Draja Mickaharic - Spiritual Cleansing: A Handbook of Psychic Protection

R eaders may wonder why anyone would want to write a book about spiritual cleansing. What is it, anyway? they might ask. Spiritual cleansing is often the easiest way to rid yourself of unwanted negative energy. Everyone has met an individual at some time or another who seems to be surrounded with negativity. Perhaps you sense the person has a grey or dark feeling. After spending a few minutes in the company of this negative individual you may feel tired or drowsy. You may even feel grimy or dirty after being near this person or shaking hands with him.

Maybe you walk into a house or apartment and immediately feel a desire to leave. Perhaps you feel flu symptoms or the like in the presence of people or places that feel uncomfortable to you. You may even decide not to buy a house or rent an apartment because you did not like the feeling of the place. These are all symptoms of a need for the spiritual cleansing of people, places, and things.

Removing these negative vibrations is what spiritual cleansing is all about. With this book you will be able to solve most of the problems of day to day negativity that you may encounter with people, places, and things. Through the use of spiritual cleansing you will be able to improve your own spiritual atmosphere, at home, on the job, or wherever you may find yourself. This little book is a manual of spiritual first aid, to help you clean and maintain the cleanliness of your spiritual atmosphere.

Because there is very little available material on this subject, and from a desire to provide clients and the general public with spiritual first aid information, I have undertaken to write this book. It is my intent to break new ground by providing the non-occult trained reader with simple and effective solutions to the more common spiritual problems. These solutions have been drawn from every ethnic group and spiritual practice with which I am familiar. The beer bath against Malochia comes from a witch in Hamburg, Germany, while the work with eggs comes from both Poland and Mexico. This book is not intended as a working manual for the practicing occultist; it is rather a guide for lay people who desire to improve life by keeping themselves and their environment spiritually clean.

In the 1920s, another work of this nature was published. It was written by Dion Fortune, and called Psychic Self Defense. It is a rather melodramatic work, written to be used by those who were students or practitioners of ceremonial magic. Although it contains some excellent suggestions, the work is aimed at those who have more than a passing familiarity with the concepts of ceremonial magic, and the control of the mind. The average person cannot work with many of the concepts presented, because he does not have the necessary training. Most of the other material available today on the subject of psychic protection seems to have been derived from her work.

If you find this information interesting enough to want to pursue the subject further, look for a teacher. The personal relationship and interaction between student and teacher is very important in learning this kind of work. Through the spiritual study that this work entails you will be able to mature, to develop self-confidence, and to test yourself. When you are ready to learn the teacher will come, and will be there as long as the student is able to learn.

Feast of St. Honoratus

1980 A.D.

Draja Mickaharic

A Word of Caution

I f an experienced spiritual practitioner finds something new in these pages, he will not deviate from the instructions given until he understands how the results are obtained. Spiritual cleansing affects the spiritual nature of the incarnate human, and until you have increased your sensitivity (through training) to the point that you understand the principle behind any particular cleansing, you should not experiment. All of the procedures in this book are simple, safe, and effective, when the directions are followed. They are all natural in their operation, and no special training or capacity is required on the part of the user. All of these cleansings have been tested in my personal practice, as well as in the work of others.

Nothing in this book will heal a physical condition, or in any way replace the skill and experience of a physician. Consult your physician for physical illnesses. This work is concerned only with spiritual conditions.

Deviating from the instructions given in this book may be harmful, and could even cause serious damage to the spiritual nature of the experimenter. For example, the baths mentioned herein are for external use only; if taken internally they could do physical damage. Because some of these things sound simple and interesting, dont get an idea to do a variation. When you try to work magic using only your own enthusiasm you are treading in dangerous waters. It would be best if you followed the directions as they are presented here.

When you have finished these pages, remember that you are responsible for using this information wisely. If you decide to become a self-declared diagnostician capable of prescribing baths and ritual solutions for other peoples problems, you may not be qualified to do so. When you use this information for yourself, you cannot hurt anyone. When you involve yourself in other peoples lives, you may find yourself in a predicament difficult to handle. Until you have studied with a teacher and learned the ways of spiritual cleansing, it must be stressed that you should follow the directions exactly as they are presented in this book and avoid experimenting.