Review of “Empathic Evolution” by Jennifer Elizabeth Moore

Empathic Evolution by Jennifer Elizabeth Moore is a deeply introspective and spiritually-oriented work that serves as both a guide for empaths and a channeling of “divine wisdom.”

As a psychic, energy healer, and spiritual teacher with decades of experience, Moore has long been attuned to the struggles and potential of empaths. Her previous works, such as Empathic Mastery, laid the groundwork for this book, emphasizing healing and empowerment for sensitive individuals.

From what we gathered, this particular book—and Empathic Mastery--were highly inspired by the events of 2020 and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. While 2020 and the pandemic have inspired numerous books we've read in the last four years, Moore's experiences are much more personal and profound than most. Moore's father tragically contracted and passed away from COVID in 2020. We were saddened to hear that.

This experience—along with the lockdowns and general malaise of society at the time—led to a lot of introspection and soul searching by Moore, who was already a very spiritual person. Moore reflected on questions like why we hurt, why we suffer, and why we experience loss. She reflected on the impermanence and transient nature of things and the universe/multiverse as a whole.

Those reflections led to the creation of this book.

While we have our personal reservations about this text, there are still some positive things about this book. First and foremost is the emphasis on empathy and compassion—things that the world and society appeared to be sorely lacking in 2019-2021 (and still lacks today). If you recall, many people in 2020 refused to wear masks or be vaccinated out of stubbornness and rebelliousness. Meanwhile, millions of people—particularly the elderly—become sick with the virus and tragically passed away.

Moore (and the Council of We that is purported to speak through her) are arguably right to point out that humanity needs some of its humanity back—more empathy and compassion. We should love one another, look out for one another, and take care of one another.

In a somewhat-hippy-sort-of-way, this is a book that champions peace, love, caring, unity, and kindness. How can you root against that?

Another good thing about this book is that it seems to want to help the reader to manage and come to terms with their grief, encouraging them to be ok with feeling grief, “Surrender” to it. Grief is a “skid” in the flow of life. But it's also a natural part of life. We don't have to suppress, repress, or ignore it. We should allow ourselves to feel it.

This is arguably the best part of the book because it uses one of the most relatable analogies in the book: that of turning into the skid on the road rather than slamming on the brakes (which can lead to a worse accident).

One last thing we liked about this book is that it emphasized that being a empath or even a very sensitive person can be challenging and even painful. Often times, the motherly figures among us feel the need to take care of everyone else, even to the detriment of their own health, safety, and sanity. You don't have to drown yourself in everyone else's negative feelings and experiences. You can have boundaries and limits.

Well, this book does have some aspects of it that trouble us. First of all, it has a very accusatory/persecutory tone that flies in the face of the positive approach the authors seems to have wanted to convey. The narrative always sounds like its wagging its finger in your face, telling you all the things that you and the rest of humanity are doing wrong. It always reads like a parent or teaching saying, “NO!” or “BAD!”

Going along with that, there's also something oddly nihilistic, negative, and disturbing about certain parts of this book. For example, the narrative literally says, “We promise you that you will die and you will become food for the Earth.”

There are also numerous passages that talk about how—since you're part of a Collective or a Whole (“cells in the body of Mother Earth”)—you should distance/separate yourself from concepts of personal individuality, freedom, and self-determination. Wait, what? We're humans made in the image of God. We're not the Borg. We'll get back to some of that in a moment.

Another thing that bothered us about this book—similar to what bothered us about Awaken to Your Truth by Joanna Alexopoulos—is how it seems to want to be a Christian or pseudo-Christian work while contradicting some of the fundamentals of the faith. Look, we're not the authority on what makes something “Christian” or not, but we have eyes, ears, minds, and experiences that would suggest this is much more New Age mysticism/spirituality than it is Christian.

And that wouldn't be such a big deal if the narrative didn't specifically reference events and characters from The Bible. For example, there are multiple references to the Garden of Eden and the Fall. There are references to Jesus and Mary, his mother.

The phrase “Alpha and Omega” is used to describe the “Council of We.” This passage is particularly sacrilegious to those who associate this phrase to God the Father. The passage reads:

“We are the Alpha and the Omega. We are the I Am That I Am.
We are the great mystery of All That Is.”


This sounds more like the Borg from Star Trek than any Abrahamic God or angels we know. Angels and ghosts are not God. God is God.

Perhaps the passage in this book that stood out to us the most was:

“Being in a community with other channels is very helpful
for those who are coming into this. However, we must offer a
caveat with this: it is imperative that people do their work. What
we mean by this is people taking responsibility for their own
thoughts and feelings, acknowledging and addressing reactive
behaviors, and recognizing and healing old wounds and triggers.
Many heinous acts have been committed in the name of divine
guidance. This was not, and never will be, our guidance. Any
message that instructs you to bring harm to yourself or others
is not of us. At the fundamental core, our truth is love, grace,
and peace. We wish you to practice discernment. We wish you
to consider whatever we offer thoroughly and then decide if it
is aligned with your free will.”

In other words, the very voices from the Council of We that are supposed to be telling us the truth are also warning us to do our own due diligence and not trust everything that they or anyone else who claims to speak for God says.

This is a HUGE disclaimer. It's almost like Mephistopheles in Doctor Faustus telling Faustus (to paraphrase): “Yeah, I want your soul and all, but I am contractually required to tell you that the outcome could/will likely be very bad for you. Are you sure you want to go through with this?”

At least this passage encourages the reader to be discerning and to think for themselves. Although... wait a minute... aren't there countless passages that talk about how we should separate ourselves from our free will and consider ourselves a part of a Collective?

Speaking of Collectives...
There's a real Borg-like, neo-Marxist vibe going on with that. That's not necessarily a good thing. We've mentioned the Borg a few times, but do you blame us after reading passages like the following?

"You are cells in her body."

This statement mirrors the Borg’s philosophy of individuality being part of a collective, emphasizing humanity as integral parts of a larger system—in this case, Mother Earth.

"Each of you serves as an interconnected part of the neural net of this world."

The reference to a "neural net" evokes the Borg's hive mind concept, where all individuals are nodes in a collective consciousness.

"The illusion of separation is dissolving, and your shells of individuality are being dismantled."

This sounds particularly Borg-like, as it aligns with their goal of eliminating individuality to achieve unity.

"You are the children of this divine union. You are being invited to recognize that the experience of safety starts with connection."

While the book frames this as a spiritual connection, the Borg might interpret it as an invitation to join the collective.

"You are part of an exponentially expanding life form."

This could easily be a Borg mantra, reflecting their focus on growth and the assimilation of new species.

"To thrive as a species and progress to the next link on your evolutionary chain, all human beings will have to expand their collective toolbox."

The Borg’s focus on technological and biological "perfection" aligns with the idea of evolving through collective efforts.

There are also about 40 references to a “Collective” or “Collective Consciousness” including:

“While there is no separation between all of you and the collective consciousness in the glow of the galactic mind, we still ask you to embrace distinction.”

Wait, so we have a "galactic mind" now? Are we reading an L. Ron Hubbard book now?

Another thing we wanted to briefly talk about is the narrative's accusatory tone. It always reads like its scolding you.

Put aside (for a moment) that the narrative keeps calling us a “species” and “humans” as if these supposed-spirits are so much bigger, better, smarter, and separate from us (and they don't read like it)... they also keep directing their language toward “YOU.”

It's always: YOU have done this and YOU have done that. YOU PEOPLE are responsible for the pain and suffering of the pandemic and what happened in 2020. YOU are to blame for climate change and systemic racism, etc. Even if YOU aren't the one who knelt on George Floyd's neck, it is your actions or inactions that allowed that to happen. It's really grating to read this kind of language directed at the reader.

On that note, the narrative keeps referring to us as monkeys or having a “monkey brain.” This sounds like Frieza—a bigoted anime supervillain—not some benevolent force for good.

But we digress.
We may not agree with how this book is worded or every single little concept, but we do appreciate that the author seems to want the world to be a better, more peaceful, more unified place. That's admirable.

Anyway, if you're into this New Age mysticism/spirituality stuff... check it out on Amazon!