PSYCHIC FLOODING HERALDS 
SPIRITUAL EMERGENCE* 
by Sasha Lessin, Ph. D.

Sometime, your psyche will flood you.

Your psyche--the mysterious, inner you--engulfs you with images, voices, sensations, emotions and intuitions  

     Spiritual Emergency is a relatively new term for what many societies recognize as Shamanic Initiation into heightened power and perception for the good of the community.  The initiate is--in our society, as in less technological ones--psychically flooded.  

THE COMMONEST PSYCHIC FLOODS:

PEAKS. You merge momentarily with another person, creatures, nature, the universe. You transcend time  and space, feel ecstasy and choose true love, justice, beauty.

KUNDALINI QUICKENING. Heat and energy rush up your spine, shake and twist you, shake your chakras. Peace, sorrow, fear, rage, then rapture run you. You may relive birth and prior lives. You could, in a trance, sing ancient chants, perform sacred dances or do yoga poses. You might meet an archetype.

DYING (ALMOST). You (and, usually, a Being of Light) review your life. You learn love and wisdom.

PSYCHIC SEEING. You know how events fit together. Perhaps you intuit what your eyes don't see. Or foresee scenes, view yourself from afar or know what other people think.

RETURN TO CENTER TO RENEW. You drop your bland self-image, get grandiose, then--with support--mature. But first you imagine yourself responsible for a final war of good and evil. You may waver between feeling male or female. You obsess on death, sacrifice, martyrdom. You go on an inner quest, unite with a divine archetype. You return to save the world.