Here's an interesting question that arrived in my inbox recently:

Dear Karen, I'm curious whether you are using the vocabulary of energy and astral bodies and such metaphorically, or whether you truly believe that the previous owners of a house can imprint unpleasant energy and somehow cause the new resident to get fat?

I've been pondering this same topic of late while writing my new Space Clearing book, so the question is very timely. I've been pondering how amazing it is that walls, furniture and objects can act like a tape recorder for events that happen in a place. They are made of just ordinary materials, after all, so you wouldn't think it would be possible. But it is. I'm not talking metaphorically at all. I can actually read imprints in with my hands as clearly as I can read words in a book with my eyes, and I have trained other people how to do this too.

In fact, reading a book with one's eyes is a very good analogy for explaining how the process works. How is it that we are able to translate the tiny geometrical shapes we see printed on a page into meaningful - and sometimes highly complex - concepts just by scanning our eyes over them? Most people would not be able to explain this if asked, but we all do it just about every day of our lives. With hand sensing the principle is the same, but it's unseen energies rather geometric patterns that are being read and translated. And with practice, it can be developed to a very high level of accuracy.

Can anyone do it? Yes, to a certain extent. In my public Space Clearing workshops I include a section on hand sensing and 99% of participants report afterwards that they are able to feel the difference between energies that are stagnant or free-flowing, dense or buoyant, prickly or soft, and so on. The technique is done not by touching objects but by holding the hand a few inches/centimeters away. Being able to read energies of this type gives a very useful indication of the effect a room will have on its occupants.

To learn how to read astral imprints take a lot longer - years in most cases, and only a few people ever become very proficient at it. Etheric imprints determine the general feel of a place; astral imprints contain the precise history of what has happened there. Repetitive behaviours and traumatic events are the most deeply imprinted, and it is also possible to detect a range of information about previous occupants such as their state of health, fitness, prosperity, happiness, and so on. All the professional practitioners I train learn to be able to read both types because this is what enables them to read the energetic cause of problems in a client's home when they conduct a Space Clearing or Clutter Clearing consultation.

In feng shui terminology, the combined etheric and astral imprints are known as 'predecessor energy', meaning the energy left in a place by previous occupants, and it is a well-established fact that this energy tends to cause history to repeat itself and affect future occupants. And of course while you are living in a place you are creating imprints yourself, which will affect you while you're there and will affect future occupants after you leave. Sometimes it's just stagnant energies that accumulate on an everyday basis causing you to feel stuck, but if you've been through tough times there your own imprints will affect you in more profound ways, perpetuating the problems.

The beauty of the Space Clearing ceremony I've developed is that it safely and effectively removes these imprints in order to give people a fresh start. Other energetic techniques may move energies around but real skill is needed to be able to permenantly change spaces for the better. My advice is to be extremely wary of any professional space clearer claiming to be able to do this unless they can read energy imprints in such a way that you're sure they are not making it up. If they give you some story about previous occupants that you can't substantiate, or run around clapping, belling or waving incense about without doing energy sensing at all, then they are doing it blindly.

In the early years of training Space Clearing practitioners, many of my students gave up because they weren't prepared to do the personal work to develop their subtle body structures to be able to accurately read energies in this way. They sought out other less demanding methods such as dowsing, which can be learnt in a one-day workshop but is notoriously unreliable. Now I'm happy to report that all the professional practitioners I train are able to access deep levels of information through hand sensing, and clients find it to be one of the most interesting and insightful parts of a Space Clearing consultation. And of course the more accurately a space clearer can read imprints, the more effectively they can clear them and transform the energy of a space, which is the whole point of doing hand sensing in the first place.

Copyright © Karen Kingston, 2009

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Margaret

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I read your article about clearing clutter when returning home from overseas and realised I had been living with very few possessions for 3 weeks, so now was the time to get busy.I have sorted and sent on their way 8 boxes, what a mammoth job, I still have to look through the 8th box as it is letters, cards & accounts. The amazing thing is where did I get the energy to do this? It took a day and a half of solid SLOG, but I am so happy it is done. Thank you for the motivation.

Monday 15 June 2009, 06:13

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danielle

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Aloha,
Reading this article reminded me of the Ashram Record spoken of in 'The Third Eye' written by T. Lobsang Rampa. Thank you for all You do!

Monday 22 June 2009, 18:14

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Tuesday Lobsang Rampa was born Cyril Henry Hoskin in Plympton, UK. He claimed to have been a Tibetan Monk. When it was revealed that he had never even been to Tibet he claimed that his body had been possessed by the spirit of the monk when he was concussed after falling out of a tree while attempting to photograph an owl. Possibly the above reply is not that great a compliment.

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Peggy J.

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Thank you Karen, I always appreciate your articles. I recall your saying about a decade ago when I attended your CA workshops that you never wore jewelry and thought of you the other day. I simply had to take mine off - even a ring I had worn for over 30 years. I have always gone barefooted although I love beautiful shoes too. Blessings.

Tuesday 06 October 2009, 09:56

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Many years ago I was having a negative period in my life and after reading your book I used the clapping and ringing bells technique to clear the space. I immediately felt a difference in my home but was sold on the idea when a friend visiting the next day asked if I'd replaced all the light bulbs in my home with a higher wattage. The place looked so much brighter. I've done this space clearing method ever since, every time I move into a new space to live or work, and I've also done it for friends.

Tuesday 27 October 2009, 12:53

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