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Excerpt from my eBook,
The Timeless Counselor:
The Best Guide to a Psychic Reading
available
RELIGION AND PSYCHIC READINGS
THE FOLLOWING
VIEWPOINTS are based upon my personal experiences as a former Catholic and
later, after years of studying theology, religion, cultures, and as a Rosicrucian and
neo-paganism.
In this chapter I will discuss how many Christian
as well as some other religions over all, do not view readers or readings in a
positive light, useful or helpful. Although in Judaism there is a respect for
the mystic, most Western Christian faiths are not in favor of psychic or
healers (outside their own religious healers). It is not my purpose or
intention to condemn religions or sway anyone’s opinion or change religious
beliefs.
In the early 1980’s I
was introduced to witchcraft and the Goddess spiritual path. I found a natural
interest and satisfaction for it. At that time I was also still a practicing
Catholic. In the mid-1990’s, after years of interest in the Rosicrucian
studies, I joined that study.
Rosicrucian is not a religion but rather a scientific and metaphysical study.
With the combination of both Rosicrucian studies, witchcraft and following the
nature based Goddess path, I felt a spiritual completion of my spirit that I
never experienced before.
Many times I have often
encountered controversy regarding my psychic philosophy and work. Readings need
not be in opposition or competition with any religious philosophy. A spiritual
and ethical reader presents information that might indeed enhance one’s
spiritual life or renew one’s faith. In the past, the Catholic Church (not the
later Christian faiths) was much more understanding and lenient with the old
religious practices and psychic consultants for a period of time. Up until and
around the twelve century royalty sought the advice of astrologers and seers
without the interference of the Catholic clergy.
Again, my purpose with
this chapter is not to debate or discuss historical facts about particular
religions, but rather to address and hopefully dispel the misconceptions and
superstitions that too many religions have about readers and readings. I will
also share experiences of some clients who have consulted with me regarding their
spirituality and how their religion weaved into the reading.
For the most part,
readers have been grouped together as false prophets, or sometimes as
evildoers, and/or Satan worshippers. People have been warned against consulting
them with the belief a dependency will occur and/or that they control lives
through magic (spells) or mind control. This could be true in some rare
occurrence, but is definitely not true of the majority of readers.
It has been said that
psychic tools are the works of the Devil and this too is another
misunderstanding. It has been thought by some religious leaders people will
rely too much on the psychic tools and as I have said in previous chapters,
there are querents who do not understand how the tools (see chapter on Tools)
are instruments to help readers perform their job. Some religions fear that
readers claim to have all the answers or will sway people to a different
religion or belief – usually to the dark side.
Some religions foster a
dependency of their congregates by encouraging them to find all their answers
within only their religion. And depending upon the dogmas and teachings of
religions and more often than not, the congregation is taught that it is the
cleric who is the “go-between” to God. One could say, it’s for the better of
the follower and I say, is it truly teaching a person to grow spiritually or
taking a role as a “father” and not allowing for a person to rely upon reason
and their own conscious?
I wonder if religious
leaders fear a reader will teach a person to stretch beyond dependency of
another human being to connect to God, Allah, Goddess, or Buddha (naming a few
deities) and know for her or his self spiritual truths. I truly do not know.
What I do know is that when any person becomes overly dependent on another for
all answers to life and including emotional and spiritual growth, rather than
making a personal connection to her or his Divine Being, the person’s
intellectual and spiritual advancement is thwarted. It has been my experience,
and I have much experiences over my forty years having read for thousands, that
people are confused or not comfortable realizing they, through their connected
to God or a Divine Being, create their own life experiences and spiritual
advancement without the necessity of a go-between. My solution is education.
Therefore, spiritual leaders are truly teachers. People need to be encouraged
and taught to follow their inner wisdom rather than to overly depend upon
another to tell her or him if he or she is doing good or bad. Let’s face it,
when we’re not being charitable, compassionate or helpful, we know it at some
level. This is not God-like, is it? People should be held responsible for what
they bring or create into their lives within reason. By that I mean, a
destructive force, like a hurricane brings an end of life. That is a force
outside greater than human understanding of why it happened to a person. Is it
God’s will or karma or is it, what it is and now what? It is my belief and
experience that an ethical and educated reader can be one of the sources to
educate and guide a person to a better life as a cleric can.
In my Catholic training
we were taught to pray daily and connect with God, but to know that God wasn’t
always available for our problem or needs so we were taught to go through
another such as Mary, God’s mother, Jesus or the saints. I have no qualms about
that, but I wasn’t taught meditation. Prayers are talking and meditation is
listening. Meditation takes one quickly and beautifully right to the Light of God.
As I’ve said before, the majority of readers spend time in meditation and
certainly before giving a reading.
Jesus Christ, Himself,
speaks to us of using the power within. He, Himself, possessed super normal
powers. He healed, prophesied, appeared after death and was considered a God
although He was a human, albeit a great one like Buddha and Mohammad. Similar
to these great spiritual beings there could be other humans who possess gifts
and abilities and are divinely inspired by a Higher Power. This is not to say
that I am comparing readers to Jesus Christ nor the other great spiritual
teachers. What I am saying is, readers who posses a very special gift of seeing
and knowing the spirit of another (like an advanced psychic or a mystic) can be
a wonderful source to inspire people to live more spiritual lives just as do
religious leaders.
We readers have our own
individual spiritual philosophies and practices. We are in majority, not
Satanist or Rasputins. We are spiritual students, if not religious people. I
have met Catholic and Protestants readers, readers who practice Buddhism,
Wicca, paganism and those who have no affiliations with a religion but live
spiritually each and every day. All that I have encountered believe in a Higher
Power (God, Goddess, The White Light, etc.)
I was raised as a
Catholic and practiced it up into my early forties until I came to terms with
my conscience that Catholicism was not the right spiritual path for me. With my
constant study of parapsychology, occultism, Eastern and Western religions and
other spiritual philosophies, I came to a spiritual practice that I am at peace
with and enjoy thoroughly. In fact, I now have a greater faith in my abilities
and life purpose as a reader and teacher. I am sharing any knowledge that can
lead another to greater awareness of her or his spirituality.
For some who have had a
Christian or another cultural religious upbringing, there is a feeling of
spiritual emptiness. They do not feel connected to their God and seek to
understand the purpose of life. A client of mine named Joe is a good example of
a person who had been very involved with his Christian religion since
childhood. He had once entered his Church’s ministry training program, but felt
unfulfilled. Although he fervently prayed for answers to family problems, none
came and over time, he lost faith.
During our first meeting I
saw his “aura” darkened with illness and depression. There were many emotional
and mental reasons of his state steaming from his spiritual state. His brother,
Harvey who had been an alcoholic for years, continued to live in his parent’s
home and when under the influence of alcohol, he was verbally and emotionally
abusive to his parents, his sister and to Joe. This is when Joe began to
experience a sense of “aloneness” – apart from God. Throughout the years
Joe had fallen away from his religion, especially after the death of his
mother. He had grown distant from his father and was suffering from an ulcer
and a skin disease related to a nervous condition. Joe felt “at the end of his
rope.” He had lost all faith in a future. I saw that encouragement would come
through a large group of people. I could see that he had a loving relationship
with his mother. In a psychic vision I saw her handing him a string of beads,
which would lead him back to his religion. I also saw that his renewed faith
and participation in his religion would bring him the peace of mind he needed
to make good decisions for his future. (CONT'D)
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