J. Allen Cross - The Witchs Guide to the Paranormal: How to Investigate, Communicate, and Clear Spirits

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To my paranormal team

You are the bravest, kindest pack of nerds Ive ever had the pleasure of working with. You are my friends, my family, and my teachers. I am grateful for you every day.

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Contents

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: Witchcraft Basics

: Cleansing and Clearing

: Mediumship Basics

: Paranormal Investigation Basics

: Understanding a Haunting

: The Residual Haunting

: Earthbound Human Spirits

: The Poltergeist Phenomenon

: Inhuman Spirits

: Negative Entities

: Your Magical Toolkit

: Portals, Doorways, and Highways

: Working with Clients

: Before You Go

Introduction

E verybodys got a ghost story. Just ask around. Even you have probably had an experience that could be classified as paranormal. Its probably why you picked up this book in the first place. A great deal of folks involved in this work grew up in a haunted home, myself included. In fact, the sheer volume of paranormal disturbances happening across the globe is what prompted me to write this book. There is simply too much work to be done and too few of us doing it.

When I first joined the world of paranormal investigation, I believed that the lessons held in this book were known ubiquitously throughout the community. I thought it must be mandatory for every paranormal investigator to have had a thorough education on all things spiritual that may assist both them and the spirits they study. I was very wrong. I began to realize this when folks started contacting me from out of state, asking for assistance. My initial response would be to look up their local paranormal investigation team online and then try to get in contact with them. A startling majority of the time, the responseif anywas, We cant do anything to help, but wed love to come take pictures. And thats just not helpful. The paranormal community needs witches , and Im going to teach you how to do what I do.

Within the pages of this book, I will attempt to guide you through three separate but irrevocably intertwined worlds. First will be the world of haunted homes and paranormal investigation. We will discuss the four major categories of haunting: residual, earthbound human, poltergeist, and inhuman entity. We will briefly touch on investigative equipment, protocol, and interpersonal skills for handling clients. Second, well enter the world of psychic senses and mediumship. Ill be providing tips for tapping into these abilities and utilizing them throughout an investigation. Third, well be discussing the nature of matter and energy as we cross into the world of witchcraft, and Ill supply spiritual techniques to assist you in defending a family from attack and resolving a haunting. These three worlds will be presented to you both separately and together throughout this book, just the way you may find them in the wild. I encourage you to keep an open mind, as some of this work will require you to stray into territory that might be unfamiliar or uncomfortable for some of you. Youll find in some instances that it really is necessary to put aside your personal hang-ups in order to accomplish what needs to be done.

Now, Im going to say the thing youre not supposed to say: this work is not for everyone . If you are the type of person who has to watch paranormal-activity movies through their fingers or who jumps every time the toast pops up, you may want to reconsider making this your path. This work requires you to have nerves of steel and a cool head under pressure. Even if you dont want to do this work for others, I still welcome you to read through this book. Hauntings are extremely common, and you may experience your own one dayand its good to be prepared. Some of you may even be reading this because you are experiencing a haunting in your home at this very moment. If this is the case, Im glad that I can be here with you during this time.

If you feel like you are right to take on this work, then youll want to hold on to this book. This will be your guide and something youll refer to over and over. These pages cover the bulk of what you will need to know, but I urge you to study everything you can find and speak with other professionals in this field. Ive learned some of my most valuable lessons and techniques from other folks participating in this work. Learn something from them, and teach them something too if you can. We all need to work together and know that we are on the same team. Also, listen to their stories. Ive been doing this for nearly half of my life, and if there is one thing Ive learned, its that truth is always stranger than fiction. The world is a vast and mysterious place, and we really are connecting with only a small portion of what is out there in our short lives as humans. The spirit world is close, and things do indeed spill over.