Rayven Michaels

In addition to being a Psychic, Energy Healer etc., as with many people, my interests are wide and varied.  Tonight, I was digging around on YouTube and low and behold, I found the documentary video called Lords of Stroud which featured a gaming group that I participated in.  It was quite fun run across this again and to remember the good old days.

I am the Mage with the wild black hair wearing a leather vest and carrying a staff.  This event was very loosely scripted and flowed according to the choices made by the children (one of which is my daughter by the way).  When the children got to me, I would either be their ally if they were friendly and help them seek the beast, or if they were hostile, then I would be a formidable enemy.  They chose to call me friend and I assisted them in finding the beast they sought.

My book Bristow Spirits on Route 66 is now available in Amazon Kindle format!

In 2009 I sat down and decided to type up all my ghost experiences and compiled them into a book.
Here is the blurb describing the book:

Every town has its share of ghost stories. This book is a collection of the author's favorite eye witness accounts and personally related tales of spirits on Route 66 in and around Bristow, Oklahoma.
Story topics include:

• A lone cowboy walking eternity away at the stockyards

• Spirit guardian at the Frisco Depot 

• Haunted help at a gift shop

• Ghost with a penchant for cleanliness

• Vaporous attendant at gas station ruins

• Sorrowful siren

• Woman astral projects to give comfort

• In time of need, one woman's voice speaks through another

• A match made in heaven - my personal story in the Forward about the Angel that helped me meet my husband

Reiki is a spiritual practice founded in 1922 by Japanese Buddhist Mikao Usui.  This technique uses energy transmitted through the palms of the hands to do healing on self and others using a variety of hand positions on the bodies.  The hand positions for self are slightly different than those used on others due to the limitations of reach on the personal self.  To acquire this healing ability, one must be attuned by a Reiki Master who performs a series of symbols over the individual so as to open the flow of reiki energy.  There is much debate in the modern Reiki community as to whether these attunements are necessary or whether we already have the energy available to us. The point of this article however, is to focus on the benefits of Reiki as it relates to development of psychic abilities.  More information on Reiki history can be found here on Wiki.

How Does Reiki Help Evolve Psychic Abilities?

The more you allow yourself to be open to spiritual energy, the more you become intuitively aware.  When experiencing the flow of Reiki, you are actively focusing on your intuition.  Intuition becomes stronger with use, just like strengthening a muscle with exercise, so the more you use Reiki, the stronger your intution gets.  This results in you becoming more tuned in to "coincidences" and you notice things have a way of synchronistically lining up.

Self Attunements / Distant Attunements

I know distant Reiki attunements are controversial in the Reiki community (not distant healing which is common practice at Level 2) but for those who don't have access to a local Reiki Master or aren't able to afford to be attuned, you may find this video helpful.





Hope you found this article helpful.

Bright Blessings!
Rayven Michaels

Meditation is an all around excellent practice for developing spirituality, developing psychic abilities, preparing for psychic sessions and just general all around well being.

Meditation can be a great way to meet your spirit guides.  Those experienced with meditation may sit quietly in sacred space in their home, office or in nature or they may choose to play spiritual music.  Others, however, may experience difficulties staying focused and need the benefit of guidance during meditation so that the voice and words lead them towards the purpose of their meditation.  Below are a few guided meditations I found on YouTube that include a variety of styles, music and voices.  I hope you find one of them helpful.  From time to time, I will post more, so check back often, or subscribe to my blog at the bottom of the right column and get notices in real time.

Bright Blessings!
Rayven Michaels

In my previous post, we created a form and chose a name so that we could connect to our Spirit Guide. The next step is to actually communicate with our Guide.  "But", you ask, "if I don't sense my Spirit Guide, how can I communicate with them?" Well then, let's begin there!

Sensing Your Spirit Guide

This exercise will enable you to sense the energy of your Spirit Guide. Seat yourself comfortably in chair, bench or on your bed.  Ask your Guide to come sit beside you. At this point you may or may not feel

I get a lot of messages and questions from frustrated folks that try so hard to meet their Guides and don't ever get validation that their Guide(s) are there.  So, here is a different approach you may find helpful.  You are going to make up a Guide and then treat this Guide as though it were really there. An "imaginary friend" if you will.  Hang with me and hear me through.  The purpose of this exercise is to allow you to have a sense of control and something to identify with instead of just hanging wondering what you should expect.  Also, your Guides will actually be helping you with this exercise so you will be co-creating a form to assist in building a functional link you to your Guide.

Getting Started

To get started, you need to be very clear with your intent. It is not our intent in this exercise to create a "thought form" which in simple terms is a manifestation of energy created to serve a particular task.  Instead,