Spirit Allies: Meet Your Team from the Other Side

214 Pages·2012·1.41 MB·English

by  Christopher Penczak

SPIRIT ALLIES
Meet Your Team
from the Other Side
CHRISTOPHER PENCZAK

List of Figures and Exercises ..........................ix
Chapter One: Encountering Spirits in the Material World ..... i
Modern Spiritual Exploration ..........................1
The Spirit Realms ...................................4
Spirit Allies ........................................7
Chapter Two: Talking to the Gods Within ............... 11
Aspects of Yourself .................................12
The Collective Consciousness ........................15
The Higher Self ....................................17
Chapter Three: Exploring the Thirty-Two Flavors of Spirit .... i9
Form and Shape ....................................19
The Great Spirit ....................................22
Angels ............................................24
Ascended Masters ..................................26
Deities ............................................27
Ancestors .........................................29
Soul Groups .......................................31
Power Animals .....................................35
Discarnate Beings ...................................36
Interdimensional Beings ..............................37
Elementals ........................................38
Devas and Nature Spirits ............................40
Incarnate Beings ....................................41
Constructs ........................................42
Bound Spirits ......................................44
Chapter Four: Playing with the Team .................. 45
The Spiritual Support Team ..........................46
Teamwork .........................................51
My Support Team ..................................54
Chapter Five: Learning to Play ...................... 59
Our Internal Technology .............................59
State of Mind ......................................61
Divination .........................................65
Oracles and Scrying .................................72
Psychic Senses .....................................74
Journeying ........................................81
Chapter Six: Meeting Your Spirit Allies ................ 86
Discernment .......................................87
Devils and Demons .................................90
Ghosts and Lonely Souls .............................92
Protection .........................................94
Inner Temple .....................................103
Ritual ...........................................104
Chapter Seven: Playing Twenty Questions with Spirit Guides .............................. 108
Relationships with Spirit Guides .....................108
The Methods of Spirit Guides .......................109
Questions and Answers ............................110
Chapter Eight: Finding the Animal Within .............. 121
Animal Energies ...................................121
Animal Spirit Allies ................................125
Chapter Nine: Calling on Protective Spirits ............. 130
Protection from Physical Harm .......................130
Protection from Harmful Energies ....................132
Amulets .........................................134
Chapter Ten: Working in the Elemental World ........... 135
Elementals ........................................136
Fire .............................................138
Air ..............................................140
Water ...........................................142
Earth ............................................144
The Magic Circle ..................................145
Devas, Nature Spirits, and the Material World ..........151
Spiritual Healing and the Body Deva ..................154
Manifestation .....................................159
Crystal, Plant, and Fairy Spirits ......................161
Chapter Eleven: Building a Better Spirit ............... 165
Neutralization .....................................166
Complex Constructs ...............................167
Home Protection Spirits ............................170
Chapter Twelve: Making the Connection to the Higher Self . . 173
Chapter Thirteen: Invoking Spirit ................... 177
Interfaces with Spirit ...............................177
Overshadowing ...................................179
Assuming Godforms ...............................181
Channeling ......................................184
Shape-shifting ....................................185
Riding ...........................................187
Possession .......................................188
Chapter Fourteen: Working with Spirits ............... 189
Our Individual Allies ...............................189
Aiding Others Spiritually ...........................190
Inviting Allies into Your Work .......................191
The New Age ....................................194
Appendix A: Angels ............................. 196
Appendix B: Ascended Masters and Cosmic Beings ....... 198
Appendix C: Pagan Gods ......................... 201
Appendix D: Power Animals and Animal Medicine ........ 207
Appendix E: The Hermetic Laws .................... 210
Bibliography .....................................212
Figures
Figure 1 The Tree of Life ............................ 5
Figure 2 Pendulums ................................ 66
Figure 3 The Aura ................................. 76
Figure 4 The Seven Main Chakras ................... 79
Figure 5 Protective Symbols ......................... 96
Figure 6 Banishing Pentagram ....................... 96
Figure 7 Crystal Shield ............................ 100
Figure 8 Pillar of Light ............................ 102
Figure 9 Altar ................................... 148
Figure 10 Magic Circle ............................. 149
Figure 11 Octahedron .............................. 172
List of Exercises
Exercise 1 Altering Consciousness ..................... 63
Exercise 2 Pendulum Questions ....................... 66