Chasing Smallwood: Talking With the Other Side

by Frank DeMarco

In December, 2005, Frank DeMarco began several months of regular altered-state "conversations" with a man named Joseph Smallwood, who had lived in 19th century America, had gone west to Oregon in the 1840s, had lived with the Indians in Minnesota, and had fought as a Union officer in the Civil War. At least, those are the facts of his. This book is a record of those conversations. As the author Quite possibly this is a mixture of fact, distorted fact, and unconscious intervention, jumbled together. Yet Joseph Smallwood is there, and you will see for yourself that he has a lot to offer us. I started out simply thinking to talk to Joseph about his life. Before you know it there we were, hearing that our time has a huge task ahead of it and that what we are and what we do is important to the other side. Chasing Smallwood has four interlocking

208 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2012

About the author

FRANK DEMARCO is the author of five books, including the non-fiction Muddy Tracks and The Sphere and the Hologram, and the novel Babe in the Woods. A former journalist and newspaper editorial writer, Frank was co-founder and chief editor of Hampton Roads Publishing Company, the powerhouse regional responsible for such best-sellers as Neale Donald Walschs Conversations with God series. He conducts workshops on communicating with guidance and writes a monthly column for The Meta Arts, an online magazine. His past and current thinking may be found on his blog, I of My Own Knowledge, on Everyday explorations into our Extraordinary Potential."

Reviews

[Ralphe Wiggins · Rating 4 out of 5]

5 stars for giving me new insights on many issues. 3 stars for DeMarco's nitpicking.

Joseph Smallwood, in his part of the conversations, gave me a profound new understanding of the political situation before and during the Civil War. Most compellingly, he (and others on the other side) connected the occurrences then to our current situation. This book stimulated a re-examination of my own life path and is an important contribution to understanding what is going on now.

While the guys on the other side were desperately trying to convey a big picture point of view, DeMarco seemed far more interested in pinning Smallwood down to some dates and places that DeMarco could use to 'prove' that Smallwood existed. It seemed that DeMarco was much more concerned with being exposed as being gullible than in exploring the ramifications of the information being made available. As with other people who communicate with non-physical beings, I find it best to pay attention to what the other side said and ignore the authors attempts at verification, preserving consistency, and high lighting their own contribution.