[.ca] Secret Language of Signs (ISBN 0345406931)

the psychology and spiritual value of signs and omens:
The bulk of this book is a "Sign Dictionary". Over 200 pages that come in handy if you have a dream you can't make sense of, or see something that looks/feels like an omen, and is one of the best I've seen of its kind. The initial 4 chapters are excellent and quite illuminating. Ms. Linn has a clear, easy to read, concise writing style, with a nice dose of wisdom. Chapter # 1: "How Signs Work". Why signs reflect your beliefs and the focus in your life, where they come from (the collective unconscious/culture, society and religion), signs from the past and the future, and more. Chapter 2: "How Signs Appear in Your Life": Through other people/conversations/random thoughts/emotions/printed words, and much more. She gives little "true stories" to illustrate each point. Chapter # 3: "Calling for a Sign". From "traditional sign systems" (the I Ching, etc.) to "vision quests", the many ways to seek guidance...though I like the way she ends the chapter: "There are never any wrong choices; for every choice in life allows you to grow and expand as a human being". Chapter # 4: "How to Interpret Signs". From using your intuition, to using a dictionary, 10 methods to decipher what you believe to be a "sign". This is an excellent book with many uses...as an artist, I use it as a reference guide to imagery, and it's also given me ideas for future projects...for which I'm grateful to Ms. Linn.

Valuable Reference Guide to Interpreting Life's Coincidences:
I found this book shortly after it's 1996 publication, under the title SIGNPOSTS, and devoured it with great pleasure. It gives useful instruction on how to understand and interpret the messages which the Universe is constantly sending to us, if only we knew how to read them. It also helps the reader to become increasingly receptive to these signs, and more aware of the meaningful coincidences that ocur in everyone's life. The best thing about this book is that I've been able to go back to it, so many times over the years, to refer to the SINGPOSTS DICTIONARY - which always helps me to interpret a mysterious sign that has appeared in my life. Though such a dictionary could never be complete because of the infinite possibilities offered by the Universe, the definitions in Denise Linn's dictionary have always pointed me towards a deeper understanding of the magical signs and coincidences I've experienced. I highly recommend this book.

Secret Language of Signs:
Denise Linn is an author I trust. This book clarifies and teaches in countless examples how very ordinary things bring powerful messages to us everyday. At first I felt overwhelmed by my heightened awareness, then things began to settle into a natural, integrated process. The sign dictionary at the back of the book is vital to interpreting simple signs that keep reappearing. Reading signs is like learning a foreign language and her book is so easy to read I keep reading it over and over like a reference book. The personal stories she shares makes the book entertaining and instructional. GREAT BOOK - GREAT GIFT.

Reader From PA:
I was interested in the book when I was able to look inside and read some of the pages. The book was alright but I did not realize that half the book was a dictionary for signs and I think it could of been a little more interesting.

Bravo!:
Yes, it is true that have the book is a "signs dictionary", but that is the part that I read and enjoy! I have found that these signs are relevant to every day life. I particularly have found the signs, Smoke, Hawk, Money, Rain, Death, and Owl to be right on the money. There are so many more! The signs, to me, point out some message from God in my everyday life. I just have to open my eyes. I have given this book as a gift, many times and will continue to do so! I strongly reccomend this book as "food for thought".