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Field Guide to the Spirit World

The Science of Angel Power, Discarnate Entities, and Demonic Possession
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Field Guide to the Spirit World by Susan B. Martinez delves into the realm of spirits and the afterlife, blending scientific research with metaphysical insights. The book offers a comprehensive examination of spiritual experiences, providing guidance on interpreting these encounters and understanding their significance. By exploring various cultural and historical perspectives, it serves as both a practical guide and a deep exploration of humanity’s eternal connection to the spirit world.
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A comprehensive examination of the many ways the spirit world affects the material plane and our minds.

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A comprehensive examination of the many ways the spirit world affects our minds and the material plane.

Field Guide to the Spirit World provides a detailed guide to the Afterlife and its inhabitants. It reveals the spirit influence behind many mental disorders as well as psi abilities and creative genius. The book includes checklists of symptoms of spirit β€œovershadowing,” methods from the world’s top exorcists, and instructions on how to free unwanted spirits from the material plane.

We are spirits housed in a body, and just as houses can be haunted, so can people. When the living succumb to dissociative states of consciousness, they become a magnet for lost but clinging spirits. Known as jinn, dybbuk, daemon, wuqabi, or simply the undead, they hover unseen on the earth plane, ready to inhabit the most suitable body available.

Documenting the life of wandering spirits and their impact on vulnerable human targets, Susan Martinez offers a radical departure from the standard psychological explanations for a host of pathological behavioursβ€”including multiple personality, autism, epilepsy, migraines, obsessive compulsive disorder, depression, schizophrenia, anxiety, PTSD, self-destructive urges, and strange outburstsβ€”and reveals that hallucinations are often true impressions of spirit input. Martinez explains how mental health comes down to the delicate balance between self-control and spirit-control. When trauma triggers an escape response, the soul takes flight, leaving the mind susceptible to possession by discarnate entities. However, the spirit world can also bestow gifts upon those whose psyches are open, such as in the case of mediums, shamans, people who communicate with angels, and many of the world’s creative geniuses.

Martinez presents β€œovershadowing” by spirits as a universal, cross-cultural phenomenon, documenting modern and traditional accounts as well as corroborating indigenous beliefs. She examines soul decay, soul travel both before and after death, as well as how knowledge of the spirit world can offer positive treatments for disorders like schizophrenia and autism. Providing a detailed guide to the spirit world and its inhabitants, the author offers checklists of symptoms of β€œovershadowing,” methods from the world’s top exorcists, and instructions on how to free spirits so they can continue their journey into the beyondβ€”all the tools necessary to forearm us against soul snatchers and other enemies of the Light.

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Susan B. Martinez's Field Guide to the Spirit World is praised for its thorough research and exploration of the spirit realm, providing insights into the causes of mental disorders linked to spiritual influences. It is recognised for demystifying the complexities of spirits, offering a comprehensive guide filled with real-life examples and expert quotes. The book emphasises the importance of understanding spiritual entities and their impact, making it essential for those interested in supernatural phenomena.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781591433323

Publisher: Inner Traditions Bear and Company

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 May 2019

Country: United States

Imprint: Bear & Company

Illustration: 20 b&w illustrations

Contributors:

  • Foreword by Whitley Strieber

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 494g

Pages: 304

About the Author

Susan B. Martinez, Ph.D., is a writer, linguist, teacher, and paranormal researcher with a doctorate in anthropology from Columbia University. The author of several books, including Time of the Quickening, she lives in Clayton, Georgia.

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