The Rainbow Shell is a very simple exercise for building and maintaining personal boundaries. I was taught how to do the Rainbow Shell by a man who ironically was psychicly victimizing me at the same time, without his realizing that he was dream-stalking (a variant of dreamwalking). Nice guy, good intentions, no clue. He taught it to me as a way to keep out "wandering spirits". I didn't realize at the time that I could have used it to protect myself against him. It is a very nice exercise, in that it is a fairly obvious visualization than can be understood by children, even those too young to understand many words. It doesn't require a lot of training, but does require attention and focus.
This is what you do. You know what an egg looks like. You know that there is NO way into an egg without breaking it. Eggs with the strong, flexible, leathery shells are almost impossible to break, too! This egg is not an ordinary egg, however. You know the way rainbows look up in the sky? Lovely, wonderful light bright colors, but elusive -- you'd grasp and it would slide away from your fingers before they got there, like smoke in the air. This egg's shell is made of rainbow, with the rainbow stretching from the bottom of the shell to the top. When I do this, obviously, the person to be protected is INSIDE the shell. I mentally keep the rainbow shell in subtle motion, so that it will deflect anything from any direction, and that whatever is coming at it won't have a sense of how to target an entrance point.
I'm not sure HOW this works, but I think part of it is simply that it requires so much concentration to keep this visualization going, especially in motion, that I can't pay attention to other subtleties. Try it out and see if it works for you.
I use this with my children, all of whom have suffered from periods of unusually intense nightmares. I try to teach the visualization to the child, so they feel empowered in their own protection. I also teach the child prayers, using positive visualizations ("What would you LIKE to dream about?"), and other similar ways to focus and protect themselves. When I am trying to protect a child, or someone who is ill or otherwise vulnerable, I try to expand the size of the shell to encompass the child as well as myself. I find that I personally have little luck maintaining the shell when the child is in a different room than myself, but have heard of folks who are able to place this protection around the entire house or apartment in which they reside.
There are other ways to develop and sustain personal barriers. Read, explore. It is said that when the student is ready, the teacher appears; when the teacher is ready, the student appears. Try this, try other visualization exercises that seem appropriate and sensible to you, and trust that some sort of guidance will come along if it is needed.
The protections I have been talking about here are fairly simple, and are intended for the same low level of psychic activity discussed throughout this site. These are NOT intended as sufficient protections in the case of an aggressive and intentional psychic stalker or what is known as "psychic vampirism." If you suspect a more intense or serious situation is developing or present, you will need to seek substantial assistance. Don't be alone, if you can help it, or alone with the suspected attacker. My understanding is that the Roman Catholic Church has in recent years given much more attention to exorcism. I have very little information about this (I hear there is a book on this topic either forthcoming or recently released), but it may be helpful to ask for help from that direction as well.
Rita's Chakra Class. http://vzone.virgin.net/jason.davies4/Articles/chakra.htm
Go down the page towards the bottom and the text "Here is a description of how to produce a barrier or shield, using the universal energy and the chakra system."
COMMENT: Those instructions may help give another way to think about this exercise. Whatever you find effective in your own life is what we want from this. Try your own visualizations if that helps. Study a martial art if you are really feeling threatened. The way they think and use space can really help with this process, in addition to helping you take some sort of action to feel that you are ready and willing to defend yourself.
Fowler, Gary. Psychic protection. http://www.garyfowler.com/psychicprotection/
COMMENT: Gary includes several related descriptions and variations on psychic protections. A very professional and well done list. Highly recommended, however requires a high end web browser and high speed internet connection.
Jentoft, Peggy. Protection. http://www.solarraven.com/Protection.html
COMMENT: She includes a reference to a technique called Paul Kater's Sphere, which is almost identical to the above 'rainbow egg.' http://www.solarraven.com/Katersphere.html
Sewell, Brenda "Rion." Healing Energies and Techniques. http://www.itzarion.com/energywork.html
COMMENT: What makes this description particularly valuable is the concept of always having the protection immediately accessible.
DragonStar: Psychic Protection: http://www.whitewolfstar.net/teaching/protection.doc
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