Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes themes of loss, death, child death, pregnancy termination, illness, addiction, and grief.

Laura Lynne Jackson is the author of Signs. She’s a psychic medium who “help[s] connect people to the Other Side” (xv). Throughout the text, Jackson describes many readings—sessions where she sits with a client (individuals referred to as her subjects throughout the guide) and transmits messages to them from the beyond. At times, Jackson will facilitate conversations between her clients and their late loved ones; these interactions help Jackson’s clients make amends with their loved ones or find peace of mind after their deaths. At other times, she will help her clients recognize and interpret signs that their late loved ones are leaving for them. As a medium, Jackson positions herself as a spiritual liaison, highlighting the Interconnection Between Life and the Afterlife.

Jackson employs an open, honest, and vulnerable tone throughout the text to establish a sense of intimacy and solidarity with the reader—a posture she reinforces through the use of the first-person singular and first-person plural points of view. When using the first person, she relays her own experiences communicating with

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