Perfume - Part One

I have always had a great love of scents. Perhaps my earliest memories are my mother's perfume, and staying at her sister's home, where she used an evocative perfume, which was kept in a pretty bottle on her dressing table. So what is your favourite? Mine are the floral scents. Frangipani, sweet, tropical, exotic, like Jasmin and oleander, bleeds a sap used in perfumes. The perfume was named after an Italian aristocratic family, whose political and religious influence from the 11th century to the Renaissance made their name famous.

If - A Poem

If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain. If I can ease one life the aching, or cool one pain, or help one fainting robin unto its nest again, I shall not live in vain. (Alternative words) or help a lonely person into happiness again. 

Emily Dickinson

Your Feast Meditation

 With thanks to Erica Longdon for the voice-over and video creation
 

Celebrating Love in London

 ‘Love, soft as an easy chair, love, fresh as the morning air; One love that is shared by two, I have found with you. Like a rose under the April snow, I was always certain love would grow; Love, ageless and evergreen, seldom seen by two. You and I will make each night a first, every day a beginning; Spirits rise and their dance is unrehearsed, they warm and excite us, 'cause we have the brightest love.’ ‘Evergreen’ song lyrics by Paul Williams and Barbra Streisand:

Essay - Dance & Movement Therapy

Foundation Course: Introduction to dance and movement therapy foundation course. 

Clarify and define the meaning of therapy and the meaning of dance. When does dance become therapy?

The word ‘therapy’ derives from the ancient Greek word meaning service. Therapy is an abstract noun, and a popular concept word for the therapeutic process. The word ‘therapeutic’ as defined by the Oxford dictionary means alleviating and of the healing arts. Many activities of daily life can be considered therapeutic and therefore healing, for example listening to music, walking nature, associating with friends etc., all that rewards by way of release, pleasure, esteem, amusement, connection, relaxation, rest, acceptance, refreshment, and understanding. 

Chartres

Notre Dame de Chartres, is the finest example of gothic cathedral architecture. 1194-1260 It is dedicated to Mary, mother of Jesus. 

Usually cathedrals took 25 to 50 years to build, and many were added to over the centuries. The towers of Chartress have tall taper spires. The south tower is the oldest. The north tower is slimmer and more complex and intricate. Portals of the west are elaborately decorated, have symmetry and clarity. The nave is 130 feet long, 53 feet wide, and 122 feet high. There are 175 glass panels from the Middle Ages dedicated to the Queen of Heaven. Mary is the multi foliate rose of the rose window. She sits enthroned in Majesty on the high altar. The skull of Saint Anne and the veil of Mary were given to Charlemagne by the Byzantine Empress Irene and are said to have been treasures of This cathedral. In the north tympanum, the magi are seen lying asleep under a cover. 

Lourdes - Pilgrimage

Lourdes is a tiny riverside town that lies in the foothills of the magnificent French Pyrenees. Two thousand years ago, it was a Roman military base, and a Gothic castle stands in the centre of the town affording wonderful views. It is floodlit in the evenings. But this is more than just another historic town. It was a place of refuge during the Inquisition for fleeing Cathars and also for Templar Knights, and it provided sanctuary for Jews fleeing Nazi persecution in World War II. Franz Werfel was one of these Jews and he pledged to write the life story of Bernadette Soubirous if he and his wife survived the journey over the Pyrenees mountains to safety in Spain. His book was titled the ‘Song of Bernadette’ which was written when he reached safety and this book was made into a film of the same name. This town feels like sacred ground to many who come here and it is where a fourteen year old peasant girl had an incredible experience.  

Introducing Lisa Tenzin-Dolma

Lisa Tenzin-Dolma

Photo: Lisa playing Gibson Les Paul

"I grew up leading a nomadic lifestyle and lived in England (briefly), then Malta, Scotland, Malaysia and Singapore, before settling back in England in my mid-teens. I then moved to Ireland for 18 months and was involved with the music scene there.

"Music was my first career, travelling around as a singer-songwriter with my Yamaha FG 180 and Eko Ranger 12 string, then I made it simply a hobby in order to train as a nurse after caring for a little girl who had leukaemia and feeling I could be more useful within the medical profession. Following that, while raising my children, I worked as a complementary therapist, wholefood cook, clothes and jewellery designer, illustrator, medical laboratory assistant, journalist, author, and dog behaviourist. In the last two roles I combined my love of dogs with my love of writing and 5 of my 34 published books are about dog behaviour.

Divine Complement - An Extract

The Spiritual Terrain of Soulmate Relationships by Ariadne Green, published by Palm Leaf Press.

 Extract: The meeting of Divine Complements can be a magical event that points a couple directly toward each other’s heart and to the memory of an earlier soul-to-soul connection. The attraction goes beyond a biological urge to mate and procreate and is more than a chemistry of sniffs and smells and sex appeal. It also goes beyond the reasoning “He or she suits me,” in which case we are fulfilling a personal ideal.

Your Spirit Guide Meditation

 

With thanks to Sherry Wakeman for the voiceover and video creation

Wendy's Post Bag

Dear Wendy

I’ve not taken part in a healing course but when I put my hands just over someone’s body, the palms of my hands feel hot to me and other people can feel the heat radiating from them. What is this heat? Des, Lincs

Dear Des

Some healers are taught to rub their hands together vigorously before giving healing on the assumption that all illness requires heat. Some certainly do, such as illnesses that involve tension and restriction in a joint or muscle. Heat tends to reduce tension, just as a hot water bottle is recommended to soothe, warm and relax. Many circulatory conditions and also emotional distress can also cause coldness to many regions of the body, even in the warmest temperatures. Spirit know this, and use the healer’s body as a transmitter for heat directly to the affected areas. I was taught that some conditions naturally generate a great deal of heat, such as infection, inflammation, prolonged physical exertion and some hormonal conditions. Spirit then will work accordingly through the healer, producing coldness in the hands to transmit this refreshing coolness to the recipient.  

Getting to Know the Goddess Course 3.1

The Goddess-Pages Online Course. Visit: goddess-pages.co.uk
I had not viewed the name Inanna as being related to the name 'nanny' but I am thinking it could also be related to the name Anna, which is reputed to be the name of the mother of Mary, grandmother of Jesus. Anne was my mother's name and it is scary how her character was very like Inanna. I am in my later years, so I have time to spare and share with others what I have built up over my life. I have worked hard to gain wisdom and wealth. I have an autoimmune illness, Giant Cell Arteritis, and Polymyalgia Rheumatica, which develop over the age of 50, most often in women. It is noticeable how this illness is ignored by professionals, and not much is known about it. Far more studies could be conducted. I think many could have this illness, undiagnosed. As women growing older, we are unseen. Men I think are far less attractive, but women are expected to always be attractive, be a capitalist and materialistic. It is a controlling society that expects women to always be an entertainment, always looking pretty, and not allow them to get old, or be unwell or disabled. 

The Lemba People

The Mystery of the Lemba People: Tudor Parfitt was a 19 year old student when he first visited Jerusalem in 1963 and heard the story that in ancient days, more than 2,500 years ago, when the Assyrians invaded Jerusalem, they massacred the people, and took the people captive. Later Babylon invaded, massacred and took the people to Babylon. The Ark of the Covenant that housed the 10 Commandments was lost. When released from captivity, many tribes did not make it back to their place of origin. They are called the lost tribes and they were predicted to one day return to their homeland.

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Your Healer Meditation

 

Please don't drive or operate machinery while listening to this meditation. Make yourself comfortable, take a couple of deep breaths, close your eyes and relax. 

7 Spiritual Laws

1. The Law of Stillness:

Each day, make time for quiet reflection. This will provide a ‘time-out’ from the routine general demands of your day. In this vacuum, listen to hear the ‘still small voice inside’. This will provide inspiration, allow you to take stock, and be rested and uplifted. If you do not create a time for contemplation, you can become pre-occupied and over-stressed and miss what is truly important in your life. It is sufficient to reserve twenty minutes to sit in comfort, alone and without interruption, with nothing to do except daydream. Listen to your thoughts and you will receive revelations.