Gold & Silver Gates

I feel that thing in our world are changing and changing FAST!
I have been studying astrology and have found some pretty cool things that I suppose would be categorized as Esoteric Astrology. In a piece a few years ago in Shamanic Astrology Newsletter titled: Celestial Timings By Cayelin K Castell, she brought up the subject of the Gold and Silver Gates. I found that these energies kept coming up over and over in different places. So I thought I would try to get this together and write about it.

So I am - or at least going to try to take you on a journey a shortened abbreviated journey of the one I have been on for over a year now and share what all this means - "The Gold and Silver Gates".

I found that these to Gates or energies kept coming up and I have been trying to grasp the concept of what she was trying to present with the energies and how they work with the astrology.

And as any of you know when I begin a project like this it will take me on a large circle (zodiac wheel) to get to the goodie or the core information that is being presented to you.

So there has been a lot on TV etc about 2012 and what it symbolizes - the ending of a great cycle of time we astrologers look and term this energy "the procession of the equinoxes". I feel that we need no fear connected with this change in the Mayan Calendar.

So I am - or at least going to try to take you on a journey a shortened abbreviated journey of the one I have been on for over a year now and share what all this means - "The Gold and Silver Gates"

FROM CELESTIAL TIMINGS (Jan 2007)

QUOTE: "Northern Extreme currently located at the Galactic Edge. Many ancient cultures saw this place in the sky, along the Milky Way, as the Silver Gate where souls enter this dimensional realm. (The Golden Gate is near Galactic Center - see quote below). The nearly Full Moon is visible just beyond the fixed star Aldebaran, the eye of the Bull and one of the four royal stars also linked with Archangel Michael. Aldebaran is a stargate portal and when the Moon (especially the nearly Full Moon) is here it is sending a key transmission from this area of the sky if we are open to receive it.

Here is more on the Silver and Golden Gate... The Golden Gate is at the point where the ecliptic crosses the Milky Way, just near Galactic Centre (GC); the part of the sky which was of great interest to the Mayan people. At the other end of the Milky Way, the Silver Gate is above Orion, at the center of the Duat; the Egyptian Netherworld which was represented on the ground in the Giza area.

The ancient Greeks, who received much of their knowledge from Egypt, believed that souls reside in the Milky Way between incarnations, and that there are 2 “gates” on the Milky Way. These are the Silver Gate of Gemini, through which souls descend to earth, and the Golden Gate of Sagittarius, through which souls ascend. Other versions say the souls of men (humans) can ascend by either gate, but that the Silver Gate leads to reincarnation and the ancestors, and the Golden Gate leads beyond reincarnation. The Golden Gate is also that through which the Gods descend.

The Silver Gate is just above the “hand” of Orion, who the Egyptians associated with Osiris, and they depicted him holding a star in his hand. In the Orion Mystery, Bauval & Gilbert presumed this to be the star Aldebaran. Now, Gilbert has found that the Egyptian word for star, s’ba, also means “door”, so Osiris is holding a Star-Gate. In some depictions, Osiris is holding an ankh towards the gate, so this must be the key which unlocks the star-gate.

Fixed star Antares, heart of the Scorpion tonight (not visible in the sky until the early morning hours before dawn) activating the Antares stargate near Galactic Center and the Golden Gate of “Sagittarius” where the souls of humanity ascend away from this realm and where the souls of the Gods descend into this realm of experience. Aldebaran is the stargate portal near the Silver Gate and Antares is the Star Gate portal near the Golden Gate.

(This is referring to the constellation named Sagittarius and not the seasonal sign that also carries the same name.)

The Earth is aligned now in such a way to receive the galactic radiations being beamed from Galactic Center and the Galactic Edge quickening our evolution, purifying and restructuring our world, changing the thresholds of vibration and experience, according to new programs of Light and Love available to us now. We get a sense of the importance of taking action that supports our personal evolutionary process because this collective reprogram is happening with or without us. UNQUOTE.


As I continued there was information from Barbra Hand Clow in Catrophobia; John Major Jenkins' essential book, Maya Cosmogenesis 2012; Sirius Mystery; Astrology of 2012 and Beyond by Cal Garrison; studied Jung archetypes and much more.


In August 2012, says Gilbert, Venus (symbolizing Isis & Mary as “Bride of Heaven”), will be “stationary in the hand of Orion”. Orion, as he has explained convincingly in the book, symbolizes Christ, and this is his mystic marriage (and there is a hint that we should be prepared with our “wedding garment”, which, to the Egyptians was a “stellar, Sahu body” that needed to be “crystallized”). This could also be the return of Quetzalcoatl, since he was connected with Venus, and thereby the sign preceding a “second coming”.

At any rate, Gilbert’s interpretation of Biblical prophecy, using the fig tree parable, and the return of the Jews to Israel in 1948, indicates that all prophecies would be accomplished by 2018. This also happens to be, according to John Major Jenkins, the last year that the winte solstice sun conjuncts Galactic Centre, in the other star-gate. Gilbert calls the Silver Gate the Gate of Hades, so there may be 12 years of hell coming up, before the opening of….Heaven’s Gate!
































































Resources:
Esoteric Astrology from
http://www.scribd.com/doc/14136913/Esoteric-Astrology

2012 web site:
http://www.diagnosis2012.co.uk/7.htm

GOOD RESOURCE
http://2012wiki.com/index.php?title=Galactic_Alignment

More from Barbra Hand Clow
http://handclow2012.com

My Experience With My Power Animals: HAWKS

I have been conducing Spiritual and psychic development classes now for well over twenty years and have never had the experience that I had just one week ago. It was a beautiful spring morning and I was about doing my morning chores. I walked out to the out building and as I entered the front door there were two green chamaeleons (big ones!) One with a jagged white looking stripe down its back had the head of the other chamaeleon in his mouth. With my movement they scattered going in different directions. The smaller one was climbing up the wall on an exposed beam and I was talking to it (her). I told her it looked like she had some damage on her head because certain parts were not turning green but remaining a dark brown. With that being said I heard a cry from outside, the cry of my friendly messenger the Hawk. I stopped and went outside. As I looked up I saw them flying around and around in a large circle. I started counting ‘eight’ of them! NO! There are more so I counted again ‘ten’! As I looked harder and higher I said now there are more there were at least ‘twenty’ Hawks. They were yellow breasted some of them others were a gray/tan color on breast (more than likely the Gray Hawk common here in NE Florida)

As I continued to watch them I was so excited I could hardly stand myself!! These Hawks were flying it seemed in pairs. Flying at each other in a matting type dance, while at the same time, flying in a circle. Upon gazing at this ritual I noticed they were flying in a spiral pattern upwards, maintaining the perfect large circle formation. The yellow breasts sparkling in the beautiful clear sun light. I watched and watched as they flew and screeched in gleeful song. I knew that the Hawk for me is a Power Animal and I was basking in all the energy they were sharing with me. I was not sure, and am still not sure what the total message is for me; but one thing for sure I was not going to let any of this energy slide past me.

The spiral pattern that the Hawks seemed to be flying was large, very large it seemed to be at least 500 feet across and more than likely a mile high. They ranged from 20 feet above my head on up to the top of this spiral pattern. As I continued to stand there I just knew there was a purpose behind all this fancy flying and all that kept coming to mind was a matting ritual!

I looked up the Hawk in the book I use in the spiritual/psychic development classes Animal Speaks by Ted Andrews and he does say “Keynote: Visionary Power & Guardianship; also Cycle of Power: Spring and Fall Equinox”. This took place on Monday March 16, 2009 at approx. 11:50 am and the Spring Equinox was on March 20 (the following Friday at 7:44 am). I could already see the light bulbs going off in my head as I counted all the synchronicity’s already appearing and I haven’t even started reading the text yet! As I began to read Mr. Andrews says “ They are the messengers, the protectors, and the visionaries of the air. Hawks and Owls have the keenest of eyes.” I am always hearing the Owls here at night! He states the female is the larger of the two and the male has all the color and I can attest to that statement.

All the beautiful yellow breasts were not as large as the females who were just as aggressive as the males during this ritual. He also states to examine the color of the birds; yellow is to me representative of the energies of the Creator, mental faculties, and all things ‘Spring’ and this again relates to the very time of year I was experiencing this spectacular event. According to the book Dancing the Wheel by Sun Bear “Yellow is a cheerful color, one that stimulates good nature and native intelligence. It is a color that reminds you of sunshine (very sunny clear day - no clouds anywhere), happiness (I was VERY EXCITED!), and energy (standing under these majestic beings flying in this spiral pattern - the whole area was filled with energy). Having yellow in your surroundings can help you have a greater intellectual acuity, more receptivity to inspiration (I WAS DEFINITELY INSPIRED!) A feeling of overall well-being and happiness with other people.”

Sun Bear also states it is the color for the South along with green very appropriate again for Spring time. Flying against a clear blue sky representing the direction of the West. Blue of course, is the color for spiritual ideals, idealism, service for the greater good or unselfishness. Blue also represents calm, peacefulness, depth of the sky that day radiated a calming, peaceful energy and I found my self basking in it as much as humanly possible. It seemed to lift me right up into the sky itself - uplifting so that my spirit could soar with these lofty beings. Sun Bear also shares blue is good for “you being content with your surroundings (important in today’s world!), emotionally content, harmonious and happy with life as it unfolds for you”. How true it is with all that I have been going through, and not just me everyone I know is in a state of change. Contentment seems to be an illusion in the world today.





I investigated the color further with Sun Bear and “the golden yellow is associated with strength, the path of the West (according to Eastern tradition) Teaches the responsibility of power.” Also; “encourages devotion and discipline needed to fairly, compassionately, and appropriately exercise power and leadership with people, places, and things. Working with this color can assist you in knowing how to make just decisions for the highest good of all involved. It also helps you learn to teach others how to take their own power. Golden yellow not only gives you personal strength but also teaches you how to encourage others to build the same strength within themselves. This color is good for endurance, courage, stamina, strength, faith and discipline. Golden yellow is healing for the energy field and mind.” Wow!! I could not believe what I was reading and how it all fit with my Shamanistic experience, as well as, the energies happening in my life past, present and possible future.

I continued along with my study and Sun Bear about the Hawk and found it to be one of the Spirit Keeper Animals. He says that “their voice sounds like steam escaping a steam kettle” I found it piercing because there were so many of them. Also, creating an energy field all it’s own, just as the crystal bowl vibrations create the field of vibration from friction of the mallet. Now I found my nugget of gold within his writing:”The are magnificent flyers especially during their mating dances”!! I could hardly believe my eyes there it was in print, exactly as I had experienced it.


I know that the Hawk can see clearly, to think that they were busy with their dance, they still had an observer - ME! I know they could see and feel my presence during this entire time. The whole dance lasted for about 20 minutes but seemed to be an eternity in my eyes. Sun Bear also shares that embracing these totems can bring you “adaptability, flying, survival, far - & clear sightedness, prayer, leadership, deliberation, and foresight.” Exactly the pattern my new life was taking on, amazing just amazing how all the energy was coming together. What is so fantastic embracing this experience has not stopped and I do not believe it will stop because I still embrace the energies of the animals that cross my path on a daily basis.

You see I have not talked about the spiral upwards....



References: Animal Speaks by Ted Andrews ISBN 0-87542-028-1
Dancing The Wheel by Sun Bear, Wabun Wind & Crysalis Mulligan ISBN 0-671-76732-1

Meditation

Much had been written about meditation. Here I would like to share a few resources and assist you along the path of your meditation process. I would like you to know it will be different for everyone - no two paths are alike - so do not expect what happens with another to happen to you. Embrace your expense and know it is the "best for you and your need at the time"!
First of all from the Buddhist meditation organization:
"With the hectic pace and demands of modern life, many people feel stressed and over-worked. It often feels like there is just not enough time in the day to get everything done. Our stress and tiredness make us unhappy, impatient and frustrated. It can even affect our health. We are often so busy we feel there is no time to stop and meditate! But meditation actually gives you more time by making your mind calmer and more focused. A simple ten or fifteen minute breathing meditation as explained below can help you to overcome your stress and find some inner peace and balance."
And more....

Then from the White Eagle group there are some sample meditations that you can use - participate with and enjoy. I especially love The Still Small Voice.


Then from the Transcendental Meditation program; they have a technique that is easy to learn, enjoyable to practice, and it enriches all areas of life. The site lists "Ten Reasons Why You Should Learn" which is very enlightening.

Also; the Meditation Society of America They have posted a new Featured Technique, OM. This classical mantra is perhaps the most widely practiced meditation technique of all time. At any given moment millions of people are doing it. This clearly discussed “How-to” will let you join in this ancient stress relieving and spiritually elevating vibration with a real understanding of what OM is all about. Enjoy!

I feel it does not matter which one or what you do as long as you DO SOMETHING! Set aside some place where you can relax and do some quiet time and commitment to complete your task - BUT I do feel that the rewards will be significant. Most of all you do not have to spend any money and the return is fa-nominal. Your only investment is time and commitment. That is a win win any way you look at it.

Please keep in mind I have only placed a few possible links if you do your own search you will find what resonates with you - SO happy exploring.

Until another time.
Peace Love & Light
Rev. Mary Hope

Greetings Happy New Year

We are in the time of Capricorn.

With energies of the new Year
I came across some neat articles I thought you all might like.

Here are some interesting reads:

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ASTROLOGY: signs

http://www.astrologyexplored.com/yearly-astrology-forecast-2009-aries-taurus-gemini/

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ASTROLOGY: signs health

http://nationmultimedia.com/2008/12/29/national/national_30092054.php

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ALSO NEAT SPIRITUAL BLOG SPOT might be of interest:

http://spiritualharmonics.blogspot.com/

Hope you all enjoy!

Peace, Love & Light
Rev. Mary

CHARACTERISTICS OF CRYSTAL & INDIGO CHILDREN

CHARACTERISTICS OF CRYSTAL CHILDREN:

• Have loving, forgiving, magnetic personalities
• Very nurturing, love cuddling, kissing, and hugging
• Do not like clothing, they seem to prefer nakedness, and if they have to wear clothing, it had best be soft and natural cotton or silks.
• Communicate telepathically
• Start talking late in childhood
• Have a strong desire to help others, especially other children in need.
• Have large eyes
• Have food allergies and be “picky” when it comes to their food. Prefer vegetarian meals.
• Have a strong fantasy and creative play
• Be able to see other worlds and dimensions
• Like to play with stones and crystals
• Love nature, water and animals
• Exhibit healing abilities.
• Creative, artistic, musically oriented.

Compiled by Doreen Virtue, Ph.D. taken from the book The Crystal Children, A guide to the newest generation of psychic and sensitive children.

http://www.crystalangelscoaching.com/charofcrystal.html

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CHARACTERISTICS OF INDIGO CHILDREN;

• Have strong self esteem
• Know they belong here until they are told otherwise
• Have an obvious sense of self
• Have difficulty with discipline and authority
• Refuse to follow orders or directions
• Find it torture to wait in lines, lack patience
• Get frustrated by ritual-oriented systems that require little creativity
• Often see better ways of doing things at home and at school
• Are nonconformists
• Do not respond to guilt trips, want good reasons
• Get bored rather easily
• Are creative
• Are easily distractible, can do many things at once
• Display strong intuition
• Are gifted and/or talented, highly intelligent
• Are often identified or suspected of having ADD or ADHD, but can focus when they want to
• Are talented daydreamers and visionaries
• Have very old, deep, wise looking eyes
• Have spiritual intelligence and/or psychic skills
• Often express anger outwardly rather than inwardly and may have trouble with rage.
• Need our support to discover themselves.
• Are here to change the world – to help us live in greater harmony and peace with one another and to raise the vibration of the planet.

Compiled by Wendy H. Chapman taken from the book The Indigo Children: The New Kids Have Arrived by Jan Tober and Lee Carroll.

http://www.crystalangelscoaching.com/charofindigo.html

The Magical Mustard Seed

There is an old Chinese tale about a woman whose only son died. In her grief, she went to the holy man and asked, "What prayers, what magical incantations do you have to bring my son back to life?"

Instead of sending her away or reasoning with her, he said to her, "Fetch me a mustard seed from a home that has never known sorrow. We will use it to drive the sorrow out of your life." The woman went off at once in search of that magical mustard seed.

She came first to a splendid mansion, knocked at the door, and said, "I am looking for a home that has never known sorrow. Is this such a place? It is very important to me."

They told her, "You've certainly come to the wrong place," and began to describe all the tragic things that recently had befallen them.

The woman said to herself, "Who is better able to help these poor, unfortunate people than I, who have had misfortune of my my own?"

She stayed to comfort them, then went on in search of a home that had never known sorrow. But wherever she turned, in hotels and in other places, she found one tale after another of sadness and misfortune.

The woman became so involved in helping others cope with their sorrows that she eventually let go of her own. She would later come to understand that it was the quest to find the magical mustard seed that drove away her suffering.


Author Unknown

What should I expect in my reading?

First of all, during a reading I work in and with the light of God, the Angels and Guides which work with me. I prepare them to do the work/messages that you are to receive form the other side, from your Guides and Angels through my Guides and Angels - kind of a relay. I do request that the client makes out a list of questions ahead of time so that we focus the areas of the reading that are to be addressed:

1) to prepare the Guides - both yours and mine for the information you request
2) to help you to make sure that all the issues you want to address are covered (If you did not focus your attention - all kinds of things can come in from your Grandmother’s old grocery list to some teacher’s lesson that you are not interested in) I also wish to caution you that I do not have permission to view other peoples akashic records.
The reading begins with a connection to the guides and angelic realms. I will relay the messages that are to come through then we will address specific concerns or communications that you are seeking. Many times the client’s concerns associate with where and how loved one’s on the other side are doing or where they maybe on the other side.
During the sessions with the help of my Guides I will get a message or a viewing of what is happening where the Loved One is at. If there is a special message, feeling or even an emotion I will relay what is happening.
I am the channel for your message. Sometimes the message you are looking for does not come - but instead one that you need to hear or feel - your Guides and Angels control that aspect of the reading. I do strive to address all concerns that you have when you utilize my services as a medium.
Many times things come in the form of symbols that may not make sense at the moment but when you give them time to let’s say digest then wow the light bulb goes off and you have connected the dots! You got it! I do not stay “on” all the time I turn on and turn off.
I have to live a life too. Also any information that comes through I am not aware of any of it after we are through with the reading - it is not mine to keep. This a brief summery of what you can expect there can be more to experience.
Peace, Love & Light
Rev. Mary