Cards!

The origin of playing cards goes back more than a thousand years to ancient China. They were carried by traders and travellers, soldiers and pilgrims through Mongolia to the Middle East and then into Europe. Cards provided games of chance, skill and entertainment and they developed as they passed from one hand to another. The casting of lots with sticks, bones and dice was common throughout many cultures and cards became yet another way to give advice.

Medicine & Spirituality Congress Review

I had the pleasure to attend the 2nd British Congress on Medicine and Spirituality and would like my readers to know about the conference.

Tim Wheater is a New Age musician and he delighted us with an enchanting opening to the conference.  The speakers came from many disciplines; psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, researchers, medical doctors and scientists. There were six from Brazil and three from the UK. The auditorium was filled with people from many nations, including Ireland, Switzerland, Denmark and Sweden. Many Spiritists attended because the Brazilian speakers are all practicing Spiritists, a faith aligned to Spiritualism. Spiritism is highly popular in Brazil where there are many automatic writing mediums and inspirational speakers. They have entire hospitals that are based on Spiritism, a religion that accepts life after death and that spirits want to contact us. It is based on channelled answers to questions which were posed and codified by Allan Kardec, a French educator of the mid eighteen hundreds. These teachings explain where we come from, what the purpose is of our existence, and where we go after physical death. Also explained are other factors, such as spirit possession and how to protect the self against psychic attack.

Introducing Avril Price

AVRIL PRICE is a TAROT MASTER, TEACHER AND CONSULTANT : "As several years have come and gone and whilst there are things that have not changed much since my last interview, much is different. I would like to think that in those intervening years, I have risen to the challenge of self discovery and progressed and accomplished many things. This notion would be important to me because I sincerely believe that we are all Magicians and we create the right circumstances to manifest our own fortunes. Indeed, we can take that idea one step further and consider that we co-create with the universe to bring about the life we want to live. I have discovered from my consultations that the tough bit is having a vision in the first place, so part of my work with clients is to encourage a realistic and achievable idea or goal and to have insights into their own story to enable quality life choices that will construct positive and productive life styles.

Possession - The Story of Two Dogs

When a person’s physical body dies, their spirit separates and begins a journey to the spirit realms. People who have been resuscitated in hospital after physical death in the operating theatre describe a time of transition when the pass along a tunnel, over a bridge or through a door. This takes them to the entrance to the spirit realms where they are met by friends and family who welcome them and help them to start the process of healing and training for further work, such as becoming a spirit guide. Sometimes, this procedure to enter the spirit realms does not complete itself properly and the spirit is described as wandering or ‘earth-bound’. There are a number of reasons for this failure. In the spirit realms, our personality exists along with our weaknesses and passions and our value system. It could be that a cautious person has had an accident and is confused by the new situation of not having a physical body. A person might not want to enter the spirit realms because they have unfinished business here on the earth plane, such as a need to rectify a problem or fear of retribution in the spirit realms for an evil act. Sometimes, a wronged or angry will want to hurt someone, knowing that if they fully enter the spirit realms, they will not have the opportunity to do this. Earth-bound spirits need to carry out their desires and needs in some way so they search for a person whose spirit is weak enough to push over and allow them in to co-habit and therefore find refuge, comfort and power. Others seek a place, an object or an animal to inhabit.

Introducing Anna Ziman

Anna Ziman

In the Sunday Times 'Style' Magazine, columnist Stephanie Theobald described my next guest, Anna Ziman as 'a big name in the Goddess world'. Anna provided an opportunity for women to discover ancient feminine energies and embrace the magical and mystical realm. Here she speaks to Wendy about her life path and her work with the Goddess. Anna left the physical world in 2019 but her words and work live on. 

Wendy: Anna, how did you get involved with the Goddess?

How to write a press release

A press release informs the media of news that you would like to be published, such as an interview, a feature story, book launch, a radio broadcast, a new service, workshop or course.

Keep the headline brief and informative.
Write the information factually and with minimum embellishments. Avoid hyperbole and tautology. Keep sentences short and punchy.
Write the press release in a way where the editor can copy and paste into their publication without the need to edit.

Answer the 6 questions: Who? What? Where? How? When? Why?

Add your contact details for more information.

Healing with Angels/Personal Transformation

Mind Body & Soul Book Review: Healing with Angels for Personal Transformation. An easy-to-use, step-by-step illustrated workbook by Lucy Byatt and Kim Roberts, published by Findhorn Press, £8.99 An Opening2Intuition Book number 6

There is a recommended Audio CD to accompany the book.

Comic/cartoon sketches illustrate basic information in short sentence text box outs. First stage interest, perhaps a Christmas gift for a 10 year old boy. It might be possible to do a little colouring of the quick line sketches. There is a space provided for a personal artwork or piece of writing. Tough! Not everyone's cup of tea!

Kate Oman Interview

“I always knew I was different from those around me. As a young child, I was on the periphery. I had friends certainly, but for most of my childhood, I desperately tried to fit in and make everyone like me and was a chronic people pleaser with low self esteem. Of course, this didn't work out as planned - I was bullied no matter what I did.

 

As I entered my teenage years, I became increasingly interested in the paranormal and esoteric. The mysteries of life and death fascinated me and I found myself devouring any book I could find on the topic until one of the bullies saw me in the library, and although nothing was said about it, I panicked and instantly buried my interest. I couldn't stand the thought of yet another thing marking me out as being different from the crowd.

 

Home Ecology

Sharing top tips for Home Ecology Students:

Eat vegetables and fruit, pasta, potatoes, rice and other not meat staples - organically grown if possible.

Switch to an ecologically sustainable renewable energy supplier, avoiding fossil fuels.

Psychic Development

Milton gave honour to his muse, Urania, Goddess of Astronomy. 

Everyone has psychic abilities of which there are many kinds. Whether you think the psychic world is a place from which Spirits communicates, or whether you think it is our Higher Self making contact, the ability to access guidance is possible especially when you cease to try!

There are three main types of abilities, described as psychic because they are outside the ‘normal’ range. There is no hierarchy.

Seeing a vision of the spirit world or a symbol is called clairvoyance (this means clear seeing and is sometimes called ‘second sight’)

Hearing words from the spirit world which is called, clairaudience (this means clear hearing)

Feeling sensation somewhere in the body related to contact from the spirit world is called clairsentience (this means clear feeling). Sometimes, this  ability can be akin to a ‘knowing’ on an intellectual level and is also referred to as claircognisance, that is clear knowledge or awareness. 

Spiritism and Spiritualism

In Poughkeepsie, New York State, in 1847 an uneducated faith healer and medical seer, Andrew Jackson Davis, wrote an autobiography entitled ‘The Principles of Nature, Her Divine Revelations’. In this book, he described his very remarkable channelling mediumship abilities which he had discovered whilst experimenting with the techniques of Franz Mesmer whose early work, entitled ‘animal magnetism’ was being modified, resulting in the discovery of ‘intentional somnambulism’ an early word used for ‘trance’. He was in touch with intellectuals in the spirit world, such as Swedenborg and Galen and he went on to write fifty books on education, health, politics, psychology and philosophy. Within a short time, in Hydesville, a local town in New York State, two young sisters, Margaret and Kate Fox reported strange knockings and rappings. These developed into a code that revealed that a peddler had been murdered and buried in the cellar of their home. An excavation revealed some bones and the previous owner of the property, Mr Bell, was accused of murder.

Spiritualism Part One

During Spiritualism’s heyday, philanthropists, political activists, (including vegetarians and animal welfare activists), and all kinds of intellectuals and Establishment figures believed that spirits in the Afterlife could be contacted to aid learning and help those in the physical world live a better life. Queen Victoria and the royal family are said to be ardent believers. Spiritualism’s ‘Pope’, the flamboyant socialist Hannen Swaffer (who opposed capital punishment and always wore a hat) was an ardent campaigner for Spiritualism. 

London Spiritist Group

I was invited to attend a Brazilian Spiritist group and I arrived at the venue at 7pm when coffee and refreshments were being served. It was explained to me that this 'course in spirituality' is very popular in Brazil and has been brought to the UK along with books that are used as their source material. These are five books, codified by Allan Kardec. At 7.30pm, we entered a very pleasant room and gathered to enjoy some calm background music. Each member in turn read from a book of spiritual wisdom and was able to make comments and ask questions on the text. These books, written in question and answer format, provide spiritual knowledge. After this, there was a lecture by a Brazilian speaker on a matter relating to spiritual life. The lecture was delivered in Portuguese and there was a translator standing by. This section of the meeting offers a different subject each week though all are based ethical living and how to live a moral life by contributing to our communities by paying attention to relationships, communal considerations, green issues, etc. Then we were invited to receive spiritual healing by way of a prayer and small glass of water.

Spiritual Healing - 3 stories

People who seek spiritual healing do so for a wide variety of reasons, and they can receive many things as a result, not always expected and certainly, a cure cannot be suggested or expected. However, relief, understanding and acceptance are some of the ways in which the seeker can feel better as a result of receiving good attention, caring and stillness from the trained spiritual healer. Here are two case studies that demonstrate that a good response to healing is not dependent on belief in a deity or in the afterlife or even the belief that the healing will work. Two people new to spiritual healing, Gerry, a 42 year old self employed carpenter and Joyce, a 62 year old retired business consultant describe their first experience of spiritual healing.

Chosen Colours 4 U

How everyone loves this dynamic colour which brightens the day. We can almost taste its tang and sweetness and it gives us energy to look upon it and to meditate. Reserve some time to sit comfortably and relax, clear your mind, this is your time to enjoy and savour this moment. Ask the angels who wear this colour to throw their robe upn you, encircling you in its vibrancy. It is life enhancing. It has a power that motivate and energise. Imagine you are floating in a lake of orange coloured water. The sun shining and adding brightness and light to the depth of its colour.