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Where the subtle becomes visible, and the unseen finds words.]]></description><link>https://jessicahammerli.substack.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Fmbo!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fjessicahammerli.substack.com%2Fimg%2Fsubstack.png</url><title>The Receiving</title><link>https://jessicahammerli.substack.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:31:15 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://jessicahammerli.substack.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Jessica Hammerli]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[jessicahammerli@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[jessicahammerli@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Jessica Hammerli]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Jessica Hammerli]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[jessicahammerli@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[jessicahammerli@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Jessica Hammerli]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Beginnings]]></title><description><![CDATA[How I started channeling]]></description><link>https://jessicahammerli.substack.com/p/beginnings</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://jessicahammerli.substack.com/p/beginnings</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Hammerli]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:16:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1544023364-4c9b6bb256e2?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHw0Nnx8c3Bpcml0dWFsaXR5fGVufDB8fHx8MTc3NTY4NjUwNXww&amp;ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a 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At first it seemed intimidating. Something/someone, some entity, would take over your body and speak through you? No thank you. Not interested. Do not sign me up for that! </p><p>Yet the more I learned about channeling, the more I realized it was something I had been doing for most of my life. This is something that I specifically noticed when I would write. After receiving many different degrees, including a doctorate, let&#8217;s just say I had written a ridiculous number of papers throughout my educational experience. Yet part way through college, I realized that when I sat down to write I would get into a flow state. I would literally blank out while I wrote, at times for hours, and then come to again once my paper was written. I would always edit these papers a lot, but it was interesting going back over them as I often was surprised at what I had written. I received my doctorate in 2017, long before the use of AI to write papers. So it&#8217;s safe to say I was tapping into something else entirely. But of course, all of this I only realized in hindsight!</p><p>Fast forward to 2019. I had my first son, and also my spiritual awakening. When he was less than 1 year old my family experienced a terrible, tragic interaction with a neighbor. My understanding now is that he was likely possessed, whether by an entity or due to substances. Regardless, he threatened us and had a gun. We called the police and shots were fired (by him) which we heard through our shared wall. We were sheltered and rushed out of our home and away from the situation, only to be let back into our home hours later, assured the police would remain outside protecting us and would take this man into custody when he left his apartment. So imagine my surprise, after a sleepless night, to find him facing my front door in the driveway, dead via a self inflicted gun shot wound to the head, and the police nowhere to be found. </p><p>I didn&#8217;t necessarily plan to tell this whole part of the story as until I started telling it, I didn&#8217;t realize exactly how it came into play. It was all terribly tragic and also scary. We didn&#8217;t sleep for weeks, maybe even months after this, realizing how differently this could have ended. Not to mention, something felt off in our home! We really wrestled with leaving and debated moving out, but a good friend&#8217;s mom recommended we find a shaman to clear the house instead. After one session, the house immediately felt better. After such a profound experience with the energy of our living space, I knew I needed to work with her further. I believe it was on the next session I had with her that she recommended the book, &#8220;Opening to Channel&#8221;. I was already delving into my spiritual gifts and realizing I was surprisingly intuitive, so I was eager to see what else was possible. </p><p>I think it was first reading this book that I began to realize that automatic writing was channeling, and also realizing that it was something I had done most of my life. Using the book&#8217;s framework, I felt safe to actually try connecting to the highest vibrational being possible and trying to channel. The first attempt was successful in that I consciously connected to a being. I received some messages as well as a name when I asked. The name I was given was Ra. I thought that was very strange, and perhaps it was just the first syllable of a name, yet that was all that was coming through. It felt somewhat like an ancient being, and since my husband is a wealth of knowledge around all things history/spiritual, I asked him who Ra was. Imagine my surprise when it turns out &#8220;Ra&#8221; is actually the name of an ancient Egyptian deity. And not only that, but there was in fact an entire channeled teaching from Ra entitled &#8220;The Law of One&#8221;. This was very validating to me that this was in fact who I had connected to, yet even so, it took many more years for me to sit down and begin channeling more from this entity. </p><p>In the meantime I continued delving into spirituality and my gifts. I studied many different modalities including reiki, astrology, akashic records, energy reading, intuitive readings, and shamanism. I&#8217;ve known for a while that at some point all of these skills would come together somehow in a more spiritual career. However, its only been in the past year or so that I had the realization that rather than combining all of the teachings and modalities, that I am actually meant to channel something through instead. I&#8217;ve always gotten the guidance that I was to follow all of the paths, and take all of the courses that I was interested in, because at some point, even though they led me different directions, they would all lead me to the path I was meant for. I remember being stressed thinking how in the world would I combine all of these tools into something new, something creative, something unique, and most importantly, something that would actually be useful and helpful to others. So imagine my relief when I got the download that these were all just preparing me, and that what was meant to be created/come through me would be channeled. It immediately took all of the pressure off of the human part of me, and I&#8217;ve had a very relaxed view of it since then. I&#8217;m in no rush for this, and it doesn&#8217;t feel like its coming quite yet. My best guess is 2-5 years. However, in the mean time, the guidance I&#8217;ve received is to continue channeling, not only to receive helpful guidance for myself and my family, but also to receive messages to share with humanity. </p><p>As I&#8217;ve been listening and channeling more, I have been looking for a better way to share the messages with others. I did put some onto my IG, but trying to create esthetic reels really made it difficult for the messages to come through clearly. I&#8217;ve never been a blogger, but I know many are sharing on Substack these days and I&#8217;ve been getting the ping that this may be a good place to share some of my channeled messages. A lot of what I channel and receive is either deeply personal or things I&#8217;m not fully comfortable sharing yet, but I hope that when messages come through that I know others could benefit from, I will be able to share them here. </p><p>While I occasionally channel different entities, the vast majority of the time I channel Ra. While I first understood this to be one person/entity, I have since realized it is much more of a collective consciousness. You may see the channeled messages switch back and forth from a &#8220;we&#8221; (collective) to &#8220;me&#8221; (individual) perspective. It has been explained to me that at times I may be channeling more of an individual within the consciousness and at other times it is the collective as a whole speaking through me. It has also been explained that I will utilize these voices differently in the future, but for now, I will present them all as they come through, simply as &#8220;Ra&#8221;. </p><p>So I want say welcome! Thank you for being here. Thank you for reading and listening and opening your heart and mind to something greater than ourselves. It&#8217;s a truly wild time to be alive!  Please subscribe and follow along if you&#8217;re interested in reading and receiving from these channeled messages. 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