November – Creative and Changing Winds

I have been in a little rut not sure which way to go, so I just picked a direction. When I picked a direction everything changed. Things start to come together, thoughts and ideas came back to me, opportunities that I had forgotten about came back in my life. I have been in such fear over doing what I want it has taken my some time to get to this place, yet the moment I decide to do it other things happen and I am pulled away. I am not sure what to make of it.

The other thing that seems to be happening a lot to me is manifesting events or knowing they will happen. I kind of know when something is going to happen, but I do not know what. It is more along the lines of know if today is going to be a good day or not.  Depending on if I think it will be a good day or not I will think an event will happen and some how it does. I do not know if  it is me putting things out there or if I found that energy some how and have no way of changing it, but I am affected by it all the same. It mostly happens at work. So that makes me confussed about what is going to happen next in my life. I do not want to influence events if everyday something strange is going to happen.

American History Occult – Part 2

In American history there were people and place that were affected by and affected occult thoughts. Many of the people and events I have read about before, but to have all them in one book was great. I could get a better understanding of  the time line of events and how interconnected all these ideas were. Even though, there were people from different place and background finding themselves interesting in the occult it all reflects the time.

With the Spiritualism one of the things that interested me the most was how all these people realized they were psychic at the same time. There were people out there trying only to make a buck.  There are also stories of people who have an ability without knowing what to call it, so they don’t talk about it. So the question that continues to this day, is this person for real or not?

The Occult has had two very different branches people have taken with this form of study. There were the people who started movements in the 1800’s. They believe that religion and spirituality was different then what was being taught in the churches. So you have people like John Smith and Mary Baker Eddy who went their own way created something different. Madame Blavatsky brought the idea of Masters and Eastern influences to America.  Frank B. Robinson thought people could be in control of their spirituality, it did come at a price with his mail-order lessons.

In the  ‘60 and ‘70 the occult changed direction from religious changing and creating to occult ideas just blending together. The New Age Movement was “born.” People were looking for quick fixes. Ernest Holmes inspired the human potential and positive thinking philosophy that are seen and read about everywhere in the New Age movement today. Witchcraft came to America saying it was the old ways that had survived underground as Christianity took over the world. Manly Hall believed that the New Age generation was cheapening  the esoteric ideas. As the years and decades go on that becomes more evident.

So what does the mean for the future of Occult philosophies and ideas? There are so many subgroups that are part of the New Age and Occult movement trying to increase their spiritual and divine connection. Some have seen what has happened with the movement and want to see change happen again.

October and the Scorpion

October is the time of year for the dead and bring in the last of the harvest. The new moon enters Scorpio a water sign and our thoughts are far from water as summer is over.

In the book rituals of the dark moon Gail Wood takes this month in a very interesting direction, connection Scorpions and Mermaids. Things are not always as they seem. Fear and confusion are too often the feelings felt during this period in time, when mystery and wonder should be thought about. With winter coming it is time to plan, so next year is better then the last.

Reiki Night – October

For some time now I have wanted to get back into ritual and to do a little more then just send reiki energy about. Working alone, the energy does not flow freely and many times I don’t know what goal I want to move towards I just know I want things to change. So I tried this little ritual for a friend that has been asking for help. Other ideas and methods were not working, so I decide to do something simple, but has worked for me in the past. I lit a candle and added some incense to it. It took me some time to light the candle and it never really got very bright just a blue color. I don’t know if I should try it again. I feel like I have gone around in circles I few times, maybe it is time to take a step back from everything and just say good luck to you? For myself I have been trying to get some goals started, but nothing is coming together. I feel stuck… I think  the stuckness comes from the energy we all seem to be in at this time.

September – equi/nox

The fall equinox is a time for balance. I am not sure what to do with this balance. I can see, mostly in stores, how we are always two steps ahead of where we are, seasonally. So many of the things we do are based on the seasons, yet the disconnect seem bigger then ever. I think in the reiki shares I go for a focus on seasons and energy in a broader sense and see if some flow can happen. It can’t be too broad, because I think the groups that try to just send energy to the earth or larger nondescript places the energy does not really get to where they want it to go, purpose and a specific intent can go a long way.

American History Occult – Part 1

I listened to occult of personality podcast two part interview with Mitch Horowitz. Another  great podcast, Mitch talks about the Occult and New Age Spiritualism in America. I have been searching for and asking many of the questions about this history.  At this point in time all the different movements and philosophies that seem so separate, have come together. Today people are left with bits and pieces of everything and  the source of spiritual exploration people try, play with and believe gets over looked.

When I am done read the book  I will write more.

Reiki Night- Sept.

This was our first reiki share from being a way for a couple of months. It was nice to get back to doing reiki in a group again. I am one of those people that find doing reiki with other makes the energy more intense. I have been doing some reiki on myself to try to fall asleep I have not been able to focus. I am thinking I might have to try a meditation to change the energy in a room. The energy feel like someone else lives there. I read a little something about fall and Anna Purna from my Goddess Meditations Book. That worked out very well. So I will bring it back some time. The group is taking shape, I am not sure where it will go. I don’t want this share to be like any other share I have been a part of, but the inspiration is there.

August – Lammas

I was going through some of my candle and other things I have collected over the years and found my worry dolls. I realized as I was looking at them I am my boyfriends worry doll. The problem is I am not very good at it. I knew on some level, but I have been thinking about ways to ground out the energy, but have been very unsuccessful at it. What is coming next for us?

I have been working at my new job for a few months now, I seem to have this interesting connection with a woman I work with. We seem to be on the same wave length. We seem to be thinking the same things. Not sure what this means for the future. As I am still trying to do my reiki. I am having dreams about it. I just don’t know how to have it here and now. Unless I am should focus on other related things.

Unmasking the New Age

I picked this book up hoping to understand the new age movement more. Where it came from and where it is going. Which I found was a little hard to do. This book was written in the eighties and much as happened since then. Also the way the author structured the book was different then what I thought. The first part of the the book explained the differences between monotheism and pantheism. How different these two points of views are they seem to coexist in our culture. People have become estranged from the church for one reason or another, yet still hold on to the values. Religion is one of those things that is influenced by society and vice vera. New systems come a long because the old system is no longer working. Today we seem  to find ourselves in two very different systems living in a culture.

There is much talk in the book about who and what God is or isn’t. People want to understand God, but they can’t. Science tries to explain, but God is outside of the box. Religion and society are linked, but through out time the Gods have been outside of our senses.

The chapters that follow are about Holistic health, psychology, science, politics and spirituality. Each chapter  explains the affect the new age movement has had on these subjects  and what Christian should do about it.

Things in the movement have changed since the book was written. All religious movements are coming together as one. There was no talk about the focus on the Mary figure(s) as there seems to be today. The interconnection between east and west is so tight, people forget they are were very different world views.  After reading this book I was doing some more research and really could not find any information about other religions thoughts on what is happen other then the Christian echoing many of the thoughts in this book. I wonder how other religious groups feel about this movement.

Reiki retreat to celebrate Usui birthday

I thought I would past this along. I think it can be a good way to bring energy together and sent it to people who may need it for any reason. For more information click on the links.

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