Wow starchie, what a great post! Thank you for being so discriptive & thorough. I found the information very helpful & have a bit to say on it.

First, your methods of visualization before contact are very similar to my meditation methods , & my method for re-aligning my chakras(as a matter of fact the color sequence is spot on w/the chakras). This method makes much sense to me, as I understand it to be a very important 'preamble' to any form of contacting spirit.

Second, thank you for recognizing & stating how important it is to close that 'door', once the session is over. I made a similar statement on my post 'EVP's', about closing such doors after an EVP session. Also I find that if I ask source/God to only send positive energy/spirit my way during a session, my request is usually met. But your right, if one is not in the right 'mental' frame of mind they will end up attracting neg energy/spirit, in spite of asking for positive because you pretty much 'get' what you 'put out'. So if your depressed or mentally unstable it does infact attract similar entities/energies, that will feed off this neg energy. Very important tip, & very good of you to include it, thanx!

Next, the white light of the Holy Spirit. I also use this method both when I do an EVP session, & when I meditate. Oh & also when I prepare myself for an astral travel trip during sleep. No I'm not Christian, but I do still use the term "white light of the Holy Spirit" when I ask for protection on my journeys. Or sometimes I just refer to it as "white light of source/God". I feel so protected when I use this method, it really does offer a ton of security for me. I usually do this method before AND after any spirit communication to protect me & get rid of any risidual energy.

I like that you remembered to include the sentence structure in the automatic writting bit. I find it very similar to the form Edgar Casey's messages came through...the ajective coming after the noun. My mother tried to partake in automatic speech once about 20 yrs ago after finishing an Edgar Casey book on the subject. She said that after her visualization method, once she was in an Alpha state, she began to feel her lips perce up, like voice was getting ready to come through.She said it felt like her lips were being manipulated or pinched. This freaked her out even though it was normal & to be expected in this excercise(according to Edgar's book). To her she said it just felt to strange lending her body to spirit & not having 'control' over her own mouth so she broke the session because of unfimiliarity, & a bit of fear(personally I think her fear had more to do w/her 'control' issues, as she was a bit of a control freak at the time!-Very hard to lend your body to spirit, when you always feel the need to be in control.). I wonder if you also experience the lip percing thing, & if so , is it as scarey as she described or just a bit uncomfortable?

I wonder too if you tape your automatic speech sessions for analysis, or do you just simply remember the communication once your fully conscious?

I'm glad to hear that your spirit guide accompanies you on these journeys, I always ask for mine to be present, but I'm still not sure if he/she is there w/me, as I have only heard it once during a meditation & usually don't recieve a visual or energy stamp w/it.How cool that you recognize & communicate w/yours. Maybe he only shows up when your outside because he's more a 'nature' spirit guide for you. You might have a totally different guide for indoors that accompanies you, as I have found that we usually have more than one guide for the many different aspects of our physical lives. I don't know, that's just my opinion, but I could never say for sure. Do you feel/sense another type of guide when you do the exercise indoors?

Well thank you so much for the great exercises & tips I'll make sure I follow all of your directions as I practice. I will keep you breifed on my progress, & experiences. So excited to get started starchie, many thanks to you.