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to be very cautious about protecting themselves during interactions with clients. Most people seek out the help of practitioners of these arts because they have something negative going on in their lives. If you are not taking proper precautions, such as keeping yourself in the white Light during the work, cleansing your equipment with sea salt and/or the energy of the moon, using protective talismans, and limiting your exposure to clients with profoundly negative energy, that negative energy—or any spiritual entities coming in the door with your clients—may stay around after the clients have departed. They may make your life more difficult, or they may attach to the next person who comes to you for help or advice. Because of your high likelihood of exposure to all kinds of spiritual entities, you must take extra care to protect yourself from their influences.

I also caution anyone who visits one of these practitioners to exercise care. If you are seeking an adviser in any of these areas, I always suggest that you get a recommendation from someone who has had work done by the person and has been satisfied. People who dabble in these arts without full knowledge can attract all kinds of negative energies or entities. There is no guarantee that after you visit your neighborhood card reader or storefront psychic, the ghost who was hanging around his or her office won’t decide to go home with you.

It should be obvious after reading this chapter that there are all sorts of ways in which you may intentionally or unintentionally attract an earthbound spirit in the course of your daily routine. In chapter 11, I will discuss the signs that indicate that you may have attracted an earthbound spirit. In chapters 12 and 13, I give you specific steps for protecting yourself and your environment against earthbound spirits and negative energies, and tell you how to diminish the negative effects of unseen forces.

11

SIGNS THAT YOU ARE

NOT ALONE

Identifying the Presence of Spirits Around You

ONCE PEOPLE become aware of how easy it can be to attract ghosts and how often we share our environments with earthbound spirits, they naturally want to know how they can determine if they are in the presence of ghostly entities. Of course, it’s easy for me to know for sure if there are earthbound spirits in your house: I can see them and clearly sense their energy. But there are many subtle and not-so-subtle signs that anyone can look for.

Remember that earthbound spirits need energy. They don’t eat or sleep, but instead absorb emotional or physical energy generated by the living. Ghosts will do anything they can to cause reactions in the living people around them. The more energy ghosts have, the more dramatic their actions can be. Ghosts also draw energy from the full and new moons; during these times you may notice an increase in some of the phenomena discussed below.

If three or more of the signs below apply to you or your household and you don’t have a good explanation for any of them, chances are you are living with an earthbound spirit.

Intuition

The first reaction I usually get after confirming for people that they do, indeed, have a ghost present is one of relief. “Oh, I just knew something was going on,” they will say to me. The most important thing you can do to sense the presence of earthbound spirits is learn to trust your instincts. Most people want to be rational. They want to look for a simple explanation that will answer the questions lingering in their minds. But the spirit world is a complex world. Often people do not call me until they have exhausted all reasonable explanations for the odd events they are experiencing.

It is common for people who are living with earthbound spirits to have a sense that they are being watched. They feel uneasy when spending time in certain areas of their home. There’s a good reason so many attics and basements feel “spooky” to people: These are two areas of the house where ghosts are frequently found.

You should be aware that both children and animals are usually quite sensitive