Ted Andrews
| Ted Andrews | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 15, 1952 Dayton, Ohio |
| Died | October 24, 2009 (aged 57) Jackson, Tennessee |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Writer, clairvoyant, lecturer |
| Known for | Author of Animal Speak |
Ted Andrews (July 15, 1952 – October 24, 2009) was an American author and teacher of shamanic practices who claimed to be clairvoyant. His book on animals as spirit guides and symbols, Animal Speak, sold almost 500,000 copies from 1993 to 2009; the influential Llewellyn-published book is widely cited by others.
Andrews was born in Dayton, Ohio; he had six siblings all of whom were given names beginning with the letter 'T'. He spent most of his childhood east of Dayton in the city of Beavercreek. He claimed to experience clairvoyance, seeing things that adults could not. He spent a lot of time walking through the woods with his grandfather, learning about nature. Andrews worked at Brukner Nature Center north of Dayton in Troy as a trail guide and animal keeper.
Andrews also read voraciously from the public library. A book of short stories sparked Andrews' interest in Jewish mysticism, in practical Kabbalah—the fictional story featured a group of Jewish mystics who used the Kabbalah to create a golem of mud to fight the Nazis. In 1970, Andrews graduated from Carroll High School in Dayton, a private Catholic school.
Andrews worked for 10 years with the Cincinnati Public Schools as a teacher and counselor, including 7 years helping children with special needs. When he and the other teachers at his junior high school were each required to form a club for the students, he started an "ESP Club".
Andrews read about the occult, mysticism and metaphysics. In 1987 through Llewellyn Publications, he produced his first book, Simplified Magic: A Beginner’s Guide to the New Age Qabala, a guide to practical Kabbalah which was later reprinted as Simplified Qabala Magic. In 1991, he wrote How to See and Read the Aura, in which he says that "the aura is the energy field that surrounds all matter. Anything that has an atomic structure will have an aura..." Andrews wrote that the aura is a proven scientific phenomenon which can not only be viewed by humans but also manipulated using metaphysical practices such as the Jewish Kabbalah and the Indian pranayama.
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