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An extract from an interview I did with the website 'The Barefoot Buddha'

We took great pleasure in having the opportunity to Interview Jacky Newcomb – The Angel Lady recently and share with you below the questions and answers. Some of which came from you.

Jacky is an award winning, Sunday Times best selling author, columnist and paranormal experiences expert specialising in angels and the afterlife. Jacky’s most recent and 11th book ‘I Can See Angels’ was published in 2010. She has published hundreds of articles about psychic phenomenon, and is a regular columnist for Take-a-Break’s Fate and Fortune mag. She is a popular radio and TV guest and has worked with such people as presenter Gloria Hunniford, Most Haunted’s David Wells and Richard Felix, and musician and presenter Myleene Klass. Jacky has appeared on many television shows including This Morning, LK Today (The Lorraine Kelly Show) and LivingTV’s ‘Psychic Live’. Jacky has taught literally millions of people about angels and the afterlife through her books, articles, talks and broadcasts!

Jacky’s specialist subjects are: Angels, Afterlife, Spirit guides, Spirits, Near death experiences, Out of body experiences, Past lives, Between lives and before life memories, Psychic children/new age children, Psychics and mediums, Afterlife contact, Psychic protection, Guided meditations.

BB. How and when did you became aware that Angels are around us?

JN. I had my first experiences as a child and then as an adult I began researching the phenomenon in depth. In the end I read so many positive experiences of angel contact I realised that ‘of course’ angels exist!

BB. If a loved one has passed can they then become our Guardian Angel or do we have a Guardian Angel from birth? Does everyone have one?

JN. Sort of. They don’t become angels in the traditional sense (not a being of light who works alongside and for God our creator) but if you were to ask me do our deceased relatives watch over and protect us then yes, I have hundreds of stories which illustrate this totally. Grandparents often visit their young grandchildren after they pass over and bring that exact message, ‘even though I am no longer here I will always be your guardian angel…’

Yes, we all have a guardian angel.

BB. Is there a difference between Angels and Guardian Angels?

JN. In the traditional classification yes. Angels are divided up into different types and sit on different ‘levels’ and like the hierarchy in a business you have some who are more advanced and specialised than others (the boss is at the top!). The highest of the angels work closest to God and the lowest work most closely with humankind. The word Angels describes ALL of these beings/levels and the word is also used to describe the lowest levels of angels (the guardians). Other classifications include the Dominions, and Virtues.

BB. How can Angels help us in our daily lives?

JN. They can assist with all sorts of everyday things. It doesn’t have to be life threatening. Their main remit is love and protection but they can offer guidance by helping to point us in the right direction (literally even) and making sure that the right people enter our lives at the right time.

BB. What is the best way to connect with Angels?

JN. Ask them for their help! (Or if you want a little more practical help then have a read of my illustrated book ‘Angel Secrets’ for chapters of ideas.

BB. What is your most memorable experience with Angels?

JN. There have been so many it’s hard to choose really but probably the first one I remember which is when I was about 5 years old and being swept out to see on my rubber swimming ring. I felt surrounded by a peaceful and calm feeling and then was able to ‘swim’ back to shore (strangely my swimming ring had lost it’s air and I didn’t learn to swim for real until many years later!) A voice spoke inside my head and offered to help…it was magical and I believe it was my guardian angel.

When I first started investigating the angel phenomenon I was bowled over by the incredible stories I’d heard of angel intervention and life saving experiences. For many people, an ‘angel experience’ begins a life long interest in these beings of light. If you believe in angels then angel experiences are ‘proof’ of their existence. If you don’t believe in angels then it’s hard to ignore and write-off these stories completely. They can’t all be co-incidences surely?

Angel experiences have a certain something about them. People say, ‘I just knew it was an angel’. There’s a feeling or a sense about it which is difficult to explain to anyone else. Usually there is no ‘proof’ and often the experiences happen when one is alone – perhaps that’s part of the magic!

If you are interested in the spiritual side of life then you might not need ‘proof’ that angels exist at all, I know that I don’t. Science after all is limited. Parapsychologists who believe that some paranormal events or beings can be measured come up with several difficulties. First of all we don't really know where to look for angels and secondly we don’t know how to look…even if we did, we don’t yet have equipment which could measure the existence of angels. How would we provide such evidence of these celestial beings? Would we even know if we’d actually gathered the proof we were seeking? Science at least is at the point where scientists are saying that in theory at least, it is possible that these other dimensions and our ability to perceive them are possible, so watch this space.

When I was a young girl I used to wake up night after night and ‘see’ someone in my room. My Dad would do the fatherly check and open the curtains, look under the bed and open the wardrobe door. Of course he never did find anyone but I knew that someone was with me – always. Yet I didn’t really think about it at the time, and the problem was that no one else could see my guardian and so, for everyone else, he did not exist. But for me he was there.

As I got older I read more about the existence of angels and the afterlife and I realised that my own guardian had been communicating with me the whole time. Many other experiences over the years suddenly seemed to make sense. The warning voices in times of trouble, and the ‘gut instinct’ which got me out of trouble and probably saved my life. This was my angel at work.

ps The angels at the top of the page are part of my angel collection at home.