There are many types and forms of psychic attack, but to put it in a nut shell, it is anything that affects your aura and energy fields.

Psychic attacks can be in the form of human, animal, spirit, or come from your environment, even nature. From people the "attack" can be intentional, such as from a person sending highly charged energy at you through their emotional center or drawing energy from you to "charge" themselves either. The latter is commonly referred to as psychic vampirism and can be intentional or unintentional. An example of unintentional psychic vampirism would be someone who is very needy emotionally or the very ill.

Unintentional psychic attacks can come from people who are angry with you and/or jealous. It also can happen when people are frightened and reacting emotionally. When this happens it can spread like a virus usually helped along by lower level spirits who feed into this also. This can also physically manifest into mob mentality.  

Psychic attacks from the environment come from the natural electromagnetic patterns in nature. In some areas the energy of the planet is very strong and can "attack" our own electromagnetic energy. Ever been outside during a thunderstorm or on the beach when a storm front comes in?

Some of the Earths energy has been altered, blocked or opened too much by man. We are constantly destroying the natural world with new housing developments, high voltage electric transformers and towers, rerouting waterways, building damns and levees to make land that is not meant to be built on commercially viable.  We put "things" in the air and water. Bury things in the ground or mess with nuclear and chemical "testing".

Animals can also psychically attack us; they "sense" us and our energy and if we are a threat, they will send us a psychic warning.

Spirits; most of the lower level spirits or "demons" psychically attack us when we are weak enough or will wear a person down through "haunting" etc. Demon spirits can magnify depression, fear, anger, loneliness and especially magnify these when we are very ill. Many mental illness' and personality disorders are "helped along" by these spirit demons. Some cultures believe that all illness' are caused either by psychic attacks from people using spells or the evil eye or by demons themselves.

A psychic attack can affect us deeply and be subtle, building over a period of time. Once we fall in to the pattern of responding to the attack, it helps recharge the energy of the psychic attack. This will affect our personal lives and will also affect, by default, all those around us.

We can protect ourselves by becoming very aware and in tune with ourselves, our energy and chakras. We need to learn to us our shields, be familiar with using them, how our shields feel when they are working and strong. We can recharge ourselves strengthen our shields and defend ourselves against these attacks. We need to constantly recharge, balance and clean our chakras, keep ourselves healthy both physically and emotionally, communicate and be in tune with nature and keep our aura clear of crap from emotional residue both ours and others. 

The evolution of the human consciousness and the human unconsciousness is now becoming the new "IN" thing. Like the New Age movement, those who have been "in to it" long before it became popular or Oprah's latest "find" knew it would eventually come to this.

But, here is the thing....will the marketing of the awareness of the human condition, as it relates to the collective consciousness and collective unconsciousness, have a positive impact or will it contaminate and disrupt the positive flow and development like the commercialism did to the New Age movement? Actually, the New Age Movement was not a "movement" but an awakening or more aptly put - a new era. New Age Movement is how the media marketed it. The New Age refers to the beginning of a new age/era of awareness of humanities connection with Spirit becoming manifested in the Earthly plain.

When I look at the view of things from the Ethereal - I see a division of realities for mankind. There will be 2 distinct realities on the Earthly plain; one with the new awakening and awareness and one that will continue to hold on to the old mindset.

In one of her songs Melissa Etheridge observed that there are people who believe that they were put on this Earth to suffer, and, by God, they're going to suffer! It still amazes me how people will cling so tightly to their victimization, their anger, their need for revenge and call it something else to justify ( to themselves and others) holding on their pain; giving them a reason to wear it as a badge of honor or as a way of saying "see - I told you so". It is difficult to see the energy expended towards the negative when a person refuse to let their wounds heal; holding them open for others to see how brave and righteous they are in their pain and suffering - none of which is "their fault". This is the mindset that is toxic to us and to those we expose to it, the energy in which dark beings (demons) feed from and into.

If all beings do not open themselves up to the healing and higher vibration energy that comes from the release of pain and of all the lower level emotions of hate, anger, pity, revenge and violence that comes with and causes physical and emotional pain; then the collective human experience will be dramatically divided into 2 different realities. One will be those who are awake and vibrate at a higher frequency. These beings will be free from the shackles of their baser emotions. The other will be those who only exist in a world of pain and dis-ease. Who will not understanding their suffering and will remain shackled to experiencing and vibrating in the negative.  

This is the direction mankind is heading to; one of two different realities existing separately on the same Earthly plane. One wonders if this division will evolve to where those on different levels of reality will be able to physically see each other. Perhaps this is the "rapture" that many Christians refer to? Interesting.

I met a woman last night when I ran into a friend at a local cafe. The woman "does readings" was how he prefaced the "I thought you'd like to meet her." ABout that time she walked up and he introduced us. As we shook hands I looked her straight in the eyes and put up my "shield" - many people who are clairvoiant "read" you as they size you up - their defense mechanisim.

She was a small woman dressed in much brightness of color. Her energy was fluffy and reminded me of swirly rainbow cotton candy. I joined my friend and two other mutual friends at a table and we engaged in brief chit-chat until one of them asked her about her readings. She talked about her clairvoiance and how she started using cards to work as a barrier and so her clients could see what she was telling them. I totally get the barrier bit - which is why I use a deck of standard playing cards -ok, not exactly standard, mine are a reproduction of 19th century cards - but I do not use Tarot or any other oracle type decks at the time.

As she spoke, she talked more about her impressions of the future events to come and she began to speak of Camelot and I watched her spread the ideology of Nirvana to come. All three of me friends were nodding and totally drawn into the fantasy of the coming changes.

Now - she is making her own oracle cards and writing a book about all the things coming in the new Camelot. I got it. She believes this based on seeing the coming events and misinterrpreting them. She has felt the need to market this information as an income and a way to share the optimisitc views of the future. While she is soooo of the mark her views and the way she is relating them has a purpose; to encourage others to remain positive about the future and therefore add to that energy to the collective consciousness.

There are those who are aware enough, strong enough and willing to see the "whole" and do our work and those who are innocent, full of wonderous light and growing in their Earthy and Spiritual awareness; child-like and beautiful in their vision who need our protection.

After a few minutes, I had to leave, so I made my excuses, got some coffee and ran into some "more spiritually adult" friends. Innocense has it's purpose and place and should be protected but not at the risk of stunting the spiritual growth of others.

Today is the second day of our little Central Kentucky Winter Storm. While driving has been "interesting" - walking has been a real challenge. Where there is snow - wonderful, where there is little snow and more ice - unpleasant. But - I got a great deal of joy watching younger people (high schoolers) playing this morning - sliding on the ice like the charactors out of Dicken's Christmas Carole.

Oh course, now that I am a few weeks shy of 50 - my body doesn't find that as "thrilling" as I once did. But - ah the wonder of watching the younger folks and remembering how it felt; the joy, the cold, the physical sensations.

And while driving into the office later in the morning was still a bit of an adventure, it is part of the seasons. I hate hearing people complain about the weather patterns in the seasons. We need snow, we need rain, we need Mother Nature to continue on her normal, naturual seasonal cycle. People complained about the drought this summer, now complain about all the rain we've had and now all the snow and ice (which is not as much as we should have had). Poor people - some people aren't happy unless they have SOMETHING to complain about.

Thank you Earth Spirits - Winter, Snow, Wind and Rain for the lovely gifts you give. Even though you sometimes give a little more than we would like; they are still gifts.