The Second Sight: One Scottish Healer's Journey from Fear to Trust
He thought he was losing his mind. Spirit was just trying to get his attention.
In this powerful episode, we sit down with Chris Ratter, a globally recognized trance healer and psychic surgeon from Edinburgh, Scotland. Chris shares his raw and honest experience of growing up with the "second sight," and the full spiritual awakening at 38 that he first feared was a chemical imbalance. If you have ever wondered whether what you are sensing is real, or felt alone in your awakening, this conversation offers a grounded, hopeful roadmap home.
How to recognize the difference between mental crisis and spiritual awakening.
The role community plays when you are awakening alone.
What trance healing and psychic surgery actually are, and how spirit works through them.
Practical daily rituals for sitting in the power and staying grounded.
ABOUT CHRIS RATTER
Chris Ratter is a globally recognized trance healer, psychic surgeon, author, and teacher based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Growing up with the "second sight," Chris spent decades as an antique dealer and taxi driver before a full spiritual awakening at 38 led him to his true calling. He works in deep alliance with a team of spirit doctors and healers to address physical and energetic conditions, from tumors and Parkinson's to fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, and heart disease.
He is the author of An Exploration of Trance Mediumship and The Medium Within.
Find his work at: [ [chrisratterpsychicsurgeon.com]
https://chrisratterpsychicsurgeon.com
Instagram: [@chrisratterhealer](https://instagram.com/chrisratterhealer)
Resources Mentioned:
An Exploration of Trance Mediumship (https://amzn.to/4edZk6V) by Chris Ratter
The Medium Within (https://amzn.to/4cUXLsh) by Chris Ratter
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Chapters
(0:00) Opening and introduction
(1:39) Introducing Chris Ratter
(2:09) Childhood at Blackness Castle
(4:21) Shetland Isles lineage and Spiritualist churches
(6:00) The world of elementals and Scottish folklore
(6:34) Two men, a hillside, and a week lost with elementals
(8:50) Working with elemental elders and Pan
(10:07) Children and the spirit world
(11:13) Pre-awakening life: antiques and an Edinburgh cab
(12:51) The awakening at 38: fear and hiding
(13:30) Seeing spirit on the streets while driving
(14:09) "You're not mad, by the way"
(17:03) Why community matters in awakening
(18:21) What actually happens in trance healing
(21:32) Psychic surgery and the rare DNA it requires
(23:28) Life force healing: a new modality
(25:56) Developing with spirit every day
(26:32) Becoming a grandfather and Sophie's message
(29:33) The great awakening and COVID
(31:48) Elementals, galactic presences, and off-world technology
(33:32) Everyday spark: sitting in the power
(34:48) Final message: follow the call
(36:15) Closing reflection
