Natural Psychic

Ellen Dugan is the award-winning author of fifteen books, and is known as the Garden Witch. A psychic-clairvoyant, she has been a practising Witch for over thirty years. Ellen teaches classes both online and across the US on Witchery, Psychic Protection, and Magick. She has contributed articles for over twelve years to Llewellyn's Magical Almanac, Witches Datebook, Sabbat Almanac, and Witches Calendar. You can visit her website at www.ellendugan.com

• ContentsAcknowledgments xiiiIntroduction 1 How I Came to Write This Book 2Experience: Here Is How I Gained Mine 3Psychic Ability Is a Natural Talent or Skill 8Chapter 1 Psychic Experiences 11The Three Ps of Psychic Experiences 12Chapter 2 Psychic Abilities: Presentation, Identification, and Perception 27Four Main Varieties of Extrasensory Perception: Identifying Your Own Innate Abilities 28Claircognizance/Intuition: Psychic Knowing 30Clairvoyance: Psychic Seeing 34Clairaudience/Telepathy: Psychic Hearing 37Clairsentience/Empathy: Psychic Feeling 42Chapter 3 Clairtangency and Psychometry 45Clairtangency and Postcognition 46The Art of Psychometry 48Clairtangency and BlockingUnwanted Personal Information 55Clairtangency Practice, Anyone? (It's Easier Than You Think!) 57Chapter 4 Mediumship 61Oh, Crap! I Can Talk to Dead People? Getting Down to the Mechanics 65Medium-Style Readings in a Crowd: Are We Having Fun or What? 68A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Group Reading... 69Lastly, Consider This... 74Chapter 5 Tarot Cards: Tools of the Psychic's Trade 79How Does the Tarot Deck Work? 82Performing a Tarot Reading for Another 83Tarot Card Spreads for You to Try 86Survival Guides for Tarot Readers and Psychics 90Chapter 6 Psychic Phenomena: Psi-Sensitives, Ghost Hunters, Séances & SLIders 97Psi-Sensitives vs. Mediums 99What About Ghost Hunting and Paranormal Investigations? 100No, Really, I Am Not a Ghostbuster! (Or, Ellen Encounters a Ghost) 102Ouija Boards & Séances 106SLIders 108Chapter 7 Psychic Training 113Work Those Psychic Muscles! 115Simple Training for the Five Cs: Claircognizance, Clairaudience, Clairvoyance, Clairsentience & Clairtangence 122Honing your Skills, Accepting Your Talents 125Chapter 8 Psychic First Aid, Protection, and Self-Defense 127How to Deal with Psychic Hangovers and Overextensions: Recharge and Recoup 131Four Steps of Psychic First Aid 131Psychic Attacks and Psychic Protection 133A Tarot Reading to Confirm an Energetic Attack 136Psychic Self-Defense 138Active, Not Passive: Tips for Psychic Self-Defense 140The First and Last line of Defense: It's You! 145Chapter 9 Where Do You Go from Here? 147The Aura: A Rainbow of Colors 148Auric Upkeep: Psychic Hygiene 150Ceremony for Repairing the Aura 153Complementary Crystals for Psychic Work 155Closing Thoughts 161Glossary 163Bibliography 173Index 177