There is a gate that we all must pass through at a certain point along the road. I don’t know quite how to describe it.. It’s a gate of disillusionment, although not of cynicism It’s to do with perception, and illusion, and what is, And heart break and desolation. For those who have been walked
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Psychic development vs personal development
Many people have awakened psychic abilities (of course we all have abilities, but for some, they’re strong enough to be overtly psychic as visions and messages etc, rather than appearing more mildly as hunches and feelings). Others of us have to work to open and develop them to have them consciously integrated with us. All
Who are welcome at the gates?
One of the things I contemplate is who is welcome, who can be included, in the circles of community that I/we draw in our lives. In particular, the spiritual circles – healing schools, my own teaching practice, healership in general. For the Barbara Brennan School of Healing, I sometimes wonder if the circle had been
Love is the canvas (reclaiming guilt, shame and disgust)
We are one organism. A single human body for our species, for our country, for our village, for our tribe, for our family; for all of the ways in which we exist together. Our human existence is collective, communal and relational, as well as individual and singular. Disgust serves a function, as does guilt and
Looking beneath the surface, and seeing the lower astral
(Revealing what is hidden) As a young boy, I not infrequently saw visions of swarms of small beings that were like insects that were close by, and wanted to be close to me (or maybe feed on me). Unable to turn off my mindscreen, my hypnotherapist mother would sometimes use hypnosis to try to
Death, destruction and decomposition.
One of the things I like to contemplate often is the part of the cycle of life that is death, destruction and decomposition. I was initiated into this in a very mini way during the healers A+P training at Barbara Brennan school. We’d been learning about the white blood cells and immune system, the lysis
Child consciousness and hubris in the New Age
hubris ˈhjuːbrɪs noun excessive pride or self-confidence. (in Greek tragedy) excessive pride towards or defiance of the gods, leading to nemesis. This is one of my faults, that I both know about and have worked with, have done something about and still have a long way to go with, been in denial about, and also
Energy healing and soul retrieval, and trauma
The purpose of this article is to give a perspective on working with trauma with the tools of energy healing and soul retrieval, to elucidate the necessity of deep preparation (the long training) that this delicate work asks of us. Firstly, my background: I am NOT a trauma specialist or therapist or psychotherapist. I’m an
Disquiet as guidance
Pondering on ‘guidance’ as a psychic ability – the image we probably have around receiving guidance is that it comes with a fanfare of angelic trumpeting, or perhaps from a thunderbolt from above, or the descent of a column of light (or one of many other visual metaphors for ‘divine intervention’ and ‘spiritual visitations’ that
Healing from the feet up
In most energy/spiritual healing traditions it’s taught to heal starting at the head and crown, and work downwards. Let’s explore what happens when we turn things upside down, and start with the feet instead. But first, a bow of respect and acknowledgement to the practice of top-down healing, which acknowledges ‘spirit’ as the source of healing. That
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