For the December Issue of Haunted Australia's popular Newsletter, I interviewed a well known psychic here in Perth . Audra along with her partner Sharon run my favourite crystal shop in Perth Crystal Magick, don't despair if you are not in Perth though, their great, very reasonably priced products can be bought online at their webpage.

Question 1: When was your first psychic encounter?….

My first encounter would have been around the age of 6. I used to sit on my great grandfather's bed in South Perth while he meditated in his bedroom.  He had a pentagram drawn on the floor and sat underneath a pyramid he made out of steel.

Question 2. How long have you known you had psychic abilities for?

For as long as I can remember, I had a friend who was in spirit, a young girl, I cannot remember her name, but she would have a place set for her at the dinner table. My mum thought I was weird, but went along with it.  I have always seen spirit, My grandmother visited me when she passed over, I was 12 years old and laying in my bed at night when I saw her come in and move things around on my dressing table. She smiled at me.  I was not scared, I told my mum in the morning that Nanny had visited me the previous night, mum was very amazed when she received a call from the nursing home to say that she had passed over, and that it was at the exact time that she had come to my room. 

Question 3.Were you scared when you first realised you had these abilites?  

I only get scared if the energy is not from the light, I have had a couple of bad experiences with spirit, but most of the time there is no need to be scared, they are just as scared sometimes, they don't know what is happening to them.

Question 4: What abilites do you have clairaudient, sentinent, voyant? Do you use cards Etc…..

I am all of the above, it depends on what I am doing at the time, I hear, see, smell and feel.  In my readings, I start using Crystal cards, and work with psychometry (reading jewellry or photos), I then have spirit come in and they tell me what to say to my clients.

Question 5: What tips could you give to someone who is trying to tune into their intuition more, who is trying to enhance their psychic connection

 Don't try so hard!   Look for coincidence's, things that seem to just happen, they all happen for a reason, there is no such thing as coincidence.  just listen to the voice inside your head, or your "gut" feeling. Spirit never steers you wrong. A good trick I tell my clients is if you are coming up to a set of traffic lights and they are green, just keep saying over and over in your mind, "stay green, stay green", and see if you can actually make them stay green, quiet often just as you pass through them they will change to amber.

Question 6: Have you ever encountered something nasty or that you felt wished to harm you or the person you were reading?

Once I was trans-channelling and an entity came into my body, it was very dark, and cold, I was lucky that I was with a few of my collegues who could see what was happening, it took 4 very good clairvoyants to help remove the entity from me,  That doesnt happen all the time, and yes it was very frightening for me.  I also was shown one night when I was holding a meditation group a nightclub disaster,  I was taken to a nightclub and above the door was the words "Chicago" , once inside, there was a lot of smoke, and people running around hysterically, I could barely breathe, outside I could here sirens and people shouting, it was just after 9/11 and I thought at the time that it may have been a terrorist attack.  The next morning a friend who witnessed what had happened told me to turn on my tv.  On the morning news a night club in Chicago America had some problems with airconditioning, there had somehow gotten smoke in the system and people could not breathe, they were running around frantic that they were being attacked.  So  I was shown at the exact time that it was happening in America .

Question 7: What do our departed loved ones want us to know? Why do they come to the readings, what do they get out of it? Healing?

They want us to know that they are still with us, that if they were in pain in the physical life that they are okay now, A lot of people worry when our loved ones cross over that they are still ill, but that is not the case, they go through a healing process.  Its a case of easing our minds and being able to "let go" of our loved ones and let them move on to a more beautiful space.  It is mainly a healing for the ones left behind, when they come for readings, we want to know that they are alright, they give confirmation, by passing on names, events etc. to me to ease the mind of their loved ones left behind, the information they give, gives proof that I have the right loved one with me at the reading.

Question 8: Have you ever encountered something not human (pet, angel, fairy) during a reading?

 I have a cat that has passed onto spirit, she is with me a lot, at night I feel her on my bed,  quiet often I will get someones pet come through, again it is basically to ease the mind of those left behind that our loved ones, be it an animal or human, are actually ok.

Question 9: In your experience have people who have passed ever shared through readings or your own communication with them what dying is like? Are people who passed surprised at the experience, scared have they ever described the other side to you?

 Some have, from what I can understand of the cross-over process, it is a wonderful experience, I have been told that it is pure love, a feeling nothing like you could ever imagine, people have told me of going through tunnels and seeing a bright light. Not one person who has ever experienced near death is scared to die.

Question 10 :What do you as a clairvoyant want us (the living) to know, what have you gained the most out of your gift that you could share with us.

I believe that we are never truly alone, people we love and have contact with on the earth plane are always with us, in some small way.  There is life after death, I strongly believe this, as I have had too many experiences to not believe.  There is nothing to fear in death, it is a transition period for something far better than we can imagine here on the earth plane.  I feel that "my gift" is to let people know that they will always have a connection with the ones we love who have crossed over.  I believe that our loved ones are trying to help us in our journey, they try to give us direction to make our path easier, all we have to do is listen and believe