Becoming Psychic: Lessons from the Minds of Mediums, Healers, and Psychics

4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars | 35 ratings

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Last update: 12-20-2024


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A scientific, brain-based approach that provides an understanding of psychic abilities, spirit communication, and energy healing.

Jeff Tarrant was fascinated by the paranormal as a child but then his training as a neuropsychologist turned him into a hardcore skeptic. If something could not be reliably and consistently demonstrated in the laboratory, then it wasn’t real. These rigid ideas were gradually worn away as he repeatedly witnessed and experienced things that simply should not be possible—telekenesis, clairvoyance, telepathy, mediumship, energy healing, and more…. This book follows his journey of studying, interviewing, and testing a wide variety of mediums, psychics, and healers as he tries to determine what is going on in their brains when they engage in these supernormal abilities. Listeners will get to know these gifted people, exploring what makes them tick and discovering firsthand evidence that this stuff is real.

If we can understand how the psychic mind works, might the rest of us be able to use this information to help develop our own abilities? Becoming Psychic uses knowledge uncovered through case studies, expert interviews, and research to offer a variety of practical insights to help listeners develop their own psi abilities. Each chapter concludes with a “try it yourself” section, helping listeners apply specific concepts and techniques into their own psychic development practice. In addition to uncovering the tips, skills, and tools identified in Tarrant's research, the book also explores how to use brain-hacking technology, such as neurofeedback, audiovisual entrainment, and pulsed electromagnetic fields to “nudge” the brain toward heightened psychic abilities—as well as quieting internal chatter, supporting empathy, and enhancing creativity—all the mental skills necessary to move from balance and wellness to the extraordinary!

Becoming Psychic fills an important gap in the psychic development literature. There are books that tell the stories of psychics and mediums. There are books that focus on the science and evidence for these practices, and there are books devoted to teaching you how to develop your own skills. This book contains all of the above and more!


Top reviews from the United States

  • Glenn Weiner
    5.0 out of 5 stars Nicely integrating neuroscience & wu-wu
    Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2024
    This is a really wonderful book. Dr. Tarrant asks the questions that many of us have about psychic skills and has gone out and done the experiments and reviews the relevant research. He has the nice combination of being a curious scientist who is open to wherever the data leads, and a wu-wu explorer who really wants to believe.

    Listening to the audio version was such a great ride, I felt some disappointment when it was over. Despite his significant expertise as a very well regarded applied neuropsychologist he presents as a humble explorer who is trying to figure it out like the rest of us, and he writes very clearly. He put a lot of effort in doing a variety of pilot studies, often where he would brainmap skilled psychics under different conditions to be precise in understanding what is occuring. Weaving some of his personal story through the book also helps the story flow well.

    This book shines in the sense that it does two things particularly well. It very nicely describes and differentiates the various psychic skills and their corresponding brain states. It also does a nice job of listing specific next step activities and resources that everyone can do to further develop their own psychic skills. I recommend this book for both seekers and clinicians. My background is both.

    Glenn Weiner, Ph.D.
    FB: The Grateful Psychologist
  • Tina Brunetti
    5.0 out of 5 stars Try It Yourself!
    Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2023
    Try It Yourself! I love this book! "Try It Yourself" is my favorite headline in this book. Every chapter contains this headline. Yeah...it is that easy! Not only is it easy to read but it's user-friendly too. How can a book be "user-friendly" you may ask? When I read a book like this, it makes me want to try it too. Dr. Tarrant explains how you can improve your psychic mind (we all have some levels of psychic abilities) in easy and fun exercises. Dr. Tarrant has been researching for years on the subject of the psychic mind.... but he goes further than that. He experiments on himself and psychic mediums AND he gets scientific results! Yes, the numbers do not lie! He also experimented with young children and young adults with autism spectrum and the results were astounding. With these results he is able to find solutions to improving the wellness of the human body by different methods of meditation. By the way, you can meditate as little as three minutes to get started. Yeah, it's that easy! I absolutely highly recommend this book! Open your mind and open this book!
  • Stella Carrier
    5.0 out of 5 stars Transforming Via Keeping Certain Company
    Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2024
    This Becoming Psychic: Lessons from The Minds of Mediums Healers and Psychics by Jeff Tarrant PhD covers abundant group from the multiple people that the narrator references and interviews for the theme of this audible book. The narrator also connects details from his own professional life to that of his interest in the phenomena that is linked to this audible book. References to algorithms and name are referenced in Becoming Psychic. The energy healing references recall the narrator's instances in their life that indirectly contributed to their views and interest on energy healing even with the area where the narrator originally grew up in.
  • Elizabeth E.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating!!!
    Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2024
    This was a fascinating read! As someone who is a little skeptical, but very curious, this was the perfect book. Dr. Tarrant is a science-minded researcher and far from “woo.” He has studied psychic mediums’ brains to see if there were unusual patterns when they were giving readings and he got some fascinating results. He gives tangible tips, exercises and technology to develop our own psychic abilities. (We apparently all have a certain level of psychic abilities) This is the perfect book for anyone fascinated by expanding their brain’s abilities beyond what we think we are capable of.
  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Dr . Tarrant guides us on various methods that allow us to tap into spiritual/paranormal world.
    Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2024
    A must read for anyone curious about exploring or enhancing their own potential psychic or mediumistic abilities. Dr. Tarrant provides fascinating scientific research and findings on how different areas of the human brain respond to and/or facilitate psychic phenomena and spirit communications. I loved the easy to follow meditation exercises and DIY experiments. A much needed science-based look into the expanded consciousness capabilities of the human brain - a field that needs and deserves a lot more attention.

    Connie Fusella, Certified Evidential Psychic Medium - Forever Family Foundation
  • PHRRT
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating!
    Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2024
    This book really blew my mind. Dr Jeff clearly explains his research with the brain, sound and light frequencies and how they affect our experiences. I loved reading the studies on people with psychic abilities and how different parts of the brain light up vs other parts that quiet. I loved it so much I ended up taking a class, and buying the AVE equipment. I’m now using it daily with my meditations and it’s really improved my consciousness! It’s really incredible.
  • Kelly Browne
    5.0 out of 5 stars An Extraordinary Book for Intuitive Development
    Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2024
    Without a doubt, the lessons I have learned in this book are extraordinary! As someone who actively embraces their intuition, Dr. Tarrant's book showed me how I could easily incorporate his tips and tools and "try it" myself to strengthen my own gift. The coveted information and research from inside the minds of mediums like Laura Lynne Jackson, healers, and psychics are things we can do every day to open up our psychic consciousness. Excellent work! Thank you so much!
  • Jalayne W. Powers
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating read on the scientific exploration of psychic abilities!
    Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2024
    Many of us come to a point in our lives where we start questioning the meaning of life, and wonder if there is something beyond the material world.
    Dr. Tarrant’s book gives the reader a front seat along his journey of scientific research into the field of psychic and mediumship abilities; providing evidence for the existence of something energetic, beyond our physical world.

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