Protecting Yourself During an Investigation: The Psychic Shielding Method.

By: Anthony Milhorn

Psychic powers. Esp. Clarivoyance. We hear all about them all the time.
During investigations, you may hear some of your sensative team members talking about "shielding" against negative energy fields or entities.

I have frequently heard this enough to warrant a research project into this ability, often refered to as “shielding” or auric protection.  The results of my research are below.

Please keep in mind I am not encouraging anyone to engage in this activity or preach about beliefs. This is what I discovered upon interviews and research into parapsychological theories and spiritualist papers.

So…What is shielding? How does it work? How DO you shield? Why shield? When to shield?

In this article, you will learn the speculative answers to all of those questions and hopefully, what you learn can be put to use in the field or at least, educate you on the other side of the paranormal research field.


What IS shielding?

A psychic shield is a non material substance/force/power with which you surround yourself for protection. Many types of force can be called into play in its construction, and many forms can be used, all at your discretion. It's important that a friend, instructor or adept NOT do this work for you; your shield will be with you permanently, and you need to have the intimate connection that creating your own provides.

This field, if made properly and strongly enough, can block and, rarely, repel negative energies or entities at a site from you.


How does the shield work?

Being composed of energy, the psychic shield takes its substance from the electromagnetic field surrounding ones own body, i.e, the aura. By concentrating and shaping this field into a type of force field, one can create a defense mechanism. Learning to manipulate the energies of the auric field can take many years to do properly and takes time and paitience, as well as the old adum, practice practice practice!!

The shield basically works like a filter and in some cases, depening on the power of the wielder, like a wall that negative things are absorbed and diluted by or repelled by. Imagine it like a screen of sorts.
To create and maintain a shield takes practice. At first, it will take full concentration and power of sheer will to produce and keep up a shield.
However, with time, all you will have to do is call up the sheild and then let it back down whenever your ready, with minimal effort.


How DO you shield?

To shield, one must first learn to quiet ones mind. You can do this with eyes open or closed. Believe me from personal experience, this is NO easy task. You must silence all of the little thought threads running around inside your head and clear your mind, much like an artist does when they erase a chaotic drawing. After you do this, visualize your bodies aura. See it in your mind.

Focus on and hold to that image until it seems you are seeing it with your own eyes. As with any psychic ability, visualization is paramount to shielding as well. After the image is solidly in your mind, envision the aura spreading out, reaching, changing, becoming a shield.

What form should your shield take? Simple. Anything that to you provides you with a sense of protection and security, and strength. It can be a bubble of light surrounding your body, it can be a bunch of pillows, it can be a brick wall; each person's shield will be unique to that individual.

After you get that image of your shield in your mind, hold it. Dont let it go. Let nothing interefere with your concentration. Take every feeling of power, light, energy, strength you have and let it flow into the shield, like electricity on a metal wire.

Hold this shield as long as you can. It can take any where from minutes to hours to form if you are new to shielding. And yes, it can and will be very difficult to learn and trying no less.
Remember what Yoda told Luke Skywalker? Do or do not. There is NO try.
Suprisingly, this is true of psychic abilities.
DO it. Focus on it being done. Remember, visualization is key with focus, determination and force of will. The more you practice shielding, the faster you can throw a shield up, eventually it will become almost instantaneous.


Why Shield?

This shield, when properly made, will deflect, repel and protect you from negative energies, as well as psychic attacks.
If you go into a location with a negative inhuman force, i.e , a demon, it seems that sometimes it  will drain you, both psychically, and physically.

Shielding,  can stop that or that is the theory.

You can also shield every day in tense situations to protect you from being drained by everyone else's negative energies. This is especially important for empaths and telepaths. Shields can also protect one from psychic vampires.

One frequently hears talk of infusing your shield with Love and Light.
However, you need to realize what a shield is.
A shield.
Therefore, the only way a shield will work is when force meets force.
Psychic warfare is done every day in haunted locations, especially with demonic infestations.
This ability is a must. Make your shield strong.

When to shield?

Shield whenever you feel it is necessary to protect yourself. Ive been shielding since I was little because I have natural psi gifts in some areas, and it came naturally to me as breathing. I will shield when I enter a crowded room or have an argument with friends or enter a negative situation. It is up to you to judge when the time is right, but I do suggest that if you feel negative energies or uncomfortable during a hunt, that you find a quiet place and set up a shield.


As a final note, if one becomes strong enough of a shielder, it is, in theory, possible to extend the shield for a limited time to other members of the team, like an umbrella. However, it would most likely drain the shielder to the point of exhaustion. Most people focus on the more interactive varients of the psychic gifts, like telekinesis ( which few can do) and telepathy.
However, the first psychic power that should ever be learned is shielding.
Learn it well.