Tarot reader and author of Shadow Magick Compendium, Goth Craft, and the forthcoming Planetary Spells & Rituals: Practicing Dark & Light Magick Aligned with the Cosmic Bodies (Llewellyn, March 2010)
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I certainly believe in ghosts! I've encountered many over time. Even though "spirit sight" is not my primary ability or power, I've had relatively in-depth experiences with spirits of the departed. I find it sad that so many people are misdirected, or misguided, in life, and end up becoming "earthbound disincarnates," to quote the illustrious Dion Fortune. Spirits of all types are everywhere. As with anything, when approaching the unknown, I feel that a person should have a heavy amount of discernment and even skepticism. It was only last year that I had my strongest ghostly experience, and that was with a spirit I could easily call a succubus. It took some very directive ritual activities to get her off my energy sphere. Occurrences like that make my belief in the spirit realm unshakable! I also do some work with the Archangel of Death: Azrael. This is explored a bit in my first book Goth Craft. Luckily, peoples' fears of death and dying are starting to dwindle a bit with time. After all, death and life go hand in hand!