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Psychic Soul-Boosting Halloween Ritual

Halloween has become one of the biggest holidays in the United States after Christmas and Thanksgiving and is now taking hold all over the world. As you dress up and prepare to go trick or treating or are carving that pumpkin, you are actually following in a long mystical tradition. In the ancient Celtic calendar, October 31st marked the division of the year and end of the season of light and the start of winter and was known as Samhain. Your family’s ancestors would be honoured at this time with food being left out for them – which was usually traditionally shared with the poor. People believed that on this night the division between our world and the spirit world was at its thinnest. To guard against being visited by evil spirits people used to wear masks and costumes – and this is where our modern tradition of Halloween costumes began.

With the advent of Christianity, Halloween like many pagan traditions, was incorporated into the Christian calendar and became All Saints on November 1 and All Souls on November 2 and this is turn has further evolved to become the Day of the Dead in Latin countries and communities.

Irish immigrants in America first started using pumpkin lanterns at Halloween to ward of wandering ghosts and a spirit known as ‘Stingy Jack’ – hence the term ‘Jack O’ Lantern’
Trick or treating comes from the tradition of leaving food out for hungry ghosts who were thought to roam on this night – and also for sharing it with the poor
Orange and black are the traditional colours of Halloween because orange represents the colour of the harvest and black the winter nights
‘Old Halloween’ in the wiccan calendar is actually the day when the Sun is at 15 degrees of Scorpio and the one celebrated by serious practitioners

Whether you favour October 31st and the Celtic calendar or ‘Old Halloween’ – in this case the 8th of November, any visualisation or psychic ritual performed on these dates always seems to have that little extra bit of power or magic about it. Some even feel that ‘invisible’ friends may be present. If you want to conduct your own, perhaps in order to answer a question about what is coming up for you in the coming year – which is particularly suited to Halloween, then ensure that you won’t be disturbed by trick or treaters! The best time to do this is late on the 31st or else on November 8 when there will be done around. You might want to incorporate orange, black or autumn colours into your ritual. Candles are a must although carving a pumpkin is optional. If you are especially curious you can also use a mirror for this meditation. Set the candles to one side of the mirror and place it so you can look into it. Turn off all other lights aside from the candles.

Set up a sacred space and decorate it with leaves, flowers, fruit, candles and a mirror if you want. Light your candles. You can close your eyes and visualise a door or a barrier between you and the spirit world. Imagine that door opening or the barrier dissolving. Now, you can either say out loud or to yourself ‘The doors between this world and the next are now open. I now invite in wisdom and understanding and anyone who has crossed over with a message for me’. If you have a specific question you can start this or merely say ‘I am now open to any thing I need to know to facilitate my soul’s journey and growth’.

You may get the feeling you are no longer alone or you may just get intuitive insights into your question. If you are brave you can open your eyes and look in the mirror. Some people report seeing a faint presence reflected in the mirror while others see reflections of people or events that have yet to appear. It works a bit like a crystal ball.

When you are ready you can end the ritual simply by thanking the universe/ spirit for any insights you have received and blow out the candles and ponder the mysteries of the one pagan holiday that has been totally embraced by the mainstream!

 

Our Psychic Delia Shares Her Story

Our wonderful young  psychic Delia shares her story.

Your weekly Horoscope Video With Michele Knight 27th October 2014

Is your Social Media Profile a True Reflection of Who You Are?

Despite its critics, I am a big believer in social media as a fabulous tool we have to reach out and make even more connections with like-minded people that we would have been able to do at any other time. Through sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, Instagram we can share moments from our lives, our thoughts, ideas, images and drop in on other’s fascinating life stories. If we have had life-altering experiences, illness, loss, trauma or face challenges, connecting with others who have faced similar difficulties allows us to understand we are not alone and offers us support and other resources. We can find people who share the same interests as us around the globe and also explore the meaning behind the events that happen in our lives. To me, this is an exciting evolutionary tool that has the ability to make us all see how intrinsically connected we all are.

However, there is always a downside to everything no matter how beneficial it is overall. Social networking sites have been linked to a rise in narcissism, feelings of grandiosity or else feelings of failure and inadequacy – the latter being brought about when we may be facing challenges in our own lives but the posts of our ‘friends’ on social networking sites appear to be telling a very different story – one of unremitting success and good times. All of which of course, raises the all-important question of whether our social media self is actually a reflection of our authentic self or someone we have in fact ‘made up’ – a public persona. At which point, we have become our own spin-doctors.

Ask anyone who has had a bad internet dating experience or has met someone they befriended on line only to discover that in person they were very different from their ‘on line’ profile and you will know what I am talking about here. The internet gives us the opportunity to create the person we’d like to be – as opposed to who we are, and even when we are connected to family and friends who know us in real life, just like a PR exec we can choose to edit what we post about ourselves on line giving a rose-tinted version of what may be going on in our lives at best or an entirely false one at worst. Now, I would say that social media is not the best platform for venting your long term problems or traumas as these are best resolved on a soul level within yourself with the help of family, close friends and professionals where necessary. But pretending your life is one long success party when it’s not is another matter entirely. Think back a moment to high school. When we’re in our teens we want to fit in and be popular, right? Chances are at some point all of us made out we were more popular/busier/leading very exciting lives than we actually were just because we didn’t want to appear to be the opposite! When we get older we realise this and are able to smile not only at our own attempts at this but also we see that even those we thought were the ‘popular’ kids were in fact resorting to the same tactics and were every bit as insecure as we were! The problem with a lot of what goes on with social media is that we can end up re-visiting this kind of behaviour as adults – which is counterproductive to making those real connections – even on-line ones.

While social media is not the place to vent as such, and we know upbeat, positive images and announcements get more likes than the opposite, there’s actually no need to pretend things are going well for you when they’re not. It’s all down to how you choose to share the information. And again, then things are going well for you, it’s all in the sharing which is what social media is really all about. Let’s say for example that your biggest soul and life challenge at the moment is finding a job as you’ve been out of work for some time. There’s a big difference between a posting which says ‘Fed up with applying for over 500 jobs in six months and getting nowhere. Why bother?’ and one that says ‘Keeping on-track and positive during my job search can be challenging. It’s been six months now. Has anyone else out there got any experience/tips to share?’ You’re not glossing over the situation but you are coming from a pro-active position and what’s more, you are inviting others to share their experiences too – which may not only help you but help anyone currently in a similar situation.

In the age of the selfie we can say social media is of course, primarily about ourselves – how we choose let others see us, what we share about ourselves but at the end of the day, it should be a reflection of who we really are. When we do this we find that not only have we made real connections – even if they are just on-line, but the people we are connected with support and resonate with us. You have the power to change the world – or at least the lives of the people you connect with simply by being YOU, So, let your social media presence be a mirror of who you are- not just a selfie – because at the end of the day there is no one quite like yourself – so let your true self shine through!

How to Invite Love, Money and Creativity into Your Life

Love, money, creativity. In case you don’t already know this they are all part and parcel of the same kind of energy and in astrology all are ruled by the planet Venus. Most of us are seeking more of one or all of these wonderful energy experiences. And this is what they are on a Quantum/fundamental level. Archetypal energies of abundance and pleasure embodied by the archetype of the goddess Venus in mythology. And this gives us a big clue on how to begin to work with them on an energetic level and invite more of this abundance into our lives. When we start to see them as energies and a reflection of our own energy, and stop seeing them as people, assets and ideas, we start to become an energy conduit for them – thus increasing the amount of love, money and creativity we have available to us.

Our Astrologer Helen shares a fantastic meditation with you.

There’s a simple way to invite them in and that begins with a meditation where we dialogue with Venus in one of her forms – as the Goddess of Love, the Goddess of Money and Abundance and the Goddess of Inspiration. So, before you start think about what form of fabulous Venusian pleasure and abundance you want to experience in your life right now. Are you seeking a relationship where you love and are loved in return? If so, you need to call on Venus in her Aphrodite (love) form. Is money an issue for you or even just an abundant and pleasurable lifestyle on all levels? Think of this facet of Venus as her in her earthy, sensual form as The Empress in the Tarot. Alternatively, are you seeking inspiration and ideas – for a business or creative project? Then you need to call on her in her creative form. To prepare for this meditation you might want to set the scene by lighting green candles, bringing in flowers or beautiful objects and even putting on your best clothes, wearing make-up or your favourite perfume or cologne (looking and feeling the part is important especially if you want to bring in more material abundance). As with any meditative practice, ensure your phone is turned off or unplugged and you will not be disturbed.

When you are ready sit or lie down and get comfortable. Remember – you are inviting in the goddess of pleasure and being uncomfortable is not part of the process! Close your eyes and concentrate on your breathing. As you relax say ‘I now invite the Goddess of Love, Abundance and Creativity to share her wisdom with me in my search for (insert here what it is you are calling on Venus for – love, money or inspiration)’. Wait and allow the Venus energy to coalesce and appear in whatever form is appropriate for you at this time. Take note of how she looks, what colours she wears as well as how she has manifested to you energetically as this is going to be very important later. You may now ask her what she has to share with you about your personal Venus goal at this time. Don’t be surprised if you receive insights into other areas of your life besides the one you have asked for insight into as all areas of our lives are connected. When you feel you have received your answers, thank her and then open your eyes. While everything is still fresh in your mind, write everything down and here comes the important part. The reason I asked you to pay careful attention to how she appears, what colours she wears and the energy she is projecting is that you need to assume this ‘aspect’ of Venus in order to manifest your goal. Now, I do realise that if you are most men that if Venus appears in a blue frock wearing a similar one to work may not get you the result you were hoping for. You can however wear a blue tie in a similar shade and take on the particular ‘vibration’ that she radiated in order to manifest your goal faster. In other words, you are not waiting for what you want to come to you – on an energetic level you are becoming that thing in order to attract it as like attracts like!

Get ready for Venus’s gifts – and to become the Goddess or God of attraction in action.

Four Easy Steps to Manifest the Love (or Life) You Want

We’ve often talked about the paradox that lies at the heart of any Quantum Creating/Cosmic Ordering/Law of Attraction process – in order to get what you want you already have to have it – at least on an energetic level. And while we’re going to talk specifically about attracting love here the process is the same no matter what it is we want to attract in our lives. For example, we had a client – let’s call her Carol, who was unemployed for almost two years. Naturally, a job was at the top of Carol’s manifestation list. And here’s what happened. After two years with not so much as a nibble, Carol goes for four interviews in one week. She gets offered one of the positions very quickly and accepts it. Within three days of doing this however, the three other companies she’d interviewed with all called her back and told her she’d got the job with one of them offering her more money that the first job she’d accepted. So, what happened? Why a job desert and suddenly not one career oasis but four? The thing is, once Carol accepted the first job offer she relaxed because she had a job! This shifted her energy and in turn, attracted more of the same kind of energy to her.

Now, I’m not saying this may not be difficult when we don’t have the thing we want and we perceive lack – of love, of companionship or money in our lives. But the key to any attraction process is taking action. After all, the word ‘attraction’ contains the word ‘action’ – giving us a big clue as to what we need to do!

Here’s my simple action plan to stop vibrating lack out there and start to take action on all levels to attain your goal whether it is attracting that perfect partner, job, money or whatever it is you need.

1: Don’t blame your current circumstances or focus on them. An example of this would be thinking that you are too fat/thin/old/young/broke/busy to attract the kind of partner you are looking for. Instead, take a look around you. Chances are when you do you will see average people with very attractive partners, people of all ages and descriptions, busy career people, former single parents – all with partners. What’s the difference between them and you? Only their thinking that their circumstances were no barrier to love.

2: The above example I used of Carol shows you that universal energy is unlimited and abundant. Don’t get hung up on the fact you believe there is only one special person out there for you. The fact is there are many. Once we are in the right mind-set we may find ourselves in a position where we attract more than one potential mate. Don’t shut off the flow and explore all your opportunities.

3: Don’t whatever you do try to attract someone specific or worse, someone who clearly isn’t interested in you. This is all about letting go and being open. The letting go process is what kick-starts everything as it tells the universe you are coming from a place of self-love – remember, to get what you want you have to already have it. When we are open to engaging with the process in this way we come from that place of love.

4: Remember your key word: Action. Once you have let go of ideas around lack and opened yourself to trust then keep your actions centered on yourself and anything you feel you need to do in order to properly prepare for your relationship (or whatever else it is you may be wanting to manifest). Perhaps when you visualise yourself with your future partner you see yourself leading a healthier lifestyle – maybe you have quit smoking, exercise more or have decluttered your home. Perhaps you have a new look. Here’s where you can take action right now. Don’t wait – do it.

By creating that vision of the future – even though it does not include your partner yet – you set the whole process in motion because you start to feel good – about yourself and about your life. Love your life and it loves you right back – and delivers more love turning dreams into manifestation miracles. So relax – what you want is already on its way.

3 Ways We Can Unconsciously Block Our Path to Love

If you are looking for a partner, chances are you have been dealing with issues around how you may be preventing love from entering your life. The most obvious ones are of course feeling unlovable, believing that we don’t ‘deserve’ to be loved or even limiting thoughts such as ‘there are no decent men/women out there’. However, there are other, less-well-known thoughts and beliefs around love that can prevent us from attracting the right person and we may be succumbing to these without even realising it.

1: We haven’t yet let go of the past. This can range from being hung up on an ex, heartbreak over a relationship that didn’t work out or hoping that an ex will come back even as we go through the motions of dating new people. If you are hung up over your ex or have been unable to get closure on some level then even if you are no longer in touch with them, or in situations where contacting them is not advisable, you can still let go and move on. First, understand that no matter how things ultimately worked out between you, there was a soul contact you agreed to and therefore there is no ‘right’, ‘wrong’ or ‘blame’. Nobody including yourself has done anything wrong. From this point of view, first write a letter to your ex saying exactly what you feel right now. You can be as angry, blaming or judgemental as you like – or as sad and betrayed. Don’t hold back on what you feel. After you have written it, imagine your ex seated in front of you and read the letter aloud. You can wait to hear what they have to say. You may want to wait 24 hours after doing this first step to move on to the next if a lot of feelings get stirred up by the process. Next write a letter to your ex from a soul contract perspective. Say that you now understand this was an experience you both agreed to share – and nothing more. There is no blame to be assigned. No matter how difficult this may be, thank them for the experience, wish them well and state you are now both free to move on. Again, imagine yourself reading this to them and wait to see if they have anything to say in return. Burn the letters afterwards. Over the next few days you will feel a sense of closure and also openness for someone new to enter your life.

If you are ‘going through the motions’ of dating while still yearning for your ex, again you may find this process helps. Remember, there is no statute of limitations on ‘getting over’ someone but you can’t expect a new relationship to work out until you have resolved the issue in your mind – and your heart.

2: You have rigid  ideas about what love looks like. You shouldn’t need me to tell you that focussing on trying to manifest a relationship with a specific person or a person who is already in a relationship is a karmic no-no. While we need to have a list of qualities we are seeking in a mate we also need to focus on those and not one specific person we feel embodies these, or a check-list of physical attributes we are not prepared to deviate from. Ensure that while you know the kind of qualities your partner needs to have, you remain open as to the person – and the packaging for that matter!

3: Your lifestyle just isn’t relationship-compatible right now. ‘To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven’. Are you saying you want a relationship when in fact your lifestyle says something different? Perhaps you are focussed on your career, working or studying long hours. Perhaps your focus is travelling and meeting lots of new people and experiencing the world. Be honest here. The thing is, once you are and commit 100% to what it is that you are doing, no matter what hours you work or what you are doing, paradoxically you open up the way for someone to come through – almost as if your main focus now allows it. You work with your life instead of against it.

There can be many reasons why the love of that special person may not be around us right now. But check to see if it is one of the three reasons here and know that when it’s time love will arrive but by being aware of what you may be doing to prevent it, it might just arrive that much quicker!

Your weekly Horoscope Video With Michele Knight 20th October 2014

Soul Rescue: How To Access Creative Problem Solving for Any Issue!

Got a problem? I’m not talking about just a short term one but also longer term issues that despite your best efforts and you consulting the people that you know, just don’t seem to go away or get any closer to being resolved. The fact is, it’s well documented that the things we feel powerless to change in our lives are usually the main cause of depression. If you are in a situation where you feel you have done everything you can to solve the issue and also exhausted all your available resources as in friends, family or even professions, perhaps it’s time to take a different approach. Whether you are aware of it or not, we all have amazing, unlimited problem-solving resources available to us that very often enables us to get a fresh perspective on the issue and provide us with alternative ways of dealing with it and what’s more, it’s not limited to advice from the people you actually know who often are as emotionally involved in the situation as you are and are sometimes unable to offer you objective advice.

First, ensure you are not going to be disturbed and turn off or unplug your phone. Take your journal or a piece of paper and write down your problem. Include every detail about it, when it began, how long it has been going on for, what you have done so far to solve it, how it is making you feel, who you have talked to, what results you have so far achieved with the actions you have taken – anything and everything relating to the issue at hand. When you have finished writing take a few minutes to read it through. How are you feeling right now having committed all this to paper? Chances are you are feeling very emotional. Now, while you are reliving the emotions your problem is stirring up, I want to you make a list of between three and six people whom you trust and admire but to whom you have not spoken to about your issue. Now – these people do not necessarily have to be people that you know. Of course you can include a family member, friend, co-worker or boss. But you can also include people you admire in any sphere of life that you have never even met. They don’t have to even be alive as this exercise taps into the universal consciousness matrix. So, for example you could come up with a list which includes your former teacher whom you have not seen since you left school, Steve Jobs and the Dalai Lama. Allow your intuition to guide you here as well as writing down the obvious choices that immediately jump to mind.

When you have made your list start with the first person’s name and close your eyes. Imagine them entering the room and sitting down opposite you. You explain to them your current situation. Then ask them what they would do in your situation and listen to the advice they give you. Feel free to ask them any questions. When you are ready thank them and then write down everything they told you while it is still fresh in your mind. Now, repeat the same process with every other person on your list. By the time you have finished with this exercise I guarantee you that you will not only have a fresh perspective on your problem but will also have gained new ideas on how to deal with it that just hadn’t occurred to you before.

As you practice this technique, as time goes on you will find it easier and easier to access this kind of creative, problem solving wisdom just by taking a deep breath and thinking to yourself: ‘Now what would (name) do?’

You may discover that several of your ‘experts’ offer the same advice and if so, this is the approach you need to take. If the message you receive is to consult a professional – a doctor, lawyer, accountant or therapist for example, then do act on this if this is something you have not done so far or if the message you receive is telling you that you need to get a second opinion.

We can all access this kind of problem solving wisdom simply by imagining how someone we admire would deal with it. So get a fresh perspective on problem solving and access the wisdom and guidance of anyone you admire. Your soul resources are always closer than you think. So tap into your soul support team and start to put your problems not only in perspective – but in the past where they belong.

Scientific Study Opens the Door to Near Death Experiences!

Near Death Experiences (NDE’s) – those who return from them report strikingly similar experiences – of being outside their bodies but aware of events and conversations that are taking place around them, of tunnels of light and overwhelming sensations of love and despite what is happening to them ‘back here’ – feeling safe, loved and at peace. These experiences have been shown to transcend religious beliefs (or none!) and because of this, scientists have now had to stop dismissing them as hallucinatory in nature and perhaps a bi-product of either extreme physical stress or pain or else a side effect of medication, and see them as something worthy of more investigation. A four year long study of the experiences of over 2,000 cardiac arrest patients has shown that the themes relating to NDE’s are much more common and also broader than what was previously thought.

The study, published in the medical journal Resuscitation found that in many patients, their ‘out of body’ experiences and memories of what was occurring during their ‘death’ – in these cases all through cardiac arrest, was compatible with the actual events that were happening at the time! Furthermore, the study concluded that an even higher proportion of patients who were subsequently successfully resuscitated may have had these experiences but may be unable to recall them due to the effects of sedative drugs on their memory circuits or in some cases, damage to areas of the brain from oxygen deprivation. So, having a NDE may be even more common in these circumstances than previously thought even if the patient can’t recall it afterwards.

The study concluded that instead of this being ‘just an hallucination’ – the tunnel of light, out-of-body experiences reported may in fact be very very real and is now calling for more research into the subject. If we believe that we are not our bodies, and that in fact our consciousness is not in our bodies – it is elsewhere, then this explains how people are able to describe what was happening in the operating theatre at the time. Of course, I believe we are all unique shards of God, universal consciousness, spirit or whatever name you choose to call it – so the tunnel of light and overwhelming feeling of love is just us touching the source from which we came from.

No matter what, this study points to the fact that we are far more than just our physical bodies and open up a door to a new understanding of what consciousness actually is.