Today I celebrated a milestone with the arrival of my author copies of my new book Revealing Light – How Cancer Illuminated My Divine Blueprint. It took seven years to complete due to the death of my beloved sister Jane who had the same cancer in the same place only at a later stage than me. When she passed I developed writer’s block and survivor’s guilt too. The book is a chronicle of my path towards enlightenment and discovery of latent clairvoyant and psychic abilities. I wrote the following feature article for my publishers and today I would like to share it with you as a way of understanding the rich spiritual insights that can follow loss and grief, and recovery. Thank you.
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LIFE CHANGING CANCER DIAGNOSIS REVEALS HIDDEN PSYCHIC LIFE PATH
It’s the little things we notice when the biggest things are happening to us…and so begins YouTube psychic-astrologer and author Maryann Weston’s first thoughts when diagnosed with cancer.
“I remember the paintings in the specialist doctor’s office. There was a huge one of him playing a grand piano with his wife. How odd, I thought, that something so grandiose should be in a room where people are waiting for medical procedures, and so preoccupied with what those tests might reveal.”
It was important to externalise and not internalise when a diagnosis as shocking as cancer is delivered, she recalled. “It’s like a gut-punch with all the air being sucked out of your body. It helped to notice the minute details around me; a little like counting the lines in a pavement on the way to some terrible event, just to keep yourself grounded.”
These are a few of the early memories Maryann recalls in her memoir Revealing Light – How Cancer Illuminated My Divine Blueprint.
A spiritual odyssey, Revealing Light: How Cancer Illuminated My Divine Blueprint tells the story of its author’s psychological and spiritual evolution, from confronting her mortality with a deadly illness to creating a community of like-minded people.
There are plenty of poignant moments in her book, from her husband picking small pink flowers for her on the way back from the daily three-hour drive for radiation and chemo treatment to the long wait for major surgery – a surgery that would change her life forever.
“Nothing prepares you for this,” she said. “You think if I just do the hard yards, get through painful treatment then the reward is that I will be able to go back to my old life. Well, I guess the universe had other plans for me because I didn’t return to that life. In a way, I began a new one.”
It was the strong and ever-present spiritual signs that began to unlock the dormant psychic abilities Maryann had experienced since childhood…clairvoyance and clairaudience particularly, and mediumship too.
Once a journalist, editor and then a senior government policy and communications officer, Maryann didn’t return to that work, instead she began a spiritual podcast on YouTube, later growing these podcasts across other social media channels.
Today her Revealing Light YouTube channel attracts around 125,000 subscribers and she is busy working as a spiritual communicator, intuitive and counsellor.
“I didn’t forget my journalism, research or counselling skills, I just took them with me as I began working across spiritual dimensions,” she said.
“It became very clear to me that I wasn’t supposed to go back to my old life at all. I believe that life is about service to others, and I’ve always believed that helping someone else is a high calling, and I did that throughout my career. Now, I get to reach hundreds of thousands of people each week and that’s an honour and privilege for me.”
Revealing Light – How Cancer Illuminated My Divine Blueprint covers the years from Maryann’s cancer diagnosis until the present. The reader can walk alongside Maryann throughout radiation, chemo treatment and two surgeries, recovery and long healing, through the many spiritual experiences and connections, to the present-day, honing and refining extraordinary psychic and divination talents.
Maryann details some of her earliest spiritual affirmations in her book.
“When I was diagnosed, I began to see white feathers everywhere. My research into spirituality — spiritual guides, told me that when you were going through a tough time, or in need of protection or divine help, then a white feather signifies that you are, indeed, being watched over.
“They’re everywhere,” I said to my somewhat, doubting husband.
“Well, of course they are. There are white cockatoos everywhere this year,” he countered.
“But they’re always in my path,” I persevered.
“Because you are looking for them.”
“I’m not…”
“You are.”
And so, the skepticism went, but I knew as sure as faith steers you “miraculously” in the right direction sometimes, that the numerous white feathers were for me. One even turned up right in front of my chair, inside my house.
My meditation teacher called. “I just wanted to let you know that I have something for you.”
“Oh, okay. What do you have?”
“I was collecting the mail, and I had a thought about you and your sister and then, as I turned to go inside, there was white feather right in front of me. I nearly stepped on it. I knew it was for you and it’s here when you want to collect it.”
When I went to Sydney for an appointment with my surgeon, there were four white feathers in front of my steps as I walked down the street. Countless, and constantly, recurring examples of divine help. As I said, they were everywhere.
Still my husband remained skeptical until the day we were driving along the highway enroute to my Sydney appointment with the radiation machine [and arguing about whether white feathers were a phenomenon or not]. Out of the air, or on a breeze, came a white feather, directly in my path to meet our car which was traveling at 110kph. It sailed right through the air to me and hit the front window.
“Wow, did you see that feather?”
He nodded, thoughtful.
“It’s like in the Forrest Gump movie,” I said. “I wonder where these white feathers will take me?”
He smiled, still not conceding his skepticism but I knew somewhere he was thinking about the meaning behind coincidence.”
This new hybrid-type, self-help and holistic healing book, that straddles both cancer treatment and survivorship, and burgeoning psychic abilities, offers the reader more than a glimpse into the human condition as well as the evolution of the soul.
At the time of Maryann’s cancer diagnosis and treatment, her beloved sister and best friend, Jane, was also undergoing the exact treatment for the same cancer in the same place only at a later stage. Sadly, Jane passed away around the same time as Maryann was given the ‘all clear’, No Evidence of Disease.
“The most significant thing I must tell you, readers, is about the year my beautiful sister Jane left us. You will have heard her gentle and wise voice throughout these pages. I stopped writing this when she died. For years, I could not revisit the pages here knowing that I had survived, and she didn’t…”
However Maryann did begin living a new life again, negotiating painful survivor’s guilt and using her clairvoyance and divination skills on her multiple spiritual platforms…and eventually completing her book.
“One of my biggest cheerleaders at the beginning of my new life post-cancer, was my sister Jane. A farmer’s wife, this wasn’t her comfort zone, but she encouraged me to keep going in the early days, often standing at the door while I channeled my messages to an early YouTube audience. If any of my extended family and friends were judgmental, she soon set them straight. I was very grateful for her faith in me when everyone else was wondering “what on earth has happened to Maryann?”
I guess that is what I miss; however, as my platforms have grown, my own viewers and supporters help to fill that void of support and the validation of purpose and value. Your truest supporters seldom question your value; my sister Jane never underestimated what I was doing spiritually, nor why. I guess she knew me very well.
I am grateful for Jane’s faith in me, and for the loyalty of my viewers.”
Revealing Light – How Cancer Illuminated My Divine Blueprint is an inspiring book, packed with insight and information, revelation and spiritual connection. You will find chapters especially devoted to astrology during her illness, and a perceptive examination of the Tarot’s ‘Fool’s Journey’ through the major arcana as it relates to health, healing and self-nurturing.
The final section of the book will appeal to readers who are interested in channeling. Maryann uses her mediumship abilities to connect with Nostradamus, Dr Sigmund Freud and the Sleeping Prophet Edgar Cayce, the late actor and comedian Robin Williams, and her spirit guides. All channelings are done through the lens of physical, mental and spiritual health.
“I channeled the famous sixteenth-century French seer, physician, apothecary and astrologer, Nostradamus, on January 20, 2019, after a walk at a nearby golf course led me to a Rose Garden populated with the deepest of red/crimson flowers. I reached down and plucked a petal and rubbed it between my fingers. It left an oily residue.
Around this time a man resembling Nostradamus came through, his facial outline and features imprinted on my third eye as I woke in the mornings. A fleeting view of him as I drifted off to sleep in the evenings. A knowing, that he had stepped forward and, importantly, had something to say. As I do with all my channelings, I let the energetic vibration of Nostradamus permeate over weeks, while I looked for signs and confirmations. The rose petal, as it turned out, was a valid sign that Nostradamus had given me, as you will read in the following transcript. This channeling was before the storming of the [US] Congress on January 6, 2020, and the outbreak of the global Covid pandemic in 2020.”
Revealing Light – How Cancer Illuminated My Divine Blueprint is published on 28th January 2025. You can find out more, including where to order and/or buy it by visiting publisher Collective Ink https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/o-books/our-books/revealing-light-cancer-illuminated-divine-blueprint
Congratulations!!! Quite the accomplishment. Take some time to celebrate and take care of yourself. Cheers! 🥂🇨🇦
Congratulations Maryann. May your book bring well deserved recognition for all you do.
I pre-ordered it last week! I love your speaking and want to support you. I ordered from Amazon In the US.
I pre-ordered your book the moment I heard about it! I can’t wait to receive it and read it cover to cover! 🙂
Ooooooh… I can’t wait to receive your book Maryann!!! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for being you! For your sister Jane’s help and for all your Spirit Guides!
Hi Maryann,
I just pre ordered 2 books- one for me but most importantly one for my sister who has multiple myeloma and lupus. We have discovered in the last year of each others psychic gifts and have grown closer after many years of rarely speaking to each other.
I commend you for your grit and determination in bringing us your story. I cannot wait to read your book.
Congratulations!
Sally White
Gillette, Wyoming
Blessings for good health and wellbeing to you both. It touched my heart your thought for your sister….💕🌻
I hope I am able to get this book. Maryann has been a guiding light to me on her youtube channels, and I am very interested in her book.
Dear MaryAnn,
Wishing you great success with your book. Looking forward….
I’m really, really glad I know you, Maryann. (From one of your loyal followers/viewers on the other side of the world.)
I eagerly await my copy. I love to witness such stories.
Can’t wait to have the copy in my hands. It will be such an insightful reading.
Thank you for sharing your journey and for all you do for the community you have gathered with your incredible heart and gifts.
I too have begun to awaken and see feathers in my path… I understand. They are there as a message for me also that I am being watched over. I am so sorry you lost your sister on this side but as you know she is with you and your biggest supporter. She would not want you to spend anytime feeling guilty for the treatment working for you, but I understand and have no doubt of any of your abilities. Thank you for your courage to share and to be in the light with your gifts even through that painful loss. Love and continued peace on your journey. And thank you.
I hope to enrol in any tarot classes you may offer in the future, your a trusted guide💕
Congratulations Dear Maryann. Lovely Photo too. ♥️
Can’t wait for my copy to come. Thank you for all you
Do for your viewers. ❤️🤗🇨🇦
I love your Podcasts Maryann. You have a great wit & personality. I pre-ordered your book which will arrive around 3, February & I can hardly wait. I am so very sorry about the loss of your dear sister Jane. I began getting into Spirituality in my early 20’s. I’ve had many experiences with what I call, just knowing things & walking into a room with energy hitting me in my face, that something was wrong & I just knew something had happened, which was quickly verified. Your abilities are amazing & I am a loyal follower & want to thank you for helping so many people, including myself. Bless you, much love & light coming your way. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼♥️♥️♥️🥰🥰🥰
I am looking forward to reading about your journey, Maryanne. May love always surround you. Pauline Xxx
I cannot wait to read your book dearest Maryann!! I know Jane is dancing a jig in Heaven celebrating with you!!💖💖💖💖
I have pre ordered this book and cannot wait to read it. At a time when I & and humanity as a whole) have lost so so much, it’s such a gift and comfort to have found Mary Anne , even if she lives far from me .
Strangely enough, this prefase brought tears to my eyes. I look forward to finishing this read, in hopes of discovering my own spiritual treasures.
Wow! That is an amazing editorial and I’m looking forward to receiving my copy.
Although I do not have any of the clair abilities (of which I’m actively aware), that is just one part of your journey where many of us can understand and empathize.
I have been a subscriber to your YouTube channel from early on, and felt your journalistic and communication skills enhanced your insights.
Although the world is just part way through a reset, the trials and tribulations are before us. Many in MSM are not providing clarity or the investigative chops of a Carl Berstein or Bob Woodward back in the day, so we are constantly searching for coherence to the information we can see. You help us with that.
Since the timeline seems to have skewed for the moment, many have felt despondent. However, your strength and perspicacity provides a grounding and of ensuring we keep hope and love at our centre.
Thank you for your book and I hope you are always cloaked in white feathers.
Congratulations, Maryann! On your book and your cancer victory. Thank you for sharing your life and light with us. With love from Chicago.
Just pre-ordered your book Maryann! I thank you now for sharing your personal journey on the spiritual path. Having experienced loss of an amazing woman to ovarian cancer several years ago, I know the pain of losing a loved one. My aunt was more than my mother’s sister. She was my friend, my sister,and a second mother. Life dealt me another blow when 3 years ago, my eldest daughter lost her newborn baby boy during an emergency C-section. It was devastating to her and all. But, it was this loss that led me to you eventually, as I found and walk on a spiritual path of my own. Just a beginner on this path, I hope to find an equilibrium that helps me continue to move forward. I have no doubt that your story will help. After all, it was meant to be.❤️
You are such a brave inspiration, Maryann. I was drawn to you immediately when I came across your YouTube channel . I’m excited to read your story of awakening. Blessings to your dear sister, Jane ❤️
Can’t wait to hear more about your journey Maryann. Congratulations on completing your book. May I add that you are blessing to your YouTube viewers. Thank you for sharing your gifts and story.
Feeling so blessed to have connected with you near the beginning of 2024. Arrival of your book is scheduled for 2/3. Your guidance is integral for my spiritual well being and I am thankful….
Maryanne,
I’m so grateful to have found your site and be able to read your book. You have helped my husband and I get through these upsetting times here in America. It’s wonderful to find such sincerity. Thank you!
Can’t wait to get my book. I ordered so long ago, it has finally migrated up my Amazon list of purchases to be delivered February 3! Thank you for sharing your gifts.
Dear MaryAnn,
I am so looking forward to your book. My sister, Jan, is now undergoing chemotherapy for her cancer. We both need this story of courage and survival. I bless the day I encountered your channel. I wish you every success with this newest venture and thank you for all that you bring to the world.
Much love,
Jeannie Sudbay
Excited to read this book! I think it will be another great teaching/learning moment.
MaryAnne, your sister is proud of you. She is happy for you. And she loves you unconditionally. Peace & love to you.
WOW!!! I cannot wait until it’s fully published and ready to purchase. Thank you so much for sharing with us.
Congratulations, Maryann! You’ve been a constant and gentle inspiration for years. I’m looking forward to reading about your journey. Much love and gratitude, Kitty.
I had tears in my eyes reading through this recapitulation. I felt the pain of losing a Dear Sister that opened the doorway to the Spiritual Realm. Must this always be the path to Spiritual Enlightenment? A path so hard to walk through, do I ever know… Because I live so far away.. I will get the Ebook, mail is not reliable right now in my Country and this way it will eliminate postal costs. I will put a reminder on the date of the coming out. On my long, very cold winter nights, I will cuddle with the book. Take care Maryann 🙂
I have pre-ordered and can’t wait to start reading it!
Love you, Maryann. Looking forward to reading your book and learning about your spiritual and healing journey. You are an inspiration to thousands of us who follow you on YouTube.
Blessings and love to you and your family.
Cathie Olson
Seattle
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Thank you so much for sharing your miraculous journey! I am so glad you found your path and that you are so generous in sharing your insights and life. You really are helping so many. I continue to be one of them. Blessings to you and yours always, Melinda
You are such a healing gift to all who choose to hear your words. I consider you my Australian friend though we have never met. Zooming from 100,000 to 130,000 members on YT in such a short time is proof you are a friend to all. Bless you my dear friend!
I can’t wait to read this. Love Maryann, God bless her!
What a wonderful experience us readers will have on this journey with Maryanne . Looking forward to it.
Greetings, Maryann! I was a relatively early Patreon subscriber and place high value on the wisdom you impart through your intuitive channeling and mediumship. Your readings continue to validate my own metaview of this difficult period of global transition, and remind me that holding a higher vibration for our collective awakening is the only sane path forward. As has been said, the only way out … is through. My journey with cancer is different than yours in that I’ve helped members of my family through their life transitions, and also provide support at my local chemo clinic to patients undergoing treatment. I honor your journey, am baffled by those who feel they have the right to “troll you”, and wish you all success with your new book (which I’ve just purchased). Sending all blessings of love and light to you!
Warmest regards,
Wendy
Your life of service post cancer is a beautiful one. Thank you.
I had tears in my eyes as I read the opening to your book. I am so sorry to learn of the loss of your beloved sister, Jane. As a cancer survivor myself, I can relate that it is a life-altering journey like no other. The new road you have taken has been an indescribable gift to all your subscribers. I continue to be deeply moved by your strength, generosity, integrity and wisdom. I look forward to reading your book and extend my warmest congratulations on publishing your inspiring journey. Prayers for your continued healing and restorative health.
I love you Maryann. You have such a big heart with unending love you send to us. It is a blessing to know you. I also have feathers as a symbol that I am being watched over. You know what they say…birds of a feather…❤️. I’m a resister too😉
Congratulations on your successful book completion! I ordered a download copy but had zero luck opening it after downloading. I don’t care. I’ll consider that a small gift in thanks for your work. I’ll order a hard copy later. Thanks.
I am so looking forward to reading your book. I follow and appreciate all of your readings. 💜 Jade
Sounds like a very inspiring book.
Congratulations! I can’t wait to get this! I’m so glad you wrote it all down. What an incredible journey. I can’t imagine how much you miss Jane. My sister and I are “that” close too. I’m sure you know she’s always with us 💞🩷
I am awaiting my copy and expending my energy to remain positive amid our current administration’s chaotic assault on democracy. Ever yours. 💙
Hello Maryanne from the UK. I just ordered your book.
Looking forward to a good read. I don’t watch TV.
They say there is at least one book in all of us:Congrats