Selene

Welcome, I'm Selene, Editor-In-Chief of the Psychic Times Newsletter. Each month, in this column, I'll be giving you the highlight's of the issue and sharing some personal thoughts. Please read on...

Dear Readers,

Hello! Happy October to you! We are just a week past the Equinox and you can certainly feel the change of seasons already. Even though there are still some hot days here, the nights are getting colder. The leaves are changing color and falling, the shift is perceptible as we move into autumn. We have a huge Oak tree that hangs over our house and lot of Oaks and other trees out in the yard. We have been getting pelted with acorns here constantly as our Oak trees drop them. Everywhere, all the time, big acorns falling all over the yard, they make noise too. It is kind of startling when you're sitting up late at night in front of the computer writing. I just heard one as I was writing this. We've lived in this house over 8 years and I've never seen so many or seen them all be so large. I certainly don't remember them falling so continuously either. It is supposed to be a sign of a cold hard winter coming up.

The hurricane season has not been too bad so far this year and for that we are grateful. Unfortunately, there were devastating floods in the southeast this past week. Natural disasters can happen anywhere and to anyone. There have been some huge fires here in California which raged for weeks and many people lost their homes and belongings. Even if we feel there is not much we can do for others we can still send them positive energy and donations. Let's all send the residents of those areas our thoughts and prayers. We were evacuated here for several days last year and many people in our area lost their homes. We were lucky; I am grateful to be sitting here now safe and sound while listening to the acorns drop on the roof and deck at the back of the house.

Things are tight for many now but even if you can't afford to send money there are still ways to help. When people have experienced loss due to a flood or fire and can't go home they are really at loose ends and have to rely on others; so even the kindness of sending household items and clothes can be helpful. The Vice President visited Georgia today and offered support, concern and compassion. He called this disaster their Katrina and commented on how the sun was shining and the rain had stopped but now the reality of their situation and loss was setting in. He told them he understood from personal experience how people feel when the unthinkable happens and they have to figure out what to do to recover. He promised prompt action and disaster relief services. This has been a rough year for everyone and charities are suffering too. Now I dislike being solicited on the phone for charities as much as anyone. I also know it is someone's job they get paid for to call up and ask for donations. But I felt compelled by my guides to remind people to share with those who are experiencing fortunate at this time. Let's extend our prayer circle here on Psychic Times this month. Let's join together in sending light, comfort and healing to those who have experienced disasters throughout the world.

I was concerned last month as wrote my columns about the aspects around mid September, it was looking to be a tough time astrologically and that it could lead to something major happening in the world. It appears that there were indeed terrorist attacks planned to occur in New York on September 11th. Those disasters were averted even though the investigation was not complete yet. There are still enemies out there but at least the intelligence was acted upon to save lives and prevent a reoccurrence of the sort of attack experienced 8 years ago. The economy has been a roller coaster ride as the stock market picked up around the time of the anniversary of the failure of Lehman Brothers last year. It is dropping again now as world leaders met in an economic summit this past week. It is a time of uncertainty and more changes are coming. We are working together to get back on our feet and keep moving forward.

Be sure to read my Horoscope column to see what's going on with the planets during October. Saturn is moving in to Libra on the 29th, I intend to go into more depth next month on what this upcoming 3 year phase may bring us.

Of course, October is the month of Halloween and this became the theme for this issue. It is always interesting how Salome and I end up blending subjects even though both of us often change what we originally intended to write about at least once, usually more than once, at least I know I do. A few days before the deadline we chat about what we are writing about and are amazed how it melds. Halloween in October is a no-brainer so it was no surprise we both had that idea but each of us present different perspectives. The subject for Shaman's Corner is "Dancing with Death". Salome wrote a great article on the shamanic view of death and how this time of year around Halloween makes us let go of what is dead or dying in our lives to make room for what's to come in the New Year. She explains the old traditions and encourages you to embrace the deeper meaning they convey to your soul. I recommend you read it now and read it again at the end of the month as Samhain approaches. It is very informative and you'll feel what she is teaching from deep within your bones.

That brings us to my Eye-Opener, "How Samhain Became Halloween". I'll take you on a journey through the Wheel of the Year to explain how the modern observance of Halloween was derived from ancient pagan traditions. Learn about why we wear costumes, go trick or treating and use pumpkins for Jack-o-lanterns. Be sure to write down the highlighted letters as you read the Eye-Opener, send in the answer to the Word Jumble puzzle and you could be the lucky winner of $50 in Free readings on Psychic Access.

Dee was chosen as our psychic of the month for October. I really enjoyed getting to know her and know you will too. She is very warm, witty and friendly, you will feel like you have known her forever. She is also a tell-it-like it is long time professional reader who doesn't sugar coat the truth. She's available on Psychic Access day and night; look for her there to experience an amazing reading with her and her guides.

Be sure to read what Feraion has to share with us in Serenity Fair this month. Join our Prayer Circle and feel free to send your request in for yourself or someone you know. Check out this month's recipe in Food for the Soul. It is actually a recipe of mine, a favorite fall food, Albondigas soup. Try it and let me know how you like it. As always, I invite your questions, comments, requests for future articles and feedback on our newsletter.

Have a Happy Halloween! See you here next month on Psychic Times.

Love & Blessings,

Selene
 

Each month, our editor, Selene, will contribute an informative article on a thought provoking topic. Be on the lookout for the highlighted letters that will appear in this column, as they are clues that will help solve our monthly "Jumble Contest" where you might very well win $50 in free reading time at Psychic Access.

The modern celebration of Halloween as a night of dressing up in costumes, trick or treating, bobbing for apples and all of the cute bats, spiders and witches we use for decoration during October originated from the pagan holiday of Samhain (sow-en). It actually was the time of celebrating the New Year during simpler days when life revolved around agriculture and people lived closer to the earth. It was also the time of year to honor the Ancestors and communicate with spirits as this was the phase between fall and winter; that between the worlds period as the plants waned and died to start their cycles anew later when the days grew longer again. People called upon the Ancestors for help and guidance in surviving during the lean months when it was cold and there was less sunlight due to the days getting shorter as the Sun advanced towards the Winter Solstice.

In our present time lives, we think of October as a time of settling in to the back to school routine and getting ready for the upcoming holidays. We decorate our homes with witches and jack-o-lanterns, plan our costumes, buy treats for the kids and prepare for a night of fun and frolic but Halloween really represents much more than an opportunity to increase sales of candy and seasonal spooky items. Where did these traditions come from and how did Halloween evolve into a Hallmark holiday? Halloween or Samhain actually was a day to honor and communicate with Spirits and Ancestors.

Our modern Judeo-Christian holidays are based on the old pagan calendar or the Wheel of the Year. Most of the Christian holidays were purposely based on the pagan traditions and were carried over from centuries of observing the natural cycles of time based on the Sun. The Sun was and still is the source of life and enables us to exist on the planet. Basing the Christian holidays on the solar cycle was a way to convert people to a new belief system while still holding the traditions they observed at the various times of the year as they had for eons.

The Wheel of the Year is a spiral dance through time marked by 8 special days that signify the change of the seasons and the cycles of the Sun. The Solstices and Equinoxes are the definitive days when the Sun enters the Cardinal signs of Capricorn, Aries, Cancer and Libra at 0 degrees when a new season begins. The Winter Solstice is the shortest day and longest night of the year. The Summer Solstice is the longest day and shortest night of the year. The Equinoxes occur on the first days of spring and fall when the Sun brings us equal hours of daylight and equal hours of darkness or night. The cross quarter days are roughly in between them, marking the middle or height of the season. The cross quarter days occur during the fixed signs of Aquarius, Taurus, Leo and Scorpio and technically would occur around the time that the Sun reaches the mid-way point or 15 degrees in each of those signs. With our current Roman calendar the cross quarter days are usually on the 1st or 2nd of the month and correspond to a Christian holy day.

The cross quarter day between the Winter Solstice or Yule which became Christmas; and the Spring Equinox or Ostara which became Easter; was known as Imbolc and celebrated on February 2nd. Imbolc symbolized the first stirring of life under the ground as new plants sent shoots up through the Earth from deep within the ground as it started to warm up again, this was a time of spiritual initiation. It was later known as Candlemas, as well as Ground Hog Day. The Spring Equinox is the start of the astrological year as the Sun enters Aries and was a celebration of nature's renewal and new life upon the Earth as the days began to grow longer again. The shoots that surfaced at Imbolc became blossoms at Ostara.

The cross quarter day between the Spring Equinox and Summer Solstice is known as Beltane and occurs around May 2nd. This was a holiday celebrating fertility and growth as the crops were planted and growing in the field; as the blossoms on the trees began to grow into summer fruit. It was a time to celebrate life, enjoy the flowers in full bloom and welcome the warm months coming up. Beltane was later celebrated as May Day. The days were growing longer and the summer was imminent. Summer Solstice was the time of the gathering of the tribes as the Sun was celebrated on the longest day of the year. This is also where the tradition of June weddings came from as families would reunite to visit each other at this time of Mid Summer so couples would marry then.

Lammas is the cross quarter day between the Summer Solstice and Fall Equinox celebrated around August 2nd; it represented the first harvest of the year. It was the time when people gathered together to harvest corn, wheat, rye and barley and to preserve summer fruits and vegetables for the winter months ahead. Lammas is opposite Imbolc and signifies the culmination or harvest phase of the initiation we experienced midway through the winter. The Fall Equinox was the 2nd harvest and a time of gathering together to harvest nuts, apples and berries from trees, milling grains, gathering herbs for medicinal purposes and chopping wood for fires to stay warm in the cold months coming up. The feasts and celebrations of Mabon and the abundance of the harvest were similar to our present time observance of Thanksgiving.

Samhain was the 3rd or last harvest of the growing season when people would be turning their attention to gathering and storing food like gourds, root vegetables and squash to last them through the upcoming months spent indoors before the next growing season began. The opposite of Beltane, Samhain literally meant the end of summer. The days were growing ever shorter, and the weather was already cold and rainy. People had to stay busy and productive after Mabon or the Autumnal Equinox to beat the cold; to get all the food harvested before the frost began and froze what had not yet been gathered from the fields and trees. It was time once again to organize and clean before it became too cold to do much outdoors. As the chores were finished up and the Sun entered Scorpio the sign of death and regeneration, they celebrated Samhain the cross quarter day between the Fall Equinox and Winter Solstice as the beginning of the New Year, like New Year's Eve is celebrated now. It was also known as the time of the year when the veil between the worlds was the thinnest and Spirits of deceased loved ones could communicate with us. Divination and fortune telling was enhanced at this time because of the thinning of the veil. It was a time to honor spirit and go within as life slowed down after the work of the harvest was done. This Celtic holiday later became All Saints' Day to the Christians on November 1st.

So how did Samhain become Halloween? And what do some of these modern Halloween traditions mean? Why is Halloween associated with ghosts, skeletons, candy, witches and black cats? Halloween or Samhain used to be a lot scarier in the past and was dreaded as a time when ghosts and angry spirits could come back from the dead and harm them. It originated with the Celts over 2,000 years ago as the New Year's harvest festival. The Celts were farmers and gatherers who believed in the spirits of nature and wanted them to be pleased so their harvests would be plentiful and last them through the winter. The Celts lived in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England and Northern France. The traditionns their descendants later brought with them to America are what the modern day celebrations of Halloween are based upon.

It's been said that Samhain was the name of the Celts' lord of the dead and on the night of October 31 he would send hordes of spirits back to their earthly homes for a visit. This really scared them and seemed very real to the Celts, it led to the Druid or Celtic priest tradition of wearing animal heads and costumes made from the skins to scare the evil spirits away. Now kids dress up as cartoon characters, witches, ghosts and all sorts of other alter egos for fun but may have little understanding of how serious and necessary this donning of costumes felt for these people long ago. The bonfires were also to keep the evil spirits away, they would burn branches from sacred trees like oak to deter the bad spirits and guide the good spirits of their family and friends back to visit. Food was left out for their departed loved ones as an offering. The orange blazes against the black sky could be where the traditional colors of black and orange for Halloween came from. The Jack-o-lantern originated with the Celts as the Druid priests would carve faces into gourds or turnips and use them as lanterns to scare away the evil spirits. The use of pumpkins began after Scotch and Irish immigrants moved to the U.S. in the mid 1800s and found pumpkins growing which worked much better and were easier to carve.

The Romans conquered the Celts in the first century A.D., many of the Roman festivals such as their festival for Pomona the goddess of fruits, gardens and orchards were held each year around the same time. To celebrate the harvest the Romans would party in the orchards into the wee hours of the morning to honor Pomona the Apple Queen, they would eat drink and be merry; this is where the tradition of bobbing for apples came from. Many of the Roman traditions joined with Celtic traditions including Christianity around the 5th century. After the church was firmly established, the Romans felt the celebration of Samhain was evil and the Celts were devil worshippers but they could not get them to stop observing it. They changed many of the Christian holidays to coincide with pagan holidays so they could convert the Celts to Christianity. Thus the Roman Catholic All Hallows Day was moved from May to November to coincide with Samhain. All Hallows Day became All Saints Day on November 1st and was intended to be a day of devotion to all the saints who did not have their own feast day. The night before All Hallows' Day, October 31st became All Hallows' Eve which later evolved into Halloween. The Celts never gave up the celebratory essence of Samhain and refused to be somber, they just incorporated their pagan customs into the traditions of the newly created Christian holy days.

The observance of Halloween in the U.S. began around 1840 when there were massive numbers of Scots and Irish who moved here at that time, there were Celtic descendants here before that but the early days in the colonies were pretty Puritanical so it took some time for the old traditions to be observed. By about 1910 there were party favors and cards being imported and Americans began developing their own Halloween traditions. Halloween was a good excuse to have a party and trick or treating evolved from pranks like turning over outhouses and putting syrup on door knobs. Again going back to the Celts; people would cook feasts at Samhain and put out plates for their departed loved ones. Other people sometimes dressed up as spirits and showed up at Samhain feasts demanding what the families had prepared for the spirits. Another origin of this tradition may also have been in the middle-ages when beggars would show up on Samhain and offer to pray for the souls of the departed in exchange for money or a soul cake which was similar to a currant bun. Trick or treating for kids in its present form began in the 1930s.

The skeleton was another symbol of the Celts as a protection from the evil spirits on Samhain. This symbol later carried over to the Catholic Church with the Mexican celebration of the Day of the Dead which takes place on All Saints' Day on November 1st and the Roman Catholic holy day of All Souls' Day on November 2nd. The Mexicans embrace death during these two fiesta days and see it as a time to honor and connect with their deceased family and friends. There are many cultures throughout the world that honor the dead around this time of year.

The ghost became a Halloween symbol for obvious reasons, to represent the spirits. The witch flying on a broomstick became a Halloween symbol along with her cauldron. Witch comes from the Old English word, Wicca, which means wise one. The wise woman knew how to heal with herbs and had knowledge about plants and animals. They were healers who could help people but later were seen as devil worshippers and sorceresses who sold their souls to be able to cast spells. Many innocent women were tortured for practicing "witchcraft" which was actually often just using herbs for healing or being midwives. Since black cats were thought to the witch's helpers or familiars, the image of black cat hunched up in surprise because they could see spirits also became a Halloween symbol.

The roots of Halloween go deep and have a long history across many beliefs and cultures. Observing the Wheel of the year by paying attention to the Solstices and Equinoxes and the cross quarter days of Imbolc, Beltane, Lammas and Samhain are a way to remain connected with nature and witness the passage of time. By observing Halloween we can certainly have a good time watching excited children dress up and go trick or treating. Costume parties for adults and family gatherings are fun, and are also part of observing the old traditions. Keep in mind though that Halloween is really a time when we acknowledge the Spirit within and those Spirits that have passed from our lives but remain connected to us forever through our hearts. Reflect upon what has been removed from your life over the past year and let it go. Honor your ancestors on Halloween or All Souls' Day, talk to them as if they are with you and say what you would like them to know about how you feel. Set a place for them at the table and put some food out for them too. They are always with us but it just may be a bit easier to feel their presence and communicate with them at this time when the veil is lifted at the end of the old cycle and the beginning of this New Year.

I hope you enjoyed this column and have a Very Happy Halloween! As always I invite your comments, questions and feedback on this article. Please contact me with any requests or ideas you may have for future Eye-Opener columns. Be sure to send your completed entry in for our word jumble contest and you may be the next lucky winner of $50 in free readings from Psychic Access. See you here next month.

Blessings,

Selene
 

Our delightful Dee was chosen as the Psychic of the month for October. Ever since she joined us on Psychic Access in May of 2008, she has been the favorite advisor for a long list of clients who seek her guidance on all sorts of concerns. She has an amazing ability to tune right in to what you want to know about, her guides tell her everything she needs to know to help you. After you connect with her here you will surely want to get in touch with her yourself. Join me and get to know this very friendly and talented psychic!

Selene: Hello Dee! It is so nice to meet you, although I feel like I have known you for a very long time. Your warmth and interest in people came through very strongly in our first conversation. Have you always been a people person?

Dee: Hi there Selene! It is nice to meet you too. I am very happy to be selected for this interview; it is an honor I truly appreciate. Yes I do feel I am a people person, even before I did this work professionally people have always confided in me; they just want to tell me their problems for some reason. I've often been told that people can tell there is something special about me.

Selene: How long have you been a professional full time reader?

Dee: I have been a spiritual counselor for over 39 years and have maintained my own business for over 15 years. I love the work I do, it is my pleasure to share my gifts and help others. I feel very blessed that I was led by Spirit to this career.

Selene: When did you first discover you were psychic? Was there a particular incident or situation that occurred that made you or your family aware of this?

Dee: I first discovered my gifts at the age of 6 years old. I had a dream about my Grandmother who was going through a lot of changes. I told my Mother about this dream and my Grandmother soon called my Mom to verify that everything I said was true. I had a lot of very lucid and precognitive dreams when I was a child. I would also just go up to people and tell them things about themselves or make predictions about things that I had no idea how I knew that about them.

Selene: You are a 7th generation psychic from what I read in your bio, did your family background help you with understanding your abilities and later pursuing this work as a full time career?

Dee: No, I really did this on my own from permission and dreams and feelings that I would get from people. I would tell them things I'd seen in a dream or a feeling I felt and it would come to pass. My Mom was not shocked because my Mother, Grandfather and Grandmother were all psychic. Believe it or not, I actually come from a big family of preachers but I am the only one who is a Prophet.

Selene: What other sort of work have you done and how has that helped you with your present career?

Dee: I worked for many good companies in the past. I worked for the county child support office for many years, as well as the department of public safety issuing driver's licenses, in human services for foster care and many more public service positions. I have always worked with people and done work that helps people. I have a good understanding of human nature and this has helped me in my work as a psychic.

Selene: You began offering readings on several well known psychic phone lines years ago. What has that experience like for you and how did it help you to develop your talents?

Dee: I started with the 900#s in 1989 and worked on them for years. I did so many readings it really helped me be able to tune in right away and connect to anybody on any subject. It is like anything else you get a lot of practice in, the more you do it, the better you get. I did not like the quotas or pressure those companies put on the readers but it was a good job that helped me further develop my career.

Selene: It sure looks like you stay busy a lot of the time and have a bunch of regular clients here on Psychic Access! How is it different now working on the internet as opposed to the 900#s from years ago?

Dee: I like it much better working online, there is no pressure and we can tell our clients what they need to know. If they want short readings or long readings, that is ok, and it will not be counted against me if people can't afford to get a long reading. I can still help them and this lack of pressure helps to make the clients and I really connect to one another. Then they call me back because they know they can rely on me to tell them the truth and help them with their problems or decisions.

Selene: Speaking of staying busy, I understand you appear at many psychic fairs throughout the year. Where are the shows that you do and how often do you do them? What do you like about working at fairs?

Dee: I have been doing psychic fairs for the last 12 years and it does keep me busy. I do them twice a month and have traveled a lot to do shows. I have attended many fairs here in Texas. I have also done them in California, Oklahoma, Colorado, Omaha, Nebraska; Kansas City, Des Moines, Iowa; Little Rock, Arkansas; Tennessee, Kentucky, and many more locations. I have attended hundreds of fairs over the years and have a lot of clients, my clients tell their family and friends about me then they come to see me too.

Selene: I am sure you have many private clients too, do you have some you have done readings for over a long period of time? Do you read out of your home or in local bookstores?

Dee: Oh yes, I have many regular clients, I remember them all too. I have done readings for some that have been with me since I started my business 15 years ago. They have also told their friends and family members about me so it just keeps expanding. I am very private about what I do and keep the readings confidential. My clients enjoy my discretion and consideration of them because all my private client's readings are done by appointment only. No one sees anyone else and they love it! My business just keeps on growing and since the economy has faltered I have grown even more.

Selene: How did you discover your abilities as a Medium? What methods do you use when passing along information from those on the other side? How does that communication come through for you?

Dee: I discovered my Mediumship by listening to my spirit guides. I use it daily when speaking to families or pets on the other side; it is just something I instinctively know how to do. I listen to my spirit guides and my angels to communicate the information to me.

Selene: You are also a pet psychic! I really admire people who can do that! How did you find out you had those abilities? What happens when you do a pet reading for someone?

Dee: Yes, I am a pet psychic. I was at a psychic fair in Oklahoma City and this woman asked me, do I communicate with pets? I said yes even though I had never done it before but because I was so confident in my spirit guides and angels I knew we could do it. Then when my accuracy was so high in communication with pets; other people heard about me and started wanting me to do it at their lectures at the psychic fairs.

Selene: Do you use tools when you read? Please tell us about some of the other types of readings you offer for our clients on Psychic Access.

Dee: Yes I do use tools; I use tarot cards and numerology, but also my clairvoyance, clairsentience and empathy. I am a life coach, love advisor, and career advisor. I also offer remote viewing, angel readings, aura readings and much more,

Selene: How do you like working at Psychic Access? Isn't this the only service you work with other than your private clients and fairs? Please share with our readers how you feel about working with us here.

Dee: I love working for Psychic Access, your checks are never late and the clients are wonderful! I love working for Doug, it is a very professional website and I feel comfortable working here. You can stay on line as long as you want to and you are not under any pressure working for this line. The clients are just different from other sites I have worked for in the past. I don't work for any other line now, I don't need to. Between Psychic Access, the psychic fairs I do and my private clients I am always busy and have plenty of work.

Selene: What advice or help do you have to offer to people who are going through hard times these days?

Dee: The most important service I offer to people who are going through hard times is that I always send them positive thoughts. I always tell them how to get their budgets organized when asked and how to receive certain assistance in these hard economic times. There is more help out there than most people know about, and I keep up with this information for my clients so they will not lose their house, or their pride. This is where my life coaching experience comes in.

Selene: How do you cope with life's adversities or issues with your own family?

Dee: I have been through many of life's issues which started in November 2007 when I lost my oldest brother suddenly. Then in February 2008, just 3 months later, I lost my Mom so I had to learn to cope with a diversity of losses. The way I did that was through prayer and talking to them every day as if they were here. As I did this I noticed daily that I got stronger.

Selene: Please tell us more about your family.

Dee: I have 3 children and 8 grandchildren; we are very close and spend as much time together as we can. They love my work and are very proud of what I do. They are great kids and I am truly blessed to have such a loving family. I also have 2 sisters and one brother. As I mentioned, I lost my oldest brother and my Mom but that doesn't keep me from being in contact with them. They will always live inside my heart.

Selene: Are other members of your family psychic? Is anyone following in your footsteps?

Dee: My great grandparents were psychic but I am the only child in our family that is psychic. My 3 kids are all psychic and yes of course, I let them use their abilities when they were growing up. My baby daughter has worked at psychic fairs and uses her gifts. All of my kids have been to psychic fairs and my grand kids too. I have a 7 year old granddaughter that is very psychic, she was born on my nephew's birthday, he is deceased; she was born 7 years later on his birthday.

Selene: What advice or guidance would you like to offer to parents who have sensitive children with psychic abilities?

Dee: I would tell them to allow them to tell what they have seen or know about a situation. Don't let them feel like they are crazy or it is just their imagination. Please don't ignore them or their talents because I feel when a child is like this they are special.

Selene: You also have a beloved pet, did he help you to fine tune your abilities as a pet psychic? Any interesting stories on how he came in to your life?

Dee: Yes, I do have a pet Shih Tzu and I got him when I was going through my crying time. I feel like he was sent to me to help me heal. I connected with this pet for comfort, and guess what; they really are your best friends.

Selene: This is the part that is unscripted. Is there anything else you would like us to know about you?

Dee: Yes, I would like for you to know I love how fair and unbiased I have become as a spiritual counselor. It has helped me so much to be neutral and accept people as just who they are. I enjoy helping people and what I love most about being who I am is that I don't judge at all, I see people as spirit, I see no color nor gender.

Selene: This has been wonderful, thank you so much for taking the time to do this interview with us here on Psychic Times. Is there something else you would like to share with our readers? Be sure to let us know when you can be found on Psychic Access for readings too!

Dee: Yes, I am one of the best! I am very honest about what I am shown for you. I don't sugar coat anything and I don't tell you want you want to hear. I tell you what spirit tells me and the information just flows so pay attention since they tell me a lot. Because of my experience and how long I have done this work, I am able to connect to anything and any situation. There is nothing I can't help you with or advise you about. And because I love what I do so much, I am available on line for my clients any time and any day.

Look for Dee on Psychic Access; she is there for you and waiting to meet you so she can help you too. This talented psychic and medium will soon feel like a trusted long-time friend who you can rely upon and will turn to whenever you need honest, unbiased insight and a helping hand.

Selene
 

Feraion  :::   Provides us with a light-hearted monthly column in an effort to get us to smile, which we all need to do more of. Feraion lives in Australia where his day job is an accounting university professor. He was originally from England where he learned Qabalah from students of Dion Fortune herself, where he was the Radio Medway astrologer for a couple of years, where he edited the Astrological Association's magazine Transit for a bit longer, and where he was warden of a qabalistic SDG for over a decade. He has lived in China and Singapore for over 15 years and is now in his third year with Psychic Times.

A basic human need is the need for affiliation. Everyone needs to feel they belong to some kind of group, be it a family, race, culture, generation, profession, nation, class, or the group of non joiners. Modern life, however, is more full of loners than any previous one. Facebook etc allows some compensation to anyone who is not a member of a face to face group, club, association, clan, bunch of friends etc, but somehow being a member of an internet ‘virtual’ group is not as engaging as being a member of a ‘real’ one. Throughout modern history, some men have felt a lack of a sense of belonging and they wanted to do something about it. Joining the freemasons gave this sense of belonging, because it was selective, had a strong brand identity, a unique set of secret signs and a set of rules to control the behavior of members.

Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol comes a full six years after his book, The Da Vinci Code, sold 80 million copies in 51 languages. Presales have already rocketed The Lost Symbol to the top of Amazon.com's bestseller list, and bookstores around the world are readying themselves for lengthy queues. Brown's book is expected to include theories surrounding the influence of the freemasons on the US bill of rights and constitution and the layout of Washington -- believed to be designed to resemble the Masonic straight square and compass symbol. More generally, the book is expected to support rumors that freemasons are at the center of the narrative. Australian and US Masonic groups have launched a public relations offensive, for example by opening the freemasons' United Grand Lodge of New South Wales for a media tour. It has been fashionable for the last two decades to link the Freemasons to the earlier Knights Templar and to see them as a conspiracy to dominate the wider society, as for example is argued by David Icke on his websites and in his books.

These days women can join the Co-Masons or Eastern Star to see what was so appealing to men about Masons. The initiation rituals of the three general Masonic degrees, Entered Apprentice, Fellow craft and Master Mason are widely accessible and quite without sinister ingredients. The well know promise to prefer to have your throat cut rather than reveal the secrets of the Craft is not a consent to murder, but merely a token of commitment to keep a reasonable discretion. Since Keep Silence is the very first command in such magickal schools as the Qabalah, Inner Light and Golden Dawn, the Masonic promise seems fine to me.

I think masonry is a good thing. Its scripts are very well and elegantly written, its costumes are harmless and not that intrusive. Its respect for traditional values seems enlightened rather than bigoted in how they are applied. Its influence in the judiciary, police or business is now so diluted as to be barely detectable. Its only big black mark is that it continues to segregate the genders in its formal proceedings. This hardly matters when its social and economic influence has become negligible. There are many single gender clubs and societies these days and they fulfill a need for many people.

Men wearing aprons, shaking hands with a particular movement of their thumb and saying so mote it be instead of agreed – that is modern Freemasonry. Dan Brown may get even richer on the gullibility of his readers, but anyone worried by what masons really do could easily check it out for themselves by accessing their local lodge secretary. And that includes any worried women.

Fraternally,

Feraion

Each month the lovely and most talented Salome imparts some Shamanic wisdom and teachings upon us and shares some interesting personal tidbits. Salome was a reader on Psychic Web for many years and can now be found on "Psychic Access" where she is one of the top readers. We hope you enjoy Shaman's Corner.

"Dancing With Death"

We're going to discuss death. How shamans view death, and how you actually view death.

Each of us has experienced transitions of death many times, in many lifetimes. Some were very horrific, some peaceful, some expected, some not expected. What is common to each death/transition and passing is how peaceful the feeling is once we gave in and accepted the inevitable. After crossing the threshold, we each marveled at how there was no pain, and a profound sense of peace. Most souls will experience an AHA! Or WOW realization. The sound of Ahhh is the sound of creation, because we have entered a new phase of creation in our soul journey. The WOW is total amazement; we always knew it would be wonderful.

Yes, it is true some souls become lost and wander but for the majority this is just not true. In reality, the grand plan for all souls is to make the crossing of the death/transition threshold successfully. It is every soul's birth right to accept this experience with immense joy, compassion and love of their own soul.

What causes a soul to wander, to become lost? Their own beliefs do. Let's repeat that. A soul becomes lost and wanders because of THEIR OWN BELIEFS. Some souls won't accept their own death. They won't accept that they have cast aside the mortal shell and so they literally WILL or accept the belief that they cannot be dead. In truth, this then becomes a disbelief which, in turn, becomes like an obsidian mirror for them to gaze into. It's a gift from the cosmos, which holds up the Obsidian Mirror of Illusion to them. Cosmic order says, "Okey dokey, have it your way." "Wander lost until you become weary of the illusion of your beliefs." "Go on your adventure, be lost and confused, do fatigue yourself so much you finally burn through, and immolate into the fire, become ash, fall down and see truth." It's a gift and the cosmos really does love us. The cosmos loves all souls because we are the cosmos and it loves itself as it does us. The cosmos is patient and knows sometimes a change in perception can take a bit longer is all.

The experience of death is a bit like Alice in Wonderland where she meets situations that don't make sense, she feels lost, and many times she feels she's crazy. This is the crazy making behavior and experience of falling down the rabbit hole. It's all crazy, they are crazy. No I'm crazy. Round and round and round. After awhile the soul gets weary of experiencing and living (yes the soul is living and it never expires) the lies of un-truth and disbelief; and gives in and they are gathered up within themselves and experience truth, transition and peace. The soul experiences relief and becomes whole again. Intelligent consciousness reigns, once again. Creation can begin, again. Now the soul can choose to create, once again; that which will create growth and advancement. Some of you may be asking, "Okay Salome but what about the wounds we carry with us?" We choose each time we agree to advance, which wounds we will work on in each lifetime. It is conscious choice. We choose. We always choose. And... It is not true we bounce down blindly into another lifetime. We know, we always know and we choose to jump into a womb even if we are not ready. We know.

Now to your life in the present which is the main purpose of dancing with death; before it's time to actually leave this life. Our lives mirror the experience of death daily. We die a little each day. We hurt, we buy into that hurt; our beliefs that the world is hard, that people and things around us cause us pain. We buy the illusion and we like it that way. It is safe, it is the known. We heal or try to heal; we resist and then plunge back into our pain and fear. Round and round we go on a merry-go-round of pain and suffering. Ooooohhhh doesn't it just feel so good??? We do this to ourselves people, just as lost souls do the suffering and pain to themselves. We may not think we like this merry-go-round of suffering and pain. We ride it every day right along with the lost souls. Over and over till we grow tired and release. Then awakening and wholeness dawns true. Life is not bad, it's a school, and to those who are lost in the death transition they realize that after death; life it was school and they learned a lot of lessons. We mirror them, they mirror us, we, and they, get off the merry-go-round and begin to really live and create.

Food for thought: Every time you heal, a lost soul stuck in transition heals. Every time you resist healing a lost soul remains stuck. You see we really are each other's keeper. Now the next time you feel sorry for yourself and whine, you'll be assisting a lost soul, or souls, to remain lost. You benefit too and remain lost at school. When you finally 'get' you are choosing to be stuck, you'll free yourself and trust me on this one; they party beyond the veil when that happens.

This brings us to: ALL SOULS NIGHT, October 31st.

Now fast forward to the end of this month, October. It's Halloween, October 31st or as the Pagans say: Samhain. All Soul’s Night. This means you; me and each and every soul will play and dance the dance of the macabre. We will squeal and giggle and thrill to be scared. We don't care because we know we are 'safe'. It's just so much fun to think of and play with ghosts, spirits and our ancestors. We will focus on skeletons, banshees, ghouls, iggly wiggly things. Yes! What fun.

Since this night is the one night of the year when the veils between the worlds are thinnest, it's no wonder we look forward to it. Admit it, don't you really love this holiday most of all? Everyone does. This is the time we can outwardly dance the dance of death. Celebrate the unthinkable and the unknowable. We can CELEBRATE DEATH.

Let's look at what we crave now when this time draws near. What we most need besides camaraderie with the spirits. Apples, which are the 'fruit of life'. Carmel, which is browned sugar melted, the energy of sugar transformed through heat into something meltingly and deliciously familiar. It’s buttery brown, smooth and sweet. Every wonder why spirits smell sweet? They love this stuff that's why. It has the vibration of change and transition and walking between the worlds. Think of mulled cider; sometimes with cinnamon or red hots; warm and pungent spices, oranges. Candy corn, which incidentally is very special to All Soul's Night because the colors are colors of death/resurrection. Fire is one element that figures most strongly in death. But it's the feminine energy of fire. Bonfires are symbolic of burning out the old, transforming into ashes so we fall down. Remember Ring Around the Rosey? That old childhood rhyme and song? We loved it. Why? Because just as in medieval times when they burned the bones of those who died from the Black Plague and sung the song, we instinctively know we must burn the dross of the old and become as ash and fall down. It's only when we burn, become ash and fall down that we can resurrect anew.

Orange pumpkins are womb-like; they are orange like unto feminine fire! They contain seeds for new life just as our souls do! There is a reason Charles Shultz' Peanuts characters look forward to the night when the 'Great Pumpkin' rises once again from the pumpkin patch! We know, and those who have passed know. We must die to become whole, to become new once again. Round and round growth, dying, resurrection and creation goes. It's a cycle and a circle. Pumpkins are round and they grow on the ground! (A little Salome shamanic humor).

There are so many symbols and rituals which present themselves at this time, and for good reason. Many ancient peoples use cornmeal, wheat, amaranth, various grains and dried sweet fruits such as figs, dates, currants, prunes baked into cakes with honey and eggs. Eggs are seeds, honey is nourishing to the soul, corn is new life and resurrection and the dried fruits are just plain magic! One of our best psychics on Psychic Access, Indigo, reminded me a couple of weeks ago that dried prunes taste like magic. They do! Think about it. It does take a bit of magic to bring the spirit back to life. The dried fruit is life force applied.

Let's go back to death now. I wish for you to learn to dance your own death. It will be fun and it will be grand, I guarantee, so liberating, so free and so peaceful.

Before we get too deep here, please allow a little reminder: All things in moderation, even dancing with death. While alive in this world we touch death, we dance with it. We don't cheat death and become immersed in it so totally we lose sense of why we are doing this. That becomes possession and possession is never right. All too often I have people say I'm possessed and I will say yes you are but it's you doing this to yourself. You're allowing this. It's no different with the concept of death, or with anything we focus on. A little bit of knowing why, goes a long way.

Its learning we go on, it's the perception of what death truly is. It is also knowing we experience death every single day. We face fears, and we either crumble and fry to a dither or become frozen and brittle. We stop growing. Uh oh. Stuck sticky stuck.

The death here we refer to is acknowledging our own death. It is not possible to die before your time, unless you cheat death. And death approached that way is stolen. We must not steal our own death or our own agreed on time of death. Cosmic rule number one, do not feel you can cheat death, there’s an agreed on time for you to shed your mortal shell. A price will always be extolled. What is that price? Longer time lost in transition and one has to repeat the lessons one could not face in life. Don't ever consider suicide unless you like things really hard and tough. Any soul who has gone through it always says, "It was not necessary and there was a better easier way to learn my life lessons if I had just stood up and taken responsibility for my choices."

The death of which I speak is becoming familiar and comfortable with the concept that you WILL die in due time, we all must. No exceptions to this unless you are so far advanced it's no longer necessary to go through the steps. There are some very advanced souls walking the Earth today who are aware of the fact that they will not go through a death transition. If you have to question if you are one of those souls, then you're not one of them.

The feeling of death is accomplished with the realization that death is always stalking you. It walks right behind you, over your left shoulder. It does not leave. It stalks you, it guards you. You are, in a sense, its assignment to be watched until such time as it takes you across the threshold. The reason we love the specter of the Grim Reaper is because we know it. It smiles and beckons us.... but... only when it's time. So until then we can touch death in ways that will heal us, bring us to wholeness in our Earthly life and yes, make us lots happier. We should not be afraid but acknowledge it is there to make sure we transition at the correct time. Our death and death itself reminds us we are very much alive in the now and we will one day transit as all do into new life.

We can do rituals and thrill seeking on Halloween because we're safe. We can touch death, taste death, feel death and feel the 'what if?' true wonderfulness of it all. We can observe the children dressing up and smiling at smiling skulls who smile back at them.

Here is a death exercise that will show you first hand fearing death itself, or your own death, is an illusory fear. When it's the right time, it will be okay and very freeing. It's not realistic to fear death. Come on admit this, it's okay to say you love looking at skulls. We all do. They smile at us smiling at them. Next time you look at a human skull, notice your own skull inside your head. Feel it. It's smiling.

There is dancing with the illusion of death and then there is dancing with death. They are two entirely different concepts. One is an idea or belief. The other is real. It happens, but it's for the purpose of transit because a cycle has been completed by the soul and it's time to let go and move forward to create a new soul cycle. You're no necromancer and if you are one, then you are stuck in the concept of death, not the reality. You're dancing with illusion, and you're stuck and lost in your own self-importance of look at what I can do, I can dance with death. Noooo you're not dancing with death, you're playing hide and go seek with the Obsidian Mirror of Illusion just as a lost soul does. Get a life; go celebrate All Soul’s Day, with the kids and those who know what real death dancing is both here and beyond.

Know you are eternal ongoing and will always be so. Get in touch with your ancestors, all this month, especially on All Souls Night. It's easier then, for them and us, and they look forward to it just like we do. Celebrate their death; focus on the macabre for a brief time, the illusion of fear of death. Then touch both hands to your heart, right on top of left, bow your head so the Seventh Gate at the top of your spine is open and allow the thrill of feeling eternal and one with those beyond the veil. And...don't be surprised if you feel happy and complete and come away from this experience knowing you have nothing to fear, not even death at the right time, right place.

See you next month at Shaman's Corner.

Salome

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