Psychic Self Defense and Protection: An Energy Awareness Guide, by John Culbertson is a very helpful, detailed book mixing New Age beliefs and practices with Christian and Pagan counterparts.

For New Age practitioners, those other ingredients shouldn’t deter you from enjoying this book and learning new, useful skills from it. At least 90% of the book works well with most New Age philosophies, and many readers will be fine with everything presented in this book.

For anyone in desperate need of psychic self-defense or protection, this book is a must-read.

The author is both a Mason and a Rosicrucian.  Both provide some extremely powerful — and sometimes controversial — tools for energy work.  All but the most uninformed spiritual dabblers respect those two organizations and what they’re able to accomplish.

In addition, the author is bright. His research backs up his claims with facts and statistics.  So, this isn’t a heavy-handed manual; it’s intelligently presented, and generally in light terms with occasional recommendations for further  study.

However, though most of this book aligns well with all aspects of New Age beliefs, this is definitely not a lightweight, “think happy thoughts” book.  It gives readers many intensely powerful solutions to psychic attacks.

Early chapters are gentle but firm.  I especially like the chapter, “Repairing a Weak Aura and Rebuilding Lost Energy.”

If you’re looking for psychic protection, “just in case,” this is the information you seek, and it may be all that you need from this book.

In the chapters that follow, the author gradually builds your arsenal of tools to protect yourself and those you care about.  His resources range from angels to elemental energy to concepts well-presented in the Celestine Prophecy.

By the time you complete Chapter 7, you probably have all the information you need to protect yourself and people (and pets) close to you.

If you’re timid about Rosicrucian and Pagan issues:  The author doesn’t breach the topic of magick until the second-to-last chapter in this book.  However, if — before Chapter 8 — you haven’t found anything powerful enough to help, you may need the extra muscle of magickal tools.

Remember: Survival is your first priority when you’re dealing with severe attacks.

There’s nothing unethical in this book.  You may even recognize some of the attitudes in Chapters 8 and 9,  if your beliefs are based in Arthurian or Celtic history.

For everyone else, especially sensitive New Age readers, you can safely close the book at the start of Chapter 8, with enough less controversial tools to protect and defend themselves from psychic and spiritual attacks.

This book has earned our respect as an important contribution to the field of psychic self defense and protection.

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Invisible Armor was among my favorite books when it came out in late 1999.  Ten years later, author Tommy Hensel has revised, updated and expanded the original text.

Even better, it’s a digital download (ebook) with guided meditations to spark greater success and a confident sense of protection.

[You can download the meditations through links in the ebook.]

Hensel has fine-tuned Invisible Armor and its many helpful exercises.  The focus is laser-sharp and it can be immediately helpful, no matter how much you’ve been worn down by life’s “slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.”

Where the author really shines is in easy-to-understand explanations, and real-life examples.

Whether the reader has a background in New Age thought or Spiritualism, or if those concepts seem a little too “out there,” Hensel’s advice can provide almost instant relief.

Often, when a teacher writes a book like this, the tone is either too “tell-all” or it’s simply too lofty.

Hensel isn’t trying to set himself up as a guru, he doesn’t talk down to you, and he shares only enough personal insights to establish rapport with the reader.  Tommy Hensel wrote this book to help people, period.

That’s refreshing.

In addition, he provides a series of exercises that very gradually increase in difficulty.  Every step of the way, it’s like he’s there to guide you.  This process is never overwhelming.

If you liked Dion Fortune’s Psychic Self-Defense but want something a little more accessible, I think you’ll be very pleased with Invisible Armor.

Website and download information: Invisible Armor

The 1999 edition of Invisible Armor is still available (in limited supply) at Amazon.com.
However, I recommend the expanded, 2010 digital edition.

My Life as a Psychic, by Gavin Cromwell

Gavin Cromwell is a clever and charming witch practicing in Wales.  By the time he reached his 30s, he’d already enjoyed a series of careers.

In this book, he talks about his childhood and young adult years, and the challenges of showcasing his unique gifts in a world that doesn’t always understand him.

Parents will appreciate this book because it provides insights into the mind of a psychic child in a predominantly non-psychic world.

As a whimsical and sometimes lyrical — not literal — reflection on Gavin Cromwell’s past, this book is a page-turner.  Gavin is also a gifted artist, and his illustrations reveal idealized views that don’t always match our mundane, everyday world.

I first reviewed My Life as a Psychic in 2008.  Then and now, it’s a fascinating book covering a wide range of topics, told in the context of an autobiography.

However, since my initial review, uncomfortable questions were raised about the business side of Gavin’s life.  Like many people who’ve met him, I don’t know what to believe.

I look forward to Gavin’s next career move, and hope he’ll achieve the happiness and success he so clearly yearns for.  He’s someone who doesn’t need a facade.  His natural talents are far more endearing and enduring than he may realize.  They’re what really shine in this book.

You can read more by and about Gavin Cromwell in 3Sixty magazine, the official British magazine for the gay community, and in OK! magazine.

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