If all the demons are here then the pits of Hell must be pretty empty. Every time they look around; 'Oh it's a demon'; There are bad spirits, believe me I have seen that but I have yet to meet something like that. It could just be a bad ass spirit. Before I go to an investigation to help a family I make sure that my energy is up. I have a little ritual that puts me in contact with spirit. That's really gets me geared up and ready to go. If I feel something attached to me or wanting to come with me I try to expand my energy to help them move on."
To Coyote Chris the use of energy and/or magick is vital when he is doing a paranormal investigation. He does use some technology like just about every paranormal investigator out there but he is a man that really understands and utilizes his energy and the energy of the elements to help him help the spirits and families at a location. He is a Shaman, a medicine man, a magickal practitioner but he is no holy man. As stated before Chris is very dedicated to his Shamanic path but he is eclectic. He has a true passion for the paranormal and magick and is fascinated that magick and energy does not have a religious limitation. That magick is simply energy infused with intent. His calling is more than anything else to service his fellow man. However he did mention the controversy as to whether or not services from occult practitioners should charge people.
"If I do go out to a location to help some one I ask for gas money. I'm not going to lose money on the deal. If they want to pay more than that as an offering I am cool with that. I don't set prices. Any kind of medicine; any kind of sharing of energy there has to been an exchange. For something that is given must be returned and be what it may. It could be a loaf of bread and a pack of bologna and I get that. One has to give back in some way to show appreciation for the gifts that have been given."
This exchange of energy ideology makes me ponder how this concept would work in a paranormal investigation. The spirits that we seek are energy. It seems that more often than not they need energy from the physical world to interact with us. Be it draining batteries or the energy of a living person. Perhaps this energy exchange is not brought into an investigation often enough to manifest the evidence or closure that the investigator, family, and those in the Spirit World need. Coyote Chris Sutton is a man of many worlds and he has feet planted firmly in all of them. He may not be a Holy Man, but he is a man with a strong sense of spirit. Maybe that is why the wild coyote his he guide; where his spirit draws strength. The Coyote is wild, untamed, and sure of it's abilities just like Chris Sutton is. He reminds us that the technology in the paranormal field and our every day lives are important and needed, but that all of us as humans must maintain our sense of spirit. It is our medicine and our spirit that makes us human. It is our spirit that connects us to the vast universe greater than ourselves. It is our spirit that is ultimately going to guide us to the truth regarding the answers we all seek.
Interviewed and written by Katrina Gamse