What was that over my baby?
Who knows what – or who – is listening..?
Children have special gifts. They can sense what we can’t sense, see what we can’t see. It’s why so many of the houses that I’m asked to clear, as a psychic and healer, are occupied by kids. Spirits are drawn to their energy – not always in a good way…
Standing in the middle of the living room in a semidetached house in a quiet suburban street in Birmingham, I asked the question for which all psychic mediums are best known.
‘Is there anybody there?’ I asked, but I already knew the answer.
Psychic
The house was still and empty. The family who owned it had gone out so I could perform my psychic work in peace – and it looked like they’d taken their resident ghost with them.
I’d received an anxious call from the homeowner –a mum to two kids – on her mobile, a few days earlier.
Her voice had shaken with fear as she described the paranormal activity.
It was a lot worse than the usual problem of lights flickering and a sense of being watched.
‘Our kettle melted,’ she said, almost in tears. ‘The bar stools in the kitchen spin round on their own. The kids are frightened out of their wits. Please help.’ ‘Of course,’ I said. I set up an appointment. ‘Just do me one favour,’ I said. ‘Don’t talk about any of this at home. Don’t mention that I’m coming.’ ‘Fine,’ she said, sounding relieved. ‘I won’t say a thing.’
Visit
That’s why I was surprised that the house was empty when I went over to do the spiritual cleansing. I’d recognised the street – it had been in the local paper when a neighbour had also said their house was haunted. A particularly vicious entity, that one. But there was nothing here. I asked the homeowner sternly if she’d discussed my impending visit in the house. ‘Yes,’ she admitted. ‘The ghost heard you,’ I sighed, exasperated.
You see, some spirits are highly intelligent.
People think they’re nothing more than echoes of the past, incapable of independent thought, but that’s not true.
If they think you’re going to move them on, they’ll make themselves scarce.
So, within a few days, the home owner was back on
Spirits are often drawn to the energy of children
the phone, begging me for another appointment. This time, I asked if she’d stay in the house with her 2-year old son. I had a feeling he was at the centre of the paranormal activity.
A presence
When I arrived, he clung round his mother’s neck, sucking his dummy.
‘Do you know any nasty men, sweetheart?’ I asked him.
The dummy came out and he looked at me with big eyes.
‘Nasty man upstairs,’ he said.
The hairs on my neck stood on end.
‘Nasty man knew you were coming,’ the little boy said. ‘He hid.’
As we climbed up the stairs to find him, the baby started crying.
‘Nasty man is shouting “Raaah!” at her,’ the little boy told me solemnly.
As he spoke, my gaze was drawn out of the window towards the house opposite.
It was the one that had been in the papers – the haunted one. And suddenly I knew what had happened. ‘Does your front door ever open by itself?’ I asked the homeowner. She nodded, stunned. ‘The ghost is moving between that house and this one,’ I told her. ‘That’s where he hid last time I came here.’ ‘The front door opened of its own accord about an hour and a half after you left!’ she said. I cleared the house of the evil presence – as, let’s make no mistake, some spirits are evil. They’ll creep back into the human realm wherever they can – perhaps through a Ouija board – and then they’re really hard to shift. It’s often kids who mess around with Ouija boards, and although they’re more susceptible to spirit than adults, they can’t control the consequences.
Trouble
I’ve dealt with some scary things – unexplained hand marks on people, black masses on ceilings. Not long ago, I was called out to see a young boy who was acting really strangely, had worried his parents.
Normally, I always take a companion for a clearing, but there was nobody available, so I decided to go alone.
Halfway through the day, I felt utterly exhausted. I cancelled the appointment, feeling terrible that I was letting down the lad.
I went to see him a few days later, when I felt better, taking an associate with me.
It was clear the lad was possessed. As I leaned over him, he started growling like a mad dog – and made a lunge for my throat!
‘Stay back,’ I commanded, taking control of the situation.
I was able to get rid of the spiritual infestation – but if I’d been alone, I’d have been in serious trouble.
It proves that there are forces for good as well as bad – something had acted to keep me safe, to stop me visiting the lad on my own.
Hidden battle
Sometimes it feels like I’m a pawn in a constant battle between good and evil.
It’s raging on around us right now. Demons feed on fear – it’s like food for them – and the more pain and suffering they’re exposed to, the stronger they become.
I’m wielding a psychic sword on the side of the angels – but is it enough?
Let’s just hope so…
I wield a psychic sword on the side of the angels