Saints and shamans

Purple haze

Corrina Bristow, 41, from Folkestone, Kent

Sitting quietly in meditation circle, I called on my guide to come forward.

‘Merlin? Are you there?’ A familiar face, wise and handsome, with a long grey beard, appeared before me.

‘I’m here, Corrina.’ One of my spirit guides was indeed Merlin, the legendary sage who guided King Arthur in his quest to unite Britain. But all was not quite as it seemed… I’ve been working with my spirit guides since I was 15, and it’s been my life’s work to help people to learn to communicate with spirit through meditation and develop their own gifts. Aged just 18, I opened up my first centre, where people could go for spiritual development and guidance.

Over the years, I’ve worked with