“Conditions that can cause unintentional psychic attacks arise when one person (the aggressor) becomes annoyed with another person (the victim). If the aggressor broods or obsesses over this annoyance with malice, a psychic attack can result. While this attack can happen at any time, it will usually begin during the evening while the psychic aggressor is sitting and quietly obsessing…” – From The Practical Psychic Self-Defense Handbook by Robert Bruce
I was offline for the last few days (only on Kindle, which has limited internet access) because I usually spend Friday through Monday with my family—relaxing, decompressing from marathon writing, laughing, eating too many carbs, etc.
Yesterday I woke up in a great mood, but as the day went on, I was inexplicably “out of sorts”. I rarely have “out of sorts” days, so this bizarre mood was obvious and troubling. It went on all throughout the day. The root cause, unknown, despite us trying to brainstorm (Something I ate? Am I getting a stomach virus? Too much coffee?).
Finally, around midnight, I asked my husband to do a Tarot reading for me. He decided to do some bibliomancy and grabbed a Tarot book…opening it up at random to select a card (you didn’t realize you can do a Tarot reading without an actual deck, did you? *wink*).
He drew in a breath and pronounced 10 of Swords. Immediately, I said “psychic attack”. He looked up and said “Are you sure?” I replied, “It’s what immediately came to mind. You know, being ‘stabbed behind your back’—a surplus of negative communication/thoughts coming your way…”
He said “Let me turn to another page for clarification”.
He opens the book and lands on…a blank page.
“See?” I said. “Psychic attack”.
Now, I don’t normally say or talk about such things, although my husband and I have a few shielding tricks up our sleeves to energetically protect ourselves from negative energy, gossipers, miserable people or—as especially is the case with me as a public figure and reviewer—haters and the jealous.
Granted, I rarely think to “shield” myself with our tricks until the (temporary) damage has been done (because I have a pretty darn strong auric field that usually keeps such attacks out).
Well, isn’t it interesting that I hop back online and discover this nasty attack (scroll down for the comments) from a self-appointed “Tarot expert” who hosts a free Blog Talk Radio show (like millions of others do). The last time she and I tangled was a year ago; she attacked me on a Tarot forum about a book review I had written…and she didn’t like. I told her I don’t defend or debate my reviews (like I have the time!) and that’s great if she liked the book.
But she wouldn’t let it go. She kept posting what “other reviewers” had said about the book, trying to push her opinion on me. When that didn’t work, she then attacked my own book. Still didn’t work. The issue was very obviously with her and her reactions.
I knew that she was attacking me behind the scenes and getting people to turn on me for the last year; the evidence arose here and there despite me not wanting to see it (or caring about it). And, of course, her repeated accusations that I’m a “bully”. (Huh? As if reviewers who-can’t-be-bought are “bullies”!)
Now, she comes on my blog and decides to attack me on my post about a very personal subject (that I almost didn’t blog about): Autism. You can read the post and her cruel, bizarre comments here.
So, is psychic attack real? Oh, you bet it is. In fact, let me tell you two fascinating stories that Christian minister Joyce Meyer once told in a workshop (when I was a practicing, Pentecostal minister, I LOVED Joyce Meyer! She has a lot of great, common sense wisdom and perspectives on scripture).
The first story concerned Joyce herself. She was out shopping with her daughter, and apparently, the daughter only curled the front of her hair…while the back looked flat and unappealing (in Joyce’s opinion). Throughout their shopping experience, Joyce kept thinking, “Her hair is a MESS. Why didn’t she do anything with the back? Gosh that looks bad.”
A few hours later, her daughter says to Joyce, “You know, I just feel depressed. Out of sorts. It started earlier and has been getting worse. I can’t figure out why! I was having such a good time at first…”
Joyce said she heard a voice in her spirit that said “It’s you, Joyce. Your toxic, negative thoughts about your daughter has affected her feelings, mood and well-being. Your thoughts are out of control, and this is what happens.”
Joyce was floored. She committed herself to monitor her thoughts and attitudes about people after that. And if you think of it, even Jesus said that it’s not the “outside” cleanliness of a vessel that means anything (think Pharisees and their pretension of “godliness”), but the inside (what you’re think and do when no one is looking).
She then told another story that someone related to her: A woman had a potted plant sitting at the top of the first flight of her indoor steps. Every time she passed it to go to the second floor, she noticed one leafy branch that stood out at an angle.
It bothered her. A lot.
So much so, that every time she passed that plant, she thought, “I really need to prune that one branch. It looks off. I don’t like how it looks”.
Weeks passed by and she never got around to pruning the plant.
One day, she was walking up the steps and noticed that ONE branch—and one branch only—was yellowed and looked about ready to die.
It was the branch that she hated and “cursed” every time she looked at it.
Thoughts are things, folks. Sometimes, they even end up in words and actions. When they’re denied or ignored, they become a Shadow (a blog post on that topic forthcoming!). And they affect others, for good or for ill. (See the book The Intention Experiment for a scientific expose on this quantum truth, and the book and DVD The Shadow Effect for an explanation of projection).
So ask yourself: What are you putting out into the world? To your co-workers? To your friends? Your family? Your politicians? To strangers? Do your thoughts contribute to global peace, understanding and harmony?
Because what you think about (and do) when no one is looking—apart from your online bio, your platform and your empty words—is the “real” you that’s constantly sending intention and creating your reality.
To know more about psychic attack and how to protect yourself from it, The Practical Psychic Self-Defense Handbook by Robert Bruce is now out from Hampton Roads Publishing (the awesome publisher of my first book). Another new book on the market, published by New Page Books, is Defense Against the Dark by Emily Carlin (I have this one, too!).
-- Janet Boyer, author of Back in Time Tarot, Tarot in Reverse (Schiffer 2012) and the Snowland Tarot (Schiffer 2013).
