The first portal is the Chat Room, which Larkins describes as "a safe, private, quiet place that facilitates your first introduction to your coach [ET guide]." Choosing such a sanctuary and making it conducive for such communications is a vital first step in the process, according to Larkins, because of the safety and privacy it affords. Once it is established, readers are then instructed to "prep" their chat room through the use of music, a tape recorder, "jewelry of the universe" (shells, rocks, feathers, crystals, flowers, etc.), and the elements of fire (a lit candle) and water (a warm bath once or twice a day). Larkins maintains that all of these elements, used together, invite the receptivity and intuition necessary for making contact.
Do the techniques Larkin provides truly work? Will readers who use them actually be able to make contact with and receive guidance from wise and benevolent extraterrestrials? Larkins maintains that the answer is a resounding yes, citing reports of thousands of people, including her own editor, who used her techniques to "establish the most spiritually exhilarating and inspiring communion" of their lives. For the rest of us, the jury is very much still out. Still, at the very least, using the techniques Larkins provides is indeed conducive for helping readers get in touch with their intuition and inner guidance, which in and of itself is no small accomplishment. For that reason alone, this book shouldn’t be dismissed out of hand. --Larry Trivieri Jr.