cover image Soul Mastery: 22 Lessons to Reinvent Your Life

Soul Mastery: 22 Lessons to Reinvent Your Life

Sonia Choquette. Hay House, $16.99 trade paper (192p) ISBN 978-1-4019-7781-8

In this eccentric guide, bestseller Choquette (Ask Your Guides) shares the advice for tapping into one’s divine nature that she claims was revealed to her in 2002 by “the Emissaries of the Third Ray,” a group of spirit teachers from the fifth dimension. These lessons, which have been updated in the wake of a “new Earth vibration” that began after the pandemic, comprise a “direct transmission” from the spirit guides, according to Choquette, who provides commentary and examples. The guidance is generally sensible, advising readers to pursue what they love and to seek out the blessings in challenging circumstances. The ultimate goal, Choquette writes, is to bypass the fear-based, ego-focused “third dimension” and move into the fourth dimension of the spirit and the fifth dimension of universal connection and unconditional love. Still, readers new to Choquette’s work may struggle to accept the origins of the lessons and have a tough time with her awkward prose and odd examples, like how her sister recovered from a divorce by becoming a trapeze artist and joining the circus. Choquette’s devoted fans may find inspiration, but others would be better served elsewhere. (Nov.)