Psychometry is the psychic ability to perceive information about a person, place or event through physical contact with an object. Psychometers hold or handle an item – jewellery, a photograph, a weapon, a letter – and tune into the impressions, emotions and history it carries, working on the premise that objects absorb and retain energetic traces of what they've touched or witnessed. It's one of the more tactile and immediate forms of psychic work, turning an ordinary object into a doorway onto its own hidden story. Therefore, as a psychometer, it is important to be mindful of what objects we come into contact with and what we touch...
One of the most interesting experiences that really brought this home to me was when I encountered some World War Two memorabilia 22 years ago.
Regrettably, the memorabilia in question was not from allied forces, but some specific nazi memorabilia an ex-boyfriend's uncle had collected. He was an interesting character who was fascinated by various periods in history and his house had a buzz; a perceptible, clairaudient hum most likely due to the various objects (and attachments) he had feverishly gathered over the years. In the centre of his living room, for example, was a cog from a panzer tank that he hoped to turn into a coffee table.
Onerous artefacts
He had mentioned that he had some artefacts which were somewhat unpalatable and ethically onerous, but that he had acquired as part of other collections. Curiosity got the better of me and I simply had to see these objects because they are not something one would come into contact with outside of museum spaces, and even then, certainly not artefacts that belonged to, or celebrated, such a heinous period in time.
In an upstairs bedroom, unceremoniously heaped, were two nazi daggers, an SS pin badge and a German propaganda magazine from 1933. I foolishly picked up the items to look closer and did not realise that in doing so, I would put myself in energetic danger. They were unassuming objects really, authentic and well crafted and what one would expect to see. After looking at them and reviewing the magazine, I returned to my group and we went on with our day.
A psychometry hangover
That evening I felt deeply unsettled – on edge and uncomfortable. My living room felt 'loud' but I couldn't determine why. The next day, I awoke with an appalling headache. The kind that pins you down and holds you there, eyes shut tight against the dark of the room. Knowing this was unusual and felt too oppressive to simply be dehydration, I 'looked' into the space around me and saw a man. Eyes very wide, slicked back black hair and dressed in a forties-style double-breasted suit. I called in sick for the day as I could not move from my bed.
I contacted my friend who practiced shamanism. I explained I could feel I was under psychic attack but said I would not say what I had seen because I did not want to lead her. She said she would journey to the space and see what was there.
Releasing the attachment
When she did, I immediately felt relief. She explained to me that she travelled to the space above me and there stood a man with black hair and a forties suit. We both remarked how odd to see a man with such dark hair given what he was affiliated with. My friend was blond-haired and blue-eyed, and the man remarked on her beautiful appearance. She told him that she did not, in any way, share his ideals.
He had been attached to the pin, but knew that he was dead. He was quite happy to continue what he believed to be the good work of the reich and so was endeavouring to trap children on the other side. He declined to go on, but detached at her request.
I had felt this happen and was deeply relieved that he had at least gone elsewhere.
The importance of clearing in psychometry
As with much of my spiritual practice, I learned in the deep end and this highlighted to me not only the importance of being aware of who and what one touches if you work with the gift of psychometry, but also the importance of cleansing self and space before, and after, working with objects.
A PhD candidate exploring death, memory and material culture, Tia Price brings rare academic depth to the psychic arts, having presented her work at international conferences and contributed to The Routledge Handbook of Death, Heritage & Museums. Join her to discover what the objects around you are really trying to tell you.
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