A Look into My New Book and the Unknown with Psychic Medium, Kathryn Kauffman

A Paranormal Suspense Novel as Life Imitating Art

When I decided I wanted to write a book about a hospice nurse who could see the spirits of those who come for the dying, I did what any former journalist turned novelist would—I began my quest with research. I used what I knew from personal experience, interviews and articles I’d read to craft the story and character of Indriel Luce—a woman with the first name of an angel and a last name meaning light. After I wrote, Lead Me From Temptation—a work of fiction that is tagged at booksellers as paranormal suspense—I felt the need to take a deeper look into the world around me that I didn’t see, but my main character could.

I contacted a Psychic Medium—a person who has the ability to sense and communicate with beings and energies in other dimensions including those who have died––and asked for an interview. It occurred to me after I’d fired off the email that 1) someone with this type of ability might not be interested in speaking with a fiction writer and, 2) I should consent to a mediumship reading myself. How else could I validate the answers to my questions?

Psychic medium, Kathryn Kauffman in Lexington, Kentucky graciously consented to my interview not knowing anything about me other than what I’d told her in my email or what she could’ve read online. What I discovered after meeting her was that the universe is uniquely designed to bring people together as Ms. Kauffman was not only a psychic medium, but also a nurse—just like the heroine in my book.

Kauffman has the ability to speak with those who’ve crossed over as well as those who’ve stayed behind on this dimension. I asked her to “read” me and connect with anyone that might want to contact me. I won’t share that very personal experience, but I will say that from the moment I walked into her office and she said she had messages for me, I was astonished to say the least.

I’d read up on minimal encouragers or clues someone could use to read my reaction to information in order to skew it in the right direction (the look on my face or a tiny nod to show the person they were on the right track with their reading) and went into our meeting prepared to be stone-faced and unaffected. I didn’t matter.

Kauffman had a page of messages written down and waiting for me before I arrived. And her messages were spot on.

She conveyed things she couldn’t have possibly known—things I’d never shared with anyone except for the person who’d died. I was floored and honestly had a hard time pulling myself together to conduct the interview on the heels of the reading.

That being said, the experience did allow me to pose questions I might not have otherwise asked.

As a psychic, Kauffman can foretell the future. As a medium she can connect with those who’ve passed.

We’re all on an energy path in life according to Kauffman and it’s created out of positive and negative decisions. For the most part, it’s a predictable journey. To look into someone’s future, she deals with the person’s living energy and can see a predictability based on the way they make their decisions.

I wondered if that meant we all had a predestined life and according to her, the answer is, no. “Eighty percent of everything in a psychic reading can change simply by a person changing their predictability pattern,” explained Kauffman. “When someone makes a conscious decision to change the course of their life a whole new energy path starts to develop.”

This was a reaffirmation of what I always believed to be true. You are the captain of your own ship in life, even though the rough seas. But what about looking into the past and connecting with people no longer living?  

Kauffman has been dealing with the otherworldly her entire life, discovering her abilities at an early age while living on Midway Island in the South Pacific.

“My first recollection is at the age of four. I remember I was alone in my room and I could hear heavy breathing. So I held my own breath and that someone or something continued to breathe.”

Kaufman, who has two aunts who perform professional readings, spent the next twenty years opening herself up to her abilities. From age 20 to 40 she practiced nursing and was a highly accommodated ICU nurse with experience in seven different specialty areas. “All through nursing school and being an ICU nurse I always did readings on the side for my friends and family. If a friend of a friend needed help they would send them to me. Then I got involved in some paranormal groups and volunteered my time with them. In 2004, I joined Kentucky Paranormal Investigations until they dissolved in 2013.”

Donating her time to helping those with paranormal problems, Kauffman has assisted numerous families deep in the throws of a haunting. “I’ve seen a lot of paranormal activity and I’ve seen a lot of paranormal activity in the hospital. It’s not all––good.”

Being the curious person I am, I wanted to know how I could be in touch with the universe like my character, Indie Luce. According to Kauffman it has nothing to do with magic and everything to do with Quantum Physics and Mechanics—the study of the behavior of matter and energy at the molecular, atomic, nuclear and even smaller microscopic levels––but in particular, brain waves.

Our brains are comprised of a tight network of nerve cells, all interacting with one another and creating an electrical field—your nervous system. Anywhere there’s a nerve cell there’s electricity. And since the biggest concentration of nerves are around our heads, that’s where most of the action is.

All our thoughts are formed in this electrical field and the measurable happenings in our brain’s overall electric field are our actual thoughts racing through the mind. In fact, as you read this article, you are creating energy because your thoughts are energy—just like everything else.

This brings me back to brain waves. Kauffman gave me an interesting lesson during the interview. These are the basics:

There are a few types of brain waves and based on what we are doing, these waves operate at different frequencies.  Most of us work throughout the day with Beta Waves flowing. At 14-40 HZ this means you are awake, alert and have focal awareness. This is where we are able to complete tasks.

Alpha wave 9-13 HZ is a relaxed, calm state where we are in a light meditation. This can happen when we are reading or into a movie, daydreaming or for me as a writer, when I’m in the zone. “Alpha is also where the Schumann Resonance resides,” explained Kauffman.

Schumann Resonance is the global electromagnetic resonance phenomenon of the earth. Which means, when we daydream or in my case write, we are in perfect harmony with the earth. “The vibration of the planet is identical to your brain wave state and this is where psychic communication can take place.”

Theta wave, 4-8 HZ is a trance like state. This according to Kauffman is where the dead communicate. “It is a deep, meditative state and I have to prepare for it. I do an hour of meditation before I see a client for mediumship.”

According to Kauffman, Theta is also your sleep state—where the dead communicate in your dreams. “If you’ve had a dream of someone who has passed, that is an actual communication. They wait until you get into Theta wave and dial you up. Theta wave is like the dead’s cell phone signal.”

But according to Kauffman the way the dead communicate through dreams isn’t always literal. “Unless it’s really obvious, you have to look at the whole concept of the dream to interpret what they’re trying to convey.”

Finally, there is Delta wave, 1-3 HZ, which is deep unconscious sleep. Delta is involved in triggering the release of hormones that help the body heal and recuperate and also plays a role in transferring new learning into long-term memory storage. It is the brain wave of most babies.

Because it’s all energy and brainwaves, Kauffman believes that everyone has the ability to be in touch with the other side. “I hate it when people say, ‘it’s a gift.’ It’s an ability. Just like going to someone to fix your car, they have the ability to do that. You could learn to fix your own car but you probably don’t want to. Everyone has the ability, but most people shut it down, block it and say it doesn’t exist. There’s nothing mystical about it. It’s all energy.”

If anyone can reach that level after years of practice and meditation, how would one ever tell the difference between the messages they are receiving from the dead and their own thoughts? According to Kauffman, it simply sounds different.

“Your intrinsic thought has a different tone. The message you receive has another amplitude than the thought. It’s louder and it impresses upon you more.”

Kauffman explains that she can do psychic readings all day, but mediumship or speaking to the dead is different. “I limit the mediumship because if someone was sick or hurt badly, I feel what they feel. One of the ways they communicate is to show you the pain because it’s an identifier of who they are and what happened. I have to be careful how many I do and I try to limit it.”

In fact, Kauffman restricts the amount of communication and will only do one mediumship a day, three days a week.  “When it starts to become too much, I have to push back. It’s an energy exchange. I push them away and I stay in charge.”

When I asked about spirit guides, she laughed. “I hate the cliché spirit guide and I wish there was something else to call them. They’re here to help us and it cheapens it to me to try to put a face on them. It’s just the mental image you make up.”

Kauffman was straight forward in her reading with me and does this with all her clients. “When I do a mediumship, I’m going to give you exactly what I get. I want to use my abilities to help or clarify a situation.” She intentionally leaves out accidents and deaths. “If there’s nothing a person can do to change what’s going to happen then I’m not helping. I’m only causing undo stress and anxiety.”

When I asked if that was a heavy burden to bear she confirmed for me that it was.
In fact, she gets messages she can’t do anything with. “I’ll be in Theta wave at two in the morning and there are those who are like, Hey Kathryn. Let’s talk! If I have a mediumship the next day, sometimes they’ll (the dead) show up the night before.”

Kauffman also feels as if what we see on television isn’t necessarily true and reality TV is not all real. “I think people come here and expect the Long Island Medium and as you can tell by looking around you, it’s not really that way. I don’t doubt the readings, but the set up is probably a little more than real. I do think people are more open to this type of communication because of what they’ve seen on TV.”

And she’s right. People are flocking to psychic mediums for answers. According to the American Federation of Certified Psychics and Mediums, Inc. More than 670,000 people paid to consult a psychic medium in 2012. Sixty percent of those clients were women as opposed to men.

But what are some good reasons to seek psychic counsel?

“On a psychic level, I would say that 80% of the people who walk through the door to see me already know the answer to their own question because their subconscious is already connected to everything. I pull messages from the subconscious and interpret them for the client. What I do is give them clarification and verification that what they are feeling is correct—because most of the time they already know the answer to their question.”

Others come to connect with those they’ve lost. Kauffman makes no guarantees that a loved one will come through in a mediumship or that the person you want to connect with will show up. In fact, you could come looking to connect to a brother or sister and end up hearing from a long lost uncle or an old neighbor.

Before I ended our interview, I asked her if she could give one piece of advice or information to the world what would it be.

“What happens after you pass is determined by your own consciousness,” Kauffman explained.

Then she asked me a question of her own.

“Kris, what do you think happens to you when you die?”

I explained that I felt like I’ve always strived to be a positive force in the world. I like to think of myself as most people do, full of light and love and I hoped when I died I would move toward the poetic white light I’d always read about.

Her reply?

“You’re not moving toward the light, Kris. You are the light.”

*NOTE: While interviewing Ms. Kauffman, I used a digital recorder. She encouraged me to do so during my reading as it’s easy to forget messages that come through. It did not capture the first part of my meeting with her, which was my reading. But when I began to ask her questions strictly for the interview, it did record (cue the creepy music).

About Kathryn Kauffman

Kathryn provides private readings, mediumship and paranormal services for the communities of Lexington and Louisville Kentucky. She has published works in meditation, poetry and paranormal subjects on Kindle. She is an active teacher and offers seminars, private lessons and weekend intensives on Beginner and Advanced Psychic Abilities. 

To read more about Kathryn or to schedule an appointment or phone reading go to: www.kathrynkauffman.com or email at kkauffman309@gmail.com

Lead Me From Temptation by Kris Calvert

LEAD ME FROM TEMPTATION

Indie Luce is burnt out, broke and Divinely Marked. A hospice nurse acutely aware of the Spirit World around her, she tries desperately to piece her life together after the suicide of her twin brother just one year ago. Taking a position to provide end-of-life care for one of the most powerful men in the world, she finds herself unknowingly in a battle for her sanity and more importantly her soul.

 As a spiritual war rages silently onward, descendants of those like Indie are systematically tempted and taken and the momentum to tip the scale into depravity becomes impossible to stop. What Indie Luce doesn’t know about her past could place her future in the hands of Darkness.

 Can the light of one selfless young woman hold the key to the delicate balance of good and evil? She is only one. But what if one is all that is needed?

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