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The following article is mostly excerpted from Chapter Ten of Psychic Empowerment for Everyone, written by Dr. Joe Slate and myself. I think it says everything I can say about the opportunities and responsibilities we all face in these most critical times. The point is: we can do something! We don't have to be passive and accepting, just hoping and praying for the best. YOU are a psychic powerhouse and joined with others WE can accomplish miracles. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness,It was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity,It was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness,It was the ...
On the morning of March 26, 1997, San Diego police were called to a rented mansion in the upscale community of Rancho Santa Fe, California. There they discovered the bodies of 39 members of the Heaven's Gate cult who had each apparently taken their own lives in an act of mass suicide. Why? Because they had been convinced by their leader that by doing so, their souls could hitch a ride on a spaceship they believed was hiding in the tale of the Comet Hale-Bopp, which would then spirit them away to an extraterrestrial heaven. In November 18, 1978, 918 men, women, and children took their lives at the behest of "Reverend" Jim Jones and his henchmen in the jungles of Guyana, all in an effort ...
I met Ryan Buell, the director of the Paranormal Research Society, a ghost-hunting team whose adventures are chronicled on A&E's hit series Paranormal State, at Univ-Con, a national paranormal convention held in State College, Pennsylvania, the home of PRS. I was at Univ-Con at the request of Eilfie Music, another member of the Paranormal Research Society. Eilfie is the team's occult expert and a practicing Pagan. She was familiar with some of my works, including The Psychic Vampire Codex. In the course of my time at Univ-Con that year, I had a chance to get to know Ryan, and he had a chance to learn about me. At the same time, I got the opportunity to talk at length with Eilfie, ...
Use what you know, metaphysically as well as in the mundane world. For example, I mentioned the one witch I knew who washed her hands to get rid of "evil" spirits. I like anime, so I use some of those symbols and images, as well as concepts from computer science, physics, movies, fiction, etc. A banishing should ready you to do magic and declare the space you are working in as magical or sacred space. Family members should know that you are now in a sacred space. If you usually have the TV on 24/7, shut it off. Music for the task should be specifically chosen with intention. You should mentally and physically be declaring the space you are working in as a different space from the ...
