
“Just as there is physical pollution, so there is a type of psychic pollution in the world. And that is the psychic soup in which we live.”
“The more open and the more sensitive and the more evolved you are, and if you’re really aware of your instinctual nature and the earth, you get really clobbered.”
“And what you don’t realize is that it’s not your problem. And the harder you work on it, the more you suffer.” ~ Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, Feminine Consciousness & Masculine Mind
In my own journey, it took me a long time to de-condition and realize that not everything that I was feeling or experiencing was actually mine — that was something of a revelation when I heard it and understood it well.
Now, thanks to the good fortune of working with some adept and wise teachers, the altering after-effects of several ‘Epically Transformative Events‘, and doing the Underworld-initiate cycle, it makes a whole lot more sense.
Learning more about the ins and outs of Energy Wisdom became a necessity, really.
In our culture, we’re not taught Energy Wisdom — one of the ancient areas of mastery and wisdom, and a foundational one.

So Empathic-Sensitives, or Clairsentients (those who have a strong Clairsentient capacity for sensing and feeling ‘between the lines’), often learn that the heightened sensitivity and finely attuned sensory perception is aberrant, flawed, and wrong, and that what’s being sensed “isn’t really there.”
It isn’t flawed or aberrant, it’s just been forgotten and dismissed. And often what’s sensed is in fact there, if not visible or ‘sensible’ to those who are differently ‘wired’ and less sensitive than innate Empaths and/or Clairsentients.
Other ‘Clair‘ types receive similar messages in our culture, too, even now, because the culture is deeply steeped in the banishment and repression of Right-brain, Feminine and heart-centric gifts and ways, including abilities to sense the ‘Unseen’ and know there’s more than what our human eyes see.
We’re coming along in the remembering — re-membering — of this wisdom, but it’s easy to see the suppressive conditioning even now.
Regardless of cultural norms, as Empathic-Sensitives, we’re well-served by becoming more aware of how energy works and how to discern when we’ve been flooded with the ‘psychic pollution’ as Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee very aptly calls it.
Once we really get this and understand how and why it is, then we can become more skillful at recognizing, tracking, clearing, and disengaging (versus wrestling with, etc.) with what may seem to be ours (because we’re sensing it so strongly sometimes) but is not.
And we begin to see things differently, and certain things make a lot more sense, when we include these ‘energy dynamics’ and ‘energy hygiene’ in our ways of understanding.

Given the stirred-up and often intense — and very polluted — quality and condition of the shared energy and psychic field these days (there are quite a few things that mix into that cocktail!), it’s a really good thing to realize or be reminded of.
This is but one of the ‘foundational facets’ to these Ways of Wisdom and what I call ‘energy hygiene’ that I often explore with clients and Wisdom Ways apprentices, but I’ll leave it at this for now.
You’ll find more about Energy Hygiene in the Empaths & Sensitives Series, and several energy hygiene audio programs in the Feminine Mojo Mystery School & VIP curriculum archives.
If you prefer more personalized coaching? Have a look at the May Day Current Specials.
In the meanwhile, be well!
Big Love,
Image Credit:
Garbage-polluted waters photo from Cookiesound – visit the article here – it’s a good one.
April 27, 2016 at 7:32 pm
Wise words Jamie. Daily energy clearing and re-connection is vital when we work in spiritual healing. I am so sensitive to other peoples energy and I am impeccable in keeping my sacred space clean and open. I have learned many lessons along the way when I have not been disciplined in this practice. Thanks for another great post. ❤️❤️
April 27, 2016 at 10:29 pm
no kidding! we think we have the cocoon sealed – not! not easy being so attuned to all of those intimate earthly energies…even human ones. daily maintenance…trod on!
April 29, 2016 at 4:51 pm
Thanks for sharing from your experience, Karen. It’s true that those of us who are particularly empathic/clairsentient would feel the ‘psychic pollution’ (and energetic) more acutely, as with other types of energies and shifts. Like barometers (and sometimes, wittingly or not, unrecognized ‘transmuters’ or filters!).
Even many of us who’ve practiced for years know that the shapeshifting and intense energies require more mindfulness (and any who’ve practiced for years know truly and well that it’s always a matter of ongoing practice!).
And lol about ‘learning lessons along the way when I’ve not been disciplined in this practice.’ ditto! 🙂
Blessings to you! Jamie
April 29, 2016 at 10:56 pm
Blessings to you also Jamie ❤️
April 28, 2016 at 12:55 am
I may need to start setting personal notifications to remember to perform routine maintenance. To this point I have been lackluster at keeping the ebb and flow. Thank you.
April 29, 2016 at 4:46 pm
Thanks for stopping by. Honestly, between acceleration (frequency, ‘time’ … or the experience/perception of it) and a pollution-rich ‘psychic soup’ as LV-L calls it, even if we’ve practiced for years (as many of us have), we find that regular reminders are most helpful. 🙂
April 29, 2016 at 7:57 am
Beautiful words you write Jamie, I make it a daily practice to cleanup and be aware of old stories…. Barbara x
April 29, 2016 at 4:48 pm
Thanks, Barbara. I’m glad it resonated. Yes, with the shapeshifting ‘shared energy field’, it’s very much a daily or at least regular practice for many of us, indeed (per my comment to vulcan/pyromancerv’s insight). Plentiful blessings! xo Love, Jamie
April 29, 2016 at 5:44 pm
I notice how easily my moods are polluted by others’ negativity, so it’s a good reminder to look after my psychic health!
April 29, 2016 at 8:22 pm
It’s actually really helpful once we start noticing this, and kind of amazing, too. It’s one of those areas where ancients knew much more than we do about these things, though we’re remembering. 🙂 xo J
November 18, 2021 at 10:34 pm
amazing blog thx for sharing love and light!
November 18, 2021 at 10:36 pm
amazing blog thx for sharing love and light!
November 19, 2021 at 1:26 pm
Thank you for visiting, and for leaving some love. 🙂 Happy Season of Lights!
November 20, 2021 at 2:31 am
psychic gifts are always growing and developing great article love and light
December 11, 2021 at 4:04 pm
Thank you for stopping by Sophia’s Children, Eve! This is very true that these gifts are always growing and developing and evolving (and maybe adapting, too) as things change around us! Be well and have a wonderful, inspired Season of Lights. Jamie