Spirit guides - everybody has one whether they know it or not. Anything that is not physical is considered as a spirit, whether it be spirit guides, faeries, ghosts, angels, etc. Some people see spirits, hear them or feel them.

I can feel my spirit guide. I was sat in my room last winter, at the computer, talking to my Wiccan friend, and my room was quite chilly. I was sat in my pyjamas, some trousers and a t-shirt, and I was quite cold. All of a sudden, a patch of skin near my right forearm turned scorchingly hot, and I also had pins and needles in that area. The rest of my arm was still cold, and my other arm was cold as well. I was aware of a strange presence in my room, though no one else was in there that I could see. I told my friend that I felt something strange and he said to ask if it was my spirit guide. I said if you are my spirit guide, make my arm go cold and take away the pins and needles, then make my arm warm again with pins and needles. And that is exactly what happened.

I wouldn't have believed that was my spirit guide, but what made my mind up was that my arm had gone warm again.

That has only happened again twice since. Also, my Nan passed over last year, and on the night she passed over, I saw a white shimmer near my light. At first, I thought my eyes were playing tricks on my, so I sat up and rubbed my eyes, but the shimmer was still there, clear as ever. There wasn't any shape or form to it, it was just there. I have only seen that a few more times, mainly in the time I was nervous about something. I had a mock interview at my school, and again I saw that white shimmer when I woke up, and I knew, as long as my Nan was watching over me, everything would be ok. I am so convinced that the shimmer is my Nan visiting me, because also on the night she passed over, my Mum said she felt an icy cold hand gripping hers, but she was too scared to look up, so she lay there in silence until the cold hand went.

When my friend, *O* was little, and she lived just round the corner from me, she woke in the middle of the night once, blinded by a bright light. She looked up from her covers, but she couldn't see because the light was so bright. You know how it is, you wake up in darkness, turn on the light, and you have to wait for your eyes to adjust? Well, because she did not know what it was, she hid under the covers, and when she came back out, it was morning. When she told me this, we were puzzled over it. We went over different reasons, such as the bright light could've been a torch, or when she came back out from under the covers to find it was morning, she could have fell asleep, or passed out. But nothing can change her mind, on that night she claims she saw an angel, and still does to this day. I'm not so sure, I have mixed thoughts on this topic.

When I cast a circle, I ask the Lord and Lady to join, the elements, and my spirit guide. I know I have at least one spirit guide, whether it is my Nan, I do not know, but I still ask my relatives that have passed over to join anyway. I still miss my Nan a great deal, but it is soothing knowing that she is there. I have never asked to talk with my spirit guide, I wait for my spirit guide to talk to me, only then I will ask questions. I do not worry about where my spirit guide is, because I know he / she is watching over me, if he / she wants to contact me, he / she knows they can do at any time. I have not asked my spirit guide any questions yet, I am just happy knowing of his / her presence.

I do believe in spiritual beings, such as dragons, faeries and angels, I just have not had the privilege to be acquainted with them yet. I have drawn a picture of what I think faeries look like, she is sat in a medieval castle window on a bench, watching the moon. There is a royal blue carpet on the floor, and she is sat in a crimson red dress, with aqua green wings, shaped like a butterfly's wings. She has deep, sea blue eyes and is wearing a purple tiara. Of course, this is my stereotypical point of view of a faery, because I do not know what they truly look like, I hope they are not offended by my drawing! I have not yet drawn any pictures of dragons, but usually I can only draw when I am overly tired, but can not sleep. Drawing helps me to relax, in a way, it is my form of meditation, but I get to draw out my meditation, so I pour all of my thoughts into the pencil and let the pencil do the work. I have also drawn angels, but in the Manga form, like in Japanese cartoons, with the square jaw and square eyes. They look ok, but it only takes me five minutes to draw them, not much effort and I draw them on scrap paper when I have nothing better to do in school (I know, I should be working, but it's hard when you could fall asleep to the teacher's voice - LOL!).

I have astral projected once, but not onto the astral plane. I got stuck in my body, I could see my astral arms and I was waving them about, but the rest of my astral body wouldn't move, then I was forced back into my real body. I have never been able to astral project to my will, that time was spontaneous, but I believe that faeries and dragons and spiritual beings exist on the astral plane. I would love to meet them someday.