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Please keep in mind this is a brief guide and nothing in spirit work is a hard and fast rule and this list is by no means the only ways to go about spotting an imposter. Don’t forget that spirits claiming to be your ancestors are included in this guide.

Communication with imposter spirits can/will:

- Be vague

- Distract you from your concerns

- Ask you to hurt yourself or someone else

- Imply they know everything or things they shouldn’t know – (for example, they can’t read your thoughts or if a spirit, who would have died in the 1800s, claims to know how to use a computer)

- Talk about themselves as being infallible

- Claim to be a famous/historical figure you didn’t seek

- Make you feel negative or sick after interaction (ruling out medical issues)

- Make you start acting in ways that are uncharacteristic of yourself, including changes in your daily routine (ruling out medical issues)

- Be offended if you want to verify who they are

- Be impatient or demanding

- Expect you to change aspects of your craft to accommodate them (this is different than suggesting you practice your divination or meditate more – that affects you more than them)

- Expect you to rely on them for all aspects of your life, including outside of your craft

- Ask you to hide things from people you’re normally open with or tell you that you’re not allowed to tell people what you’re doing

- Change its name, or is inconsistent on their identity (for example, if they claim to be a deity that oversees certain things, then later denies that characteristic)

- Ignore boundaries you’ve set up

- Promise more than they deliver

Communication with proper spirits can/will:

- Offer hope, strength, inspiration, and encouragement

- Show patience – they have no rush to get results and will wait the necessary time to watch you develop

- Have no issues with their identity being questioned

- Not punish you for mistakes or doubt

- Send signs you ask for to prove their identity or should be able to name family members if they’re truly ancestors

Tips:

- The longer you work with a spirit, the more likely that they are who they say they are. Imposter spirits cannot keep up a façade for too long

- The way a deity interacts with someone will likely not be the same way that a human spirit or a land spirit interacts with them. (For example, the Christian God is believed to be infallible and punishes sin but you will know that going in.)

- If you work with a deity or spirit you’ve already vetted, they can act as a guard from other spirits. Check with them on a spirit’s identity before or even during communication

- Spirits brought forth by previously vetted spirits are most likely always going to be who they claim they are

What’s in a name? What might have inspired Outlander’s episode titles?

Holy Bible (King James Version), Genesis 2: 21-25

21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

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