Angels in my Hair

Lorna Byrne is a contemporary Irish mystic, and this book is her fascinating autobiography starting from her early childhood where she was already seeing angels and spirits. At one level, her life is very normal, but her perceptions make it exceptional. As a girl, she explains the nature of God to her friend Marian, asking her if she sees the beautiful finch with all its golden colours, remarking that the bird is like God, encouraging her to look at it closely and see its beauty and perfection. She recounts an accident where two boys are killed by a truck, but she sees this from inside, the boys becoming luminous at the moment of death. She explains that death for most humans is a continuous flow from one life to another, in perfect harmony. She receives a beautiful prayer from the Archangel Michael, whom she perceives as a radiant force beyond our comprehension. At the end of the book, she entreats Mother Mary to appear more widely in the world. The message of this book, and many others reviewed in this publication, is that there are hidden and subtle dimensions to our existence, which enables us to understand the context of life more deeply and realise that we are not trapped within a purely physical system.