Accused of Witchcraft ...

Today I had a flashback to the Salem Witch Trials. And I am not a witch, though my fiction interests are witchy. I would love to write a novel about witches and energy healers. The idea to write a book came about when I enrolled in a creative writing class three years ago. The main character in one of my assignments was a psychic medium, and eventually it evolved into a short story about a witch. Now I see this short story as the first in a series of chapters, but the full novel is still on hold. I am putting all my efforts into graduating from Energy Healing school, writing my Diary of a Psychic Healer book and keeping my day job. Lots of stuff going on! 

So back to real life ... Today I sat down for lunch with a few co-workers. Quite a few of them know about the energy healing classes that I'm taking. They are cool with it. Most of my guinea pigs for class are from work. Hardly any of them know about my psychic readings though, think that would be pushing it too far. 

So one of my colleagues is annoyed with me. He had not said a word to me all week and at lunch, the first thing he blurted out was: 

"How is it going Regina? Are you still into witchcraft?"

WHAAAAAT!?!?! 

I did a huge double take. So did everyone else at the table. 

"I am learning REIKI! It has nothing to do with witchcraft!"

To clarify, I am learning energy healing. I don't think there is a big difference between the two, but most people have heard of Reiki so it's easier not to explain. I went on to describe my kind of energy healing very briefly: clearing chakras, auras, emotions, etc.  Then came the priceless question: 

"But don't you put ROCKS on people?"

I had to laugh at this one, thankfully so did everyone else.  

"NO! I don't put rocks on people!" 

There is another lady at work who has crystal healing done. He mixed us up, but even then, crystal healing is not "putting rocks on people". One of my colleagues stepped in and told him that she had Reiki done once too, and it was very relaxing. Not weird at all. 

"That's witchcraft, it sounds like witchcraft!" he exclaimed. 

To his credit the words seem very direct on paper but they weren't as aggressive in person, and I had to make an effort NOT to laugh. It sounds so absurd! 

I kept pushing back, and he came back with:

"But don't you read tarot?!?" 

"Yes, I do! But so did Carl Jung!" I exclaimed. "The cards have themes that speak to your subconscious. It triggers a response!"

Tarot can work on different levels and one of them definitely is psychological. My Mythic Tarot book says that you should only read for yourself, and that the things that come up will generally hold for about 6 months until your subconscious is in a new place. That being said, there is also a strong intuitive side to tarot. I bought a little spell book as research for my fiction book, and there is a divination spell in there that talks about "guide my hand, and guide my heart" when reading the cards, runes or anything else. I didn't go into details here as I was making the point that I am a healer, and healing is not witchcraft. Not that there's anything wrong with it. I respect it as a spiritual belief system, same goes for any religion. It just so happens that witchcraft has a very negative connotation, probably a result of the power struggles during the times of the Inquisition and the Witch Trials.  

I remember leaving a comment on a pagan blog a few months ago. It was during the Faith Blog contest, the one with all of the hoopla about whether or not pagans should be allowed to compete in faith-based competitions. A couple Christian bloggers started protesting and a huge blogg-o-war broke out. It was interesting to read but I stayed away from posting because a) I don't know enough about pagan religions to have an informed opinion, and b) thanks to my hobbies, the extreme Christians weren't going to listen to me anyway. My only comment was about how little people know about witches nowadays, how much of our intuitive and healing past was driven underground by the Inquisition, and how anything that seems spiritually paranormal is branded as witchcraft. This is particularly true for psychic readings, tarot, healing etc. 

The thing that baffles me about our lunchtime conversation is how he made the jump from healing to witchcraft and missed psychic? To be fair, that isn't something I mention at work. What would be worse, to be mistaken for a witch at work or a psychic? In the first case I would just say it isn't true, in the 2nd case I am not sure what I would say? Either way I sense a short story coming on! My imagination kept going wild after this session and though I intend to keep my thoughts and my mirrors positive at work,  I might write some past-life-persecution into one of my fictional pieces. Funny thing is I'd been thinking about this as a potential plot, and just hadn't gotten around to writing it! So exciting!

2022 Update: I wrote this post ten years ago! Since then, I’ve published a book on intuition, energy healing & crystal magick (See HERE) 😅💙

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The Gluten Free Craze

Have you ever gone on WebMD? I was just on there Googling a few symptoms of mine. Wish I hadn't, it would be so much better to visit an actual doctor and have them give an assessment. When I was done filling in a list of symptoms the calculator spit back about 3-4 conditions and diseases that I could potentially have, and what other condition those can link to. In the space of 3 minutes I read the words: celiac disease, anorexia nervosa (yeah right!), Diabetes 1, small intestinal cancer. Etc etc etc. 

While I was reading it I had to tell my body that 

"I am not having that!"

The only explanation that made a bit of sense from a symptomatic point of view was the gluten intolerance. My little sister thinks she is gluten intolerant and I have had some of the symptoms for the past year or so. A couple weeks ago I asked my Guides to point me in the right direction. Will cut back on gluten for a week or two and see how it goes. I'm also up for affirmations to remove the allergy from my energy system. I really love spicy food and would rather blame the gluten than my special hot sauces. Is that the peer of suggestion working for or against me? We'll see how it goes. 

A couple years ago my dermatologist had me alternate between various types of foods over the course of 3 months to see which one was making me break out. The culprit was cheese and milks. I quite cheese and milk for a couple months and now I'm on it again with no problem. I think it may be time to go through a trial and error phase to find out what it is that I'm eating that has my tummy worked up. That and cutting back on the stress! As of last week I've made a point of choosing not to stress out at work, at home, over my healing homework's, or anything else. You can still get things done without stressing about them! It's a life lesson for me. 

What shall I add to my trial and error list?

• Gluten
• Coffee
• Spicy Food 
• Over Eating in General! 
• Any other ideas?

Not even sure what contains gluten, will need to do a quick Google search.  I might give it two weeks and then move on to the trial phase. Don't try this at home, and if you do, go see a doctor 1st. 

I'll make a quick trip to my neighbourhood NHS GP for an assessment as well. Think it is great that medical care is still free in this country. Especially with the taxes we pay! Tough stuff ... 

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A Little Ancestral Clearing ...

What a great week! I had two great readings and a distant healing all the way from Mexico! I actually feel much better because of it, and I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders. The 1st reading was about my job and how I should just chill out and enjoy it. What I'm going through now is a stepping stone that will help me reach my goals in the next couple years. 

"Enjoy it!" 

The second reading actually came with the distant healing, and it was about family, career, relationships and a bit of ancestral issues that needed clearing and healing. My mom went to see a healer in Mexico who worked on clearing my family's spiritual DNA, and then cleared me through my mom. Based on what my mom told me after the session, the healer worked on clearing psychological and emotional traits that can be passed down through the generations. For example, someone might have a stubborn streak running through the family.  There can also be positive streaks like optimism, joy. The positives you want to keep, the negatives you want to clear so that you can move upwards and onwards.

What I really like about healing is that you can take something that is pretty good to begin with and make it even better. We have no idea how great we can have it. It isn't until someone shows you what life could be like if only you worked on your ego, etc, that you start to register the possibilities. The other great thing about healing (as if there were only two great things about healing!) is that the healer can clear blocks that the client isn't aware of. If you've been wearing blinders all your life, you wouldn't realise it until someone takes them off. The healer may also be able to pinpoint something that the client is already working on, and facilitate the process by shifting stuck energy. I think this is what the distant healing session has done for me. Will let you know when I start seeing major breakthroughs in my life.  =)

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Has technology made us more or less psychic?

I read an interesting article the other day. It caught my eye because the BBC was reporting a set of telepathic goggles that the military is working on. At 1st I thought they were trying to teach soldiers telepathy, not the case! Men Who Stare at Goats probably talked them out of that idea, if it ever came up! This article was about goggles that will somehow read thoughts, encrypt them, and broadcast them to the rest of the team. Sounds a lot like the telepathic communication that the pack of wolves had in the Twilight series. I suppose if you're in a combat situation it comes in very handy. In civilian life though, I would much rather be intuitive and tap into psychic and energetic pathways. 

The army isn't the only group that is mimicking psychic skills with technology. Google is rumoured to be launching a new set of reading glasses that include Google Search, Maps, GPS and a host of other things. You can ask questions and it will give you the answers along the way! How cool! That is just what my spirit guides do, though to be honest I have only used them once or twice with direction. At the time I was driving, lost, and without a mobile. Their assistance and clairvoyant messages came in really handy! Google's glasses are probably a huge win for technology, but what will they do to our intuition? I really think that a lot of these huge investments in technology are only compensating for the fact that as a society we have lost many of our natural gifts.

I've also been thinking about the impact that mainstream media can have on our intuition. As a kid I spent a lot more time reading books than watching TV. I really loved seeing the stories play out in my mind and immersing myself in these alternate realities. Your mind's eye can bring these to life and take you to that location so much better than a movie or a TV show can. I think my being a book nerd has really helped me develop my clairvoyance. My visualisation and imagination are strong, the only thing that changed is the source of the inspiration. I really think my being a book nerd as a kid has helped me develop my clairvoyance throughout life. Reading books and visualising the scenes works your clairvoyant muscles. This makes it a lot easier to step into a guided meditation, or to give a clairvoyant reading. I think reading has made me a lot more psychic. Watching TV, the news and constantly being bombarded by messages from other media will probably have the opposite effect. It is harder to notice your intuitive guidance when you're being saturated by the media. 

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Quieting the Mind is a Vacation in Itself

Today I tried a new approach when I was closing down my healing client after our first session. I asked two of her overworked chakras to take a holiday and try to switch off for the next week or two! One of them readily accepted and the other one pushed back LOL. 

This client had an overactive brow/mind that was feedings lots of worrying thoughts into the solar plexus. This in turn, manifests as anxiety and stress, which the client is very aware of. She asked me to work on anxiety in the healing session and after clearing, balancing and healing the SP for about 10 minutes I was finally led to the brow. What else did I do during the session? I cleared her channel and there was a lot of clutter near the solar plexus. I also worked on her heart chakra and put in a strong grounding chord from the heart to the centre of the earth. 

It wasn't until I was closing her down that this idea of a holiday came to mind. I've read about chakras switching off for a short period when they need a break, but I had never thought of suggesting it. Her solar plexus really welcomed the idea of a prolonged holiday. I told it that the heart could take over for the next week and intercept any worrying thoughts. Hopefully these will just go down the grounding chord to the centre of the earth. Next time I do a healing I will talk to the solar plexus again and ask it to send anything it doesn't want down that grounding chord. 

The brow chakra is going to be a tricky one to work with. Her mind is still very active, and there is a big difference between thinking, worrying and seeing. What our minds eye really needs to do is see clearly so that our heart chakra can process the information and make a decision. For those of us who are very analytical, the problems start to arise when we let our brow chakra hang on to all of the information and expect it to make a decision on it's own. Things are more than what they appear to be, and only our heart chakra can make sense of it all. This healing client was a bit of a mirror for myself as well. I've spent a lot of time lately worrying and thinking about the future. Instead I should just let it slide and wait for things to happen - if they ever do! So many of the things that we worry about never happen. It is more relaxing to go with the flow and deal with things as they come. If we are grounded and centred I'd like to think the universe and our guides will send warning signs before something big happens. 

I will take my own advice and give my brow chakra a holiday for the rest of the month. I am also going to go off coffee - for real this time - and I am going to work on being grounded, in my body and aware of my surroundings. This will help me take it easy and I will only deal with what is right in front of me! A nice mental holiday! 

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What is Next for Me?

It's ironic how life takes us in directions that we don't expect or want. Three months ago I had a job that I liked well enough, though to be honest I was already a bit bored and looking at other options.  I work in marketing and in the past I've worked on lots of fun  projects. The perks are amazing. One of the coolest was working with the NFL and then getting tickets for the Giants-Pats Super Bowl in Phoenix. Eli Manning is amazing.  =) 

Marketing can be a lot of fun. My line manager worked on a completely different part of the business though, and though I did occasionally help out with her projects I am not interested in doing her job full time. I like working with consumer insights, campaigns, new product launches, etc. If you work on a dynamic brand there is tons to do and it can really be a lot of fun. Exciting, challenging, varied, etc etc etc. I don't enjoy marketing as much as healing, but coupled with a cool work environment it can be a good career path. Possibly not my vocation but a good day job ... 

If you were to plot a my level of interest on a graph, where the X-Axis is Passion and the Y-Axis is "Time-Fly-Ability",  energy healing and spirituality would be in the upper right hand corner at the very limit. Brand management would still be high on the "Time-Flies" scale but not so high on "Passion".  The line of work that my boss was in would fall in the lower-left-hand quadrant, nil for Passion/Interest. And time doesn't fly if you're not having fun. 

About two months ago my line manager left, I got promoted, and since then I have been juggling her projects and mine. To make it more fun our PA also left. What my line manager used to do is important, so my old job has been re-assigned  and now I'm 100% focused on what she used to do.  Lower-left-hand-quadrant stuff. 

Grrrrr. 

This is only supposed to be temporary. They're going to find someone to replace my boss, and fingers-crossed someone to replace me. Working in a corporate environment is like playing with legos, a whole lot of pieces have to fit together for people to move from one job to another.  Right now nothing would make me happier than being able to skip this step altogether, but that won't be possible. Plenty of people hate their jobs so I suppose I can be dissatisfied with mine for a couple of months?  How bad can it be? I'm hoping when I get into the details it will be a little bit more interesting and challenging. If time flies a little bit I'll be happy. 

I'm also thinking there has to be a lesson in all of this for me. Not sure what it could be ... is it patience? The "King of Wands" from my last post tells me I need to work on my leadership skills.  I will take that on-board for now, and think about my options in the background. I'm going home for 2 weeks in May and when I'm back I shall start thinking about my next steps.  My notice period is a couple months anyway, so even if I threw in the towel I 

Grrrrr ...

I was thinking about this today while I was out shopping in High Street Kensington. There are a couple ways to look at it, one is that I'm stuck. I don't want to adopt this attitude.  The other is that I am merely "baby-sitting" this job for the time being, and in the near future I will be doing something I love. The question is, what do I want that new job to look like and where will I find it? Is it still in marketing? Is it healing? Is it writing? Healing and Writing are definitely in the top quadrant. Brand management is a close 2nd,  and it has the added benefit of a stable income and job security. 

So I wonder, what comes next? It is time to think about what I want to do with my life, and then manifest it. I feel like I'm at a cross roads and there are actually lots of options. At least I know what I don't want to do, and that will force a change in the coming months. Change is good. This is my silver lining  ...   =) 

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