Thursday, 1 July 2010

Blogiography - post details: Vol. 8 (posts 251 - 285; Apr. - Jun. 2011) [Content Warning: some posts may have content warnings - reader discretion is advised]

Content Warning -  the posts titled "for Sunday evening's meditation-clearing include news links, which may be to news articles on distressing topics. Other posts address issues related to conflict, violence & war, and matters such as changing the personality of oppressors. As I work through updating these posts,. I will try to add CWs here, but that will take some time.  


Interacting with Nature Spirits and doing things that are important and of value to oneself.

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Tags: nature, faery, respect, communication, psychism, about me,
First published: Sunnudagr, 26th June, 2011
Last edited: Sunday, 26th June, 2011

How do the Celtic version of faeries relate to similar or equivalent spirits in other places? (Not much in the way of answers, more a speculation with a view to getting someone else to work on.)

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Tags: Evans-Wentz, faery, Celts,
First published: Sunnudagr, 26th June, 2011
Last edited: Sunday, 26th June, 2011

My attempt to start a Pagan version of this set of Buddhist techniques.

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Tags: Tibet, Buddhism, yoga, Naropa, Celts, chant, mudra,
First published: Sunnudagr, 26th June, 2011
Last edited: Sunday, 26th June, 2011

Powerful magickal devices are not just things of the past: at least some people today could make such items …

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Tags: about me, crystals, talismanic tetrahedrons, magical devices,
First published: Sunnudagr, 26th June, 2011
Last edited: Sunday, 26th June, 2011

A common error that some beginners make.

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Tags: visualisation,
First published: Sunnudagr, 26th June, 2011
Last edited: Sunday, 26th June, 2011

My opinion that making judgements is part of being a spiritual person.

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Tags: activism, caring, Christianity, discrimination, love, responsibility, society,
First published: Sunnudagr, 26th June, 2011
Last edited: Sunday, 26th June, 2011

Past significant religious leaders have taught of the importance of love (Christ) and wisdom (let’s choose … Buddha, for this one); if there were to be another one, perhaps the them would be … maturity.

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Tags: maturity, religion, spirituality, discrimination, society,
First published: Sunnudagr, 26th June, 2011
Last edited: Tuesday 12th July, 2011

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My thoughts on this, starting from someone else’s view that the purpose of life is to learn how to get along with others, which I think is not bad, but not … universal. I also comment on the importance of not resting on past glories, whether the past glories are war (for soldiers) or raising kids (for parents) …

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Tags: attitudes, love, peace, purpose, responsibility, motivation,
First published: Sunnudagr, 26th June, 2011
Last edited: Sunday 26th June, 2011

Suggestions on how to improve your visualisation and channelled energy healing skills.

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Tags: visualisation, healing, energy work, flaming,
First published: Tysdagr, 8th June, 2011
Last edited: Wednesday, 9th June, 2011

My review of the autobiography of the medium who inspired the TV series Ghost Whisperer, which is well worth considering reading.

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Tags: Mary Ann Winkowski, Ghost Whisperer, rescue, checking, protection, mudra,
First published: Sunnudagr, 5th June, 2011
Last edited: Sunday, 5th June, 2011



A brief speculation about the possible start of a new world religion in coming centuries, and a link for learning to astral travel. 

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Tags: religion, astral travel, change, evolution,
First published: Thorsdagr, 26th May, 2011
Last edited: Thursday, 26th May, 2011

Would the world be better if we had effective advocates for spirituality (which we have not to date)? 

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Tags: spirituality, materialism, religion, society,
First published: Manadagr,  May, 2011
Last edited: Monday, 23rd May, 2011

A new visualisation to focus positive energy, the excessive and unacknowledged influence of commerce and business on society and lifestyles, the use of ‘zero tolerance’ to suppress human rights, and the possible ‘Stone Age’ source of conflicts between teenagers and modern society. 

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Tags: energy work, visualisation, respect, disrespect, materialism, spiritualism, chakras, crystals, youth, communication,
First published: Sunnudagr, 22nd May, 2011
Last edited: Sunday, 22nd May, 2011

How to use compassion in overcoming uncooperatives, based on the experience of Dawn Hill. 

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Tags: about me, Dawn Hill, evolution, rescue, spirituality, uncooperative,
First published: Sunnudagr, 22nd May, 2011
Last edited: Sunday, 22nd May, 2011

Why making assumptions of or on stereotypes is wrong. 

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Tags: about me, archetype, Kerr Cuhulain, motivation, Scathach, sexism, stereotypes, violence, society,
First published: Sunnudagr, 22nd May, 2011
Last edited: Sunday, 22nd May, 2011

Developing the alternate nostril breathing described by Lobsang Rampa, and the breathing exercise for keeping oneself warm. 

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Tags: breathing, Tibet, warming, Tumo,
First published: Tysdagr, 17th May, 2011
Last edited: Tuesday, 17th May, 2011

A thought that there may be some benefit in using ‘negatives’ - e.g., in affirmations, and a comment that some people may get stuck in their personal evolution by becoming addicted to living in one chakra. 


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Tags: negatives, affirmations, chakras, attitudes, personal responsibility,
First published: Tysdagr, 17th May, 2011
Last edited: Tuesday, 17th May, 2011
 
A brief introduction to the excellent work of this Australian medium. 

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Tags: Dawn Hill, mediumship, psychic development, brain, teaching, sexuality, Wicca, animals,
First published: Laugadagr, 14th May, 2011
Last edited: Saturday, 14th May, 2011

The adaptability of polytheism as compared to the perhaps inherent rigidity of monotheism, which has often appeared to have struggled with changes such as social progressiveness. 

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Tags: deities, evolution, society, paganism, Christianity, Egypt, Northern Tradition,
First published: Laugadagr, 14th May, 2011
Last edited: Saturday, 14th May, 2011

Thoughts from an engineering conference: it is good to see cooperation happening even in places like the USA, some women were not helping the cause of equality, and the possible use of the ‘probiotic’ type of approach in water supplies. 

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Tags: attitudes, competitiveness, individualism, responsibility, society, protection,
First published: Tysdagr, 10th May, 2011
Last edited: Tuesday, 10th May, 2011

My opinion that opinions should have at least a modicum of information upon which they are based, and my discovery that Sir Hugh Dowding of ‘Battle of Britain’ fame was into spiritualism in later years - to help those pilots who died under his command. 

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Tags: rescue, opinions, personal characteristics, personal responsibility, perspective,
First published: Manadagr 9th May, 2011
Last edited: Monday, 9th May, 2011

My first running of a funeral service, and thoughts on my [perspective as a spirit rescuer. 

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Tags: death, rituals, society, about me,
First published: Wodansdagr, 4th May, 2011
Last edited: Wednesday, 4th May, 2011

A description of my ideal exercises for developing one’s chakras. 

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Tags: change, gender, magic, medicine, personal characteristics, personal responsibility
First published: Tysdagr, 3rd May, 2011
Last edited: Tuesday, 3rd May, 2011

A few more links to articles which might be interesting. 

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Tags: change, gender, magic, medicine, personal characteristics, personal responsibility
First published: Tysdagr, 3rd May, 2011
Last edited: Tuesday, 3rd May, 2011

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Some rescue techniques may involve what is basically misleading or lying. Where this is used, there are valid reasons (such as the wellbeing of those being affected by the entity), and it is akin to the issue of ‘white lies’ generally. 

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Tags: cooperative, earthbound, ethics, Lobsang Rampa, rescue, uncooperative
First published: Tysdagr, 3rd May, 2011
Last edited: Tuesday, 3rd May, 2011

I urge people not to celebrate the death of bin Laden: apart from the lost opportunity to set a example using modern justice, there are still ongoing problems. 

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Tags: attitudes, discrimination, earthbound, society, spirituality, violence, war, warfare, world
First published: Tysdagr, 3rd May, 2011
Last edited: Saturday, 7th May, 2011

Beginning with a moment of objective clairvoyance when I was younger, some thoughts on looking at the deeper level of interactions between people. 

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Tags: energy work, interactions, Soul, psychism, psychic development, levels, meditation, purpose,
First published: Tysdagr, 26th April, 2011
Last edited: Tuesday, 26th April, 2011

One’s friends, or ‘family of choice’, can be more significant and beneficial than one’s blood family. Time for business and the law to recognise that … 

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Tags: family, attitudes, friends,
First published: Tysdagr, 26th April, 2011
Last edited: Friday, 29th April, 2011

Beginning with an article that suggests that human movement and other energies can be as powerful or significant as natural ley lines, some consideration of what this means for a congested city centre, leading up to an appeal for more trees. 

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Tags: trees, energy work, negative energy, cities, urban living, ley lines, energy flows,
First published: Tysdagr, 26th April, 2011
Last edited: Tuesday, 26th April, 2011

An explanation of what an uncooperative is, in this context, and some thoughts on how one goes about rescuing them. 

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Tags: cooperative, earthbound, mediumship, rescue, uncooperative,
First published: Wodansdagr, 20th April, 2011
Last edited: Wednesday, 20th April, 2011


Could spontaneous human combustion be connected with inappropriately raised kundalini, an analogy for examining one’s life, life stages, levels of manifestation (and perspectives), and how spiritual teachers can be tricksters. 

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Tags: kundalini, spontaneous human combustion, analogy, life, contemplation, review, reflection, planes of existence, Lobsang Rampa, David-Neel, guru, teaching, visualisation, breathing,
First published: Sunnudagr, 17th April, 2011
Last edited: Wednesday 20th April, 2011

A few interesting links, including some that I use on an ongoing basis as source links for information. 

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Tags: bullying, children, science, ethics, chivalry, order,
First published: Manadagr, 11th April, 2011
Last edited: Monday, 11th April, 2011

How knowing about life after death has led me to react differently to others’ passing, compared to the most common forms of grieving. 

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Tags: death, earthbound, rescue, family, about me, abuse, ASPECTS, Lobsang Rampa, David-Neel, Tibet, Egypt, group dynamics,
First published: Manadagr, 11th April, 2011
Last edited: Monday, 11th April, 2011