Second Sight by Judith Orloff, MD
Paperback, 384 Pages, Published March 2010 by Three Rivers Press (CA)
$15.00 USD
ISBN-10: 0307587584
ISBN-13: 9780307587589
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For the first time Dr. Judith Orloff, a prominent psychiatrist and psychic, tells her story in this compelling and revelatory book: a study of one woman in exile between two worlds – the psychic and the everyday – and her courageous battle to embrace the gift of Second Sight.
“Don’t tell anyone about your predictions,” her mother, a respected Beverly Hills physician, had cautioned a young Judith. “They’ll think you’re strange.”
For years she complied, keeping to herself what she came to regard as a shameful secret. Fearing there was something wrong with her, she fought to repress her abilities until an ignored premonition of a patient’s suicide attempt at last gave her personal proof of the value and integrity of her gift.
Though tragic, this event helped her realize that she could use this psychic ability as a powerful tool to heal. Of course, when a board-certified physician professes to have psychic abilities that invaluably aid her work; she is as close to heresy as you can come in Western culture. In mainstream medical circles, claims of “clairvoyance, telepathy, or sixth sense” are indications of mental disorder.
Second Sight is thus the remarkable story of Dr. Judith Orloff’s journey from a gifted child, alone with abilities she didn’t understand, to an esteemed psychiatrist and psychic who dares to defy medical taboos.
By publicly expressing her clairvoyance, she had taken the risk of being a forerunner of a new millennium in patient care.
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Surprisingly down-to-earth and sensible by M. Simon (Doncaster, UK)
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“I’ve been reading up on the subject of intuition, especially as it relates to healing. Someone recommended this book to me; although I’m usually put off by the term “psychic,” I felt that Dr. Orloff’s credentials were impressive enough to lend some credibility to what she had to say. The first half of the book is mostly biographical, but makes an important point: what she calls the psychic (I prefer “intuitive”) kept resurfacing in her life no matter how much she resisted it, and when she finally learned to integrate it with her personal and professional life it enriched both. In the second half she writes more generally about the psychic and how it affects people’s lives, and I was impressed with her levelheadedness and good sense: being psychic doesn’t make a person “special,” and like all gifts this ability can be used for good or misused for personal gain. Her warnings about bad psychics, and those who try to control their clients through fear, were well taken. Also, I feel that her criticism of traditional psychology is right on: psychic experience, and spirituality in general, have been viewed for too long as symptoms of mental illness rather than health. Her viewpoint is not so much “religious” as spiritual, and, although that may be too much for hard-core materialists, I think most readers can relate to it. I felt that the concluding chapters were rather long and repetitious, but otherwise I found the book readable and thought-provoking.”
A touching and heartfelt story of acceptance and discovery by Jon Almada (Shingle Springs, CA USA)
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“I am a professional in the computer business and also share the gift of the psychic and the high sensitivity that Judith describes in her book. I’m in the process of reading the book for a second time and must say that I feel as if we are brother and sister after reading this wonderful book.
Her very direct writing style, and first person account with sometimes brutal honesty is refreshing and an act of candor and love not seen in many books on this subject. She has successfully placed the psychic gift in its true context, that of a God given gift to be cherished and used to better the lives of your fellow human and yourself. I can only hope that her book becomes required reading for all medical, spiritual, and even educational disciplines so that people who have the gift can be recognized early in life, and to receive the help and training they need to successfully use their gifts to hopefully help others on their paths.
Judith – you are a sweetheart of a lady, and I’m sincerely hoping to see another book from you… “
A Beautiful Story by Mary Carroll (Rio Rancho, NM USA)
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“In Second Sight, Judith Orloff, M.D. takes us to the heart and soul of her search to validate her psychic gifts. This gifted writer and healer shares her story, and gentle spirit as she becomes a psychiatrist, to give credibility to her psychic work.
Reading Second Sight was like taking a long walk with an old friend, and wishing it would never end. Although I finished the book, the journey has just begun.”
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