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  CONTENTS

  Titlepage

  Praise for Salicrow

  Copyright

  Dedication

  Foreword

  Acknowledgments

  Part 1: Childhood 1: Raised by Wolves

  2: Ancestors and Guides

  3: Grammy Brown

  4: The Witch in the Kitchen

  5: Through the Looking Glass

  6: Lucid Dreaming

  7: Death Surrounds Me

  8: What Lurks in the Dark

  9: How Old Am I?

  Part 2: Darkness and Light 10: When My Father Found God

  11: Baptism

  12: Eleven Pounds in Eleven Days

  13: The White Witch

  14: Lessons of the Water

  15: The Dead Zone

  16: Body Dowsing

  17: Grammy Brown Is Dead

  Part 3: Fate Intervenes 18: Disordered Thoughts

  19: Mad at God

  20: Vermont

  21: Stopping Time

  22: Little Gold Bag

  23: Friend of my Soul

  24: Meeting My Future

  25: It’s in the Cards

  Part 4: Foundations of Home 26: Motherhood and Awakening My Gifts

  27: Kaolin, My Trigger for Growth

  28: Visits from the Dead

  29: Manifesting Home

  30: Kinetic Force

  31: I’m Normal

  32: Touched by Spirit

  33: The White-Haired Man

  Part 5: The November Incident—Part 1 34: The Persistence of Spirit

  35: Adam

  36: Opening to Spirit

  37: Brillo Pads and Fire Hoses

  38: Joe the Shaman

  39: Remembering Egypt

  40: Finding My Voice

  41: Kundalini Rising

  42: No Sleep for Days

  Part 6: The November Incident—Part 2 43: Visiting My Father

  44: Boxed up and Manic

  45: Backyard Communication

  46: Christmas with the Spirits

  47: Scaring My Daughter

  48: Gifts from the Earth

  49: Possessed

  50: House Call

  51: Turn down the Volume

  Part 7: The Voice of Spirit 52: The Long Road to Closure

  53: The Language of Spirit

  54: Psychic Amnesia

  55: Spirit GPS

  56: Phone Calls from the Dead

  57: Family Reunion Guest

  Part 8: High Cliffs and Deep Water 58: Jump Girl

  59: Guided by Fate

  60: Working with the Gods

  61: Queen of Pentacles

  62: Honoring Self

  About the Author

  About North Atlantic Books

  Jump Girl

  The Initiation and Art of a Spirit Speaker

  A Memoir

  Salicrow Psychic Medium

  Foreword by Robert Simmons coauthor of The Book of Stones

  Praise for Salicrow

  As the founding publisher of North Atlantic Books, I was integrally involved in the discovery of Salicrow and development of Jump Girl. I am grateful to Robert Simmons for bringing a remarkable shaman to my attention. I had a similar experience to Bob, as Sali manifested a credible version of my mother, dead forty-two years. Whether one accepts the explicit existence of an afterlife, Sali has demonstrated that the universe is incomprehensibly complex and filled with disembodied thoughtforms and spirits as well as denser life forms. Through the many events on diverse worlds and across multiple dimensions, these entities, in all their vibrations and incarnate states, work toward overall clarification, healing, and personal evolution. As Jump Girl’s first editor, I was blown away by the difficulties Sali had to overcome in order to accept and refine her talent. Jump Girl is also a young-adult romance, a coming-of-age adventure, and the redemption of a rebel teen.

  —Richard Grossinger, founding publisher, North Atlantic Books

  Sali is truly extraordinary. I met her a year ago and since that meeting, my feelings of intuition have been validated, and I have a clear vision of how to move forward on my journey. I now have a clear understanding of how my past life has affected my present life. Her spirit and her energy are contagious. Sali never misses a moment to teach and to share her wisdom with those around her. The roots of her knowledge run deep, and I am blessed and grateful to know her and learn from her. Do not miss an opportunity to meet Sali or have a reading by her, I promise it will change your life and the way you think.

  —Shannon Maley-Shaurette, WI

  I met Sali at the beginning of my energy-healing journey. She was doing tarot readings in my town. She was so “on” that I knew she would one day be a spiritual teacher that I would learn from. Recently I followed Sali into the woods to speak with water spirits. That night, I had the most inspiring dreams of fairies dancing and awoke with a freed soul. I have taken a runes class with Sali that is still shifting my perspective of the Divine, the inner knowing, and the power of the ancient wisdom within us all. With Sali I always feel safe to open up and be me. Simply put, she is an amazing intuitive leader!

  —Emmi Chapdelaine, VT

  I became aware of Salicrow through her social media presence a few months ago. Her writing style and knowledge base intrigued me. I made the three-plus hour trip to meet with her, and she is as powerful and captivating in person as her online personality alludes to. I look forward to her upcoming publications and working with her again; she has much to teach.

  —Francesca Piper Koss, MA

  I have hosted several parties at my home with Sali—past life readings, tarot card readings, and the most amazing séances that have connected me and many of my friends with loved ones that have passed. All I can say is that you will leave a session blown away. She is an amazing woman with an incredible gift. I promise you will not regret any session you choose to have with her. On a final note, I highly recommend the past life reading. It gave me so much clarity in my life.

  —Jill Cornellier, VT

  Sali has a gift like no other. We met several years back at a ladies weekend. She is the most amazing physic medium I have ever met. She has traveled to my hometown for personal readings that proved extremely comforting to family members. Anyone that gets the opportunity to see her will be extremely impressed by her gift.

  —Paula Jacob, CT

  Copyright

  Copyright © 2018 by Salicrow. All rights reserved. No portion of this book, except for brief review, may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the written permission of the publisher. For information contact North Atlantic Books.

  Published by

  North Atlantic Books

  Berkeley, California

  Cover design by Jasmine Hromjak

  Interior design by Happenstance Type-O-Rama

  Printed in the United States of America

  Jump Girl: The Initiation and Art of a Spirit Speaker is sponsored and published by the Society for the Study of Native Arts and Sciences (dba North Atlantic Books), an educational nonprofit based in Berkeley, California, that collaborates with partners to develop cross-cultural perspectives, nurture holistic views of art, science, the humanities, and healing, and seed personal and global transformation by publishing work on the relationship of body, spirit, and nature.

  North Atlantic Books’ publications are available through most bookstores. For further information, visit our website at www.northatlanticbooks.com or call 800-733-3000.

  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Names: Salicrow, author.

  Title: Jump girl : the initiation and art of a spirit speaker : a memoir /

&nbs
p; Salicrow, psychic medium.

  Description: Berkeley, California : North Atlantic Books, [2018]

  Identifiers: LCCN 2017040670| ISBN 9781623171926 (trade paper) | ISBN

  9781623171933 (eISBN)

  Subjects: LCSH: Salicrow. | Mediums—Biography. | Psychics—Biography.

  Classification: LCC Bc12f083.S283 A3 2018 | DDC 133.9/1092 [B] —dc23

  LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017040670

  North Atlantic Books is committed to the protection of our environment. We partner with FSC-certified printers using soy-based inks and print on recycled paper whenever possible.

  This book is dedicated to my family, ancestors, and guides.

  To my husband, Noel, who holds my heart and keeps me grounded. To my sister Sandy, who has been my companion on this spiritual journey that I call life. To Grammy Brown, who taught me the old ways of magic and spirit. To my father, Richard, the one-eyed crow, who taught me to be a spiritual warrior. To my children, Levi and Kaolin, who have healed my heart. To my grandchildren, Sage and Persephone, who are the future and who bring me tremendous joy. To Adam and Peter, who have helped me become the medium I am today.

  Foreword

  By Robert Simmons, coauthor of The Book of Stones

  Is there life after death? Are spirit guides real? Can we believe people’s reports of experiencing telepathy, precognition, and clairvoyance? Should we take seriously our own experiences in these areas? The standard answer in our culture to all of the above is “No.” But something within calls us and makes us wonder. It would be so important—so life changing—if we knew for sure that the answer is actually “Yes.”

  I met Salicrow through a close friend who had lost her husband and hoped to contact him in the afterlife, if there indeed was such a thing. Her experience—her reunion with her husband through Sali—convinced her completely and comforted her enormously. So, my friend told me that I really ought to visit Sali myself.

  During the two hours my wife and I sat with Sali, my worldview changed. Before, I had hoped there was an afterlife and wanted to believe, but I always doubted. Yet somehow, in the homey living room of a woman I had never met, and who knew nothing about me, I was able to speak at length with my dead father, mother, and sister. The proof was in the details—both of them mentioned past events and people that I recalled clearly, but Sali could not have known. More importantly, the feeling of the intimate relationships that I had with each of them was palpable. Even idiosyncrasies, such as my sister’s trademark hand gestures, came through Sali. My wife had a similarly convincing contact with her grandmother.

  An experience like this changes one’s world. I went from hoping for an afterlife to knowing it is real. And if that is real, then how much more of the invisible phenomena we call “psychic” or “spiritual” are also real? We stayed awhile with Sali after the session. I was eager to know something about her. What was her background? When had she discovered her gifts? Were there any specific moments in her life when her abilities improved or changed?

  Sali’s book, Jump Girl, answers all these questions and more. It is by far the most engaging and fascinating memoir I have ever read. In person, as well as in her vivacious writing, Sali is forthright—she holds nothing back. Unconcerned with the dim view with which society often looks at people who live outside its norms, Sali recounts her life from before birth, almost to the present time. We read of her birth to a pair of unconventional (hippie) parents—her father a Vietnam vet and her mother a teenager. These freethinking, hard-partying role models gave Sali permission—even encouragement—to run free and explore her world and herself. This she has done with gusto throughout her life. Reading this book, one feels her exuberance. It nearly jumps off the pages.

  Jump Girl is a full confession, without guilt. Her family, from her grandparents to her own children, is of prime significance and is richly present throughout. Even as Sali awakens to the trove of paranormal talents that are hers, she remains utterly down to earth. She is the psychic who also heads the PTA.

  Sali’s story teaches the fundamentals of mediumship, psychic perception, geomancy, spiritual healing, and a basket of other unusual human capacities. We learn of them from the inside out, as they happened to her, and as they manifested in her relationships with family, friends, and clients. To those who have wondered what it’s like to have such talents, this book is an intimate revelation.

  How many other people do you know who have numerous ongoing relationships with friends who are among the dead? Or who interact with the archetypal spirits of ancient gods and spirit guides of all varieties? Reading Sali’s tale opens the mind to a wider, deeper reality, which is both deeply serious and incredibly fun.

  Though most of Sali’s work with clients involves mediumship—helping family members communicate with their dead relatives—her spiritual talents and interests are wide-ranging. In the book, she says of herself: “I am a witch. That is, I am a keeper of arcane knowledge, a practitioner of the magical arts. I am a diviner; I see into the future and the unknown. I am a medium because I communicate with the dead. I am a healer, and I am capable of speaking to the land itself and its creatures. The title of witch belongs to me.”

  On that first day when we talked after the séance, I told Sali that her story should become a book. She answered that she already had it in her plans. As we were coming to the end of the conversation, I asked her what she wanted from life. Her answer was characteristically quick and to the point: “I want to change the world. I do not believe I will do it alone, but if you ask me what I want, that is what I want. I want to change the world.”

  Though I am no psychic, I’ll make one prediction: As you read Jump Girl, you’ll understand who Salicrow is and why she wants to change the world. And if you’re like me, you’ll trust her, and you’ll wish her well. You might even want to help.

  —Robert Simmons

  October 2017

  Acknowledgments

  Writing my memoir has felt a lot like stepping through the other side of the mirror. I have opened my life so that others may examine it, the reverse of my work in which I am the one doing the examining and viewing. Courage was required as I was asked by the universe to lay myself vulnerable to the viewing eyes of all who would look. In doing so, I have told stories that involve more than myself. I have been honest in the stories I have shared, even when the truth was hard. With this in mind, I have changed some names so as not to draw attention to those who have not asked for it. This is the only veering I have done from the truth.

  I give thanks….

  I am thankful to my ancestors for the magic that runs in my blood.

  I am thankful to my family for the love and lessons you have given to me.

  I am thankful to my friends for accepting me as I am.

  I am thankful for the spirits for speaking to me so clearly.

  I am thankful to the earth for providing me a home.

  I am thankful to the gods for lighting my path.

  I am thankful for the universe for providing me with mystery.

  I am thankful to you the reader for taking the time to listen to my story.

  Part 1

  Childhood

  1

  Raised by Wolves

  My mind has always been old. My thoughts have never been limited like those of a child easily amused by the world around her. I have always been aware and have always remembered being more than this one incarnation, this one lifetime. This awareness made me very thoughtful about my life choices and the situations I landed in as a child. I remember lying in bed when I was about three or four years old and wondering if I had somehow made a mistake in my planning, for surely this was not the life I had intended. Had I really ordered up an existence in which my parents were no more than children living a life of parties, picnics, and crazy adventures? I had come into this life to do something, I had work to do, a purpose to fulfill. I don’t mean that these were actual formed thoughts; they were framed inside me in the
more ancient language of spirit.

  When I lay in my bed thinking in this swifter, lighter language, I was never just Sally Ann; I was a deep well of a being with many faces and experiences. I would lie in bed for hours, questioning whether my real life was filled with loud music, cigarette smoke, and my cat, Jasmine; or was this a dream? My other experiences—the ones I had in my dreams, and in the mirror—were they my real life? They felt richer and deeper, and I felt more connected to them. Yet I kept coming back to this crazy little life with its bunk beds and its curtains with images of Hummel figurines printed on them. Perhaps both kinds of experiences were real; in fact, I was pretty sure they were.

  I did know that whatever my real life was, my sister Sandy was part of it. I have no memories at all before Sandy was born. We were meant to be twins, but I was impatient, and she traveled a slow and bumpy road, which led us to a realm in which I was a year and a half older than she. Regardless of the difference in our age, Sandy and I came in together. No matter what reality we existed in, we would be there together.

  When I sat in front of the mirror or went to bed at night, I lived another life, a life that Sandy also experienced and understood. My mind was full of memories: people I had been, places I had lived, people I had known. I remember lying in bed with the early evening light shining through the curtains, thinking that the birthmarks on my right wrist and left arm were scars from another world, like the scars my father carried from his time in Vietnam. I didn’t question this awareness; I just knew it was true. I would think about my father’s stories of the jungle, wild monkeys and abandoned temples, and I would revisit them in their glory, going into the deep vaults of my mind to a time when these hidden temples, lost in the tangles of history, were fresh, alive, powerful. I didn’t know how I knew these thoughts were memories, but I did. I could easily identify the difference between fantasy and reality, and I identified these reflections as more than my imagination.