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Sixth Sense: Including the Secrets of the Etheric Subtle Body
Offers information about the sixth sense, defining it as sacred energy that taps you into the state of all-knowing. This title helps you learn ways to discover the sixth sense/etheric point of view for yourself.
236 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2000
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About the author
Stuart Wilde
77 books150 followersWilde was born in Farnham, England. He was educated at St. George’s College, Weybridge, Surrey. After his schooling he joined the English Stage Company in Sloane Square, London. A year later he opened a jeans business in Carnaby Street London, at the height of the Swinging Sixties where he enjoyed considerable commercial success.
He studied alternative religions and Taoist philosophy for five years from the age of twenty-eight, and when he was thirty-three, he emigrated to the United States of America where lived in Laguna Beach, California with his first wife Cynthia. He wrote his first book, Miracles, in 1983.
Shortly thereafter he began a career as a lecturer appearing mainly in New Thought Churches and at New Age conferences. In the 1990s he toured regularly with Deepak Chopra, Dr. Wayne Dyer and Louise Hay, appearing at venues such as the Sydney Entertainment Centre.
tuart Wilde is a prolific writer, with eighteen of his books published to date. They appear in more than fifteen foreign languages, with a total of ninety-three different books and audio works in circulation.[2]
He executive produced and was the lyricist on the music album Voice of the Feminine Spirit (1994), which sold several hundred-thousand copies. He later produced and was the lyricist on two albums of Celtic music, Voice of the Celtic Myth (1997), and Creation (1999), and wrote the book and libretto for Tim Wheater’s oratorio Heartland (1995).
He studied alternative religions and Taoist philosophy for five years from the age of twenty-eight, and when he was thirty-three, he emigrated to the United States of America where lived in Laguna Beach, California with his first wife Cynthia. He wrote his first book, Miracles, in 1983.
Shortly thereafter he began a career as a lecturer appearing mainly in New Thought Churches and at New Age conferences. In the 1990s he toured regularly with Deepak Chopra, Dr. Wayne Dyer and Louise Hay, appearing at venues such as the Sydney Entertainment Centre.
tuart Wilde is a prolific writer, with eighteen of his books published to date. They appear in more than fifteen foreign languages, with a total of ninety-three different books and audio works in circulation.[2]
He executive produced and was the lyricist on the music album Voice of the Feminine Spirit (1994), which sold several hundred-thousand copies. He later produced and was the lyricist on two albums of Celtic music, Voice of the Celtic Myth (1997), and Creation (1999), and wrote the book and libretto for Tim Wheater’s oratorio Heartland (1995).
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September 25, 2012
It wasn't until I read this book - Sixth Sense - in about 2004, that I began to realise that the visions of things that coincidentally later played out in my life were actually psychic events. This book helped me understand that intuition, sixth sense and future sight were tools which I could go on to use in every day life. Now, almost 10 years after reading this book, I can't imagine my life without the sort of awareness that this book discusses.
January 16, 2020
I have a while bookshelf of similar books and this is the worst. The author spends a large part of the book criticizing how others live and think in a transparent attempt to inflate his own ego. The reader is encouraged to stereotype others and assume if they don't share the same interest in spirituality they are in a "sleep state". I'm very spiritual and have spent years developing clairvoyance etc. I am not however good at things like maths. A person who has spent their lifetime contemplating mathamatics and not giving a hoot about spiritualism isn't asleep, they are just focused on something else! Trying to diminish another's life experience because they are unlike you is just pure ego. You don't need to be hyper aware of what is around you OR connected to your sixth sense to be awake in life. If anything I feel being so focused on our physical reality and mundane life takes energy from my clairvoyance. If I ignore the mundane comings and goings of my everyday life my abilities strengthen considerably.
If you want to develope your sixth sense, focus on ignoring your ego and meditation - don't memorise a street or stereotype everyone you meet. Don't look at those around you as in a sleep state just because they don't share your interests.
I can imagine this author dribbling nonsense to someone who doesn't care and then assuming that person is 'asleep' because they don't stare in wide eyed admiration. I can also see the author watching people go about their day and assuming their lives are empty and meaningless because they aren't trying to count light switches or reading Stuart Wilde.
I'm so dissapointed. A book full of boring rubbish where the authors ego is wildly inflated. I can see no evidence that he actually has many abilities using the sixth sense. There is nothing on Astral Projection and some of his theories directly contradict my own experiences and those of many (better) psychic authors I've read about.
Give this book a miss and read intuition by Paul Fenton-Smith.
If you want to develope your sixth sense, focus on ignoring your ego and meditation - don't memorise a street or stereotype everyone you meet. Don't look at those around you as in a sleep state just because they don't share your interests.
I can imagine this author dribbling nonsense to someone who doesn't care and then assuming that person is 'asleep' because they don't stare in wide eyed admiration. I can also see the author watching people go about their day and assuming their lives are empty and meaningless because they aren't trying to count light switches or reading Stuart Wilde.
I'm so dissapointed. A book full of boring rubbish where the authors ego is wildly inflated. I can see no evidence that he actually has many abilities using the sixth sense. There is nothing on Astral Projection and some of his theories directly contradict my own experiences and those of many (better) psychic authors I've read about.
Give this book a miss and read intuition by Paul Fenton-Smith.
November 27, 2023
One of the worst metaphysical books I’ve read. The author, RIP, takes up most pages criticizing other authors and methods while enhancing his own. He initiates a chapter saying he will get to the point which then takes 3-4 pages to stroke his own ego. While there were a few nuggets of wisdom, it’s not worth wasting your time over.
August 17, 2025
This book is a captivating read, even though some sections are highly philosophical and require careful thought. Wilde's writing style is direct and often witty, which helps to ground some of the more abstract concepts. While the philosophical nature of the text may be a challenge for some, it is also what makes the book so rewarding.
June 15, 2020
I will have to read up on Chakras and how they are used/purpose. It's a relatively new subject for me, everything else in the book was great.
February 2, 2022
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August 9, 2016
In his book, the Sixth Sense, Stuart Wilde explores how he thinks we can achieve greater ESP via the use of one of our subtle, energy bodies- the etheric. Wilde assumes the reader is already familiar with chakras and auras and so dives in to provide a plethora of original, and often zany, ideas for how we can expand our previous knowledge with exercises that will lead us to our own conclusions.
The thing about the exercises is that they either appear too mundane for most readers to care, such as memorizing every detail of a random street, or offensive, such as etherically licking the back of a stranger's neck in a check out line to see if s/he will notice. I'll elaborate on both. Now, I actually like the mundane exercises, because I've explored on my own with similar types of ideas, and I know that any trick or talent you have in the waking life can be turned on its head in non-waking realms in exhilarating ways. For instance, Wilde's memory exercise above will assist you in augmenting dream recall to exponential degrees. But along with these helpful ideas are ideas that would have you etherically reaching into someone's chest to pull out his/her heart for examination... well... that's too invasive for me to promote here. In fact, I would be upset if someone else performed such invasive exercises on me without my permission.
Wilde suggests you perform all of these preemptive tactics in order to protect yourself and set your own course straight from those people who might unintentionally derail you or wish to harm you. The thing about psychic senses, though, is that if someone is out to get you, you won't have to try so hard to know. You will already know, because this person will have inserted him/herself into your energy- in much the same way that Wilde is advocating here- where their energy is then fair game to analyze. However, to push yourself into someone else's energy- even with the idea of helping them- is wrong in my view and goes against Wilde's own policy of non-infringement, but he doesn't seem to notice.
There were a couple realms of thought that Wilde discussed that I think the book could have done without. For one, Wilde seems to believe that alien greys and UFOs are more pivotal to our overall understanding of the sixth sense than I do, as he not only devoted almost an entire chapter to them, but veered off into numerous other tangents throughout the book. A few times, I actually stopped reading to wonder to myself what book I was reading. And two, there is an awkward chapter on relationships wherein Wilde waxes forth on yin and yang, stereotypical male and female attributes (that apparently, we should be striving for), and what it's like spiritually and psychically to be either a man or a woman. Okay, I grant that Wilde may have had (RIP) a good handle on what it's like to be a man, but reading his impressions of what it's like to be a woman made me cringe and feel like I was reading an adolescent boy's diary. With all this talk of yin, yang, and relationships, Wilde also muses that he finds most information on yin/yang to be “wishy-washy,” and he states, “I am not very qualified to tell people how to run their relationships. Mine have all been exotic roller coasters, upon which I became so giddy I had to get off.”
Another notable point is that Wilde devotes a chapter to “Reading People Better So that You Can Help Them,” and the entire chapter is a list of painfully narrow stereotypes that you should pidgeon-hole the rest of the population into (aside from Wilde and yourself, of course), such as the Egghead, the Terrorist, or the Professional Victim... the idea being apparently that once you've unapologetically shoved some unsuspecting person into one of these one dimensional straight jackets that s/he will continue to behave as expected, allowing you "insight" into his/her character.
All said, I think there are much better ways to psychically read people, other than to invade their psychic space or to slap labels on them. So, if you can wade through the above and Wilde's insistence of using vernacular such as "coolisimo,” “dudette,” and “floating turd,” you will find a few intriguing exercises with which to experiment. I have to say that after listening to Wilde's excellent audio program of “Miracles,” I expected more from this book and was hoping I could rate it much higher.
The thing about the exercises is that they either appear too mundane for most readers to care, such as memorizing every detail of a random street, or offensive, such as etherically licking the back of a stranger's neck in a check out line to see if s/he will notice. I'll elaborate on both. Now, I actually like the mundane exercises, because I've explored on my own with similar types of ideas, and I know that any trick or talent you have in the waking life can be turned on its head in non-waking realms in exhilarating ways. For instance, Wilde's memory exercise above will assist you in augmenting dream recall to exponential degrees. But along with these helpful ideas are ideas that would have you etherically reaching into someone's chest to pull out his/her heart for examination... well... that's too invasive for me to promote here. In fact, I would be upset if someone else performed such invasive exercises on me without my permission.
Wilde suggests you perform all of these preemptive tactics in order to protect yourself and set your own course straight from those people who might unintentionally derail you or wish to harm you. The thing about psychic senses, though, is that if someone is out to get you, you won't have to try so hard to know. You will already know, because this person will have inserted him/herself into your energy- in much the same way that Wilde is advocating here- where their energy is then fair game to analyze. However, to push yourself into someone else's energy- even with the idea of helping them- is wrong in my view and goes against Wilde's own policy of non-infringement, but he doesn't seem to notice.
There were a couple realms of thought that Wilde discussed that I think the book could have done without. For one, Wilde seems to believe that alien greys and UFOs are more pivotal to our overall understanding of the sixth sense than I do, as he not only devoted almost an entire chapter to them, but veered off into numerous other tangents throughout the book. A few times, I actually stopped reading to wonder to myself what book I was reading. And two, there is an awkward chapter on relationships wherein Wilde waxes forth on yin and yang, stereotypical male and female attributes (that apparently, we should be striving for), and what it's like spiritually and psychically to be either a man or a woman. Okay, I grant that Wilde may have had (RIP) a good handle on what it's like to be a man, but reading his impressions of what it's like to be a woman made me cringe and feel like I was reading an adolescent boy's diary. With all this talk of yin, yang, and relationships, Wilde also muses that he finds most information on yin/yang to be “wishy-washy,” and he states, “I am not very qualified to tell people how to run their relationships. Mine have all been exotic roller coasters, upon which I became so giddy I had to get off.”
Another notable point is that Wilde devotes a chapter to “Reading People Better So that You Can Help Them,” and the entire chapter is a list of painfully narrow stereotypes that you should pidgeon-hole the rest of the population into (aside from Wilde and yourself, of course), such as the Egghead, the Terrorist, or the Professional Victim... the idea being apparently that once you've unapologetically shoved some unsuspecting person into one of these one dimensional straight jackets that s/he will continue to behave as expected, allowing you "insight" into his/her character.
All said, I think there are much better ways to psychically read people, other than to invade their psychic space or to slap labels on them. So, if you can wade through the above and Wilde's insistence of using vernacular such as "coolisimo,” “dudette,” and “floating turd,” you will find a few intriguing exercises with which to experiment. I have to say that after listening to Wilde's excellent audio program of “Miracles,” I expected more from this book and was hoping I could rate it much higher.
May 15, 2014
If one were to rate spirituality books on how far they are out on the "metaphysical curve," then this book would be out there on the far edge. As such, to get the most from it one would have to be a very open-minded person who has been on the spiritual path for a very long time. While I kind of fit that demographic, I have to admit this book was a bit beyond the zone I normally operate in on the metaphysical continuum. Nonetheless, as with all books I've read in this category there were pearls of wisdom within it. Here's a cool passage from it:
“It’s sad that many suffer from not having a purpose in life. But you can see how the problem comes about. Experiencing the activity of life, the ego-personality burns itself out; there is nothing for it to do. Some settle for that and they carry on, accumulating bits and bobs. Nothing much makes them happy, and then they go on to another evolution. Others fling themselves on the spiritual path, which works for a while, but even that peters out, as there are only so many books and seminars and temples you can trot around before you find yourself beyond it all.
In the end, you have to become your own teacher, and you have to find something that has real meaning. It’s part of understanding and expressing the God Force flowing through you. Discovering meaning is not a divine right; we each have to work to discover it. You win “meaning in life” as a special prize by creating energy. A lack of meaning is often a sign of a burnt-out mind that needs a new inspiration.”
“It’s sad that many suffer from not having a purpose in life. But you can see how the problem comes about. Experiencing the activity of life, the ego-personality burns itself out; there is nothing for it to do. Some settle for that and they carry on, accumulating bits and bobs. Nothing much makes them happy, and then they go on to another evolution. Others fling themselves on the spiritual path, which works for a while, but even that peters out, as there are only so many books and seminars and temples you can trot around before you find yourself beyond it all.
In the end, you have to become your own teacher, and you have to find something that has real meaning. It’s part of understanding and expressing the God Force flowing through you. Discovering meaning is not a divine right; we each have to work to discover it. You win “meaning in life” as a special prize by creating energy. A lack of meaning is often a sign of a burnt-out mind that needs a new inspiration.”
July 5, 2014
One of the best books by Stuart Wilde and written to act as a manual for development of higher perception. Wilde's knowledge and experience and common sense approach is invaluable and he does not shy away from what others may avoid -just in case it is a bit too far out. Stuart Wilde is all about far-out and he invites the reader to get a life that is not bound by the conventional.
He does not follow conventional topics, but rather arrives at what is next for discussion organically. And always there is the element of fun.
Wilde helps keep feet on the ground in a sometimes airy-fairy new-age spirituality. Worth the read no matter your chosen brand of path.
He does not follow conventional topics, but rather arrives at what is next for discussion organically. And always there is the element of fun.
Wilde helps keep feet on the ground in a sometimes airy-fairy new-age spirituality. Worth the read no matter your chosen brand of path.
April 22, 2008
A astral journey
April 18, 2008
interesting perspective
June 13, 2012
A GREAT introduction to Wildes more
Bizarre spiritual theories. Loved
It!
Bizarre spiritual theories. Loved
It!
December 15, 2012
Enjoyed the scientific format and theory to explain some of the mysteries surrounding our HIgher Selves.
Loved Wilde's sense of humor also.
Loved Wilde's sense of humor also.
November 2, 2013
LOVED IT!!!! I hold several of Stuart Wilde's books as my "bibles" and this is among the collection.
February 7, 2015
Some really good things in here and some really far out stuff.
January 22, 2008
Vintage Stuart Wilde...
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