving powerful messages from people’s loved ones on the other side. Very often it’s not just human friends and family who come through – the animals who have been close to us in life also continue to visit us after death.In this extraordinary book, Gordon recounts some of the remarkable experiences that people have had with animals in the spirit world and in our world. They include moving accounts of dogs who know intuitively when their owners are coming home, pets who saved their owners’ lives and animals who have found ways of proving they are still with their families after death. Throughout the book, Gordon shares his own experiences with his springer spaniel ‘Cheeky’ Charlie, who came into his life unexpectedly, completely overturning it and showing Gordon the beauty of trust, patience and unconditional love.Through these amazing stories, Gordon shows just how deeply animals care for their human families and the profound understanding they have of the world around them. This is a repackage of The Amazing Power of Animals (978-1-4019-2325-9)
198 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 2, 2018
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Gordon Smith
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Hailed as “Britain’s most accurate medium” Gordon has been featured in numerous television documentaries including the BBC’s Everyman, "Mediums: Talking With the Dead" 3 part series as well as appearing as an expert guest on various shows such as This Morning, Richard and Judy and the BBC's Heaven and Earth. Gordon has also presented one of the nation's favourite paranormal shows, Living TV's 'Most Haunted', as well as his own series on the Biography Channel. He even managed to find the time to squeeze in a cameo in a Jacki Collins movie, Paris Connections!
He has travelled to many parts of the world to appear before audiences, read for many celebrities, and written numerous books, including Spirit Messenger and The Unbelievable Truth, which have been published to critical acclaim. Gordon has written regular columns for newspapers such as the Daily Record, Take A Break magazine and Best magazine.
From early childhood Gordon had the ability to see, sense and hear spirit people. As a young boy his ability often unnerved those around him and so he learned to close his mind to these experiences.
Through his teenage years he pushed his abilities into the background of his awareness and lived a very average teenage life. He pursued his passion for gymnastics until he was 19. He was good enough to be selected for the Scottish Commonwealth Games squad. It wasn’t until he was 24, when a friend’s brother appeared at his bedside in the middle of the night that these gifts were re-awakened. He later learned that the brother had died that night in a tragic fire. Gordon went with his friend to a spiritualist church, during the service he was told that he would one day be speaking from the ‘platform’. This was the start of over 15 years of study and practice as Gordon went on to develop his outstanding abilities as a medium or messenger from the spirit world under the tutelage of some of the great legends of the spiritualist church. He developed in a mediumship circle run by the extraordinary Mrs. Primrose, an inspirational figure in Scottish spiritualism and became a close friend of the legendary Albert Best, who is widely acknowledged as one of be best mediums of the last century.
Many years on Gordon Smith is now one of the world’s top psychic mediums and spiritual teachers in the UK. Having spent 15 years balancing his work as an internationally renowned medium with his day job, as a barber in his native Glasgow, Gordon now conducts mediumship workshops and events around the world. Gordon’s Celtic charm and lively demonstrations provide his audience with a rare opportunity to experience the fascinating phenomenon of mediumship, which he delivers to his audience with a mix of his distinctive style of humour, pure passion, and empathy to others.
Hailed as “Britain’s most accurate medium” Gordon has been featured in numerous television documentaries including the BBC’s Everyman, "Mediums: Talking With the Dead" 3 part series as well as appearing as an expert guest on various shows such as This Morning, Richard and Judy and the BBC's Heaven and Earth. Gordon has also presented one of the nation's favourite paranormal shows, Living TV's 'Most Haunted', as well as his own series on the Biography Channel. He even managed to find the time to squeeze in a cameo in a Jacki Collins movie, Paris Connections!
He has travelled to many parts of the world to appear before audiences, read for many celebrities, and written numerous books, including Spirit Messenger and The Unbelievable Truth, which have been published to critical acclaim. Gordon has written regular columns for newspapers such as the Daily Record, Take A Break magazine and Best magazine.
From early childhood Gordon had the ability to see, sense and hear spirit people. As a young boy his ability often unnerved those around him and so he learned to close his mind to these experiences.
Through his teenage years he pushed his abilities into the background of his awareness and lived a very average teenage life. He pursued his passion for gymnastics until he was 19. He was good enough to be selected for the Scottish Commonwealth Games squad. It wasn’t until he was 24, when a friend’s brother appeared at his bedside in the middle of the night that these gifts were re-awakened. He later learned that the brother had died that night in a tragic fire. Gordon went with his friend to a spiritualist church, during the service he was told that he would one day be speaking from the ‘platform’. This was the start of over 15 years of study and practice as Gordon went on to develop his outstanding abilities as a medium or messenger from the spirit world under the tutelage of some of the great legends of the spiritualist church. He developed in a mediumship circle run by the extraordinary Mrs. Primrose, an inspirational figure in Scottish spiritualism and became a close friend of the legendary Albert Best, who is widely acknowledged as one of be best mediums of the last century.
Many years on Gordon Smith is now one of the world’s top psychic mediums and spiritual teachers in the UK. Having spent 15 years balancing his work as an internationally renowned medium with his day job, as a barber in his native Glasgow, Gordon now conducts mediumship workshops and events around the world. Gordon’s Celtic charm and lively demonstrations provide his audience with a rare opportunity to experience the fascinating phenomenon of mediumship, which he delivers to his audience with a mix of his distinctive style of humour, pure passion, and empathy to others.
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August 11, 2018
You’ll be going on a journey together that’ll be a big part of your life and it’ll be a learning curve for both you and the animal. These special pets get caught up in dramas, illnesses or accidents, or sometimes they open new doors for us and change our lives. They inspire us to love them and to see their example and understand what a special being we’ve been linked to for a short while on this plane.
... as a Buddhist who ends her prayers with the wish that ‘all beings be happy’ she’s extending her compassion to all life forms every day.
In The Unbelievable Truth I quoted the Dalai Lama: ‘To understand the nature of rebirth, you first have to understand consciousness.’ I compared consciousness to a computer hard drive which contains many ‘programs’ or lives; while only one of these programs might be running, the rest are stored in the memory and can be tapped into or might influence the life that’s happening now.
Personality is a tiny thing compared to consciousness. When you understand that you’re limitless, the boundaries fall and everything is possible.
Millions of people in this world believe we live many lives connected to specific souls that we have bonded with and travel through our lives with, crossing paths time and time again.
There’s a different law on the other side and they can come back when they wish to.
You can’t love that deeply and learn so much and not have it last.
Some animals come into the world with a very refined consciousness, though they’re always more limited than humans in the way they can display it.
We can all see ourselves as individuals or we can realize we’re part of a bigger consciousness and try to reach out for an unconditional love of all beings.
The essence of love, of those bonds, that runs through our lives, is what gives us meaning. No matter whom we feel love for in this life, human or animal, the very fact that we have loved another being will expand who we are and give us a higher perspective. All animals can touch our hearts if we let them.
... as a Buddhist who ends her prayers with the wish that ‘all beings be happy’ she’s extending her compassion to all life forms every day.
In The Unbelievable Truth I quoted the Dalai Lama: ‘To understand the nature of rebirth, you first have to understand consciousness.’ I compared consciousness to a computer hard drive which contains many ‘programs’ or lives; while only one of these programs might be running, the rest are stored in the memory and can be tapped into or might influence the life that’s happening now.
Personality is a tiny thing compared to consciousness. When you understand that you’re limitless, the boundaries fall and everything is possible.
Millions of people in this world believe we live many lives connected to specific souls that we have bonded with and travel through our lives with, crossing paths time and time again.
There’s a different law on the other side and they can come back when they wish to.
You can’t love that deeply and learn so much and not have it last.
Some animals come into the world with a very refined consciousness, though they’re always more limited than humans in the way they can display it.
We can all see ourselves as individuals or we can realize we’re part of a bigger consciousness and try to reach out for an unconditional love of all beings.
The essence of love, of those bonds, that runs through our lives, is what gives us meaning. No matter whom we feel love for in this life, human or animal, the very fact that we have loved another being will expand who we are and give us a higher perspective. All animals can touch our hearts if we let them.
June 20, 2023
See, this is one of these books that I really thought I would like, and I did enjoy it a lot! The first 100 pages or so? But then it just got repetitive. I am fully on board with the theme, yes animals ARE magic, or at least on some level, and they do teach us important lessons. However, I do not think this book needed to be this long. I got halfway, and then put the book down, intending to read more, but never wanted to. It's been over 2 months since I started this book, and I usually finish books double the size in 1 week...
HOWEVER! If you want short stories about animals being extraordinary, this is the book for you!
HOWEVER! If you want short stories about animals being extraordinary, this is the book for you!
January 18, 2019
I loved this book in so many ways. Very enriching to read. I read the book over several months - every time I took my daughter to the orthodontist. It never failed to encourage and inspire me and make me laugh. I learned many truths about the spiritual world too. A very touching read indeed.
August 28, 2020
Looks at all aspects of the animal/human bond, in life and after death. I enjoyed the last few chapters which looked at Spirit and after death bonds. Overall, it was an easy, engaging and fun read. If you live with animals there will be a lot on here that resonates for you.
January 12, 2018
Constantly reminds me that there are others that share the planet with us.
Love the book Gordon, thanks for the reminder
Love the book Gordon, thanks for the reminder
March 17, 2018
Wonderful, beautiful, thought provoking book and if you have ever had a little pet that has been more than a friend you should read.
February 11, 2021
Sweet and endearing.
January 2, 2024
Después de leerlo comienzas a notar las señales que te da el universo y los animales que podrían cautivarte.
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