May/June 2023 Alchemical Voice

May/June 2023 - Issue 20 

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CONTENTS 

A L C H E M I C A L V O I C E 

Hello Readers! 

I am so happy to announce that our online readership has surpassed 30,000! 

We have been through a massive shift, perhaps you noticed the new moon in 

March...? It was a very significant time. Some of the symptoms you may have 

encountered would have included feeling spaced out, dizzy, low energy, insomnia, 

and a painful body! 

Well... we were actually being put through an awakening, where we have 

increased our levels of consciousness and activated dormant DNA. 

And now... from May onwards, it's time for you to see some miracles! 

Jovi Hoonjan 

Publisher 

W H A T ' S I N S I D E 

Higher Awareness 

Sue Penney 

 

Crystals 

Sue Penney 

 

The Hour of the Wolf 

John Sjovik 

 

For the Highest Good 

Gina Barrow 

 

Sound of Silence 

Nasreen Pritchard 

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Lucid Dreaming 

Giuliano Pennesi 

 

Truth & Ascension 

Julie de Vere Hunt 

 

Higher Self 

Development 

Julie Adams 

 

Moon Cycles 

Carol Coggan 

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Art & Spirituality 

John Sjovik 

 

Gripping Theory 

Martin Lewis 

 

The Mighty River 

Conclusion 

Richard Pantlin 

 

Protection Amulets 

Julie Adams 

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HIGHER AWARENESS 

Sue Penney 

During March I was away with one of my dogs, my 

border collie pup called Milo for some 1-2-1 training at 

Devon Dogs to help him to cope with the world. He 

suffers from what we would call overwhelm where his 

stress buckets become full and he does not know how 

to deal with life. This causes his head to explode which 

results in lunging, snapping and biting. 

This experience has led me to think a lot about 

behaviour. Both mine, Milo’s and other people around 

us. We all have stress buckets. Some of us have large 

ones with big holes that empty quickly. Others have 

much smaller buckets with tiny holes so they fill up 

quickly and are unable to empty fast. This results in 

anxiety, overwhelm and stress-related behaviour such 

as self harm, whether actually physically harming 

ourselves or by excessive drinking, gambling or eating. 

Having a dog with issues is a double-edged sword. Yes, 

it is challenging and sometimes very difficult to deal 

with. On the other hand it is a huge opportunity to 

learn. Firstly about the science behind the behaviour 

and how to help Milo to cope and be a happier dog and 

secondly about myself and my journey through life. 

This also leads on to looking at other people and to the 

reasons behind their behaviour. For example, if 

someone snaps at you out of the blue for no apparent 

reason you can react to it by snapping back or you can 

just pause and wonder what has caused them to behave 

in that way. What has happened to them in order for 

them to be snappy? You just don’t know. They could 

have had some bad news, they could be struggling 

financially, they could be caring for someone and so are 

simply exhausted. Instead of snapping back you could 

pause and kindly ask them if everything is ok? Can you 

help them? Is there anything that they need? 

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Learning to watch the subtle signs that Milo gives me 

that he is at the point of bucket overload is fascinating. 

He can’t talk to me and say “Mum, I am really scared of 

that twig, leaf, bird that is moving and I have never seen it 

before so don’t know if it is going to kill me or not.” 

Instead he will glance sideways, lick his lips, shift his 

balance away, stiffen or change his tail position. 

Catching him before he can no longer cope and 

explodes is a fine art at which I will continue to get 

better at detecting. 

It is important that we also get to know ourselves and 

what stresses us out before we reach our own breaking 

point. Learning to be kinder to ourselves and to give 

ourselves a break. We need to be honest with ourselves 

and stop doing things that no longer serve us. 

In essence, we need to learn to say no and have our 

own safe, go to places to be able to reset and chill. This 

can be as simple as a 10-minute break, meditation, or a 

walk around the block. 

Keep a journal or diary of things that trigger you. To 

start with this might seem like everything under the sun, 

but slowly, as you start to empty those emotional 

buckets your list will get smaller and you will learn to 

remove yourself from the situations which trigger you 

or at least limit the time you spend there. You will learn 

different techniques that will calm you, like listening to 

music, reading a book, or simply tidying your work 

space. 

Learning to feel comfortable saying "no" is such an 

empowering place to be. 

Sue Penney 

Soul Verse 

www.soulverse.co.uk 

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CRYSTALS FOR 

BELTANE AND LITHA 

Sue Penney 


For Beltane I would look no further than the May 

birthstone of Emerald. 

Emerald opens the heart chakra, restores balance 

and calms the emotions. It bestows wisdom and 

patience and opens up the channels of inspiration. It 

promotes friendship, peace, harmony, and domestic 

bliss by enabling the wearer to both give and receive 

unconditional love. It is a life affirming stone. 

You do not need to go all out and buy an expensive 

piece of sparkly emerald jewellery, unless you want 

to of course. Emerald tumblestones are readily 

available and extremely affordable. I find their 

beauty just as alluring as their more sparkling 

cousins. 

For Litha there really is no other choice for me than 

Sunstone, Litha, or Midsummer is the Sun Festival in 

my eyes. Sunstone celebrates the suns power 

inspiring good nature and an enjoyment of life in 

general. It is also highly effefctive in cleansing auras 

and chakras. 

It is the stone of leadership and is great for balancing 

both the male and female energies. It is the go to 

crystal to aid you when you need to stand up for 

yourself and say no. Helping you establish healthy 

boundaries in your life. 

Historically Beltane was celebrated by dancing 

around the Maypole. It is the most important fertility 

festival. So be careful what you wish for! 

Placing a small tumble stone close to your heart is 

the best way to activate the heart chakra and benefit 

from all of the great gifts that the emerald has to 

offer. 

Litha, the summer solstice has been celebrated for as 

long as we are aware, from prehistoric times to the 

present day. Huge stone monuments have been 

erected to the celebration of the sun. The most 

famous being Stonehenge. 

You can celebrate these festivals in any way you 

choose. Whether that is to have a bonfire with 

friends or dance round a Maypole for Beltane, or get 

up early to watch the sun rise and stay up late to see 

it set, again with friends having a barbecue. It is all 

about marking the days with significance for you. 

Sue Penney 

Soul Verse 


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HOUR OF THE WOLF 

John Sjovik 

There is mystery and magic to the hours between 3 

and 5 in the morning. According to a study at 

University College London, most babies in England 

are born around 4 AM. For old people, the risk of 

heart attack is higher in the morning. Your brain 

activity increases, your eyes move rapidly and your 

dreaming intensifies. There is a rush of hormones, 

including adrenaline, in your body to help you wake 

up. 

In 1968, the Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman 

directed a film called 'Hour of the Wolf'. The 

protagonist is a timid and troubled artist, who 

withdraws to a remote island for his work. He is 

haunted by demons and nightmares. It is unclear if 

the demons are real or if they are products of the 

artist’s mind, conscious or unconscious. 

The difference between 'real' and 'imagined' can be 

quite blurred. In Shamanism, common terms are 

'ordinary reality' and 'non-ordinary reality'. Note 

that both are reality. From the world of literature, 

remember the famous words of Professor 

Dumbledore (from Harry Potter and the Deathly 

Hallows): “Of course, it is happening inside your head, 

Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is 

not real?” 

Those early hours are when most people dream. For 

me personally, I try to make use of that phenomenon. 

If I wake up early, then I ask Spirit and also my 

subconscious mind to allow me to dream when I go 

back to sleep. During the following hours, I often have 

lucid dreams, meaning I can actively participate in my 

dream; I dream and I know that I am dreaming. 

Some time ago, I asked my spirit guides about 'the veil' 

and if it is true that it is thin during the 'Hour of the 

Wolf'. They answered me that the veil is 

semipermeable in such a way that it functions 

differently depending on the direction. For them, it is 

always thin. For people on planet Earth, the veil is 

more or less thin, depending on the situation. A few 

days later, I visited a pub which is next to a hotel 

restaurant. The two establishments are connected by 

a door. As I was ordering my coffee, I asked the 

bartender if I can enter the restaurant through that 

door. He explained that people in the restaurant can 

enter the pub through the door but not the other way 

around. People in the pub will have to leave through 

the front door and enter the restaurant via the hotel. 

So 'the veil door' between the pub and restaurant is 

'thin' and 'permeable' in one direction but not at all in 

the other. A little lesson from Spirit, channelled 

through and interpreted by a bartender. 

Time and space do not exist but everything is real. The 

Hour of the Wolf opens a portal for you to speak with 

Spirit and indeed with yourself. I bid you to enjoy the 

reality of your sweet dreams ! 

John Sjovik 

Shaman Healer 

www.shamaqi.com 

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FOR THE HIGHEST 

GOOD OF ALL 

Gina Barrow 


Emotional complexity has been the landscape of the human Earthly experience for aeons. In 3D this truth has 

been largely distorted in a mind/ego-dominated storm of karmic energies, subconscious programming and 

repeating cycles experiencing specific energies as agreed through soul contract. 

The light of divine awareness is now shining brightly on our emotional world as humanity shifts to the heart as 

the operating system and the mind as navigator. In a 4D/5D reality the heart is the platform for creation and 

intention, with the mind employed in actioning the heart-based direction. 

We have come from a legacy of humans not being able to hold space for emotions. Instead, they have been 

feared, avoided and run away from. The ego has aided this avoidance and taken us away from the power of 

accountability and self-responsibility. At worst, suppressed emotions have resulted in blame expressed as 

judgement, denial projected outwards onto others, and emotional avoidance turned inwards as low self-worth. 

Emotions are full of energy and when pushed down they sink into the depths of our psyche where the energy 

intensifies, pulling further energy from the situations involved and spinning into tightly bound balls of energy, 

locking away fragments of ourselves deep within the subconscious. This pattern repeats, creating innumerable 

fragmented balls of energy with cords linking them together as they vibrate at a matching frequency, existing 

on both individual and collective consciousness levels. 

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These fragmented aspects are never truly hidden. They 

reflect in our lives in the form of experiences and 

people mirroring what lies deep within us. This is the 

repeating cycle that plays out until awareness can be 

brought in. In this extraordinary time of transformation, 

source light calls each individual soul to go within, to be 

the divine parent, to manage our triggers and strong 

emotions, to disassociate with the mind, unravel our 

inner world, and bring the fragments back to wholeness. 

It is time to own our power and to honour the ocean of 

consciousness, and move away from judgement, 

separation and the ‘blame game’. 

2023 is offering us infinite potential for this inner work, 

if we send a clear message to the universe that we are 

fully committed to shifting from within all that is not 

aligned with the highest good. 

At a time of unprecedented astrological energetic 

endings and new beginnings, where karmic cycles are 

completing and all that is unconscious, stagnant and not 

for greatest good is revealed, the shift possibilities are 

beyond our imagining. In embodying our higher selves 

and seeing the truth of what lies within we are able to 

offer these inner aspects to the quantum source field, 

the miracle matrix of creation, where all can be done 

and undone. 

In setting ourselves free we will need to surrender all 

that needs to go, the cords and attachments that we 

may not have realised were linked, and in so doing 

transform the fabric of our cellular being to provide a 

collective frequency match for the elevated timeline 

that is for the best and highest good of all humanity. 

Gina Barrow 

Emotions Navigator, Writer and Naturopathic Nutritionist 

Aligning With The Heart 

Emotions Navigation workshops every first Wednesday of the 

month at 7.30pm (via zoom). Upcoming dates – 3rd May, 7th June 

and 5th July 2023. The workshops explore concepts about our inner 

emotional landscape with insights, practical tools and techniques to 

encourage giving space to these inner aspects. Also, offers 1-2-1 

sessions. 

gina@aligningwiththeheart.com 

YouTube/Instagram/FB - @aligningwiththeheart 

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THE SOUND 

OF SILENCE 



Do you hear it? 

It's pretty sneaky, but it’s a little like riding a bike. 

Once you know how to hear it, it will always be there. 

You’ve just made a very dear friend! 

Have you thought of how when we speak, our voice can sound excited, tired or 

sad...? It's sometimes less about the words we choose and more about the tone 

of our voice. 

Is it true then that Silence also, has a sound? 

Does 

silence 

have a 

sound...? 

Think of it this way. We walk into a silent room of people. 

Would you say you could pick up on the type of Silence in the room? 

A relaxed silence, a nervous silence, a sleepy or anticipatory silence. 

Sure, of course, we are likely to be using our other senses to help us reach that 

conclusion. But nevertheless, we can pick up on the type of Silence. 

When we speak with a friend, we can often notice what kind of silence they are 

listening with. Focused silence, distracted or very eager to speak silence, or 

maybe even distant silence. 

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We use the term, ‘solemn silence’ to depict a tone. 

We would read a letter or email in silence and conclude a tone. 

And even, one might ‘lower the tone’ of a space before even uttering a 

word. 

What is tone? 

Sound! 

What is Sound? 

Vibration! 

What are we? 

Vibrational beings! 

There is a voice that 

doesn't need words. 

Listen 

~ Rumi 

‘A vibration is a state of being, the atmosphere, or the energetic quality of 

a person, place, thought or thing.’ 

Before we utter a word there is a ‘tone’ to us. A vibration. 

This provides us with an immediate unspoken tool. 

The word Sound comes from the Latin ‘son’. 

And so, we can resonate with one another before a word is spoken or a 

movement made. 

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Silence in the context of meditation 

‘The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear’. 

The Practice of meditation was never to get better at sitting still. It’s 

also not about getting the setting just right before you can begin. True 

audible silence is of course impossible to find. And nor should we be 

aspiring to it. It is seldom that we can determine fully the external 

environment when we want to invite silence in. 

The Anagram LISTEN / SILENT is of no coincidence. 

Silence is, therefore, an internal practice. 

Meet it where it is. 

No matter the sounds of the day… 

It’s there waiting for you! 

‘Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.’ 

I’d like to think that Silence is our superpower! We have many of 

course. We have our very own committee of helpers. 

Close your eyes and think of yourself at a round table. You get to 

choose who sits with you. You are likely to invite ‘love’ to the table 

with you, also ‘kindness’. Maybe ‘discernment’ or ‘playfulness’ would 

have a seat, and ‘forgiveness’ would be there. Well, I would argue that 

all of these would serve their greatest value when we have ‘silence’ at 

the head of the table. Our best decisions, our most creative of times, 

our sweetest of moments are often where ‘silence’ has had the best 

seat in the house. 

You should sit in 

meditation for twenty 

minutes every day – 

unless you’re too busy; 

then you should sit for an 

hour 

~ Zen Proverb 


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Farnham 

www.flowwithnasreen.co.uk 

Flowwithnasreen@gmail.com 

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Think of your committee enjoying an absolute blast of a party. Love 

and forgiveness becoming the best of friends, playfulness and bravery 

getting on great, kindness and sadness having a good old time getting 

to know each other… well who’s aware of all this partying? 

Yup. 

Silence. 

Silence is sitting at the head of the table. Quietly observing this 

beautiful, cosmic, vibrational experience. 

Lucky lucky Silence, eh? 

Listening to the sounds. Silently. 

Can you hear it now? The Sound of Silence….. 

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SHAMANIC POWER (TIBETAN ENERGY) 

COURSE 

Kinesiology and Shamanic techniques and tools to help 

improve health and wellbeing 

We will cover: 

Figure 8 energy flow 

The healing effect of sound 

Spiral energy flow 

Spinning vortices 

Energy, stamina and vitality nutrition 

Tibetan meridian activation 

Shamanic chi rituals 

The power of ancient language and words 

Course dates: 

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Sunday 24th September 10am - 3pm 

Sunday 1st October 10am - 3pm 

Sunday 15th October 10am - 3pm 

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Laverstoke Lane 

Laverstoke, Whitchurch 

RG28 7NY 

Cost: £485 per person 

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West Berkshire Kinesiology 

kinesiology@hotmail.co.uk 

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Love 2 Meditate and Martin Lewis 

LANGUAGE OF THE ANCIENTS 

Language of the Ancients enables a 

12th dimensional pure consciousness 

connection to your supra causal truth. 

'Supra causal truth' is the 'absolute 

natural true self'. 

You will hear a different language 

being chanted throughout the 

meditation, these verses are 

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LUCID DREAMING 

Giuliano Pennesi 

Have you ever experienced 'lucid dreaming'? 

What is lucid dreaming...? 

"A lucid dream is a type of dream in which the 

dreamer becomes aware that they are dreaming 

while dreaming. During a lucid dream, the dreamer 

may gain some amount of control over the dream 

characters, narrative, or environment." 

~ Wikipedia 

We invited Giuliano, a Lucid Dreamer to share 

his dreams with us. We were very impressed by 

the stunning AI images he produced. Giuliano 

told us that he found it very meditative to work 

on the images straight after the dreams. 

Fire in a Forest (2009) 

A fire swept through a forest. I stood barefoot, 

my feet ankle deep in ash. Only a few of the 

older larger trees remained standing. I walked 

around for a while, a large tree caught my eye. 

There was sadness about this particular tree. I 

felt drawn to it. 

As I raised my hand to touch the tree I felt a 

slight vibration in my palm. The vibration 

intensified.. I touched the tree. The area between 

my palm and the tree started glowing. As I 

touched it, its bark started to grow. It's as if the 

tree was healing or coming back to life. The bark 

continued to grow making its way up the tree. It 

was like a speeded up time-lapse of a tree 

growing, new branches sprouting with tiny little 

leaves. 

I pondered. Wait, how is this even possible? This 

can't be real! This must be a dream. In a split 

second everything started to shake as if there 

was an earthquake. I woke up. 

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Meeting my Shadow (2020) 

I carried out my normal reality check by looking 

at my hand and counting my fingers. Ah ha, one 

of my fingers was missing! I must be dreaming. I 

became lucid. A few days ago I planned to call 

out and meet my shadow if I became lucid. 

"Shadow come to me" I stood in an empty room. 

The wall started to beat like a heart. ba-dum, badum. 

I could not only hear the wall but also see it 

pulsating. Something was moving behind it. 

Hands were trying to force their way through the 

stretchy wall. A scary-looking skeleton emerged. 

It spent a little time observing me. It jotted down 

a few notes on a pad. It then tilted its head to 

one side then shook it as if to say no. 

I guess I wasn't ready to meet my shadow on that 

occasion. 

The False awakening (2016) 

It was a fairly normal day. I woke up, and went 

through my usual morning routine. I first jotted 

down what I dreamt about that night, then got 

up, brushed my teeth, showered, and had 

breakfast. 

I then started work. It was a very busy morning 

with many back-to-back phone calls. I then 

stopped for a quick lunch break. I was feeling a 

little sleepy, so took a quick power nap. 

The alarm woke me up, it was 6:30am! 

At first, I thought I had slept till the next 

morning. I actually had what is known as a false 

awakening. I dreamt of getting up and working 

but it didn't really happen. It was so real. I 

remembered my dream within the actual dream! 

This dream left me questioning reality. 

Giuliano 

Pennesi 

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Energy healing using crystals 

and Reiki 

Meryl McArthur 

Crystal Cave Healing 

Winchester 

www.facebook.com/CrystalCaveWinchester 

SnowFall 

Consciousness music 

Martin Lewis, West Berkshire Kinesiology 

Music to help 

you move 

through the 

grief process 

www.love2meditate.com 

/consiousness-music 

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SHAMANIC ALCHEMIST 

balancing vibrational energies 

Helping you to 

release the past 

change belief systems 

feel more complete 

bring yourself into alignment 

We visit past lives that could be the 

source of a current issue. 

We clear emotional and physical pains 

carried over from many lifetimes. 

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LEVELS OF TRUTH & 

ASCENSION 



“Ancient knowledge will give us our future” Filip Coppens 

(1971-2012). 

Ascension in this case refers to a dimensional shift from 

the 3rd to 4th dimension. 

The Mayans predicted this would happen on 21 

December 2012 – but sadly unless I am mis-taken we 

are still very much in the 3rd dimension. 

Nobody knows exactly when it will happen but there 

does appear to be a way of measuring our progress – 

using the Level of Universal Truth. 

There are essentially two kinds of truth: 

a personal truth and the Universal Truth. 

One’s personal truth is subject to change – depending 

on perception and one’s reality. The truth is only the 

truth in the now – it is not set in stone. Even a stone 

erodes to dust. 

The only form of truth which does not waver in the 

wind over time is the Universal Truth. So, this is the 

form of truth we are referring to here. 

It appears that like Dr Hawkins Map of Consciousness 

(for more on Levels of Consciousness see Alchemical 

Voice Nov/Dec 2022), Universal Truth can be 

measured on a scale from 0-1000 – Level of Universal 

Truth (LoUT). 

Gnostic texts (Pistis Sophia) referred to perfect souls – 

through kinesiology, we learned this equates to anyone 

measuring +700 on the LoUT. 

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As of 3rd March 

2023 there are 34 

perfect souls alive 

today 

We also tested the number of perfect souls required 

for us to make the dimensional shift from 3D to 4D 

– the answer was 360. 

This means karmic looping will come to an end and 

we will be free! 

As of 16th March 2023 there are 34 perfect souls 

alive today. I am privileged to know two of these 34 

– both women. 34 does not sound very many except 

there were only 3 in 2006. So, we are making 

progress and we are receiving help. We just have to 

ask… 

A ritual was performed at a Wiltshire stone circle on 

23rd September 2022 to ask for help from the 

Galactic High Council (see Alchemical Voice 

Nov/Dec 2022). In two months the number of 

perfect souls went up from 24 to 30. Big progress… 

So we have a way to go, but apparently, the 100th 

monkey effect will apply, named after an 

experiment conducted in 1958 watching monkeys 

on a Japanese island learn a new task. One 18 

month old female monkey showed her troop how to 

wash grit off sweet potatoes - when the 100th 

monkey had been shown how to perform the task 

all the monkeys were able to do it - even monkeys 

on surrounding islands. 

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We tested to see where the 34 perfect souls are 

located – here are some of the locations:- 

Australia (1), China (1), Guatemala (1), Peru (2), New 

Mexico (1), New Zealand (1), Indonesia (2), 

Russian/Ukraine border (1), Turkey (2) and Tibet* (4). 

*It is of no surprise to me that Tibet has a relatively 

high number of perfect souls – interestingly the Dalai 

Lama is not one of them – maybe leadership fuels the 

ego? 

None are from religious groups (Buddhist, Christian 

or Muslim) but some are descended from indigenous 

tribes (Aboriginal and Lamas). These spiritual beings 

have reached Higher Self Development (HSD). 

Interestingly, this is not the same as being spiritually 

enlightened. +700 on Dr Hawkins Map of 

Consciousness equates to ‘spiritual enlightenment’. 

The oral teachings of Jesus, Buddha and Krishna 

calibrated at 1,000. But you can be ‘spiritually 

enlightened’ and not have reached HSD. Have 

divine gifts but not be true to oneself. 

Reaching HSD is purely a matter of being 

‘true to oneself’ – living from the heart… 

A Mystery School where Divine Truths dating back 

to Atlantean times are stored and will remain hidden 

until humanity reach spiritual perfection. 

The Brotherhood members are 4th dimensional 

beings in an ethereal state who will appear when we 

are ready to make the transition and assist us in our 

rebirth. 

Everything will be taken care of – we have 

absolutely nothing to fear. Interestingly, the Gnostic 

texts referred to there being 360 heavens – all 

inside our hearts. Maybe one perfect soul for each 

heaven? 

We are in a great window of opportunity for 

spiritual growth – we have to fight for our freedom 

and reach 360 whilst we are here on Earth. Ignore 

the chaos as Piscean values - major governments, 

corporations and institutions break down. Natural 

disasters will escalate. No-thing matters. Remember 

we are spiritual beings having a human experience. 

Just focus on your HSD – and I will keep you posted 

here in Alchemical Voice on our progress… 

I recently attended a Cosmic Grace heart meditation 

workshop and was guided through to the 4th 

dimension via my heart. I saw myself as a baby 

being reborn into the 4th dimension. I felt loved, 

safe and totally at peace. I realise this is not 

guaranteed, but is a real possibility nonetheless. 

There are high consciousness beings waiting for us… 

The Great White Brotherhood, whose members are 

known as Ascended Masters, are said to be 

perfected beings of great power who spread 

spiritual teachings through selected humans. The 

first westerner to talk about them was Helena 

Blavatsky (1831-1891) after she started receiving 

messages from them. 


www.marymagdaleneslegacy.com 

The 72nd and Last Order of the Great Brotherhood 

is The Brotherhood of the Seven Rays located high 

in the Andes Mountains on the Peruvian side of 

Lake Ticaca. 

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Hi Readers 

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Alchemical Voice - L2M Issue 19 


HIGHER SELF 

DEVELOPMENT 

Julie Adams 

Higher Self Development (HSD) can be attained in many 

ways. It does not necessarily require one to sit on a 

mountain in a yoga position for years, become a Buddhist, a 

philosopher, or eat vegetables every day of your life. 

HSD only requires you to be true to yourself. 

There are three steps which one can call the 3 A’s: 

Awareness, Acceptance and Action! 

This first step is awareness — that is to learn what is 

REALLY going on. This occurs when you start to question 

REALITY as it is portrayed for us in this drama we call life. 

To enable this to happen you first need to question your 

beliefs, your perceptions and your realities in relation to 

what you are told is true. 

As basic as this sounds, it is something that we don’t do 

enough of. 

Humanity rarely questions, and far too readily accepts, what 

we are told is true. In energetic terms this ‘brainwashing’ can 

start as early as conception, and really gets going in 

childhood, when you are readily absorbing what you are 

told, trying to understand why you are here, and how life 

works! 

Then you are ‘ordained’ — (i.e. forced) into something called 

‘school’, an institution created to fulfil their need to control 

you and tell you what is right and wrong. 

You emerge fully dysfunctional, equipped only to lead a life 

making money and being miserable, ending in retirement and 

death, only to be told “yes, well done — now go back and do 

it all again…" 

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As the Pink Floyd so eloquently sang: 

“We don’t need no education, we don’t need no thought 

control. No dark sarcasm in the classroom. Teacher leave 

those kids alone!” 

They knew what was REALLY going on! 

Authoritarian teachers, instructed by the ‘government’ to 

teach you rules about all sorts of nonsense, and god help 

you if you broke those rules! 

The second step is acceptance. This is often where the 

unwary human being falls over. For you to move onwards on 

your journey this can be the most difficult requirement to 

attain. For instance, if you now put down this book stating 

“what a load of rubbish” then you are already allowing your 

DNA implants to control your thought processes that are 

governed by alien energy. To break this programming you 

need to accept the possible alternatives to what you 

perceive as your reality. Acceptance means that you would 

probably continue to read this book, to enable the possibility 

that a different reality exists. If in the end you still decide 

that it IS a load of rubbish then the programming that you 

are implanted with has not been changed. Your beliefs are 

still governed by alien energy. This is not to say that you are 

at fault. No one is to blame for this situation. It often means 

that you are not ready to, as Jim Morrison stated, “break on 

through to the other side”. 

The third requirement is action. That is to do something 

about the situation that has been presented to you. If you 

never question reality, then you are destined to never fulfil 

your potential. 

Most people complain of not just ill health, but that their 

lives have ‘lost purpose’. They complain of low self-esteem, 

lack of confidence, loss of enthusiasm, and the physical 

symptoms that relate to these maladies. Hopefully, they 

have taken action, i.e., made an appointment with a therapist 

to explore reality. 

They have come to the realisation and the acceptance that 

traditional methods of healing are not working for them. 

They may have been to doctors, therapists, counsellors but 

never have they questioned reality. 

Just remember, what we call planet Earth creates a ‘false 

reality’ and this false reality can make people sick, tired and 

physically ill. 

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MOON CYCLES 

Carol Coggan 

Archangel Haniel is the Angel of the Moon, and her 

aura is bluish-white, like the full moon’s glow. She is 

suggesting you consider the Moon cycles. ‘Notice how 

the moon affects your energy and manifestations, and 

capitalise upon these cycles’. We may be aware of the 

moon cycles affecting the tides of the sea. It also 

affects gardeners/farmers, if they plant their crops 

according to the moon then productivity is increased. 

How does it affect us? 

Archangel Haniel helps you develop your intuition and 

clairvoyance, as well as any aspect of sacred feminine 

energy. She can particularly help with women’s issues 

and can also help you develop your spiritual gifts. Men 

and women can benefit from connecting with 

Archangel Haniel as men have feminine energy, just 

like women have male energy. Archangel Haniel can 

help both sexes in awakening and trusting their inner 

guidance. 

In every month there is a full moon and a new moon, 

and sometimes there are two full moons. Often the 

full moon’s are given names, so in May the full moon 

is on the 5th and is the Flower Moon. And in June the 

full moon is on the 4th and is the Strawberry Moon 

(Supermoon - when it’s closest to the Earth) 

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You can call upon Archangel Haniel at any time, but 

especially at a time of a full moon or a new moon. 

The full moon is a perfect time to release everything you 

have finished with, and are prepared to let go of. This may 

be physical or emotional pain, a relationship that has 

ended, a situation that has changed or perhaps an 

item/thing. For instance, the item might be a picture, 

received as a gift from a loved aunt. It does not have to be 

something that is negative, but perhaps the picture has 

brought you joy and now it is time to thank it, thank your 

aunt and move it on. 

How do you move on from a relationship? or possible 

heartache? Archangel Haniel and the full Moon are an 

ideal time to ‘release’ this pain, let go and move on. One of 

two ways that may help your release, is to write a ‘no 

send’ letter to your ex-partner or the person with whom 

you have heartache. Really express in this letter, your 

feelings and what you want to say to this person. 

Remember you are not sending it. Then at the time of the 

full Moon, go outside and call upon Archangel Haniel to 

release these negative thoughts and patterns. Then burn 

the letter you have written, as the final act of letting go. It 

is done! Know that Archangel Haniel will be with you over 

this time, and ask her for her support throughout. 

Another way of release is to cut the cords. Everyone we 

meet by the very nature of meeting, is corded to us. These 

cords are between our chakras (energy centres) and 

their’s. To release and help you move on, call upon 

Archangel Haniel at the full moon, and ask her to be with 

you in this release. 

Ask Archangel Michael with his sword of light to cut the 

cords to any negative situations, people, thoughts and 

feelings, in the front, in the back, to the left and to the 

right, above and below. Once this is done then ask 

Archangel Haniel to surround you in her love and her 

nurturing mother energy and ask Archangel Michael to 

surround you in his blue cloak of protection. 

Once you release anything, be prepared for big positive 

changes in your life and know the Archangels are with you. 

What are you prepared to let go of? 

The full moon is also a time for recharging crystals and 

oils, if you use them. This follows from the release and 

enables you to move forward. Archangel Haniel’s crystal is 

the moonstone which has a magical, nurturing energy with 

it. 

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The Moon cycle continues and the New Moon in May 

is the 19th and then in June is the 18th. The New 

Moon signifies new beginnings. We have released 

with the full moon and now we are asking Archangel 

Haniel to help us focus on manifesting our desires and 

intentions. Ask Archangel Haniel to help you achieve 

clarity in your direction and where you want your life 

to go. Remember she supports those developing their 

spiritual gifts like clairvoyance and their intuition. 

Developing your intuition will help your clarity and 

focus. 

And so full cycle!! the card suggests you ‘Notice how 

the Moon affects your energy and manifestations, and 

capitalise upon these cycles’. Consider in the month 

when you have high energy and low energy. Note 

when in high energy what you are able to do, achieve 

and how you feel. When in low energy it is time to ask 

Archangel Haniel for her nurturing mother energy and 

take time out for yourself. 

For further help/support in working with Archangel 

Haniel, cord cutting with Archangel Michael and 

speaking with other Archangels, do contact me. Love 

and blessings. 

www.carolcoggan.co.uk 

hello@carolcoggan.co.uk 

+44 (0)781 806 5514 

Guildford, Surrey 

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EDEN PEOPLE 

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experience of supporting peoples’ wellbeing for body, mind & 

spirit; and we are here to enhance and support this. We are a notfor-profit 

community group. 

Below is information on our activities, contact us to join our 

mailing list so you can get priority access to book into sessions. 

Get in touch 

info@edenpeople.org.uk 

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Body Blessing & Positive Postures Sessions 

This is a physical, spiritual, and emotional activity that connects 

body, mind and spirit. It centres on who we are, how we are and 

where we are in the present moment. Spoken positive words 

about & over areas of the physical body encourage the 

participant to understand their uniqueness and the importance of 

their body. 

As we move or create a stance or position during the session the 

person connects inwardly (spiritually & emotionally) to the 

outward physical; and this can bring about new thought or 

feeling from the participant regarding themselves, others and the 

world. 

Designed to support your mental health, physical health, 

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LifeWalks Sessions 

Life Peace Meditation Sessions 

This is a physical, spiritual, and emotional walking activity 

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These meditation sessions are shaped to 

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As we walk, talk, think, rest, breathe during the session the 

person connects inwardly (spiritually & emotionally) to the 

outward physical; and this can bring about new thought or 

feeling from the participant regarding themselves, others 

and the world. 

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ART & SPIRITUALITY 

John Sjovik 

The Image and the Word 

In 2015, the painter and film maker Peter Greenaway 

participated in the Venice Biennale with an art 

exhibition which he called 'In the Beginning Was the 

Image'. Think about it. What does that mean? 

It is said that the oldest written language was the 

Sumerian language, from 5,000 years ago. There are 

plates of clay still preserved, where you can see the 

signs and symbols imprinted into the clay (a writing 

system known as Cuneiform). Yet, there are cave 

paintings that are more than 40,000 years old, showing 

animals and humans. It is impossible to say what spoken 

language people may have used at that time. But the 

image was clearly the dominating form of symbolism 

and communication, as can be seen from those early 

paintings in caves and Bronze Age rock paintings and 

carvings. 

It all began with the image. Then came the word. 

Greenaway is known for using imagery and metaphor in 

his films. The dialogue is second to the images. In that 

way, he connects back to our ancestors. In Greenaway’s 

films, there is as much information, maybe even more, 

in the images as in the dialogue. 

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The magic of the betwixt and between 

Sometimes, art, image and film are what you do not see, 

what is not even there. The film director, producer and 

screenwriter Martin Scorsese has pointed out a 

particular aspect of the magic of film. The traditional 

medium for making motion pictures was celluloid, a 

long strip of film with individual frames.Typically, there 

would be 24 frames per second passing by the lens of a 

projector, creating the illusion of continuous moving 

images on the screen. There is an empty space between 

each two frames, and each second there are 24 empty 

spaces passing by the projector but the audience does 

not notice them. 

The human mind, the subconscious, fills that emptiness 

with information and the viewing experience becomes a 

continuous uninterrupted flow of images. Somehow, the 

audience becomes co-creator. 

There is a special quality to empty spaces in what we 

perceive as reality. Consider the stillness between 

breathing in and breathing out; a stillness which is 

worth holding on to for a few seconds by pausing your 

breath and resting in a moment of calm. And every actor 

knows the energy that lies in the silence between lines; 

the lure that an unexpected pause can bring to a 

soliloquy or a song. 

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Art and the personal experience. 

A few years ago, I visited a major art museum in 

Sweden. There was a group of children there and they 

were guided by a curator. Before entering the next 

room, he told the children that there was one particular 

painting that showed happiness and one that showed 

sadness. 

It turned out that the children found different art works 

to represent those feelings. Each child interacted 

individually with the paintings. They interpreted the 

images and motives from their own experiences, values 

and feelings. 

Art has a way to connect with the viewer, to trigger a 

reaction. Each person looking at a painting has an 

experience unique for that person. I venture to take it 

one step further; as I see it, there is also a connection 

between the artist and the viewer. It is as if the painting 

was a gateway or window between the artist and the 

person looking at the finished work. 

Many years ago, I visited the Pech Merle cave in France. 

There were images drawn on the walls from almost 

30,000 years ago, including mammoths, horses and 

human hands. I raised my right hand and I held it 

towards the depiction of a right hand on the face of the 

rock. Someone had stood there tens of thousands of 

years ago, drawing his hand on the rock and now I was 

standing there in recognition of his work and sending a 

greeting. In an instant, the present merged with the past 

and I could sense the artist looking back at me with a 

smile on his face. 

Think about the author Oscar Wilde and his book 'The 

Picture of Dorian Gray'. The painting of Dorian Gray is 

imbued with the alchemy of taking on the visual effects 

of Dorian from the life he leads. When Dorian retains 

his youthful looks and beautiful appearance, his portrait 

gradually changes to show an even more distorted, 

troubled and worn face, as Dorian descends into an 

immoral life of debauchery. The moral corruption of 

Dorian Gray is reflected in the deterioration of his 

appearance in the painting. He has traded his soul for 

retaining his youthful good looks. This is a Faustian 

tragedy and indeed a good example of the relationship 

between art and spirituality, a transfer of moral decay 

from a human to an image of that human. 

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Does a painting have consciousness? Does it speak to 

you in its own language? 

There is often more to a painting than brushstrokes on a 

canvas, than paint with colour, hue and value. 

Sometimes, you hear people say that a certain painting 

attracted their attention at an art exhibition. The 

painting 'spoke to them' (a common expression) as if it 

had a specific message just for them. It does not 

necessarily have to do with the subject matter of a 

painting, or what image you see on the canvas. An 

artwork such as 'Blue Monochrome' by Yves Klein, is a 

canvas painted in varying tones of blue. 

Yet, many people will stop by the painting and observe 

the blue image with interest, as if it is actually showing 

something with shape and form. It is as if the painting 

has a bespoke message for each visitor. 

Jackson Pollok is famous for his 'splatter paintings'. At 

first glance, they look like random patterns of paint that 

the artist threw onto the canvas, as it was lying on the 

floor. This is a form of 'action painting', where Pollok 

took the technique of drip painting one step further by 

grabbing a large brush saturated with paint and then 

raising his arm and in a quick forward motion, throwing 

the paint. 

The technique might appear as casual and completely 

void of control, causing the paint to hit the canvas 

haphazardly and creating unexpected patterns with no 

meaning or imagery. However a deeper study of Pollok’s 

paintings has revealed a pattern rather like that of grass 

growing in a field, or branches of trees in a forest. Such 

patterns are called 'fractal' and they appear in nature. In 

short, fractals are patterns that repeat themselves when 

you zoom in and study a smaller area of the original 

pattern. 

What do you think of the paintings on the right? Did 

you recognise they were not created by the famous 

artists? 

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Art and Shamanism 

Shamanism is an animistic view of the world and 

the cosmos. Everything has spirit and everything is 

energy. That is supposed to be the case for an 

object as well as for an animal or a thought. 

Anyone who enters the process of putting paint 

on canvas has intention to some degree. One can 

even say that if an artist would claim to have no 

intention whatsoever when painting, then that in 

itself would be an intention. Inasmuch as we are 

human beings with thoughts, logic, feelings, 

emotions and basic senses, we are indeed unable 

to partake in any activity without having some 

kind of invested interest or engagement in that 

activity. Inherently inviting the other-worldly is 

more natural than you would think. 

An intention has energy and spirit. Therefore, 

when someone creates a work of art, there is a 

transfer to or manifestation of energy within that 

art. When you look at a finished painting, you will 

be able to sense the energy that it is imbued with. 

What is even more remarkable is that you do not 

even have to view the painting to pick up the 

vibrations, sometimes it can be enough to be in 

the same room with it. 

Abstract art, monkeys, and me using a blindfold 

In 1964, an art gallery in my home town 

Gothenburg, Sweden, presented a selection of 

new abstract paintings by a mysterious French 

painter called Pierre Brassau. The paintings caused 

a bit of a stir. A local art critic wrote that the artist 

works with brush strokes that "twist with furious 

fastidiousness". It soon turned out that the whole 

thing was a practical joke. The artist with the 

dramatic brush technique and alluring name was a 

chimpanzee called Peter from the local zoo in the 

city of Borås just north of Gothenburg. The 

commotion and drama around the hoax stirred up 

such anxiety with Peter the chimp, that he was 

transferred in 1969 from the attention he was 

exposed to in Borås to a more peaceful existence 

in a zoo in Chester, England. 

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It is quite fascinating with abstract art and how you are 

expected to relate to it. Can a monkey paint? Would the 

paintings have any artistic or financial value? 

I am not sure exactly how Peter the Chimp went about 

his brushwork, selection of paint and how to apply it 

onto the canvas? However, I do believe that nothing 

happens without a reason. There is no such thing as 

'chance'. So if the monkey picked one colour instead of 

another, there was a reason for that. It may not 

necessarily be with the monkey. Maybe it was 'Spirit' 

who guided him? Maybe it was some other energy or 

vibration that came into play? 

I have this idea to paint and have my eyes covered with 

a blindfold as I paint. I will not know what colour I use 

and my brush strokes will be random and may not even 

hit the canvas. Will it be up to serendipity to guide my 

work? Maybe my own feelings? Maybe a cellular desire 

within the paintbrush? A vibration in the paint? Perhaps 

an invisible image on the empty canvas waiting to be 

painted? 

On my kitchen fridge, there is a magnet with a quotation 

from the painter Paul Cezanne: 'If I think, all is lost.' 

That is often the case with us people. We think too 

much. We want to be in control, however futile such a 

desire may be. 

A monkey may turn out a few paintings that you can 

think about and discuss. They can create a feeling or 

form an inspiration for a new thought, maybe even give 

you an idea for your own next painting. The great thing 

about Peter the Chimp was that his work generated a 

debate and that some people became enthusiastic while 

others were annoyed. This clearly shows the visceral 

power of art. Even a painting executed by a monkey can 

have an effect on people. 

There is undoubtedly a powerful connection between 

art and spirituality. 

John Sjovik 

Shaman Healer 

www.shamaqi.com


'GRIPPING' THEORY 

Martin Lewis 

'Gripping Theory' offers clues to predicting 

congnitive decline. 

Low or unbalanced handgrip strength may be an 

indicator of cognitive decline in seniors, new research 

suggests. 

Ryan McGrath, PhD analysed the handgrip strength in 

over 17,000 adults aged 50 years and over, and found 

that those with a weak grip had a twofold increase risk 

of accelerated cognitive decline, and strangely had 

considerably more strength in their non-dominant 

hand. 

He stated that: “Having weakness, as measured by 

maximal handgrip strength, and/or wide strength 

differences between hands, could be a clue for low 

cognitive functioning, and if a person has weakness 

and/or a lack of balance in their grip strength a more 

comprehensive cognitive evaluation may want to be 

considered”. 

He also pointed out that previous studies focusing on 

cognition indicate that imbalances in muscle strength 

‘could be linked to the neural system deficits that 

drive low cognitive functioning'. 

His suggestion here would appear to indicate that this 

‘simple tool’ could be used to indicate such conditions 

as dementia or cognitive impairment at an early stage, 

so as to enable treatment protocols to be delivered 

earlier than would normally be expected. 

"We recommend that measures of handgrip strength 

asymmetry be used alongside assessment of weakness 

to improve the prognostic value of handgrip 

dynamometers," he added. 

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Keith Fargo, PhD, director of scientific engagement 

for the Alzheimer's Association, said the finding is 

“intriguing" but added that it "needs to be replicated 

in larger and more diverse study groups. It could be 

used as a simple screening tool that could indicate 

the need for a more comprehensive cognitive 

evaluation”. 

McGrath noted that some healthcare providers do 

already use measures of handgrip strength to 

primarily assess muscle function, “but overall the use 

of handgrip strength in routine geriatric health 

assessments is generally absent”, and he encouraged 

healthcare providers “to use a measure of handgrip 

strength, given the robust health information it 

provides.” 

Kinesiological Perspective 

In the practice of kinesiology, and the application of 

metaphysical principles to this information, it is 

interesting to note that, as the brain is the 

‘transformer’ of mental will to physical output, then it 

makes sense that a lessening of cognitive ability will 

show in less power output on a physical level. This 

may already be obvious to many in their daily lives as 

routine and boredom make us feel a lack of energy on 

a physical level. This does not just happen as a 

natural occurrence in the older generation per se, but 

in people of all ages. 

We all need stimulation to make us feel alive. Of 

course many of us use stimulation or stimulants that 

are inheritantly bad for us. Stimulants that falsely 

make us ‘feel alive’. Coffee in the morning is a classic 

example. 

However, if stimulants are needed on a regular basis, 

then it would be wiser for us to think about what 

stress is occurring in our lives that makes us need 

them! 

This is where a kinesiological assessment comes in! 

For example: over indulgence of sugar during the 

festive season is one reason that we get stressed, 

bizarrely based on ‘the requirement to enjoy 

ourselves’! Let’s be honest - we all do it. The question 

we need to ask ourselves is WHY? 

Metaphysical Perspective 

In metaphysical terms a loss of handgrip strength 

indicates a ‘losing our grip’ on (and potentially the 

‘inability to handle’) reality. 

The world we live in today has increasing amounts 

of worry and stress, hence the increase in dementia 

related illness. In general, human beings (especially 

the elderly) do not handle change particularly well, 

preferring the stability and assurance of ‘societal 

norms’. 

Unfortunately, the world rarely obliges us with 

these. Change IS inevitable. What is required is ‘to 

get a grip’ on this fact, and ‘go with the flow’! 

Embracing change is fundamental IF we wish to live 

healthy and fulfilling lives. 

MARTIN LEWIS 

www.appliedmetaphysics.co.uk 

kinesiology@hotmail.co.uk 

+44 (0)7968 740550 

Newbury, Berkshire 

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THE MIGHTY RIVER AND THE GRANDMOTHERS 

In the coming editions of Alchemical Voice we will 

cover the following chapters of the full story for our 

present times from tens of thousands of years ago 

Part 1: Walking (May/June 2022) 

Part 2: The mighty river (May/June 2022) 

Part 3: “The gods are playing with us” (July/August 2022) 

Part 4: Our Medicine Man speaks (Sept/Oct 2022) 

Part 5: The Eagle calls (Nov/Dec 2022) 

Part 6: “For the sakes of our children’s children’s children” (Jan/Feb 2023) 

Part 7: The sticks for the Grandmothers (Mar/Apr 2023) 

Part 8: Gogogama speaks (this edition) 

SUMMARY SO FAR 

These stories originated in a past life experience 

Kwekwe is an inspired leader and time spirit. He is leading us, his people, along the coast to where he 

believes the Sun God will be turning to our left when rising out of the sea instead of to our right. 

We reached a wide, mighty river with many small islands. We could not even see the other side of the 

estuary and decided to make camp. A group of elders designated one island with glee-glee trees and 

scrum-scum bushes as our sacred meeting place. 

Our medicine man Oo-oo-warawara has told the elders how animal spirits showed him that the tribe must 

climb high rocks upstream to find a crossing before a forest fire engulfs their side of the river. The strong 

men will carry the children up the rocks. They will not be able to carry all the old grandmothers and 

grandfathers. 

I, Ririjojo, am organizing the tribe to depart. Grandmother Gogogama has said I must ask all the 

grandmothers and grandfathers if they wish to join her on the sacred island. 

PART 8: GOGOGAMA SPEAKS 

The tree shadows are still long by the time I have spoken with all the old grandmothers. 

There were three hands-worth of Gogo’s to find. 

Most of them have agreed that their bones are heavy and they have gone to join Gogogama. 

They have hugged their daughters and tapped their bony fists against the fists of their sons. 

They have kissed and play-chased their grandchildren one last time. 

A few grandfathers have gone with them, leaning on their sticks as they go. 

I have also spoken with several of the men my age and they have rounded up their kinship groups on the 

mainland. Kwekwe and his family are at the head. He is already looking in the direction of where the 

mighty river is coming from, looking for those rocks that Oo-oo-warawara described. He knows that he 

will be the first to climb them today and his family with him. They are strong. His whole kinship group is 

strong. 

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I am hanging back on an island, my two women looking at 

me from the mainland surrounded by our children. 

I have to go and see the grandmothers and the few 

grandfathers on the sacred island. Oo-oo-warawara is still 

there. He is going round the old people and giving a few 

glee-glee leaves to all our respected elders there. Some 

have started chewing them already. 

I notice that Gogogama is sat in the middle of the group. 

They are all on the rise of earth facing towards the rest of 

our gathered tribe. In front of Gogogama is a broad piece 

of bark and she has gathered berries on it. 

Other grandmothers have brought long nana fruits, some 

yellow, some still green and they have been placed by the 

berries. 

I go up to Gogogama and bow deeply towards her. 

I take a few steps back and bow to all the assembled 

grandmothers and grandfathers, once to the left, once to 

the right and once to the middle. 

Gogogama speaks: 

“On behalf of all us old grandmothers and grandfathers, go, my 

son. 

Go with all our sons. 

And with our daughters. 

And our children’s children. 

For our children’s children’s children. 

May the Great Spirit walk with you always. 

You are following the path set out for our tribe by the Sun 

God, the River God and the Forest God. 

You will be well. 

Go now. 

Ashay, ashay, ashay, ashay.” 

She nods to the four directions. 

All the grandparents echo “Ashay, ashay, ashay, ashay”. 

“May peace be upon you,” I reply, unable to say more. 

Oo-oo-warawara is beside me. Our medicine man also 

speaks to the respected elders: 

“And may the spirit of the river wash your spirits out to the 

endless sea. 

And may the spirit of the wind blow your spirits to the land of 

our ancestors” 

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Gogogama bows her head and the grandmothers and 

grandfathers follow her lead. 

I turn and the medicine man walks with me. 

We splash loudly through the streams between the sacred 

island and to our waiting kinship groups on the mainland. 

As soon as Kwekwe sees us join the tribe, he sets off with 

his group and others begin to follow. 

I am with my women, my daughters and my younger sons 

and their children. 

The younger ones are looking confused and turn their faces 

to their elders for signs and guidance. 

My women are picking up their sharp-stone pouches and 

beginning to encourage the children to start walking. 

Walking once again. Walking onwards. 

I join them bringing up the rear. 

I turn one last time towards the sacred island and our 

elders. 

And on the breeze blowing from the river, I hear a gentle 

singing, rising, gathering strength, ebbing and flowing, 

ebbing and flowing. 

THE END 

We hope you enjoyed the story. The other instalments are 

available in back copies of Alchemical Voice. Richard is also 

aiming to publish these versions with illustrations as a 

booklet to be used in Grief Circles. 

Richard Pantlin is the founder of CareStellations, constellations 

coaching with an African twist at a price you can afford. 

His CareStellations approach is infused with many years 

experience of a variety of healing modalities as well as 14 years of 

working with traditional healers in Zimbabwe. 

He has had a long career in commercial organisations, social care, 

and the NHS including running his own business. 

Rich is offering Holistic Business and Life coaching - particularly 

to small and medium-sized business owner / directors. 

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PROTECTION 

AMULETS 

Julie Adams 

Symbols have been used for eons to inform the masses, either 

under religious contexts (negative) or for sacred purposes 

(positive). 

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An example, on the right, is the Chi Rho insignia, found in the 

Catacomb of Saint Callistus in Rome. This insignia was 

designed as a ‘colour’ or rallying sign for troops, so they would 

know where their commander was in battle. 

Freemasons wear a square and compass to enable other 

freemasons to recognise them and signify membership to 

their order. 

Fortunately, symbols can also be protective ‘amulet’ like 

devices, serving to render an energetic attack harmless. 

Reiki practitioners often use the Cho Ku Rei symbol for this 

very purpose. 

This suggests that Reiki healing and any other type of 

energetic healing process is something that aliens are acutely 

aware of, and wish to render ‘unworthy’ or ‘useless’ as a 

healing modality, in order to force us to use conventional 

medicine on the premise that ‘this will cure you’. 

Many scientists and doctors regard these protection symbols 

worthless or ‘woo woo’, happy to write them off as 

‘quackery’. 

Utilising amulets and symbols for healing is as old as humanity 

itself. 

Unfortunately with external influences, all those years ago 

these devices and other healing modalities were sadly labelled 

as ‘witchcraft’ and vehemently stamped upon. 

Old traditional healing practices were almost wiped out — but 

not quite… 

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When one wants to control, the first step is to stamp 

down on anything that allows free will to anyone. 

‘Alternative’ or ‘complimentary’ healing practices, as 

they are known not only work, but empower the 

individual. 

 

If natural healing aligns with nature, then it makes sense 

to me that natural processes create healthiness. Nature 

has brilliant ways of healing. Drugs are not natural. They 

are ‘alien devices’ masquerading as man-made 

substitutes that fundamentally create side effects. 

As stated earlier, symbols can be utilised for good or 

bad, depending on the nature of the user. 

There are thousands of different symbols, all having a 

specific powerful context in healing (or the opposite). 

The Hamsa Hand is an ancient Middle Eastern amulet 

symbolizing the Hand of god. It is supposedly a 

protective sign, and derives its name from the five 

fingers on the hand. It supposedly brings its owner 

happiness, luck, health, and good fortune. The hamsa 

hand has a wide variety of different spellings which 

includes hamesh, hamsa, chamsa, and khamsa. 

It is also identified as the Hand of Miriam, Aaron and the 

Hand of Fatima. The hamsa hand has two main styles. 

One style is shaped like a regular hand, and the other 

has two symmetrical thumbs. 

The hamsa hand can be worn facing up or down and it is 

believed to give the owner success, harmony, and 

protection from the ‘Ayin Ha’ra’ — the Evil Eye. The 

hamsa hand meaning has a variety of interpretations, 

depending on the culture. 

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In Hebrew, the number five is ‘hamesh’ and the fifth 

letter of the Hebrew alphabet is ‘hey’ one of god’s holy 

names, and a greeting in the English language. ‘Hamesh’ 

is representative of the five books of the Torah. In 

Judaism, it is also interpreted to be the Hand of Miriam, 

and symbolic of the owner’s five senses in an effort to 

praise god. 

In Arabic, it is ‘khamesh’. In the Sunni culture, the hamsa 

is associated with the Five Pillars of Islam. For the 

Shi’ites it symbolises the Five People of the Cloak. In the 

Islamic faith, it symbolises The Hand of Fatima, the 

daughter of the Prophet Mohammed. 

Unfortunately the ‘hand of god’ is not as protective as 

one would be made to believe. It can also be utilised to 

curse a person, taking the form of a spell placed upon 

humanity to keep it asleep. When activated in this way it 

suppresses kundalini and therefore creativity. 

Hands of glory are also used in witchcraft to keep 

victims asleep while they are robbed — of their goods 

and belongings — or their energy!! 

When this spell is placed upon a person it often feels like 

chronic fatigue. It is said that to ameliorate the spell the 

afflicted person should buy a hand of god and place it in 

cow’s milk. The milk then needs to be cleansed itself 

(often with rosemary or other herb) to complete the 

process. 

The Evil Eye (sometimes called the Eye of Horus) is one 

of the strongest symbolic images in the world, dating 

back almost 3,000 years to ancient Greece and Rome. 

Wearing an evil eye as an amulet is believed to provide 

protection against evil forces. 

As with the hand of god it can also be used for evil 

intent. 

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The evil eye as a weapon, is ‘a look given to inflict harm, 

suffering, or some form of bad luck’ on the person that it 

is cast upon. 

Giving someone ‘the evil eye’ is a look which clearly 

states that one intends for something bad to happen to 

another, either out of jealousy or pure malice. 

 

It is believed by many cultures that the look is powerful 

enough to bring about actual disaster to the unfortunate 

person who is the receiver of the glare, so it is often 

worn as a protective charm on a necklace. It can also be 

found on key chains, house decorations, baby carriages, 

and other jewellery items. 

“The Evil Eye: A Casebook” notes that: 

“The victim’s good fortune, good health, or good looks — or 

unguarded comments about them — invite or provoke an 

attack by someone with the evil eye … leading to symptoms 

of illness, including loss of appetite, excessive yawning, 

hiccups, vomiting and fever.” 

“We should keep in mind that the evil eye is not some oldfashioned 

superstitious belief of interest solely to 

antiquarians. The evil eye continues to be a powerful factor 

affecting the behaviour of countless millions of people 

throughout the world.” 

These are just a few symbols that can either be used 

positively or negatively, depending on the intent of the 

person using them. 

Whichever symbol you choose to use, the intent of its 

use will direct the energy accordingly. Therefore it is 

wise to read up on the uses, and abuses of symbols, 

amulets and the like. 

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Hidden in the Mist 


Susan always knew she could sense 

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With her daughter also starting to act 

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