Llewellyn's Little Book of Psychic Development by Melanie Barnum

Hands-on exercises. Practical work rather than theory: things to try, and prompts for writing down what happened.

Journaling prompts throughout. The part of psychic development that most people skip, and the part that makes the rest useful.

Pocket-sized hardcover. Small enough to actually carry, which is the point of the Little Book series.

• Author: Melanie Barnum
• Publisher: Llewellyn Publications
• Format: pocket-sized hardcover, part of the Little Book series
• SKU: BPSYDELL

Psychic development, in the practical sense the book means, is largely a matter of attention: noticing impressions you would ordinarily talk yourself out of, writing them down before hindsight rewrites them, and checking later whether they held up. That last step is what separates a practice from a habit of flattering yourself, and it is why the journaling matters more than the exercises.

Barnum draws on her own client work and personal experience, in the frank style of the Little Book series. Take it as an entry point: the exercises are worth doing, the record is worth keeping, and what you conclude from the results is yours to decide.

1. Work through the exercises rather than only reading them.
2. Keep the journal. Write impressions down before you know how things turned out.
3. Go back later and check what held up. This is the part that makes it a practice.
4. Carry it, which is what the small format is for.
5. Move on to a fuller text when you have outgrown it.

• Blank Journal: the record, which is the part that does the work.
• Llewellyn's Little Book of Tarot: another in the same pocket series.
• Lapis Lazuli Chambered Pendulum: a simple divination tool to practice with.
• Black Obsidian Scrying Mirror: for the scrying exercises.
• Lemongrass Incense Sticks: the clear-headed register, before practice.

Is it for beginners?

Yes. It assumes nothing and is designed as a first book on the subject.

What is actually in it?

Exercises, journaling prompts, and accounts from Barnum's client work and her own experience.

Why does the journaling matter so much?

Because writing an impression down before you know the outcome is the only way to tell later whether it held up. Without that, it is very easy to remember only the hits.

How big is it?

Pocket-sized hardcover, part of Llewellyn's Little Book series, and genuinely small enough to carry.

Will it make me psychic?

It offers exercises and a way of keeping track of what happens. What you make of the results is for you to judge.