Ada: My Guide

I think it is time I introduced Ada in a little more detail. She is my spirit guide, and we all have one apparently. Some people are blissfully unaware of their guide's presence in their lives and never pay much attention to where those random hunches and gut feelings come from, and those caring entities are cool with that. They have no ego and don't take any credit for their work.

I actually have two guides, that I am aware of, although it is Ada who is at for forefront, helping me during readings and personal matters in a more obvious manner. The second guide I have is, Astarott. He tends to take on the form of a wise old wizard, think Merlin. I am under the impression that he deals with the major factors in my life. Maybe Ada is his little assistant, taking care of the life's general and lesser worrisome situations, while Astarott shapes me spiritually and prepares me for the next phase. As I do not know a great deal about him, for this blog post I shall focus on Ada.

Ada introduced herself to me when I was around nine years old. I first noticed her as a thought or feeling, something that was just there but not obvious. Later, her communication became more audible, until eventually she made her appearance known. Guides do not consider their identity an important part of their relationship with you, however. Some guides have no physical identity and their being can be anything from a spirit of a human, an animal or a simple essence.

As mentioned in my first blog post, Ada communes with me on five different levels, which are as follows:

Level 1 - Feelings / hunches
Level 2 - Audible thoughts
Level 3 - Audible conversation
Level 4 - Visual
Level 5 - One on one conversation / trance state

Which level we communicate within, depends on several factors, such as my mental state, level of relaxation, both our energies and many other elements can play a part on the quality or type of spiritual communication.

Ada is in fact, wait for it... A fairy. It is somewhat difficult for this red blooded male, to admit that I talk to a fairy, but she is what she is, and I can not and would not want to change that. She looks like a traditional fairy from the children's story books ("they had to get it from somewhere", she often says!), think Tinkerbell, and you are not far from how she looks; a little glowing star sat on my shoulder, whispering in my ear. And, she likes to point out that it's, Faerie (with a capital F), not fairy.

I was blessed with the most sarcastic, witty and humorous guide. Faerie folk are traditional renowned for their mischievous little tricks, and Ada is no exception. It can be quite difficult to do a reading for somebody, sat opposite you, with tears in their eyes, while Ada is in my ear, being sarcastic and witty.

I have always been fascinated to know where she comes from and I am interested to learn more about what a Faerie actually is. All I know so far is that, a Faerie is a spirit of the air and a guardian of nature. She once asked me "Do you know what happens to all the insects and creepy crawlies when they are squashed?!" To which I replied "They go to the spirit world like everything else?". Ada told me that insects are part of the nature realm, and when their physical body dies, their spirit lives on in the realms of nature, among the Faerie folk. The next time you step on bug, or purposely crush a spider with your slipper, pay attention and see if anything bad happens to you, such as dropping your phone down the toilet, or tripping over that said slipper!

I would love to share much more about Ada with people reading my blog. When she reveals more to me about the mysterious Faerie folk, I shall be happy to write that down too, My guide is the one whom has constantly encouraged me to write about our work together. Whenever I have started a blog or website of some kind, a big smile has spread across the width of  her face, quickly followed by a sigh of disappointment, when she realizes it's just another thing about baking, music or photography!

An Introduction

I suppose the best way to kick off this blog is to introduce myself and explain where I place within the realm of the supernatural.

My blog is about my psychic work and discoveries. I was introduced to the spirit world at approximately five years old, when a mysterious boy, around the same age as me, began communicating with me. To me, he was a real person, but to the adults and other children, I appeared to be talking to myself. To cut a long story short, "David" turned out to be something not of this world, whether he was just imaginary or not, it certainly opened up the door to the psychic realms for me, and so my fascination with it began.

I have struggled with my belief in the supernatural throughout my life. The more I analyze and try to explain it, the more unlikely it all seems. I also wrestle with the fact I am a man, and there is a hideous misconception that psychics etc. are female gypsies. My pride and macho traits sometimes prevent me from admitting that I have gifts. So I may be nuts! I don't care, I just say what I hear and strangely these insights come true or prove to already be true. It may all just be a big coincidence, I am open to that theory just as much as I am to the suggestion that the spirit world may exist :)

I prefer to call myself a medium, as I all my messages and dealings seem to be with spirits, and I am the medium and bridge between them and they client here on Earth. I don't receive random visions or prophecies, instead I am shown or told messages from my guide or specific and willing entities. Like most mediums, I have a spirit guide, whom for me is called Ada. Guides come to us in many different ways (and forms) and mediums converse with them differently at different times. Some mediums never have any obvious interaction with their guides at all, but just have a sense of something is there. Ada communicates with me in levels which are as follows:

Level 1 - Feelings / hunches
Level 2 - Audible thoughts
Level 3 - Audible conversation
Level 4 - Visual
Level 5 - One on one conversation / trance state

When I do a reading for something, Ada or other entities, communicate with me within levels 1 and 2. I prefer this, as it is difficult to have a conversation with spirit while talking to a client at the same time. For my own personal communication, myself and Ada converse within levels 3 and 4, during relaxation or meditation (which I rarely do these days!)

I, at Ada's approval, decided to read to earn a living. My friends encouraged me to do so, after receiving a reading from me. I began working on the phone as a agent for the Psychic Circle, doing several hours of reading a week. I then left there and embarked on a career in music as a graphics designer. I would later return to the phones as an agent once again, for Freeview's dedicated TV channel Psychic Today, which I believe now runs on Sky TV only. After a stint there, I left again and decided that I would only read free of charge for family and friends, or to those who desperately needed help from the spirit world. Working on the phone lines was far too repetitive for me. The same question came several times an hour, "Does he/she love me? Are they cheating on me?" These people had already answered the question themselves and were in denial.

Though my readings are usually interpretations or relays of my mental messages, I naturally became interested in Tarot cards, purely because I loved the imagery and symbolism. As a reading tool, I personally think they are best saved for self help and guidance. When it comes to reading for others, the mind is the ultimate doorway. Whether I use tarot cards for readings or not, I have still devoted twenty years to learning about them, and I am still learning to this day. The tarot has infinite interpretations and hidden meanings, that no one can truly be a master of it. It seems that no psychic or medium is complete, without a deck of Tarot cards and I am no exception (with over 50 decks actually, as I became a collector of Tarot and standard playing cards! I truly do love the artwork, hence my collection)

So, here I am now, blogging about it all, which I think is a great way for me to share my own experiences. As mediums we are always encouraged to write things down, which I never do, because I simply can't be bothered. But hopefully now, I will have more motivation!  I am aware that the subject is increasing in popularity and I sincerely hope anyone dropping by enjoy my stories.

What to expect from my blog in the future

• Stories of my experiences
• Messages and "predictions" of world events
• Manuscripts of readings I have done which I deem interesting (provided the client approves)
• "Teachings" of my own techniques for contacting the spirit world, which you could try for yourself 
• My own interpretations of  the Tarot

Basically, I am going to be talking a lot about all aspects of the supernatural and divination. There are many different areas to cover from runes, crystals, talking spirit boards (Ouija boards), seances, to dreams, spells, magic and astral projection. And I am lucky enough to have been given the opportunity to experiment with all of these things and read some fanatic books based upon them. Most kids want to blow their pocket money on sweets, but I saved mine to visit the book shop in town. The only books I can read is cookery and anything to do with new age and supernatural.

This blog is far from an ego trip for me. I can not take soul credit for everything I am going to write about, as I have learned from many great books by fantastic writers and experts, whom I shall acknowledge in due course. I have, over the years adapted things to my own liking, which is what being a practitioner of any art is all about. For years Ada has wanted me to write a book about spirit guides, and I personally think she's nuts! I do not have the time, nor patience for it, and I really don't think anyone would be interested in a book seemingly all about my guide! But this way, with a blog, I can share my stories and hopefully meet and talk to fellow mediums!