March/April 2024 Alchemical Voice

March/April 2024 - Issue 25 

I N A S S O C I A T I O N W I T H L I K E - M I N D E D B U S I N E S S E S 

ALCHEMICAL VOICE 

LOVE 2 MEDITATE 

SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT | HEALTH & WELLBEING | HOLISTIC CRAFTS 

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SEVEN WORDS OF 

ABUSE 

THE IMPACT OF CERTAIN 

WORDS WE USE ALL THE TIME 

What’s it like 

being a Medium? 

Can anyone do it? 

THE RISE AND FALL 

OF THE SERPENT 

WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE 

FEAR SNAKES? 

Energy, Vibration & Love 

We continue our journey of love 

MATHEMATICS AND 

SPIRITUALITY 

DO YOU SEE THE SIMILARITIES? 

Coalescence 

We are all one 

SUPPORT FOR EMPATHS 

ARE YOU AN EMPATH? 

Finding better care at home 

Looking for the best! 

The Azure River 

A beautiful journey of healing 

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

CONTENTS 


A few weeks ago, I had a very interesting call from the company that hosts our digital magazine. He said 

we have reached a very high level of readers and in his words “I don’t know what you are doing, but you 

are doing something right - people want to read your magazine”. How exciting is that! We currently have 

over 700k readers. 

We have so many interesting and insightful articles for you in this edition. Please do share them with 

loved ones who you feel will benefit from the support we can offer. 

Happy reading! 

Jovi Hoonjan | Publisher 

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AN EXPERIENCE AS A MEDIUM 

Sue Penney 

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SEVEN WORDS OF ABUSE 

Martin Lewis 

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WORKING WITH CRYSTALS 

Sue Penney 

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THE AZURE RIVER 

Hannah Gauss 

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DON’T PANIC 

John Sjovik 

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COALESCENCE 

Erica Lowe 

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BETTER CARE AT HOME 

Joannah Bishop 

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ARE YOU AN EMPATH? 

Jovi Hoonjan 

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THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SERPENT 

Julie de Vere Hunt 

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ENERGY, VIBRATION & LOVE (2) 

Carol Coggan 

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MATHEMATICS & SPIRITUALITY 

John Sjovik 

Get in touch if you would like to write for us! 

jovi@love2meditate.com


AN EXPERIENCE AS A 

MEDIUM 

Sue Penney 

I have often been asked how I know things that I can’t 

possibly know or how I get my information when I am 

doing a reading. The simple answer is that I really do 

not know. Whether we are all connected by some 

linked energy source or whether messages are being 

given to me by guides I simply do not know. 

I thought that it might be of interest to the reader to 

have some insight into what I have experienced myself. 

Generally, when I am reading for someone, I get an 

image, or they remind me of someone that I know, and 

it often transpires that they are going through similar 

experiences to that person or have similar personality 

traits. 

It is always so much easier to read for someone that I 

don’t know, that way I am not second guessing whether 

the messages I am getting are correct or not. If 

someone I know wants me to do a reading for them 

then generally, I will use tarot rather than just plain 

intuition, but this is not always the case. 

I think that the most bizarre case I had was several 

years ago. I kept my horses at a yard owned by a 

traditional travelling gypsy husband and wife who had 

settled on a piece of land. One day the wife approached 

me and said, “You know things, don’t you?” To say I was 

taken aback rather was an understatement. I had not 

even spoken to her before and no one else at the yard 

knew of my spiritual gifts, as far as I was aware. 

I seem to recall that I just sort of dumbly nodded at her 

so she went on to say, “Something happened to my 

husband, and I just wanted to know if you could work it 

out.” 

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At that, she just sort of looked at me intently and 

then wandered off towards her mobile home. I 

remember just standing there and suddenly an image 

of a melting gold clock face came to me along with an 

elderly woman and I just knew what had happened. 

The next day I went in search of her and told her 

what I had deduced from the images. 

The story that I had been given from the pictures I 

had received was that her husband had owned a gold 

watch which was a family heirloom and had been 

handed down to him from his grandmother. The 

watch had consequently been stolen by a family 

member, I believed that this was a cousin. This had 

then caused a family rift that could never be healed. 

I said that the watch could be recovered but at a price 

that was probably not worth paying. 

Once I had finished telling her the message that I had 

been given she just looked at me and said, “So he did 

take it then”, before walking away. 

Now, how could I have ever known any of this? 

To this day, it still astounds me. 

On giving readings to people, I have often been told 

that no one else has ever gotten as close to the truth 

as I have done. I find this truly humbling and feel 

blessed and thankful for being given such an amazing 

gift. 

Sue Penney 

Soul Verse 

www.soulverse.co.uk 

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WORKING WITH 

CRYSTALS 

Sue Penney 

I have written lots of articles about different crystals, 

their properties and correspondences and I thought 

that it might be nice to write about simple ways that 

you can use crystals in everyday life. I have chosen a 

few of my favourite ones and the best thing about 

them is that these crystals are all readily available 

and inexpensive. 

To start working with crystals you do not need to 

buy an expensive and impressive Amethyst cave or a 

beautiful crystal bowl. These things are lovely to 

have but are not necessary. The most important 

thing about working with crystals is to use your 

intuition. Your body, unconscious mind and indeed, 

your very soul will know which crystals you need to 

be working with. You will be drawn to them, whether 

in a shop, when you are looking to buy a crystal or 

when you are sitting with your collection of them. 

Just as I have been drawn to write this article today. 

Sleep 

Let’s start with sleep. Sleep is the way that our body 

and mind rejuvenate itself. Lack of sleep makes us 

unable to function properly as a person. Whether 

this manifests itself as irritability or a lack of 

judgement, we have all experienced sleep 

deprivation at one time or another. One way to help 

you get a restful night's sleep, I have found, is to grid 

your bed with amethyst and rose quartz tumble 

stones. 

This is basically as simple as having four amethyst 

and four rose quartz stones and placing one of each 

under the mattress on the four corners of the bed. If 

you are trying to induce your baby to sleep well you 

can place the crystals by the legs of the cot. Please 

remember to pick them up in the morning if your 

baby is mobile or you have other small children in 

the house to avoid a choking hazard. 

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Keep a sleep diary and experiment with the number 

and position of the crystals to see what works best 

for you. You may find that placing the crystals under 

your pillow and at the foot of the bed works better 

for you. Everyone is different and there are no rules. 

Money 

Let’s face it, love it or hate it, we all need money in 

this world in order to exist. 

It would be wonderful if we could all live in this 

world in love and harmony and all work together to 

provide what we need to enjoy a fulsome and 

contented life. However, until we reach such a 

wonderful state of nirvana we have to earn money to 

pay our bills. 

A simple way to ensure that your purse is never 

empty, however, is to place a natural citrine stone in 

your purse and this will ensure that your purse 

always contains money. It must be a natural citrine 

though and not a heat-treated amethyst. 

Since learning this many years ago, I have always 

kept a small natural citrine tumble stone in my purse 

and I have never been in a position where I could not 

cover my bills. 

If you need to obtain any of the crystals that I have 

mentioned here or in any previous articles I always 

have a good stock of them from a wonderful 

ethically sourced supplier. 

Please send me an email at sue.soulverse.co.uk. 

Next time I will be covering crystal grids and their 

many uses both in your personal and work life. 

Sue Penney 

Soul Verse 


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DON’T PANIC 

John Sjovik 

In moments of stress, people will revert to that which is familiar. They will seek refuge in certain behaviours, 

attitudes or reactions which is part of their subconscious understanding of themselves, of what they are used 

to, in order to protect themselves. 

Such behaviour will often be connected to a certain situation, place or surrounding. People will have a go-to 

behaviour in the workplace, another in the sports club and a different one at home. Regrettably, that can often 

be a drink, a cigarette or a raised voice. 

I think many of us remember a typical film scene with someone saying “I need a drink”. It is important to 

actively work on replacing the drink, the cigarette and the raised voice with peace, keeping a distance, 

breathing deeply or similar behaviour that is positive, benevolent and calming. 

Some actors make use of this phenomenon. Through intense rehearsal, they construct a go-to behaviour 

connected to the work on stage or film set. If they feel stressed in front of an audience or camera, they will 

automatically seek comfort in the script, in the character they play or in the layout of the stage they stand on. 

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This is even a technique used in some forms of stress 

management. The client will think of a safe place, a 

place of comfort or maybe a situation, that is 

pleasant. It can be a favourite spot in the 

countryside or a game played as a child. The client 

will practice thinking about that place or situation, 

time and time again and each time work on creating 

a trigger. The trigger can be a movement with the 

hand, a certain word or something else that the 

client will subconsciously connect with the safe 

place or situation. Then, in a moment of stress or 

even panic, by activating the trigger, the client will 

instantly feel the sense of joy, safety and comfort 

connected with the safe place. 

When I worked in business, I would make use of this 

technique. 

I often woke up in the early hours of the morning, 

feeling stress and anxiety about the meetings and 

negotiations planned for that day. Will I remember 

what to say? Will my negotiation technique be 

sufficiently effective? Will I be able to represent my 

employer in a professional way? 

Even before getting out of bed, I would do a quick 

meditation. Then it was time for breakfast. After a 

second meditation, I would put on my suit, like a 

knight would put on his armour. 

I regarded my mirror image and I spoke out aloud to 

myself and said “You can do this!” And with those 

words, I kicked off my business day. 

This is why it is so important to practice a routine, to 

repeat time and again a certain behaviour that will 

help you in dealing with stressful situations. 

Ingrain a behaviour that is positive, benevolent and 

functional in your subconscious. 

Peace. 

John Sjovik | Shaman Healer | www.shamaqi.com 

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BETTER CARE AT 

HOME 



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Not everyone has the capacity, physically or 

mentally to cope seeing their loved ones becoming 

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There are so many things to consider both 

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is so hard. If your loved ones are unable to 

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you may well be entering a minefield. 

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During this time, she has also chaired many 

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THE RISE AND FALL OF 

THE SERPENT 


The Dogon tribe were not the only ancient civilization to 

revere a serpent like god (the Dogons called them Nommos 

– see Alchemical Voice Nov/Dec 23). 

Civilizations from all corners of the world had their own 

versions. Just as the symbol of Amma’s egg is the starting 

point for the Dogon creation myth, numerous myths repeat 

the classic themes of creation from water, the existence of a 

primordial cosmic egg, and the emergence of paired 

opposites. 

The influence of the serpent symbol spanned a wide set of 

regions, religions and societies and was most commonly 

associated with wisdom. 

Across the world, ancient cultures spoke of a 

knowledgeable, godlike teacher associated with the serpent 

who taught mankind about cosmology and the workings of 

the universe. They were more advanced than we are today. 

And then the serpents fell from grace. 

When and why were serpents transformed in the minds of 

the people from deified ancestors to vilified fallen gods? 

For the Egyptians, there was a turning point at the end of 

the Old Kingdom (during the Second Intermediate Period 

around 1600 BC) when there was major upheaval in Egypt. 

The Prophecy of Nefertiti (a papyrus text thought to be 

written by a prophet early in the Middle Kingdom) has a 

description of terrible destruction at this time. Pritchard’s 

translation in Ancient Near Eastern Texts: 

“Re must begin the foundation (of the earth over again). The 

land is completely perished, no remainder exists… The sun disc 

is covered over… It will not shine (so that) people may see. No 

one can live when clouds cover over (the sun). 

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The rivers of Egypt are empty, (so that) the water is crossed on 

foot. Men seek for water for the ships to sail on it. Its course is 

a sandbank.. 

The land is helter-skelter.. That which never happened has 

happened.. 

Re separates himself from mankind… No one knows when 

midday falls, for his shadow cannot be distinguished.” 

In Myth and Symbol in Ancient Egypt by R.T. Rundle Clark he 

cites a myth which probably dates from the early Middle 

Kingdom. It describes how the power of the primeval snakes 

was curtailed, resulting in the ascendance of the god Thoth 

as the primary state god of Egypt: This God (Atum) called to 

Thoth, saying: “Summon Geb to me, saying, ‘Come, hurry!’” So 

when Geb had come to him, he said: 

“Take care of the serpents which are in you. Behold, they 

showed respect for me while I was down there. But now you 

have learned their real nature. Proceed to the place where 

Father Nun is, tell him to guard over the serpents, whether in 

the earth or in the water… I will hand them over to your son 

Osiris so that he can watch over their children and the hearts of 

their fathers be made to forget. Thus advantage can come from 

them, out of what they perform for love of the whole world, 

through the magical power that is in them.” 

The curtailment progressed to vilification:- 

“The serpents are the demonic, chaotic powers who dwell in the 

lower world. As long as the High God dwelt in the Abyss or on 

earth they were under control, but after the rebellion of 

mankind he departed to the sky. The serpents thought that God 

no longer existed and began to show their true colours. He 

therefore sent Geb down to them with a written message. They 

were to keep within the earth, where they would live eternally. 

They have power – Hike – but Geb has knowledge. The forces 

of nature have to be curbed by ‘knowledge’… Ultimately, the 

task of curbing the serpents devolves on Osiris.” 

Egypt was driven under great duress to free its slaves and 

make dramatic revisions to its religion and society. The 

historical reverence of the Egyptians for the serpent gods 

ended and a newfound fear for them emerged. 

Some researchers assign the Exodus of the Jews from Egypt 

to this same time period. In the book of Exodus (written by 

Moses), Moses presented himself to the Egyptian pharaoh 

and turned his staff into a serpent, showing he knew the 

secrets or knowledge of the serpent. 

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According to Moses, the first commandment given by God 

to Moses was, “Thou shalt have no other gods before me”, 

with a specific reference to the former serpent gods. 

The ‘serpents which are in you’ refers to kundalini (coiled 

snake in Hinduism), a form of divine feminine energy located 

at the base of the spine. 

The Book of Genesis has also been assigned to Moses; once 

again the serpent is demonized in the story of Adam and 

Eve in the Garden of Eden. 

The serpent came to represent the fallen angel of 

Christianity, the symbol of the devil being a horned former 

deity with a tail like serpent. 

This was when the mystery schools and their oral traditions 

were formed. To preserve the reverence of the serpent and 

reclaim an individual’s power from the priests who wanted 

to be the only interface for divine connection. 

In Mary Magdalene’s Legacy, 

“Mary Magdalene’s mother had trained as a priestess at the 

Great Mother Isis Temple School in Alexandria. She wore a 

golden serpent on her left arm, spiralling up from the elbow, 

signifying she was an initiate of this Temple School. The serpent 

represents the Kundalini energy at the base of the spine, which 

when activated through specific energetic or Tantric practices, 

can spiral up and shift consciousness in an individual beyond 

the mind into Cosmic Awareness. This symbol of resurrection 

indicates the wearer has been initiated into the mysteries of 

Isis, and serves the Great Mother’s creation and its awakening 

from ‘spiritual death’ or separation consciousness. The electro 

(male) – magnetic (female) energy of the earth also flows in a 

serpentine fashion, called ley lines. These ley lines 

circumnavigate the earth to form a consciousness grid. The 

seven ancient wonders of the world are located on ley lines and 

are energetic ‘power points’. This energy can be channelled and 

directed for the benefit of the earth and all its life forms.” 

Yeshua understood the true nature of the serpent. In Mary 

Magdalene’s Final Legacy, 

“When Yeshua sent his apostles out he instructed them to be 

‘as wise as serpents and harmless as doves’. To be ‘as wise as 

serpents’ refers to the attainment of wisdom or cosmic 

consciousness through the arousal of kundalini up through the 

spine, to the spiritual and psychic centres of the head. 

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To be ‘as harmless as doves’ refers to the striving of this 

objective with a purified consciousness. This ‘serpent power’ is 

incredibly powerful, and without pure or good intention, could 

be harmful.” 

The Gnostics also revered the serpent. In The Testimony of 

Truth (Nag Hammadi Library) God is characterized as a 

jealous master, whose tyranny the serpent taught Adam and 

Eve to resist in the Garden of Eden:- 

“…God gave (a command) to Adam, ‘From every tree you may 

eat, (but) from the tree which is in the midst of Paradise do not 

eat, for on the day that you eat from it you will surely die.’ 

But the serpent was wiser than all the animals that were in 

Paradise, and he persuaded Eve, saying, ‘On the day when you 

eat from the tree which is in the midst of Paradise, the eyes of 

your mind will be opened.’ 

And Eve obeyed… she ate, she also gave to her husband.” 

The Orthodox Church demonized the serpent and instilled 

fear into the people to neutralise its power– it is no 

coincidence that fear of snakes is the most common phobia 

in the world today. 

Sadly, in effect we are frightened of our own power. 

Now is the time to reclaim it. 


www.marymagdaleneslegacy.com 

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ENERGY, VIBRATION 

& LOVE (2) 

Carol Coggan 

In the last issue, I explained the scale of consciousness, 

and how we are all energy and all vibrate. Angels 

operate on the vibration of love. 

We have just experienced February where the emphasis 

was on St Valentine’s Day and a month of love. There 

are different types of love, which I am sure you are 

aware of. St Valentine’s Day is the romantic love, 

intimate love. I want to focus on unconditional love 

which is the love we have for all beings. Unconditional 

love is love for everyone regardless. Angels vibrate on 

this frequency, they love us unconditionally, whatever 

we do. 

We can achieve this, we can love everyone 

unconditionally. We do not have to condone what they 

do, or even like them but by being on the loving 

vibration we can live life in a different way. A way that 

benefits us as well as others. 

Do you love yourself? until we love ourselves we cannot 

love others. We cannot expect others to love us as we 

are vibrating at a lesser level if we do not love ourselves 

- we may feel ‘not good enough’ or ‘unlovable’. If we 

vibrate and project these feelings, then we are not 

loving ourselves. We are not on the vibration of love, 

and not able to offer unconditional love. 

We are in March and April and seasons are changing, 

the dormancy and hibernation of winter has passed. You 

will see the signs of growth in the flowers, tulips and 

daffodils. The days are longer and there is more 

sunshine. Your mood will change and rise. As your mood 

has risen, you may even be saying “I love the spring“ “I 

love the sunshine“. The Universe is providing you with 

things outside of yourself to help you feel better, and 

vibrate on a higher level. 

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Let’s build on this “better” feeling. 

How can you love yourself more? 

Just taking time out to think about this, is loving 

yourself. Ask Archangel Jophiel for help. Her name 

means Beauty of God, and she enables us to see things 

from a positive viewpoint. You may think about 

pampering yourself as a way of loving yourself, but also 

consider what you are thinking. If we mentally call 

ourselves names, or ‘speak’ in our thoughts to ourselves 

in a negative way, then we are not being kind to 

ourselves, we are not loving ourselves. When you look 

at yourself in the mirror in the morning, say ‘hello’ to 

yourself. Speak kindly to yourself. Consider one thing 

about you that you like - you might have beautiful hair, 

or a distinguished nose. Value this characteristic, value 

yourself. Tell yourself in the mirror that you love 

yourself, or that you are lovable, also do one thing a 

month as a treat, something that you would really love 

and will take your mind away from your responsibilities. 

So to love ourselves more we are using our outside 

situation, we are speaking kindly to ourselves and telling 

ourselves we are lovable. We are doing the mirror work 

and giving ourselves time in a monthly treat. You will 

find that you do not need to wait a month for this to 

take effect. Your vibration will rise and you will be able 

to give unconditional love, by the very way you act and 

go about your day. 

Abraham Hicks quotes ‘As you think you vibrate. As you 

vibrate you attract’. As you go about your day and in 

this higher vibration of love, you will attract more love 

to yourself. For instance, when you go to the 

supermarket, view the trip as a pleasure, not a chore. 

Your higher vibration will be perceived, you will attract 

more of the same. The person at the checkout will 

possibly smile and chat, others will make space for you. 

You love yourself and those around you, you have time 

for others. 

www.carolcoggan.co.uk 

hello@carolcoggan.co.uk 

+44 (0)781 806 5514 

Throughout all this, the Angels will be working with you 

and through you as you give and receive love. You will 

be vibrating on the level of love and will be well on your 

way to the level of joy. As I close I send you love and 

light which takes on a whole new meaning on the 

vibration of love. Angel blessings. 

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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 


/consiousness-music 

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SOUL ESSENCE PAINTINGS 

BY MAMISHA ART 

mamishaart@gmail.com 


We channel art 

through Spirits of 

Vision and Essence, 

they show us the true 

spiritual essence of 

others. 

"The Shaman Seer - 

There is a true 

ancestral 

connection with the 

strength of dragon 

energy plus the 

wisdom and 

guidance from 

ascended masters." 

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MATHEMATICS AND 

SPIRITUALITY 

John Sjovik 

There is a lot written about mathematics, and the 

spiritual, mystical and magical side to it. There are 

books, articles and plenty of information and analysis 

on the internet. What I write in this article is a selection 

of my own thoughts and feelings; what I have 

channelled through interaction with Spirit. I have made 

no attempt at being neither complete nor conclusive in 

my treatment of the vast subject of mathematics and 

spirituality. 

So is there something to it? Is there magic in numbers? 

Is there numbers in magic? 

When I was a kid, arithmetic was my first journey into 

the world of mathematics. My childhood was riddled 

with insecurity and anxiety. When I learned that 

addition, subtraction, multiplication and division always 

followed the same rules, I was fascinated. 2 + 3 = 5 

today. The addition would render the same result 

tomorrow as it did yesterday. Also next year, 2 + 3 

would result in 5. Even with a new teacher in school or 

a new government in parliament, 2 +3 would still be 5. 

I realized that I could trust arithmetic. Addition and the 

other basic ways of calculation became my friends. I 

could rely on them. They would never fail me. Finally, 

there was something in my life that never changed. 

Arithmetic was not whimsical, capricious or based on 

serendipity. It was magically consistent and never 

changing. 

Numbers are symbols. It is important to keep that in 

mind. When I was a boy, I found myself particularly 

fascinated with the number 7. I had no idea why. I had 

never come across a 7, never seen one in the woods 

near where I lived. The farmers, my family visited to 

buy potatoes, apples and honey, had fruit trees, bees 

and cows. They did not have any 7s. 

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7 is a symbol. It does not exist in real life. (Or maybe it 

does?) Yet, I felt drawn to 7. It did not come across as 

particularly pretty, being two lines of unequal length 

joined together at a pointed angle. It did not contain 

any factors. It was what it was. I think I liked 7 the same 

way I liked Western movies on TV. There was a rough 

honesty to them. A straight forward morality, enforced 

with a no-nonsense attitude. For me, the number 7 was 

a cowboy. When you gained his trust you could rely on 

him. 7 became my friend. 

I was a little boy and I had just entered into an entirely 

new world. I felt that there really should be many, many 

numbers considering how much you could do with 

them. Yet there were only 9, maybe 10 if 0 should be 

considered a number. So I already knew all the numbers. 

There would not be any more revealed to me next 

week. 1 through 9 became my playmates and the basic 

forms of calculus became magic rituals. 

I began to play with numbers. Addition and subtraction 

was easy and straightforward. I quickly realised that 

multiplication and division were simply the inverse of 

each other, so basically the same thing, just the other 

way around. 

I loved doing the exercises in my school books. For fun, 

I created my own exercises just to see what would 

happen and how numbers and computations would pan 

out. 

Then I wanted to understand the inner nature of 

numbers. I began by doing multiplications to try to 

understand how one small number times another small 

number would result in a much bigger one and what 

that would look like. The bigger number would house 

the small numbers within its structure. I was fascinated 

by this, almost metaphysical discovery. It was almost 

like a cloak-and-dagger scenario in a spy story. 

Wherever I saw numbers, I would try to deconstruct 

them to see what they would look like inside. 49 were 

7*7, and just two participants in the ballet of 

mathematics. 36 were 2*2*3*3 and four participants. 

For me, the number 49 became more “pure” than the 

number 36. I began to look for a double digit number 

with just one participant, being the number itself. I felt 

like a secret agent, trying to decode a hidden message. 

Then, I found that 53 was such a number. 

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There are no smaller numbers, that multiplied with each 

other would result in 53. For me, 53 became a solid 

number, unbreakable and with the purity of diamond. 

Without knowing it, I had discovered prime numbers. 

Prime numbers 

Antiquity was a time of analysis, consideration and 

interpretation. One way to study nature, the world 

around us and the night sky, was the use of numbers 

and calculus. The philosophers of the day were also 

interested in exploring numbers as such. They felt that 

there could be a metaphysical quality to numbers, in 

addition to their numerical function. By extension, the 

use of numbers developed from mere arithmetic to a 

greater use in symbolism. 

A special subset of numbers is prime numbers. The 

definition is that they are integers that only have two 

factors, itself and 1. As an example, 13 is a prime 

number. It can only be written as 1 x 13. 

Prime numbers attracted a lot of attention in antiquity, 

by mathematicians such as Euclid (3rd century BC) and 

Pythagoras (6th century BC). 

You would think that there is a limit to how big a prime 

number can be and still only have two factors, itself and 

1. But there actually isn’t. Euclid of Alexandria showed 

that there is an infinite number of prime numbers. This 

is weirder than you think. Take a look at the number 2 

147 467 379. It may not be readily obvious but this 

number cannot be evenly divided by any other number. 

As a matter of fact, this is simply a reflection of the 

nature of mathematics. However, for me as an adult, 

the number 2 147 467 379 becomes as strong and as 

magical as the number 7 was for me as a child. It 

cannot be divided. It stands firm, with great resolve and 

will resist any attempts of divisiveness. 

Music of the spheres and other vibrations 

Pythagoras was a Greek philosopher, mathematician 

and much more. Today, he is undoubtedly best known 

for his theorem about the relationship between the 

sides of a triangle with one corner at a right angle. 

Pythagoras also put forward a theory that each of the 

heavenly bodies comprising our solar system would 

cause a certain musical note. 

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He was actually on to something there. 

There are as a matter of fact recordings of the original 

sound of the universe, from just after the Big Bang. 

That is, if by sound we mean a fluctuation in the form 

of wavelengths and frequencies. 

The frequency of the cosmic background radiation is 

160,4 GHz. 

Comparing Pythagoras’ idea of the music of the spheres 

and the sound from the Big Bang might be somewhat 

far fetched. Yet, there is a lot to be said about cosmic 

and eternal sounds, about religious chants and 

drumming. Think of the Aum sound, mostly attributed 

to Hinduism where chanting Aum connects you to the 

origin and first “sound” of the Universe. The frequency 

of this sound is 432 Hz. Shamanic drumming is typically 

at a rate of 7Hz or slightly less. The Earth has its own 

vibration, often referred to as the Schumann frequency, 

of 7,8 Hz. 

All these vibrations can be described as mathematical 

correlations between physical entities and occurrences. 

Yet, I cannot help being fascinated by the metaphysical 

aspect of the sound waves. I invite the reader to do 

some chanting and drumming, meditate outdoors and 

sense the heartbeat of planet Earth and be showered 

with radiation from the beginning of time. 

How much is nothing? 

Here is a thought for you: take a look at the division 

x/x. It must be 1, right? Let us for example assign x the 

value 215. That gives us the division 215/215 = 1. If 

you have a division of two equal numbers, the result 

must be 1. Clear as mud, isn’t it? But what if x = 0 ? This 

is where it does get a bit muddy. We all know, indeed 

learned in school, that it is impossible to divide by zero. 

But with above reasoning, it appears as if 0/0 = 1, 

doesn’t it? It leads us to the question of what zero 

really is. 

I should add that if indeed 0/0 = 1, then it would follow 

that 1 x 0 = 0. Yet, any number times zero will give 

zero. In arithmetic, this is proof that division by zero 

makes no sense. “Nothing” is an intriguing concept in 

spirituality. 

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Is it the absence of “something”? Is “nothing” an entity 

that can be measured? Can one set of nothingness be 

less than another set of nothingness? 

And is “zero” and “nothing” really the same thing? Both 

are expressions and there is always a risk that we get 

lost in language. The human language, its words, 

grammar and syntax, is really a blunt tool for describing 

life, existence and the world around us. However, with 

due consideration of the way we humans express 

ourselves, “zero” is a number in mathematics, 

represented by the numeral 0, whereas “nothing” has a 

more philosophical quality to it. 

Zero is not a prime number. Neither is it a composite 

number. There are not any unique factorials that 

multiplied with each other would give you zero (unless 

one of them is zero). 

A line of thought that is common for most of us, is that 

each concept or subject has an opposite. We talk about 

light and darkness, good and evil, God and the Devil, 

sound and silence, safety and danger etc. The division in 

opposites is something human beings do, in order to 

better understand the world around us. 

We find it hard to talk about “something” without 

acknowledging the opposite of “something”, which we 

could call “nothing”. 

There is a line which I have heard in several movies: “it 

is what it is”. Those words actually agree with the Greek 

philosopher Parmenides (5th century BC) who claimed 

that emptiness actually is something. With reference to 

the quoted movie line, Parmenides would only talk 

about “it is”, not “it is not”. He maintained that you can 

only talk about that which is, not that which is not. 

Also, remember the famous quote from Archimedes, 

who said that “nature abhors a vacuum”. Any space will 

immediately be filled with something. 

Another aspect that should be kept in mind is that many 

features of what we call reality are simply a 

consequence of certain conditions on planet Earth. Our 

understanding of reality also reflects the biochemistry 

and physiology of us as human beings, with our five 

natural senses and the limitations we inhabit as an 

expression of our species. 

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From a Shamanic point of view, emptiness, nothing and 

zero are important concepts. In the event of soul loss, 

there will be an empty space within the person's being, 

a void with nothing in it. Without proper treatment, 

there is a clear risk that it will be filled with an 

addiction, such as tobacco smoking, alcohol, drugs or 

exaggerated work, exercise or any other activity. There 

could even be a risk of possession by a foreign entity or 

demon. 

The Golden Ratio 

What does the Mona Lisa, honey bees, the Taj Mahal 

and DNA have in common? Well, let’s see... 

I suggest you travel to the Louvre museum in Paris. 

Bring a ruler. Speak nicely to one of the museum guards 

and then measure the height and width of the face of 

the lady in the Mona Lisa painting. Divide the height 

with the width and you get 1,6. 

If you would have the patience to count the number of 

bees in a beehive, and then divide the number of female 

bees by the number of male bees you would get the 

number 1.618. 

Then I invite you to travel to the Taj Mahal in India and 

measure the length and width of it. Then carry out a 

division with those two numbers and you get 

approximately 1.6. 

If you had a very good microscope you could possibly 

see that the length of a DNA molecule is 34 Angstroms. 

The width of it is 21 Angstroms. Do the division and you 

get 1,619. 

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What’s with the number 1,61 ? 

Let us make an experiment with basic arithmetic. 

Begin with one = 1. 

The next number is created by adding the present 

number ( = 1 ) and the number before that (= 0 ). 

We get 0 + 1 = 1. Now we have a series that is 0, 1, 1. 

With the same method, the next number will the 

present one with the previous number added to it. 

We get 1 + 1 = 2. Now the series is 0, 1, 1, 2. 

By repeating the same algorithm, we add 1 and 2 and 

get 3. 

If we continue in this fashion, we will create this series: 

0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233 and so on. 

This series is sometimes called the Fibonacci sequence. 

Fibonacci was a mathematician, who lived in Pisa (in 

present day Italy) in the late 12th century /early 13th 

century. 

Any two numbers in the series, with the higher divided 

by the lower, will render the result 1,618. 

The further along the series, the more accurate the 

division will be. 

Compare 

21/13 = 1,615384, 

55/34 = 1,617647, 

233/144 = 1,618055, 

1597/987 = 1,618034. 

This number – 1,618 - is often denoted by the Greek 

letterφ (fi). It is called the Golden Ratio. One could say 

that it is a mathematical expression for harmony and 

balance. Many artists, most notably Leonardo da Vinci, 

has made use of the Golden Ratio to create a sense of 

beauty in their artwork, making it pleasing to the human 

eye. 

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From a spiritual point of view, the Golden Ratio can be 

viewed as an inherent ambition and desire within nature 

to find balance and beauty. 

Isomorphism 

There is a concept within mathematics called 

isomorphism. Look at these two numbers: 31513 and 

96269. They have the same structure. The number of 

digits is the same. The positions with equal digits within 

each number are also the same. For those reasons, they 

are isomorphic numbers. 

Now, I put it to you as a proposition that all healing 

modalities are isomorphic. Granted that I am not an 

expert on all forms and methods for healing, whether 

they be Reiki, Kinesiology, Acupuncture, Yoga, 

Shamanism and many more. Yet, I do claim that all 

approaches to healing have the same basic 

fundamentals. They all share a desire to improve the life 

situation of the client. 

There is a basic moral principle. It may vary but as a 

principle, disregarding its content, it is there as a 

guideline. There is a relationship between the 

practitioner and the client. This relationship is regulated 

in some way by the moral and ethical guidelines and also 

by the practicalities of the healing modality, how it is 

performed and what methodology is used. 

There is a similarity between the macro and the micro. 

The smallest fractal of the human body reflects the 

Cosmos. The fundamental aspects of life on planet Earth 

also exist in other parts of the Cosmos and permeate it 

with an innate wisdom that we can all tap into. 

Conclusion 

In the beginning of this article, I asked if there is 

something to it. Is there magic in numbers? Is there 

numbers in magic? My answer, as you might have 

guessed, is yes. 

As I see it, magic is best defined by your own 

relationship to nature, to your ancestors, and to the 

spiritual aspects of the great mystery. I suggest that you 

use my article to get some ideas and inspiration to use 

numbers and mathematics as one tool in your 

exploration of it. 

John Sjovik 

Shaman Healer 

www.shamaqi.com 

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Alchemical Voice - L2M - Issue 25

Martin Lewis 


SEVEN WORDS OF 

ABUSE 

Why saying ‘should’, ‘ought’, ‘got to’, 

‘must’ and ‘have to’ are signs of codependency. 

How many times have you heard these words? I would 

guess probably every day, and further I would guess, 

in certain circumstances, many times a day! 

These words are used and responded to by people 

who generally have low self-worth. If you hear these 

words from your own conscious thoughts, they are 

being triggered by a part of your subconscious subpersonality 

programming called the ‘white knight’ - a 

part of us that gains worth by being a ‘good person’! 

I can also guess that you would never have considered 

that these words actually suppress your brain function 

and cause apoptosis of brain cells. 

These 7 words can literally turn your brain into 

‘mush’! 

Specifically when these words are heard, the signals 

that are picked up via your ears resonate in something 

called the ‘ventral lateral nucleus’; a part of your 

thalamus (the bit of your brain that acts like a router 

hub in your WiFi network). 

The thalamus does the same type of job as your WiFi 

system, sending signals from different parts of your 

brain to affect different areas of the body. In effect, it 

controls how you conduct your behaviour, which is 

why these 7 words have a profound impact on your 

ability to behave appropriately to the source from 

whence they came! 

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Many different functions are linked to various 

regions of the thalamus. This part of your brain plays 

an important role in regulating states of sleep, 

wakefulness and consciousness, (defined in this case 

to be ‘in a state of arousal’) and the ability to use 

your senses to regulate appropriate behaviour 

towards external stimuli. 

So…….. the thalamus plays a major role in regulating 

arousal, your level of awareness, and activity. 

Damage or ‘lesion’ in this area provokes sensory 

deficits, mainly to your motor and language systems, 

and in certain circumstances can lead to permanent 

coma. 

Have you ever thought (or said) “I don’t know what to 

say”? This is your thalamus going into stress, as a 

reaction to an emotionally charged situation. 

The thalamus is functionally connected (that is to say 

NOT physically) to the hippocampus, the part of your 

brain that enables ‘spatial memory’, that is the ability 

to know where you are in a specific space. Spatial 

sensory information is crucial for ‘human episodic 

event memory’ - your memory of an event that has a 

strong emotional connection. 

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You can see why this part of your brain is crucial in 

the aspects of senility, and ‘Alzheimers Disease’, 

something that is increasing in society at an alarming 

rate! 

If you think of the 7 words that we started this article 

with, then you can probably see that they are 

‘controlling / commanding messages’, which disable 

our ability to function rationally to a specific event. 

They can literally induce ‘coma’, not in a physical 

sense, but more in a psychological way. 

Often these words are used in a ‘co-dependant 

relationship’, where one party issues a command, and 

the other party obeys, usually through fear of loss. 

The opposite of ‘fear of loss’ is ASSURANCE. 

This can relate to how confident, optimistic hopeful 

and self-assured we are, and therefore these 

psychological states show in our thinking processes 

and behaviour. 

In effect the more we allow ourselves to be 

controlled, and allow fear of loss to consume us, the 

more functionally deficient we become. 

It is a wise person who realises when they are being 

controlled by another, and being aware of these 7 

words, AND dealing with them appropriately, results 

in an increase in confidence within ourselves. 

MARTIN LEWIS 

www.appliedmetaphysics.co.uk 

kinesiology@hotmail.co.uk 

+44 (0)7968 740550 

Newbury, Berkshire 

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THE AZURE 

RIVER 

Hannah Gauss 


What if I told you that there is a divine intelligence guiding all 

that exists in the universe, at any given moment in time? An 

invisible force that never stops and never fails. The keeper of 

the soul cycle and destiny. 

I know, you will tell me that you are aware. But as we grow 

older, reasons replace inner knowing. We often think we 

know best how life should go. How is that working out so far 

for you? 

I would like to invite you on a little journey to the Azure River 

– the current of your life. 

The River appears to anyone holding on too tightly, fearing 

the flow of their life. You don’t have to go anywhere. Just 

stay here on this page with me, and let my words guide you. 

It is warm in the dark forest this evening. A blue light softly 

glows from the trees. Crickets chirp welcomingly, and a 

stream babbles in the background. This place feels so familiar, 

as if you’ve already been here, but cannot remember when. 

Almost like visiting an old friend. Your feet tread lowly on the 

soft path, following the sound of water. With every step, the 

sound becomes louder. 

And there, between the trees glows a blue stream. It steadily 

runs, feeling so inviting. You gently draw closer, and sink into 

the warm water. 

Welcome to the Azure River. 

The stream embraces you, taking you with it. You are floating 

- surrendering to the current. You have nowhere to be and 

nothing to do. Your shoulders drop, and a deep sense of inner 

peace washes over you. You are just floating in peace. 

Nowhere to be and nothing to do. 

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As you gently drift in this warm embrace, a voice whispers in 

your ear: “I am the current of your life. The all-knowing, 

invisible thread that weaves everything in this cosmos into 

being. I take you from seed to soul, from incarnation through 

life on earth, and from death back to the great beyond. Every 

step that you take, every event that you partake in – I take 

you there. I float and float endlessly.” 

“Do you remember your time in the womb?”, asks the river 

gently. “Your cells knew how and where to grow. Your body 

was born on its own. You didn’t have to do anything but be. 

That is me – your current of life.” 

You feel the turns of the flowing water, drifting over stones 

and sand. 

The River continues: “If by tomorrow you choose to do 

nothing, I will still take you to where you need to be. I flow 

outside of time and space. I am endless. 

When there seems to be no hope, and you hold on too tightly, 

fighting the course of your life – I still float. I am your sacred 

promise that everything you are and everything you do serves 

a greater purpose. You were created to matter.” 

Feel the words in your body and your spirit. Feel them filling 

your heart and every part of your being. Now imagine: 

What would life be like for you, if you’d relinquish control in the 

areas you tightly hold onto, and just floated with ease like on the 

Azure river? What would you change and what would you do 

differently? 

“See how easy life unfolds when you remember me?”, 

whispers the river as it gently bends and turns once more. 

This is your Azure River – the current of your life. Stay as long 

as you like and return as often as you need. And if you are 

ready to leave let the river wash you ashore and walk back 

through the trees into your body, in your room. 

Hannah is a Shamanic Healer and Medicine 

Drum Maker in Dundalk, near the Cooley 

Mountains in Ireland. 

www.hannahgauss.com 

@hannahjgauss 

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COALESCENCE 

Erica Lowe 

It was nearly 10 years ago now that I asked a question going 

into a deep channelling state. I can no longer remember the 

question, but the answer is as clear now as it was at the time: 

A young woman stands on the deck of a ship. Behind her is chaos 

and turmoil as the land she is leaving sinks beneath the waves. To 

either side of her are six more ships each on a divergent path, 

each sailing away from each other, each bound for a different 

land and a new beginning. The grief is palpable, but so too is the 

hope and determination in her eyes as she breathes into the pain. 

Looking at her hands, she can see the gifts she is carrying for the 

future of humanity. She closes her eyes and lets the sounds of 

destruction behind her fade into the scent of the ocean ahead of 

her. 

I believe we are living now in an age of fusion. A new age of 

coalescence of the wisdoms separated at the sinking of 

Atlantis. 

I’ve been watching for years now and everywhere I look I see 

more and more people accessing and then bringing together 

knowledge and information garnered from cultures across the 

globe. 

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Every time we tap into ancient wisdom within an experience, 

accessing deep healing and transformational energy, we 

unconsciously integrate these on a cellular level. Within every 

individual, these combinations create new links which feed into 

the collective consciousness, raising and increasing access to 

them exponentially. 

Even if we look only at the world of wellbeing and healing, we 

can see how all the various forms of ‘self-care’ we’ve accessed 

over the years are beginning to coalesce in us and feed into what 

we bring to the world. Every Thai Massage had, Hawaiian 

Ho’oponopono spoken, Proto-Celtic song sung, Yoga practice 

held, Reiki healing given and received, piece of Aboriginal 

artwork seen, rune stone held, meditation gone into, crystal 

resonated with, barefoot Shinrin Yoku taken, Spirit Guide met 

with… inform our cellular make up and vibrate within what we 

offer into the collective consciousness simply by our existing and 

having experienced them. 

We are all one, and as we exist as a cell within the matrix of this 

world, so too our individual cellular make-up contributes into the 

whole. 

This fusion is happening in the manifest world as well as on an 

unconscious level. If we look around, if we use our hearts and 

our senses, we can see so many offerings coming into the world 

right now that are dissolving the lines between modalities, that 

are integrating the wisdoms of different practices into single 

units, that are drawing on ancient practices from across the 

world to create something deeper and which resonates at a 

higher frequency. 

And it’s not just happening within the world of healing and 

wellbeing either, we can see it in the ideas within regenerative 

farming, collective management, radical activism, wild schooling, 

working with emergent change… it really is everywhere. 

We are pulling together these seven ships once more. 

Looking at your hands can you see the gifts you are carrying that 

are a part of this great change, this great offering to humanity? 

If you listen carefully, can you hear the ocean around you? 

Erica Lowe 

Shaman, Reiki Master, Counselling Psychotherapist 

contact@ericalowe.org 

www.ericalowe.org 

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Hidden in the Mist 


Susan always knew she could sense 

things that she couldn't see, so when her 

husband James starts to act strangely is 

there more to his behaviour than meets 

the eye? 

With her daughter also starting to act 

strangely, Susan's nerves are on a knife 

edge, having lost all of her self-esteem 

at her husband's hands, not knowing 

where to turn and with echoes of the 

past still clinging persistently to her 

home. 

Susan instinctively knows that 

everyone's survival depends upon her. 

Will Susan be able to save her family 

from the malevolence which threatens 

to engulf them all? 

Hidden in the Mist is a supernatural 

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experiences that Sue personally had 

in her childhood. 

“I read Hidden in the Mist in less than a 

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Pulling out all stops in her debut work of fiction, Sue Penney’s Hidden in the Mist is a 

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Aware of her own personal supernatural abilities since the age of three, the author 

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authenticity and scare factor that plays with your mind from the outset. Adding further 

to its spooky credentials, the front cover is illustrated with an image of the actual house 

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Worthy of a solid ten out of ten for its accomplished plot, pace and the fear it evokes, 

Hidden in the Mist is most definitely one to read with the lights on full." 

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Life behind 

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A compelling story of a young mother, happy in her 

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Everything changed one fateful night; following a 

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murder, a shooting and a suicide followed. 

A second husband with rage issues, led to physical 

abuse of her son and a life of fear. Follow her fight to 

protect her children and explore the horrors they faced 

growing up. Years remaining silent for fear of reprisal 

and the guilt carried from seeing the effect it had on 

her children. 

Another near fatal car accident and the unexplained 

miracle rescue. An illness that drained her body, stole 

her career and left her bedridden. This is one woman’s 

battle against insurmountable odds. The will to survive, 

protect, overcome years of torment, fear and 

oppression and the day she discovered the strength 

within, to fight back and step out from ‘BEHIND THE 

MASK’ 

I spent most of my working life as a professional dance instructor, designing and 

producing theatrical shows for children. When a severe back injury resulting 

from a car crash forced me into early retirement, I started looking for new ways 

to be creative and find a new outlet in life to express myself. Writing filled this 

void and allowed me to clarify, accept and eventually script what has happened 

to me over the years, which makes for a compelling and at times, difficult read. 

For a very long time I tried to come to terms with what I have been through and 

how it has affected both me and my family. Having finished this book, I am now 

able to look back and reflect on my life in a way I never thought possible. The 

sheer number and variety of traumas I have experienced is almost 

incomprehensible and the horrors of some of the situations are a lot to take onboard. 

These have shaped me into the woman I am today. 

Within the book you will experience my life in its rawest form including a suicide, 

a ruined career, a lengthy lawsuit, a terrible marriage, an abusive husband, 

terrified children, a debilitating illness, broken families, dreams shattered, hope, 

fear, and impossible choices. Only when you are at your lowest, when you feel 

that life has taken too much from you, do you look deep inside yourself and 

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Black opal will give you protection of 

one's emotional body and aura. 

Shielding against negative energies. 

Aquamarine helps us to gain insight, 

truth and wisdom. It can help to calm 

the mind and anxiety. Associated with 

the water so it will help to cleanse and 

release toxins in the body. 

Clear quartz and herkimer diamond 

the master healers, absorbs, stores, 

and regulates energy. Drawing off 

negative energies of all kinds. 

Balances the physical, mental, 

emotional and spiritual planes. 

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Beautiful herkimer diamond pendant with 

stunning black opal wrapped in silver 

copper wire. 

£60 

Beautifully cut clear quartz crystal 

bracelet. 

£45 

Interesting different shades of the 

beautiful aquamarine crystal with 

moonstone. 

£30 

Love & Light 

Pretty aquamarine and crackle quartz 

bracelet. 

£30

ARE YOU AN 

EMPATH? 

Jovi Hoonjan 


Empaths can sense and feel the emotions, thoughts, and energies 

of others, as well as the vibrations of the environment. They are 

often compassionate, intuitive, and creative, but may also struggle 

with overwhelm, fatigue, and stress, as they absorb the negativity 

and pain of others. 

Do you recognise any of these traits in yourself? 

Have you ever felt someone else’s pain, physically or emotionally. 

Do you find it hard to set healthy boundaries or say no to toxic 

people and be able to walk away from toxic situations? 

If you are an empath, you are open to being affected by traumatic 

events that occur on the other side of the world, without knowing 

why you are feeling anxious, stressed, fatigued, or depressed… 

If you are an Empath and don’t know how to energetically protect 

yourself, you will be out of balance and when this happens, you will 

find it difficult to cope with the fluctuations of emotional highs and 

lows. 

The great advantages of being an Empath who is energetically in 

balance, is that they can provide emotional support for others and 

have deep meaningful relationships. They will have a strong sense 

of compassion towards all living creatures. Intuitively, they will 

know when someone needs their support, when someone is good 

for them or when someone is lying to them. This doesn’t mean that 

they will confront the liar, it just means that they are totally aware 

of other energetic stresses around them. 

Before I became aware that I was an Empath, I really did struggle 

to understand why I felt pain in my joints from someone walking 

past me, why I became overwhelmed with grief when I made eye 

contact with someone sitting on a bench, and why I woke up with 

anxiety and fear in my heart. 

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I later discovered that I was too open, my energy fields were not 

protected, and was absorbing outside energies like a sponge and 

suddenly making them personal. 

I have since learned how to support and protect myself, so I am not 

‘taken down’ by external energies. I highly recommend that you 

consider introducing support and protection rituals too. 

Here are some that may help you. 

Set healthy boundaries. 

Try a shamanic ritual to partner with a spirit power animal. Just sit 

in a quiet place and light a candle. Ask a power animal to join you 

and support you in creating healthy boundaries. A particular 

favourite of mine is skunk, for obvious reasons, people respect the 

space around a skunk. 

Walk away from toxic people and situations. 

Best form of protection is preparation and defence. If you are 

surrounded by toxic people or situations, look at doing cord cutting 

rituals at night before you sleep. As you lie in your bed, request 

support from an archangel or an ascended master who you 

connect with, and ask them to help you to cut the cords from all 

toxic people and situations. You may see a sword or wing cutting 

through these cords and sealing each one as they do. 

Practice meditation. 

Meditation helps to relax your mind and body, taking you out of 

constant defence and reactive mode. Check out our Love 2 

Meditate meditations, 

https://www.love2meditate.com/meditations.html. The three that 

will work well with Empaths are Atlantean Messages, Space 

Drifting, The Gold Seal, 

Use crystals to cleanse and balance your aura and chakras. 

Lapis Lazuli enhances intuition, wisdom, and 

communication. It can help you to express your feelings 

and thoughts clearly, and avoid being influenced by others’ 

opinions. 

Black Tourmaline is one of the strongest crystals for 

empaths. It can shield your aura from electromagnetic 

pollution and psychic attacks. It can also transmute dark 

energy into light. 

Amethyst can enhance your intuition, clear your mind, and 

calm your emotions. It will form a protection field around 

you and block unwanted influences. 

Labradorite a beautiful stone that displays flashes of colour. 

It can help empaths to balance their energy and protect 

their aura from energy leaks. 

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Bring in the magic of herbs and essential oils. 

Rosemary is a great all-round protection. 

Sage is great for cleansing and curing. 

Lavender can block negative and harmful energies and 

bring in peace. 

Frankincense is great for keeping that divine connection 

and guidance. 

Myrrh to keep you grounded, helping you to be more 

present and providing you with clear direction. 

Other shamanic rituals. 

Smudging around your space with any kind of protection 

blends. I use Sage, Palo Santo, Sweetgrass, Cinnamon, 

Rosemary. Also burning a bay leaf in your home will relieve 

anxiety and cleanse the space. 

Drumming or Tibetan bells/chimes – a great way to clear 

the space around you and lift the vibrations. 

Shamanic journeying to connect with your spirit guides and 

heal your soul. 

One or a combination of the options listed above will help you to 

protect yourself against the overwhelming feelings that can result 

from being an empath and allow you to use this talent in a more 

productive and beneficial way. 

Equally, these options are great for all of us. 

By following the advice, you will be able to tap into your empathic 

abilities because you will be protected and feel relaxed enough to 

tune in to your wonderful gifts. 

Jovi Hoonjan 

Shaman Alchemist 

Alchemical Voice | Love 2 Meditate 


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THE EMPATH’S PROTECTION KIT 

online course 

Are you ready to take the next 

step to find your freedom and 

inner peace? 

This course was created, to 

empower you and to up your 

protection skills so you can be 

exactly who you are - a super 

enlightened being with great 

gifts. 

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ALCHEMICAL VOICE 

SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT | HEALTH & WELLBEING | HOLISTIC CRAFTS 

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