Anyone who has ever been taken in by a con artist in the flesh has a certain appreciation for how one's immaturity has set one up to believe what one wants to believe, and how difficult, yea impossible, it is to root out every last vestige of that immaturity so that one can look at every potential relationship with clear-eyed innocence. (Don't ask me how I know this.)
Con artists do not come with credentials. It's up to us to learn to stay away from them. No doubt some have found true love at the local bar, but that's probably not the best place to look for it.
Likewise, seeking wisdom from uncredentialed spooks is fraught with danger, I would say. At the very least, it is the danger of learning something about yourself that, in hindsight, you would have been pleased to learn in less expensive ways.
To the extent that we harbor illusions and delusions (and we do!), these will be mirrored back to us, one way or another. If we take the bait and run with it, we miss the lesson, and elaborate the illusion--going nowhere, but enjoying the ride, for the time being. Con artists are specialists at giving us what we want...until we're hooked.
If you're going to truck with spirits, realize that, ultimately, you're trucking with your own subconscious, and that maybe a more organic means of growth, like, say, prayer, would be more healing, if less exciting, I would say. Most of us are ill-prepared to deal with our own subconscious minds, but like the Fool in the Tarot deck, off we trek. It can't be avoided, I suppose, but, still, I had to say it.
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The Siren Call of Hungry Ghosts
Review by Jonathan Zap
The Siren Call of Hungry Ghosts is a spell binding paranormal detective story, elegantly written, and as haunting and irresistible as its title implies. The implications of what British paranormal investigator and writer Joe Fisher discovers, at the apparent cost of his life, are staggering, and have such profound implications for all inhabitants of this particular plane of reality, that as over the top as this may sound, this book may be one of the more important ever written.
The title capsulates, in perfect microcosm, the subject of the book, and also the effect of the book on the reader…at least this reader. I actually had a paranormal experience the last night of reading this book, which I will relate later, that was of a type related to phenomena reported in the book and also related to the “mind parasite” subject which I have written about extensively. This book is itself a rabbit hole, a rabbit hole with a certain suction, an undertow pulling you in as the author is pulled into an ever more high stakes involvement with the phenomenon. (...)
Essentially, this book pulls back the veil on the channeling and spirit guide phenomena, and compels you to look, through a glass darkly, at evil in one of its more beautiful, complex, seductive, ingeniously manipulative forms.
While it is dangerous to be unaware of such dark possibilities and manipulative entities, it may also be dangerous to cast your attention in their direction. Attention is not just internal, it is also a beacon visible to others, and not all of those others are visible to us.
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I wouldn't suggest you read the book, but the review might be instructive.