The first month of the year is named after the Roman God Janus. Images show him with two faces, one facing forward to the year ahead and the other facing backwards to the one just ended.
Janus helps us see things clearly, so we can move forward with our lives. He's also the guardian of doorways and houses and protects our private space. To summon his help, leave a basket or bowl of fruit near the front door or hang dried herbs or flowers there.
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Posted on Wed 14th Dec 2011 17:12:00
As our big beautiful moon hangs in the sky, very few of us realise how closely associated it is to us and how it can affect our moods and lives. For witches, the moon is seen as having a magical presence.
Although we have a good scientific understanding of the moon and magnetic forces that control our tides, it is still steeped in mystery and magic. Most of the astronauts who have visited the moon returned home to earth more in tune with their spiritual side.
There is no proof that the moon is magical but some studies have shown that a person's demeanour changes depending on what the moon is doing. This is because, as with astrology, and the planets, each moon phase throws out a different energy, so there are certain spells that are best cast during particular moon phases.
For instance, the waxing moon which falls next month from 1st- 8th January and again on the 31st - is great for healing, as it has soothing energy and a calming influence. Why not harness its power to give healling to anyone you know who may be ill or feeling sad? During a waxing phases, place your hand on the back of their neck for 10 minutes and ask the spirit word to alleviate their discomfort.
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Posted on Tue 13th Dec 2011 22:21:15
Diamond
21 March - 20 April
Emerald
21 April - 21 May
Tourmaline
22 May - 21 June
Moonstone
22 June - 22 July
Tiger's eye
23 July - 23 August
Sardonyx
24 August - 22 September
White Sapphire
23 September - 23 October
Malachite
24 October - 22 November
Turquoise
23 November - 21 December
Onyx
22 December - 20 January
Aquamarine
21 January - 18 February
Amethyst
19 February - 20 March
Posted on Fri 28th Oct 2011 22:49:24
Sacred trees with healing powers are found in almost every culture and age. They are seen as a gift from the Earth Goddess and a source of her continuing healing of those who come to the tree or sacred grove.
In India sacred trees are visited by petitioners seeking blessings, especially for health and fertility, from the indwelling spirit or deity who is usually regarded as female and a manifestation of the Earth Goddess? Food and flowers are left at the foot of the tree or shrine and ribbons of cloth or coloured wish bags are tied to the tree.
In Africa among the Northern Sotho people, the sacred Marula tree is known as the marriage tree. A woman who wishes to conceive a boy will drink the infused bark of the male tree. In many parts of f Africa women still carry bark from sacred trees to make them fertile.
In the folk tradition of Europe until the beginning of the twentieth century, trees were likewise attributed magical healing powers. For example children were passed nine toes though the cleft in an ash tree and the branches then bound together as a symbol of the healing process.
The Celtic Druids worshipped not in temples, but in groves of trees. These natural woodland sites may have predated the Celts. Those that have been identified are frequently centred on a convergence of earth energies. In former Celtic groves in Wales, Brittany, Ireland and Cornwall the trees are still adorned with ribbons, trinkets and petitions for healing and blessings.
The Australian Aborigines used healing remedies from trees such as tea tree and eucalyptus centuries before they entered more conventional medicine Tea tree leaves were inhaled by the Aborigines to prevent nasal, throat and chest congestion and ground into a paste to relieve burns and skin infections.
Trees of Healing
Apple
Brings fertility in every way, self-love and gradual restores health and optimism
It relieves nausea, toothache, fluid retention and digestive disorders, also those of liver, spleen and kidneys
Ash
Gives courage and confidence and wider perspectives on life; helps digestion and the efficient functioning of the whole body; weight loss, bladder and bowel disorders.
Beech
Brings unconscious wisdom, healing and a sense of connection with the earth and with others helpful for the stomach, for healing wounds, sores and ulcers
Birch
Brings new beginnings; protects mothers and their young; it reduces problems with fluid retention, high cholesterol levels, eczema and skin allergies
Elder
The fairy tree that makes anything seem possible; used as an antiseptic, also for respiratory and viral complaints, asthma, fevers, the speedy healing of fractures. Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus regnans, also as blue gum tree (Eucalyptus globules)
Good for removing stagnant energies
Effective for colds, coughs and sinuses, fevers and infections, it also heals wounds.
Fig
Brings fertility and the blossoming of creativity; heals the skin, especially rashes and spots, improves circulation, sore throats and bronchial disorders
Laurel/Bay
Protective against illness and malice; restores trust after infidelity
Reduces stress and anxiety, improves hair condition and cellulite; good for rheumatism and arthritis and female fertility.
Magnolia
Increases love and loyalty; reduces the power of addictions and obsessions, especially smoking; helps skin problems; restores strength after a long illness
Mimosa
Removes a sense of isolation, especially for older people; calms anxiety; relieves depression, gastric problems, cuts, and wounds, also nightmares
Oak: (Quercus Alba)
Drives away fear and impotence physical and emotional; eases blood problems, kidney stones, internal and external bleeding, improves circulation and reduces fevers.
Orange:
Brings a sense of well being and fertility in every way; soothes anxiety and insomnia and bad dreams in adults and children; relieves skin problems, boosts immune system to fight colds and other viruses.
Peach:
Attracts abundance, happiness and fertility; relieves gastric problems, nausea and coughs and encourages body and mind to relax.
Pine:
Drives away all harm, both to the home and family and especially to newborn infants; heals chest, throat and lung infections, colds, flu and sore throats.
Poplar/Aspen:
Anciently called the shiver tree because it was believe to fevers and chills as its own leaves trembled even when there was no wind; brings gentle healing of the spirit; good for stress, allergies, eczema, diabetes and neuralgia
Walnut:
Brings fertility and abundance; relieves skin problems, fluid retention, colds and flu, headaches, hair loss and painful menstruation
White Willow
Brings protection and harmony with the cycle of the seasons and the moon; reduces pain and inflammation, rheumatism and rheumatoid arthritis, fevers and headaches; good also for eye problems
Wild Cherry
The tree of reconciliation and inner tranquillity; eases coughs fevers, colds, flu, throat disorders, asthma and bronchitis
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Posted on Tue 25th Oct 2011 21:24:46
Mythology is rich in magical animals. Some were based on actual animals such as Pegasus the winged horse of Greek legend. However a number of more exotic species are described as having parts from different animals, such as the fabled Leucrota. This was said to run faster than any other creature and had the back of a stag, the chest and legs of a lion and the head of a horse with a mouth that extended right across the face, with a single bone for its teeth, but which nevertheless spoke with a human voice.
Like many fabulous creatures its home was said to be India, a land believed even in mediaeval times to extend across much of the Far East. These strange creatures were described by the author Physiologus, apparently from Alexandria who may have been St Ambrose (340 CE - 397 CE) who was Bishop of Milan, writing under a classical name to gain historical credibility. Another source of information of these amazing creatures was Saint Isidore of Seville who lived between 560 –and 636 CE. He was Bishop of Seville and wrote the Etymologiae that included information on animals real and more exotic.
Indeed mediaeval chroniclers like their Classical predecessors, believed that before humans evolved there was a race of composite animals (that is beasts made up of different animal and bird characteristics.) These were destroyed by the deities once they perfected making true animal forms but a few escaped and lived for hundreds of years in remote places until they finally died out-or were killed by would-be heroes in search of glory.
Fabulous creatures of myth and legend
Centaur
The Ancient Greeks wrote of the half men half horse centaurs that were human to the waist and who were more highly evolved intellectually than Pan’s Satyrs who were half goats. Chiron was the wisest and most just of all the Centaurs. He was taught by Apollo the sun god of prophecy and the performing arts and by Apollo’s twin sister Diana, the huntress and moon goddess.
Chiron became famous for his skills in hunting, medicine, music, and the art of prophecy and taught many Greek heroes including Hercules. He reared the infant Aesculapius who became god of medicine who in his time on earth had the power to restore the dead to life.
Sagittarius, the Archer (23 November-21 December), the constellation and zodiac star sign was named after a very active centaur Crotus, the son of Pan the woodland god who like his father loved the forests and hunting. However through the influence of his mother Eupheme, nurse to the Muses who were his playfellows, Crotus became a skilled artist and poet. He continuously shoots his arrow towards the Scorpio, the scorpion in the sky, killed by Hercules, in case it ever attacks again.
There were less benign variations of the true centaur.
A Bucentaur for example had the head and upper body of a man and the lower body, legs and tail of an ox.
A Centycore was a true composite, with horse's hooves, lion's legs, elephantine ears, a bear's muzzle and an antler with ten points, unicorn like on its forehead. Though it spoke like a human it was said to be totally vicious.
Gryphon/Griffon/Griffin
The Griffon, a popular figure in mediaeval heraldry, is said to have the body of a lion, the head and wings of an eagle, a back covered with feathers, a hooked beak and two huge talons or claws on its front two legs.
The Griffon had a nest made of pure gold in which it laid agate or jewelled eggs. Sometimes female griffons are depicted without wings.
Its name in Persian means lion eagle and so it combines the powers of the King of the Birds, the eagle and the King of the Animals the lion. In old Persia it was regarded as a guardian of the light and its statues guarded palaces and public buildings. The first griffon image dates from around 5000BCE from the former city of Susa in what is now Iran.
The Griffon is found in the mythology of many lands as a creature of the sun and often pulls the chariot of sun deities including the Greek Apollo and the wise goddess Athene. The griffon is also found painted or engraved on Egyptian tombs.
One of its main homelands was believed to be the ancient kingdom of Scythia that extended from the modern Ukraine to central Asia. Griffons dug for gold from mines to create their nests and also instinctively knew where treasure has been lost or hidden; in Scythia legend tells they protected local gem and gold resources from plunderers
In Christianity, being creatures of the heavens and earth, the griffon was adopted as a symbol for Christ and also became a symbol of faithful marriage since it was said a griffon would only have one partner and even after the death of one of them, the other would never seek another mate.
In heraldry the griffon became the totem animal of families whose founding member was both warlike and noble to reflect qualities of the eagle and the lion combined. On crests and shields of Kings and nobles the griffon was shown rearing up, standing on one hind leg with the other leg and its claws raised as though springing.
Able to carry an ox or its mortal enemy the horse off in its talons, the griffon is nevertheless considered to be a healer of blindness and its feathers could detect poison.
The griffon was described by the Roman historian Pliny the Elder in the century after Christ. He claims he was told of it by Roman travellers who had seen it.
Stone griffons may still be seen made on cathedrals or churches over entrances as protection.
Hippogryph or Hippogriff
Created by the mating of two traditional enemies the griffon and the horse, the Hippogryph was even in myth considered a rarity. However, exceptionally, it could be tamed by a wizard enough to use as a steed. Thomas Bullfinch, the nineteenth century collector of classical myths and curiosities described the hippogriff as having the head, talons and feathered wings of an eagle and the rest of the body that of a horse.
Manticore
Another composite magical beast from India, the Manticore, the size of a horse, is described in Bestiaries as having a red flame coloured lion’s body, the face of a man with grey eyes but with three rows of iron teeth, one inside the other and a tail like a scorpion, ending in spikes. It leaps great distances and makes a sound like a hiss or in other descriptions the playing of a flute or trumpet and eats humans.
Parander
A third creature, this time from Ethiopia (like India, another umbrella term this time for the regions south of the known Middle east area), is the Parander. It is pictured as the size of an ox but leaves footprints like an ibis bird (popular in Ancient Egypt as symbol of Thoth god of wisdom). With the colour and fur like a bear, the head of a stag and huge branching antlers, it chief characteristic is apparently the ability to change shape when frightened. It take the form of the nearest object whether a tree or a large stone and would maintain that form till the danger was past.
The Sphinxes of the Egyptian and classical world
While creatures like the parander and manticore were rare, the Sphinx may be found in statue form throughout Egypt as protective statues.
In Ancient Egypt recumbent sphinxes acted as guards, protecting temples and forming the base of the King’s throne.
The lion’s body was used as the body of the Sphinx and in Egypt it usually had the face of a Pharaoh. For example the colossal Great Sphinx was carved around 2500BCE, the same time as the Great Pyramids were created in Giza near Cairo. The Great Sphinx has the face of King Khafre or Cheops whose pyramid it guards. (photo: Sphinx and the Pyramid of Chephren by m_a_essam)
The most famous predictive dream in Egyptian history was that of King Thutmoses IV who ruled from 1400-1390BC and this may offer clues to the magical powers seemingly possessed by the Great Sphinx.
Thutmoses had his dream while he was still a prince and not directly in line to be the next king of Egypt. A record of his dream can still be seen on a stela, a commemorative tablet, between the front paws of the Sphinx at Giza. The stela tells that during a hunting expedition near Giza, Thutmoses became tired and fell asleep, shaded by the Sphinx that was half buried in the sand. In his dream, the Sphinx appeared and complained that his statue had been neglected and was rapidly disappearing into the sand. The Sphinx promised the prince that he would become king if he restored the monument to its former glory.
Though he was not heir to the throne, Thutmoses agreed and, when he was later made king, kept his promise to restore the statue to its former glory and erected the stela to record the experience.
The Sphinx was also regarded as the solar guardian of the horizon and ensured Apep the Chaos serpent could not follow the Sun God into the sky after their night-time battle in the Underworld.
The Criosphinxes, guardians of Amun’s temple at Karnak, formed an avenue of ram-headed sphinxes with lions’ bodies, representing the Creator god. They would only let pass those who were pure of heart, as the Temple of Amun symbolized the heavens. Amun was often pictured with the horns of a ram or as a ram
The Greek sphinx was less benign and was famed for its great knowledge and ability to create riddles. It lived outside the city of Thebes and had the body of a lion and the upper part of a woman. It lay crouched on the top of a rock, and stopped all travellers who came that way, proposing to them a riddle, with the condition that those who could solve it should pass safely, but those who failed should be killed. The hero Oedipus was the only one to answer her riddle correctly and it is told the Sphinx was so mortified at the solving of her riddle that she cast herself down from the rock and perished.
Unicorn
A pure white horse with a spiral horn or spiral grooved in the centre of its forehead, the Unicorn was first described in 398BC by the Greek Cresias. He travelled throughout Persia and the Far East and told of a creature he encountered that seems remarkably similar to the fabled unicorn.
Cresias said that the dust from its horn had healing properties, a healing power that was also mentioned in stories from many other lands.
Powdered unicorn horn was also recommended in mediaeval literature as an aphrodisiac and to reverse effects of poison.
In China the unicorn was thought to see the evil in human hearts and to kill the wicked with a single thrust of its horn, hence its associations with holiness and purity.
The unicorn of myth could run faster than light and walk across grass without disturbing it.
Though the unicorn is fierce, and so fast no hunter can catch it. It will stop and approach a pure maiden and will sleep with its head against her breast or in her lap. The unicorn is another symbol of Christ and like the Griffon was used as a heraldic symbol and family emblem by powerful families in the Middle Ages.
The German mystic Hildegard von Bingen who lived between 1098-1179 CE and who wrote various treatises on nature, considered that a ground unicorn liver mashed with egg yolk could make a lotion to cure leprosy.
The beautiful Unicorn Tapestries, created around 1500 may still be viewed at the Cloisters, a branch of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.
In these seven tapestries, the unicorn is shown as a Christian symbol. They are tapestries were thought to have been designed in France and woven in Brussels. One theory as to the creator is that she was Anne, Queen of Brittany, who was also Queen of France.
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Posted on Wed 19th Oct 2011 23:01:49
Tea leaves are the simplest of the psychic arts. Our grandmothers and great-grandmothers and their mothers and grandmothers who passed down the craft, usually through the female line, did not use complicated books with hundreds of meanings.
They could instinctively interpret pictures in the clouds, in the suds as they stood at the wash tub, in the embers of the fire or in a candle as they sat beside the bed of a sick child. So too as the matriarchs sat over a gold-embossed china or a Brown Betty earthenware teapot, they listened to what their children, grandchildren, neighbours or friends were saying with their hearts and not their lips and read their fortunes in the leaves. In industrial areas of Britain, the Brown Betty is the traditional teapot used for tea leaf reading, a plain dark brown pot. You may still find one in an old fashioned hardware shop or even a car boot sale.
Tea Leaf Reading is the most intimate of the psychic arts and while you can easily read your own leaves or those of others from a plastic cup at work or in a crowded café, at its best tasseography as it is called, takes place in a quiet warm room with tea, hot scones and lashings of intimate talk, gossip and laughter.
The Origins of Tea Leaf reading.
In Chinese tradition tea was used in China as early as 3000bc as one of the elixirs of long-life and, it was said, came out of an egg when the Divine Artisan was creating the world. According to Buddhist legend the first tea leaves came from the eyelids of the meditating Holy One who cut them off to prevent himself from falling asleep while he was meditating.
Tea was used for divination in the Orient from almost the beginning and the tea ceremonies still practised in Japan today have their roots in meditation and creating that quiet space in which insight can come spontaneously. From China the secrets of its cultivation and divination spread to India and Sri Lanka, the former Ceylon. From India, the Romany gypsies brought the magical art to Europe.
Tea did not arrive in England much before the middle of the seventeenth century and was very expensive, costing from £6- £10 per pound in the prices of that period. It was not until 1885 that tea from India and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) reached England in any quantity and so even in Victorian times tea was a great luxury, kept in a locked wooden box by the lady of the house.
But the art of divination from the dregs left behind in a cup or glass was practised in Europe much earlier. Wine dregs were consulted, a craft known as olinomancy. From early times too, peasant women made herbal brews for minor ailments and to preserve good health and afterwards leaves from the brews would be used by the family matriarch to discover the root cause of the distress.
Tasseography has remained primarily the art of the Romany Gypsy or the home rather than the professional clairvoyant. It can be accompanied by varying rituals as to the kind of cup and methods used, but in essence, tea leaf reading should be learned by practice rather than by rote and the questioner’s interpretation of identity of a symbol is invariably the right one.
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Posted on Wed 19th Oct 2011 21:01:15
Did you know that a pendulum is good not only for decision making but for also for locating mislaid objects or to identify problems in a confined space, such as your car engine if you are trying to locate the source of an oil leak or lack of power.
By a process called remote dowsing you can also scribble a diagram of an area or use a map and hold the pendulum over the map to find where it vibrates to locate water, pipes or even a lost cat that may be hiding in the place identified on the map. Finding the target in actuality is then relatively easy, using your dowsing rods as you walk round the identified area.
Choosing and using a pendulum
The most popular form of pendulum is cylindrical clear crystal quartz rounded or pointed at one end. Amethyst is good for earth energies work and rose quartz for health related questions or for protection when following ghost paths.
Smaller crystals or wooden weights of a diamond shape attached to a chain or cylindrical metal pendulums can be used for physical dowsing to discover lost items or underground water or archaeological treasures.
You can equally buy a plumb bob from a DIY store or use a key on a string or a favourite pendant with the chain twisted.
How should you hold a pendulum?
The chain should be held between the thumb and forefinger, using the hand you write with, though some practitioners believe the other hand is better. Try and see. There are no definitive rights or wrongs.
Wind any extra chain round the index finger of the same hand.
Recommended chain lengths vary from about nine inches (23cm) to as long as feels comfortable so the pendulum becomes an extension of your arm. Some people prefer an even shorter pendulum chain. Experiment till it feels right.
For outdoor dowsing, earth energy or ghost work indoors around fifteen inches (38 cm) is ideal.
Making decisions using a pendulum
Establishing the pendulum’s responses
The yes/no response is good for deciding between two options or answering a question.
If you are new to pendulum work, you need to establish your pendulum’s yes/no response.
An easy way is to deliberately move the pendulum clockwise in circles and ask the pendulum to always indicate a yes or a positive response with that movement. You can then select an appropriate negative or no response, for example an anti clockwise movement and ask the pendulum to use that.
However if you prefer you can discover the pendulum’s own natural movements:
Decision –making with pendulums
Asking the right questions
Dowsing for options
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Posted on Wed 19th Oct 2011 20:46:04
Scientists have been left looking for an explanation as to how someone who is visually impaired can be handed a photograph of someone looking happy, sad or angry and still accurately describe how they are feeling.
This astonishing discovery was made by neuropsychologist, Dr Alan Pegna and his colleagues at Geneva University Hospital in a 2005 scientific study. Even though the person involved in the experiment couldn’t actually see, he was able to pinpoint the feelings of people in photographs handed to him. Not only that, but an MRI scan (magnetic resonance imaging) also showed activity in an area of the brain involved in emotional processing, in this case mirroring the brain activity of a sighted person taking part in the same experiment.
I believe that we are all unique expressions of a spiritual whole, and that we can all develop the psychic skills to tune into that whole where we can pick up all sorts of information. Or, as a quantum physicist may say, we’re all just waves of interconnected energy, which means that the divisions that we see with the naked eye just aren’t there when you look at the world through quantum spectacles.
This study still doesn’t explain how it’s done, but what it does give us is someone in a lab who is able to accurately tune into someone else who isn’t even there and whose picture they can’t even see and describe how they are feeling. It’s a mirror of what a good psychic reader can do, which is to ‘link in’ and describe the emotions of someone they’ve never met either from a photograph or even just working from a name.
If you’re working on developing your own psychic intuition you can run your own variation of this experiment to help you sharpen your psychic skills. Ask someone to cut out pictures of people in magazines who are showing quite easily recognisable emotions and stick them individually in sealed envelopes. Hold each envelope one by one and tune in to what you can pick up about how the person shown in the photograph might be feeling. Jot down what you get. Then you can open the envelope and make a note of how accurate you were.
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Posted on Mon 10th Oct 2011 12:38:25
Many people believe that a chalk drawing done by an artist in the 1980s gives a terrifying premonition of 9/11. The spooky artwork depicts a forlorn young girl flanked by two jet planes with the Twin Towers swamped by flames.
But in fact it was drawn more than 10 years before the atrocity.
Artist Willie Gardner died in November last year at the age of 78 taking with him to the grave exactly what inspired him to create the work.
It shows the falling locks of the child's hair spiralling downwards. It looks like fire and smoke billowing into the sky from one of the doomed towers.
The drawing has hung in the reception of the Grangemouth Community Education Unit in Stirlingshire.
Depiction
It looks so much like a depiction of 9/11 visitors thought it was a tribute to those who died in the New York terror attacks.
Lex Cook who was education unit co-ordinator at the centre in the late 1980s said: "It was maybe 1988 or 1989 when I first saw Willie's drawing. The boss here at the time liked it and Willie kindly gave it to him to display in the centre.
"As far as I know Willie did the work when he was a member of the centre's art club. I can remember at the time standing looking at it and trying to figure out what it was showing.
"It was quite eye-catching but also strange at the same time.
"I never thought about it being linked to the Twin Towers attacks because I've been looking at it for so long.
"Then you get someone with a fresh pair of eyes who sees it and people have asked if it is a tribute to the victims of 9/11."
Memorial
Unit manager Jody Cannon said he thought it was some kind of an artistic memorial.
He said: "The guy who first showed it to me ruined it by then telling me it was painted before 9/11.
"Now when I show it to someone new I don't say anything and they usually say it must be some kind of tribute.
"When I tell them it was painted before it happened they just don't believe it."
The artist's daughter Aileen Currie, 53, said: "I do know it was done years before the Twin Towers were destroyed.
"He was always interested in art and had been painting since he was young.
"He was a member of the art group in the education unit. It was just one of his drawings and I think it had been lying in the back office for years before they moved it into the reception area."
But she couldn't explain her father's apparent premonition.
Centre co-ordinator Emma Allardyce said: "In hindsight its significance is remarkable. But people have to make up their own minds."
Adapted from an original article in The Sun 8/9/11
Posted on Sun 11th Sep 2011 12:43:13
A really stimulating way to work on increasing your wealth is to create a prosperity book.
Use a blank notebook and regularly paste in pictures and tear sheets from magazines which remind you of wealth and abundance. You can even cut out a cashpoint photo and put this in your book too to help focus your mind on what you want the Universe to send you. Add lots of affirmations, mantras, spell tips and visualizations to build up a resource of positive financial energy. Look at this book every single day to draw wealth to you, especially when you find yourself worrying about money.
Repeat the mantra:
'I live each day in abundance'
Do this every morning while looking into the mirror.
Posted on Sat 27th Aug 2011 15:07:38
Acorns pack a powerful magical punch because they're the fruit of the majestic oak-tree. In folklore, they were connected to long life and fertility. Plant an acorn on a night when the moon is growing bigger, or keep one in your wallet, and you'll draw more money into your life. Place an acorn on a windowsill to guard you home against intruders.
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Posted on Fri 26th Aug 2011 18:53:56
Did you know that the bay leaf used to add flavouring in cooking can also be used for telling the future?
To receive a yes-or-no to a question, ask your question out loud while holding a bay leaf to a candle flame. If the leaf crackles while burning, the answer is yes. If the leaf bubbles or makes a sqeaking noise, the answer is no.
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Posted on Fri 29th Jul 2011 22:29:16
left: Bold Street 1950
Watch out if you're heading to Liverpool - you could find yourself travelling back in time.
In recent years, Bold Street in the city centre has gained an eerie reputation as the location of a number of time-slips, in which people claim to travel briefly back in time to experience the street as it was in the 1950s and 1960s.
Those who've been affected by the phenomenon have reported seeing old-fashioned cars, people wearing outdated clothes and long-closed shops open and serving customers!
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Posted on Thu 7th Jul 2011 21:11:13
left Jeremy Taylor
The father of a young British man killed in a plane crash in Nepal last August had pleaded with him not to take the flight after having an errie premonition of the tragedy.
Jeremy Taylor, a 31-year-old natural medicine doctor based in Cape Town, was among 14 passengers and crew killed when their plane crashed in poor weather in the foothills in the Himalayan mountains.Mr Taylor was “living his dream,” when he died, his father Trevor Taylor said at the time.
Mr Taylor from Torquay, in Devon, said his son had been travelling the world on a gap year, but was determined to reach Mount Everest base camp to prepare for a full attempt on the world’s highest peak next year.
“He was living his dream, but we were very worried. The last conversation I had with him was just two days before he took the flight. I’d had an awful premonition he would be killed in a plane crash. I said, ' Please don’t take the flight, the weather is bad’. He said 'Dad, I need to do this.’
"I begged him not too but he felt I was just being a typical worried parent. And sadly what I'd forsee came into being."
Mr Taylor said his son had spent the year trekking in South America and touring the Far East before arriving in Nepal to hike the Annapurna mountain circuit and build up his climbing skills for attempts on Mount Kilimanjaro and Everest next year.
He had left his Natural Medicine Clinic practice in Cape Town for a gap year, his father said, but was planning to return to it after his trip to the Everest base camp.
Mr Taylor spoke with pride of his son’s academic achievements — he had been awarded his doctorate by Archbishop Desmund Tutu — and his voluntary work in community radio and as a lifeguard and life-saving training officer with the Sea Rescue Helicopter service.
“We all miss him, but he was living his dream. We hope his spirit will live on in further adventures." Mr Taylor said.
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Posted on Sat 11th Jun 2011 14:33:10
Kay Groom sleeps like the dead - literally - after swapping her bed for a coffin 15 years ago.
Kay, 48, who describes herself as "happy-go-lucky" keeps a coffin in a bedroom and says she likes to take the mystery out of death by lying in it.
She keeps the £200, made-to-measure pine box, lined with red satin, in the spare bedroom of her home in Swaffham, Norfolk.
She says she had it made so she could be ready when the time came.
"It's very comfy - although I don't like it with the lid down because I'm a bit claustrophobic," she said.
Ms Groom, who has a 24-year-old daughter, says she also thought it would help her family financially if she bought the coffin.
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 People think I'm mad, macabre, and some think I'm a witch. But I'm not. I'm quite happy-go-lucky  Kay Groom
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"It's the coffin I'm going to buried in and I had it made about four or five years ago," she said.
"I had to go for a fitting."
Ms Groom, who has a collection of more than 300 ornamental skulls, a skeleton and would like to be an undertaker, said she had been fascinated by death for 15 years.
"People think I'm mad, macabre, and some think I'm a witch. But I'm not. I'm quite happy-go-lucky.
"I just find the idea of death fascinating.
"I think it's a subject we should talk about more."
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Posted on Sat 7th May 2011 10:00:44
A jailed robber in Wert, Germany, went to court to demand his cat be allowed to visit him in prison - because he believes the moggy is his dead mother!
Peter Keonig, 46, a Buddhist who believes in reincarnation, said: "I know (my cat) Giesela is Mummy, she looks after me the way Mum did. I need to see her like other prisoners see their wives and kids."
Despite his request the court turned down his request. "While we respect the freedom of individuals, the accused has not been able to furnish proof his deceased mother has been reborn has as a cat" said a spokesman for the court.
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Posted on Sun 24th Apr 2011 13:05:35
In 2008 , CALIFORNIAN Williard Lovell locked herself out of her house. She spent 10 minutes trying to find a way in when the postman handed her a letter from her brother. In it was the spare key he had taken back to Washington after a visit.
IN 2002, 70-year-old twin brothers died within hours of one another after separate accidents on the same road in northern Finland. The first of the twins died when he was hit by a lorry while riding his bike in Raahe, 600 kilometres north of the capital, Helsinki. He died just 1.5km from the spot where his brother was killed.
IN 1946 Mildred West, an obituary writer on New York's Alton Evening Telegraph, took a week's holiday. During her absence, and for the first time in the newspaper's history, there were no deaths recorded in Alton (population 32,000).Normally they average 10 deaths a week.
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Posted on Sun 24th Apr 2011 11:50:01
In 1992, Raymond Buckland marketed a deck of cards with domino pips in the centre and a series of text and symbols on the outside edges (Buckland, Raymond; GYPSIES' DOMINO DIVINATION DECK; ISBN 1-56718-094-9; 1992). The little booklet that came with the deck claims that English Gypsies used to tell fortunes using dominoes instead of the usual Tarot or playing cards. The deck is supposed to make the job of divination easier by giving the meanings of each tile on the edge.
The basic meanings are:
Each tile takes a meaning from a combination of its two sides as read from left to right on a horizontal tile. Unfortunately, this does not seem to apply consistently in this system.
The [1-2] is a "journey with a good friend", as you might expect. However, you would think that [1-5] would have something to do with work and travel, such as a business trip. Wrong. The [1-5] tile means "a lover awaits", but if it were dealt as [5-1] it would mean "Opportunity for passionate romance".
There are several different layouts (spreads) given which are based on those used for Tarot card readings. The most basic is a simple line of three horizontal tiles for the past, present and future.
There are other meanings associated with the tiles based on numerology.
The Chinese also used dominoes and dice for divination, but I have no information on their methods.
A simple system which could use either dice or dominoes was given in THE SOOTHSAYER'S HANDBOOK: A GUIDE TO BAD SIGNS & GOOD VIBRATIONS BY Elinor Lander Horwitz (1972, J. B. Lippincott Company, ISBN 0-397-31538-4).
The rules are that you never read your own fortune and that never read anyone else's on a Monday or a Friday. The questioner draws a tile from the boneyard with his left hand. This gives his fortune for the coming month. The meaning of the tiles is as follows:
The questioner draws a second tile, which gives his fortune for the coming year. This time the answer is based on the total of the tile:
Notice that since this system was based on dice, there is no meaning assigned to a total of zero.
Posted on Sat 26th Mar 2011 23:05:26
Remote viewing is a scientific method of tapping into the "universal mind," transcending time and space, and bringing the unconscious into the conscious - and YOU can learn to do it.
Are you curious about remote viewing? You have probably heard about this mysterious practice and understand that is has something to do with ESP. What you may not know is that a person does not have to be a psychic to learn and use remote viewing. But it does help if you are, as you are already used to working with areas of your brain that other may not be. You too can learn to become a remote viewer and access incredible mental
What Is Remote Viewing?
Remote viewing is the controlled use of ESP (extrasensory perception) through a specific method. Using a set of protocols (technical rules), the remote viewer can perceive a target - a person, object or event - that is located distantly in time and space. A remote viewer, it is said, can perceive a target in the past or future that is located in the next room, across the country, around the world or, theoretically, across the universe. In remote viewing, time and space are meaningless. What makes remote viewing different than ESP is that, because it uses specific techniques, it can be learned by virtually anyone.
The term "remote viewing" came about in 1971 through experimentation conducted by Ingo Swann (who correctly remote viewed in 1973 that the planet Jupiter has rings, a fact later confirmed by space probes), Janet Mitchell, Karlis Osis and Gertrude Schmeidler.
In the method that they and others developed, there are five components necessary for remote viewing to take place:
A remote viewing session lasts about one hour.
During the Cold War through the 1970s and 1980s, remote viewing was further developed by the US military and the CIA through such programs codenamed Sun Streak, Grill Flame and Star Gate. The government-sponsored remote viewing programs were successful, according to many who participated. Some of the now-declassified examples include the highly accurate and detailed descriptions of buildings and facilities hundred of miles from the remote viewer - including a crane assembly in the Soviet Union.
Although these organizations claim that after 20 years of experimentation their remote viewing programs have been abandoned, some insiders believe that they are being continued secretly. Some well-known remote viewers say they were contacted by the US government after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks to help locate other possible terrorist activity.
What It Isn't
Remote viewing is not an out-of-body experience. A remote viewer does not astrally project to the target, although some remote viewers occasionally report a feeling of bilocating to the site of the target.
It also is not a meditative, dream or trance state. During a remote viewing session, the subject is always fully awake and alert. As Christophe Brunski writes in "Remote Viewing: Conditions and Potentials," "Whereas one might consider a trance state to be 'going down' into the deeper levels of mind, RV might be said to allow information from these deeper levels to 'come up.'"
How Does It Work?
No one really knows for certain how remote viewing works, only that it does. One theory is that trained remote viewers are able to tap into the "Universal Mind" - a kind of comprehensive storehouse of information about everything, where time and space are irrelevant. The remote viewer can enter a "hyperconscious state" in which he or she can tune in to specific targets within the universal consciousness of which all people and all things are a part. It sounds like a lot of "New Age" jargon, but it's a good guess as to what's really taking place.
Ingo Swann calls remote viewing a "form of virtual reality travelling" that is brought under conscious control.
How well does it work? While sceptics contend that it doesn't work at all and some proponents claim it works 100 percent of the time, the fact is it does work, but not all of the time for all remote viewers. A highly skilled remote viewer may have a success rate that approaches 100 percent; he or she may be able to access a target nearly all of the time, but all of the data obtained may not be completely accurate. There are many factors involved, and some targets may be more complicated to reach and describe than others.
Who Can Learn Remote Viewing?
Virtually anyone can learn remote viewing. You don't need to be "psychic" to successfully remote view, but it does require training and diligent practice. Some research has shown that left-handed people are more likely to become successful at it. But learning remote viewing has been likened to learning to play a musical instrument. You're not going to be able to read a book (or website) about it and then be able to do it. You must learn the techniques and then practice. As with a musical instrument, the more you train and practice with it, the better you'll be able to perform. It takes time, motivation and dedication.
According to Paul H. Smith in his article "Can Remote Viewing Be Trained," remote viewing "training has been nearly always successful to a greater or lesser degree depending on the level of motivation, preparation and innate ability of a given student viewer." It's like anything in life "The more you practice the better you become"
Why would you want to learn remote viewing? Paul H. Smith answers:
"Within its inherent limitations remote viewing has been used in intelligence collection, crime-solving, finding missing persons, market predictions, and - more controversially - space exploration. Yet most people who learn it do so not because of practical applications so much as the challenge it represents - learning to do something that few other people as yet know how to do; or acquiring a skill deemed impossible under the currently ruling scientific paradigm; or because it provides convincing and satisfying proof that we are, indeed, much more than our physical bodies. While skydivers learn that it is possible to transcend the physical fears and bodily limitations that we normally think we are subject to, remote viewers learn something analogous: that it is possible to transcend not only those limitations, but the boundaries of space and time as well."
Posted on Fri 25th Mar 2011 17:59:46
From time-to-time someone contacts me to say that they've been scared half to death by a psychic reading or what someone supposed to be psychic has said to them. The reading usually involves suggestions of serious accidents to loved ones, illness, loss of money, etc.
Recently, one lady contacted me saying that she'd paid a lot of money to have a clairvoyant reading with someone very well known who told her that she'd been cursed and the psychic could help her – for, yes, you guessed right, a big fat fee! Many others have also been deeply upset as a result of being targeted by email by fake psychics.
Psychic reading scams
It’s so easy to believe that everyone who does psychic readings is a good person with a high standard of ethics, but this isn’t necessarily the case. Sadly, there are a few people out there without any real psychic ability pretending to give psychic readings. They are often very good at talking and can be very convincing to the vulnerable and lonely. And these are the type who are likely to con people into giving them large amount of money. There are also internet fraudsters who pretend to run services offering psychic readings who operate along similar lines. The intial first contact promises that the psychic can help you experience good luck. If you don't respond - the emails turn sinister ...suggesting bad luck for the receiver of the email, and, yes, it can only be stopped by buying the psychic service on offer. Which, of course, costs a great deal of money.
Curses and bad luck
The way psychic scammers usually try to get money out of people is by telling them that they have been cursed, or that something bad is going to happen in their future, but that they, the psychic reader, can help them. They can offer to lift curses or bad spells. What usually happens is that they will ask for a sum of money for doing this, and then like blackmailers when that is paid, they keep coming back for more.
It cannot be emphasised enough that if someone asks you for money to lift a curse or to change your luck, you should walk away because you’ve just met a scammer. You are in charge of your destiny and have more power than you realise. A responsible and ethical psychic reader will help you connect with the power that you already have and create the life you want without scaring you or asking for lots of money.
All of us have our share of ups and downs in life, but instead of seeing things as bad luck if you don’t get what you want, trust the universe has something better in store for you! Throughout everyone's lives, there will be jobs that you don't get and love relationships that didn’t work out. Have no faith whatsoever in the idea of bad luck and you will notice instantly that your life improves.
A so called 'curse' only has power if you believe in it and you are scared. It’s that feeling of being scared that you have been cursed that can then lead you to make the wrong choices that in turn can lead to things seeming to happen because of bad luck. It isn’t the curse. The only power someone can have over you is the power you give them. Refuse to give them power, and they are powerless!
Posted on Mon 7th Mar 2011 17:48:15
Have you ever been thinking about a friend you haven’t spoken to in ages, and then the phone rings and you hear their voice on the other end?
At times like that you might have had a prompt from your intuition that caused you to be thinking about that person just before they rang, or it could be synchronicity at work.
Psychologist Carl Jung first started raising the subject of synchronicity in the 1920s as he was trying to make sense of how two or more events that don’t seem to be linked in any tangible manner happen in a way that we can meaningfully link together.
The meaningful element is very important; if you were to go on holiday to a remote island in the Indian Ocean and started chatting with someone who turned out to be from your home town, who then offered you a job and you ended up working for them, that would have great meaning to you, but eating your breakfast in front of the TV and seeing an advert for cereal doesn’t really have the same kind of personal significance.
Jung became totally fascinated by synchronicity and believed that it could be explained by the the concepts put forward by Tao, Greek theories that also sought to explain the working of the cosmos and the Hermetic idea that what happens in our outer world is a mirror of our inner state, expressed in the saying ‘as above, so below’.
In 1952 he wrote a book on the subject. In the book he recounted a story of treating a patient who was talking about being given a golden scarab in a dream when, at that precise moment, a beetle that was very similar in appearance to the golden scarab that crawled across the window of his treatment room.
Other examples he wrote about border on the extraordinary. A certain M Fortgibu gave the poet Marcel Deschamps some plum pudding when he was young. A decade later, Marcel spotted the same pudding in a restaurant but on going in to order some was told it had already been sold to a M Fortgibu. Years after that, he was given the same pudding at a dinner, which inspired him to say that all that was missing was M Fortgibu and at that moment the man himself walked in, to what was apparently the wrong address. Weird!
For Jung, synchronicity happens when we are in a state of complete harmony and balance. And his basic idea is that everything is linked and that at certain moments something happens that shows us that this is the case. Had he been writing just a few decades later, he might have added to that an understanding based on quantum or string theory that also suggests that everything is connected at a quantum level, putting a more scientific slant to his esoteric studies.
Perhaps you've read James Redfield’s ‘Celestine Prophecy’ novel that was published in the 90’s. In the book, the main character sets out to track down insights recorded on ancient manuscripts in Peru. He always seems to meet the right people at the right time and get exactly what he needs which propels him forward through a fabulous adventure. This is what synchronicity is all about.
So is there anything that we can do to harness the power of synchronicity? The Taoist would say it’s all about finding our place at the centre of the flow and then tuning in to what's happening around us, rather than walking along in a complete dream. Just think – you may have been hurrying to work this morning with your head down and walked right past someone you would have loved to have met, but at the point where you could have bumped into each other, your attention was probably on all of the stuff you had to get done at work when you got there!
But as it was Jung who first talked about synchronicity, maybe it’s also worth reminding ourselves of the role that he thought it played in our lives.
As far as he was concerned, synchronicity served the same purpose as symbols appearing in our dreams; giving us moments where the true blessing isn’t on what happens or what we get as a result, but in the chance to experience our connection to the whole, a spiritual experience that can feed us at a soul level. After all, if you absolutely knew for sure that we were all one, how may tthat change your life from this moment onwards?
Have you ever had an experience of synchronicity? Share it here!
Posted on Mon 7th Mar 2011 15:36:14
The pendulum is a simple system which you can use to help you discover what the future may hold for you. It's been around for centuries and is a great way to can into psychic energies and can be used for obtaining everything from simple yes-or-no answers to finding lost objects or even people! Many ready-made pendulums are available either online or at a New Age shops, or you can make your own using your own jewelry.Pendulums are made with different types of stones or gems, totem images or weights, usually on a piece of chain approximately six to ten inches long, with a small counterweight on the other end. It’s a good idea to try some out before you pick one to see what type works best for you.
Some people believe you “must” use your non-favored hand (your left hand if you’re right-handed), but there is no right or wrong just use whatever feels comfortable for you. There are several methods typically used for holding the chain, ie. : hold your chosen hand as if you were about to reach out to offer your hand in a handshake in front of you, let your fingers curl in just a bit, then drape the chain over your fingers with the heavier end hanging down approximately three to six inches on the inside of your hand, and the counterweight (lighter end) over the outside of your hand. Place that arm’s elbow on a flat surface to stabilize your hand and give you the most accurate movements.
Place your other hand, palm up, under the weighted end and slowly and lightly touch it down into the palm, barely touching, just enough to steady it. Now you’re ready to begin. Visualise sending a wave of energy down the chain, and ask for universal energies to be made available to you so you can receive spiritual guidance.
Now talk directly to the pendulum and ask it to show you what a “yes” would look like, and slowly and carefully lower your opposite palm down away from the pendulum, allowing it to hang free. Observe how it moves: Is it a circular motion to the right or left? A straight line from front to back or side to side? This will represent a “yes” answer. Now repeat that process for a “no” answer. You can create a pad with “yes,” “no” and “maybe” on it, or use a fan pattern for multiple answers: draw a half circle or fan shape on paper, divide into sections like pie slices and write in what each section’s meaning would be, should the pendulum swing directly over that space on the fan.
It's said that if you take the wedding ring of a pregnant married woman, string it onto a necklace that she wears regularly, and do these steps over her baby bump, the pendulum can tell you what sex the child will be, or even in some cases what month and day the child will arrive!
Experiment and have fun with your pendulum. Once you gain experience you may be very surprised at the accuracy of the answers you begin to receive.
Posted on Fri 4th Mar 2011 22:53:20
A pentagram is a five-pointed star—“pente” is Greek for five, and “gram” means to write. Many uninformed people mistakenly think that the pentagram is a sign of evil, or that a reversed pentagram is a mark of the devil. Whilst it may be true that Satanists choose to wear inverted or reversed religious emblems, including the inverse pentagram and the upside-down Christian cross to gain notoriety. But the pentagram itself is anything but evil. You may have also heard the term “pentacle,” which further adds to the confusion and uncertainty of this symbol. Similarly, a pentacle is simply a five-pointed star, facing upright, enclosed within a circle.
Five pointed stars are common among several faiths and cultures. The earliest pentagrams have been located in archeological findings which date back to 4000 B.C. in the region of Palestine. Findings in Mesopotamia have been discovered dating back to 3500 B.C., and in Sumeria from 2700 B.C. Discovered in these diggings were pottery and stones which revealed the carvings of various pentacles. There is much speculation as to what this symbolism represented during these eras. Was it a cosmic symbol, representing the five planets visible to the naked eye? An emblem of health? A symbol of power, or protection?
By 400 B.C., the followers of the philosopher Pythagoras began using the pentagram as a signature, a way of identifying themselves. Their explanation of the pentagram was that it represented the human microcosm. You may recall the well-known image of man, with his arms stretched out to a surrounding circle with a pentagram in the background. Made famous by Leonardo Da Vinci, this image illustrated man’s relationship to the universe, representing the infinite power and abilities of mankind.
As humanity evolved, so did this sacred symbol. With flourishing international travel and commerce, the sacred pentagram was shared with other cultures. Pentagrams appeared over doorways for protection in the Norse regions. In Israel, the pentacle was adopted as one of the Seven Seals, inscribed in King Solomon’s seal, representing the five books of the Torah. In Christianity, the pentagram identified Christ’s five wounds. Upon the discovery of America, the pentagram was found to be in existence among Native American tribes. As America was founded, the pentagram was frequently incorporated in the symbolism of the United States government. The pentagram appears in our U.S. flag, on the Great Seal, and also in the currency. It is widely accepted that several founders involved with the establishing of America were Freemasons. Among these secret societies, the pentagram was used to assist in the study and practice of alchemy, and was incorporated into ceremonial magic and rituals.
Fast forward to today, and the significant impact Hollywood has had on our culture. Horror movies, murder mysteries and those centered around the occult have misrepresented the true meaning of the pentagram, further fuelling the misunderstandings. In the neo-pagan belief systems that are reviving today, including Wicca, the pentagram is often used as a tool for protection, invocations, and banishings. The five points represent the five elements: earth, air, fire, water, and spirit.
The next time you see a pentagram, instead of fearing evil, I encourage you to think of the power of the human spirit. Call upon the energies of the five elements and let the stars be your guide!
Posted on Mon 21st Feb 2011 12:52:23
In the weeks following the terrible events of 9/11 many people claimed that they had actually foreseen what would happen. Some said that they had had premonitions of the attacks days or even weeks before that fateful day.
Anyone can say they've had a premonition about a train crash, the winners of the World Cup, political elections, or the outcome or some other event after the fact. What makes them worthy of serious consideration is proof that you indeed had the premonition well before the event.
Most of us have experienced premonitions – a feeling about something that is going to happen – to one degree or another. The phone rings and you "know" who it is calling, even though the call was unexpected. Sometimes the premonition isn't as specific, but just as strong – or stronger: a great, unexplained feeling of sadness has been bothering you all day; it is only later that you learn that a close relative has died. A premonition is foretelling the future.
There are many such instances that we experience now and then, and sometimes (sceptics would say always) they can be put down to coincidence. There are times, however, when a premonition is so strong that the person experiencing it has little doubt that it is going to happen. These powerful premonitions are much rarer, but happen often enough that serious researchers know they are real. Some people seem to be more sensitive to these types of feelings; we call them "sensitives" or "psychics."
Premonitions can be as subtle as a nagging feeling or can be so overwhelming that they jolt you out of your everyday routine and prevent you from thinking of little else. They can be vague, nothing more than a feeling, or they can be so vivid that some experiencers say it is like watching a film. Premonitions can foretell something that happens a minute later... or weeks or even many months later. They can come while you're doing the dishes or they can come in dreams.
If you are prone to premonitions that very often come true, or you've had a strong premonition about some future event, you must document it. If you care about being believed, an undocumented premonition is virtually worthless.
You're probably not going to want to document every little premonition you have. In fact, it may not be possible to document some of them: for example, that phone call that comes just two minutes after your premonition.
Let's say, however, you've had a fairly strong premonition, or a vivid dream, about your sister Joanne. Although you haven't talked to her in a while, you've had a premonition that Joanne is about to experience a major life change – somehow you just know she's pregnant. This is just one example, of course; the premonition could be of anything – a plane crash, an accident involving a relative or a natural disaster.
So how do you document your premonition? There are several ways:
Keep a diary. Get a journal and write down any premonitions you might have. Be sure to note the time and date that you experienced it. The weakness in this method, as far as verification by others is concerned, is that such diaries can be altered and faked – putting down a pre-dated notation for an event that's already happened. The value of a diary, assuming you are being honest, is that you have a personal record of your premonitions, the success rate of which you can track.
Tell others. Don't keep your premonitions a secret. You won't want to become an annoying bore by harrassing your friends with every little premonition you have, but if you think it may be something important, tell someone you trust. It's another piece of evidence. Using the example above, you'd certainly want to surprise your sister Joanne with your premonition about her pregnancy before she has a chance to tell you! The weakness in this method is that it, too, relies on human honesty and sometimes faulty memories. Using e-mail might be better. Although e-mails can be altered, they are initially date-stamped.
Use a date-stamped location. The best way to document your premonition is in a date-stamped location that is not in your control. And the Internet provides an easy (and free) way to do this. One website, which has been established expressly for this purpose, is the Central Premonitions Registry. On this website, you can register in real time any precognitive visions, feelings or dreams. A simple form on this page asks for your name and e-mail address, then provides a space where you can write your premonition. (If you've already written out in a word processor, you can cut and paste into the form.) Your premonition is recorded and date-stamped. And later, if you believe your premonition has been fulfilled, you can return to this same page and fill out the fulfillment report form.
These methods provide very convincing and compelling evidence for the date of your premonition.
Be Specific
Regardless of the methods you use, be thorough in the description of your premonition, including as many specifics as you can recall. It's sometimes difficult to describe feelings, but do your best. Describe locations, people, names, landmarks, shapes, colors, smells, temperatures and emotions that you sensed. Guard against padding your descriptions with things you didn't really sense. You want to be as accurate and honest as possible.
If you believe your premonition has been fulfilled, be as honest about that as well. It may not be 100 percent accurate, but there should be enough correct detail to verify your premonition. This is where your detailed report comes in. If you just say, "I sense a train crash somewhere in the south of the Uk" your credibility goes way down because, unfortunately, train crashes in the south of england are not that rare.The more likely an event is to happen, the less seriously your vague premonition will be taken.
Don't let your premonitions slip by. The more verifiable evidence we have for this phenomenon, the closer we will come to understanding it.
Posted on Thu 16th Dec 2010 18:31:39
Marie Anne Adelaide Lenormand (born in 1772) was a legendry French fortune teller. She was active for more than 40 years, and gained considerable fame for her skills during the Napoleonic era.
She claimed to have been a fortune teller to many famous people of the time, among them the ill-fated leaders of the French revolution (Marat, Robespierre and St-Just).
As a fortune teller she also read the fortunes of Empress Josephine, and Czar Alexander of Russia.
The fortune teller famously predicted that Josephine would marry Napoleon, and become Empress of France. And then at a later stage she warned Josephine that Napoleon would divorce her. This was the leader's intent but it was knowledge known to no-one, not even his closest contacts. Napolean was so angry when he learned of this prediction that he ordered the fortune teller to be jailed immediately.
The fortune teller also became famous for foretelling the violent deaths of the leaders of the French Revolution
In 1814 the fortune teller started a second literary career and published many fortune telling books with unpleasant predictions about politicians and leaders. This caused much outrage and she was imprisoned several times... but never for very long as those that imprisioned her feared she would curse them.
In France she's considered the greatest cartomancer of all time, highly influential on the wave of French cartomancy that began in the late 18th century.
After her death her name was used on a newly-developed divination card deck, the so-called Lenormand cards. These are still used extensively in modern Germany, and are almost as popular as Tarot cards in some regions.
Posted on Mon 29th Nov 2010 22:31:50
From Canada comes the strange tale of Lea Rosier’s terrifying premonition that her daughter was going to die. A month later it almost became a reality!
"Four years ago in Toronto, Canada, when my daughter was 14, I had the oddest experience. I was watching daytime TV while my daughter was in school when all of a sudden I went into what I can only describe as a trance. I repeated aloud these words: "She's going to die. Oh no, she's going to die..." for what seemed like minutes. I then regained my normal breathing and sighed loudly to myself and said, "She's ok. She'll be ok." I snapped out of what was the strangest trance like mood and began watching TV again as if nothing happened.
I was referring to my daughter, having the distinct feeling that she was in danger of dying, but then realizing that she'd be ok.
One month later, I received a call from a relative with whom my daughter was sleeping over at the time. She told me, "Delilah stopped breathing during the night." I called a friend who drove me to the hospital where I was met by a priest. My daughter was on life support, having suffered a reaction to some medication that almost killed her. She remained on a life support machine for a day until she made a full recovery within days.
I feel that I had received a wave of the future of a life-threatening event. I always trust my gut feelings, and have not (thank God) ever experienced anything so awful since."
Posted on Sun 7th Nov 2010 21:02:15
Paul the octopus, who shot to fame predicting the results of World Cup football matches in South Africa has passed away.
He is said to have died peacefully in his tank at the Oberhausen Sea Life Centre in Germany.
The eight-armed 'psychic' correctly predicted the winners of all Germany's World Cup clashes, and then the final.
He did it by selecting one of two boxes, each loaded with a mussel food treat and marked on the outside with one of the teams.
Sea life centre manager Stefan Porwoll said: "His success made him almost a bigger story than the World Cup itself."
Staff said there was nothing fishy about Paul's death as common octopuses generally only live a couple of years.
"He appears to have passed away peacefully during the night of natural causes," said Mr Porwoll.
He added: "We are consoled by the knowledge that he enjoyed a good life here.
"We may decide to give Paul his own small burial plot within our grounds and erect a modest permanent shrine."
Happily, Paul will live on through commercial enterprises ranging from special clothing lines to mobile phone applications.
He will also feature in a documentary to be released early next year.
Posted on Tue 26th Oct 2010 15:26:43
Did you know that Halloween used to be known as ‘nutcrack night’ in parts of the north of England, as nuts were traditionally put in fires on 31st October to predict the fidelity and success of relationships.
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Posted on Thu 21st Oct 2010 21:35:05
From time to time, everyone becomes aware of their dreams while they sleep. When this happens, it's possible to take control of the dream and use it as a tool for wish-fulfilment. This state of awareness during sleep is known as lucid dreaming.
If you have ever had a lucid dream, you will know that it can be a fun way to live out your fantasies. Some lucky people achieve lucidity naturally on a regular basis, while others can induce it at will. Most of us though, have to train ourselves to control our dreams. The best way to do this is to become more aware generally. Examine your surroundings several times a day. Rather than accepting what you see, question everything. Look carefully at each object in turn. If you make a habit of being observant in your everyday life, then you will also become more aware in a dream-state. This very simple technique allows most people to become aware of their dreams. However, you must be patient and remember very few people experience lucidity every time they dream. When you first become aware of your dreams you may find that the sudden awareness startles you into waking up. You can often tell when you are starting to wake from a dream, because the scene begins to lose colour, focus or sound.
Finally, you should keep a dream journal. Every morning, write down as much as you can about your dreams as soon as you wake up. Write in the first person and the present tense. This should help you transfer the dreams into your long-term memory. You can also use your dream journal to relive favourite dreams, by reading the book before sleeping and focusing on the thought that you wish to relive that particular dream.
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Posted on Sun 4th Jul 2010 14:06:00
Face reading has been used for millennia in both the Eastern and Western civilizations. In the Western world it is called physiognomy while in China it is known as xiàng shù (also: xiàng miàn 相面, kàn xiàng 看相), and in Japan as ninsō-uranai 人相卜.
Aristotle, Hippocrates, Galen and Chaucer all studied and wrote about physiognomy. In China, face reading has a long association with medicine. Skilled specialist practitioners diagnose illnesses from careful observation of the face.
Different aspects of your face cover different areas of your personality:
Your ears show how you interact with others, your level or risk-taking and longevity.
Your hairline show how you socialise.
Your forehead shows your way of thinking and parental influence.
Your browbones show issues to do with control.
Your eyebrows show your passion, sense of pride and level temper.
Your eyes reveal how open you are to life and experiences and your intelligence.
Your cheeks show your level of confidence.
Your cheekbones show how you assert your authority.
Your nose indicates your money situation and the way you work, your ego, drive and power.
The tip of your nose shows your inner emotions.
Your mouth shows the way you express yourself.
Your lips reveal your sensuality and how you physically express yourself.
Your chin indicates your level of assertiveness, character and will power.
Your jaws indicates your determination.
Are you ready to find out what your face reveals about you?
First of all, take a good long look in the mirror. Don't judge! Don't be critical! Just look and take careful note of your facial features.
Are you already cursing your double chin? Well, don't! It means that happiness will come later in life but it will make up for arriving so late by arriving in bulk.
Do you hate the way your ears stick out? This reveals that you are an unconventional, original and independent thinker.
Do you wish you didn't have "crow's feet"? Enjoy them, because they show that you can see and appreciate the bigger picture. It also shows you are not easily fooled.
Posted on Sat 26th Jun 2010 19:55:00
In English folklore, a boggart (or bogart) is a household fairy which causes things to disappear, milk to sour, and dogs to go lame.
Always evil in its intentions, it's said that the boggart will follow its family wherever they flee.
In Northern England, at least, there was the belief that the boggart should never be named, for when it was given a name, it would not be reasoned with nor persuaded, but would become uncontrollable and destructive.
It is said that the boggart crawls into people's beds at night and puts a clammy hand on their faces. Sometimes he strips the bedsheets off them. Sometimes a boggart will also pull on a person's ears. Hanging a horseshoe on the door of a house is said to offer protection and keep a boggart away.
In the folklore of North-West England, boggarts are said to live under bridges on dangerous sharp bends on roads, and it's considered bad luck for drivers not to offer their polite greetings as they cross.
The Scottish variant is the bogle (or boggle).
Posted on Fri 25th Jun 2010 21:33:00
Cats who know exactly when they are going to be taken to the vets. Dogs who sense their owners' whereabouts - even if they are miles away. And birds who seem to mourn the deaths of those around them... our pets and other animals have always been intuitive - but do they really have a mysterious sixth sense?
A 2008 book “The Art of Dying” by Britain's leading clinical authority on near-death experiences, Dr Peter Fenwick, and his wife Elizabeth, a counsellor, examines the remarkable cases of psychic animals.
There is nothing new about the idea that animals can acquire information from an extra sense that we humans have now lost - if we ever had it at all.
Most pet owners can probably quote some example of a cat or dog behaving like a mind-reader.
Dogs often behave as if they know when their owner is setting off for home, though the owner may be many miles away, and may wait by the door for them to arrive.
Cats are notorious for being able to sense when a visit to the vet is in the offing.
One academic, Rupert Sheldrake, author of 'Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home', contacted 65 veterinary offices in London and asked if they had any problem with cat owners keeping their appointments.
Not only had 64 noticed such problems, but some were no longer making appointments for cat owners, explaining: 'Cat appointments don't work.'
It isn't simply that the cats notice their owner approaching with a cat basket - the animals actually hide as soon as they sense that their owner is beginning to think: 'I'd better start looking for Puss now if we're to make it to the vets on time . . .'
Similarly, an awareness of death is certainly not restricted to us humans. The enormous interest generated by the case of the intuitive American cat, Oscar, indicates the fascination prescient pet behaviour holds.
Oscar lives in a nursing home and has an uncanny ability to sense when a resident is about to die. When a patient is near death, Oscar nearly always appears and hops on the bed.
The staff have come to recognise and respect Oscar's instincts, and send for the relatives of any patient he has chosen to curl up beside.
But they have no explanation for it. Oscar shows no interest in patients who are simply in poor shape, or who still have a few days to live.
Oscar, a hospice cat has an uncanny knack for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die
One theory says a cat's acute sensitivity to smell might enable it to detect some subtle change in metabolism around the time of death, but no one has been able to explain why any moggy should show an interest in the approach of the Grim Reaper.
Given this, it is perhaps not surprising so many people have told us of deathbed-related cat and dog incidents.
Ann Liddell described the odd behaviour of her Newfoundland dog on the night her mother died.
'At about 4.30am he started to bark - not his usual sharp warning bark, but howling. I knew instantly that my mother had died, and soon after we got the call from the hospital to confirm this.'
Michael Finch's mother was dying of cancer. One night Michael left the hospital and returned home to let the dog out.
'I will never forget this as long as I live. At 10.45pm, the dog began to howl like a wolf. It was spine-chilling. I just knew this was because Mum had died.
For five minutes he howled uncontrollably and then took to bed.
'The dog was a Cavalier King Charles spaniel and had never made such a deep, wild and rasping sound. When my father and sister returned later, they confirmed Mum had died at 10.45 pm.'
Susan Burman told how when her husband was on his deathbed, their cat curled up by his feet. As he took his dying breath, the fur on the cat's back stuck out as if by static electricity.
We were told by a carer of a very similar reaction by a resident's cat which normally slept on his bed.
The cat happened to come into the room at the moment the resident died, and a nurse who was present reported: 'It shrieked and sped around the room a couple of times - and then shot out of the room as though it didn't want to be there.
The cat sensed the spirits had finally come for the resident.'
Cat tales
An even stranger story is that of the Cox's cat. It concerns one of our oldest friends, Brian, a biochemist working in a university research department - a person, you might think, not given to imagining things, or jumping to conclusions.
For some years before she died, Brian's elderly aunt would visit regularly. Each time she came she would spend most of her time sitting in one particular chair, and the cat (gratified, as cats usually are, to find a member of the household willing to sit still in one particular place for some considerable time) would spend most of its time sitting on her knee.
The aunt always insisted that when she died, Brian should ensure that she was buried beside her husband - otherwise, she said, she would haunt her nephew. Some months later, she died.
Between the day she died and the day of her funeral, the cat behaved strangely. On going into the sitting room, its hackles rose and its fur stood on end.
It avoided the aunt's chair and hid behind the sofa. After the funeral, when the aunt had indeed been buried beside her husband, the cat's behaviour returned to normal.
Far from reacting like Oscar the cat - who never lost his composure in the face of death (and indeed seemed to seek death out) - most of the animals we have been told about seem to have been very disturbed.
Dogs and cats often seem to 'sense' when a person has died
Dogs bark or howl, and cats' fur stands on end. Perhaps they are experiencing the presence of the dying, or have an awareness of death - but there is no question of them finding it comforting.
Birds, however, are traditionally associated with death - usually as harbingers of doom - and several accounts sent to us concerned bird sightings.
In two cases shortly after the death, a small bird would fly into the house and perch, apparently unconcerned, on a piece of furniture before flying out again.
Not all that unusual, admittedly - but for the bird to appear unperturbed is certainly strange. It's more usual for a bird that has flown into a house to fly around, beating itself against the windows in a panic to escape.
Everyone involved in each of these cases felt the bird's visit was intimately related to the death. Alison Hole, a nurse, wrote to us describing the moments after the death of one of her patients.
The heaviness in the atmosphere of a room after a death, and the feeling that 'something' lingers on after a death and must be released, has also been mentioned by several other correspondents.
Alison reported: 'Walking across the room was slow as the atmosphere was heavy and the floor was like walking through tar.
Once I opened the window, the atmosphere in the room cleared and I noticed a white bird the other side of the window.
'While it is normal for birds to nest or rest on the hospital window ledges, this was around 4am in the winter. It was dark and too early for dawn - and this was not a seagull. I never saw another pale bird in the area.'
The following story describes bird behaviour that is way beyond what one would expect of a normal bird in normal circumstances.
Oliver Robinson's owl made its appearance some time after the death it was associated with, so it falls into the category of after-death communication rather than deathbed coincidence.
But the extraordinary behaviour of the owl, together with the feelings it engendered in Oliver's mother, made the temptation to include it here irresistible.
Strange behaviour
The first appearance of the owl was on one warm April morning, some months after the death of Oliver's grandmother. Oliver's mother here describes what happened.
'There was a terrific commotion outside the kitchen, caused by our garden birds. When I went out to see what all the fuss was about, the birds were dive-bombing an owl which sat on one of the lower branches of the oak tree.
'It seemed strange that an owl was out in the middle of the day, and although the small birds were trying to frighten it away, it just sat quietly in the tree.
'As the day warmed up I opened the French windows on the south side of the house. When I stepped out into the garden, there was a great flapping of wings and the owl flew down and landed in front of me on the grass.
'It was a large tawny owl about 12in high. It looked up at me with big brown eyes and mewed. It seemed very tame.
'During the day, every time I went outside, the owl would come down and stand in front of me. It was almost as if it was trying to say something. The big brown eyes looked so human and reminded me of my mother, also brown-haired, who had died the previous summer.'
The feathered visitor's strange behaviour didn't end there.
Oliver's mother continues: 'When my husband and children came home I told them about the owl but thought no more about it.
'We always sleep with our top windows open, and that night there was a lot of scuffling and rustling at the window. The owl came down to sit on the window - behaviour my husband didn't like at all.
'The next morning, I opened the kitchen windows. No sooner had I opened the large window over the sink, than there was a great flurry of wings and the owl flew right into the kitchen.
'It seemed best for the children and my husband to go out and close the doors while I opened the outside door, hoping to coax it outside, but it seemed to be quite at home in the kitchen.
'It flew down to the other end, and sat on the curtain rail watching me. It had a tremendous wing-span and it was remarkable that nothing was knocked over. Eventually it flew out of the window and sat on the back porch.
'When we went out to the car later that morning, it came straight down and perched on the flowerpot I was carrying. As we drove out, it sat on the gatepost watching us.
'It came down to our window again that night and to the porch the next day, but not down to my feet. After a few days it disappeared. Every now and then I would hear the sound of it nearby.'
The ability to fly has always been regarded as a magical power, the stuff of dreams.
Perhaps that is why birds have always been regarded as having an element of the supernatural and why, in so many myths and legends, they provide a link between the human world and the supernatural or divine, associated with both birth and death.
In some cultures, the human soul is believed to arrive on Earth in bird form, and in many societies, birds are seen as carriers or symbols of the human soul, flying heavenwards after death, or as guardians who guide the soul to the afterlife.
Perhaps these perplexing modern bird stories indicate the possible origin of these myths - or maybe they are a demonstration that these are more than simply legends.
Extracted from an original article in the Daily Mail
Posted on Fri 18th Jun 2010 21:27:00
From Astral Plane to Zodiac, Linda can teach you the meanings of the words and phrases of destiny.
Amulet
A talisman that is designed to be worn, usually in the form of a necklace, bracelet or brooch. It is said to protect its wearer or to be a guide in troubled times.
Angels
Angels are often regarded as immortal messengers from God who provide aid and assistance when necessary. They can be human, bearing guidance.
Astral plane
The idea was popularised by Theosophy, where it meant the first plane beyond the physical plane. Later it became known as the emotional plane of consciousness. It is of a different level to our material world.
Astral projection
We have physical and astral bodies. When the body is unconscious, whether from sleep or from accident or illness, that person's astral self can leave the body and travel anywhere in the Universe. Some individuals can astral travel at will – consciously. The astral body is said to be attached to the body by a ‘silver cord’. Some say that if this cord breaks, the person dies.
Astrology
Astrology is both a science and an art. It studies how events on earth relate to the positions and movements of the planets in our solar system. For a ‘natal chart, astrologers map the positions of the planets, the 12 signs of the zodiac, and the 12 houses of the horoscope – preferably at the exact time of birth. They interpret their findings to identify the characteristics, lifetime potentials, and destiny of individuals. Astrological readings can also be made for a group, a country, and for animals such as household pets.
Aura
The electromagnetic field that surrounds every living being. An aura can be any one – or a combination - of the primary colors in the rainbow. Some people have a fixed inner aura color that remains constant, depending on their personality and basic nature. However, there are many layers to the aura, and the colour of the outer aura can change with the individual's mood, and state of health. People with keen psychic abilities can often see auras.
Celestial
Relating to the sky, as in "celestial map". Usually represents a particular shade of “sky” blue.
Channel
To send a message from one person or place to another; a medium, clairvoyant, or a healer might do this through a spirit entity. So might a writer – whose inspiration appears to come from nowhere – without actually contacting anyone consciously.
Clairaudience
The psychic ability to receive messages from an entity existing in another realm. The person or medium receiving these messages ‘hears’ the messages either in their mind or as an external voice.
Claircognizance
This means ‘clear knowing’. It brings the ability to know things without being told, and to receive complete ideas without prior knowledge. Some people tune in and ‘pick up’ things, such as poetry or music this way. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart may have been claircognizant; Symphony No. 1 (K. 16) was composed when he was just nine years old.
Clairsentience
‘Clear feeling’ is the ability to feel or sense what someone else is experiencing or feeling. Hunches, intuition, and connections with spirits also belong to this category. Some psychics with this ability can track down lost people or objects.
Clairvoyance
Literally, ‘clear sight’. This means the ability of a medium or psychic to see a spirit person, or people and objects that are some distance away and then describe details about them to others. These images can appear either in material form or in the mind’s eye. It also means the ability to ‘see’ past or future events.
Crystal ball
A transparent ball usually made of quartz crystal that enables certain psychics to focus their clairvoyance.
Destiny
A person’s future, either seen as being either fixed or as changeable, depending on a person’s determination.
Divination
The ability to see into the future; this can involve the interpretation of omens or supernatural messages, and any appropriate discipline such as astrology, tarot cards, mediumship or clairvoyance.
Dowsing
A technique in which a rod, stick, pendulum or other tool is used to locate hidden things such things as underground water or buried treasure.
Dream Interpretation
Dream interpretation is the process of assigning meaning to dreams. In ancient societies, such as Egypt and Greece dreaming was considered a supernatural communication or a means of divine intervention. Today, it is more likely to be regarded as the practice by various schools of psychology of assigning meaning to the symbols in dreams in order to foretell the future or solve a problem.
ESP
Extra Sensory Perception. The ability to perceive thoughts, emotions and events that are not apparent on a physical level.
Ethereal
The characteristic of lightness and insubstantiality.
Ghost
The wandering spirit of a person who has died to the earthly plane, but still maintains mind and consciousness. For one reason or another, the ghost (or spirit) has not moved on to the higher planes. This might be because they feel attached to places where they were happy or wronged in some way. It may also mean a spirit who comes back from a higher plane to look after someone who is in trouble.
Horoscope
The construction and analysis of the horoscope is the basis of astrological practice. A ‘chart of the heavens’ is cast for a particular moment in time, as reflected at a particular place on the Earth’s surface. The horoscope is divided into a number (usually 12) of houses whose positions depend on date, time and location. Many publications carry horoscopes predicting daily or monthly events for the 12 sun signs. To simplify matters, these ‘public readings’ are calculated for noon on the relevant day whereas individual charts require an accurate time of birth, and birthplace.
I-Ch’ing
An ancient Chinese oracle or the ‘Book of Changes’, which consists of 64 chapters illustrating universal principles, and which is accessed by throwing stalks or coins. It involves the dynamic balance of opposites (yin and yang), the evolution of events as a process, and acceptance of the inevitability of change.
Intuition
Understanding obtained without apparent effort; quick and ready insight that comes independently of previous experience, reasoning or observation. It is also one of the ‘four types’ of Carl Gustav Jung’s practice, found in the Myers-Brigg Type Indicator opposite ‘sensing’.
Meditation
A technique that enables the practitioner to lift awareness to a higher level (or plane) by clearing the mind of mental, emotional and psychological interruptions.
Medium
Someone who is able to serve as an intermediary between the living and the dead. A medium may listen to and relate conversations with spirit voices, go into a trance and speak without knowledge of what is being said, allow a spirit to enter his or her body and speak through it, or use some form of physical tool, such as a writing pad, to relay messages from the spirits those who wish to contact them. Not all psychics are mediums; also called a Channeler.
Numerology
The study of numbers and their occult meanings. Based on the premise that the full name a person was given at birth, as well as the day, month, and year that person was born, exert a strong influence on character, personality and events occurring during the course of an individual’s lifetime.
Palmistry
The skill of determining character and life potential of a human being by reading the lines and other characteristics of their hands.
Paranormal
Literally, ‘outside the normal’. This is an umbrella term for anything that cannot be explained by present (scientific) knowledge. It includes extrasensory perception (ESP), dowsing, astral projection and reincarnation. Ghosts and haunting, Unidentified Flying Objects (as UFOs) and The Bermuda Triangle also come under this category.
Parapsychology
The study of the paranormal, especially extrasensory perception, using scientific techniques.
Pendulum
A practice of divination used to answer ‘yes or no’ questions by observing whether the pendulum swings from front to back (yes) or from left to right (no).
Planes of consciousness
In our Solar System, there are several planes of consciousness. These include our normal physical, material or earthly plane; the etheric plane(where we find ghosts), the emotional or astral plane; the higher astral planes (where more evolved souls rest and regenerate their resources), and beyond the astral plane, the higher mind, Buddhic, Atmic planes and the plane of full solar consciousness, the Supreme or Absolute.
Premonition
A powerful feeling that something is going to happen.
Prophecy
The foretelling of events as if by supernatural or divine intervention.
Psychic
Psychic ability is related to the sixth sense, or ESP. It relates to forces or mental processes outside the possibilities defined by natural or scientific laws. An individual with paranormal gifts, e.g. clairvoyance or mediumship, is a psychic.
Querent
A person who asks questions of an oracle, a prophet or – more commonly – an astrologer, Tarot reader, a palmist, or someone who works a divinatory technique such as the I-Ch’ing, or Runes.
Reading
A consultation with a psychic or other practitioner using paranormal techniques to look into the querent’s current or past situation and motivations, in order to provide insight and guidance for the future.
Runes or Runic Alphabet
An ancient alphabet dating from c.150; a divination technique practised by early Anglo-Saxons.
Séance
A session with a medium involving at least one and sometimes many, participants, for the purpose of contacting the dead.
Soul
The essence of a single individual across time and all planes of consciousness. Souls are usually considered to be immortal.
Spirit
The divine spark, or God-essence, that drives and animates every life form; also the driving force for one incarnation, one personality, it is primarily of the earth and represents only one facet of the soul. Also, a daemon sprite or especially ghost.
Spirit guides
A term often used by Spiritualist Churches, mediums, and psychics to describe a spirit with a high degree of wisdom who chooses to remain close to the earthly plane. Such an entity may act as spiritual counsellor or guide to help certain living human beings along the right path. Some say your spirit guide is the twin aspect of your soul, with whom you seek connection and completeness.
Spiritual healer
Someone who can channel spiritual energy to benefit another person.
Star sign
Star sign; in Western and Indian astrology, the 12 ‘star’ or ‘sun’ signs are determined by the Sun’s position in the zodiac on any given day. According to astrological belief, celestial phenomena reflect or govern human activity on the principle of ‘as above, so below’, and the 12 signs represent 12 basic personality types or characteristic kinds of expression.
Supernatural
Not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to the known natural laws; neither physical nor material. As they cannot be explained by known laws, the supernatural realm is often associated with magic or occult ideas.
Talisman
(see Amulet)
Tarot
A collection of 78 images representing universal archetypes and situations that might arise in the course of the lifetime, arranged as a pack of cards, and used to gain insights into psychology and metaphysics, as well as foretelling the future.
Telekinetic (TK)
Literally, ‘movement from the mind’ or the ability to move objects by means outside the known laws of physics and science. Examples could include distorting or moving an object, or influencing the output of a random number generator.
Telepathic
Mind to mind communication without using the five classical senses.
Trance
Trance states may be consciously and intentionally induced, or they may occur involuntarily. A deep sleeplike state used by some psychics or mediums to allow spirit guides to speak through them, by hypnotists to induce a healing process. Also associated with magic, meditation and prayer.
Zodiac
The annual cycle of twelve stations along the apparent path (the ecliptic) of the sun across the heavens, and through the constellations, divides the ecliptic into twelve zones. This system was devised by the Babylonians, but the Alexandrians later decided to fit the number of signs to the number and meanings of the houses. They also named the constellations after the zodiac signs
Posted on Mon 31st May 2010 15:54:00
Contrary to popular belief, psychic readings are not all about telling people their future.
In fact, many of my clients usually find it much more useful when a reading helps them to make sense of the present.
Nevertheless, it often happens that a glimpse (or sometimes a lot more than a glimpse) of the future will be revealed during a reading. When this happens, I am often asked questions like, "Is this future set in stone? Can it be changed?" or "This looks great! Wait, is their any way I can mess it up?"
Basically what these questions all boil down to is: "Is the future predestined, or is it determined by our choices and those of others?"
The answer? It's both.
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Of course this sounds like an impossibility, or paradox. Let me explain. Human beings are ultimately defined by our choices. Yet each of us is on our own unique path in life. This path leads us to events in our life where we must make a choice. Think of these events as "defining moments". Now, the type of choice we will have to make during this defining moment (love or money, risk or security, etc...), has been predetermined according to our own unique path - nothing can change it. However, what we choose is completely up to us, and contributes to who we are.
So who decided this predetermined path that we are on, and what kinds of choices we will have to make? You did! Your spirit. You cannot be separated from spirit, not even by time. Therefore, there has never been a time when you did not exist, and their never will be. When we realize this, our fears and insecurities melt away.
The following quote (which I believe is from A Course in Miracles - paraphrased) sums up this idea nicely...
"If you only knew who walked beside you, on this path that you yourself have chosen, you would never experience fear or doubt again."
Posted on Thu 29th Apr 2010 16:03:00
Many people decide to have a psychic reading when they are desperate for answers to difficult situation in their lives, this unfortunately puts an unrealistic expectation on the psychic and their abilities. What most of people need to be aware of is that psychics are only human, and cannot tell you something just because you want it to be that way.
But it’s little wonder that some may have unrealistic expectations about a psychic reading when you consider all the advertising hype on television and in the newspapers. Many ads announce how having an accurate psychic reading can solve just about any problem you may have in your life. Really!
That doesn't mean a psychic reading can't help. If you're confused or uncertain about which direction to take in life a good psychic reading can be very helpful.
HERE’S A FEW TIPS ON HOW TO GET THE BEST FROM YOUR PSYCHIC READING:
1) Don't ask a psychic to choose the winning lottery numbers for you, because they can't. Do you think they would be offering psychic readings if they could. No, of course not! They'd be on some white sandy beach in the Pacific enjoying a rum and coke! And, of course, it would be a misuse of their psychic gift to do so even if they could.
2) Remember if you are afraid or unwilling to move forward, no amount of psychic help and guidance will help you. It’s necessary to let go of the past to move towards a more positive future.
3) A good psychic will not tell you silly things such as what you had for breakfast yesterday, or what time you went to bed two days ago. How could this possibly be of help to you?
4) Good psychics may use psychic abilities such as clairaudience, clairsentience or clairvoyance when reading for you and many will often use a combination of all three.
5) Good psychic readings should be about self empowerment and personal development. A good psychic will be able to see your possible future, which will allow you to make informed decisions.
6) A good psychic reading should give you insight into how to improve your life, especially when things have been difficult.
7) Psychics are only human and unfortunately don't always know all the answers to your questions, when this situation arises they should be honest and tell you they can't help.
8) A good psychic can only give you psychic guidance on how to solve your problems, you are the one who has to make the final decision.
9) A good psychic will tell you if they forsee any problems in the future, they will not peddle false hope just to keep you happy.
If you're unhappy with the psychic reading tell the psychic you want them to stop, there is no reason for you to sit through a reading that is not working. The psychic should have no problem with refunding your money and may even suggest another reader who will be able to connect to your energy.
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Posted on Mon 30th Nov 2009 20:24:00
Developing Psychic Abilities
I think of psychic ability as I would any other talent or gift. It’s like singing – everyone can do it, it's just that some people are much better at it than others. With this in mind, I also think it’s important that people realise that it’s no more “mysterious” than being able to sing or dance or paint.
When you think about the physical mechanics of taking a musical note and transforming it into beautiful music, it’s awe-inspiring. It's an ability that you have been given and you can choose to develop it or not. Psychic ability is very similar. You start by listening to your inner voice (natural intuition) when it offers you psychic information and then as you learn to trust it ,more and more information will begin to filter through.
Eventually as your innner voice gets stronger it begins to spread to other areas of your life as you develop spirtually.
Where does this intuition come from? I can't really say. I believe that there is some kind of cosmic consciousness that is there to guide and protect us. And it's there for everyone to share but you need to take the time to listen and learn.
Posted on Mon 30th Nov 2009 14:37:00
by Linda Preston - Your Psychic Guide
Sometimes people ask me what's the point in having a psychic reading.
Well people seek psychic readings for all kinds of reasons.
Often it’s because they feel confused about their particular situation and need some psychic guidance to find the right way forward. Whether it be a love relationship, a family problem, or difficulties with work, a psychic reading can usually shed some light on the matter.
Others choose a psychic reading because they feel at a cross-roads in their life and would like to explore the idea of other possible futures.
And some because they have a decision to make and would like a psychic point of view about the right choice.
A psychic reading does not take away your free will in any way but allows you to consider other alternatives. As a psychic I always do my best to offer professional guidance but at the end of the day your life is your own and you must follow your heart. But it always helps to have another point of view.
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Posted on Wed 25th Nov 2009 16:30:00
Dreams we all have them. But what do they mean?
Here’s a quick guide to some common dream themes:
A forest
Symbolises the unknown and unconscious
Numbers
Indicate a need for balance or a problem to solve
Kitchens
Signify a need for emotional nourishment
The police
Represent safety and control
Grandparents
Suggest wisdom, tradition and intuition. Their appearance in a dream
may suggest you need guidance.
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Posted on Mon 28th Sep 2009 19:12:00
When we think of psychic predictions, we often consider only foretelling information about things in our personal future and of a personal nature.
A querant may ask a psychic to predict: When will I find true love? When will I get a promotion? When will I be able to buy a house?
But psychic predictions can be also be on a more global scale and of a much more dramatic nature! Famous 20th century psychics such as Jeanne Dixon and Sydney Omarr, for example, predicted sinister events such as presidential assassinations, natural disasters, tragic accidents, etc.
Predictions often come without notice or when a psychic is given information by his or her guides or the higher self.
But the more usual way is through clairvoyance and automatic writings or through the help of psychic tools such as tarot cards.
At other times the psychic may go into a trance and information is channelled from a spirit in the ethereal realm.
The early Egyptians believed that they could contact and be guided by the gods through their dreams and regularly used this as a method of seeing the future.
Dream predictions and interpretations are also mentioned in the Bible in many places.
And Greek psychics used arrows and rods as dowsing instruments to receive psychic information.
In ancient Rome, ‘augurs’ were court-appointed psychics who helped the empire in planning its future by using prediction methods such as scrying and casting of lots.
Modern psychic predictions are usually made through the use of palmistry, tarot card readings, astrological forecasts and aura readings but ancient methods such as I Ching are still popular and continue to be used.
Posted on Thu 30th Jul 2009 11:46:00
Chakras are the spiritual nerve network of the body with energy centres believed necessary to maintain inner balance and harmony.
Psychics often talk about chakras with regard to healing. Some psychics provide healing readings when a querant asks questions regarding health.
There are seven major chakras of the body and hundreds of minor ones. Each chakra is associated with a specific area of the body and radiates a specific colour that can be seen by some psychics.
The chakras are often thought to look like petals of a flower or sections of a colour wheel. Each chakra is said to vibrate at a different rates; as the spirit moves through each incarnation and understands his or her life lesson, it's said that the crown chakra grows stronger.
Additionally, some psychics believe that if an individual has a specific lesson which to work on in his or her current life that lesson is often indicted in the intensity of vibration or colour coming from that specific chakra. For example, an issue concerning sexuality might manifest in one’s scral chakra.
The seven chakras are:
The root – located at the base of the spine
The scral - located near the genitals and associated with reproduction and sexuality
The solar plexus – slightly above the navel
The heart – located between the shoulder blades and chest
The throat – the centre of creativity and self-expression, located in the throat area
The brow – located between the eyebrows, and called the third eye
The crown – swirls just above the head and reveals the level of one’s spiritual consciousness.
Read here about using a crystal over the third eye to develop clairvoyance
Posted on Tue 28th Jul 2009 15:32:00
Second sight is an old-fashioned term for receiving knowledge without the use of reason.
Second sight refers to the fact that those with psychic gifts can see visions or “know” information that will happen in the future or has happened in the past without the use of their eyes.
It’s the same as the psychic gifts of clairvoyance, telepathy and ESP.
Read more about psychic abilities here:
How to test your psychic powers
How to develop your psychic abilities with psychometry
Auras how to see them and what the colours mean
Posted on Tue 28th Jul 2009 14:55:00
What is Feng Shui? This is a simple question that can be difficult to answer as the term represents a complex system of beliefs. Feng Shui is an ancient art and science developed over 3,000 years ago in China. Within it's huge body of knowledge lies the secrets of how to balance the energies of any given space to ensure the health and good fortune of those who inhabit it.
"Feng" means "wind" and "shui" means "water" (pronounced fung-shway). In Chinese culture gentle wind and clear water have always been associated with good harvest and good health, so "good feng shui" came to mean good livelihood and fortune, while "bad feng shui" came to mean hardship and misfortune.
Feng Shui is based on the Taoist vision and understanding of nature, particularly on the idea that the land is alive and filled with 'Chi', or energy. The ancient Chinese believed that the land's energy could either make or break their homeland. The theories of yin and yang, as well as the five feng shui elements, are some of the basic parts of a feng shui analysis that come from Taoism.
The main tools used in a feng shui analysis are the Compass and the Ba-Gua. The Ba-Gua is an octagonal grid containing the symbols of the I Ching, the ancient oracle on which Feng Shui is based. Knowing the Bagua of your home will help you understand the connection of specific feng shui areas of your home to specific areas of your life.
Posted on Wed 15th Jul 2009 11:37:00
The name Dragon Lane at Bisterne Close in Hampshire commemorates a dragon that once lived in the earth works on Burley Beacon.
The dragon demanded a pail of milk each day from the local milkmaids until one day a knight happened by with his two dogs.
The dragon was of the flame-breathing variety and to counter its fire the knight is said to have coated his armour with birdlime, and ground glass.
This acted as a barrier against the searing breath and after a fearsome battle the dragon lay dead, however the brave knight and his two dog were mortally wounded in the combat.
Posted on Tue 30th Jun 2009 22:42:00
Selkies are creatures found in Faroese, Icelandic, Irish, and Scottish mythology – the legend thought to have origins in the Orkney islands.
They are said to be seals by day and then shed their skins to become human-like beings at night. In their human form they are said to be extremely beautiful, with shining black hair and bewitching eyes.
After sunset they come to remote shores and throw off their seal skins to enjoy themselves as mortals.
Female selkies were believed to obey mortal men who seized their seal skins. They are said to make good wives and mothers, and if they regain their seal skins and are then able to return to the sea they always remember their mortal families and swim near the land to see them.
Posted on Tue 30th Jun 2009 21:58:00
The phenomenon of crop circles, those mysterious circular patches of flattened corn, first came to attention of the public around 1980.
Since then they have been reported in various European countries, North America, Australia and Japan though England still has the most examples year by year.
The first reference to one appears to date back over there hundred years as a woodcut from 1678 shows a “Mowing Devil” at work on what appears to be a crop circle.
There had been several circles reported in England in the 1930s and 1940s, in France in 1954 and Australia in 1966 but these did not receive the wide publicity that greeted the circles of the 1980s. Press photographs showed them to be perfectly circular with corn stalks beaten down in a swirling pattern. For UFO enthusiasts the explanation was obvious! The circles had been formed by some form of power emitted when alien spacecraft had landed and taken off. It was something that excited UFO communities but there was no shortage of less spectacular explanations.
Posted on Tue 23rd Jun 2009 20:33:00
Read More...Traditionally clover has been known as a benevolent plant said to offer humans defence against witches and animals protection against malign spells.
If kept in the home or worn like a posy it’s said to bring general good fortune while for a young single person to dream of clover was the sign of a forthcoming good marriage.
More powerful was the rare ‘four- leafed' variety which was said to bestow on the finder the ability to recognize witches and see fairies.
At the same time it was a safeguard against enchantment and, if placed in a barn, prevented witches from spoiling the cows’ milk.
Posted on Mon 22nd Jun 2009 11:45:00
When belief in fairies was universal a tradition held that planting foxgloves in a garden was a sure way of attracting them.
The plant’s original name was ‘folksglove’, meaning the glove of the fairy folk.
It was later known by a number of names such as Fairy Petticoats and Fairy Thimbles.
Posted on Mon 22nd Jun 2009 11:23:00
Sleep, everyone needs it to rest and recharge the body for a new day. Likewise, everyone needs to dream, even if you can't actually remember your dreams.
Dreaming is thought to be the mind's way of resting. It also offers a way of sorting through the events and experiences of the day and trying to find solutions to unresolved problems.
Your conscious mind hands over to your unconscious for the night shift and leaves it to work away whilst you snooze! Dreams are essential for good mental health and if you weren't allowed to dream you would quickly become disorientated, or possibly even psychotic.
Dreams frequently puzzle us and we often find ourselves telling a strange dream to someone else in order to try to make sense of it. Often though within the space of minutes upon waking from a dream it will begin to fade and slip from our mind. But, as dreams are so important to us it may be worth preserving the essence of it.
Many talented people use their dreams as a source of inspiration and ideas. Horror writer, Stephen King, author of 'Carrie','Salem's Lot', and many other best sellers, said that a dream he had whilst on a flight from New York to London inspired the plot of his book, “Misery” - later made into a film.
Ex-Beatle, Sir Paul McCartney, whilst unable to give precise details of where he draws his inspiration for the lyrics to his many hundreds of songs, does admit that his dreams often provide him with a starting point and said that the words from one of the Beatles most famous songs, “Yesterday" came to him in a dream.
KEEP A DREAM DIARY
Keep a journal or a notebook solely for this purpose. Place it next to your bed to record any dreams you remember next morning. To help your recall you could trying placing an amethyst crystal (known to enhance intuition & artistic abilities) on top of your book.
Get into the habit of thinking through your dreams as soon as you wake while they are still fresh in your mind. Then write them down with as much detail as possible before they vanish and you get caught up in your day.
Don't be discouraged if you find this difficult at first. If there's a day or two when you simply can't remember or you don't have time, don't worry. More importantly don't give up.
Don't be tempted to use an A-Z dream dictionary to analyse your dreams. Dreams are very personal to you and only you alone can ever truly understand the meaning of them. Some therapists specialize in dream analysis and whilst they might have much experience in this area - it would only be their opinion. The dream is yours! It may take you a little while to work out the meaning, but it's worth persevering as dreams can often offer profound insights into your life.
Sweet dreams.
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Posted on Fri 19th Jun 2009 16:53:00
You only live once....or do you? Some people believe that in each and every one of us are the memories and events of many former lifetimes.
And just as a child's earliest experiences have a deep influence on later adult life, so too the stored knowledge of past lives may contribute to and affect our present choices and decisions: our present is forever bound to the past.
Many people have found by exploring their past lives it can help to:-
Reveal the causes of unnatural fears or phobias i.e. fear of heights, of water, of animals etc.
Reveal the causes of physical or emotional illnesses
Discover previous love relationships partners (you may be with them now in this life, having found each other again!)
Rid yourself of the negative elements of past lives, which may hinder your spiritual growth and contentment in this life.
Whilst it's possible to seek knowledge of past lives by visiting therapists who specialize in this area, you may prefer to begin your journey of self-discovery by working alone.
GUIDELINES FOR SUCCESS
The following guidelines will make sure that your experience is both safe and rewarding:
1. Don’t ever enter self-exploration if you are feeling fear, whether it is of the experience itself or of some other situation in your life
2. Don’t work on the past if your emotions in the present are confused. There will be too much colouring of past situations and distortions of truth may occur.
3. Don’t work in an unfamiliar setting. Always explore the past from a place you know and trust.
4. Don’t try to explore your past live if you are taking any long term medication.
Having satisfied yourself of this safety advice you can then progress on.
HOW TO BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY Posted on Mon 15th Jun 2009 10:36:00 Ask some of your friends to loan you articles to practice on. Jewellery or watches are ideal, since metal retains the impressions better than cloth or plastic. Preferably the articles should not be things which belong to the friends in question if you know them very well, as this would colour your judgement. It's better if the articles belong to someone else that they know so you can check the results. To Begin: Hold the article in your hand, and focus on the thoughts and impressions that come into your mind. Try to build up a picture of the person to whom it belongs. You should ask yourself questions. For instance, do you feel that the owner is a man or a woman? Are they young or old, happy or sad, tall or short? Don’t dwell on any of the questions too long or your imagination will start to interfere. What comes into your mind may be no more than a series of disjointed mental pictures, but make a note of every image, as most, if not all of them will relate to the owner of the object. It’s as if you were tapping into the person’s mind and picking up impressions of things connected with them – people, place, or events. It’s also nteresting to experiment with very old objects such as stones from historic sites, coins or any ancient artefacts you can get your hands on. With these, the impressions will be not so much of individuals as of the times with which those objects were connected. If the object has belonged to more than one person, the impressions you will pick up will probably be confused. The most recent owner, or the one with the strongest personality, is the one you will pick up on most strongly. Read more about developing your psychic abilities here: How to test your psychic powers Posted on Wed 10th Jun 2009 15:49:00 One simple way to test your psychic abilities is to use a pack of playing cards. Spread the cards face down on the table then pick a card at random and see if you can sense what it is. Don’t take too long over this. The first impression that pops into your mind is likely to be the right one. If you get no impression at all, you can stimulate your mind by asking yourself questions. Do you sense that the card is black or red? Is it a court card? etc. Don’t try this exercise too many times in succession. The mind quickly becomes strained and bored, and the concentration wavers. Practice for a few minutes a day. The same exercise can be tried with tarot cards. The varied designs on the cards give the subconscious mind strong images to work on. You may find that you pick up on some small detail from the design rather than the complete picture. As the tarot is full of symbolism, the symbolic significance of the card may come into your head. Another method of practicing is to try to sense the content of any letters you receive without opening them. Hold the envelope lightly between your fingers or press it to your forehead and see what impressions you gain. Colours can also be a very useful tool in developing psychic ability. Remember that whatever impressions you get are received at a subconscious level first, then filtered through to the conscious, and the subconscious is highly sensitive to colour. Get some brightly coloured squares of paper are cloth and put them in separate envelopes. Obviously the envelope must be thick enough so you can’t see the colour through it. Then hold one of the envelopes and try to sense the colour inside. You may find that some of the colours, those to which you are naturally drawn, are easier to ‘pick up’ than others. Posted on Tue 9th Jun 2009 15:21:00 Each and every one of us possesses a degree of psychic ability,often without even realising it. Most of us call upon our intuition on a daily basis to tell us whether a situation or a person is a good or bad bet. Using your 'gut feelings' can be a wise move, and more often than not, those 'hunches' turn out to be 100% correct. When we learn to recognize our psychic powers fully we can use them to give us a first class advantage when it comes to getting what we want in life. Imagine you have a tipster who passes details of a fantastic job offer or when a soul mate passes your way. Well, that's the advantage you have when you learn to use your dormant psychic powers! So just what are the different types of psychic skills? Read through the list below and see which fits your abilities: Posted on Sun 7th Jun 2009 20:53:00 And, of course, as mirrors are "all seeing and always speak the truth", the Queen, eventually heard something that she didn't want to hear. Snow White was! Telling the future with a mirror is very much an ancient art which is currently enjoying a period of revival. And tools, known as "Magic Mirrors" are freely available to practice the method, together with books discussing how to use a scrying mirror to foretell the future. But in ancient times the psychic or healer would place a mirror into water with only the base touching it. He or she would then gaze into the mirror, interpreting the vision that was revealed in the shiny surface. The more modern way of mirror prophecy is to place a specially cleansed or blessed mirror in an indirect light source and to stare at the mirror whilst in a meditative state. After some practice, you should be able to understand the solutions to problems, receive answers to questions and learn the wisdom of the ethereal world. Those who practice this method say that you should not be disappointed if the first few sessions with a mirror reveal nothing.. Like all things in life practice makes perfect. Whilst visiting why not check out my fast, accurate online psychic reading service Posted on Thu 4th Jun 2009 20:34:00 There's something very “other worldly” about cats isn't there? They have a certain serene, ethereal presence and at times they appear to be seeing something just beyond the reach of the human eye. Cats have always held a fascination for people, held in high religious esteem by some cultures and cast out as evil by other. So in a way it makes sense that the actions of cats would be used as a method of “divining the future.” Some common beliefs are: - if a cat sneezes, it means rain or if a cat sneezes three times all family members will catch a cold. Sailors would be horrified to find a cat on a ship as they believed it would bring nothing but bad luck. But, in the UK if a black cat runs across your path it means the opposite - good luck! In ancient Egypt there were cat goddesses and many households kept cats as pampered pets. When the cat eventually died there then followed an extended period of mourning, and family members shaved off their eyebrows. It’s not known whether this custom was a ritual to honour the dead cat or to stave off a bad omen. The cat goddesses of Egypt were Bast and Skehmer who were associated with fertility and sexual prowess. As cats were held in such high regard by their owners and in religious circles they were often mummified following their death. Egyptian law forbade the removal of cats' graves as all were thought to be sacred. Divination by cats during this period, occurred by watching cats for particular movements, which were then interpreted by seers according to their own judgement. Cats and witches have always been traditionally linked. Hundreds of years ago those who used metaphysical gifts and had psychic powers were considered to be witches, so it is not altogether surprising that their pet cats were guilty by association. It was thought that the witch could assume the shape of the cat nine times in her life(hence the belief that cats have nine lives) and as a results cats were tortured and burnt along with those suspected of witchcraft. The Middle Ages were dark years for cats, as well as people. During this grim period cats were thought to be in league with the devil, and this may be the basis for many contemporary ill omens about cats. Indeed one superstition stated that if you encountered a cat at midnight - you were in fact meeting the devil himself! Even today some intriguing omens still persist concerning cats. It’s thought that a black cat kept in a sailor's home will keep the seafarer safe from drowning and ensure his safe return home. A cat at a wedding is said to predict a long, happy marriage. In some parts of France a stray white cat spotted sunning itself on a doorstep means a hasty marriage for one of the house's residents. Whilst in the Midlands, in the UK, it was said that if someone offered a cat as a wedding gift the couple would always enjoy prosperity. In the Netherlands cats were not allowed in rooms where family business was being discussed as they were thought to spread gossip around the town. In some areas of the United States it was thought that a cat sleeping on a doorstep heralded a visit from a member of the clergy. Cats will always retain an air of mystery and intrigue and no doubt if you own one, you too, will probably have a few predictions to relate linked to your cat's own unique behaviour. copyright Linda Preston 2009 **All articles on this website are subject to copyright and may not be used without the permission of the author. Posted on Wed 3rd Jun 2009 17:11:00 A sprig of basil, a magnet and five small coins placed above the threshold Posted on Mon 1st Jun 2009 22:42:25 The history of a sports car once owned by Hollywood movie legend,James Dean, certainly lends weight to the idea. Dean, moody, good looking 1950’s cultural icon loved to live up to his screen image of living life in the fast lane. Posted on Fri 1st May 2009 22:42:57 As an experienced psychic, I have seen even the biggest, most strapping of men look distinctly uncomfortable by its presence. So is there any need to fear it? Does the Death card literally mean the death of the person having the reading orof someone close? Remember the Blue Oyster Cult hit, “Don’t Fear the Reaper”? Posted on Fri 1st May 2009 22:42:07 Would you love to help heal their body or spirit but they are many miles away from you? Healing doesn’t necessarily require the presence of the person being healed. Healing can be transmitted over a distance and still have a positive effect. It must be remembered healing is not a replacement for conventional medicine but forms part of a complimentary approach. It’s a way of boosting the body’s healing process. It can do no harm when approached in this way. Posted on Fri 1st May 2009 22:40:55
There are reports of some being driven to the point of suicide after being haunted by spirits which have broken through whilst using the board. So is it all Hollywood Hype? Posted on Fri 1st May 2009 22:40:27 It’s also a great way to absorb the powerful magical effect of a particular herb directly into your body. It’s important for safety reasons that you only use herbs that you are familiar with from cooking or herbs that are specifically sold as herbal teas through reputable retailers. Posted on Fri 1st May 2009 22:40:12
You may never have seen or felt your own aura but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. And you can if you wish establish a strong connection with it.How To Develop Your Psychic Skills With Psychometry
One of the best ways to develop your psychic skills is to practice ‘psychometry’.
It's thought that every object holds impressions of the people who have owned and handled it. Psychometry is the art of ‘reading’ those impressions.How To Test Your Psychic Powers
You may get a mental picture; it may be just a ‘knowing’.
Believe that you can do it and you will – not every time, but often enough to give you encouragement.Do You Have A Psychic Gift?
Do you have times when you think about someone you haven't seen in a long time and then you suddenly bump into them? Do you have dreams that come true? Do you know when someone you care about is unhappy, without the need for them to tell you?
Mirror, Mirror - Predicting Your Future With Mirrors
The wicked Queen in the fairy tale, Snow White, popularised "Mirrors" as a way of receiving predictions and advice with the immortal lines, "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all"?
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Prosperity Spell
Here’s an easy to try, “prosperity spell” for those who feel they need a little magical
help to boost their finances.
are said to invite the energies of prosperity into your home.The Curse of James Dean’s Car
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What Does The Tarot Death Card Really Mean?
The Tarot “Death” card appropriately numbered, ”13″, worries many people when it appears in a Tarot reading.
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Are Ouija Boards Dangerous?
The Ouija board has acquired a sinister reputation over the years as a tool for contacting the dead.
Magical Herbal Teas
Did you know that many herbs which are used in spells can also be used to make pleasant tasting herbal teas?
Auras How to See Them And What The Colours Mean
Why not see your aura as your own personal energy shield. It protects you from harmful influences from people and the world around you. So the sooner you recognize and honour it, the better you will feel.
TUNING INTO AURAS
It is much easier to see an aura, whether it is your own or someone else’s than you might imagine. For most people, it takes only a couple of minutes to detect an aura. Once you have made this initial leap from seeing nothing to seeing something, you are on a fascinating path to seeing auras in more detail. You will be to notice them surrounding everyone you meet.
HOW TO SEE AURAS
There are two ways you might see auras. The first is by simply noticing it with your eyes, and the second is by observing it with your mind’s eye. Some people find they get better results from working with the latter i.e. inner vision.
It doesn’t matter which method you use - there is no right or wrong way to see auras it’s just whichever method works best for you.
HOW TO SEE AURAS WITH YOUR INNER VISION
You already use your inner vision, often without being aware of it when you think of something that triggers your imagination. For example when you remember an event you are seeing it with your inner vision. You do not make any special effort to do this - it just comes naturally.
This method works equally well with auras. All you need to do is look closely at the person or animal whose aura you wish to study, fix their image in your mind, and then look away. Next, close your eyes and remember the image. You might see it in detail or simply in silhouette. Can you see the aura surrounding it? Believe in the image that comes to you and resist any temptation to alter it in any way if it does not match what you were expecting to see. Write down what you have observed either in words or pictures, so you can compare notes for next time you practice this exercise. Keep practicing and it will become second nature to you.
WHAT THE COLOURS MEAN
Although auras can change colour according to our moods and our physical and emotional well being, we generally have one colour that is always present in our auras. This colour says a lot about us, because it describes our attitudes and beliefs. The interpretations given below are only suggestions but I have found them useful; however you may begin to develop your own ideas once you start to develop your aura reading skills.
RED
This is a vibrant colour to find in anybody’s aura. It indicates that the individual is enterprising, dynamic & competitive. Often they enjoy being active and have a love of sports. Clear red indicates someone who loves life and lives it to the full. However, a dull red indicates anger or resentment.
ORANGE
Orange is a lovely warm and energising colour and someone who has an orange aura is very positive and confident. This person goes through life believing all things will go well. Beware, of someone who has an overly bright orange aura has it often indicates an egotistical character.
GREEN
A clear green aura is found surrounding loving and affectionate people they instinctively want to create harmony for others. This may make them overly anxious to please and they may be taken advantage of. They have a great love of the outdoors and nature. Watch out for someone with a harsh green aura - they are often stubborn and inflexible to any new ideas.
YELLOW
People with yellow auras tend to be life’s thinkers. They would never rush into a decision. You may find them outgoing and very sociable. However, beware of someone with a murky yellow aura and they are probably less than truthful.
BLUE
Blue is the colour that belongs to someone who is idealistic and who has strong beliefs about what is right or wrong. They are often a seeker of spiritual knowledge and could be drawn to practice some form of healing. However, a dark blue aura indicates someone who is conservative in their views and afraid of change
PURPLE
People with purple auras right through from pale lilac to rich purple indicate someone with a strong sense of spiritual purpose. They are humanitarian and care deeply about the fate of others. A clear purple indicates a strong psychic ability.
GOLD
A gold aura is rarely seen. Someone with a gold aura has a tremendous amount of potential and the ability to make a big contribution to the world. They have a deep sense of spirituality and visionary qualities. However, if someone has a dirty gold aura - take care. They have a strong materialistic streak and will stop at nothing to gain power.
BROWN A person with a rich brown aura is very practical and down to earth, and often has a strong love of animals. They enjoy working out of doors and are often very talented at growing plants. A red-brown aura indicates someone who likes to take care of others.
Don’t be worried if you find someone with a black aura, it is not necessarily a negative sign. It usually indicates the person who wants to hide away from the world for a time. A black aura, whether it is completely black or with streaks usually indicates someone who is physically exhausted. A dense black aura indicates a needy person who may leech energy from others.
By learning to read and interpret your own and the aura of others, you will find it opens up a new understanding of the people who surround you in your daily life. It could transform your relationships, career and health.
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