Book Review

Psychic Protection for Beginners: Creating a Safe Haven for Home & Family by Richard Webster
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Not only was this book a very, very good read; but I found it quite informative. The contents of this book were very helpful to me personally. I absolutely recommend this book to everyone.

It contains very useful information on how to psychically protect yourself and your home, and your family.

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Faerie Charms by Ted Andrews
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This book is part of Mr. Andrew's 'Young Person's School Of Magic & Mystery Series'. I found this book to be full of good information and it resparked my interest in fairies.

The Author's description of the Fairy Realm and the beings that live there was insightful.

I found this book to be useful to anyone (no matter what your age) who desires to start journeying to the Fairy Realm.

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Life on the Other Side: A Psychic's Tour of the Afterlife by Sylvia Browne
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I found this book to be very interesting. It was informative & kept my attention the whole time. I will say that the author's view on what Heaven is like, differs from what I was taught in Sunday School, but then again, my Sunday School teacher wasn't psychic. However, I did find Sylvia's description of Heaven to be fascinating.

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Tarot For Personal & Spiritual Growth by Susan Goldman Eller
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I found this book extremely good & very informative on the use of tarot. I enjoyed reading this book & while writing the review for this book, I found myself rereading it. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in Tarot.

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Everyday Tarot Magic: Meditation & Spells by Dorothy Morrison
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is a great book. The information on Tarot in it is very good and informative. The magical spells in the book are simple, easy to understand instructions; and best of all, while the spells all require the use of a tarot card (either burning, folding, writing on, or otherwise destroying your cards), a photocopy of your tarot cards can be used for each spell. In fact it's recommended by the author.

If you are into tarot and magic, this is most definitely the book for you. I personally continue to refer to this book, to this day. And I have used some of the spells in the book, and have found success with them.

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The Witch's Master Grimoire by Lady Sabrina
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I found this book to be very, very good and extremely informative. It is an extremely useful book, that any witch or Wiccan should use as a reference. I find myself looking things up in this book all the time. I do highly recommend this book.

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Lady Ishtar's Complete Guide To Wicca Protection Spells by Lady Ishtar & Anthony Sills
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book, to me, personally, was extremely useful, and still is. I refer to it constantly. Anyone interested in Wicca or using Wicca for protection their home, should read this book, which can be found at www.AllWhiteMagic.com

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A Channeling Handbook by Carla L. Rueckert
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I found this book very interesting & a good read. Anyone interested in channeling will most likely enjoy reading this book.

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Handbook for the Recently Haunted by Mark Kerman
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I found this book to be a good read and informative. But I, personally do disagree with some of the Author's statements. However, it is still an interesting book, that I believe anyone interested in the paranormal wouldn't mind reading.

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Location, Location, Location

Article from CPS Paranormal

Business Establishments

If you are trying to get into a certain place to investigate, don’t be afraid to ask. Build a friendly relationship with the owners. Become a customer. Talk to them or ask about them every time you go. Build up trust and get to know them. Listen to their stories. Tell them where you have investigated and what you have found. Sell yourself and your team.

Historical Societies

Most of these places are fairly easy to get into. Just bring money or offer a donation to them. If you are trying to get in there all night, that maybe a little harder, but same things goes. Build a friendly relationship with them by taking a historical tour of the place. While on the tour ask questions about possible ghosts or paranormal activity there. Then mention who you are and who you would have to talk to about doing an investigation there.

Exclusivity for a Location

CPS does not have or does not want any exclusive rights for investigation of the same property. Reason number one; we are very busy with investigations all over, and do not have the time to keep going back to one certain location. Reason number two; Plain and simple, it would get BORING!!!!

The Clients

Our cases come to us by word of mouth, other investigation teams, website, phone calls, and from members within the group. In any of these situations the Case Manager gets involved and becomes the focal point for the client. The Case Manager communicates everything to the client from the very beginning all the way through the end and stays in touch with them for a while after the investigation and evidence reveal has been done. This eliminates confusion and builds a strong rapport with the client.

Client Rules

There is always certain client criteria that must be met anytime CPS does an investigation. There are some rules that are NOT set in stone and are made that way for special purposes. When all of the information is obtained from the client and their family/friends as to what is going on, it is evaluated and categorized. If it seems like there is a malevolent or possibly an unfriendly spirit present, then we have all family members leave before we investigate. If it is deemed that the paranormal activity seems to be located around a certain person then we will use that person during one or two sessions to see if that is the case.

In all cases; access to the entire house, and doing a full night investigation is of the utmost importance. There are several reasons for this; we bring an arsenal of equipment with us so setting up and tearing down takes time. Time is needed to plan different strategies and trigger items to test out, as well as where and how to employ them. We are not there just to ask questions like some groups. We have developed certain methods and strategies that take time to plan and set up but these methods have been proven successfully time and time again to actually bring about paranormal activity within a building or residence if it exists.

As far as showing up at a residence and a whole pile of people being there for the investigation, then CPS would not do it. We are there to give the client answers. In order to get those answers, we need to control the environment as best as we can. This would be a waste of time and not in the best interest of the client. This is also emphasized to the client as part of the criteria that they need to meet in order for CPS to investigate.

Client Honesty

So far CPS has not had a problem with client honesty. It is much easier to drop an investigation if you are trying to hoax us then it would be to evacuate your house for the whole entire night and let an investigation team like CPS go through every nook and cranny of it. I feel tricks of the mind and client fear play a bigger part in the role of wasting an investigation teams time than a hoax does.

Fear and the Client

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If your group is contacted via a phone call or the web from a client, it is really not a question of is the client afraid; rather to what extent. Let’s face it, a lack of understanding what is going on and fear is what initiated the phone call.

Although some feel it is the first step for the client to take, I disagree. Usually the client has been having unexplained things happening for awhile and talking to friends and family about it before making the call; making a call to a paranormal investigation group takes a lot. So with that said; you must first decipher the intensity of the fear and what is causing it while showing concern during the initial call. You also have to make a snap decision on how to handle this particular client. Every call is different and so is the situation and the level of fear. Remember, noises are just noises until fear set in. Hearing stories from friends about others with a spirit in their home, or just being alone at night all add to the fear factor. So, if you decide to run over there right away, the client may get more fearful, thinking it is an emergency. If you don’t run out there, they may feel you are not concerned about their situation.

Allow the client to take control of the call. Be a friend, try to calm them down and soothe them. Get the information and facts that you need from them during the call and offer them suggestions to try (depending on the situation). Let them decide when you should come over for the initial face to face and have a look around to get a game plan started. If it is a couple of days till then, call them everyday and see how things are. Just knowing there is someone out there that is going to help them, brings the level of fear down. Make annotations about how severe the clients fear is. When you do finally figure out what is going on, take that initial level of fear into consideration when revealing your findings to the client.

Team Mate Fear

There is actually two parts to a team mate getting scared.

• First if it happens during an investigation, remove the person immediately from the situation. Then you have to figure out why it happened or basically what was the reason. Hell today everybody wants or thinks they are a paranormal investigator, even those afraid of the dark. Not funny, but true! Yes it does happen. So with that said, find out the reason. If the reason happens to be that they were being singled out by a spirit, assess the intensity of it. If they wish to continue on later, or if it is a seasoned investigator, re-introduce them to place being investigated (not necessarily the same room) and let them continue. Do not make that decision for them though. Like falling off a horse, get back on.
• The second part of this comes in after the investigation and the investigator goes home. It always is a possibility to bring home an attachment. There have been many, many times that this has occurred or investigators thought that it may have occurred. This is not an uncommon feeling or occurrence, it does happen, in fact it happens a lot. Unfortunately this type of situation is primarily dealt with the investigator on a personal level. He or she does not want to tell team mates of this fear for different personal reasons and does not know exactly what to do about it. It can be a very devastating situation.

There is actually is a group out there who deals with problems of this type. If anyone needs this type of help contact CPS at cpsparanormal@yahoo.com and I will gladly get them to get in touch with you.

Over Your Head

CPS deals with cases that a lot of other groups would consider over their heads. You have to know your groups abilities. Making the move from the hobbiest level upwards and finally reaching the professional level in the paranormal field comes with a lot of different experience in many aspect of investigating. Unfortunately, having close calls with these types of situations is part of the learning process. Learning the tell tale physical signs of knowing exactly what is going on around you is a start. Being able to regain or take control of that situation separates the men from the boys.

Refuse or making it worse

Let me start by saying that usually when I go into a place for the initial visit with a client: after I leave, all hell breaks loose. Several times my phone rang even before I got home about things going on at the clients home since I was there. I give the client fair warning that this may occur. That truly depends if it is a spirit or a ghost.

Let me explain that first. A spirit is intelligent, a ghost is residual. In most cases if there is a spirit present, they know you are coming and they know you are there. They know who you are and why you are there. So it depends on the spirit if it gets worse or not, not you.

If you are not experienced enough as a group, then ask another more experienced group for help. Don’t be proud, but tell them you want to allow one or two members from your group to see how they operate and deal with it. After all it is your client and you want to do what is best for them, but also you do not want to walk away from them. This is another way to get more experience for the next time and move forward.