October the 27th is National Black Cat Day … who knew! The Black Cat is a creature which – throughout history, culture and country – has been a divisive figure, sometimes seen as an omen of good luck, sometimes of bad! In America it is still considered bad luck for a Black Cat to cross your path – a superstition…
The Phoenix is considered to be a mythical bird that holds the power of perpetual renewal. It lives and ages eventually combusting in to fire and ash from which it is reborn a new! Used as a symbol by Alchemists for the transformational power of fire – an essential ingredient in the alchemical process (so much so that the alchemists…
It is not uncommon – at some point in your life – to wake and ponder … how many more times must I do this? Wake and eat and wash and dress and go to work and pay the bills and struggle and stress? How many more times before I am released? For most such thoughts pass and the mind…
It is not uncommon for people at this time of the year to begin to feel both the weight of the year that has passed – as they approach the finish line of the year ahead and the exhaustion that the shift of the season and its dark mornings and nights bring. Energetically we approach the ending of the energies…
As “Light Workers” part of your task is to guard the light of truth, love and right action upon the Earth. This is no easy task – certainly not now – in the period of history that you are living through. A time when truth is a rarity and often victim to “fake news” and politically motivated propaganda. When love…
As we journey through all walks of life – mental, emotional, physical and spiritual – all we can ever hope to do is follow the compass of the heart. For it is from and through the heart that the voice of the Soul can be heard speaking with infinite compassion and love and profound wisdom and truth for the self.…
Self mastery is a process of self responsibility – recognising that one has the wisdom and the power to take care of ones self and no longer be dependant upon others for help with those things well within ones power to manage. It is recognition of our ability to control not only our reality – through the power of our…
Last night I went to see the National Theatre Live’s production of A Midsummer Nights Dream from the Bridge Theatre at the cinema. This “gender bending” production saw the roles of Oberon and Titania swapped around – leading the King of the Fairy’s to have a sweet (and rather sexy) fling with the donkey translated Bottom! Briefly too the four…
Once … a long time ago … in Glastonbury Abbey I had a long and interesting conversation with a tree! It was autumn and the tree’s leaves were starting to tumble to the ground, the tree asked me why human beings had such difficult times letting go of the things they no longer needed. I explained that many humans were…
These are such trying times – whether you find yourself concerned about the environment, Brexit, Mr Trump or Mr Johnson, Russia, racism, homophobia, transphobia, cancer, obesity, dementia or the weather … These are trying times. Many people now feel overwhelmed with the goings on of the world, weighed down, powerless and very, very afraid (myself included). And despite those seemingly…