This is the past lives podcast episode 268, and I'm your host Simon Bown.

My mission here at the past lives podcast is to investigate evidence that demonstrate survival of the human soul.

We will look at past life memories, near-death experiences, spirit communication and other

incredible phenomena.

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released every Thursday.

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And this week I'm talking to Dawn Wanzo about her book, An Invitation from the Afterlife, How a Dream Visitation from the Deceased Loved One Changed My Life.

Dawn is a spiritual medium.

She studied in Boston with psychic medium and spiritual teacher Carol Lynn,

and with spiritual medium and teacher

James Van Praagh. Hi Dawn. Thanks a lot for coming on the podcast. Hi Simon. Thanks for having me on as a

guest. So we're going to talk about your book, which is called An Invitation from the Afterlife,

How a Dream Visitation from a Deceased deceased loved one changed my life. This started off

sometime after that person passed away, but you've had kind of spiritual experiences your whole

life, your spiritual medium? I didn't have experiences my whole life. If I go back into my childhood,

I don't ever experiences my whole life. If I go back into my childhood, I don't ever recall, like, having that ability to, you know, sense spirits or to communicate with them as a child, I never had that.

It was only after, you know, that dream visitation that I had that kind of open up that door to explore, like the afterlife near, you know, being able to kind of open up that door for me to

kind of move me in the direction of mediumship, I'm sorry.

So everything started like my spiritual awakening started after that

main visitation, which was in 2000.

Prior to 2003, I was before I, um, since since 2003 I have been like living my life as a medium working as a

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