“Ask and be Answered”: A Review of The Akashic Way: Living Through the Lens of the Akashic Records, by Mary Madeiras

 

(Los Angeles, CA: Precocity Press, 2025). ISBN: 979-8-9931150-9-2

Over the past twenty years, I’ve reviewed more than a dozen books written by channelers of one kind or another. Some of these books have been written in conjunction with those same Masters, Teachers, Councils, Ascended Beings, angels, and others providing the answers to the channelers’ questions, asked on their own behalf or those of their clients. In addition, I’ve read the books and listened to and watched the presentations of well-known channelers, such as Esther Hicks and Darryl Anka, who channel Abraham and Bashar, respectively. I’ve also read the Seth and Emmanuel transmissions and the lengthy and complicated Urantria Book.

Living for nearly three decades with a respected psychic who receives automatic writing transmissions, spontaneous visitations by myriad nonhuman entities, and who has helped dozens of clients connect with loved ones over the years (and assisted with two murder investigations), I can say with conviction that information is available to us from numerous sources, through numerous means. Whether you prefer to consult runes or tarot cards, attempt contact through a channeler or psychic, or undertake direct questioning through meditation, the information received can be of use in navigating the complexities of human existence or coming into alignment with the higher meaning and purpose of tragedies, personal and professional disappointments, or death and what comes after.  

I also believe time is not linear, or even circular, and that there’s information about our lives, past and present (and future), available to us in what are termed the Akashic Records.

Having obtained two certifications from the Center for Akashic Studies under the tutelage of Linda Howe, Madeiras helps clients access their Akashic Records. With the exception of a session in partnership with her wife, however, all of the chapters/sessions shared in this book are the author in solo communication with Masters, Teachers, and Loved Ones. The subjects are far ranging, timely, applicable to everyone on some level, and often times deeply personal and profound. I applaud the author for not editing the content, even when some of the answers were frank and focused on aspects of her life that many people would just as soon hide.

Madeiras tells us in the Introduction that the book’s chapters need not be read in order. I agree, although I chose to do so. She also suggests using the book as a means for getting the messages most meant for you at any given time by randomly opening it and reading the text. I tried this method a few times and the insights were consistently valuable.

Following the Introduction, which provides a general overview of the Akashic Records, including a mention of the “sleeping prophet” Edgar Cayce, Madeiras provides a Question and Answer section that should prove helpful to potential readers and engagers who may be unsure if the Akashic Records are something they are wanting to access. The thirteen Q and As should also clear up any pervasive misconceptions.

The remainder of the book consists of 42 sessions on a wide variety of topics, from insights into ego, shame, worry, and fear to issues of trauma, letting go, and discomfort. What we might categorize as the concerns of daily living are well represented, with entire sessions devoted to career and relationship guidance, eating healthy, ambition, communication, collaboration, wholeness, healing, and that often thorny topic, death. These are challenges to which all of us can relate, and the advice and explications dispensed—although at times incredibly personal to and aimed at the author—make the book well worth the read.

As the sessions progress, the topics get less micro, as Madeiras inquires about the Sixth Mass Extinction, the Coronavirus (some very powerful and unsettling truths were confirmed for me here), the Middle East, the end of Earth, and the nature of gravity. This last one was also affirming for me, as I am acquainted with a physicist doing groundbreaking work on the nature of gravity, and the Akashic insights solidly aligned with his theories and experiments. In one session, the Sun spoke to the author directly, which was both surprising and intriguing.

The session entitled “ETs/UFOs—Are They Helpers?” will be useful to those who are part of the contactee/abductee community, as are the author, myself, my wife, and many of our friends, clients, and colleagues. This was all very affirming and a reason for hope as Atlas 3i traverses the sky, Disclosure is played out like a game of 3D chess, and many of us are wondering what the future holds for those who advocate for justice, equity, and harmony.

Taken as a whole, the sessions give us plenty of reason to be hopeful. Be warned, however—like many communications from Higher Beings, there is a great deal of “everything is as it should be,” “all is well,” “illness is an illusion,” and so on. I’ve come to take these as positive challenges and prima materia for thought experiments for my ever-evolving world- and Universal views. I was not alone—Madeiras at times responded incredulously to certain statements. After all, if we had it all figured out and were perfectly at peace with the state of the world and ourselves, we would not be in need of such communications in the first place.

As with many channelers, psychics, and the like, Madeiras asks, “Why Me?” On some level, everyone who has answered the call is bound to ask this question. The answers in that session provide much in the way of clarity and strength on our collective and individual journeys.

For those who are interested in booking an Akashic Records reading with the author, there is information provided for you to do so.