Psychic LIfestyles Magazine - Spring 2016

Psychic Lifestyles The Magazine For and About the Metaphysical and Spiritual Community

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Hauntings of a Ouija board What are Ghosts and How do you become one?

The Power of Crystal Gems Love and relationships

How to Build a Witches Garden

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Hauntings of a Ouija Board

Enhance Tarot Readings

Language of the Empath

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Power of Gems

Love Spell Cookies

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Get an Honest Reading

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Relationship Boundaries

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Grow a Witch’s Garden

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What are Ghosts?

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True and Bizarre

Make Dandelion Wine!

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EDITOR’s Notes Cris 10. Spring fever is not just a saying. Experts say the body’s makeup changes due to different diets, hormone production and temperature.

Happy Spring, everyone.

We love SPRING! And here are just a few facts you may not have known about this lovely season of rebirth. Enjoy the season. And don’t forget to make love cookies and Dandelion wine!

1.The first day of spring is called the vernal equinox. What does that stand for you ask? ‘Vernal’ is Latin for spring while ‘equinox’ is Latin for ‘equal night’.

2. The idea that the first day of spring is exactly 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness rarely works. There is always a time when it is exact, but experts say it usually occurs before the vernal equinox.

3. If you stand on the equator today, you would see the sun pass directly overhead. It only happens twice a year in spring time and autumn.

4. Can you really stand a raw egg on its end today? Well, yes. But, most experts say if you are patient enough, you can stand an egg on its end any day.

5. The first day of spring in the southern hemisphere is the date of the autumnal equinox in the northern hemisphere, usually in September.

6. The reason there is more daylight during the spring is the earth’s axis tilts toward the sun at this time of year.

7. Another reason for more daylight? Daylight Saving Time. The United States begins saving daylight on the second Sunday in March. The practice started in 2005.

8. Benjamin Franklin first proposed Daylight Saving Time in 1784.

9. The first spring flowers are typically daffodils, dandelions, lilies, tulips, iris and lilacs to name a few.

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Hauntings

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by Quiet Sound

This is a true story! I can remember in the 1970’s when this was very popular amongst us teens as we would run up and down the game store aisle looking for the Ouija Board sold as a game to use during pajama parties and night time gatherings. Editor’s Note: this was a two part series at psychicscoop.com We would joke and laugh and try to contact the spirit world. We all thought it would be a hoot to talk to someone’s dead grandfather, but I can assure you this is a very serious tool that needs to be used by someone who knows what they’re doing or it could unleash a very dangerous entity that can take years to be rid of.

My sister in law found out the hard way when she and a few friends tried to contact her recently deceased grandfather to find out where he hid his money in the house. He lived with them and was a miser and did not believe in banks. He use to have it readily available so that he could count it a few times a day. Right before he died he went up into the attic with that money box of his and hid it in the attic where no one could possibly find it.

My In-laws’ tore the attic apart looking for that money and my sister in law during a party in the house decided to ask the board to bring forth Grandpa and to find out exactly where that money was hidden. She received no answer but little did she know at the time she did not properly close the porthole and believe me Grandpa WAS there, all the negative, nasty energy that he had while on the earth, the selfish, greedy, person that he was did come through and stayed!

It started a few nights after that party when the family was awoken by echoing footsteps on the attic steps and the sound of someone running up and down those steps. My husband at the time was living in the house and his room was upstairs in that attic.

When he heard the steps he got up and saw nothing

on the steps however the attic door flung open and closed and open and closed. He thought someone was playing a joke on him until he heard screaming and crying from the rest of his siblings. Then it stopped.

This was a gradual situation that was unfolding but it got so bad that my mother-in-law use to sit outside of the house all day until the kids came home from school because she didn’t want to be alone in the house.

This entity raised my husband’s bed off the floor with him in it, it broke every dish in the house as they were thrown down the stairs crashing into the door.

Now you are wondering how in the world did this happen when the dishes were in the kitchen and in the cabinet. They had no idea.

Perhaps you’re wondering why they didn’t move, well because they were afraid it would follow them to wherever they would move to. This went on for at least 6 months with thunderous booming and shaking in the entire house.

Duke University came and stayed up in the attic to study it with their cameras and different equipment.

One of the guys got into a terrible fight with the thing calling it the devil and this entity was yelling and

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not a sound but slept with her in the guest room. She could not understand why I was not hearing it and I said it’s because my mother in law’s presence was in the house and she was watching over us.

However, one night while I slept I was awakened by the sounds of those echoing footsteps but as soon as I woke up and was conscious they stopped. I told my husband I heard it and he said to me, please don’t tell me this, that’s how it started the last time. Well, I was not going to go through what they all went through and was going to get help.

Since I lived in Virginia Beach, I contacted The Edgar Cayce Center and explained my situation and they put screaming at the man. They packed up and left with no me in touch with a woman called Kay. We chatted a word from them as to who it was or what it was. After few times and then she came over to the house to find a year had passed the entity started to calm down and out what was going on. Let me say that when you need went into a dormant state. They never did get rid of it to get rid of this type of entity it absolutely cannot be and this was all due to a simple innocent board game done on the telephone. called Ouija!

The experienced, professional psychic medium needs In Part I, I discussed how dangerous it can be to to be hired and I suggest that you find out all you can fool around with a Ouija Board if you do not know about the person you are planning on hiring. Check what you’re doing and how my sister in law disturbed out their references, who they are affiliated with, how a monster of evil into the house. Please read Part I if many evil forces they have removed, etc. You want you have not already. As stated in the first article my someone authentic and who knows what they are husband’s family never did get rid of this evil energy doing and is why I went through the Edgar Cayce and went into this dormant state.

Center. You can also do a search in your area who does I came on the scene in 1987 when I married my this type of work if you don’t have a new age related husband but mid 1988 my mother in law had passed establishment in your town. and my father in law was lost and wanted us to move Kay came to the house and we did a walk through the into the house since at the time we were living in an entire house including the attic and she got amazing apartment. results. She found out that it was my mother in law’s I agreed and we moved in the house in 1988. We had father who hid money up in that attic and that the moved all of our stuff into the family room and in one reason why we could not find it is because every time bedroom and the rest was moved into the attic. I would we got close to finding it, he would move it and re-hide go up there to get some of my things to bring them it. He’s been guarding that money since 1960! downstairs and yes I went up alone but I felt safe and He also was extremely upset because when he was didn’t feel anything. My husband would go up there buried his family never got him a headstone and she and feel it staring at him and had a problem being up told me that he needed to go and that she can get him there but then again he experienced the worst of the to move forward. She told me the best thing would experiences of it. be to try to find the money. I told her no I didn’t care My family would come to visit and stay in the house about the money and that I most certainly would not and some of them had wild experiences. My sister in spend it, who needs that kind of trouble, right? She law (brother’s wife) was doing her hair using a curling suggested finding it and buying him a headstone and iron and the hair dryer would turn on and off scaring then burying the money with him. the heck out of her. My own mother would be in the I was able to help her with what needed to be done guest room reading a book while everyone was asleep and had the ability to get rid of him myself and I told and she would hear echoing of footsteps on the attic her that I couldn’t even feel him there and she told stairs and was brave because she ran out into the me that’s because he was scared to death of me! She hallway banging on my door scared to death. I heard told me that every time I got too close he would back 8

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psychic tools, or anything that you do not understand or know anything about because you have no idea what can come through if you do not know how to protect yourself.

As for the board, it was put in a black box and buried in the yard. We have since moved from the house and the neighbors report no paranormal activity.

Terry~ Quiet Sound

The first thing we did was to call upon the Archangel Michael for protection and you could really feel his presence in the house, it was like he was hugging the entire house from the inside out. She worked with Michael, Spirit, The Virgin Mary and the Jesus energy along with sage, salt, and water. himself up against the wall.

The first thing we did was to call upon the Archangel Michael for protection and you could really feel his presence in the house, it was like he was hugging the entire house from the inside out. She worked with Michael, Spirit, The Virgin Mary and the Jesus energy along with sage, salt, and water.

He was actually baptized by the Holy Spirit and was able to cross over as Jesus came and took him by the hand and led him away. It was one of the most amazing cleansings I had ever been a part of. He found his peace and I felt his peace and it had become a turning point in my life. As for the money‌.No, it was never found and we were just fine with that!

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I am not the biggest fan of tarot maybe its because I find it takes me a bit longer to interpret tarot cards. I love spirit messaging more because I find that spirit messages seem to get the most important messages out to my clients first.

For the most part, I find tarot can fill in some missing information in my readings so that is why I have my tarot cards on hand during sessions, just in case I need to check my work for a bit. But if you’re using tarot cards, here is a few pointers that I want to share with you to help you enhance your experience with the the tarot decks you have on hand.

1. Choosing Tarot Deck – Go with what feel is right to you. Personally, I love going in metaphysical stores that have open decks because it gives me a sense if that deck will work with me. It is ok if you are stronger with certain images. If you are more attracted to fairies then get a fairy Deck, if you like animals or wolves go with that deck more. I personally found that Angel decks and Medieval style decks work best for me. I seem to pick up on the cards faster with those styles than any other style.

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it in your hand (enough for you to hold a good amount sea salt).

Visualize the sea salt cleansing the cards every time it goes into the the tarot bag ( or ask the sea salt to do this). Make sure the sea salt’s energy feels right to you before you put the salt into the cloth bag Once you have done this, add the Sea salt into the cloth bag and throw the cards into the bag too and give it a shake around.

Visualize the white light going through the cards and cleansing it will do for your deck. Once you have done this, your tarot cards are ready to go! Good practice is to actually keep the salt in the bag and every time you are done with your tarot deck to place it in tarot bag and give it a shake until you feel the cards are cleansed for another time. This helps promote a good positive energy in the cards and helps you work with the cards better. I find the cards feel better and attuned to me when I work my cards this way.

3. Decide who this deck is for.

Is this deck for you? Or is it for you to read to others. As silly as it sounds, I recommend you keep a separate deck for yourself only and I don’t usually steer away from those styles unless I just buying a tarot as a collection and have no real intention of using it. If I can’t find open decks to look at, I usually go to a bookstore and use my dominant hand to hold an unopened tarot deck. I actually let my hand feel the energy of this deck, if my hand doesn’t let it go and I keep going back to it that is usually a sign that this is the deck for me.

2. Now that you have your chosen your deck, its time to bless your tarot cards with your energy. I recommend you touch each one your cards and envision your energy connecting each card . You are attuning your energy to them and its important that you start forming a bond with your cards. Once you have done this you could go ahead and start playing the cards but I also recommend the follow step: get a cloth bag for tarot cards like you see in at metaphysical stores. Then get some sea salt, pour

When choosing a Tarot Deck, go with what feels right to you.

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one deck for you to read other people. The reason why is you get better and clearer readings on people when that tarot deck is strictly for them. You also don’t want your energies mixing with their energies in the same deck. That is how tarot cards actually start losing energy at times. It is also why its harder to read for ourselves too because we are using the same deck as our clients. It causes more confusion and readings start getting hazy and messages through the cards are harder to interpret. Having your deck that you connect for your own self is better. I love having my open personal deck which means its special and I make sure it is for my eyes only. I let no one see that deck but me and it builds a much stronger connection in reading for myself. I recommend you try having different decks for different purposes, it makes a difference in readings.

4. Don’t ask the same question 4 or 5 times a day.

Yes, you’re going to wear out your cards and it will feel as if the tarot cards have no energy to them. Give the cards a rest. And don’t ask the same question for a while…you can go back to the question at later date after your cards are recharged.

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meanings that deal with upright positioning and reverse positioning, you want to be sure that every time you are done giving a reading to someone, that you make sure all the cards that go back in the deck are facing the same direction. This helps align the energy of the cards much better! And it helps the next person you read for to have a clearer answers.

Remember, when you brought those cards, they were all facing the same direction( the order of the cards can be mixed up)… so make sure you face them in the same direction when you put them back into the deck. I recommend the cards to face upright. It gives a build on the energy of your cards too. You will have more balanced energy in your cards this way. you are also clearing out the last person’s energy in the deck when you are doing this. If its your personal deck, I would still do the same thing because it clears out the last question you asked about yourself and gives you a nice clean slate to work on the next time around.

It may feel like its a hassle, but in my experience this actually helped me keep my tarot cards refreshed and positive for anyone that I read for. Messages from my decks are stronger and clearer for me to with as well.

6. If your cards no longer feel right or have any energy to it, I recommend you to stick your cards out

into the sunlight and ask them them to cleanse it‌ this will refresh your cards and they will feel absolutely positive too. It a nice energy boost as well.

Have you tried any of these these tips before? What do you think??

Joelle Chan

For over 25 years, I have worked as a psychic on various internet sites to help empower people in making better choices in their lives. I have been open to learning all metaphysical ways in providing the healing touch we need in our lives.

I am truly here to help you and guide you to the best of my ability. When you are open to all sorts of possibilities, life itself can be truly a blessing!

Let your true self shine! I can guide you to live a life full of joy, peace, and happiness. May the light shine on you and send many blessings your way! I look forward to working with you. http://www.psychicjoelle.com/

As is your desire, so is your will.

As is your will, so is your deed.

As is your deed, so is your destiny.

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Intuition: The Language

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“You have come here blind so that you might learn to see with your heart.”

I understand these words to illustrate intuition. As happens so often with guidance, physical world analogy is used to explain an otherwise very abstract, and yet critical element, of the earth-bound experience.

“You have come here blind…” This life experience given over solely to logic and the mind is indeed a blind experience from the heart’s perspective, and yet, there are those of us who lead always with our hearts and are inversely blind to the mind’s experience specific to love and heart-based relationship (not specific to but inclusive of romantic love).

As we learn to trust the heart’s intellect, remembering how that feels (for some, this is physically felt), we remember that this is the one frequency of information that is always accurate. We move through the process of remembering to listen to and trust our heart’s language and we find ourselves in relationships, powerful connections, that seem to defy logic, that argue with reason, and challenge our ability to stay grounded and level headed. These are the relationships that bring us face-to-face with our hearts, bringing us back to trust in the Self and the heart’s language, intuition.

The heart’s language, the expression of its intellect, in my own experience, is vastly different from that of the

Empathy is the capacity to understand or feel what another being (a human or non-human animal) is experiencing from within the other being’s frame of reference, i.e., the capacity to place oneself in another’s position.

-May you stand and face your lion, being still long enough to see the doorway on the other side of that fear, and may your movement through that doorway be as liberating and exhilarating as you imagine it to be, may the subconscious rhythm of your very body begin to recognize the lion as your gatekeeper to bigger, better, deeper and more, and may you become eternal friends with your lion.- Malia mind. It is physically felt, sensed, a magnetic pull or polarized push, harmonization and orchestration with frequencies dancing or in conflict. While the heart and mind may express differently, there are infinitely and orchestrally intertwined, as one song.

However, let’s explore mind versus heart, as if they are separate, and for the sake of a linear distinction, we might rightly assume that logic can be illustrated within relationship by the matching of a profile (what our perfect mate might act and look like on paper) to the person who appears to match said profile. Unfortunately, this way of comprehending such a complex experience as love and chemistry falls radically short, missing layer upon layer of information. Logic itself is a very linear and surfacelevel energy when we consider the many layers of subconscious and cellular information we are actually processing.

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intimately simply because you have put her on such an unreachable pedestal, having nothing at all to do with the reality off who she actually is. These layers of reaction and interaction bubble beneath the surface of ego, personality and projection, and we like to call them our subconscious.

In your mind, you are considering whether you are worthy of her, whether you are even noticeable; can you keep her interested or gain her interest at all.

And when you do have her attention, you might find yourself running for the hills because this match calls you to honor your most authentic self, but you will find out that your most authentic self has no question of worthiness and a paradigm shift begins to be birth itself.

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you are not the only one “here” - that she too has her own birthing process occurring. You get to see with magnified and amplified experience that she has her own imperfections. Some of these imperfections perfectly triggering your own. Why?! Why?!

So you see them. Because you asked for more than this.

Because you want something that from your current conditioned state, you find unreachable. To get to the relationship you really connect with, your thought patterns must change. All the while, the beautiful mystery of this is organically and very naturally happening through the language of the heart, calling you back to You. If all of this is so organic and natural, what then is there to “do?” Nothing. Sit still, find zero point, let the thoughts and judgments quiet. Do nothing. When her imperfections affect your perception of her and you find yourself triggered and wanting to run, sit still.

Let that wave of discomfort roll over you. This may catalyze a release your own insecurities and might just send you deeply into the darkness that you thought

your perfect mate would allow you to escape. Oh the irony! This is where you followed your heart’s intellect TO? Yes! Sit still, don’t run, let yourself grow.

Therein lies the apparent contradiction that is so perfectly designed to assist in our evolution. We are drawn to the ones who know us already deeply enough so that we face the parts of ourselves that hold us back from that which we believe we desire, and when that lion comes forward, teeth dripping and eyes hungry, giving us a picture of our own darkness, do we run, hide or do we stand steady, still and allow our illusion to dissolve?

Intuition, the heart’s intellect — this is the language of the empath. It is a path that runs head-on in conflict

with the logic-based reality we live in today, and a path that is often scoffed at by those who do not understand from the heart’s perspective. And, this is the everexpanding riddle of the soulmate relationship, those ones we have known for so much of “time and space” that they are felt energetically in the most visceral of ways.

May you stand and face your lion, being still long enough to see the doorway on the other side of that fear, and may your movement through that doorway be as liberating and exhilarating as you imagine it to be, may the subconscious rhythm of your very body begin to recognize the lion as your gatekeeper to bigger, better, deeper and more, and may you become eternal friends with your lion. Until next time, Espavo!

My name is Malia. I am an empath, intuitive reader and practitioner of energy work. I work both privately and online and have been available to the public professionally for the last 9 years. You may have noticed my page on various other websites. I am an energy reader, clairsentient (feeling/touch), clairaudient (hearing), claircognizant (knowing), clairvoyant (sight), empath and intuitive. I take impromptu as well as scheduled readings. http://www.psychicscoop.com/Malia/

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spring time is Fairy Time

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airy comes from the Old French word faerie.

The word has been overused to describe a supernatural being. There is a great deal of difference in classifying a being as a fairy from the medieval literature and those from modern literature, especially those belonging to the Celtic tradition.

Today, when we think of fairies, we often visualise them as tiny, supernatural beings with wings and glowing with uncommon light in today’s children fairy tales. And they also possessed some sorts of strange magical powers, like Tinklebell in the story of Peter Pan or the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella. The modern fairies, between the 18th and 20th century, comes from oral tradition before they were transmitted into writing.

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mortal; often, it is easier to classify them as minor divinity.

However, if we look at the idea of fairies, then you would find that have been around a lot longer than everyone expects. Perhaps the earliest form of faeries can be found loosely in the mythical beings in Greek mythology, such as the nymphs, satyrs and sileni. The nymphs from ancient Greek myths can be considered as fairies and they existed as early as the time of Homer writing the Iliad and the Odyssey. Even the river gods in Greek myths can be classified as fairies. These are spirits or minor deities of nature or of the natural phenomena.

And then, there are household or guardian spirits that can be found in Roman religion and mythology, such as the penates, lares and genii.

The Norse versions of the fairies are the wide variety of elves and the dísir that exist in the Teutonic traditions. The Valkyries could also be classified as fairies.

In the Arthurian legends, the divine or fairy figures also appeared in abundance. Morgan, Arthur’s half-sister, seemed to be great sorceress and healer, was often called Morgan le Fay; her nickname Fay, which means “Fairy”. And then there is this Lady of the Lake. Arthur’s wife, Guinevere, or Gwenhwyfar in the Welsh tradition, also appeared to be a fairy, as well as the sovereignty goddess. Many knights were either born from fairies or they took female fairies as their lovers. Even Merlin was only part mortal.

Then you would discover that that these images of fairies are not the only kind. There were all sorts in fairy tales and folklores. Some are benign, while others are maligned and hostile to mortals. Some were seen as fair, while others were considered ugly and monstrous to look at. They can come in all size and sizes - tall or short, fat or skinny, so there is really no clear definition of fairies may look like.

Different types of fairies may also have different types of magical powers.

So, what are these fairies?

Where do they come from?

To understand what they are, we should look at some of those found in Celtic mythology and other Celtic traditions. But, then you would discover that fairies are not just confined in Celtic traditions.

Many cultures and civilizations have their own versions of fairies.

There are enough kinds of fairies to confuse anyone, because sometimes writers have associated one fairy with a different kind.

In Celtic religion, there was Celtic deities in Gaul (France and Belgium), Hispania (Spain) and Britannia (Britain) during the Roman occupation of these regions or provinces. But the situation changed when Christianity spread to the west and north. These deities that were worshipped before the conversion to Christianity were reduced to the status of fairies in Celtic mythology and folklore.

So in Ireland the gods in the Tuatha De Danann were degenerated to the roles of fairies (eg. Dagda and Lugh), people living

There are household or guardian spirits that can be found in Roman religion and mythology, such as the penates, lares and genii.

under the dune mound or fabled islands, or even within underwater domains. Similar degeneration occurred with old deities in Wales, Scotland and other surviving pockets of Celtic kingdoms (such as Cornwall, Brittany and island of Man).

These earlier Celtic traditions of fairies, the former Irish or Welsh deities were also not fairies in the usual sense. They looked very much like human, in size and shape, except that they have special magical powers and they seemed eternally young, but they don’t have wings. The Dananns or their Welsh counterparts were usually seen as race of fair people. They can die just as mortals can, but their lives could last hundreds or even thousands of years.

The problem is that sometimes, the Christian authors have also turned them into beings serving the Devil, and that the fairies were actually demons. However this view is no longer shared, today.

These medieval fairies are different from the common folklore and fairy tales of today. The Tuatha de Danann is nothing like the brownie, leprechaun and goblin of these later traditions.

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What happens to the Body after death?

1. What are ghosts?

When a person dies only his gross body (sthūladēha) ceases to exist. His subtle-body (consisting of the subconscious mind, intellect, ego and soul, i.e. minus the physical body) however continues to exist and moves on to the other regions of the universe. Refer to the picture below for more detailed view of what we are comprised of and what we leave behind after death.

Some of these subtle-bodies become ghosts. Ghosts by definition meet all of the following criteria: • They are subtle-bodies.

• They belong to the Nether region (Bhuvarlok) or one of the seven regions of Hell (Pātāl) but they are found on Earth region (Bhūlok) too. This is because ghosts from the more subtle-regions of the universe can travel to the more gross ones like Earth at will. [en-Fourteen lokas] • They do not exist in the positive planes of the universe i.e. Heaven (Swarga) and above.

• They have unfulfilled desires such as cravings for sex, alcohol (things that they can only experience through a gross body), revenge etc.

• They derive pleasure out of exerting control over and tormenting humans and other subtle-bodies.

Their general aim is aligned with bringing about unrighteousness in society.

The subtle-body of a person after physical death is defined as a ghost if their characteristics and intentions match the above. There is no special process as such which they go through to become a ghost.

2. What decides where we go and what we become after death?

When we die, our course in the after-life is decided by a number of factors. These factors include: • The number and type of impressions that are created in the sub-conscious mind depending on how we have lived our lives. Refer to the article on the impressions in our mind that decides our basic nature and personality.

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esteem and self conceit, it also includes the attitude of duality with God. Duality means thinking of oneself as having an existence separate from God. Ego is a function of the extent to which we identify with our 5 senses, mind and intellect instead of identifying with the soul or the God within us.

• The type of deeds done during our life-time.

• The extent and the type of spiritual practice we had undertaken during our lifetime.

• Our Destiny • The type of death – natural and peaceful, violent or accidental.

• The type of funeral.

• The rituals as per Spiritual science done by our descendants after our death to help us in our after life.

3. Who are likely to become ghosts?

People are likely to become ghosts after their death when • They have many unfulfilled desires.

• Many personality defects, such as anger, fear, greed, etc.

What are we comprised of?

The Sutle Ego. The feling that we are separate from God The Casual body or Intellect reasoning and decision making The Soul The God within The Mental Bodu - Feelings emotions, desires The Vital Body Life sustaining energy of the body

What Happens to the Body After death?

The physical body remains on earth.

The vital energy is released back into the universe.

These bodies comprise the subtle body. After the stuble body travels to a subtle plane of existance such as Heaven Nether or Hell, depending on its merits or sins and it’s spirtual level

© Spiritual Science Research Foundation • A lot of negative impressions in the mind.

• A high amount of ego.

• They have harmed others and have the basic nature of harming others.

• They lack spiritual practice consisting of progressive level of surrender of mind body and intellect, done with the intention of Godrealisation.

[en-Samashti spiritual level] Only people who have reached the 50% (samash) or 60% (vyash) spiritual level and have low ego are able to proceed to the higher regions of Heaven and beyond and do not become ghosts. The rest of humanity, when they die, finds themselves in the regions of the Nether world and Hell. Most subtle-bodies in the Nether region are highly likely to become ghosts.

All subtle-bodies in Hell are ghosts.

In fact, even if one is a gentleman but doesn’t have enough spiritual strength through spiritual practice, he is liable to become a ghost when he dies. This is because he is attacked by higher level ghosts and is controlled by them. Just as on Earth, in the other regions of the universe also, ‘might is right’ and only the strongest survive.

Ghosts (demons, devils, negative energies, etc.) of a higher level, with their high spiritual strength, make the subtle-bodies of ‘gentlemen’ of lower spiritual strength, do things against their will and thus indirectly make them ghosts. Over a period of time, the subtle-body of the ‘gentleman’ too succumbs and becomes a ghost deriving pleasure through tormenting humans or fulfilling their worldly desires by possessing humans.

The moral here is that, if we do not undertake spiritual practice according to the universal six basic principles of Spirituality and do not reduce our ego, then the probability of us becoming ghosts, after our death is very high. ^ Top 4. Who do not become ghosts?

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The Soul The mental body or mind The Casual body (or intellect Supercasual body The Subtle Ego

A human being In the Earth Region

growth).

• Have less impressions in the mind, fewer personality defects, etc.

• Have a low ego.

• Are above the 50% (samashti) or 60% (vyashti) spiritual level.

When such persons die they move on to the higher regions, i.e. Heaven and beyond. Ghosts cannot influence or take them into custody due to their spiritual strength and protection from God. 5. Spiritual level and ghosts Throughout the section on ghosts, we refer to higher level ghosts who have a lot of spiritual energy as a result of intense spiritual practice and penance. As a result, they have a high spiritual level and a lot of spiritual power. This may seem contradictory as one may ask, “How can one become a ghost when one has a high spiritual level?” The spiritual power of a Saint at the 70% spiritual level and a superior ghost such as a subtle-sorcerer (māntrik) from the 5th region of Hell 28

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This is what a human being looks like after he dies, ie after he leaves his physical body. may be the same. However, the key differences between them are: • The Saint does spiritual practice with the intention of surrendering his body, mind, wealth, ego, etc. to God so as to merge with Him. • The superior ghost or a person with high spiritual power (who after death becomes a ghost) does spiritual practice with the intention of gaining supernatural powers so as to play ‘God’ and thus has a lot of ego.

The Saint would identify more with the God principle or the soul within. The subtle-sorcerer on the other hand is very proud of the fact that he has the spiritual strength and identifies with his ego i.e. the 5 senses, mind and intellect. http://www.spiritualresearchfoundation.org/spiritualresearch/ghosts/what-are-ghosts/

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Crystal Therapy: Top Five Healing Crystals In our crystal therapy session today we will be discussing stones and crystals that have healing energetic properties. Crystals and crystal energy is by nature healing, so today we are going to highlight a few crystals that have a specific vibrational quality to heal, especially as a complementary therapy to your other healing strategies.

Before we get started with the healing crystals, I think it is important to understand that crystals can be a wonderful tool to add to your ongoing process of healing. That being said, they are certainly not a replacement for lifestyle. On your healing journey there are many things you want to look at as methods to create your optimal life experience. First and foremost if you are seeking healing the one thing I can tell you from a spiritual and metaphysical perspective you must be willing to change. Crystals cannot be a replacement for the types of food an individual is eating that could be contributing to their physical

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To understand how crystals work, I first want to discuss resonate energy. Resonate energy is the vibrational quality of the things around us. Everything carries an energy signature, and the reason why crystals are quite popular in metaphysical practices is because the resonate energy of crystals is often a higher frequency than other tools and objects. This is due to their unique matrices and minerals within each crystal.

Below includes a list of several crystals that can bring into balance your energy system. These are by no means the only crystals that can bring healing to your energy body, and it is important to understand that other practitioners could possibly develop a different list.

However; in my personal life and practice, these are the crystals that I use when working with particular areas of the chakra system.

Using crystals for energy healing is quite simple. You can carry the crystals around with you, wear them as jewelry, and also use them in your spiritual practices such as meditation. The best way to use the crystals is to set your intention, and then visualize the energy coming into alignment through the aid of the crystal.

Hematite As Healing Crystals

conditions, the amount of exercise they are getting daily, and most importantly an individual’s willingness to get rid of toxic energy within their emotional body.

Our bodies can sometimes become sick due to our inability to love ourselves and those around us. Sometimes it is important for us to lovingly let go of individuals that are toxic not only to our minds and emotions, but also to our bodies. One thing that crystals can do is they can assist you in gaining clearer insight into positive changes you can make to find healing for your whole self. Mind, body, and spirit.

Hematite was one of the first stones that I remember getting when I was a young boy. It was probably my first “crystal gazing” experience, because I loved to stare into the reflective surface and see how the things around me would be transfigured into unique shapes due it’s unique configuration and its polished finish. Hematite is known for its ability to keep us focused Spring Issue 2016

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and grounded. It puts us in the present moment, and allows us to live a life of focus and courage. This is why it can have such a profound impact on our ability to heal, because healing always starts with recognizing our present experiences. This is why in the healing tradition of the 12-step programs the first step is to admit that there is a problem. If we cannot be present and see the present moment for what it is we will never be able to move forward in our healing journey.

Rose Quartz as Healing Crystals Rose quartz is known as the crystal of love. It is a lovely bright pink color, and as a healing crystal it can align us with the energy vibration of love. Being able to love ourselves is THE key to healing. Not only our emotional bodies, but also our physical bodies. When we love ourselves we do for ourselves what will create the best possible outcomes. When we really learn to love ourselves and our bodies we eat the healthy foods and beverages and we give ourselves the things we need to achieve our healing goals. This is also a wonderful crystal to help us release past emotional wounds that may be contributing to the toxicity of our bodies.

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frequencies of all of the healing crystals. I would recommend looking for rainbow fluorite if you are in the market for this crystal, especially if you are seeking the physical healing attributes. Fluorite increases our intuitive abilities, and can also be used to balance out the chakra system or energy bodies. An important key to self healing is being able to see things from a higher perspective. Getting in touch with our spirit is key to really moving forward with our healing journey, which is why fluorite is a wonderful addition for physical healing. It gives us the ability to intuitively see our highest options, and in many ways “step into� those options with ease.

Jade as Healing Crystals For healing the body I would recommend using green jade. Jade helps us remove toxins from our energy body. Along with rose quartz, jade is a wonderful crystal to assist you in your forgiveness work. Jade is a very soothing crystal, so if you struggle with toxic work environments I recommend finding a piece of jade jewelry that you can wear to keep your energy clear, and your mind focused.

Amethyst As Healing Crystals Amethyst is known as the sobriety stone, and as a healing stone amethyst can provide the user with a

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sense of clear mindedness. This crystal has the ability to break through the fog of emotional struggles and even assist with overcoming addictions that hinder our healing process.

Honorable mentions: Obsidian, Citrine, Kyanite (black or blue), Turquoise, Lapis Lazuli, Clear Quartz.

These are by no means a complete list of crystals, but they do represent a good place to start if you want to incorporate crystals into your healing and spiritual practice. One thing to remember about crystals is

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they respond to intention. They can certainly aid us in discovery and assist us in bringing about change, but the reality is that if we remain unwilling to change in certain areas of our lives the crystals themselves will have little effect. It is important with all healing practices that you take a holistic approach, and adopt methods that assist you in many ways. Crystal energy is often subtle, but when someone aligns their intention with it through action it can create wonderful results. My prayer is that each person reading this article will find the strategies that work best for them to bring healing to themselves and therefore the planet.

About the author: James is an intuitive coach and spiritual mentor.

He works with his clients to help them gain insight and inspiration for the future. The main goal in his sessions is to help others find peace and love through their own personal connection to the Spirit, often addressing a variety life questions. He does this by allowing Spirit work through him to communicate “Spirit messages� to his clients. He has worked with several clients from all over the world and all walks of life, helping them gain spiritual insight and understanding. If you would like a personal consultation with James, you can setup an appointment through www.schoolofinsight.com, or find him on one of his current partner sites. He is also a creative consultant and writer for Psychic Lifestyles Magazine, contact him at www.psychicscoop.com/James

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Whether you are Wiccan or traditional, coven member or solitary, kitchen or hedge witch, a garden can be a powerful and vitalizing part of your magical practice. Growing herbs you will eventually make part of your spellwork allows you to build both a deep knowledge of and a relationship with those plants from the time they are embryos in the seed until they are mature and ready to harvest; this can add a great deal of power and focus to your work. Working in a magical garden builds skill and confidence in personal paths in magic as well as demonstrating how powerful outside forces are--you see the results of your own decisions but also of factors outside of your control. Folks often discuss how spirits are involved in initiation and guidance in witchcraft and other magical practices. Plant spirits can play those roles if you open yourself to their direction, and of course the garden is the perfect place for learning to communicate with these spirits. They become aware of you and come to know you as you honor them by tending the herbs that embody them. Since a garden 40

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cannot be faked, plant magic is as real as it gets, and a witch’s garden is as full of knowledge as any grimoire or book of shadows. You have only to be open to it, have patience, and be willing to learn.

Siting Your Garden When you are planning a witch’s garden, ask the spirits of the place for help in siting it and keep in mind the interaction between human and non-human a garden entails. Make it a comfortable place to be, bring your magical practice into it (and allow it to enter your magical practice), start small and know your limits, and make appropriate sacrifices. You should understand the sanctity of garden

work, keep the motions of the heavens in mind, and take a broad view of your garden’s productivity.

That’s a bunch of shoulds, but the final should is that a garden should be a delight. Try to open yourself to the spirits of the place before you site your garden. You want a good site physically for the plants, but also spiritually--for them and for you. You can do this simply by wandering about your potential garden area at different times of the day and opening yourself up to what is there. You should get a feel for which areas will benefit cultivated plants. Full sun is preferred for many gardens, but it’s possible to make a wonderfully magical garden in shade, since many witching plants are not only shade tolerant but actually prefer shade, like belladonna. In fact, I wonder if part of the attraction to some of these herbs for witches in the past was that they could grow in areas that might not be so easily visible to neighbors or passers-by.

Herbs growing around the doorway are quite a bit different than herbs growing in the edge of the woods or hedge bordering the witch’s property.

Garden Interaction A garden is a meeting place between human culture and plant

culture. Both sides have to give in order to meet and work together.

How does this work? Well, if you like to plant in rows, then make the rows far enough apart so you are comfortable walking between them and will linger. I have done this by using old cardboard boxes or newspapers (6 sheets thick and overlapped) covered with mulch, which is great for keeping down weeds and making a nice, soft and biodegradable (and relatively inexpensive) place for me to walk and from which to work with and learn from my plants.

If the paths are too narrow, you aren’t going to feel comfortable out there. And for most gardens, success is at least partly due to the gardener’s attention. You can’t know something is bugging your plants unless you get out there every day and have a look (and a feel). And it’s good for your magical practice to be there with your plants, soaking up the aura of their spirits and opening yourself up to really listen to them, to all they have to teach. It’s also very good

for the soul. So make it a place you want to spend time in. You don’t need to have a vast knot garden to create a special place where you can commune with your plants, with nature, with the Fae, or even cast some spells. You can do this in even a very small area, as long as you feel at ease there. It all depends on how comfortable you make that area feel for you and your plants.

A Place to Sit and Ponder chairI’m not much on plastic, but I love those plastic Adirondack chairs for the garden. They are inexpensive, clean easily, are sturdy, last forever (almost literally), and they’re comfortable. You can easily shift them around to view, for instance, the bees working your agastache in the morning or the grey fox scooting across your garden at dusk. A nice built-in is an old tree stump, most of which are good for sitting (or for planting--I had a nice half hollow stump at my old place that made a great planter for pansies and then for mints).

Magical Practice in Your Garden There are many ways to bring your magical practice into your garden. If you like to cast a circle, you can make a circular planting that will mark that for you. You can make an outdoor altar part of your garden, and it doesn’t even have to stick out. If you are doing the Abramelin operation, the garden is the place for your retreat, which does not have to be any more sophisticated than some poles with wood trellising lashed to them (then add some nice vines to increase the privacy).

I enjoy connecting with Hermes, so I pile rocks at the corners of my garden. In my last place, I made a Priapus (a Greek sort of scarecrow) by pruning a staghorn sumac appropriately. You can usually create an area of some privacy in any garden by using shrubs, treillises, or wire fences with vines growing on them. If nothing else, most gardens can support a bean teepee--a bunch of poles tied together at the top like a teepee that

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pole beans travel up, creating a private place inside. If you can, it is nice to make a small sleeping area so that at least one fine night in the summer you can sleep outside with your plants and allow them to speak to you through dreams or aid you in astral work. A mulch bed is nice for this, as it is soft and aromatic, but a hammock also works. Whatever your practice, it will be potentiated by occurring in a natural place you have made yours.

Start Small Some of the most difficult advice for a gardener to take is to start small. Every year I buy way too many seeds and start way too many plants. But a smaller garden can be better cared-for and thus a happier and more productive garden. One of my most satisfying gardens wasn’t in the ground but in pots on a tiny screened-in back porch. I had only a few pots but chose decorative ones and only certain plants that I felt especially sympatico with. I loved sitting out there, and so did the cats. It was relaxing and a great place for astral work. Top Know Your Limits 42

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Gardening is hard work, so it’s best to make easier whatever tasks you can. That way, you can focus on the daily tending and learning from a garden instead of being frustrated by doing more than you can at the moment. If you are starting out, choose plants that are easier to germinate and forgiving of human mistakes, like clary sage, black-seeded poppy, elfwort, sage, vervain, yarrow. Then try some seeds that have more persnickety germination requirements, like cinquefoil and black nightshade and powerful banefuls like henbane, belladonna, and foxglove. Save monkshood, wolfsbane, and mandrake for when you have more experience under your belt. Gradually you will build not only your gardening confidence but your wortcunning. With gardening, as with any magical practice, patience and diligent work pay off. But both gardening and magic teach us that the process itself can be as rewarding as the goal.

Borders Learn from Saturn and maintain your borders.

Although this flies in the face of the assumptions of permaculture, for much gardening, a distinction must be made between what is garden and what is notgarden. You don’t need to plant in rows or work in other ways that imitate agriculture, but some kind of line (invisible or not) should mark what is your garden and what is not, because otherwise it becomes very easy to be lax about caring for it. Most plants that we grow are domesticated, and just like most domesticated animals, they don’t do all that well when left to their own devices. Your plants will benefit from not only your attention but a certain focus on them in the yard itself. They will grow bigger and happier if they have their own space and are not having to compete with grass, for instance. Sometimes a border can be as inconspicuous as simply hoeing where your garden is and not hoeing elsewhere, but I have found that for me it is good to make the border a little more emphatic.

I have often used rocks dug up from the very rocky soil I have here to simply line my garden borders, but in the past I also used little low fences or even simply cardboard covered with mulch (which is an great way to deal with turf). In keeping with borders, it is a good idea to smudge the borders of your yard and/or to create a wall of energy around it to keep out varmints on two legs, four, or six. It’s good to welcome visitors, but a garden is always an assertion of human presence.

Sacrifices Lilies in a gardenMany witches talk about giving

something back to the land when they harvest and tuck some tobacco, for instance, in the soil. I think when you care for a garden, you are always giving something back to the land. You have to, or you won’t have a garden for very long--it will be reabsorbed into the wild or just poop out. Every time you fertilize, water, or add compost, you are giving something back to the land. Every time you groom your plants and pick off marauding bugs, you are giving something back to the land. Whether you till under or use raised beds or mulching, you are giving something back to the land. I think this is the best kind of offering you can make and one that is peculiar to us as humans. It’s easy for us to forget that such work is magic.

The Sanctity of Garden Work Garden guy with a shovelFor me, there is nothing that brings me as close to the spiritual world as working in my garden. Make it as pleasant as you can so you will do more of it. Choose good tools that you know will serve you long and well, and care for them.

Keep them under cover so they don’t get rained on and clean them before putting them away for the season.

Smudging them at the beginning and end of the season is also a nice thing to do. Treating a garden tool like a wand, because for the green witch, it IS a wand.

As Above, So Below Moon Alchemy teaches us that the great and the small, the high and the low, are linked and influence each other (wonder if this is where Hegel got his unity of opposites idea). This plays out in the garden not

only in terms of how we interact with seeds but also in terms of time. Gardening by the Moon, the signs, and the procession of the equinoxes can bring a very satisfying unity to your garden and magical work. It emphasizes our own physical links to the rest of the world and allows us to see the tiny changes that we usually don’t notice. I think that much of magic is in those tiny changes. Top All Gardens Are Magical A garden can focus on Elementals, planetary influences (all Venus herbs, for instance), a particular deity, or particular spellwork, such as protection or love magic. I just choose plants I’m attracted to, which ends up for me being a lot of Saturn plants. I do think that simply choosing plants you’re attracted rather than choosing a theme can teach lessons in itself. My attraction to Saturn plants is part of my preoccupation with borders and interest in the Underworld, so growing these plants helps me learn about those aspects of myself and point out directions for my magical practice.

Whether your garden is on your windowsill or a few acres, private or open to visitors, half-wild or a knot garden, it can be productive for you. All gardens give some kind of harvest, be it of herbs, veggies, fruit, flowers, or the lessons of wortcunning, of patience, of determined struggle, and of being able to see the past, the present moment, and the future at the same time.

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True and Bizarre This list was compiled by the co-editor of the Fortean Times, a Journal of Strange Phenomena, a monthly British magazine.

1. Bees who pay their respects : Margaret Bell, who kept bees in Leintwardine, about 7 miles from her home in Ludlow, Shropshire (England), died in June 1994. Soon after her funeral, mourners were amazed to see hundreds of bees settle on the corner of the street opposite the house where she had lived for 26 years.

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veering off the A3 trunk road with headlights blazing at Burpham in Surrey. A thorough search uncovered a car concealed in dense undergrowth and the longdead driver nearby. It turned out that the crash had actually happened five months earlier when the driver, Christopher Chandler, had been reported missing by his brother.

3. Enigmatic Earth Divot A irregular shaped hole, about 10ft by 7ft with 2ft vertical sides, was found on a remote farm near Grand Coulee, Washington State, in October 1984. It had not been there a month earlier. ‘Dribblings’ of earth and stones led to a three-ton grass-covered earth divot 75 ft away. It was almost as if the divot had been removed with a gigantic cookie cutter, except that roots dangled intact from the vertical side of both hold and slab. There were no clues

June 2001. Attached to the balloon was her name and address and a note asking the finder to write back. Ten days later she received a reply. The balloon had been found by another Laura Buxton in the garden hedge of her home in Pewsey, Wiltshire, 140 miles away. Both Lauras were ages 10 and both had three year old black Labradors, a guinea pig, and a rabbit.

5. Hum Misty for Me: A noise a bit like amplifier feedback had been heard for three years coming from the right ear of a Welsh pony called Misty, according to the Vetinary Record (April 1995). It varied in intensity but stayed at a constant pitch of 7 kHz. Hearing a buzzing in one’s ears is called Subjective Tinnitus; much rarer is when others can also hear the noise. This is called Objective Tinnitus and the cause is still largely a matter of debate.

such as vehicle tracks and an earthquake was thought very unlikely.

4. Balloon Buddies: Laura Buxton released a helium filled balloon during celebrations for her grandparents’ gold wedding anniversary in Blurton, Staffordshire, in

6. Whirlwind Children A nine-year old Chinese girl was playing in Songjian near Shanghai, in July 1992 when she was carried off by a whirlwind and deposited unhurt in a treetop almost two miles away. According to a wire report from May 1986, a freak wind lifted up 13 children in the oasis of Hami in Western China and deposited them unharmed in sand dunes and scrub 12 miles away.

7. Riverside Mystery Gloria Ramirez, 31, died of Kidney failure at Riverside General Hospital,

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California, in February 1994, after being rushed there with chest pains. Emergency room staff were felled by ‘fumes’ when a blood sample was taken. A strange oily sheen on the woman’s skin and unexplained white crystals in her blood were reported. A doctor suffered liver and lung damage, and bone necrosis. At least 23 other people were affected. One hypothesis was that Ramirez, who had had cervical cancer, had taken a cocktail of medicines that combined to make an insecticide (organophospate) but tests yielded no clue.

8. Boulders in Trees In April 1997, a turkey hunter in Yellowwood State Forest, Indiana, came upon a huge sandstone boulder wedged between three branches of an oak tree about 35 feet from the ground. The arrow shaped rock was estimated to weight 500lb.

Subsequently, four more large boulders were found wedged high up in trees elsewhere in the forest. All were in remote areas. None of the trees were damaged and there were no signs of heavy equipment begin used or of tornado damage and no one recalled any mishaps involving dynamite anywhere nearby.

9. Helpful Voices While on holiday a woman, referred to by the British Medical Journal (1997) as AB, heard two voices in her head telling her to return home immediately. Back in London the voices gave her an address that turned out to be a hospital’s brain scan department. The voices told her to ask for a scan as she 48

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had a brain tumour and her brain stem was inflamed.

Though she had no symptoms, a scan was eventually arranged and she did indeed have a tumour. After an operation, AB heard the voices again: ‘We are pleased to have helped you,’ they said ‘Good-bye.’ AB made a full recovery.

10. La Mancha Negro A Hazard unique to Venezuelan highways is a slippery goo called La Mancha Negra (the black stain), although it is more of a sludge with the consistency of chewing gum.

Although the government has spent millions of dollars in research, no one knows what the goo is and where it comes from, or how to get rid of it. It first appeared in 1987 on the road from Caracas to the airport, covering 50 yards, and spread inexorably every year. By 1992 it was a major road hazard all around the capital and it was claimed 1,800 motorists had died after losing control. The problem remains to this day.

11. Postcard Farewell When Jim Wilson’s father died in Natal, South Africa, in April 1967, both Jim, living in England, and his sister Muriel, living in Holland, were informed. Muriel contacted her husband who was on business in Portugal, and he flew to South Africa right away. Changing planes at Las Palmas airport in the Canary Islands, he bought a postcard showing holidaymakers on Margate Beach, Natal, and sent it to Muriel. It was she who noticed that the photograph

showed her father walking up the beach.

12. Notecase from the Sky In October 1975 Mrs Lynn Connolly was hanging washing in her garden in the Quadrant, Hull, when she felt a sharp tap on the top of her head. It was caused by a small silver notecase, 63mm by 36.5mm, hinged, containing a used notepad with 13 sheets left. It was marked with the initials ‘SE’, ‘C8’, ‘TB’ (or ‘JB’) and ‘Klaipea’, a Lithuanian seaport. No one claimed it at the police station, so it was returned to Mrs Connolly. It seems likely it fell only a short distance but from where? If it had dropped from a plane, it would have given her more than a tap.

13. Fiery Persecution The village of Canneto di Caronia on Sicily’s north coast has been plagued by mysterious fires. The trouble began on January 20, 2004, when a TV caught fire. Then things in neighbourhood houses began to burn, including washing machines, mobile phones, mattresses, chairs and even the insulation on water pipes. The electricity company cut off all power, as did the railway company, but the fires continued. Experts of all kinds carried out tests, but no explanation was found. The village was evacuated in February, but when people returned in March the fires resumed. Police ruled out a pyromaniac after they saw wires bursting into flames.

14. Bovine Enigma On June 28, 2002, in the middle of a spate of unexplained cattle mutilations in Argentina, something macabre was found in a field near suco, west of Rio Cuarto in San Luis province.

Nineteen cows were stuffed into a sheet metal water tank, closed with a conical cap. Nine were drowned, the rest barely alive, having endured freezing temperatures, not to mention the shock of their lives.

15. Boy Turns into a Yam Three pupils of the Evangelist Primary School in the northern Nigerian town of Maiduguri rushed into the headmistresses office in March 2000 and said that a fellow pupil had been transformed into a yam after accepting a sweet from a stranger. The headmistress found the root tuber and took it to the police station for safe-keeping.

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other psychic or the people calling in to talk to me.

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How can you as a client make sure that you are really getting the most honest accurate reading?

Often we tend to believe this is not something a consultant can control or have any participation with.

Well, the truth is you do! There are several things that you can know and be aware of in order to make sure that this is what you will and are getting in your reading.

A lot of that is based on who you are choosing as your reader yes, but even on that subject it will make a big difference to make sure you consult with experienced readers who’ve been working a number of years or extend enough time for a reputable company that specializes in spirituality, psychic, and tarot readings.

Even within that system, there are some recommendations as well, as here on Psychic Scoop, we have been handpicked and tested for accuracy.

Another obvious way is to verify if the reader has regular clients and read their reviews. A reliable honest reader will have repeat clients and good ratings overall. There can be always the one or three stars, etc., as some clients unfortunately come to the reading too upset or vulnerable and not ready for truth

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would impede you to have a clear head enough to ask further related questions in that moment.

A very good advantage in readings, is being able to reread the transcripts later, which we have access to here in this site, but you want to be able to have your questions and doubts and your head clear on the time of the reading to maximize your investment.

Finally, and actually leaving the most important point of what to do and in this case what “NOT to do� to help an honest reading, I would like to add the following advice.

It is crucial to have an open expectant mind to the answers or comments we will be given during the reading, in spite of obviously having some favorite or preferred answers to our questions that we might have, especially when asking if a particular person has similar feelings or thoughts as our own, if there is potential in a certain relationship or friendship in having a romantic future together and so on.

At times the answers or messages that guides, angels or spirit, rely to the psychic or medium during your reading are unexpected and even surprised the reader him or herself, and it might be that their causes or effects won’t be apparent or shown or disappointed with the results, a 100 percent perfect connection with to the consultant till later in time. each reader might not always be established on the same way or time.

Other times the consultant will However, the good ratings need to be grossly outnumber the bad ones. reply with a feeling of satisfaction There are however several important things to keep in mind when for the warning in times of doubt thinking about getting a reading, particularly a love reading if wanting to or even glad to have seen her get a good accurate honest reading with the highest chance for accuracy. suspicions and intuitions having One important factor has been already slightly mentioned and that is been confirmed, whether this to resist the temptation of going to do a reading rushing with the tears in were good or bad. But in any case, your eyes, right after have been stricken by love disappointment and hurt it is very important that, in our feelings. At that moment your emotions are more vulnerable and your eagerness of finding happiness in mind is not as clear as to make sure you use your time wisely and ask the success in life, we do not attack the important questions you might need to ask. Emotional vulnerability might reader with leading questions and lead you to misunderstand and overreact in the time of the reading, which Spring Issue 2016

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came to the reading with.

To resume, Leading on the answers during a reading is a form of self-sabotage the truth and the help to begin with that prevents you from really listening to the possible answers that would have help you much more in your situation or problem, present place in time and circumstances.

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plunge into a reading that will seed a lot of confusion, doubt and trepidation to both reader and consultant, in trying to both answer your question in the most compassionate honest and constructive way to give you not only the truth but alternatives to improve your life and near future, especially if those are given spontaneous by the guides and angels.

For example, if you are blurting questions every 2 seconds such as, “Does he loves me and thinks I am the woman for him? And is it true that he doesn’t miss at all his ex-wife who drove him crazy and stole all his money, right? He told me so and it is true because blah blah blah….and HOW LONG UNTIL he asks me to marry him and will we be happy after we get married and have 2 kids?” without even having a near future vision or perdition yet of even getting married or that there will be children in the picture even if that is to occur with the person you are asking about in the reading that you just met yesterday…..would not be the best way to allow the time and space for angels giving you useful messages and advice and for the reader to give you the most concrete answers to questions that can be answered most accurately in each and every case.

If you need just inspiration to have faith on a pretty inspiring picture to activate wishful thinking and bring up your spirits that might be what you want, but is this what you need?

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What you never learned about Boundaries

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True balanced boundaries in a relationship

Setting boundaries can be the most important thing you ever harness to transform your relationships and life … especially when it comes to dating and relationships. True, balanced boundaries are often misunderstood; they’re not about building an impenetrable wall of barbed wire, but about having positive, open energy that keeps life flowing.

Imagine how an ocean flows and thrives in its space and boundaries, but a stagnant rain puddle that doesn’t receive new energy is always evaporating, having increasingly poor boundaries and edges. If you were a fish, which would you prefer to live in? In the ocean you can define your turf, swim and explore and have the resources you need -but in a puddle you don’t have that luxury, you’re always trying hard, gasping for what you need and feverishly trying to stay protected as the puddle shrinks.

True, balanced boundaries can help you: Feel and seem more open, confident, authentic and likable

keep you safe in the dating pool. It will help you avoid users, players, and time wasters Maintain focus, awareness, and perception so you can really take in all that you need to know about another person Feel more at ease and have more fun instead of trying hard to control everything the right match for you will be someone who takes responsibility for themselves and who have good boundaries too emotional

Emotional Boundaries A person with open emotional energy and who has good emotional boundaries seems loving, calm, friendly and open. They pay attention to their feelings but don’t get carried away with drama or participate in the emotional chaos of others. They allow a new connection to be new without burdening it with a past relationship or hurt. They also do not let feelings of attraction or love carry them away until they create a Spring Issue 2016

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Mental boundaries are just as important as physical ones.

real emotional bond with another person.

Someone with closed off emotional energy and poor emotional boundaries feels a lot of need and finds it easy to inflate the importance of a new person or invest emotionally in a way that is disproportionate to how well they know them. They get carried away with positive emotions (I just met this guy online once and I think I might marry him!) as well as negative ones (My date was a jerk, I’m going to die alone!) quickly and intensely. They’re susceptible to taking on the drama or emotions of others as their own. Even though they may seem to fall in love fast on the surface, letting go is difficult for them and really opening up and letting others in is even harder.

One way to reconnect to your emotional strength is to be patient and to allow yourself to feel emotions of all kinds, and to be responsible for your emotional well-being instead of giving that power to others. You get to choose what you spend your emotional energy on! The enclosed space of our past experiences and negative emotions can seem to be hard to break free from, but you can begin to open up by being loving to yourself and others. How can I take care of my heart and feelings today? How can I reach out to someone else and help them?

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Mental Boundaries A person who has open mental energy and has positive mental boundaries is: relaxed, conversational, curious, honest and clear in their communications.

The people around them know where they stand, and they have an easy time understanding where others are coming from because their main intention is to learn new things. They don’t let their time be monopolized by someone they’ve just met. Their own opinions and agendas aren’t swayed and they respect their time and energy in connecting to people. (For example, they will not answer 1am texts and won’t break plans with their best friend to go on a last minute date) They don’t spend a lot of time planning, plotting, thinking or analysing, they are interested in getting to know the other person instead.

Mental boundaries are just as important as physical ones. Just like physical intimacy, mental intimacy forms over time. You probably know someone who spends hours talking to you about a new guy, who spends all her time thinking about him but then as she dates the guy for a little while she starts suddenly going, “I don’t know what he’s thinking… and I’m scared to tell him how I feel or what I need.” A person with positive

The best way to open your mental energy and have good boundaries... boundaries communicates WITH another person, a person with poor boundaries lives in the enclosed space of her head.

The best way to open your mental energy and have good boundaries is to pay attention how much TIME and energy you’re spending on things. Take breaks, focus your mental energy on other elements of your life. When it’s time to date, have the intention to learn about a new person by communicating with them. Thinking about someone constantly, spending all your time with them, or other forms of working hard will not make them like you more – it will defeat your boundaries and kill the attraction. physical

Physical Boundaries A person who has physically open energy and who has strong physical boundaries has relaxed, comfortable, confident, calm body language. They are approachable but never intrude on others or allow others to intrude on them or make them uncomfortable. They don’t let themselves get in sketchy situations or lose awareness of their surroundings. They easily exhibit attractiveness, sexiness and warmth.

Make your physical well-being a conscious priority and you’ll automatically boost your physical openness and boundaries. Your

physical signal for having open energy and good boundaries is the feeling of comfort and security.

Your eating, sleeping and and general well-being matters. Did a guy call you at 10pm to ask you to “hang out” at his house? Did he ask you to cross town because he’s tired and would like to meet closer to to his side of town and you’re exhausted yourself?

Take stock of how you feel and what your true needs are and don’t abandon your self care or safety for others.

We all know that getting drunk or getting high on dates limits our selectivity and common sense, but awareness also means that we’re not showing up to dates when we’re exhausted, distracted or in a position where we can’t pay attention to others.

When it comes to sexual boundaries, tune out all the shoulds and shouldn’ts you’ve read about on sex and dating. The only way to know and maintain your own true boundaries is to really and be honest about what YOU want and what works for you. Do you want to have sex for fun or do you really want to have a relationship?

Is casual sex OK with you? The real rule is simple: Don’t go outside your own boundaries in order to be liked or in the hope of changing another person eventually.

Healthy sexual energy makes you feel fulfilled and connected, while escapism or neediness creates guilt and emptiness.

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Important Tips Everyone goes through periods where their energy is more open or closed than others, and there are times when boundaries may not be strong. It’s absolutely normal and nobody has perfect boundaries and at all times. You won’t always feel loving and confident, but you absolutely can make choices to work on those areas where you’re weakest and you are always empowered, every day, to change your energy, your emotions and to make choices about how you’re thinking and what you choose to do.

When you work on opening yourself up and creating strong boundaries in one area, you’ll often yourself improve your boundaries in several areas at once, and experience a lot more confidence in more than one way. For example, taking good care of yourself by telling your boss you can’t work late will amplify your sense of wellbeing and confidence emotionally when you’re enjoying an evening out with new friends. You might find yourself being less self conscious or more authentic.

Have you ever been upset because a friend asked you to come over and help them with a big chore when you were sick or stressed?

Have you ever put yourself out and then been upset with someone else because they should have known better? It’s easy to blame others, but the reality is that nobody can take your energy and time without your permission.

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How to refresh your relationship?

by Aeson Knight

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ften relationships have made it past a point.

We begin to wonder if it is even still living.

When a relationship first gets it start with a firer passionately puppy dog love builds and grows.

Then they progress and grow. You build past that and get into the normal everyday relationship. Past that high that naturally happen with new relationship and into the real world relationship that we do not tell in fairy tiles. You get used to it and learning to deal without the puppy dog love. Which is normal and part of life, This is when troubles began. You both begin to have problems understanding each other. This is also the time when all the cute little things now begin to annoy you. Relationships go through periods like this. It is 64

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normal for relationships to go in and out of active love.

Over time relationships themselves get a little bit more complicated. The reason for this is would begin involving more and more people in our relationships.

Normally first the friends get added. Then you add in the families of each. And then you got to add in life stress, work responsibilities and eventually marriage stress and children get added to the mix.

And before you know it. The relationship has grown stale. You both still love each other. But That fiery passion is no longer there. So how do you refresh your relationship or do you just walk away. This is something you have to consider. As most relationships are worth just refreshing. When looking at couples that have been together for like 10 or even 20 years. You can begin to see patterns in their life where the relationship

itself was just naturally refreshed. Sometimes refreshing the relationship is difficult. Because you are fallen into a pattern. You know Monday is meatloaf night Tuesday is the kids practice. Things become predictable. That once thought desirable love is that you thought you wanted. You dreamed all your life to have a happy ever after. But really is this your happy ever after?

Running around like two chickens with their heads cut off. Merely giving each other affection out of habit or even dare say just going throw the motions. Lord knows you’re already tired. Who has time to work on the relationship. So I thought I would give you some simple tips to enable you to easily refresh your relationship and bring back that passion that you once had. Plus, also rediscover that person that now drives you up the wall.

Especially if their is a little cute thing, that just made you want them even more in your life but now bug the living Crap out of you. Those little habit you just thought made you bond with them and was just attractive.

Like being so neat and tidy that you were amazed by how they managed their life and how clean the house was when you came over. But now if they tell you one more time to put the blue towels in the guest bathroom you’re going to make them eat the blue towels because you’re going to cut them up and make them into soup.

Because as you now see they could use some fiber in their diet.

Or how you loved how he made you feel protective by always wanting to drive, but if one more time he gets lost while driving and won’t ask for direction you’re going to make him walk home. On his own as you drive to your party. If you are quietly planning just how to off them so that you can get some peace. Then it time to really take stock in the relationship.

After this you have decided it really is not that bad it just needs some updating and some good relationship care then here are a few tips to rebuilding it.

Tip 1 Date Night - The first thing that should be scheduled in the relationship is date night, this is important often when a relationship is first beginning at are exciting and important but after date 20 you tend to get away from that and get into chill time because

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your both just so busy with living life together you forget to remember you both need that Romanic time and you need to get to know each other again, this included everything for the pick up until the good night kiss.

Setting up date night and stepping out of your wash and repeat relationship is the most important first step to jazzing it up and rebuilding the relationship.

Because it gives you time with each other on new ground to talk and share what really going on in your mind.

Some important rules for date night NO Cell phone at the table there is nothing less Romanic them flipping throw Facebook while you should be talking with each other. This is time to unplug and spend time with each other, Facebook can wait, the boss’s email can wait a couple of hours they had you 8 hours this is time for you to court your mate again.

No children, friends, or any one with you other than your partner. This is your time not shared time with the family.

I would also take turned planning date night and instead of leaving from the house. The one that plans it, picks the other one up. Meaning if you plan the date then you pick the other one up from work school or where they are this will also give you a chance to have that good night kiss.

Tip 2 Leave Short notes of romance or encouragement When you’re really thinking about something, ie their big day at work why not slip a small post in the briefcase with words of caring, yes a text can do the same thing but it will not show the same level of emotions or that you took this time to write it. Plus, it will also be something that shows them you are thinking of them. Even posting a note on the coffee pot the night before which reminds them that you hope their day with the kids is a wonderful time. This simple act will bring back that feeling of caring.

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your thoughts. let you remember why you like being with them. In the movies their away a night out with the girls or a poker game with the guys. these are very important. for the relationship because if you are always under foot. how can you remember that you’re not two humans attached at the hip? it also gives you time to not be the mom dad husband wife and any other posted note label you want stick on each other but to be just you. No calling or texting on night out unless it’s an emergency, you should not feel guilty for taking this time away, and you should not feel like you’re being watched/ tracked down this is time to step out of the stress and have fun.

Tip 4 Journal exchanging

Often even when you have been together for so long you have trouble sharing your personal thought and feelings out loud, so what I would suggest is getting two journals, one for you and one for your partner, then each week after date night switch off.

You take the one they had and they take the one you had and spend time that week writing and journaling your thought feelings and emotions, this allow the other to express them self freely and to share with you and them self their emotions. Then the next week you switch off. So that as the weeks go on you each can see how the other may not be seeing the situation like the blue towels are hard to wash which is while they go in the guest bath room.

Tip 5 Say thank you

Many people are surprised at this one but it really works within 3 weeks. The energy of the relationship changes when you begin to just say thank you for the everyday common things, ie thank you for going to work today or thank you for folding the towels.

Thank you for handling the kids while I took a nap.

When someone feels appreciated more they will respond more to your feelings and will open up more.

Which results into a happier relationship, so have fun refreshing your relationship as we step into the time when earth refreshing herself. Take time to get out and walk with that love one doing this time Until next time...

Aeson knight

Aeson has been advising people for over 19 years. He learned what his Psychic gifts were and how to use them at a young age. He then learned the art of Tarot reading to focus more on the question at hand; this gives him the ability to help other people along their path.

This has become his mission in life. Tarot reading is as natural to Aeson as breathing is to Get A Reading today you, except he has learned to focus in on you and your life, so he can answer your specific questions. So if you have a question, just ask it. He will tell you what he sees for you with no sugar coating or beating around the bush. visit him at: www.aesonknight.com Spring Issue 2016

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andelion wine, believed to be of Celtic origin, is regarded as one of the fine country wines of Europe. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, it was not proper for ladies to drink alcohol; however, dandelion flower wine was considered so therapeutic to the kidneys and digestive system that it was deemed medicinal even for the ladies.

Ingredients 3 quarts dandelion blossoms 1 gallon water 2 oranges, with peel, preferably organic 1 lemon, with peel, preferably organic 3 pounds sugar 1 package wine yeast 1 pound raisins, preferably organic Instructions Collect the blossoms when they are fully open on a sunny day. Remove any green parts; they will impair fermentation.

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strips to minimize the amount of white pith added to the brew. (The pith will make it bitter.)

Finish peeling the citrus, and slice them into thin rounds.

Add the orange and lemon zest to the flower-water mixture and bring to a boil. Remove from heat, strain out solids, then add the sugar, stirring until it is dissolved. Allow to cool.

Add the orange and lemon slices, yeast, and raisins to the liquid. Put everything into a crock with a loose lid (so gas can escape) to ferment. (I covered it with a clean cotton towel held down by a rubber band.)

When the mixture has stopped bubbling (2 days to a week), fermentation is complete. Strain the liquid through several layers of cheesecloth or a flour sack towel and transfer to sterilized bottles. Slip a deflated balloon over the top of each bottle to monitor for further fermentation. When the balloon remains deflated for 24 hours, fermentation is complete. Cork the bottles and store in a cool, dark place for at least six months before drinking for best flavor. NOTE: Be sure not to seal these tightly before they finish fermenting, and don’t put them somewhere warm. Otherwise, you’ll end up with exploding bottles.

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nita crossed over into the Afterlife and miraculously came back to share her experience. Since then, Anita has been speaking and traveling around the world sharing her story of hope. On todays show Anita will discuss some of the things she learned during her NDE and will take caller questions. Don’t miss this fascinating show.

Many confuse surrendering with giving your power away. Anita believes that giving our power away weakens us, whereas surrendering empowers us. This is because when we give our power away, we allow

others to control us, but in surrendering, we allow the power of the universe to work through us. One of the dangers of not knowing the difference is that we can become prone to giving our power away to others who disempower us, such as cult leaders, while believing we are surrendering. During this hour, Anita will explain how to surrender, without giving our power away.

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A Four Lesson Online Course Lesson 1: What is the Soul?

Understanding Your Soul’s Nature This session begins with James discussing exactly what the soul is.He shares his own personal understanding of the differences between the BODY, the SOUL and the SPIRIT and gives a comprehensive overview of how each soul vibrates at a certain frequency, color and tone.

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James will discuss various levels of consciousness and energy such as Soul communication.

The Power of thought and how to utilize it in constructive manner In the last part of the session James will be doing “ soul readings” for callers bringing forth their soul make up complete with all its gifts, desires, limitations and fears.

Lesson 2: Soul Memories; Uncovering Your Truth

meditation.

James will take your calls to allow you to share your insights, questions and soulful experiences.

This session focuses on bringing to the surface of your conscious mind many of your on-going soul patterns, memories and experiences your soul has carried with it from life time to life time.

Lesson 4: Soul Choices – How To Live a Soul-filled Life

In this profound and moving session James will: Guide you in a soul life regression and uncover blocks, fears and limitations being expressed from former lives.

You also will be lead in a mind journey exercise to connect with your celestial counselors and assist you in understanding the strong lessons your soul has chosen to come back to learn this time.

James will help you gain innate knowledge and insights from the place you truly reside. By being made aware on a conscious level of what motivates us and what we are attracted to James will once again open the phone lines to speak with you and answer any questions you have regarding your experiences and the soul connections you have with those souls who have passes to the other side.

Lesson 3: Soul Lessons – What You Are Here to Learn As souls, we are infinite beings with unlimited potential who inhabit a human body on earth in order to learn lessons and create love. By using The Souls Journey 44 card deck – in connection with this course.

James will guide you: In attuning yourself to your souls GPS or intuition and receive soulful wisdom and guidance in order to become aware of the exact lessons your soul is here to learn.

With this inspired deck, James will perform various “soul spreads” to assist you in how to “read” and become aware of the current lessons and curriculum you have signed up for.

James will also define each of the “most common” lessons such as love, forgiveness, compassion.

To further gain soulful insights, James will finish the course by assisting you in quieting your mind and turning inward through a thoughtful and healing

When a soul demonstrates its free will on Earth, it can change the course of its own human life and the lives of those around it, or even the whole planet.

This week’s session we will focus on: The impact and responsibility we have in regard to our every day choices.

By learning how to become more “mindful” of our choices, we can begin to spiritually evolve and live a life of satisfaction and love.

James will share with you various techniques and methods for you to implement in order become aware of what motivates your current decision making process.

He will also guide you on a “mind-full” meditation for you to open up and become more “soul-conscious.”

When we take the steps necessary to be more present, we attract a more appealing, exciting and soul-filled life and in turn it affects our very existence.

James will finish the course with sharing your phone calls. http://bit.ly/1l9QgCm

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Aries — March 21-April 19: You should be feeling your oats this month — maybe even a little too much early on with your ruler (Mars) moving through the last degrees of Scorpio and squaring Mercury. This is a high-energy transit that can get a lot accomplished but can also be combative and confrontational. Try to keep your temper in check — at least through the first week or so of March. It’s not the time to make rash decisions or engage in reckless behaviors.

On the 6th, Mars moves into Sagittarius (and your personal expansion sector) bringing out your adventurous side. You may be up for almost anything during the next several weeks: thinking about taking a trip, going back to school or expanding your horizons in some other way? Mars in Sagittarius inspires you to step outside your comfort zone and see how to the other half lives.

Taurus — April 20-May 20: This month may see you spending more time in the public eye — either through your career or with respect to your social commitments. Venus (your ruler) is moving through your professional sector in the early part of the month, along with Mercury (your financial ruler). You might be up for a raise, or see yourself putting in more hours on the job — which of course means more money. Whatever you do, don’t get too complacent this month as there are a lot of opportunities opening up for you. Your interactions with others should also pick up with month with 5 planets moving through your 11th house — including the New Moon (solar) eclipse on the 9th. Venus moves into Pisces on the 12th. This is the sign of its exaltation, meaning that its qualities are strengthened and purified. It joins the Sun, Mercury, Chiron and Neptune, to make for a packed social sector — and hopefully for you a similarly situated social calendar.

Gemini — May 21-June 21: This is going to be a big month for you in the relationship department, although you’re likely to be met with some challenges in that area. Mars moves into your relationship sector on the 6th, bringing conflicts with a partner to the forefront. One of you may feel like you’re not getting your needs met or that the other has become too demanding. Past meets present for you when Saturn turns retrograde on the 25th, and starts moving backwards through this sector. You may be thinking about what (and whom) you want to retain in your life vs. what (or whom) you want to leave behind. You may feel the need to step back and regroup. This can mean ironing out the kinks in a union that’s faltering or bringing someone new in. If your relationship is wobbly or if you feel like you’ve been jumping through hoops just to satisfy your partner’s demands, you may need to think about whether it’s worth holding onto period. The eclipse on the 9th may bring things to a head, but hold off on making any life-altering decisions though as the deciding planets (Jupiter and Saturn) are both retrograde and are likely to bring changes once they go direct.

Cancer — June 22-July 23: You may have to make some difficult decisions regarding your relationships this month. With Pluto — which is currently in your relationship sector — stationing (although it won’t go retrograde until next month) and your relationship ruler itself (Saturn) turning retrograde before month’s end. These are powerful transits that may see things grind to a halt — either in an existing relationship or in a connection you’ve been holding onto that’s just not moving ahead. The emphasis is on things slowing down, which provides you with an overview of just what is and isn’t working. You may end a relationship or at the very least take a step back and reassess your values. Another possibility is someone coming in from your past and if that’s the case see it for what it most likely is — a chance to tie up loose ends or get resolution, rather than an opportunity to start anew.

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Leo — July 24-August 23: You want to keep a handle on your finances this month, especially since it may seem like things are better for you in this area than they actually are. This is a good time to practice not counting your chickens before they’ve hatched and make sure you have enough set aside in case there is a (financial) emergency. Jupiter is moving through your money sector — which is ordinarily a good thing. But it’s retrograde all month long and will be opposed by several planets, and almost exactly conjunct the Full Moon (solar) eclipse on the 9th. What this means for you is that problems in this area are likely to be exposed, and you don’t want to be caught off guard. You want to be taking a more mature look at your finances anyway — as in how you make it, save it, spend it and blow it. The Universe may force you to get serious about your financial situation, either out of personal necessity or due to a developing sense of responsibility. If you’ve been spending money as quickly as it comes in, paying off old debts, or incurring unexpected expenses for the last few months, now is the time to exercise more discipline.

Virgo — August 24-September 22: This is an important month for you in several different areas.

First and foremost is relationship, with several planets — and the New Moon (solar) eclipse moving through your relationship sector. All of these planets but one oppose Jupiter during this time and because Jupiter is in your sign (debilitated and retrograde), this is likely to bring relationship issues to the surface. It’s not necessarily a bad thing. The focus is still on love and romance. But if there are any cracks in your perfect veneer, they’ll probably be exposed at some point during the month. It’s going to be important to express your needs clearly, if only to yourself. You may feel like things are lacking in definition or that you’re not quite in sync with your partner.

Libra — September 23-October 22: You may have your work cut out for you this month with a line up of planets — including the New Moon (solar) eclipse on the 9th — in your work sector, and the Full Moon (lunar) eclipse on the 23rd in your sign. The focus will be as much on you and what you put out there as it will be on the recognition you receive as a result. This is a good time to reinvent yourself with respect to both your career goals and to your personal life. Don’t let yourself take on more than you can handle though as there are indications of stress-related health concerns, especially around the 13th and 14th. Venus and Mercury are moving through your romance sector in the early part of the month. This is a good time for sharing your thoughts and feelings with a romantic partner. Don’t let things get too heavy though — this is more about keeping things lighthearted and playful. Speaking of which it’s also good for getting in touch with your inner child and for letting your creative juices flow.

Scorpio — October 23-November 22: Love is in the air for you this month, with five planets — including the Full Moon (solar eclipse) moving through your romance sector before all is said and done. Your relationship ruler (Venus) is one of those planets and is exalted in Pisces, meaning that it brings a purer, more dignified energy into the mix. With your romance ruler (Jupiter) retrograde in your house of friendship, you may reconnect with an old friend or even reignite an old relationship. The focus is on love, beauty, romance and creative self expression so take a look at what you can do to enhance your life in all of these areas. This is also a good month to get serious about making money. At least for the first few weeks of March.

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SagittariusSagittarius — November 23-December 20: It may take you a few days to get your bearings this month, with Mars moving through your 12th house — the area related to “selfundoing” — and squaring your relationship ruler. Relationships may be tempestuous in particular the first week of the month but things will start to ease up by the 6th or 7th when Mars crosses into your sign. At that point you’re going to be shifting gears, and you can forget what they say about good things coming to those who wait. You’re going to want to grab onto opportunities as soon as they present themselves. This means you may be ending one relationship and starting another, or even reconnecting with someone from your past. A long distance romance is a possibility, as there are more indications of phone or written communications than there are face-to-face encounters. Late in the month you may find yourself pulled in two different directions when professional goals and family responsibilities face off against one another.

Capricorn — December 21-January 20: This should be a busy month for you as far as connecting and interacting with others go. You are likely to find yourself fending off social invitations and turning down those who reach out to you for support just because there’s so many of them. You can be very productive as long as you don’t let yourself get sidetracked by those who think you have nothing better to do with your time. Funnel some of this energy into something that can serve you or better your career goals down the line. Take a refresher course, bone up on your studies or learn something new. With your ruler in Sagittarius, a trip abroad or going back to school are good options. Saturn will retrograde this month though too, so think hard before you commit yourself to something long term. There are two eclipses this month.

Aquarius — January 21-February 19: This month you’re going to think about what you value, and that extends to well beyond material things. It should be a reasonably favorable period for making money, but you’re going to be spending a lot of time thinking about what else matters to you and how you are going to go focus more of your attention on those things. You may be surprised at what you learn about yourself this month — with Venus and Mercury moving through your sign and with your ruling planets (Saturn and Uranus) in favorable aspect to one another. You’re going to be sweating the small stuff a lot less and focusing more on what’s really important to you. In the meantime you have a lot to say and a lot of people who are open to hearing it. Think about ways to use your power of persuasion to rally people together and unify forces.

Pisces — February 20-March 20: You may be feeling even more sensitive and vulnerable than usual this month with a lineup of planets moving through your sign and with the New Moon (solar) eclipse taking place there on the 9th. You may require more closeness and intimacy with those who in your inner circle and find yourself being frustrated with them when they’re too busy or are preoccupied with other things. Watch the 5th and 6th particularly and then also around the 15th – 18th. Venus enters your sign right in the middle there (on the 12th) and can soften some of that energy. Especially as Venus is exalted in Pisces. Your love life should pick up and aside from the 25th (when Saturn goes retrograde and your relationship rulers form an opposition to one another) you should be feeling good about where things stand. Be mindful of your tendency to take things too much to heart and you can avert some of the stressors that arise.

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What is Psychic Scoop?

A brand new co-op site of ethical readers

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his new site on the web is a collaborative effort, made up of a select group of professional readers who are proficient in a variety of spiritual disciplines. Among us you will find psychics, mediums, clairvoyants, astrologers, numerologists, tarot readers, aromatherapists, energy workers and so much more.

You’ll find psychologists, life-coaches and hypnotherapists. Relationship counselors, social workers and spiritual advisors. Reiki, Theta and NLP practitioners. Published authors. Law of Attraction coaches. Past-life regressionists. Yoga practitioners and teachers. Color therapists. Those who practice rebirthing and soul retrieval. And a vast array of information and knowledge through some of the most seasoned and professional psychic readers out there.

In addition, we offer “the Scoop,” news, articles, book and tarot reviews, information on upcoming webinars and workshops, and more. We strive to provide valuable information and resources to help you along in your own spiritual journey as well.

We’ve worked — individually and collectively — on various psychic phone lines and websites sites over the years, as well as with private clients in our own communities.

We came together in this venture through a shared set of ideals and desires. We wanted to do our part in dispelling some of the myths and misinformation associated with psychic readings.

And we wanted to take a stand against some of the scams and con

games that have targeted vulnerable clients.

Although we each have our own unique reading styles — as well as our own specialized areas of expertise — we do all ascribe to certain higher laws and principles.

This is so important in this industry.

What you will find here are honest, intelligent, compassionate and ethical advisors and counselors.

What you will NOT find here are the following: Spells, cleansings or any other kind of “negative energy removal.

Attempts to foster dependency or lead you to believe that on-going sessions are necessary to achieve your desired outcome.

Attempts to convince you that your destiny is outside of your control.

Each of the gifted readers on this site brings a different and unique set of skills and experiences to the table.

We hope you’ll take the time to get to know them all.

To read more about a specific reader, click on their mini listing shown on the site. From there you can also read some of their contributions to the site, set up a session or contact them for more information.

We hope you enjoy your stay here at the Psychic Scoop and will come back often! www.psychicscoop.com

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