History and background
For much of my life I struggled under a huge load of
unfinished business, both family and personal, and was very handicapped because
I was being eaten alive by the energy vampires in my family. I did not realise
this for many years, as I had never known any other way to be.
Things improved when I found help in the form of books; I
benefited greatly from the publishing explosion of books on metaphysical
subjects, books that I first encountered in the late 1980s and early 1990s. For
the first time, I found information that was relevant and useful: it helped me
to understand what had been going on in my family.
I had many light bulb moments and started seeing patterns
and making connections. After reading
many biographies, I realised that similar unseen influences had been operating
in families other than my own. These families often produced creative artists:
female writers in particular.
I made a lot of notes, and sent some of the material with
my conclusions to a family member in the form of letters. This was after a last
straw moment. Apart from saying “You have given me a lot to think about”, she
made no use of the information.
I mentioned some coincidences and discoveries to a few
colleagues, who were mostly not very interested. In any case, I was mainly
gathering information for my own benefit.
My life improved enormously for a few years: I used my
new knowledge and understanding to turn everything around. I experienced a lot
of good luck rather than bad, and beneficial rather than harmful coincidences
and synchronicity. I naively thought that the worst was behind me, but actually
it was still to come. Perhaps escape is not that easy.
I was hit very hard by long term unemployment, a
devastating personal disaster that completely derailed me and an unwise
involvement with an organisation that I was horrified to discover was very
different from what it professed to be. I was right back in square one: it was
as if the good years had never happened. Life became one long fight for
survival again: I could not live on coincidences and interesting information.
In paranoid moments I wondered whether all these problems
had been set up to distract me from my investigations, or even as a punishment
for speaking out for the first time ever about such things as energy vampires,
and for saying that enough was enough where my family was concerned. That is
certainly what some conspiracy theorists would believe.
Another possibility is that the handful of good years was
the reward for or result of my investigations and inner work to date, and I
would not get any more until I had earned it. Perhaps the good years were
arranged to give me a taste of what was to come if I could only survive the
coming disasters.
I eventually resumed my investigations after finding work
in a different field. I analysed the events of the interim years and looked for
the usual patterns, connections and unseen influences. My life improved to a
certain extent, and I attribute much of the credit for that to the approach
that I took in trying to come to terms with what had been happening. I was also
very fortunate in that some of my new colleagues behaved as if they had been
given orders to look after my work-related interests at a time when I could not
do this for myself: they helped to get me going again.
This time around, I was able to make use of the Internet
for research. After some years of this, I found Anna Valerious’s blog Narcissists Suck
- just after she had decided to
concentrate on other things. It inspired me: I suddenly had the idea of doing
something similar. I still had copies of the original letters, and in the
intervening years I had made extensive notes from books while sucking the juice
out of them before passing them on to charity shops. I decided to go ahead: I
would create a blog, overhaul my material and put it out there.
Dick Sutphen’s book Unseen Influences was the inspiration
for the title of this blog. I decided to do it under the name of Unseen
Influencer: I am not trying to promote myself or be a front for a business, and
being anonymous makes it easier for me to speak freely.
Purpose of this blog
I have created this blog in the hope that some people
will find the material interesting, informative and useful and my speculations
illuminating. It might add an extra dimension to the interpretation of the
events of their lives. I want to be part of the ripple effect. I want to help
more people whose lives have been blighted by unseen influences to realise that
they are not alone, and that something can be done to improve their lives.
Sources of the material
The raw material comes from my memories, my research and
my notes; I have mediated it through my own opinions, deductions and ideas. I
have first-hand experience of how unseen influences can operate, and I have
augmented this with material gleaned from a large number of books. I have tried
to give credit where it is due: I have mentioned the books’ and authors’ names
where I remember them. I sometimes need to rely on vague memories of books that
I read and gave away decades ago: as this is a blog and not an academic
document, complete accuracy is not essential.
I am sure that some people from previous centuries would
be horrified by the way in which they and their lives have been written and
speculated about, but this can’t hurt them now and their stories may help other
people to put their lives into context.
I have given some examples of unseen influences operating
in the lives of people around me: this is usually in connection with events
that occurred many years ago, and it is extremely unlikely that any of them
would ever read this blog. I have withheld many of the best examples as
unfortunately personal information is an essential part of the story.
Comments policy
After looking at other blogs and reading about other
bloggers’ experiences, I decided not to accept comments. I am not intending to
host a forum or a discussion group, nor do I hope to build a community. I want
this blog to consist of just my own material, and I would rather spend my time
on producing more articles than on moderating comments.
I can be reached at unseeninfluences@gmail.com,
and will consider posting and discussing suitable comments received via this
route.
Disclaimer
The Unseen Influences blog is an informal record of unusual personal experiences. It also contains the results of many years’ worth of research into unseen influences from freely available sources together with my interpretations of and speculations about this information. I have recorded patterns that I have detected and connections that I have made. The information provided here is for general interest only, and no substitute for professional advice and expert opinions, guidance and treatment should these be necessary.
Certain links on this site lead to information or resources maintained by third parties about which Unseen Influences makes no representations as to accuracy, or any other aspect of such information or resources.
Use of this web site constitutes your understanding of and consent to these terms.
Copyright all material © 2009-2023 Unseen Influences All rights reserved worldwide
unseeninfluences@googlemail.com
The Unseen Influences blog is an informal record of unusual personal experiences. It also contains the results of many years’ worth of research into unseen influences from freely available sources together with my interpretations of and speculations about this information. I have recorded patterns that I have detected and connections that I have made. The information provided here is for general interest only, and no substitute for professional advice and expert opinions, guidance and treatment should these be necessary.
Certain links on this site lead to information or resources maintained by third parties about which Unseen Influences makes no representations as to accuracy, or any other aspect of such information or resources.
Use of this web site constitutes your understanding of and consent to these terms.
Copyright all material © 2009-2023 Unseen Influences All rights reserved worldwide
unseeninfluences@googlemail.com
