September/October 2023 Alchemical Voice
A great read, once again! Within this publication, you have information on the Mabon pagan times by Sue Penney with crystals recommended for now. Our great author John Sjovik writes about 'Choosing and Choices', and 'Shamanism - a personal reflection'. Nasreen Pritchard asks if we have lost the plot!? Hear the sounds of Jane Cuva - Ancient Vibrations. Julie de Vere Hunt continues with The Osirion, Abydos. Carol Coggan talks about being at one with the Universe. Chronic fatigue, Mitochondria Part 2 by Martin Lewis. Stacey-Ann Postma writes about The Disillusionment of Indigo Children. Claire continues her journey on the different doshas, this edition covers Pitta. Find out Where the Plants Whisper from Hannah Gauss. Roy Shadrake wins the front cover and writes about his photography.
A great read, once again! Within this publication, you have information on the Mabon pagan times by Sue Penney with crystals recommended for now. Our great author John Sjovik writes about 'Choosing and Choices', and 'Shamanism - a personal reflection'. Nasreen Pritchard asks if we have lost the plot!? Hear the sounds of Jane Cuva - Ancient Vibrations. Julie de Vere Hunt continues with The Osirion, Abydos. Carol Coggan talks about being at one with the Universe. Chronic fatigue, Mitochondria Part 2 by Martin Lewis. Stacey-Ann Postma writes about The Disillusionment of Indigo Children. Claire continues her journey on the different doshas, this edition covers Pitta. Find out Where the Plants Whisper from Hannah Gauss. Roy Shadrake wins the front cover and writes about his photography.
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In his book “Siddhartha”, the German author Herman<br />
Hesse talks about the challenge of being too specific in<br />
one's ambition to find truth and wisdom. If you seek<br />
something which you carefully define in too much<br />
detail, you will struggle to find it. Only by being open<br />
and allowing that which you seek to have its own shape<br />
and form, will you be able to gain higher wisdom. When<br />
searching for wisdom, do not try to forecast or<br />
anticipate it. To specify its nature could risk hijacking<br />
your search and limit the creative freedom of it.<br />
Shamanism is a highly personal experience in the<br />
interaction with helping spirits. For this reason, you<br />
cannot turn to other people and ask them to interpret<br />
your experiences. If you do that, you will give away<br />
your power by sharing the personal guidance helping<br />
spirits have given to you.<br />
Also keep in mind that magic shared, is magic reduced<br />
or even lost.<br />
Rituals and ceremony<br />
Many people are curious about rituals and ceremonies<br />
and are often quite fascinated by them. They ask<br />
questions about how to perform them and what<br />
happens if they make a mistake and perform them<br />
incorrectly.<br />
I think it is important to keep in mind that rituals and<br />
ceremonies are mostly if not completely for us humans.<br />
We need them to be able to focus, to do the work and<br />
to embrace healing. Spirit does not need rituals.<br />
People require rituals to make sure they stick to a<br />
certain schedule or discipline. That is why an airplane<br />
pilot has a check-list to go through before taking off.<br />
That is why people in an operating theatre follow<br />
carefully constructed routines when working on a<br />
patient. One of my teachers in Shamanism always<br />
advised the students to maintain a certain level of<br />
discipline in Shamanic work, no matter how confident or<br />
self-assured they might feel. This was simply to make<br />
sure that the practitioner observed the major guidelines<br />
in Shamanic work, in order to ensure safety and enable<br />
good results.<br />
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