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Angels and Demons

Each one of us has a guardian angel or angels.  How do I know?  Because I've had visits from them.   Just the other day, another one showed up during my morning Tarot reading.

"Who Do You Rely On, Your Demon or Your Angel?

The reading had to do with a question involving a procedure I'm scheduled to undergo and how it would turn out.  While I really didn't get an answer to whether the result will be good or bad, a guardian angel showed up and delivered its message through No. VII, The Chariot Card.

There was no mistaking what it was, "after the struggle there will be victory."     

Many years ago after feeling really angry and hurt about something, I collapsed into my recliner.  I'm guessing it was about 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning.    My recliner is located in the corner of my bedroom and it faces the door.     

Without any warning, an Angel (as opposed to a Demon) suddenly came up from behind me.  I say came up because she felt like she materialized from the bottom up.  Do you know what I mean?  Yet, she was behind me so how was it that I was seeing her in front of me while we communicated?  Something, to this day, I can't figure out and find quite interesting.

I say she because she felt feminine.  She was cream colored from head to toe,  her face, hands, hair and wings which were folded down by her side.    Come to think of it, I do not remember any facial features but I do remember her hair as it was very short and cropped like that of an old woman who emerges from the beauty parlor after a tight permanent.     

After a few moments she extended her arm out towards me and opened up her hand and in it was a shiny gold coin with symbols on it I couldn't make out.  They reminded me of Greek hieroglyphics.

Nothing was said as she slowly and carefully picked the coin up with her other hand and turned it over.   It looked the same as the other side but to this day I have tried to come up with an explanation as to what this all meant and are unable to do so.      

Could it be that, "it's time to turn over a new leaf," or "there are two sides to every coin (situation)" or "You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see more clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye" - Matthew 7:3."

I know there was a message in there for me but maybe, for you, as well.   
      Blessings,
          ~ Nightshade 
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From The Free Dictionary:  
Angel:  A typically benevolent being that acts as an intermediary between heaven and earth.  
Demon:  An evil, supernatural being; a persistently tormenting person, force or passion (like the demon of drug addiction). 

What's it Gonna Take?

Expansion of Human Consciousness

I think we can all agree that there are advanced ET civilizations out there.  They are capable of visiting earth along with other planets using propulsion systems we know little to nothing about.  If they are so advanced then doesn't it stand to reason that their consciousness (thinking and reasoning) is far more advanced than ours?  That they think on a quantum level instead of in third dimension (as we do) where all we're capable of seeing is just the solid object and not able to see through it?   

So where are we on earth with our progress in advancing our consciousness?  What is consciousness, anyway?  It's the act of being aware.  Being able to think and reason, to sense, analyze and understand who you are, what you are and the universe you are part of.  It's Cognition--the act of being able to view and sense your surroundings and others along with the world you live in.  This cognition extends to visions, thoughts and hopes, dreams and wishes.

Where are we, on a scale of 1 - 10 with learning to lift ourselves up and out of the dogmatic, ugly and chaotic earthly quagmire we still find ourselves in?

How is deeper consciousness obtained?  Is it always this way.....a species starts out on the bottom rung of the ladder in planetary societal interaction and intelligence and then, through thousands or more like millions of years of trial and error, finally makes some progress?

Does this transformation in consciousness start with someone on earth who is so fed up with the status quo that they announce with an impassioned voice to the world they're just not going to take it anymore, that things have to change and that they're going to be the one to initiate such change?

Or, is it a different catalyst that is going to rout us up and out of our stupor into taking action such as a planetary cataclysm in which it is almost too late to do anything about anything?

We have all heard of those individuals with charismatic personalities who, just by the words they speak and how they look and dress, can sway people into action.  This has both a light and dark side to it as we all know that this can go either way, good or bad.

So, what's it gonna take, any thoughts? 
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 http://siriusdisclosure.com/cseti-papers/the-imperative-of-consciousness/

These are Good Articles re Reduced Sunsport Activity (a Solar Minimum) and The Maunder Minimum

http://www.auroraborealispage.net/solarmax.html

https://www.britannica.com/science/Maunder-minimum

There's More to a Neanderthal Than Just Good Looks

If you heat your house with wood, start stocking up now.  If you have livestock or other animals outside I recommend you put in a frostless hydrant.  These hydrants don't freeze like normal hydrants and are built to withstand frigid temps so you'll have an ample supply of water for your critters.  

Take a look at whether you need to have some more insulation in your home around doors and windows or any other place that needs it. 

For some months now I've had the feeling we're going to be in for a very cold winter which isn't normal for my area.  Last winter we had a cold snap with 20 deg. and colder for maybe three weeks but this year it sounds like we're in for some bitter cold that's going to be hanging around for awhile.   

My feelings were confirmed when I read the Old Farmers Almanac that in my area we're in for bitter cold which points to a miserable winter for animals, birds and humans.

Forewarned is to take the steps necessary and make the preparations in order to protect yourself and   those you care for and love.      

This feeling started after the beginning of this year's haying season when acreage that normally yielded 200 round bales only produced 27.
 
This year the rain fell at the wrong time, it didn't rain when it was supposed to and when it did rain it virtually drowned everything.  Plus, it was blistering hot with high humidity so the grass didn't grow the way it should.   

For livestock producers and those custom baling hay, the yields this year are way way down.

One bale of grass hay weighing approx. 800# is going for $70.00 and that was the price last week.  Normally you could buy a bale for a lot less so for the livestock producers with 100 head or more or even those producers with 30, 40 head if they didn't have a surplus of hay on hand they either sold the majority of their cows already or will have to pay a hefty price for forage.  And a cow needs more than hay when it's bitter cold in order to get through the winter.  And to make matters more difficult, cows generally calve in February and March.  It takes a lot of energy food (grain) also to keep an animal with enough body heat to sustain an abnormally cold winter and bring forth a healthy baby.   

It takes one bale of hay per cow per winter and if the winter is extreme, the animal is going to need more hay.   

If one bale weighs 800# (which is approx. a 4x5 bale of grass hay) and you need a ton of hay that would be 2-1/2 bales @ $180.00 a ton. 

You can't feed many animals on just one ton of hay.

The garden and orchard didn't do well this year either.  Too much rain, too little rain, too hot, too humid.

So, I'm passing this info on to you.  Wherever you are start looking at what winter holds for you and start making preparations.  

There's a little piece of Neanderthal in all of us.

It's called Survival.  
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 http://www.freakingnews.com/funny-pictures/neanderthals-pictures.asp

We Are All Witches

I am chained in a tower, alone with my thoughts, huddled up against a stone wall conserving as much body heat as I can.  The air is cold as I watch my breath crystallize in the frigid air.

There is a wooden bowl nearby and ragged remnants of someone's clothing lying in a corner.    

It was late fall when I was forcefully brought here, the time of Mabon, Mabon being the Pagan celebration of the Autumnal Equinox.          

It's dark and dreadfully quiet here as I look up through the small clerestory window at the shimmering moon and clouds drifting by.  A solitary bird suddenly makes it appearance.  Colors are muted, bleak and gray.

I wonder to myself, "where is this bird off to" and back comes the reply, "never you mind, you tend to your business and I'll tend to mine."  

I rub my hands together to keep warm, gingerly reshaping the tattered pieces of cloth around my fingers and hand, asking myself, "how many know I am still here?"  Its been months since I was taken.  "Have they given up hope of ever seeing me again"?

I am here because I had a choice.  I would either give up my Pagan ways, conforming to the malefic political/religious hierarchy in power or disobey.  I chose disobedience as to do otherwise would be an act of cowardice not to mention heresy.

I lean my head back against the cold wall and lick my painfully dry, cracked lips.  It's difficult now to produce even enough saliva to do even this one small thing to comfort myself.
I faintly remember the broken shard of mirror a soldier shoved in front of my face as he grabbed me by my coarse, grey hair, twisting its long strands around his ugly fist, sequestering me for a moment in order for me to be able to observe the marks of the beating I had endured as I was kicked and stomped to the ground, rolling from one side to the other, and all the while he cackling and guffawing at me the whole time.

My clothes still carry the faint scent of manure, sweat and blood and I'm still removing the remnants of straw, dirt and mud embedded in my hair.  

There is an iron shackle around my wrist allowing me to stand but preventing me from walking very far.  I can walk far enough to do my business but the stench of my long captivity is now especially overpowering.

I am surprised as I am slowly deteriorating both in mind and body that I have not quickly succumbed to the many maladies afflicting others of the community like stepsis, scury or pneumonia. 
I now know they had been planning this attack for a long time and when the time was right, were able to take me by surprise.  

No amount of incantations or powerful potion could stop what was coming my way.

I now know, after sitting for months in prison, that it was meant to be.

I had become a danger to them.  A singular threat to their deranged and narrow minds of who would control and who would not.  They had grown arrogant and proud as they raided this kingdom and that kingdom, slaughtering wholesale villages, communities in their baneful quest to amass as much wealth and power as they could.

Resentful and proud they attacked those who didn't agree with their lust to make themselves gods on earth.  Except, of course, the real gods that had governed Mankind up till 10,000 years ago had long since vanished.

These so-called would be gods were nothing of the sort but unwashed, vile despots who were seduced by their own lies, greed and power.   Instead of ruling the people with fairness and compassion, they opted for violence and subjugation. 

Witches are Healers.  And we are all Witches.  As healers we are able to administer to and counsel those who seek us out.  We turn none away but embrace them all whether slave or soldier, young or old.    We are part of Them as They are a Part of We.

This is the Good News, Pass it On!

So Mote it Be!
      Blessings,
          Nightshade      

Michelangelo

How do you get in touch with yourself?  First we obviously know we're alive and occupy  space but how do you connect deep down with who you are.  There are other life forms and habitats that surround you that are important to your growth, such as dogs, cats, children, old people, flowers, trees, plants, oceans, mountains, deserts, forests and  valleys.  In order to learn about you, you need to interact and become acquainted.  Your responses will be a clue as to what you want to be in life so it's a good place to start. 

Does the ocean draw you in?  What about a walk in the forest?  Are you drawn to old children or babies?   How about lying on a blanket under the stars?  Did you visit an animal shelter and see a dog or cat that you just had to take home with you?  What about someone having trouble, did you go to their aid or just walk away?

Even though we are singular (one body unit) we were made to be connected with others of our kind.  We are, in a way like herd animals.

And I know some of you are still walking alone, feeling forlorn and isolated.

We can stay by ourselves for a period of time in isolation away from others but then we find we crave the companionship of other human beings because it's something we miss.

Isolation is something we may all experience or even choose but will soon find that companionship with others is integral to our growth.

Take a moment to think about yourself, your body, your skin color, hair, how on earth you were made.  You are a wonder, a miracle.

How did we get the personality you have?  Why were we born black or white or red or tan?  Why are you female or male?   What are your likes, dislikes? 

Were we poured into this organic suit or were we shrink wrapped?

You are a walking, living, breathing piece of art, a Michelangelo in the making.

Get in touch with the masterpiece inside.