Always try to strive when undertaking psychic or spiritual work for the

highest vibration possible - reach upwards to the highest sources possible.

In my early days I was helping with a healing session. No one had mentioned

individual protection to me at that time and the teacher of the group

believed that he had protected the room we were using. I felt a strong

presence, very sad and lost and troubled. I was sitting down and I began to

shake and felt strongly that something was trying to cling to me.

We learnt later that a young man in the village had died and was being buried

that day. I was too shocked to contact the spirit but am now sure that the

spirit was of this young man attracted in his grief and confusion to a site of

strong physic energy.

I was walking casually through my town centre a while ago when a funeral

came past. I watched idly thinking how sad it was that people should be so

upset when their loved one lived on. Unfortunately this loved one was

following his funeral cortege and zoomed in on me in his own pain and

confusion. I had not protected myself and must have shone out like a

lighthouse in the dark confusion he was obviously feeling. I was so surprised

and shocked that I quickly repelled him and as the cortege moved off he

followed. I felt terrible afterwards that I had not been able to make clear

to him what had happened.

In a very old house I know well there are many spirits and what may well be

echoes of the past. At some times, not others unfortunately, I can sense

these echoes and have heard children playing in the yard (on cobbles, which

are now underneath the current paving stones) and horses in the stable. As a
part of these scenes I had sensed a lady, respectably dressed in early

Victorian clothes in her 30's with a child running to her and leaping in her

arms.

Later in my development I sensed her again alone and confused. The child

had died early and she had never recovered from her grief. She wandered in

what seemed to her a dense mist and looked for her lost child in great

sadness.

I always sensed her in the same part of one of the rooms and crossing it

one time without even thinking of her (as she was not always perceptible to

me) I felt an intense cold spot and feeling of presence where I sensed her.

Lost spirits should be helped but only after you have protected yourself and

feel confident enough to be able to help. The majority of these spirits have

died and are lost, unable to be contacted by their guides, friends or

relatives. This can be caused by the shock of transfer to Spirit or the mind

not being able to free itself from earthly concerns and let itself be free to

understand what has happened. Spirits can be helped but only once they

have become clear enough in their own minds to ask themselves for that

help. Once they ask, help will be their instantly.

Rice was often used in the Far East, countries such as Japan to ward off evil

spirits: a practice continued today at western weddings.

Before I became actively psychically aware I lived for a while in a flat in a

converted bakery in Bedford. It was fine at first but I began to find that I

couldn't sleep in the bedroom upstairs and without really rationalising why I

started to sleep downstairs on the couch. Whenever I tried to sleep upstairs

I tossed and turned all night and felt very uncomfortable. But whatever was

upstairs started to come downstairs and on the final night that I spent

there, asleep on the couch downstairs I awoke with a shock and distinctly

felt that someone was standing over me. When I fumbled for the clock it

stood exactly at midnight. I was glad to leave.

Elizabethan Catholics thought that some ghost sightings were devils in

disguise, but conceded that souls in Purgatory could appear to the living

under certain circumstances. Literature at the time used the plot device of

someone being told something important but being unsure whether he was

being tricked by a devil or could believe it was an honest ghost.

Wandering spirits were believed to have to return home at cock-crow.

"And yonder shines Aurora's harbinger:

At whose approach, ghosts, wandering here and there,

Troop home to churchyards: damned spirits all,

That in cross-ways and floods have burial,

Already to their wormy beds have gone;

For fear lest day should look their shames upon,

They wilfully themselves exile from light,

And must for aye consort with black-brow'd night."

Shakespeare : Midsummer Night's Dream

In India shady groves on the edges of villages are considered the haunts of

dangerous ghosts (preta) who may be suicides, women who died in childbirth
and misers. These are the wandering ghosts who can not accept their death

and still haunt the earth.

Powerful spirits do exist and are often difficult to classify as good or bad as

they often seem to exist outside these sort of categories. However any

spirit that you come into contact with should give out a definite feeling of

Love (in its wider sense) and good will towards you and the others around

you.

Be very wary of powerful spirits that offer you shortcuts to powerful

psychic techniques, flatter your ego or reinforce your own predjuices. These

spirits should be left well alone and the connection broken. Always test

spirits and be sure that you are connected to a good, pure source.

Lower entities can be real nuisances and may even do harm in certain cases.

They normally are attracted to people in low states of morale or physical

condition. Drunkards, drug users or anyone obsessed - are all in danger as

their auras and self-identity can be low. However it is quite possible for

even good mediums to be troubled with these entities if their positive

energy falls low and their defences weaken.

They can manifest as real physical illnesses or more worryingly as mental

problems. Many physics believe that patients with certain mental illnesses

may be affected by such entities.

These entities may be astral entities, that seem to float about in the ether

and are attracted to holes in people’s aura’s. They can normally be cleansed
using the techniques mentioned in the chapter on Meditation. If they seem

to persist go to another medium. When cleansing other people, spend some

time protecting yourself first and ensure that you send the entity to the

Light. Do Not attempt to destroy it, that is not your decision.

Lower astral entities and wandering spirits are attracted to places where

heavy drinking, prostitution, gambling take place. In China mediums are often

invited to stay in such places - in the belief that their good vibrations will

counteract the bad brought about by the events happening in such places.

Unfortunately not all Guides and Helpers are equal in knowledge or ability.

The thrill of contacting a guide can blind you to the fact that what you are

receiving is not of the best.

This can be very hard to accept and many mediums never progress beyond

this stage.

These spirit guides are normally very well intentioned and do their best to

guide the recipient, however the proof must come ultimately from results.

If what you receive keeps turning out to be incorrect - kindly but firmly may

it clear that you need another guide.

It would be lovely to say that all psychics are wonderful, warm and friendly

people whose progress on the spiritual path is marked by a complete absence

of jealously and back biting. Unfortunately human nature isn’t changed that

easily.

Dion Fortune, a famous psychic writer who ...., told a lovely story of being

invited to a select club where half a dozen members all took her aside
secretly to tell her that their Guide was none other than Jesus but she

wasn’t to let any of the members know.

Spiritual snobbishness is probably worse than the class kind, "My Guide is

higher than your Guide", "You must wear a white coat when you’re healing",

etc. etc.

Listen to what other psychics have to say. But in the end, as with advice

from any other source, including Spirit, make up your OWN mind, based on

what seems sensible to you. Absolutely do not let yourself be controlled by

so called Masters or whatever names people use who want power. The best

mediums and teachers are those who want YOUR development over their

need to boost their own egos.

It is unfortunately not that uncommon for mediums to come under some

form of psychic attack at some stage. This may be from other groups (both

those supposedly aligned to the Light and those practising the black arts) or

more commonly a psychic individual who has taken a dislike to you. It is

Never acceptable for any worker for Spirit to attempt to psychically attack

another individual or group.

These attacks can sometimes be difficult to detect and deal with. There

may be a run of uncommonly bad luck, feelings of not being well (or if an

intense attack, actual sickness), psychic work deteriorates and there may

develop suspicions of others motives and abilities.

An attack such as these Must be faced and dealt with but it is quite

acceptable to enrol the help of other psychics. However ask people who have

had previous experience in this area, as the thought form sent against you
may be powerful and need careful work to dissolve it. Personally I do not

find it acceptable to send such thought forms back against those who sent

it. Send them Love and Light instead.

More severe attacks, that involve ritual magic or manifested entities need

to be dealt with professionally.

A word of warning here though, not all bad luck and illness is caused by a

psychic attack. Sometimes these may be tests from Spirit to test your

resolve. Use common sense and don’t be paranoid about such things. Develop

a sense of outward Love and strong inner defences, these are the best

protection of all.

You know that feeling of being drained after having talked to some people

and the way that they often feel better. This can be a real drainage of Your

energy and is very common.

This tends to cover two main areas:

Unconscious draining of energy - where people seem to absorb everything

you have got to give like some energy draining vampire. They often go away

feeling better but you are left a drained wreck.

Conscious draining of energy - some people just like to be in control. Keeping

and maintaining this control can take many subtle and unsubtle forms, from

crying to physical abuse. The common factor is that these attacks are

conscious and deliberate in form. This can be just as debilitating on the

psychic level as the physical.

Firstly and most importantly - keep thinking positively. Do not give way to

negative thoughts and influences when dealing with Spirit. Easily said

perhaps, but a good loving and positive attitude makes you well nigh

invincible.

Shield of Light

Close your eyes and circle an imaginary ring of pure, white light about six

inches over the head, then quarter with a cross (there are other symbols

that will work just as well but for most western mediums the cross has most

meaning and protective ability). From this cross in a circle of light draw

down over the head and body a protective sheath of shining white light, that

ends under the feet. This should then be joined under the feet.

I have heard it described like fitting a sack or bag over you and then tying it

up.

Orb of Light

This can easily be combined with the method above. Image an orb of white

(or blue if this seems more effective) light hovering and sending out rays of

light about 9 inches to a foot above the crown of the head. Some people link

this to the head or third eye with strand of light but I have not found this

to be necessary.

Colour Defences

Imagine strong colours of white, silver or gold light around you. Let these

cling to your body and then move out to about a foot away from the body.

Pulsating Light Defence

This is a very strong defence and personally I have only used it at times of

great worry. Imagine the whole body as a dynamo able to produce pulses of

intense white (or blue) light. Then image these pulses being transmitted

(rather like the old BBC transmitter adverts) into the ether. Concentrate on

these pulses and send them out rapidly and strongly.

Always re-inforce with the shield of light and later the orb of light.

The Golden Cross

I have found this effective as a way of distinguishing "good" and

"deceptive/bad" spirits. I am not sure if it is the symbolism that works or

whether it serves as a way to concentrate and better distinguish their

nature.

As you sense the spirit form concerned, mentally hang a golden cross (other

potent symbols may serve just as well) with a golden chain round its neck.

Spirits that you do not want do not seem able to stand this and will often

flee. Better spirits will seem enhanced.

First of all imagine yourself in the bag of light. Pure, white light is

surrounding you and radiating from you. Imagine a large gold disc above your

head. Look at it closely, is any area of the disc tarnished or dull. If it is, you

are not feeling one hundred per cent. If the disc is badly tarnished or

occluded, you may have some problems that need to be addressed.

Next mentally run your hands psychically over your body. Do your hands

seem to hesitate or even stick at any points. There may be problems there.
First of all, except in already mentally unstable people, being involved with

Spirit will not make you morbid or obsessive. What it will do is open up a

whole new field of view and give hope and love that we all live on and can

progress through numerous lifetimes towards merging with the Godhead.

On a practical level, though I know many mediums who eat, drink and smoke

in very normal ways, there does come a feeling of wanting to eat and drink

pure things. It is by no means a requirement of mediumship to become

vegetarian for example, but many people want to, as they detect the latent

vibrations (often of violent death and suffering) from meat and fish. You

may also become more sensitive to additives in food and drink and want to

drink more water (particularly from pure springs).

One good technique to reduce this pollution of food is a variation of the

blessing. Hold your hands on or near the food and ask Spirit to bless this

food and make it pure. It can be very surprising the effect this can have - in

some cases like healing the food.

Psychics may be very affected by crowds, if they haven’t learnt to contain

their aura, near to the body in such situations. They may also often feel a

lack of energy as it is un-consciously or consciously drained by people or

situations.

Always sit quietly before entering psychic situations, eg. Before giving a

reading. Sit quietly at night before going to sleep - psychics often very vivid

dreams and wake up feeling tired, despite a full nights sleep - as they work

in their dreams with and for Spirit.