Company of Prophets: African American Psychics, Healers & Visionaries

"This is the first time that a book has focused on a broad range of psychic and spiritual experiences completely in the context of the African American community. Company of Prophets presents a wide variety of practices, philosophies, and techniques from African Americans who were born with or developed their psychic and spiritual awareness. Author Joyce Elaine Noll traveled thousands of miles and spent years collecting interviews and researching related documentation--the result is an extraordinary compilation of unforgettable vignettes exploring African American history, the preservation of a culture, codes of behavior concerning the use of spiritual and psychic abilities, and suggestions on enhancing extrasensory perception from members of African American families where psychic abilities have persisted through generations. Company of Prophets raises the reader's consciousness in recognition of the multifaceted powers and attributes of the human spirit. You will be captivated by these remarkable stories and more: the celebrated abolitionist who saved others and herself, through her intuitivity, as she brought slaves North to freedom; the African American Renaissance writer who used the teachings of a Russian mystic to further his own self-development, and then taught those concepts in Harlem and Chicago; the internationally known sculptor who astral projected to perfect his work; the child who played with angels and who was taught the skills of gathering, cooking and using herbs by disembodied Native American spirits."--back cover.