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Practical Psychic Self-Defense: Understanding and Surviving Unseen Influences

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Is everything that goes on in your mind really you? Really your thoughts and desires? Perhaps not, says Australian psychic researcher Robert Bruce, author of the highly popular and groundbreaking Astral Dynamics . It's not all angels and light beings out there aiding our enlightenment. Unseen psychic forces called Negatives--Negs, for short--are affecting us in many ways, and the more aware we are of this, the better we can choose whether to let this continue to happen. Based on more than two decades of firsthand research and experience, Bruce reports that our minds are subject to influences from many unseen spiritual sources. Some of these influences and energies are not wholesome and try to affect our thoughts and behavior in unusual, even inappropriate, ways. They can influence how we think, feel, act, even how our bodies function. They can make us unhappy, irritable, confused, sick, unstable, even crazy. They can interfere with us, disturb our lives, even attack us psychically. This is why we need practical tools and countermeasures for psychic self-defense, all of which Bruce provides. He explains everything you need to know--who the Negs are, how they work, how they affect adults and children, and how to resist their interference. Think of this book as a supernatural expose for the beginner, a survival guide for those living the nightmare of being influenced by unfriendly spirit beings and forces of darkness, says Bruce. "I have lived through everything I describe and have spent decades searching for ways to survive and create spiritual peace and quiet for myself."

352 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2002

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Robert Bruce

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Robert Bruce is an English-born mystic author living in Perth, Australia. Bruce is best known for his studies of Out Of Body Experience, which first became public in the early 1990s through his activity in the alt.out-of-body Internet news group. Over time, he collected and peer-tested his findings in an evolving set of articles, A Treatise on Astral Projection, which he later expanded upon substantially to form his first book, Astral Dynamics, which has sold over 50,000 copies as of 2008.

In 2008, Robert Bruce was listed as one of the world’s foremost OBE experts by EnlightenmentNext magazine.

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May 6, 2013
It's one of the first books about psychic self-defense I ever read. It provides the reader with tons of theory and a lot of practical methods that one way or another help you protect yourself against unwanted spiritual influence. Robert Bruce mix a lot of different traditions and practices together, adding a bit of his personal experiences. This book isn't the only book about psychic self-defense that you should read - you won't learn everything from this single work. But you will learn a lot. Enough to give you the basics which might safe your soul.
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December 29, 2007
A book filled with practical advice on countering negative entities briefly explained in his previous book Astral Dynamics.

An essential read for anyone going into this arena, its not all rose tinted glasses perfect world, there are dangerous & malicious beings you can encounter & in these pages are practical advice for protecting yourself.

Some parts are a bit hard to swallow but overall a fine followup to Astral Dynamics
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November 15, 2018
Guys, I was raised in an African tradition, so I saw possession cases with my own eyes... everything that he describes in the book, how the things work, how to protect ourselves it’s what I learned! So I strongly recommend this book. Robert uses an easy way to explain and he really knows how psychic attacks manifest
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July 8, 2020
Thank God for this book! And the author for writing it so well.
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May 23, 2021
Excellent introduction to a broad range of metaphysical concepts. Essential.
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August 24, 2025
One of the best books out there on the subject, right up there with Dion Fortune
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