Why are Psychic Attacks Initiated?
There are three major motives for a psychic attack. We have already dealt with one of these in Chapter 4. This simply consists of accidentally disturbing some unseen force or consciousness by practicing an occultist technique, subconsciously creating a thought-form or an untimely encounter with an energy being during the dream state, or some other out-of-body experience meeting.

When such an unseen force is disturbed, it has a tendency to respond by lashing out at the person responsible for this disturbance. The simple motive is revenge. It must be remembered that these entities are not "happy campers." Whether they are thought-forms, ectoplasm attackers, or just discarnate entities in-between lifetimes (ghosts or poltergeists), or demonic spirits, these beings are angry and want to be left alone.

Before we discuss the next motive for a psychic assault, a presentation of the path of a soul after the death of the physical body and cleansing techniques is in order.

The Experience of Death
What seems to happen at death is that you experience, at least initially, what you expect to experience. In other words, your expectations of what death should be like seem to affect the actual experience or perception of death. A belief in the fires of hell or the clouds of heaven will often manifest itself, temporarily at least. Fortunately these fantasies disappear quickly and you are joined by Masters and Guides. These angel-like entities will try to help you adjust to the astral plane. They will guide you into a gradual realization that you have died and it is time to move on. You may not even accept that you have died at first, because you really won't feel much different. There is, however, one very significant difference: you are now totally free of any discomfort. Your new environment will be far less limiting than that of the physical plane, which you have just left.

On the astral plane, you may find yourself in the presence of dead relatives or friends. Telepathy is the rule now, so that your true feelings toward that friend or relative will be made known, and vice versa. There is no hypocrisy on the astral plane.

When you go to sleep every night, out-of-body experiences occur and simulate the death experience. This simulated death state is merely training for later. Dreams of flying or falling are conscious remnants of this astral projection.

I alluded earlier to the white light. This white light is an express train to the soul plane-the plane where you will evaluate your past life and choose your next one. Your Masters and Guides and "dead" relatives and friends will
advise you to enter this white light. If you do, then all is well and good. But, as I've mentioned before, if you don't, you become what is known as a "troubled spirit" and remain on the astral plane, unsure of who you are and what you are supposed to be doing. You can be observed on the earth plane as a ghost or you can be unobserved and just wander around aimlessly. You will be reminded again and again by your Masters and Guides to enter the white light, but nothing can force you to do so.