Psychic people and people with a budding or latent psychic gift are usually sensitive individuals. You may feel the atmosphere of place or pick up vibrations from people's auras. For example, have you ever sensed that a person is disturbed, depressed or angry without them giving any physical clues. You may be sensing their psychic vibrations and responding to them on an unconscious level. Soon you will be feeling just like them- depressed, worried, angry and so on. It is important for psychic people to protect themselves from these harmful vibrations. The technique that follows will help you do this and furthermore protect you from other harmful influences that you may feel are bothering you. Now here's the commercial plug- and you can buy my specially designed cassette to talk you through the various techniques for attuning the aura and, most importantly, closing the aura.

PSYCHIC SELF DEFENCE

"Learning to close down after doing your psychic work is even more important than opening up in the first place. When I'm not working psychically I keep my centres firmly shut. If I tuned in to every vibration that came my way I'd soon be a gibbering wreck. Psychics that push their clairvoyance on you at every opportunity are normally not much good; they waste their energy. Close your aura after working and the power recharges ready for the next time you want to work.

As you become more proficient at opening, however, you will find that it is possible to open the chakras very quickly. Nevertheless, for the best results it is best to systematically go through the techniques I've outlined.

So, you've done your psychic work and now we're going to turn off the energy. Sir comfortably and quieten the breath. Closing the chakras is done in the opposite way to opening but we leave the crown centre to last of all.

HOW TO CLOSE DOWN THE AURA:

1. First focus your attention on the brow centre. See the light get dimmer and darker. Imagine the flowers of the lotus closing and an iron door shutting over the centre. Light can get neither in nor out. All is quiet.

2. Feel the light drop downwards through the throat centre. The light fades, the petals close and the door shuts. Now drop the light through the heart centre. The light fades, the petals close and the door shuts. Drop the light down through the solar plexus. The light fades, the petals close, the door shuts. Drop the light down through the spleen centre. The light fades, the petals close, the door shuts.

3. Finally, the base centre does not close completely. See the light here fade until it is just a small red light- like a chink of light through a partly opened door.

4. Now focus your attention on the crown centre that is still open. As before, let the golden light stream through the top of your head and out of your fingertips and toes. Give yourself a psychic shower. Wash away the problems and impressions that you've picked up from your sitter. They're not your worries. Wash them away.

5. Now fill the inside of your body with liquid golden light that pours in from the crown centre. Fill yourself up with golden light energy from the toes to the top of the head. Now close the crown centre. The light fades and the colours darken. I visualise two great iron hanger-doors closing over my head.

6. Quickly run through the centres again, making sure that all is quiet. Now, as a final safeguard, visualise wrapping a dark hooded cloak all over your body. Light can neither get in or out. All that shines from your aura is that small chink of light from the base chakra. Your aura is closed. You are back to normal.