@ Tyger for me no, I do love scary things but for her yes because it completely freaked her out she was 8 at the time. I would like to know how to ward off the scary ones when they tend to show up more than once.
At her age it is very likely she was 'picking up' your imaginations in this area.
For such a young child, tell her to think of beautiful things in nature - like a field of buttercups rippling in a tall green field of grasses, and waving in a sweet-scented breeze under a sparkling sun. Tell her to imagine the sky with its puffy white clouds so blue as blueberries-and-cream and think of the scent of roses - imagine the rose, the velevety petals, call up the fragrance. Tell her a story rich with these images - and with goodness and grace - and protection woven into the images and storyline. There are wonderful stories you can get if you can't think one up. [Nature is extremely important - take her into the snow, let her swim with the dolphins - nature is the great healer.]
I am reminded of the Romans since I am currently doing a lot of reading of the period leading up to the period after the fall of Rome. The Romans were incredibly nervous, very superstitious, jumping out of their skins at the merest breath of an elemental being. It's really an impediment to intellectual thought as evidenced with the Greeks, who were far more grounded - the Delphic Pythia notwithstanding - and as a result were able to really use their intellects. The Romans - even acknowledging their amazing engineering feats - did not really add to the intellectual treasure trove of humankind. There is a trade-off whenever the 'psychic' is indulged.
@Goggs I never heard of the hat man but I will be sure to look it up.
Oliver Sacks book: "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales".
Keep in mind that 'psychism' is not acknowledged in mainstream psychology as a legitimate experience. Rather it is interpreted as an aberration - 'hallucination' - but you probably already know that. However, Carl Jung seriously considered it.
If you are cursed/gifted (take your pick) with an atavistic clairvoyance, you need to understand the realm you are 'looking into' and how you both manifest and draw to you in that realm. It's not a place you really want to go - the potential for derangement is very real. Always distrust anything that seeks to make you fear. Seek out meditation - Buddhist meditation is good - attached to a teacher - because this realm you are finding yourself connected to they talk about in their world view and you may discover a path through it to your advantage.
@Ufology because I have witness these things my whole you can sense spirits which I am sure you know kind of like the something in the room you can sense it but you can't see it...it's the same feeling.
The key is to bring these things into conscious thought and self-knowledge. The subtle realm you are both sensing and 'seeing' is 'peopled' with people's imaginative creations. They do not have independent life (exactly as we view 'life'). You are in a hall of mirrors. It is a place one can wander for a long time. It's up to you - your free will choice and inner work - how long you stay there.
