Animals and birds have been visiting me for a couple years now. Many in my dreams and much more in person. They always have a message for me. I have heard it said that your lifelong Animal totem can be an obvious thing. It has not been for me. When they come it is usually in droves. For days, weeks or months at a time they come. They come within 6 ft. of me and visit sometimes up to 3 hrs. They even allow me to take photos. Bear, Eagle,Owl,Flicker.You name it. Dreams include being dropped by Redtail Hawk as he carries me in his talons. I am Rattlesnake dropped from his talons to the dirt beside another. I must convince this rattlesnake I am one or be bitten. I passed the test. I have been slammed into a pack of wolves by a Native Spirit man and made to fight and defeat a shadow wolf. I did. Redtail hawk has taken me out of dreams when the fear is great. I know I can call on him.White Bear has come in my dreams. These are just a few. I can’t figure out who is my totem. There must be one but All stand out. I study and honor all that come. I accept the medicine they offer but still have to wonder who my Totem actually is.

Jim B.

J.M.W.

Victoria, BC

Dear J.M.

It has often been thought that families come from the same ’soul group’ -persons who choose to come together in order to work on similiar life lessons.  The main lessons of the 4  are about structure, making decisions based on practicality and obtaining stability in relationships and career choices. Hope this helps!

Blessings, Shannon Wills

March 22nd is World Water Day. It is also the day that talks begin regarding an open pit mine that will destroy one of our beautiful lakes and all the species of fish that abound in it. This has already been approved by our Government and we need to stop it. Please sign a petition to stop this from happening - http://www.protectfishlake.ca/petition.php

Who is more open to the workings of spirit than young children?  They live their lives weaving between the real world and their world of make believe, often finding it hard to differentiate between one and the other. Because of this, we often dispel the stories they share, or tune out their garbled chatter with special friends unseen by our human eyes.

They say that children are especially receptive in the years prior to school age.  This is because they haven’t had too much outside influence to plant seeds of doubt, seeds that will take root and spread through their consciousness for years to come.

Our daughter, her spouse and their two children were renting a particular home for over two years.  When they decided to move closer into town our Grandson Owen was understandably upset, after all, he was just three and a half years old, so he had spent the major part of his life there.

On a daily basis Owen asked to go back to his other home, and whenever they drove past the place he would cry and cry, begging them to pull into the driveway. One particular day as they drove by his eyes welled up with tears, “I miss my other mommy”, he said.  When his mother asked him what he was talking about, Owen went on to tell her about his “other mommy”.  He said that she lived in their old home and she was there all the time.

Owens’ “other mommy” would sit on the edge of his bed, and she frequently told him stories about her two boys.  This was confirmed by Owens’ sister, who said that she had seen the woman as well.  Owen went on to say that he missed talking with his “other mommy”, and that she was nice to him, but she was sad too.

We could have sloughed this off as Owen having an imaginary friend, but what a loss that would have been. For an investigation has provided us with some interesting information.  Before our daughter moved into the home, a couple and their two boys had lived there. The mother had died about a year or so prior of an aneurism, it happened quickly and unexpectedly.

So who was this special friend of Owens’?  Was she imaginary, or was she spirit? There is no doubt in my mind.  Now my focus is to ensure the door stays open, so our grandchildren can continue to be receptors for spirit and other phenomena.  I can only imagine the wonders they’ll share.

Children and Spirit column is a forum for sharing our children’s experiences, to learn and grow from them, and yank out a few roots of doubt along the way.  To share your child’s story please e-mail publisher@truebluespirit.ca

I started to take a keen interest in spiritualism 16 years ago. I read every book I could find and took several courses. After taking these courses which were from very qualified people, during a period of three years, I just could not make the connection and was ready to give up.

Then I met a person who was giving a trance demonstration on healing. The spirit that was talking through this person told me how I could go out and heal. Ever since that time I have been able to heal people under any conditions and in any place.

The type of healing I do is referred to as spiritual healing. I work with those in spirit to channel energy to those being healed.

To help explain this, consider the ignition system of a car. There is the battery which leads to the distributor which has electrical wires that lead to the spark plugs. The spirit energy is the battery and I am the electrical wires or the conduit that connects to the spark plug.

I do healing on people, animals, and plants.  Basically I work on anything that needs healing.

Rather than use my own energy which can be very depleting I channel energy from the source. Not necessarily a divine source, but from an alternate source.

Alternative healing uses a channel and most often there is one person in spirit that works through them. I have several spirit workers, and I never know which person in spirit is going to work through me at any given time.

This type of work allows me to do distant healing for people around the world. One example of such healing was for a woman in Idaho who had brain cancer and was given less then a week to live.  Working with another healer we did spiritual healing for about 30 minutes.

We felt ourselves traveling all the way to Idaho and we could even see the hospital and the woman in her bed. We had never met this woman in person.

About a month or so later, I received a call from the woman.  After the fact, she was told about our healing, and decided to contact me with the good news. The day after the healing, they had done a brain scan and there was no more cancer. This is a wonderful feeling knowing that through spirit you have helped someone.

There are many ways to conduct healing. Just to name a few there are trance state, magnetic healing, distant or absent healing, crystal healing, native healing using smudging, drumming and a healing wand to pass energy, and of course prayer.

The principles of alternative healing are basically the same throughout the world and with all peoples. The one common thread throughout the various cultures is that they all know the power of healing comes from the creator.

James Henry Spencer

Wave Walker

Jo-Anne asked,

I’ve been interested in Native teachings and Shamanism for sometime. I’m wondering if you know someone that I might apprentice with? My son is also interested in finding a teacher.

Thanks

Seeking authentic coastal native shamanistic information is like tryingto catch a hand full of smoke.  I have had the good fortune to meet and be trained  by one person whom I  believe is a shaman, properly trained by his grandmother, who had little contact and influence from other cultures. His ability in using the cosmic evergy of the universe is absolutley amazing, and beyond my comprehension, because he learned the in the old way, as a child from his granny, with no written word. These  secrets are closely guarded and passed on by word  of mouth, so are doomed to be lost forever. My limited knowledge comes from researching, discarding and tuning in to the ancestors and ancients in the spirit realm. Any of this information I am happy to share. I too, am a student on a learning quest. My mission is to strive to heal the body, mind and soul, of the 2 legged, 4 legged, the winged ones, the swimmers and this wobbly little planet that we share, I do what I can, with love as a motivator.
The Wavewalker

Treat each moment with the courage of your first steps, the excitment of new love, the freedom of a soaring bird, the warmth of the summer sun and with the innocence of a child. Each new day is ours to discover, a dance not yet brought to life, a song without words create every step of it with love ~ thank you all for everything you bring to this world, for your heartfelt words,

may you embrace with open arms and a full heart all that is to come in 2010

Michelle Acacia Staples ~

Happy New Year

Dorothy – you are an inspiration!

Thank you for your Spirit-driven publication,
and for the opportunity to be part of your writing team.
To you the True Blue Spirit readers….
you are the raison d’être behind this magazine so thank you!
Here’s to joy, pain and everything in between!
It’s the stuff of life. Let’s enjoy the journey!

Light and love to all,
Janet Laidlaw

To our readers,

we at True Blue Spirit Magazine are truly interested in what you think and want from our magazine. Any comments, critiques or wishes will be gratefully received and pondered in the coming year.
May the new year be a great one for you and everyone who pursues intuitive living.

Your intrepid editor, Tom