Post No. 890 - Melburnians overheating in winter

My home city is - currently, at any rate - Melbourne, in the state of Victoria, in Australia. In Melbourne, people complain about the weather - a lot. I know that is a characteristic of people in many places: I think it is just a convenient tool for starting a conversation: I remember hearing, in one of the BBC lessons on Cyraeg (Welsh) that "one never disagrees with others on the weather. Personally, I love the changeability of our weather, I love having seasons (when I lived in Queensland, I actually found the sameness of the weather boring and, ultimately, quite oppressive) - I even love rainy days (look up pluviophile :) .

I also love the greenery, notably the trees - the wet schlerophyll (i.e., the rain forests) forests in particular.

I personally don't find the climate all that cold - I used to love making patterns in the winter frost on the grass when I was a kid - with bare feet, but it was cold enough to enjoy a fire: the warmth on one side, the chill on the other ... which I will come back to.

I became even less susceptible to the cold when I was regularly using Lobsang Rampa's breathing exercises for staying warm. In fact, I eventually stopped doing those exercises regularly, largely because of the problems I am going to write about here.

And those problems are:

that Melburnians over heat themselves in winter

The problem is that too many Melburnians:

• look outside and see grey conditions, and THINK that therefore it must be cold (sometimes it can actually be warm, but these people are so out of touch with themselves and their feelings that they don't realise they're experiencing emotions more than temperature), and therefore they dress warmly; 
• however, they think they also have to heat rooms (especially if they're dieting, and thus their body is struggling to warm itself); 

and they wind up with a skin temperature that is higher than they would experience throughout most of the rest of the year (although that is not the case during one of our 40 degree plus heat waves - and I was here for the 46.4 °C of the fires in February, 2009).

Now, having done all that, if they subsequently remove one of those steps, their skin temperature drops from super-heated to just over-heated, and they consider that they must be getting cold, so they re-double their efforts to heat themselves - and anyone else who suffers their efforts.

This is all incredibly stupid, damaging to the environment (because of the resources used to accomplish said heating), and shows the stupidity of being out of touch with oneself and Nature.

A few points, dear Melburnians, to consider:

• what is considered to be hot or cold depends on our history: come inside from a cold day, and you may consider a room that others, coming from perhaps hotter rooms, find cold actually warm - until you get used to that temperature; 
• we are actually dynamic creatures: change is often good for us, and it can be invigorating to experience changes of temperature - as Scandinavians and "ice-bergers" have known for millennia; 
• we can also enjoy different temperatures at the same time - I personally like my back and legs to be warmer, with the rest of me colder; and 
• above all else, our PERCEPTIONS are coloured by our EMOTIONS.

So, for the sake of those of us who like the weather, get to know and understand yourself, people, and deal constructively with what you want :)

Love, light, hugs and blessings

Gnwmythr, Pagan Energy Worker, Wéofodthegn

(pronounced "new-MYTH-ear"; ... aka Bellatrix Lux … aka Morinehtar … would-be drýicgan or maga ... )

My "blogiography" (list of all posts and guide as to how to best use this site) is here, and my glossary/index is here.

I started this blog to cover karmic regression-rescue (see here and here), and it grew ... See here for my group mind project, here and here for my "Pagans for Peace" project (and join me for a few minutes at some time between 8 and 11 PM on Sunday, wherever you are, to meditate-clear for peace), and here for my bindrune kit-bag. I also strongly recommend learning how to flame, ground and shield, do alternate nostril breathing, work with colour, and see also here and be flexible. 

May the best in me, my Higher Self,
and those of the Clear Light who assist me,
help me to keep myself grounded, centred and shielded,
to be Balanced and a Fulcrum of Balance,
a centre of Balanced Positivity and Spiritual Maturity,
with my aura continuously cleansed, cleared and closed,
repelling all negative or unwanted energies,
whilst allowing positive, balancing and healing energies in and through.

The real dividing line is not between Christianity and Islam, Sunni and Shia, East and West. It is between people who believe in coexistence, and those who don’t.

Tom Fletcher, Former UK Ambassador to Lebanon

• All of the above - and this blog - could be wrong, or subject to context, perspective, or state of spiritual evolution ...

Tags: about me, dynamic aspects, environment, nature, perceptions, personal characteristics, self knowledge,

First published: Mannadagr, 27^th June, 2016

Last edited (excluding fixing typo's and other minor matters): Monday, 27^th June, 2016

Post No. 889 – Psychic Weather Report No. 0078

There is an introduction / reminder / explanation about these posts here (and also see here for some investigation into evidence of the effectiveness of this type of work, which shows variability [and mentions causes] and cycles in the energetic/consciousness response). I have a simplified blogiography of posts related to this work here, a list of themes I have identified here, and my changing the personality of oppressors and other world leaders post is here. It is also worth contemplating that one of the greatest weaknesses of those who oppose Balanced Positivity is the inherent pain, suffering and negativity of their aims and means – from the personal slights, insults and traumas left by the petty tyrant, autocrat, dictator/monarch or the ruthless (some at least are not; some are BPM) oligarch or politician, through the social dislocation of the economic ideologue to the long-lasting trauma, injury, death and desolation of society caused by those who use violence or war as a means to achieve power or impose their will. It may take time, but people WILL eventually realise what is not good, and will take action – which is why slavery is no longer ubiquitous, and why the march to freedom and democracy is underway – tentatively, and with backsliding and mistakes along the way, but inexorable nevertheless.

Now, as you read this, consider this: how does one outflank an idea, or attack an emotion in the rear? It is as well to consider what those who are unbalanced could do to good ideas and emotions, as well as considering BPM ways to outflank or ‘attack in the rear’ bad ideas/emotions. Also consider geopolitics, and this mapping exercise.

Also, if you’re interest is healing, I have changed the way I do these posts to more clearly show opportunities for doing healing. Those interested in providing protection for others always have a place – refer to the first item from yesterday’s summation of world events (details and link below), for instance. Finally, a reminder that if none of this is of any interest to you, but you would still like to contribute energetically / psychically to making the world a better place, there are other options –for instance, see here, here, here, here, here (and here), here, here, and here – and, no doubt, many other places on the internet.

As a first point, it is also recommended that you read yesterday’s summation of world events. The key themes were:

(a)   based on my interpretation of information here and here with Saturn in Sagittarius contributing to finding an authentic balance (until 20^th December, 2017), Uranus in Aries contributing to fresh and possibly radical starts (until some date in the Year 2018), and Pluto in Capricorn contributing to a transformation of power and business (and careers) (until some date in the Year 2024), conditions are ripe for a change for the better in world politics;

(b)   there is an enormous need to clear nonBPM energy – the thought forms, unattached energy and scars of the collective unconscious created by millennia of violence. This need includes rescuing those who have been trapped by that history, and healing the warped views, seemingly “inherent” biases, and other damage done by the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual violence committed on scales large and small in that timeframe;

(c)   viewing the overall emotional state of the world from an elemental point of view, this week we need more Æther and Air;

(d)   the bigger picture this week is that we are all the same species, trying to co-exist and have “happy” lives on the same planet;

(e)   “out of sight, out of mind” continues to be a problem – but not, in wealthier nations, an acceptable excuse, in this era of books, visual and audio media, and the Internet;

(f)   fear continues to be a problem * ;

* There is an interesting passage on fear in Alice Bailey’s book “A Treatise on White Magic” (Lucis Trust), on pp. 297 – 306 (and elsewhere) – a passage which is flawed because of its heteronormative / cisnormative, and thus inherently homophobic / transphobic, and sexist (in ways that have been well described by women’s movement in last 50 years) biases, but one with a warning that it is well to take heed of. Bailey wrote from the point of view of spiritual progress, but the fear that has contaminated the world for millennia, leading to pogroms, sacrifice of BPM spiritual principles, and many other problems, is linked to that – gratefully, gleefully, even, accepted by phobophages. Deal with one, and you contribute to dealing with the other, and one of the best ways for people reading this blog to deal with fear is by doing your shadow work – which removes the fear, and also allows you to become a better Balance Pump. BPM challenging things like xenophobia also helps.

(g)   our approach to money, on all levels of society, needs to be re-thought: money is of significant in terms of what it constructively provides, including opportunities to help others that we need to take;

(h)   the cost of violence in all its forms, including but not limited to war and abuse of power, needs to be acknowledged and addressed. Maybe we need to count that better … ;

(i)   the problem of crime has an increased focus this week;

(j)   the need to talk constructively remains high;

(k)   something having existed for what is – or seems to be – a long time does not mean it is good, or right, or even necessarily beneficial. Such aspects are revealed by current and ongoing DEEDS;

(l)   situations in real life are complex – possibly a complex mixture of principles that are, at their heart, simple, but complex and highly interactive in reality nevertheless;

(m)   minds can be limited by many things – including simple exhaustion. In all cases, they need to be broadened – and that may require causative / influencing factors to be addressed, such as rest for the exhausted;

(n)   some people are heroes, and some of their stories made the news this week;

(o)   bullies, whether they are people, organisations, or nations, need to be stood up to;

(p)   where problems exist, advocating for BPM responses, and being as BPM as one can be, and constructive solutions - as is clearing nonBPM units;

I also take this opportunity to repeat that it is absolutely VITAL that this psychic / metaphysical / spiritual work be performed non-violently and as is for the Highest Spiritual Good – which is part of being BPM – on all levels and in all ways. Always remember (see here): Do you fight to change things, or to punish? See also here, here, here, here, here, and my comments about “authentic presence” in this post.

This week’s assessment:

Overall, BPM energy (remember: this is balanced / balancing energy) is highest in Europe, probably because of ”Brexit”, and East Asia. NonBPM energy (remember: this is unbalanced / unbalancing energy) is highest in Europe, again, probably because of ”Brexit”, with the nonBPM trying to exacerbate and capitalise on fear, and East Asia. The contention between the forces of Balanced Positive-Spiritually Mature (BPM) and imbalance (nonBPM) is most significant in Europe, North America, Central Africa, the Pacific and Australia.

My approach this week will be (incidentally, if you disagree, feel free to use your own interpretations, or your own divinations):

• Sunday: the purpose of this day’s work is, mainly, to build a reserve of BPM energy to call upon during the coming week. In addition to the meditation / clearing work described below, I will also be working on making sure I, my crystals and my other tools / devices are as fully charged with BPM energy as I can make them (which is something I have posted about elsewhere, but may post more about in the near future):
   - clear nonBPM units from, and send BPM energy to South America, the South Atlantic Ocean, Southern Africa, Antarctica, the Indian Ocean, South Asia / the “Indian sub-continent”, and Central Asia;
• Monday:
   - clear nonBPM units from, and send BPM energy to Central and North America, the North Atlantic ocean and the Arctic;
• Tuesday:
   - clear nonBPM units from, and send BPM energy to the Pacific;
• Wednesday:
   - clear nonBPM units from, and send BPM energy to Russia, East and South East Asia an d Australia;
• Thursday and Friday:
   - clear nonBPM units from, and send BPM energy to Central and Northern Africa, West Asia / the “Middle East” and Europe;
• Saturday: this day will now be reserved for rest, recuperation and healing – of all those who are trying in a BPM way to make this planet a better place, not only of myself and those who are sharing this work. I ask that any and all healers who wish to contribute to this, take a few minutes to contribute to this on this day.

Important note: although I show the flow of energy using arrows, they are really - to continue the weather chart analogy - more like the passage of a frontal system as shown on a synoptic chart.

Also, if I ever miss doing a Psychic Weather Report, I have posted a standard, fall-back, default version here, which I will update from time to time when needed.

Irrespective of this assessment, however, please join us in trying to make sure that the Shield of Hope area formed by (part or all of) the South Atlantic Ocean, Southern and Eastern Africa (including both sources of the Nile), the Indian sub-continent (including the Himalayas) and the Indian Ocean, shown outlined in gold on this week’s energy map, consistently has BPM energy at or above 7 by the time Neptune leaves Pisces, on around 30^th March, 2025 (a date which has an eclipse the day before). If you wish to do a little more coordinated action on a positive strategic front, I'm also planning on routinely sending BPM energy to Hong Kong, Tunisia, and Mexico, which show potential as "outposts of the BPM” and I wish to encourage their change for the better, and through the Red Sea and Suez Canal to the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea.

Love, light, hugs and blessings

Gnwmythr, Pagan Energy Worker, Wéofodthegn

(pronounced "new-MYTH-ear"; ... aka Bellatrix Lux … aka Morinehtar … would-be drýicgan or maga ... )

My "blogiography" (list of all posts and guide as to how to best use this site) is here, and my glossary/index is here.

I started this blog to cover karmic regression-rescue (see here and here), and it grew ... See here for my group mind project, here and here for my "Pagans for Peace" project (and join me for a few minutes at some time between 8 and 11 PM on Sunday, wherever you are, to meditate-clear for peace), and here for my bindrune kit-bag. I also strongly recommend learning how to flame, ground and shield, do alternate nostril breathing, work with colour, and see also here and be flexible. 

May the best in me, my Higher Self,
and those of the Clear Light who assist me,
help me to keep myself grounded, centred and shielded,
to be Balanced and a Fulcrum of Balance,
a centre of Balanced Positivity and Spiritual Maturity,
with my aura continuously cleansed, cleared and closed,
repelling all negative or unwanted energies,
whilst allowing positive, balancing and healing energies in and through.

The real dividing line is not between Christianity and Islam, Sunni and Shia, East and West. It is between people who believe in coexistence, and those who don’t.

Tom Fletcher, Former UK Ambassador to Lebanon

• All of the above - and this blog - could be wrong, or subject to context, perspective, or state of spiritual evolution ...

Tags: activism, discrimination, divination, energy work, magick, meditation, nonviolence, peace,  psychic weather,  runes, society, violence, war, 

First published: Sunnudagr, 26^th June, 2016

Last edited (excluding fixing typo's and other minor matters): Sunday, 26^th June, 2016

Post No. 888 - Book Review: “Thorson’s Way of Psychic Protection”, by Judy Hall

This post is a transcript of some notes I found recently that I made a couple of years ago for a review of the book “Way of Psychic Protection”, by Judy Hall (“astrologer and karmic counsellor”), pub. Thorsons, London, 1999, ISBN 0-00-711021-9. This was planned for a review of library books when I was a librarian at a spiritualist place: I’m no longer a member, and thus do not have access to the book to check points in my notes. That,. unfortunately, makes the review a little … “uneven”, in places.

*****

This book has a good, easy to follow layout – almost a “Dummies Guide to Psychic Protection”.

The definitions include a few unusual ones, but the definition of “psychic protection” is particularly good.

The unusual definitions include:

“psychic hoover”: someone who absorbs , and is harmed by, energy, emotions, feelings and impressions from another person or place.
(I would tend to simply say the person is ungrounded and/or open. but that lacks the elegance and impact of the above.)

“psychic attachment”: another person or being, alive or dead, adversely influencing someone through an auric attachment. Objects can also be the subject of psychic attachment. Thought forms can attach psychically to people or objects.
(I describe these as links, objects, earthbound entities [attached], etc.)

Other unusual definitions include “dustbin dimension”, and “emotional overwhelm” – although that last one is probably close to “Highly Sensitive Person”.

Note that both of us, the author of this book and I, could be accused of using jargon. We could also be acknowledged as using precise, technical terms that facilitate clear communication.

OK, so, moving on.

The author provides a range of techniques, with a view to you finding the ones that work for you – an approach I heartily endorse. The techniques include crystals and plant/flower essences (including the possibility of changes of smell if negative energy has been absorbed), activities to increase endorphins (e.g., if overwhelmed by others’ pain, with activities such as meditation, jogging, exercise and [presumably good] sex), activities to increase serotonin (negative ions, melatonin [apparently not legal in England], bananas).

The key tools promoted in the book are relaxation and visualisation.

One thing I would like to see addressed is that of disharmonious energy.

Ms Hall gives some history, including (alleged) past battles between Egyptian and Ethiopian magicians – there are some good connections with Ancient Egyptian mythology (the popular and widely respected [in my experience] author Christian  Jacq is mentioned), although I disagree with the author’s opinion that the ka is the etheric (p. 32; I consider the ka is more like the astral). I was interested in Bast as a means to connect with one’s Higher Self.

I particularly agree with the comments on drugs (they can blow the crown chakra wide open, and lead to “bad trips” which are negative psychic experiences – and alcohol is included in this area), the problem of lack of awareness of personal space / aura, and the potential benefits of having a personal journal. On that, just after I began my serious psychic work, back in the early 80s, I had one evening where I drank more than I should, and wound up experiencing very considerable psychic attack. If I didn’t know how to protect myself, I would have been in trouble. Ever since then, I have only ever drunk very small amounts of alcohol, and very infrequently.

There is an interesting discussion on healing auric damage by “hands on” healing – i.e., what I term channelled energy healing.

A few other notes I made as I read this book are:

• p. 26: “Blame can keep people attached to their problems rather than release them.” At the time, I noted “this is, possibly, akin to Gandhi’s saying Do you fight to change things, or to punish?”, but I now consider that to be off the mark: the comment is simply noting that one can bind oneself to something energetically, and that energy can be dislike/hate/fear as much as something positive;
• p. 37: as I read this page, I realised I need to do a definition – with diagram, of which there are plenty of good ones in this book – on “align” – e.g., “align the aura” means having all the levels of one’s aura nestle together like a Russian Matryoshka or “nesting” doll;
• there is a good discussion on non-physical sex – including psychic rape, and things that can lead to a similar effect (e.g., and undue desire to maintain [“protect’] a daughter’s virginity, or suppressed incestuous desires). (Digression: the Essenes apparently ate fish because they wrongly thought fish reproduced asexually, and they – also wrongly - saw sex as unclean and associated with the material world: it would have been a shock when they got to the astral and found sex happening there as well!);
• the Earth Star / Earth chakra is included in a chakra system which includes nine above the crown (I know and work with 3, and also know that there are, indeed, many more). Comments are given (p. 47) about a mineral which open the heart chakra, and that if lower chakras are “stuck” open, they can get attachment of lower astral entities; if higher chakras are stuck open, the risk if of attachment of astral entities. I’m wary of these comments to an extent, as the chakras are functioning all the time – as is the aura, but there are degrees of open/close while functioning, and if something is too open, yes problems can occur, but some problems can also occur if people try to close them too much, or to stop them from functioning at all;
• there can be apparent psychic attack which is an outcome of holding on to outgrown / outworn concepts – possibly unknowingly. Interesting idea, to which I would add the possibility of a soul part / parallel having conflicting beliefs;
• the author acknowledges “what some people would call demonic beings”. Unfortunately, I should have made a better note while I still had the book out on loan from the library … ;
• good chakra exercises including using a pendulum, clearing links, cleansing an d grounding;
• can have everyday life vulnerabilities as a result of “giving too much of oneself away”, so watch boundaries, be assertive, check are grounded, manage negative expectations;
• sleep issues mentioned include residual energies in hotel rooms (which is why I cleanse such rooms when I have to stay in them);
• protection of cars by pentagrams is included (I use a mixture of runes and Egyptian hieroglyphs), as is workplaces – with suggestions taking into account the possibility of being thought “weird” affecting oneself – and computers (which is one of the few parts of the book that I considered a bit strange / weird / mumbo-jumbo-ish);
• p. 94 has  story I’ve either written about on this blog, or told others about, or both, of when the author went to a café and created light / positive energy about herself, only to have a nearby customer move out of that energy back into less balanced / more negative energy;
• Soul Retrieval is included, which is defined as regaining a part of the Soul / spiritual energy which has been detached as a result of trauma, strong emotion, etc – whether in a past or the present life;
• common sense checks on channelling (e.g., being ware of astral tricksters) are included, as is advice to think oneself back into the body if one finds oneself outside;
• good exercise on cleansing and dispersing energies, and comments on the problems of disharmony in groups;
• on p. 129 the author cites George Ritchie, in “Return from Tomorrow”, seeing ghosts in bars who were experiencing having a drink through the living – a problem I’ve written about, as have many others, and which brings to mind the concept of (harmful) “Hungry Ghosts”;
• good description on pp. 131 – 132 of helping a man who had been a Jesuit who was haunted by that past life in his current life, through what was akin to a karmic clearing, as I wrote about here and here;
• good comments about thought forms: “We create thought forms every day. When we have strong desires, we create what we want on the mental level. When we hate, or if we are resentful or jealous, we also create a thought form. Thought forms feed off strong emotional energy. It is that thought form that can attack someone against whom we have a grudge – even if we do not consciously wish it.” An excellent and, on the basis of my experience, very accurate comment. However, I’m wary of focusing on a “thought form police officer” approach – that can help in the short term, but at some stage one has to do one’s shadow work and face the issue leading to that dislike etc;
• excellent comments about using “voice dialogue” (“a technique where a person (or therapist) intuitively speaks to, and answers for, a psychic attachment or spirit”) with attachments – it’s like rescue / clearing, but has a broader application. Such attachments can be “inner figures”, or aspects of oneself – and the best defence is “know thyself”;
• psychic attack is covered in Chapter Ten, with a “love conquers all” type approach (which I qualify with “not always”) and a good description of the potential symptoms;
• a resources listing is provided, but it has a mostly US and UK focus, although two Australian bush flower remedies are included.

In short, buy this book – as I will when I get enough money.

Love, light, hugs and blessings

Gnwmythr, Pagan Energy Worker, Wéofodthegn

(pronounced "new-MYTH-ear"; ... aka Bellatrix Lux … aka Morinehtar … would-be drýicgan or maga ... )

My "blogiography" (list of all posts and guide as to how to best use this site) is here, and my glossary/index is here.

I started this blog to cover karmic regression-rescue (see here and here), and it grew ... See here for my group mind project, here and here for my "Pagans for Peace" project (and join me for a few minutes at some time between 8 and 11 PM on Sunday, wherever you are, to meditate-clear for peace), and here for my bindrune kit-bag. I also strongly recommend learning how to flame, ground and shield, do alternate nostril breathing, work with colour, and see also here and be flexible. 

May the best in me, my Higher Self,
and those of the Clear Light who assist me,
help me to keep myself grounded, centred and shielded,
to be Balanced and a Fulcrum of Balance,
a centre of Balanced Positivity and Spiritual Maturity,
with my aura continuously cleansed, cleared and closed,
repelling all negative or unwanted energies,
whilst allowing positive, balancing and healing energies in and through.

The real dividing line is not between Christianity and Islam, Sunni and Shia, East and West. It is between people who believe in coexistence, and those who don’t.

Tom Fletcher, Former UK Ambassador to Lebanon

• All of the above - and this blog - could be wrong, or subject to context, perspective, or state of spiritual evolution ...

Tags: aura, chakras, Egypt, emotions, energy work, history, protection, psychic damage, psychic health, psychic self defence, thought form,

First published: Sunnudagr, 26^th June, 2016

Last edited (excluding fixing typo's and other minor matters): Sunday, 26^th June, 2016