I just wanted to thank you for this post. I’ve been experimenting with the techniques you mentioned, and have now, for the first time, “heard” the voice of both Woden and my familiar, both of which were emotionally charged experiences for me. As well, I was able to get some relatively spontaneous advice from Woden that was very helpful.
By the by, I did notice that, while just concentrating on the back of my head allows me to hear spirits in a way that makes it very clear which thoughts are my own and which are the spirits “voice”, this comes very slowly, as if I’m straining to make out each word. I’m talking minutes per sentence. So I tried using Robert Bruce’s Tactile Imaging on the precise point where I felt the spirits’ voices coming from, and that sped things up considerably, almost to the speed of normal conversation! Basically, I tried to “feel” with that part of my body, as if I was trying to detect minute changes in air flow or temperature at that spot.
I also noticed that when I really focused on that point in this manner, I could sometimes feel an energetic channel going from each of my ears at the orifice to the back of my head. When I stimulated that flow while listening to a spirit, I could physically hear them! It was very faint, but definitely present, and no longer just “in my head”. I did have to work a bit at balancing the flow between the ears to get the sound in stereo - sort of like fiddling with the connection with earbuds.
Anyway, hope that helps, and thanks again for the awesome info!