How to Find Familiar Spirits

Spirit communication comes in a form unique to each person.

A butterfly hovering over a cool glass of ice tea, the aroma of lavender on the wind or a smile of recognition from a stranger in a grocery store can all be signals of communication from "familiar spirits" -- our loved ones and friends who have died. Some people believe the deceased continue to communicate with the living, sending familiar signals and even messages. This controversial theory comforts believers around the world, who have their own stories of everyday spirit communication.

Things You'll Need

• Cooking timer

Instructions

1. 

   Angels are thought to bring the word of God and comfort to the distressed.

   Set a kitchen timer for 20 minutes. Use a timer that makes a ticking sound and sit in a comfortable chair with your feet flat on the floor. Close your eyes and start breathing deeply, holding the breath for 10 seconds and breathing out for 10 seconds. Repeat this breathing exercise three times. Listen to the ticking and let your mind wander. Meditate two times per day for 20 minutes. After one week of this practice, the mind begins to calm and be still. Beginning the second week, write down the thoughts and feelings that came to you upon completing the meditation. Spirits of loved ones, friends and family will generate images, words or sounds; with continued meditation, their messages will become clearer.

2. 

   Reported afterlife experiences often include a tunnel of white light.

   Participate in a psychic reading. Contact the recommended resource listed with this article or research psychics yourself. Check the medium's credentials before you attend a session. Write down questions to ask the medium about the familiar spirit with whom you wish to speak and write down or tape record the answers.

3. 

   Automatic writing is a form of spirit communication.

   Attend training on how to hear, sense and see spirits, known respectively as clairaudience, clairsentience and clairvoyance.

Tips & Warnings

• Read and study the metaphysical sciences and trust your instincts before deciding to experience a spiritual reading. These are private and most mediums will allow you to ask several questions about those in spirit. Readings range from 20 to 30 minutes, so focusing and writing down questions beforehand is helpful. Phone and email readings are usually permitted after one face-to-face meeting.

• Ouija boards are Old World tools once used for spirit communication. However, many years of myth and abuse of this board, now used as a game, make it an ineffectual tool. The best ways to be sure of authentic spirit communication are through meditation, professional readings or training.

References

• Spirit Space: Do It Yourself
• Unitarian Universalist Historical Society: Spiritualism

Resources

• Lily Dale Assembly Inc.: Welcome to Lily Dale