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A Basic Primer to Entities and Cleansingby MemoryandDreamIntroductionThis article might read a little differently then others I've written. Truly, it's a collection of advice and experience in regards to ghosts, spirits and entities. It's Things You Should Know if you're planning on getting involved in suchbeings, or such beings have decided to get involved in you. Consider it a bit ofa So You've A Ghost - Now What? 101 kind of guide. It's most certainly not all-inclusive, nor is it the only approach or belief out there on the topic. My hopeis that, given my experiences with the subject (being that I didn't have a choice in my interactions due to the fun genetic quirk of inherited "always-on" mediumistic ability) I can help give some general information to those who are facing it for the first time.

Ground Rules and BasicsHere are some general things to know when dealing with entities of any kind.

First off, there are a host of different types of entities. Trying to come up with a comprehensive list would be an article on it's own. But, in [extreme] brief, some of the more common include spirits/ghosts (the "soul" or essence of a person who has passed or who is non-corporeal); residual energy/poltergeist (mere energy without a driving soul or thought that is left over like a stain or imprint on a place or object); and demons/elementals/fae/etc. (non-human entities that

come in all shapes, sizes, dispositions and intentions.)

Secondly, because there is such a range out there, and because it can be hard toknow which are helpful, which are harmful and which are merely curious, it's important to always be polite. No really. Asking nicely tends to get you much further than ordering, commanding or arguing. Try respect first.

Third, no matter what type of entity it is, it needs your permission to physically interact with you. Stop and think about that for a moment. No matter what youfear might happen, you do have a level of control because of this basic rule ofthe universe. Entities can - and will - try to trick you into giving permission, and may physically interact with non-living things in an effort to obtain their desire, but unless you allow them, you do have a built-in level of safety. Whi

ch brings me to....

Do not open doors you can't close. It's often easy to start something but extremely difficult to stop it. The easiest way to prevent problems is to keep them from happening to being with. So please, when you get the idea to summon up something, just don't.

If you find yourself in a situation where you're out of control, frightened or otherwise lost, the first step is to calm down and try to re-center. Take steps to cleanse yourself and your surroundings. This too often goes further then you'dthink if you approach it with strong intent and clear mind.

So You've Got An Unwanted VisitorWhether you seek it out or not, sometimes entities can be drawn to us, or our surroundings and they might not want to leave. Or you might just be uncomfortablewith their presence and you'd really like to be left alone. So here are some steps to try in removing unwanted entities.

First off, ask nicely if it will leave. You can literally just speak aloud and express your request that they leave you alone. Yes, you may feel silly. But thisshould always be your first step. It honestly does work quite often.


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Second step is to be a little more forceful. I don't mean rude. I don't mean nasty. I mean, put a little more will into it. Be firm but don't cross the line into hostile.

Third step is to cleanse yourself and your home. *See below

If you still can't get rid of it, you might need to seek other help. This can get difficult. You can look for resources such as mediums or psychics in your areawho might be willing to help you push the entity out of your home for good. It's rare that it would go so far. Most of the time asking or cleansing will removethe problem.

How to Cleanse Yourself And Your HomeSometimes, you might have attracted the attention of an entity and you need to remove lingering ties or attractions to yourself or your personal space. Here aresome suggestions of things you can do to purify yourself and your home after such encounters. They're not bad to do in general now and then just to keep yourself and your home energetically and spiritually tidy. You keep your home clean inother ways, so why ignore it's energetic side?

Cleanse Yourself

A great way to cleanse your energy/aura is to take a ritual saltwater bath. Seasalt is best, but even regular table salt will work. Using a washcloth, slowly a

nd with the focus of cleansing any negative energy or attachments, slowly wash your body, visualizing that you are purifying and removing all bad energy. Breathslowly and deeply, and really take your time to truly see yourself disconnecting anything that is dark, bad, or harmful from your body and your energy.

Another alternative to salt is lavender. It's very calming and can help you reach a mind state of relaxation and purity.

Additionally, never underestimate the power of meditation. It need not be anything formal. Merely taking some time to sit down, focus on your breathing can go along way. As you breathe, pull in positive, clean and pure energy; as you exhale, push out the dirty, negative and tainted energy. Find your center and try toconnect with the rhythm of the earth. Even ten minutes of this will leave you fe

eling refreshed and rejuvenated. Ease yourself back into your regular breathingand continue on with your day.

Cleanse Your Home

A simple way to cleanse a home or other living space is with the use of sage. Often called "smudge sticks" sage is usually wrapped into a bundle. You light thesage and walk the smoke purposefully through the space. Sage has been consideredsacred in many cultures throughout the world for years. Again, visualize the smoke removing any negative energy. Let it carry any impurity up and away.

Another way to cleanse again involves salt. If you are burdened with bad dreamsfor example, make an unbroken circle in salt around your bed. Salt is a great pu

rifier and can be used as a barrier against unwanted energies and entities.

In ClosingI know first-hand how daunting, frightening and confusing it can be to deal withentities and encounters. I know how lost and bothered you can feel by the invasion. Just try to keep the basic rules in mind, never try to summon entities or give permissions if you aren't 100% fully prepared for the consequences. Many entities you will randomly encounter are not malicious; many are just curious or bored. But that doesn't mean every one is nice or even truthful. So please, avoidprovoking or initiating such encounters and use these steps to help finish rando


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m encounters that may come to you.****

Too Many Spells For Stupid Reasonsby DennaveveIs it just me or has there been an influx of "Poor me I need a spell posts? I have no problem with spells, ritual, meditation, what have you but this seems to be a new trend. Instead of communicating people want a mystical magical way to goabout finding the answers to a simple question, or the cure for a basic problem. The most common seem to be "Love Divination" spells or the "Cold Cures" at least on this community and the others I browse on a regular basis. Life is not anepisode of Charmed or Sabrina the Teenage Witch, have people forgotten that somegood rest and lots of fluids can clear up a cold in no time? Or that if its truly more serious and theres something like bronchitis involved a simple trip to thedoctors office for some antibiotics will kick the illness in the butt? What about asking someone out on a date, or suggesting a simple hang out with a girl orguy you have a thing for? The usual answers (to the love posts) seem to be:

"Well Im scared theyll say no""Im too shy""Im worried it will affect the friendship"

Personally Id be far more worried about the toxins in the air I am breathing or contracting some strange pathogen from the people at your work or school that dontwash their hands after going to the bathroom. Life is about taking chances andindulging in risks. Asking someone out isnt a very big risk in the book of DeadlyDeath Defying Feats of Risk Taking. The worst that can happen is the object ofyour affection would rather remain friends or just breaks off the friendship. Thats not so bad is it? Ok yes losing a friend can be horrible but, if they were really your friend they wouldnt be so offended by wanting to go out on a date! If they were a good friend wouldnt alienate you because of it either.

The only good thing I can say about the pop culture new age occult television shows is that whenever one of the characters tries to use one of those "simple" spells to get rid of a problem they end up in a big mess and realize that magic ju

st like medications, alcohol and eating should not be overindulged. With magic the result is usually a blow up, it all back fires and the character has to spendmore time fixing the situation they created then if they just asked Mr. So andSo out for coffee. With medication you usually end up over dosing and in the hospital, or sick as a dog and puking your brains out. Alcohol, same deal. Eating,weight gain and other health problems can occur. All of these things arent reallyharmful if used prudently and with real reason, like eating when youre hungry orhaving a casual drink with your friends. However when we scorn the basic rule in life: "Waste not want not" and go for the excessive and frivolous things neverwork out the way we planned.

The first thing to realize when trying to cast a spell to figure out if someonelikes you is that everything has a reaction, equal at times but generally not. T

he second thing to take into mind is that (as MemoryandDream [quoted] and many others have said):

Quote: ...they (The powers that be) just have a hell of a lot of better shit todo then help some kid who can't even get the courage to ASK a simple question ofsomeone who's so "special" to them and instead looks for shortcuts and cheats to just have things handed to them on a silver platter.

Translation: Begging a divine source for the answer to whether or not its going t


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o rain tomorrow could be easily figured out by checking the Weather Channel instead of lighting a candle and praying to ___ insert deity.Are we really so vain as to think that Gods, Goddesses, Spirits, what have you...have nothing better to do with their time than sit around like Mother Cleo on the psychic hotline? "Answers to your mundane and banal problems answered for $3.99 a minute! Just ask God! Lines are always open!"

Maybe Im of a more Merlin-esque viewpoint, we should be prudent when using magicinstead of lobbing around energy like one is playing a game of Kickball.

Quote: To cause rain in a place where it is usually infrequent would be upsetting the delicate balance of nature. There is a pattern to life and the reason it doesn't rain a great deal in the desert is because the plants and animals there have adapted to not need a lot of rain. You could end up drowning the plants andanimals which live there or upset the overall ecosystem by causing a "nice rainstorm."In fact, if it worked too well you could cause harm in many different ways. Wishing for some sunshine in Seattle could end up extending into a drought. Mother nature really doesn't need help running her planet, she does a beautiful job on her own.

Just because you dont think there is going to be a reaction to your little experiments in magic doesnt mean there wont be. Even though we dont think about all the g

erms on our counters and toilet bowls doesnt mean they cease to exist just because we arent going to acknowledge them. Of course when people say something to thiseffect they are usually snubbed or considered to have no idea what they are talking about."Oh you mean you dont want to give me a spell because I could just ask them, wellyou know nothing about magic!"

Really mature viewpoint. If you dont want our advice then go to your local occultcrap vendor and buy some book by a man or woman with a name that sounds like itcame out of Peter Pan. Im sure they have plenty of spells for you where all it takes is a candle and some warm lavender oil to make the heavens split and rain fire down upon your enemies.

****Magical Troublesby Slim the frequently possessedThe potential dangers of incautious magick have been mentioned a number of timesin previous articles, as well as the necessity for effective precautions. Despite this, however, there will inevitably be a few people who skim to the functional details and dive headlong into magical reality. This is equivalent to pickinga fight with Mike Tyson without having taken a day of training. And you would be very lucky to come away with only an ear missing. This piece is written for those who have screwed up and got into trouble, whether by their own failure to take proper care, or by having encountered some force they have not the skill to deal with. Of course, magical practitioners are by nature people who confront the

ir fears and face the dangers of the world. It is therefore inevitable that problems will occur eventually, and this can be useful, for it destroys complacent habits.

The dangers inherent in magical practice vary greatly. There is no way to coverall the potential problems that may come up. However, it is possible to draw upa few broad categories, which will afford us with a functional basis for discussion. The first is when a working produces results that are undesirable. The second is when a spirit or other entity haunts one, causing various kinds of trouble.The third is when a spirit or other entity possesses one, taking control of the


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body with or without any particular intentions. The fourth is when one becomes deranged, which may be subtler than it sounds. These all have variants; sometimesa spirit is malicious and sometimes it is merely unintelligent. We will take alook at each and consider the methods available to deal with them.

A magical operation can go bad in a number of ways. Besides simply failing to have any noticeable result (usually due to vague intent or a lack of power), thereis the possibility that the results will prove to be unpleasant. It may be thatone learns too late that the pretty redhead has a drug habit. Or the course taken by the magick to bring about the result may prove detrimental. For example, aprocedure to obtain money may cause the death of an uncle or even a parent, providing a rich inheritance and a lifetime of guilt. The best way to avoid this kind of outcome is to be very specific about the desired goal, including a clausethat disallows any kind of harmful side effects (to oneself and loved ones). Itmay be that this actually prevents any result, but that will only be the case when a working is ill-advised in the first place. Of course, if this has already happened, such preventative measures are useless. It is usually a bad idea to perform operations that have conflicting aims, as this will tend to divide your personal energy and leave you drained. However, if calamity has struck, it is possible to set things straight. You can do this by either performing an operation which is more focused and has greater energy than the original (and naturally hasthe objective of negating the first), or else by appealing to a higher power that has authority in the appropriate area. Thus, if you have messed up a romanticoperation, Aphrodite is a logical choice to lodge your appeal. Now, by appeal I

do not mean whining. You perform a damn good operation that communicates your desire to have the god sort things out. Gods always know more than you in their area of authority, so if you ask one to set things as they should be, you have a good chance of solving the problem.Being the target of a prankster spirit is most annoying. Little accidents will occur regularly, usually at the worst possible times. Far worse is to be faced with a vicious or even murderous entity. There are also beings that will attempt to feed off your personal energy, often by inducing extreme emotional states. Each one is an individual, and as much information as is possible should be gathered about the creature. It is useful to identify patterns, as spirits have forms of recognizable behavioral habits. For example, does the spirit haunt a particulararea? Does it follow you everywhere? Is it associated with a specific emotion ormental process? Does it cause physically dangerous events to take place? Map ou

t all the information and draw your conclusions. It can be very helpful to workout what aspects of your life the being operates in; what is its ruling drive?

I am assuming that you have tried banishing and it has proven ineffective. Thereare a number of procedures you could undertake at this point. I would recommendseeking the aid of a deity, as described above. Other ways include setting other spirits to hunt and destroy the troublemaker, or to try and trap it in a talisman. It is my opinion that one should take the course of action that has the highest probability of being successful first time, and I think that anything lessthan a god-working has an undesirable potential for failure. You must decide foryourself, and the other methods do not require too much ingenuity to fathom.

Whether or not you know much about the spirit (it is at times quite difficult to

learn anything substantial), there is always one god they will bow down to, andthat is the King. In every pantheon there is one deity that controls all the rest. The classical example (to maintain consistency) is Zeus. For the Norse pantheon, it is Odin. In the fictional mythos of Amber, it would be Oberon. In my ownsystem, it would be the Monad. From experience I can say it has proven effective to perform a working with the objective of having tormenting spirits bound by the Monad. If it is not sufficient to merely call on the gods aid, you may wish toinvoke it. This is likely to have more immediate results, particularly if the spirit is present. You should be prepared for a malignant entity to try to stop you from carrying out such a procedure. Unfortunately, if banishing has already fa


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iled, you may need to soldier on. The greatest weapon at this point is your strength of mind, your unity of purpose. Do what is necessary to summon the god, and it should deal with your problem in a very effective fashion. Of course, you may owe the god after this, in which case it will be a good idea to make offerings toit. As you can see, it is easy to get caught up in a tangled prison if your early work is substandard.The third category is involuntary possession. This can be the worst problem triggered by magick, as it involves a complete loss of self-control. The body does not respond to conscious desires, or does so in a very poor fashion. There are different degrees of possession, and the actions that you may be forced to carry out will depend upon the character of the being that has intruded. A low-level spirit may not know how to perform the simplest functions, so you may simply lollabout. A spirit with a specific purpose or desire will be liable to direct you to pursue its goal, be it bright colors, the taste of coffee or sexual release. This results in a kind of compulsive behavior with a concomitant lack of compunction. Possession by a deity is a lot more complicated than the other kinds. A godunderstands the body and the mind; it knows how to use these as tools in the pursuit of its objectives, and it is well-integrated to the point at which it candisplace your personality without causing unintentional damage to the body. Evenso, this incurs such a degree of energy loss that the body will suffer greatlyif the possession lasts indefinitely.

There is not really any certain way to deal with possession by oneself when it is underway. If has retained some degree of awareness (blackout and amnesia are c

ommon), and the entity is of a fairly low order, it may be possible to drive itout by an act of will (something like screaming Fuck off outta here!). This is obviously impractical if it has complete control. However, it is rare for a spiritor other being to possess one constantly. Usually there are times when the bodybecomes too tired to sustain the presence, or the being needs to withdraw for its own reasons. Thus, the time to get rid of it is when you are again in control,even if this is for but a short time.

As with the earlier situations, my preferred solution is to summon the highest power known and have it destroy the being or mark oneself as off limits. However, it is possible that a similar procedure was the cause of the present problem, andmay compound it. If this is the case, then one must concentrate the whole of ones mind and energy to the cause of annihilating the spirit. You could create a ma

ntra with the words Kill [name] (if you do not know the name of the beast, just imagine its most characteristic quality or feeling and use that, so if it makes your head swim with the scent of lemongrass, term it the Lemongrass Fiend, or some such). You might then light a bonfire and dance around it chanting Kill the Lemongrass Fiend! all night long. This is a spurious example, but it demonstrates the necessary features. The basis of the operation is to fill yourself with the totally committed desire to utterly destroy the being in question, to drive it out ofyour personal universe permanently. Fire is a useful focus in this context, forit has the property of destruction and has a traditional role in cleansing. Water is also useful; standing beneath a waterfall is another age-old practice, although one that is very dangerous and not to be recommended. What matters, and Imake no apologies for repeating this, is that your entire mind and soul resoundwith the unconditional will to destroy your source of torment.

The fourth category is that of insanity. Now I have spoken elsewhere about the value of induced short-term insanity, which is something I regard as a necessityin this field. However, I do not regard long-term, involuntary madness to be ofany use. In fact, it is a terribly destructive phenomenon, and yet another reason for proper banishing. There are many forms of mental illness, and I am not qualified to inform you as to their nature or methods of cure. All I can do in thiscontext is warn you to maintain awareness of your behavior and thought processes, and if you find these have altered radically following one or more magical operations, it is a good idea to stop and evaluate the situation. It is unfortunat


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e that magick is itself often regarded as nothing more than a symptom of madness, and it is true that many people would view the open practitioner of magick asa danger to the public for various reasons. Such facts are reason to keep ones work hidden from the world, but this necessity for secrecy can easily degenerateinto paranoia. If you do suspect that you are suffering from some form of mentalillness, do not panic. First write up an account of your views, and a list of all the things that appear to be wrong, and compare this with the record you havebeen keeping. You should be able to compare your present perspective with thatof previous times, and see if there is any serious deviation. You should be aware that everyone has minor obsessions and fantasies, many of which are sexual orviolent in nature. It is not the existence of these things that qualifies as madness, but the acting out of such.

If you are feeling overwhelmed by magical events, take a break from your practice and get involved in social activities. See your friends and loosen up. Relax.If you remain with the feeling that the world is wrong, or that you are not ableto deal with ordinary affairs, seek professional help. A Jungian psychotherapist may be able to understand your magick rather better than others, and may be worth searching out. Do not hurt yourself, instead find a person who can help you.I realize here, at the end of this piece, that my advice is very limited and canonly provide so much help to those who are in trouble. I am also aware just howeasy it is to attract such trouble. Despite this, I remain certain in my opinion that magick is worthwhile. It is in our nature to learn from our mistakes, andas long as we survive those mistakes, we tend to develop and become more than w

e were before.

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Aura Scan and Repairby VolkdragonHere it is in its glory.. I understand however some of you have different and varying opinions, discuss this as much as you want, however it is not subject to opinionated debate. These are MY findings over a decade or two of healing, and energy working. This is a BASIC understanding for people who claim to have no ability. Person A mentioned that they had no such ability but as seen by this it wasshown that with correct attitude and guidance, anyone can learn and display to

a fair degree of efficiency the above mentioned ability.

Aura Scan and Repair 101

The first thing you need to do is notice what, your body is doing. You need to know whether you are tense or relaxed or other.Are your shoulders hunched up? If so let them down.Now take your off hand, the one you don't write with unless your ambidextrous. Then in that case use a foot. (Joke)Now take your off hand and allow it to simply move in a slow motion above your belly, about 5-6inches from you. You can do either a figure 8 or a circle, whichever feels comfortable for you. Go at a nice slow pace, what we are doing is allowing our hand and, arm to get into a rhythm.

Now I want you to speed it up. Go pretty fast for about 20 seconds then slow itright down again. The reason for this is to stimulate your auric energy. Once you've done that, start slowly moving your hand in a to and fro movement towards and away from your belly. Again we are stimulating your auric energy but in a different way. Or in other words at a different vibrational rate.What we are attempting to do is find and identify your energy. Now start pounding your energy with your hand as though you were pounding something flat. Almostlike you are patting the air above your belly, but more of a pounding movement.Basically what we are doing now is stimulating the energy, so that we can perceive it much better. We are also relaxing and tiring the arm, which in the early s


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tages of this type of energy work makes it easier for us to discern our energy.Tired muscles tend to work better with energy in the beginning. Once that is achieved push your hand toward your belly, as though there was a big strong springthere. Visualize the spring, feel the tension as it slowly coils up and stores all that energy. As you pull your hand back do it as though all that pent up energy in the spring was pushing against your hand, and you are attempting to control it. You may feel a slight heat sensation or cold in or just away from your palmabout now. It is ok if you feel nothing, not everyone does, and some people hearthings instead. Again it is ok if nothing has happened yet. If that is the case, simply repeat the above a couple more times, until something is felt. If stillnothing is felt, then try again on the morrow.

Now do that a couple more times focusing on the heat only. Just let your mind examine the heat. Once you have a firm grasp on the heat that you were focusing on. Examine the sensation and, feel it. Is it gooey, warm, like liquid, cold, like ice? That is what you are attempting to feel out.From here, try and find out what color the feeling represents. At this point itcould be any color but mostly it will be one, or a mixture of the following colors. Red, Orange or Yellow. Red is the color of our first Chakra, Orange is the color of our second, and Yellow is the color of our third. Now someone mentionedonce that in-between the color, was represented the color purplish. In that case, it was the questers own energy being directed there. Purple usually representsthe intellect. In this case the quester was seeing her own, probing energy displayed. It does not always happen, but when it does it is further proof of what yo

u are doing, if proof is required. JSometimes the energy you are feeling will feel wrong or plain odd. That is ok, because if you arent used to feeling energy in this way. Then it will take on an odd effect within your mind.

Now what we are going to do is a basic search and repair.What we are going to do is this, a basic self-check of our aura.To check for holes and or any cracks etc then repair them.

What I want you to do this time is, with your off hand pound your aura again. Fast then slow till you feel that heat or cold sensation you felt before. Now we are going to associate that feeling of either heat or cold or other with connecting with your aura.

Then we are going to see what defines a bad spot in your aura. Now pull your hand out to about half your arm length from your belly. Do the pounding again at that point, until you feel the sensation that we have defined as connecting with your energy. E.g. the heat or cold sensation.

Now slowly, while keeping that heat feeling. Slowly move your hand up towards your heart. Not in a straight line however but move it all about. As though a snake were making its way up your torso.

Now just let your mind relax. With your eyes closed keep moving your hand untila point of light appears, when it does, slowly go over that area until that point of light appears really bright. Then stop your hand. The light is a literal li

ght and will either be seen as though it were just above your vision or, at theside in your peripheral vision.

(Now from this point I am going to use part of a session from a few nights ago,I will omit the name of the person. In case they do not wish to be named.)volkdragon: Where can you see the point of light?Person A:: left ribs.volkdragon:: okvolkdragon:: what color was the lightPerson A:: kinda...rusty


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volkdragon:: ok color is importantPerson A:: hazy redvolkdragon:: Now say to your ribs,volkdragon:: Ribs, what does red mean?volkdragon:: I am serious, I want you to actually speak to your ribs in your mind.Person A:: my hand is now cold, in pain, and I am dizzy.volkdragon:: OKvolkdragon:: that is a good signPerson A:: reallyvolkdragon:: you have an old energy leakage at your ribsvolkdragon:: rusty is old.volkdragon:: red usually means "bleeding out".volkdragon::Person A:: so now what?volkdragon:: now we repair itvolkdragon:: which is pretty easy againvolkdragon:: we will use 3 types of color I will explain each all you need to dois visualizePerson A:: okvolkdragon:: firstvolkdragon:: we will sterilize the areaPerson A:: O.ovolkdragon:: Imagine bathing your rib area in a, you guessed it. A white light.

volkdragon:: Bath it until it looks bright.volkdragon:: use your imagination, visualize this happening. (visualization is the key)Person A:: a glowing bar of soapvolkdragon:: now we need to seal itvolkdragon:: imagine a pin point of gold light, right in the very center then imagine that light expanding outwards and creating a hollow enclosed shield. Goldis the color of Protection.volkdragon::volkdragon:: it is ok if the white light hangs around, and does not leave immediately.volkdragon:: is it in place?Person A:: yes

volkdragon:: Good now we are going to pour into that a nice sky blue light. Thatis the color of healing.volkdragon:: if you ever do Reiki that is the color you will see, or pretty muchany kind of healing.volkdragon::volkdragon:: really pump it in, as much as it will hold.Person A:: it's fullvolkdragon:: now I want you to make that shield really small.volkdragon:: about as big as a bottle cap. Then, place your hand on it, and imagine a bronze colored energy flowing thru your hands and sealing it in place. Bronze is the color usually associated with sealing.volkdragon:: once that is done, recheck it and see if you feel dizzy again if not. It was a success and you can move on.

Person A:: it feels warm and fuzzy therevolkdragon:: excellent hot is the feeling of your auraPerson A:: it lives!!!volkdragon:: warm is your aura under repair, if however it was still painful, and you still felt dizzy. Then we would need to wash it again with white light. Thenretest it.Person A:: ...volkdragon:: A rusty light will almost always be associated with an automated healing. That is, the body attempted to heal something but the healing was not a complete success. If you look at the color of a scab, you will notice it is a rus


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ty brown color.volkdragon::volkdragon:: usually if there is red and, pain you have an energy hole.Person B:: Eehee.volkdragon:: and you are "bleeding out"volkdragon:: if it healed on the outside but not on the inside.. essentially youare bleeding into your own auravolkdragon:: not goodPerson B:: Internal bleeding. ;P

volkdragon:: this bleeding out, or bleeding into your own aura. Is your auric energy.volkdragon:: yes exactlyPerson A:: is there anything in particular to look for (I.e. colors)volkdragon:: okvolkdragon:: if you see white, a bright flash of white.volkdragon:: it means there is damage to your auraPerson A:: and how would that happen?volkdragon:: usually a hole, that had been slowly decaying. Holes are sometimescaused by unsuccessful attacks, or general wear and tear upon the Aura.Person A:: like...rot?volkdragon:: like tooth decay first goes yellow then bright whitevolkdragon:: that is when the hole appearsPerson A:: oooh

volkdragon::volkdragon:: colors are importantvolkdragon:: so too is sensationPerson A:: is white the worst?volkdragon:: no but red is one of them.Person A:: okvolkdragon:: ok you felt dizzy and pain you also said, my hand is now cold.volkdragon:: So, what happens when you die?volkdragon:: are you still warm?Person A:: novolkdragon:: well that is the same, it says we have a problem there is no heat,meaning there is no vibrant energy no stimulation.Person A:: ooo

volkdragon:: ok now you said you were in painPerson A:: yesvolkdragon:: did the pain localize to your ribs?Person A:: it only happened round there, yes.volkdragon:: that tells you that your ribs are where the problem is situated.volkdragon:: so what we now know is this:volkdragon:: there was a problem and auto heal has attempted to fix but failed,it or is still in the process.volkdragon:: but it is cold so it failed, and it is painful so there is a problemvolkdragon:: you felt dizzyPerson A:: yepvolkdragon:: what happens when we are feint?

Person A:: dizziness?volkdragon:: yesvolkdragon:: why do we get dizzy, what is happening?Person C:: Lack of oxygen.Person D:: hyperventilating?Person A:: ...volkdragon:: yes and?Person E:: I feel like I am in back in my health class now LoL

volkdragon:: what carries that oxygen?


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Person A:: bloodvolkdragon:: where is the blood going?volkdragon:: ah if it were going to the head we wouldn't be all that dizzy wouldwe?volkdragon:: if we are loosing blood supply to the brain what happens?Person A:: we get dizzyvolkdragon:: exactly.volkdragon:: now we look at those signs and say. hmmvolkdragon:: cold, pain, and dizziness.volkdragon:: could be many things but with the color and, sensations as well asthe localization. We also know that brown is associated with old healing or scabs.volkdragon:: and that hazy red is associated with internal bleeding..volkdragon:: energy bleeding.volkdragon:: Having that information we can effect a healing.Person A:: I seevolkdragon:: a question have you been feeling "drained" at all latelyPerson A:: yesvolkdragon::volkdragon:: now didn't you say you had no talent and yet you just healed a potential energy problem? And, performed an auric scan?Person A:: ...volkdragon:: everyone regardless of ability with proper guidance can reach greatheights

Person A:: ^.^volkdragon:: you don't need any extra coachingvolkdragon:: you have all you need to scan and repair yours and other peoples auras.volkdragon:: bingovolkdragon:: aura scan and repair 101

volkdragon:: When you are sufficiently skilled you won't really need to touch anyone at all.volkdragon:: you just place a hand, and know what is wrong and where.volkdragon:: you should always inform the one you are working on of your intentions.

volkdragon:: Personally I do not really need to place my hand near them anymore.volkdragon:: I simply put a hand where I am directed and heal from that point only.volkdragon:: volk has been doing this for some yrs.Person A:: I assumed******

Psionic Vampires, Empaths, and the Human Energy Shieldby DennaveveAround 5,000 years ago in India people began to refer to an energy that was thou

ght to be the universal source of all life, they believe that this energy permeates all aspects of our environment and flows through every living being and is even created by our environment. They called this energy prana, in China it is called Qi, in the Kabbalah it was referred to as Astral Light, by scientists and philosophers it has been called Orgone, Somatid, Bioplasma, Biofield, the Odic Field, Aura, and much more. Throughout our history human beings have made over 97cultural references, and given hundreds of different names to one thing, the energy that flows through all beings and is the essence of life. In spiritual paintings and drawings this energy is often seen as a glowing light that gathers around the head and body of Gods and other enlightened beings. These cultures were a


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ll making reference to what we now know scientifically as the Human Energy Field.

The HEF is something that all individuals have, it is a shield around the body that is sustained by the output of energy waves from our individual beings and what we gather from other living organisms, it varies in size, color, shape, and even strength. Everything emits energy into the environment that is alive; this energy travels in waves and bounces off of objects and people. Along with being rebounded off of material the energy waves that human beings emit into the environment are also absorbed by objects and people. Since we know that these waves can be taken in by animal and plant it lends credence to those who have empathic abilities. The reason being a person in any extreme emotional state would emit a different kind of wave from their own body then they do in their normal or content state. The empathic person is merely an individual who is tuned toward receivingthese waves more then your average person. As the energy is absorbed, it affects the person receiving it and therefore gives the empath a physical response by causing altered vibrations of their own HEF. This is why an empath can feel emotionsfrom other individuals so acutely, the waves that are being emitted by other animals around them causes their own HEF to react during absorption and creates a tangible response that they can categorize into a human feeling. So one kind of wave would be associated with anger and another with depression, the empath isnt taking the emotion from another being but they are, being highly sensitive to energy vibrations, interpreting the energy that other organisms are emitting.

However I am straying from the point of this little mental jaunt, and at the same point drawing closer to my purpose. If the empathic person is not a spirituallyevolved individual but merely an anomaly, a deviation from the regular level of absorption that a human beings HEF indulges in, then what makes the Psi Vamp so spectacular and evolved? The Psi Vamp would merely be an individual who for one reason or another has an HEF that is deficient, their body does not produce enoughenergy so they have to purposefully (or unconsciously) take from anothers HEF orharvest the natural vibrations of energy they emit. Obviously the latter technique would seem the more polite, instead of taking energy from a person, you merely gather in the energy waves that they are emitting, therefore not harming theindividuals HEF or altering their body. Many times in life we end up doing something without being fully aware of the fact that we are indeed performing an act,at times Psi Vamps are not aware that they are draining others but are still do

ing so. Their conscious mind is not focused on the act of energy harvesting buttheir body is actually going through the process of garnering energy from theirenvironment, be that human, plant, or other animal.

So if we believe that the Psi Vamp is a person who happens to have a HEF deficiency, and since most Psi Vamps happen to also be very empathic (most likely due to the fact that they practice and have an affinity for gathering the energy of others or were born with this sensitivity) it gives to the writer and probably the reader several thoughts. You (the Psi Vamp) do not start out craving this energy, most people refer to the time where one begins to have these cravings as Awakening, many Psi Vamps will testify to the fact that they have all of their livesbeen empathic people which leads me to believe that a Psi Vamp starts out as anempath, from birth they are affected by a sensitivity to the waves of energy in

our environment. This skill can also be gained through meditation and energy manipulating techniques, however there are people born with this skill and there is certainly nothing wrong with being more attuned to those around you and the energy that fills our world. At some point, consciously or unconsciously an empathicperson may begin to feed or rather harvest the energy around them adding it to their own HEF, causing a boost in personal energy that can be related to a high.

When you start gathering energy from your environment and using this as a supplement, your HEF would not need to be as active, it can safely rely on you pullingin the energy of others. This would mean that a Psi Vamp is not born that way,


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because so far as I know there has never been a Psi Vamp who spent their entirelife, from their earliest memory, craving these energies, experiencing the lullfrom not feeding, etcetera. So as the HEF stops being self sufficient we end upwith the Psi Vamp a person who has a deficient HEF and needs to feed on the energy of others to maintain a healthy normal balance. Now if this affliction is caused by the Psi Vamp relying on outside energy and not letting their HEF create energy for itself (as feeding seems to increase in time instead of decrease) this would mean that a Psi Vamp can be cured of their malady by cutting themselves off,suffering through the withdrawal, and hypothetically the HEF would begin to healitself and function normally once more. Unfortunately while there is a hypothetical cure for Psi Vamps out there, the logical implications of cutting yourself offfrom everything that could provide the individual energy waves to feed on is notfeasible. Many Psi Vamps would or already could, feed on the waves that a plantemits, or a small form of life. This means that though one could possible repair their HEF and function as a normal human being, it would be like the quest for the Holy Grail.

As for those born as Psi Vamps, we all know that children are observant and learnto talk simply by being around people constantly speaking. We also know that children are extremely easy to influence and teach early on in life, if the parentsof the child happen to be Psi Vamps what is to stop them from learning this technique from their parents therefore being considered a born Psi Vamp. This would present complications; their HEF may have never learned how to function normally,since from such an early age it has been relying on gathering energy from outsi

de sources. This would be possibly the only incurable Psi Vamp though with meditation and energy manipulation techniques they could possibly teach themselves, andtheir HEF to sustain itself.

Summary:

So a Psi Vamp is someone who started out as an Empath or through energy traininglearned to harvest energy from their environment and use it to supplement theirown energies. The Psi Vamps HEF then becomes dependant on this outside energy and doesnt continue to produce this energy in the amount it once did, causing a need for the energy. Without feeding the Psi Vamp goes through the same symptoms of withdrawal as a Sanguinarian, experiencing cravings, general lowering of the strength of the immune system, depression, irritability, etcetera. After time (depen

dant on each individual) the HEF would possibly learn to renew itself once again, having started out functioning normally it is a temporary condition and they at one point in time had no problem creating enough energy to sustain them.

The born Psi Vamp would be a person who during childhood was around a person who Psi Fed regularly and picking up on this technique began to use it as well, starting at an extremely early age to depend on the energy of others making their HEFdeficient so early they may never be able to cure themselves.

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Secret Places, Secret Bodies: AP, OBE, and Lucid Dreamsby Dennaveve

Disclaimer: Though this article is to serve as an introduction, a stepping-stoneto better understanding of out of body experiences and what they entail it should not be a substitute for serious research. One could write a hundred books onthis subject alone and not cover each and every aspect of the astral body, realm, techniques, and what it means to humanity historically, spiritually, and scientifically. I am merely attempting to gather together into a single body of workthe platform from which to spring into better understanding.


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Just what is astral projection and out of body experiences? What is the astral body? Where is the astral realm or rather plane? How do I get there, what does itdo for me, when can I astral project, and how do I leave the astral plane? These are just some of the questions people unfamiliar with astral projection and out of body experiences constantly ask in the occult community, online or off. Theanswer to any of these queries is undoubtedly going to be of wide variation as;experiences and knowledge differ between individuals. While there may not be one technique for astral projection that will work without fail for every curiousindividual there are some regular teachings meant to give aid. There even existcommon truths that have been agreed on by general consensus in the realm of paranormal scientists, spiritual entrepreneurs, and those who have experienced it first hand while not knowing exactly what was going on. Many things in life are not easily categorized and filed away; scientifically inexplicable occurrences permeate this world but this in no way means they do not transpire. To dismiss something because scientists cannot guilelessly elucidate it is nonsensical. Recondite as astral projection may seem inherently it is an orthodox occurrence and documented phenomena.

Laboratorial experiments have been conducted in the last 3 decades by American researchers such as Dr. Charles Tart, Dr. Karlis Osis, Dr. Janet Lee Mitchell, andothersThe vast majority of those who have the experience exhibit positive behavioral changes. They lose their fear of death, value life more, and achieve a higher quality of lifeIn consequence of conscious out-of-body-experiences, whether spontaneous or generated at will.

-The International Institute of Projectiology and Conscientiology

To begin we must explain clearly what astral projection or an out of body experience is, and this can be more difficult then you would imagine. There are several valid places to start when describing astral projection but to be sure that someone with possibly no working knowledge will understand the subject matter there has to be some form of clarity. The best place to start is probably the astralbody, with what it is, what it does, and how it functions. Starting with the basics and working our way up to the more difficult concepts is generally a good idea. You do not build a house from the roof down; you start with the foundationsand make sure they are solid. Jumping right into the most difficult aspects ofastral projection is like trying to describe the bottom of the ocean to someonewho does not understand in the least what the different layers of the ocean are

and how they interact. So we will begin with explanations, and we will start with the easiest most solid information and travel toward the hardest and least tangible.

What the Secret Body is and How it Functions:

The astral body can be thought of most commonly as the energy comprised echo ofyour physical features that surrounds you, like an aura. This tenement is connected to your physical form by what has been described as a silver cord; think ofthis as an anchor that is commonly attached to the human naval. The heavy tip issecured to your gross material body and the light string is attached to the astral counterpart. With this metaphysical umbilical cord intact you can never be truly lost in the astral plane, it will always draw the nonmaterial back to the c

orporeal form. When this bond is severed our astral body escapes and cannot reside with our palpable manifestation any longer. Though this happens upon death some believe that the link can be forcibly destroyed and the implications of suchan act are not known. A person could possibly survive without an astral counterpart like they would function without their arm. Yet, since the astral body is the place where our desires and emotions reside without it we may end up little more then comatose or at least severely apathetic. Even though the effect of losing this connection to your astral body is unknown and only speculations can be put forth, it would still be wise to remember that this silver cord is very important and should be protected from harm, accidental or intentional. It is the thin


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g that will help you funnel your consciousness into the astral body to project,as well as being the link between your two different but very real manifestations. Just as you would not jump head first into a three-foot deep pool, you shouldnot carelessly neglect the safety of your astral body because it is an essential part of you as a whole.

Normally this energy merely encases you, mimicking your movements like a shadowand generally imperceptible. It should be duly noted that the astral body is notyour shadow or what causes it to appear, this is a function of light and reflection. Though the presence of your energy form causes its own effect, since the normal human eye does not perceive the aura of a person regularlydo not expect this form to appear as a shadow. The astral body is an energy duplication of the physical body which is most often identical though some people (mostly Otherkin) claim that their astral body is a manifestation of their true form and very different. When saying identical it must be made clear that it (your astral body) does not reside within you, it resides outside of the body as an energy replica of yourtangible features. Like a bubble it encases us (generally thought to be an inchaway from the body) and, being made of atoms aligning in more subtle means, theastral body can when needed contract around us further. This gives us the ability to not do harm when applying pressure to the keys in order to type a sentencefor example. In either case it is tied very closely to the physical you and remains mostly motionless without command or rather input. Generally this direction comes from our manipulating the muscles of our corporeal form to walk, dance, speak, or play which means that it is not moving of its own volition. The astral bo

dy is also described as, The seat of higher consciousness meaning that this is where our mental desires and emotions are held but not where they are formed.

If you are in a serious accident and unintentionally astral project (due to thetrauma involved [This is not a Near Death Experience though they are very similar]) it is generally agreed that you do not feel physical pain until you return from the astral realm to the concrete material world. The reason that these sensations of pain (or by the same token pleasure) are not felt when you project is because you are pushing your entire mind into the astral form. Meaning that all you leave behind is a comatose shell that while remaining alive, with the neuronsin the brain still firing out the signals for pain they cannot affect your consciousness which is now residing in the astral. The cause of pain is still evident, the processes for feeling physical discomfort are still present but as you ar

e not within the body you do not have to bear the affects.

Not all projections are unwilling, which is why there are techniques that have been formed to help people learn about the astral body and how to interact with it. You can see the corporeal when you begin astrally projecting; many people have had these out of body experiences (OBEs) without knowing what it was. More often then not people will remember at least one time where they were looking down at their body but not inside of it, or they were looking at their physical form from some other angle. However, due to the fact you can still see the material body while in the earliest stage of projecting it would lend to the reader you maystill feel pain if you were experiencing a situation like the above (accident).Truly the pain would be only mental since you are not transmitting the discomforts up through the cord into the astral form. Yet it still lends to the notion t

hat just because you are not inside of the corporeal manifestation of self doesnot mean we do not feel emotional afflictions from the viewing of our physical malaise.

Funneling the mind into the astral form and fully animating it leaving behind ashell is one of the first steps to astral projection. Of course the true first step is to fully understand but in the process of projecting we must initially furnish the energy body with our psyche. As we are still attached to this husk (our emptied material manifestation) through the cord there is no need to worry about not being able to refill it with our conscious mind. If the situation in whic


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h you are placed when projecting is stable and safe to your physical form then there is never a reason for worry. Questions about if, how, why, and when you canreturn to your anatomical structure safely should not cross the mind. Think ofthe cord as a tunnel, you can travel through it in either direction going into the astral body from the physical, and back again.

Further Explanation of the Secret Body:

This energy echo is very much like an aura (though some claim they are the sameand others believe they are different), which means that your astral body changes colors not unlike a mood ring. Regardless of whether or not the astral body is your aura they share the common trait of changing colors, if that is where the comparison between the two ends then so be it. The colors differentiate by emotions, mental development, spiritual awareness and morebasically your thoughts causethe energy that comprises the astral body to shift and mix and this is expressedin color. How we visually perceive color day to day is caused by wavelengths oflight reflecting or being transmitted off of and by objects, color is merely aproperty of light which is made of energy. The color of a white object changes tone when different wavelengths of light reflect off of it. The color of a clearobject changes when the wavelengths of light transmitted by it vary from one majority to another. A white object is white because it reflects all wavelengths oflight; an object that transmits all wavelengths is black. Think of the changingcolor of the astral body as being caused by the way it shifts and mixes allowing certain portions to transmit light and other areas to reflect light. This mean

s that different wavelengths of light pressing against the astral form cause itto manifest a wide range of color at any given time.

The possibility of an astral body is not that hard to accept when we acknowledgethat all beings are made of energy, produce energy, and emit energy. There aremany studies on the Human Energy Field (or HEF) and there have been mentions ofit (under different names) in almost a hundred cultures through our history on this planet. The concept that outside of our physical shell lies an almost imperceptible sheath made up purely of such a substance, functioning in synchronous with the material form isnt something new age. It could with the recent influx of interest in the occult and paranormal over the past few years be considered a trendy pattern of thought, however it was once something shared by a much smaller number. It is highly likely that most people who claim to believe in things like th

e astral realm, otherkin, spirits, ghosts, demons, and angels are really only claiming. They have no true reason to believe and even when saying they accept theexistence of such things it is merely to fit in with the path society is currently headed down. Yet, the fact that many studies have been made on the subject of the HEF and how it functions lends a great deal of credence to the beliefs ofastral entrepreneurs. In all honesty the current scientific understanding is that there are thousands of different waves of energy to be found even in empty space. Each wave is found in a singular field and though similar none are the same,just like the comparison between aura and astral body. Every organism producesthese waves simply by being alive; energy is expelled into our environment constantly. Since these waves are also found in fields it isnt hard to believe that afield could be found around a human being or animal, even plant.

However to return to the original subject matter the astral body does not possess intelligent life without your mind animating the energy; it is another part ofyou and while it is affected by emotions that it houses it does not create them. It does however possess a form of life though it is not sentient, it is able to convey emotion and desire even thoughts. It communicates these things throughchanging the matter which it is made of and the result of that is varying colors, the changing of form also occurs when we discard one layer of the astral bodynot all at once but, in flakes. This expression is a different way of moving ourhand to brush away a bug because it causes us discomfort. Think of this constant color shift as another form of body language, it accompanies smiles, frowns, t


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ears, and laughter. When referring to the astral body it is singular however, there are actually seven different layers or sheaths around the physical form. Each layer of the astral body is made up of finer and finer material, the first layer being the grossest matter manifestation and the last almost imperceptible. Since there are seven different layers of the astral body there are also seven different layers of the astral realm but, that will be covered shortly and we willleave the knowledge, as is for now.

You can easily understand the different layers of the astral body by comparing it to something many children have done or will do in school. The first layer ofthe astral body is (figuratively) black, below this is dark red and descending toward the final and finest layer we have, dark purple, dark green, dark blue, and finally dark yellow. When we begin to scrape away the black we see the other colors (or finer matter) emerge. Many young children take part in a similar project with crayons and a paperclip or pencil in art classes. As each layer begins to shed like old skin the finer material takes more and more hold leaving us in the end with the perfect astral form or, one color.

The shedding of this astral skin does not take place like it would on a human being; each sheath is also an anchor to a way of thought and looking at the worldsometimes it can be associated with a prevalent emotion as well. A person who isconstantly in a state of depression has to overcome this in order to aid the process of astral renewal. This is done through the use of HEF manipulation whether through conscious effort or subconscious means like religion, prayer, therapy,

etc. Most serious astral travelers are trying to get rid of these dense layersand attain the finest possible astral body therefore experiencing something akinto nirvana (complete personal peace and harmony through understanding). This isnot an easy battle, you cannot just get rid of a layer once and be done with it, like mold the different layers of the astral body creep back when you least expect them to just like bad habits. What does this mean? Simply put, you are descending back into the old thoughts and desires you once had and the astral body is showing you through regenerating the layer that they represent.

Now that we have a basic understanding of the astral body and the effect that ithas on our physical form and psyche it is safe to progress to a discussion of the astral realm. Remember that there is only one astral body but like our physical forms it changes with time and experience. Consider the process a spiritual v

ersion of growing up some mature at a faster rate then others but in the end we all become adults or rather we all progress through the layers of astral awareness and growth. Even if we never reach the last plateau, the process of shedding doesnot stop instead it simply has a harder time battling to remove a layer. Sincethe astral body has six different layers that it must pass through before attaining perfection at the seventh there are also seven different levels of the astralrealm. Like the layers these levels are very different from each other and havevery little in common except they all come from the same root. There is one astral body and there is one astral realm in total, we just perceive them differently as our astral form changes.

The Connection between Astral Projection, Lucid Dreaming, and Out of Body Experiences:

The astral realm has endless different appearances and functions, which can be used for spiritual and emotional growth as well as being used as an aid in physical healing. It is a common belief that each and every person on the planet has been to the astral realm at least once when sleeping. Many will ask, Why when we sleep? for thousands of years human beings of different religions have believed that when sleeping we are closer to the nonphysical realms. People have used dreams for divination since the Egyptian era and before, many believe that dreams areactually experiences with other beings that can be interpreted with practice and give us answers to many of lifes mysteries. Our consistent fascination with dre


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ams and how they function and affect our mind and body is as constant throughouthistory as the human energy field (HEF) and our many different names for it. Some religious groups, for example shamans will take ethenogenic hallucinogens inorder to project themselves into a dream state and speak with beings that we cannot normally perceive. Just the one practice of consuming a naturally occurringhallucinogen to communicate with other beings in controlled dream like states has been going on since the Paleolithic period. The consumption of these plants may or may not be a trigger for astral projection and in my opinion the use of a naturally occurring hallucinogen (plants, animal excretions like frog mucus and more) can help us communicate with the spiritual realm, which is very different from the astral, and have almost nothing in common.

Whatever the case may be it is thought that while sleeping our astral body is able to move with greater ease and the subconscious mind interprets our experiences in the astral realm as dreams. Often the mind adds or detracts to an encounterby placing similar faces or associating an unpleasant visit with something we consciously dislike. Our mind will relate a bad experience with another astral traveler to a fear of certain types of human beings or animals. Hence why we havenightmares that are often unexplainable or suddenly occur even though we (the individual) are in a perfectly contented state of mind with little stress. When wesleep we commonly enter a phase called REM sleep, the name coming from the identifiable rapid eye movement (REM) and the increase of blood pressure and heart rate. When in REM state we dream, the amount of time we spend in REM usually decreases with age. It is estimated that infants spend 50% of the time they sleep in

the REM state whereas young adults only spend several hours a night experiencing REM. If consistently deprived of REM people often suffer from irritability, slightly weakened immune systems, and physical damage like bruises or sunburns take longer to heal.

Not all dreams occur while the individual is in the REM state and the average human being has over five dreams a night even if we do not remember any of them upon waking. Our most memorable dreams have been found to come from REM, though wedo dream outside of REM. Not all dreams are linked to OBEs and it should be noted with great care that we have both regular dreams where our subconscious mind is associating different portions of the brain which deal in memory and creativity to create historical fiction dreams as well as those dreams which are part ofthe phenomena of out of body experiences. This can make it difficult to draw the

line between what is a dream, and what is an uninitiated astral projection especially when you are unsure of how astral projection works and what it entails. One explanation that has helped people to make the distinction between an out ofbody experience and a regular dream is called a lucid dream. An interesting common bond lies between the REM state and out of body experiences; it is not likelythat a dream outside of REM is going to be an astral projection. Nor is it likely that each and every dream we have while in REM is an out of body experience.

Scientific studies have been made on the phenomena known as lucid dreaming whichis often associated or held in connotation with an out of body experience or astral projection. A lucid dream occurs when an individual is aware that they are dreaming and is able to partially control the flow of the dream. Look at this as being aware when astrally projecting, instead of being asleep and merely floating

through an area of the astral realm we are instead able to take a measure of control over the experience and move at our own volition. The term lucid dreamingdescribes the state where a person realizes that what is occurring around them is actually a dream and begins to take a measure of control over the situation. The awareness often is triggered by the dreamer viewing an improbable act occur,the brain rebels against the notion and forces a degree of consciousness into sleep.

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ce that one is dreaming. During such "lucid" dreams, one can reason clearly, remember the conditions of waking life, and act upon reflection or in accordance with plans decided upon before sleep. These cognitive functions, commonly associated only with waking consciousness, occur while one remains soundly asleep and vividly experiencing a dream world that is often nearly indistinguishable from the"real world".

-Stephen LaBerge of the Lucidity Institute

Just like astral projection (the two are often thought to be one in the same) itis possible to not have complete control, you can spontaneously project and without the comprehension of what is truly occurring and your ability to manipulatethe situation varies. Even if you become aware that you are projecting, or dreaming it does not mean that the dreamer or projector will suddenly be able to control the situation or keep themselves from adverse emotional reactions. Lucid dreams are considered to be a form of astral projection because they both cause the same effects on the brain. The reactions (physical) are very similar to REM, the state where our body is most able to unconsciously project the mind into theastral form and outward into the secret realm. Others believe they are both different dream states as you can initiate a lucid dream while awake (commonly called WILDs, though you can initiate astral projection while awake as well) and the feeling of disconnection from the body is prevalent in both out of body experiences (or AP) and lucid dreaming.

The feeling of disconnection from the physical body also occurs to people goinginto or out of REM state while mentally alert (where OBE/AP and DILDs [Dream initiated lucid dreams] occur) and is called sleep paralysis. Sleep paralysis just like deep dream states happens when the muscles of the body are relaxed and do not immediately respond to the mental processes involved with sitting up, moving our mouth, or swallowing. Basically the body goes into power saver mode when entering REM, throughout REM, and only when leaving REM do we begin to have regulatedmuscle control. Most lucid dreams, astral projections, and out of body experiences (all one in the same in my opinion) occur without our desire to experience them. According to scientists (Blackmoore, 1984) something close to 85% of OBEs occur when the subject is resting or otherwise in a relaxed state of mind close tosleep but still somewhat coherent and aware of their surroundings. Also many people having out of body experiences, no matter what they call them claim to feel

the same inability to move and disconnection that has been diagnosed as sleep paralysis. In conclusion it seems highly probable that a lucid dream, astral projection, and out of body experiences are one in the same, and as said above they generally start occurring when we are sleeping or in a relaxed state. People haveWILDs or conscious astral projections with less frequency than DILDs or sleep initiated projections but it holds true that sleep paralysis seems to be tied veryclose to this phenomena in any case. Sleep paralysis in my eyes is merely the physical reaction to an out of body experience, as covered in the section What theSecret Body is and How it Functions we fully animate the astral body when projecting and leave behind merely a shell. Surely forcing the conscious mind into the astral body could cause sleep paralysis or another form of paralysis (if consciously initiating AP) as the mind is no longer fully controlling the functions of our physical manifestation.

The problem with this line of reasoning is plainly pointed out by lucid dreamersand astral projectors alike. During a lucid dream we are aware that we are in adream state even though we still experience the sensation of leaving the body.However when having an out of body experience (projecting) we believe that it isreal. Often we believe dreams to be real occurrences, because an uninitiated projection during sleep is often distorted by the mind to be a dream there is no reason that they couldnt be one in the same. When consciously projecting, or initiating a lucid dream we start out in the same manner. You must be relaxed and ina peaceful state of mind, many meditate before consciously attempting either. Ea


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ch causes the feeling of disconnection and movement away from the physical body,as well as the increase in heart rate and rapid eye movement. Basically we areputting ourselves into a trance to achieve either, the trance state initiates REM that, due to the muscles relaxing causes mild paralysis. When leaving the bodywe lose more and more control over it, hence why this paralysis occurs. REM, sleeping paralysis, and out of body experiences all go together. They are the different ways that our body deals with the movement of the conscious mind away fromthe physical matter. We can manipulate the astral realm just as lucid dreamersmold and shape their dream experiences. The end result is so strikingly similarthat it makes it hard to find the difference between the two (AP/OBE and LD) asanything other then different names for one experience.

For many people OBE's and lucid dreams are practically indistinguishable. If youdream of leaving your body, the experience is much the same. Also recent research suggests that the same people tend to have both lucid dreams and OBE's

-Dr. Susan Blackmoore

The Secret Realms:

There are seven different layers of the astral realm, understanding how they allinteract with each other, the physical world, and the spiritual realm can be difficult. To start, look at each different layer, where they originate, and whatpurpose they serve. Each number describes a realm, as the numbers increase so do

the realms. This does not mean that realm one point two is above realm one. Numbers with a letter attached denote an area inside of (coexisting with) the particular realm; consider this a parallel area, which can be reached with differenttechniques.

Due to the hundreds of different names used to describe the planes of the astralrealm it seems foolish to ascribe any one of them to this tutorial. Since thereare to be no specific names, each of the astral planes has been grouped into twos except for the seventh and highest plane of the astral. The traveler easily sees the difference between each level or plane of the astral during the experience, the label we attach to a singular plane does not matter in the grand schemeof things. It is whether or not we understand and comprehend the changes that astral travel brings about in the individual, which is of real importance, not wha

t the common or coined term is for each particular area.

1: The Physical World Reality.

This is where our gross material body resides, where you exist in tangible reality at this moment is the physical world. Though the physical world can be manipulated by our perceptions (situations, placement, and regions viewed as good or bad due to our belief and experience) like the astral realms; it (the physical world) is where our mind most commonly resides. This is where we experience the humdrum of every day life. All space in the physical world, like all other planesof existence is filled with waves of energy contained in fields. These waves emit vibrations that cause changes to our environment. The frequency of each different wave inside of a field determines the manifestation of the astral body, and

the appearance of physical objects. These waves can form light, sound, and matter, when encased together they create objects, reflections, music, HEFs and more.

1.2: The Spiritual Realm

The spiritual realm is a place of pure unhindered energy manifesting itself. Think of this as the level of comprehension where you are constantly aware of the waves and fields of energy in the physical world. This realm is the home for spirits of all shapes and sizes, beings made up completely of energy. The spiritualrealm exists within the physical world it is constantly around us but we do not


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always remain consciously aware of its presence. People who are constantly immersed in both realms or experience flashes from the spiritual realm are called mediums and they come in many different flavors. For more information see the series of articles that begins with, Past Lives: Energy Recycling and How we all Connect.

1.3: The Astral Realm

The astral realm is comprised of seven different planes; each plane contains infinite variants of itself inside. We pass through a level at our own pace becoming more aware of ourselves and the reality around us in both the physical world and the astral realm as a whole. The reason for the infinite variants of each singular plane within the realm as a whole is due to perception. The variants all exist within the plane and are altered by the particular traveler that inhabits each one. Since each variant is identical in geography to the plane itself the reason for their existence is human perception of reality. Even the physical worldis changed because of our perception of it and the level of understanding we have for the things within. When the anchor to a particular pattern of thought inthe physical realm changes and grows toward a purer self truth our astral body mimics this by shedding layers of energy (seven in all) that represent the emotions and thought patterns held. The farther we travel into the astral realm the more fine and imperceptible the geography appears. We cease to notice the gross material from the lower planes as we reach higher and higher on the ladder to perfection. Due to this changing of our perception the astral realm as a whole chang

es and we feel the need to divide the singular space into different planes or levels. When in the astral realm we are always in the same place, but selectivelywe ignore things that no longer pertain to our needs that is why its appearancechanges.

1.3 A: The Lower Astral Planes

The lower astral planes are where we go when unintentionally astral projecting,they are considered by some to be similar to purgatory. Dream walking and DILDs often occur on this level of the astral realm where the line between physical reality and the planes is distorted and hard to tell apart. This is also the area of the astral where we begin the process of shedding as our astral body is constantly manifested; in the lower planes, and only travels higher into the purer are

as of the realm with conscious input and maintenance. The experiences in the lower planes occur most often during sleep, and are the first instances many have of the astral when beginning to learn how to project. As we pass through the lower planes the line between the physical world and the astral eventually fades away allowing us to experience the true meaning of the astral and fully harness ourcapabilities.

1.3 B: The Middle Astral Planes

As we progress through the astral realm many will manage to journey into the middle astral planes. These are the two places in the astral where we begin to journey farther from the physical world and into the ethereal land of boundless capabilities. When we begin traveling through the astral realm we first enter the lo

wer planes where the physical world is still visible though distorted by our emerging perception of the astral matter inherent in our environments. When a traveler begins to journey into the middle planes they will notice that the physicalworld becomes less and less noticeable until finally we move completely away from it into the higher planes. The middle planes are where the true path to spiritual and physical healing is set upon by the traveler and a place where the manipulation of energy in the HEF (or astral body) can be used with greater ease to aid in the curing of physical and mental malaise. This is where our perceptions of life grow and expand by leaps and bounds freeing us from many of the stigmas of society and its imposed morality.


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1.3 C: The Higher Astral Planes

When we begin our journey into the higher astral planes we move completely awayfrom viewing the physical, everything is transmuted in energy and because the astral realm exists within our physical world and we are always immersed in it even though not aware you arent really going to the planes so much as seeing the planWhen we begin to fully accept this, we move through the planes and upon reaching the higher astral planes the vibrations of energy in waves and fields become the only apparent visual sensation. The higher astral planes are where we begin to reach toward self-godhood, becoming fully aware and acknowledging that all life is symbiotic and connected for the good of all. We realize that each individualis an essential link in the chain of life and existence in the physical world affects all of the other realities we do not perceive. This awareness often leadspeople into pantheism, the belief that all life is sacred and should be protected from the lowliest worm to the greatest killer. In other instances the travelerwill not turn toward pantheism but in either case will become truly aware of this fact (that all life is symbiotic) on a constant conscious level.

1.3 D: The Final Astral Plane

The final astral plane is godhood; we become fully ourselves in spirit and mind,true freedom and the ability to see everything as it is. There are many speculations about the final astral plane, and some of these encompass the gods of our

current society and those of the past. The thought being that this is where ourdivine beings reside, whether mortal in the beginning or not it is believed thatupon reaching this final plateau we are so fully entrenched in both realities that it is impossible to move through one without being in and seeing the other at the same time.

Final Thoughts:

Astral Projection, whatever name you choose to place on it can be a spirituallyfulfilling experience and a wonderful way to reach out toward the unknown. Studies would suggest that individuals who have out of body experiences, either fromnear death experiences, lucid dreaming that can turn into astral projectionsor otherwise, have a more positive outlook on life and a greater feeling of emotional

fulfillment. Though this article does not include techniques for astral projection, it has hopefully provided enough information to help one begin to form an opinion on the subject as a whole. If you choose to attempt astral projection orany other occult technique for spiritual outreach into the unknown please remember to be patient. Like all of the good things in life, astral projection can bedifficult to attain but the wait and effort makes it all the more worthwhile. Even more important then patience is to keep an open mind, try what you feel comfortable with and accept the things that ring true to you. This will take you farther then any book or incantation; no spell will give you the peace of mind created by knowing your own beliefs and being willing to expand them.

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A Basic Primer to Entities and Cleansingby MemoryandDreamIntroductionThis article might read a little differently then others I've written. Truly, it's a collection of advice and experience in regards to ghosts, spirits and entities. It's Things You Should Know if you're planning on getting involved in suchbeings, or such beings have decided to get involved in you. Consider it a bit ofa So You've A Ghost - Now What? 101 kind of guide. It's most certainly not all-inclusive, nor is it the only approach or belief out there on the topic. My hope


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is that, given my experiences with the subject (being that I didn't have a choice in my interactions due to the fun genetic quirk of inherited "always-on" mediumistic ability) I can help give some general information to those who are facing it for the first time.

Ground Rules and BasicsHere are some general things to know when dealing with entities of any kind.

First off, there are a host of different types of entities. Trying to come up with a comprehensive list would be an article on it's own. But, in [extreme] brief, some of the more common include spirits/ghosts (the "soul" or essence of a person who has passed or who is non-corporeal); residual energy/poltergeist (mere energy without a driving soul or thought that is left over like a stain or imprint on a place or object); and demons/elementals/fae/etc. (non-human entities thatcome in all shapes, sizes, dispositions and intentions.)

Secondly, because there is such a range out there, and because it can be hard toknow which are helpful, which are harmful and which are merely curious, it's important to always be polite. No really. Asking nicely tends to get you much further than ordering, commanding or arguing. Try respect first.

Third, no matter what type of entity it is, it needs your permission to physically interact with you. Stop and think about that for a moment. No matter what youfear might happen, you do have a level of control because of this basic rule of

the universe. Entities can - and will - try to trick you into giving permission, and may physically interact with non-living things in an effort to obtain their desire, but unless you allow them, you do have a built-in level of safety. Which brings me to....

Do not open doors you can't close. It's often easy to start something but extremely difficult to stop it. The easiest way to prevent problems is to keep them from happening to being with. So please, when you get the idea to summon up something, just don't.

If you find yourself in a situation where you're out of control, frightened or otherwise lost, the first step is to calm down and try to re-center. Take steps to cleanse yourself and your surroundings. This too often goes further then you'd

think if you approach it with strong intent and clear mind.

So You've Got An Unwanted VisitorWhether you seek it out or not, sometimes entities can be drawn to us, or our surroundings and they might not want to leave. Or you might just be uncomfortablewith their presence and you'd really like to be left alone. So here are some steps to try in removing unwanted entities.

First off, ask nicely if it will leave. You can literally just speak aloud and express your request that they leave you alone. Yes, you may feel silly. But thisshould always be your first step. It honestly does work quite often.

Second step is to be a little more forceful. I don't mean rude. I don't mean nasty. I mean, put a little more will into it. Be firm but don't cross the line into hostile.

Third step is to cleanse yourself and your home. *See below

If you still can't get rid of it, you might need to seek other help. This can get difficult. You can look for resources such as mediums or psychics in your areawho might be willing to help you push the entity out of your home for good. It's rare that it would go so far. Most of the time asking or cleansing will remove


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the problem.

How to Cleanse Yourself And Your HomeSometimes, you might have attracted the attention of an entity and you need to remove lingering ties or attractions to yourself or your personal space. Here aresome suggestions of things you can do to purify yourself and your home after such encounters. They're not bad to do in general now and then just to keep yourself and your home energetically and spiritually tidy. You keep your home clean inother ways, so why ignore it's energetic side?

Cleanse Yourself

A great way to cleanse your energy/aura is to take a ritual saltwater bath. Seasalt is best, but even regular table salt will work. Using a washcloth, slowly and with the focus of cleansing any negative energy or attachments, slowly wash your body, visualizing that you are purifying and removing all bad energy. Breathslowly and deeply, and really take your time to truly see yourself disconnecting anything that is dark, bad, or harmful from your body and your energy.

Another alternative to salt is lavender. It's very calming and can help you reach a mind state of relaxation and purity.

Additionally, never underestimate the power of meditation. It need not be anything for

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