How to Communicate with Spirits

Develop Psychic Skills to Work with Spirit Guides and Other Beings

© Louise Heyden

Sep 28, 2008

From deceased love ones to guardian angels, people communicate with spirits for many different reasons. This introduction explains the different forms of psychic channeling and ways of working with Spirit.

Spirit communication is often associated with Ouija boards and séances. While these methods produce results, they should not be undertaken without the guidance of an experienced medium. The methods outlined here are safe ways to develop psychic skills for the beginner.

How to Quiet the Mind

Meditation is an obvious choice for stillness, but there are other ways to clear a cluttered mind. Sitting in nature for a time, or sitting quietly and taking several deep breaths, will also calm the thoughts, thus opening the mind to psychic communication.

Developing Clairvoyance

Those with Second Sight are often described as clairvoyant, but this is just one of four ways in which to communicate with Spirit. Clairvoyance means “clear seeing”. Clairvoyants will see psychic guidance as images or movies in the mind’s eye. They may receive flashes of the past, present or future, or see pictorial symbols.

Ways to increase clairvoyance include guided meditations, which increase the ability to visualise, and balancing the third-eye chakra, which governs psychic awareness.

Developing Clairaudience

Those who are clairaudient are “clear hearing”. They “hear” messages from Spirit in their head, which may or may not sound like their own voice. They may also hear words or conversations in daily life that hold specific meaning.

Ways to increase clairaudience include balancing the ear chakras, and letting go of doubts, fears and preconceived ideas. An uncluttered mind will allow clear messages to come through.

Developing Clairsentience

People who feel the presence of Spirit are clairsentient. This means “clear feeling” and involves physical or emotional feelings around Spirit. They may suddenly feel extra cold or warm, smell a strong scent, pick up on a strong emotion, or feel something brush against them.

Ways to increase clairsentience include choosing comfortable clothing and situations in which to work, balancing the heart chakra, and becoming more aware of physical responses and feelings.

Developing Claircognizance

A claircognizant has “clear knowing”. The psychic guidance they receive is something they “know” without knowing how they know. Claircognizants are highly intuitive and do things on impulse because they “know” it is the right thing to do. They might receive sudden flashes of insight, or know certain facts without having learnt them.

Ways to increase claircognizance include clearing the mind to make it more receptive, living a healthy, nourishing lifestyle, and balancing the crown chakra.

Other Methods of Psychic Communication

Other ways in which to receive messages from the Spirit world include:

• Pendulums – Attuning to a quartz crystal pendulum creates yes or no answers depending on the direction it turns. The pendulum will convey answers to any questions asked of the spirit.
• Divination – There are many different angel and spirit oracle card decks on the market. A card can be randomly chosen for an appropriate message, or a specific question asked before choosing from the deck.
• Dreams – Spirit guidance often comes in the form of dreams. Focusing on dream recall before sleep gradually increases dream awareness, and writing down anything remembered in a dream journal upon waking will highlight any symbolic recurrences.
• Signs – Spirits, particularly angels, often leave signs of their presence. These include white feathers, a series of coincidences or repeated number sequences. Becoming more aware of the surrounding world increases the ability to pick up spiritual guidance.

Develop Psychic Ability to Communicate with Spirit

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