The Accidental Wizard: (1 The Accidental Wizard)

Everyone has a personal story to tell and this is mine. It is my sincere wish that by being totally honest and laying myself bare it may have a significant effect on you too in a positive and enlightening way. This story is a frank and humorous diary of my gradual realization of who and what I am, which is a modern day accidental wizard and angel photographer, combined with what my work as a science documentary director has taught me about the immediate future we are facing. The book starts the day my mother died. She was a healer and the effect her death had on me was to start to put into practice what she had taught me about realms other than our own. My account of what has happened to me and the information I have been given uses photographs I have taken to hang the framework of my story on. Each picture has a powerful set of circumstances attached to it and each one has a context and link to the next. My diary and the pictures associated with it have been carefully catalogued and cross referenced since the process began in 2006. The story is a very intimate and honest account of my journey, what I've learnt and how it might benefit others. My increasing awareness and sensitivity to the forces around us has been astounding and humbling. It has changed my life.

About the Author :
Simon's natural interests span human interaction, nature, science and technology. In a parallel career he has followed his vocation as a healer then exorcist. He has filmed around the world and developed a useful database of experience on a wide variety of regions. This includes studying things like whales in Alaska, making films on ground-breaking technology and complex science stories and a wide diversity of subjects like the causes of the Asian tsunami in 2004. While working as a director and writer, Simon has developed as a healer and soul rescuer working with Angela Watkins PhD from the College of Psychic Studies, Bhutanese shaman Mohan Rai (recently sadly deceased), Reiki Master Roy Sunley, fellow exorcist Terry O'Sullivan and shaman Malidoma Some from Burkina Faso amongst many others. He has filmed in disaster zones often barely more than 24 hours post-earthquake in Haiti, Chile and Japan. Not many people get to bear witness to human catastrophe on such a major scale. He had a career as a magazine editor and broadcaster before becoming a director and writer. This 20-year career path in the media proved to be a valuable background in becoming a communications consultant and strategist for his company Little Dipper. This life experience led him to develop his profound skills as a powerful exorcist and his clients in his role as a professional exorcist extend around the world. People and properties are troubled together frequently and this link is often the key.

Review :
"This is a deeply personal spiritual journey, a rollercoaster ride from the Book of Revelations, through Mayan wisdom, to Glastonbury Tor. You have to go with the flow, and at each step Ludgate offers us his evidence, photographic, of a world view honed first through loss, then through personal revelation. Dawkins would not like it one bit - I did. Ludgate has been everywhere it seems, Uri Geller to disaster zones, always building the theory. If you have ever visited a mystical place like Kits Coty - and felt something - something profound - you will be on board with this work. If not, you will see nothing, I suspect. It ends with predictions, which I will not spoil." "This is one of the best books I've read about personal spiritual discovery in a long time. Written in an engaging and often amusing way, I found myself reading much later into the night than I should, just because I wanted to know more and more, having had similar experiences myself. I'm very much hoping for a follow up book at some point!" "You may not relate to everything Simon has been through, but the honesty and clarity of the writing is welcome. Also the frames of reference are related to occult and slightly obscure or ancient sources that are not part of my usual reading experience, so the book has the ability to stretch one's point of view, rather hugely." "Found this account of coming to terms with growing psychic abilities to be extraordinary, acutely honest, and documented with photographs or flying orbs absolutely riveting. Ludgate, first known as a geologist, documentary film maker and news presenter comes with credence and here he is, a real magician and the kind of person fairy tales must have been written about. Makes you think twice. For anyone with a ghost in their house, I recommend this book!" "I enjoyed the personal intimacy Simon Ludgate offers to the reader. Simon allows the reader on his personal journey learning to work with his psychic ability and his deep spiritual connection to the angels." "A fantastic account of the authors experiences and development. Totally gripping, once I realised the slant the book was taking I was hooked."