Judy Hall - Crystals for Psychic Self-Protection

Books by Judy Hall

Non-fiction

Psychic Development, Flying Horse Press, 2014

Earth Blessings, Watkins Books, 2014

The Crystal Wisdom Oracle, Watkins Books, 2013

Crystals and Sacred Sites, Fair Winds Press, 2012

The Encyclopedia of Crystals (Revised), Godsfield Press and Fair Winds Press, 2012

The Crystal Bible, Volumes I, ll and IIl, Godsfield Press, 2003, 2009 and 2012

101 Power Crystals, Fair Winds Press, 2011

Life Changing Crystals, Godsfield Press, 2011

The Book of Why, Flying Horse Press, 2010

The Soulmate Myth, Flying Horse Press, 2010

Crystal Experience, Godsfield Press, 2010

Good Vibrations, Flying Horse Press, 2008

Crystal Love, Godsfield Press, 2007

Crystal Prescriptions Volumes l and ll, O Books, 2005

Crystal Healing, Godsfield Press, 2005

The Astrology Bible, Godsfield Press, 2005

The Crystal Zodiac, Godsfield Press, 2004

Fiction

Torn Clouds, O Books, 2005

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Text Judy Hall 2009, 2014

This book was previously published as
Psychic Self-Protection: Using Crystals to Change Your Life, Hay House UK, 2009

The moral rights of the author have been asserted.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any mechanical, photographic or electronic process, or in the form of a phonographic recording; nor may it be stored in a retrieval system, transmitted or otherwise be copied for public or private use, other than for fair use as brief quotations embodied in articles and reviews, without prior written permission of the publisher.

No medical claims are made for the stones in this book and the information given is not intended to act as a substitute for medical treatment. If in any doubt about their use, a qualified crystal healing practitioner should be consulted. In the context of this book, dis-ease is the final manifestation of spiritual, environmental, psychological, karmic, emotional or mental imbalance or distress. Healing means bringing mind, body and spirit back into balance. It does not imply a cure. In accordance with crystal healing consensus, all stones are referred to as crystals regardless of whether or not they have a crystalline structure.

Judy Hall is not able to enter into personal correspondence with regard to the matters raised in this book.

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

ISBN 978-1-78180-384-4 in print
ISBN 978-1-78180-416-2 in Mobipocket format
ISBN 978-1-78180-415-5 in ePub format

To the memory of Christine Hartley, without whose wisdom I would know little, and to my clients and workshop participants, without whom I would know even less, and to all those who, by their actions and reactions, ensured I would learn rather more than I wished to know. My gratitude and blessings to you all.

This book is not, and cannot be, a satisfactory handbook for the treatment of psychic disorders. All it can do is to point in the directions where enquiries might be pursued with advantage. If it serves to direct attention to certain subjects that badly need investigation it will have fulfilled its purpose.

Dion Fortune, Psychic Self-Defense

In the conclusion to what is probably the best-known psychic protection book of all time, Psychic Self-Defence, written in 1930, Dion Fortune threw down the challenge that others should take her work further. For over 45 years, ever since I had the pleasure of meeting Christine Hartley, her literary agent and metaphysical colleague, Ive taken up that challenge, not through choice but through necessity. Like Dion herself, I had to learn psychic protection techniques on the hoof when I came under severe psychic attack. But unlike her I was not involved in magical working. My experience was more prosaic: people Id inadvertently upset in my everyday life attacked using their personal malevolent will and the power of thought, although one at least did have occult knowledge to call on. In addition, I realized how important everyday self-protection was as I became increasingly aware of my sensitivity to auras, energies and environments and of the workings of my own inner psyche, which was not above carrying out a psychic mugging or two of its own, often on me.

• Psychic attack: Concentrated and conscious malevolent thought and intent directed towards someone to bring about harm.
• Psychic mugging: Being hit by a blast of negative energy.
• Aura: The subtle biomagnetic sheath that surrounds the physical body.

Fortunately, for several years I had the unfailingly wise counsel of Christine to call on and she shared many techniques with me, some of which form the basis for this book, although Ive expanded them to adapt to changing situations and my deeper understanding of what may lie behind apparent psychic attack and noxious energy situations. My own studies into crystals, metaphysics and psychology have furnished further avenues for exploration and many more insights into how we can be our own inner terrorist, as has working with what must by now be thousands of people in workshops and far memory karmic readings that look at the deeply ingrained patterns and expectations we have brought into this present life from our previous lives (an area which can leave us vulnerable but which Ive chosen not to address in this book as Ive covered it elsewhere).

Ive written several books on psychic protection, each one building on the last and each arising out of a major change or challenge in my own life and further insights into why protection is needed. So why, you might ask, did I choose to write yet another one, and then update it? Well, this time the book is in response to world changes that affect everyone and looks at things from a slightly different perspective. Its particularly angled towards people who have never before thought they might need self-protection but who are finding the world an increasingly challenging place or who are caught up in the rapid expansion of consciousness sweeping over our world. Fortunately crystals and other tools give us a way to protect ourselves easily and safely, and more of them are now available.

The book is also intended for anyone who is following the psychic, spiritual or magical path. The success of celebrity psychics on the entertainment scene in the UK, the proliferation of psychic phone lines and the creation of dedicated TV channels are opening up the metaphysical world to everyone and it is now more accessible than ever before. But this brings its own pitfalls. Once, in the esoteric world, access to the worlds beyond this one had to be earned by careful study and long practice. Initiation was followed by closely supervised experience. Nowadays, anyone can pick up a book and learn how to be psychic in five minutes but they are rarely taught how to close the ability down again. Dion Fortunes advice, Christine Hartleys edict and my own credo have always been: Dont meddle. Do only what you are trained to do.