Psychic Protection

Fortunately there is a defence against these things. Positive energies will dissolve negative ones and we can arrange for positive spirits to help protect us against negative ones. There is nothing particularly profound about it. To cancel out a fire, water is poured on the fire. The principle of using an opposite response to a spell is along the same lines. The negative thought content of a spell, or any other form of psychic attack, can be "cancelled out" by directing a positive thought form of equal, or greater, strength at it. When they meet the negative thought-form will dissolve. You may have heard that dentists have one of the highest suicide rates of any group in this country. Fear of the dentist is almost universal. We take our fears with us into the dentist's office and in an effort (unconscious and unintentional) to rid ourselves of our fears, we project them onto the dentist and his staff. Imagine working in an office where everyone who walks through the door carries with him or her fears (negative thought forms) about you and what you do. Over time, dentists often become fatigued, ill and depressed because of the amount of negative energy they have picked up from their patients. It is fatigue, illness and depression which leads to a high rate of suicide among dentists.

One thing we can consciously do is replace fear of the dentist with love and light and walk into the dentist's office with the intention of surrounding everyone who works in the office with white light. You can also protect yourself before going to the dentist. If a person works in a counselling role they must protect themselves from the problems, fear and negativity of those seeking help and guidance. It is always advisable to hold the intention before and during a reading that no negativity be allowed to pass from client to counsellor or vice versa. One way you can do this is to always affirm that what comes into the office with clients remains with them or is transmuted by the violet flame of transmutation. In other words, what is the counsellor’s remains the counsellor’s and what is the client's remains the client's.

Everyone who works in the counselling, teaching, law enforcement and the medical professions needs protection. The most basic form of protection is surrounding you in White Light. To do this you may simply say "I surround myself in the Christ White Light of love and protection." Some people call this "bubbling up" because as you affirm that you are surrounded with White Light, you also visualize yourself being encased in a white bubble. You can surround yourself in White Light every morning, every time you leave the house and at any other time during the day that you feel anxious, scared or uneasy about something. You can also surround your car and house every day in White Light.Negativity (whether it be a thought form, a feeling such as fear, envy or anger, or a malicious act) cannot penetrate White Light. Just as darkness disappears when you turn on a light in a dark room so does negativity in the presence of White Light. Where does the negativity go? Sometimes it simply vanishes and sometimes when it approaches light and finds no entrance, it simply moves to a place where there is no light, increasing the negativity of its new residence.

Negativity attracts negativity. We cannot battle negativity because to do so only gives power to the negativity we are trying to defend against. The only way to overcome negativity is to replace it with light and positivity. Another way to protect yourself against a psychic attack is to ask for assistance from your angels and guides. Call upon them to surround you with love and light and ask that they protect you from all that is unserving to you. Affirmations can protect us. You can affirm daily that no negativity from any other force, field or frequency is allowed to enter your space. If your intention is to live in the light and to be protected from all negativity, then you are protected. We create what we believe. If we believe that we can be harmed by negativity, we will be harmed by negativity. Our fears, doubts and anger can create holes or dark spots in our aura through which negative thought forms can enter our energy field. One of the best forms of psychic protection is a strong aura, one that is full of light that it’s sealed against unwanted negative energies. If you are feeling particularly vulnerable you can light a white candle with the intention that the light of the candle protect you from all negative energy. You might also protect yourself by breathing in White Light or the Breath of God and breathing out all that is unserving.

If you are away from those you care about and a thought of one of them comes into your mind, you can surround them with White Light. It’s believed that they are telepathically communicating some sort of distress against which they need protection. Seemingly random thoughts are not always random. We all communicate telepathically with each other although some of us are not aware of it. Be careful what you think about others in order to avoid unintentionally putting them under psychic attack because of your anger or ill feelings about them. Whenever a negative thought pops into your mind about someone, immediately erase it and surround that person in White Light. Avoid alcohol and drugs at all times when doing any psychic work. That goes for the recipient as well. Avoid doing any psychic work if you are feeling exhausted or in a negative frame of mind. Your surroundings must be kept harmonious and positive.

Whenever you are working with unseen forces, for example, doing a Tarot reading, spiritual healing, Reiki and meditation you can light candles. Where there is light there can be no darkness. Whenever you are dealing with people who you feel is drains your energy or people who are in a negative state of mind most of the time, imagine a mirror shield all around yourself reflecting back whatever others are projecting to you. Ask that the mirror shield be used to protect you and ask that it reflects everything back to the source of the negativity with love and healing. If you are a Healer, spiritual or otherwise, tell your Guides that you are not going to be used as a "rescue vessel", unless you want to be used in that way. Remember that you are always in charge.

The effect of negative entities can be "cancelled out" by positive entities of the same or greater strength. If the positive spirits predominate then many of the negative entities can be "cleared" (permanently) to spirit worlds. Positive thought-forms are created by positive thoughts. A good method is to imagine yourself filled with (and radiating) a hot, bright, golden light. This is like seeing yourself as a miniature sun. Getting help from positive spirits is arranged by requesting it. This is done through prayer.

Three other points worth noting:
(1) There are some useful books that can be purchased on this topic. These give easy to follow instructions on psychic protection.

(2) If someone is currently sending you negative effect, as in a spell, then you need to direct light to them constantly. Continue to do this until you feel they have stopped. If you "clear" yourself today then there is no reason why they cannot put a spell on you tomorrow.

(3) Keep in mind that things can take time. Some people think that praying for one night and imagining white light around them for five minutes will solve all their problems. This is unlikely. If negative energies have built up around you and/or your house for ten years then a night of prayer will not be enough. Think of it this way. If you had a blow torch could you melt an iceberg? The answer is of course yes but it would take longer than five minutes.

Psychic Protection
Everyone can benefit from using some level of psychic protection in their lives. If you work a lot with people, particularly with vulnerable people, or as a psychic or healer, then you should incorporate psychic protection into your daily routine.

Some people believe that if they are working ‘in love and light’ then nothing can harm them. This is wrong. You can pick up psychic debris from places and people just by being there. When you move negative energies in a healing you don’t want to take them away with you in your own energy field.

Psychic attacks can also be made by people, sometimes unintentionally and by discarnate entities. Unfortunately just as you may attract the attention of guides and angels as you follow your spiritual pathway you may attract the attention of other less desirable beings. Many who rush into healing without proper guidance and care, particularly those who aim to ‘become a Reiki Master in a weekend’ are especially at risk. Fortunately there are a number of ways to prevent yourself from being ‘easy prey’.

At its most basic ‘psychic protection’ is about keeping healthy. People with a robust constitution are much less likely to pick up negativity. If the aura is kept strong and resilient any negativity will bounce off and it will be much harder for someone to place you under psychic attack. All the usual health advice applies in helping to keep yourself robust. These include regular exercise, a healthy diet, enough rest and relaxation, no smoking or drugs and very moderate or no drinking. This will help to keep you well at every level.

Limit the time you spend in close proximity to electromagnetic fields. Sit further from the television and don’t leave electrical equipment on in the bedroom, even on ‘standby’. These energies are harmful and can weaken your energy field over time.

Keep your thinking positive. Negative thinkers are generally less healthy and can’t repel challenges to their systems as effectively. They can’t repel cold bugs or a negative thought form.

Being outdoors is also beneficial. Some places are particularly cleansing and recharging. A walk by the sea invigorates the mind, body and spirit. Alternatively any other stretch of clean running water is cleansing. Hilltops are usually healthy places to go. Aim for somewhere with clean air, where the breeze can blow through your aura and refresh you. Even in a town or city it’s good to get away from the streets and into a park. Natural energies, particularly from trees can really perk up your aura. If the sun shines take the opportunity to sit or stand in it for a while. Then you can feel the rays topping up your batteries.

There are some simple aura cleansing and protecting routines which will help to keep your energy field in good shape. You won’t want to use all of these as they would be too time consuming and you’d never get out of the door in the morning. The best thing to do is experiment to find a combination that suits you and your lifestyle.

Another thing you must do it stay grounded. Visualise roots growing deep down into the Earth from the soles of your feet. Being ‘well grounded’ offers a great deal of protection. Practice your grounding visualisation every morning and whenever you feel ‘spaced out’. Carry hematite or another grounding stone with you if necessary.

Visualise a bubble around yourself, protecting the outer edge of your aura like a strong, flexible membrane. Your bubble can be filled with any colour that you like when you visualise it. You can even have a rainbow hued bubble. Experiment and see what you feel most comfortable with. Make sure that your bubble goes all around you. It should go behind your back and under your feet too. Use your intention to ensure that the bubble repels all negativity but will allow positive energies to flow through it. Put your bubble in place whenever you feel the need for protection.

Instead of the bubble exercise you may use a hooded floor length cloak or a shield decorated with a protective design of your choice. The shield idea is versatile as you can use a ‘mini shield’ over any area you feel vulnerable such as your solar plexus.

Develop an awareness of your own energy field. If you are in a crowd or on public transport pull your aura in close around you so that you aren’t wafting through other people’s energies and unwittingly offering something the chance to hop onto you. Remember to let your aura expand out again afterwards otherwise you will begin to feel very ‘uptight’.

If you shower in the morning, visualise the water flowing through your energy field carrying away any negativity down the plughole with it. If you prefer a bath you may add sea or rock salt to the water (about a cupful). Make sure you dissolve it well. Salt has long been renowned for its cleansing properties.

You can use crystals. Several types of crystals have strong protective qualities. Common ones that are used are black tourmaline or tourmalinated quartz. You may also like to try black obsidian or smoky quartz.

Essential oils can be used too. Put a drop in the palm of your hand, then rub your hands together and pass them through your aura. The essential oils to try are Eucalyptus, Juniper or Frankincense. You can use Aura Soma products in a similar way. The Deep Red Pomander is recommended for those working with crystal energies.

Experiment with essences. There are many brands on the market offering psychic protection formulas. You could dowse up and make your own crystal essence.

Carry a symbol of protection that is meaningful for you, for example, a pentacle or a Star of David. A paper representation will do but you may prefer a piece of jewellery.

HOW TO CLOSE DOWN THE AURA:
1. First focus your attention on the brow centre. See the light getting dimmer and darker. Imagine the flowers of the lotus closing and an iron door shutting over the centre. Light can get neither in nor out and all is quiet.

2. Feel the light drop downwards through the throat centre. The light fades, the petals close and the door closes. Now drop the light through the heart centre. The light fades, the petals close and the door closes. Drop the light down through the solar plexus. The light fades, the petals close and the door closes. Drop the light down through the spleen centre. The light fades, the petals close and the door closes.

3. Finally, the base centre does not close completely. The light here fades until it is just a small red light, almost like a chink of light through a partly opened door.

4. Now focus your attention on the crown centre that is still open. Let the golden light stream through the top of your head and out of your fingertips and toes. Give yourself a psychic shower. Wash away the problems and impressions that you've picked up from your sitter. They're not your worries so wash them away.

5. Now fill the inside of your body with a liquid golden light that pours in from the crown centre. Fill yourself up with golden light energy from the toes to the top of the head. Now close the crown centre. The light fades and the colours darken. You can visualise two great iron hanger doors closing over your head.

6. Run through the centres again making sure that all is quiet. As a final safeguard, visualise wrapping a dark hooded cloak all over your body. Light can neither get in or out. All that shines from your aura is that small chink of light from the base chakra. Your aura is closed. You are back to normal

Keeping your surroundings free from negativity
This can be done by imaging a bright white light flowing all around you. You should be able to feel the light moving round and round in a spiral movement. A common image is a mini tornado, sweeping up all the negativity in its path. It can be done clockwise or anti-clockwise but use your intuition to which way is best. Move the light with your mind into each room of your house or place of work in a swirling motion, cleaning and sucking up all the negativity like a tornado. Make sure you do every room, even the bathroom and toilet. When you

have gone around the whole house, imagine throwing all the negativity you have collected out of the door. Send it out of the door with love and healing. Say this when you send it. "I send all this negativity out into the Universe with love and healing". This can be done as often as you like. If you do a lot of psychic work it would be best to do this at the end of each day. It will prevent any negativity building up in the first place.

Psychic "Protection"
Some believe that we each draw to us that which mirrors our beauty and that which resonates with our blindness or "traps". That is how we evolve. That which we may want protection against, in some moments, is our teacher. Defences serve us by allowing us some choice in where, when and how we encounter our fears. The lesson contained in any problem does not come to us until we begin to experience and understand our choices, conscious and unconscious, within that context. Some have used a cocoon of white light to step around fear of evil or grotesque thoughts. Later I have found that those fears are based partly on fears of evil or grotesqueness within a person and partly on their own negative judgments on aspects of how creation works. With those recognitions, one has more power, that power being of simple choice. Fears have less power as they are really of our own making.

There is a lot of power available to one in the commitment to act wilfully and consciously from a sense of their "godliness" and life force within, with the willingness to risk and learn in doing so from their only partial completeness.

Some argue that everyday personal practice of psychic protection can be counterproductive. For instance, a patient that is being treated as needing protection until after a possessing influence has been removed is being reinforced in their sense of powerlessness. What will happen if the same threat occurs again? Will the psychic protection technique be reapplied? Wouldn't it be better if any defensive or protective scheme would immediately move on to a state of power and choice for the patient? That way, a reoccurrence of the original threat would trigger thoughts and behaviour based on one's sense of power and clarity rather than the belief in needing to defend. Wouldn't it be better to dispel notions that attribute negativity to out there (or within) and replace them with attention of how one moves with compassion, power and clarity through a world that is sometimes problematic?

Psychic Protection and Witchcraft
There are some techniques that help maintain psychic boundaries and a healthy sense of safety. Though few of us learn them when we should, some think they are the basics of psychic hygiene. If you learn to take care of yourself on a daily basis, you can avoid problems in the future. These techniques have been learned through studying the art and science of witchcraft.

Sometimes the word "witch" scares people off. Witchcraft contains spiritual traditions that stretch across the globe and throughout time. Witches were the priestesses and priests of the ancient world. They kept the mysteries of magick and psychic ability. A witch is someone who does magick, not only for themselves but for the good of the community. Sometimes the first step in helping our communities is helping ourselves by finding health, balance and clarity. Then can devote our energy to helping others.

We might not all identify spiritually as witches but these techniques of psychic protection and magick are universal. They can apply to anyone as long as the person is open to magick, change and personal responsibility. You will find similar wisdom in the traditions of shamanism, energy healers, ceremonial magicians and other New Age seekers. Here are seven psychic protection techniques from which anyone can benefit:

1 - Smudging – Smudging refers to passing yourself or an object through sacred smoke as a means of purification. When burned, certain herbs release a high vibrational energy that is used to purify unwanted negative energy. Herbs like sage, cedar, sweet grass, pine, and lavender can be burned, as well as incenses such as frankincense, myrrh and copal. Simply wave the smoking substance around you and make sure you pass through the smoke. Don’t do too much. It’s an energetic process, not a physical one, so you don’t have to feel like you are asphyxiating. You can also refer to the chapter on smudging for more detail.

2- Sea Salt Bath – Similar to smudging, taking a sea salt bath can cleanse the physical body as well as the energy. Put two tablespoons of sea salt or kosher salt in your bath water and soak. Imagine all the stress and negative energy you have accumulated or taken on from others flowing into the water. Sit in the bathtub as its drains and imagine it flowing down the drain, neutralized by the salt and water. You can also use a spray bottle of sea salt and water and give yourself a spritz and sponge bath. The salt neutralizes any harmful energy and can then be wiped off. It's a great way to clear yourself if a bath is too time consuming.

3 - Amulet – Symbols and charms have long been lauded for their protective powers. In almost every culture, there is a tradition of wearing or carrying a particular amulet which is often blessed by a priest or priestess to confer the powers of divine protection upon the wearer. Take a symbol you find sacred and divine. It can be in jewellery or pendant form. If you cannot find what you wish for try drawing the symbol on a piece of paper or wood and carry it with you. If you are Christian use a cross. If you are Wiccan use a pentacle. Hindu’s should try the Ohm symbol. There are a variety of symbols, from the Star of David to the Hammer of Thor. Find the one that speaks protection to you. Smudge the amulet and hold it in both hands. Think about protection and infuse your thoughts into the amulet activating its power to protect in the name of your divinities. Carry the charm with you to receive its protection.

4 - Protection Stone – Like a symbolic amulet you can carry a stone known for its protective and grounding qualities with you. Most dark coloured stones have magical associations with protection. Common choices are hematite, smoky quartz, onyx, obsidian, jet and aragonite. Other stones that are protective include red jasper, amber, citrine and clear quartz. Like an amulet cleanse your stone and infuse your intention into it.

5 - Meditation – Meditation is one of the greatest keys to psychic defence. Regular meditation practice leaves you clear, centred and in a mental place where you can respond to potential threats rather than unconsciously react to them. It doesn’t matter the style or tradition of meditation. Regular practice is the key. You will not get the long term psychic protection benefits of meditation by doing it only once every few weeks. It must be done regularly. Daily is best but you can practice meditation three times a week to stay protected.

6- Healthy Emotional Boundaries – Emotional boundaries are not the most esoteric form of psychic defence. They are one that quite a few people leave out. Sometimes psychic defence from people who harm us, intentionally or unintentionally, is because we lack the ability to say “no” and stick to it. We often say yes to something because we don’t want to let someone down even if we know it’s not good for our situation. In these instances we must say no and stick to it. As an adult, only you define what is acceptable and unacceptable in your life. Draw those boundary lines and stick to them.

7 - Living Your True Will – The best form of psychic defence is to live out your true will. What is your divine purpose? Find it and then live it. If you are doing what you are meant to be doing, the universe will support you and very little anyone else does or says will be able to stop you. Your true will is not your destiny. It doesn’t just happen regardless. This is your partnership with the divine. You must choose to fulfil it. Once you choose to be a full, conscious partner with the divine you will have a divine protection that will help you in all of life’s difficult areas.