Just before 11:00 AM, we arrived at the mosque. As we were standing on the steps outside the mosque, I was suddenly doubled over with pain in my central core, and knew that I had to get to the right place for the opening of the star gate, and to do it NOW. Nicki facilitated my getting to where we needed to be, helping me as I nearly collapsed on the floor of the mosque. I could feel the energy moving through me in a way I had never experienced before. SOMETHING was about to happen, and all I knew was that we had to get to the right place, and get the man who sings the prayers there, as well. 




You see, my father controlled the TV. This was before the days of remote controls, so my brothers or I would perform the function of changing channels (there were a total of three, after all) but we had no say in what was shown. We would frequently be called from the other rooms of the house to provide the service, based upon the holy writ, the TV Guide.
On our August 7th Broadcast
we will be introducing something new – I have asked my friend and
co-teacher, Kathryn Ravenwood to join us as a Voice for Spirit. This is something that I was
told we would be doing, but am still not sure how it is going to work. Raven
and I have worked together many times, and I know it will be very interesting,
for us and for you. Here is more information about Raven:
Kathryn Ravenwood - Raven as she likes to be called - has
been studying the metaphysical realms for over 40 years, including the wisdom
of the Theosopohical Society, the I Am Temple, the Egyptian Pantheon and the
guides of the Native American teachers.
Part of this quest has included a successful, 15 year, full-time career
in Seattle as a massage therapist.
She is a lineage member of Nicki Scully’s Alchemical Healing Academy -
the only authorized teacher of the Academy in New Mexico. As an Alchemical
Healer she brings the high energy of Alchemy to spiritual and physical
healings. One of her greatest joys
is the Tarot - another tool of Alchemy she employs to help people make positive
transformations in their lives.
Raven
teaches many classes in Albuquerque including Alchemical Healing, an expansive course on the Tarot, Sacred Water Altars,
The Seven Spiritual Directions, and Egyptian
Mysteries. She is a ceremonialist and offers New and Full Moon sacred
prayer circles in her home. She is
available over the phone or in person for Tarot readings and Alchemy
sessions. Contact her about her
current teaching schedule. kravenwood@yahoo.com
On August 28th, Tina Teegarden will join us as a
guest. Tina has been to Egypt 4 or 5 times, and is a graduate of the Four Winds
Society of Alberto Villoldo, and studied with Lynn Andrews, author of Medicine
Woman and many others, for many years.
She is also an expert horsewoman, horse breeder and communicator who owns the
Equine Inn in Ocala, FL. http://theequineinn.com/
In
addition to A Voice for Spirit,
I will be co-teaching Becoming the Oracle with Nicki Scully
on August 20-24, in Eugene, OR. We will be doing a preview class on August. 6th
at 6:00 PM. You can register for the preview or the class at http://www.shamanicjourneys.com
In the process of building new websites, I have been looking at the material that I have written over the years. After all, we were told to either get the books written or get rid of them. I was not sure what to do with all the articles, some short, some much longer, that I had created, so I asked Thoth what he suggested I do. He laughed, and suggested that I publish them on my websites. I wasn’t sure how I was going to do that, but I began to compile the pages, finding art to illustrate the concepts, and began to develop the site.
My husband wasn’t so sure about all this work, and asked me what I was going to do with this stuff. “I don’t know,” I told him honestly, “I just know I have to do it.” He said he didn’t see how any of this related to Diva Developer, the site I was working on, or even to A Voice for Spirit. Again, I said, “I don’t know – I just have to do it.”
Feeling a compulsion to go through the old files, tidy them up and get them published, at least on the web, I also had to look at whether this just another way for me to avoid doing “real work”, you know, the kind you get paid to do? Maybe, I decided, but since it seemed so important, I continued with my efforts.
In the course of my research, I came across a story that I would like to share with you, now. I felt it was relevant to what is going on right now.

Come away, human child
To
the water
Come
away, human child
To
the water and the wild
With
a faery, hand in hand
W.B. Yeats
Growing up as a military brat, I was accustomed to new surroundings, new people, even new experiences. I would quickly adapt to the new surroundings, but always had trouble with making new friends. I spent a lot of time alone, reading. When I was 13, my family moved once more. This time, we moved to the first house my family had ever owned! Always before, we had lived in military housing or rental housing near a base. But now, my daddy had retired from the Air Force, and we had an opportunity to put down real roots.
The house was a newly built home, in a brand new suburb on the edge of Tulsa, OK. There was just one street of houses built, with acres of scrub pine surrounding it. The street dead-ended just beyond our house. For some reason, the developer wasn’t continuing to build and for the whole summer that first year I was able to walk in the woods.
Summer in Oklahoma is brutal, with temperatures reaching over a 100 Fahrenheit with humidity generally in the high 90’s. The only room in the whole house that was air-conditioned was my parents’ bedroom, which they kept tightly closed up. It would frequently be two or three in the morning before my room cooled down enough for me to go to sleep.
I would read – I had discovered the Tudors, that year- lying on top of the bed with the windows open and the fan blowing on my body. Since we had just moved in, we had no curtains on my bedroom window yet, and I could see the dark trees out beyond our yard. I would have on only one small light, so my mama wouldn’t tell me to turn out the light and go to sleep. I could occasionally see lights from passing cars, far off at the head of the road, but generally, except for moonlight, there was nothing to be seen.
One night, around the first of August, the hottest part of the summer, I was laying in bed, praying for it to cool down, bored out of my mind, having just finished my latest book. I turned out the light, and just lay there – wanting something – anything – to happen.
Just as I had the thought, a light seemed to bounce around my room, coming not from the highway, or the street, but from the dark forest. I jumped up and went to the window, looking to see what was out there. For a moment, I saw nothing, and then again, the flash of light, quickly moving it seemed.
I decided to investigate, shoving my feet into my flip-flops, and pushing the window open wider. I dropped the screen out, and then myself through the open window on to the ground below. I carefully replaced the screen to keep the mosquitoes out, and took off towards the forest.
At first, my eyes could see little. The night was overcast, and the moon was hidden. But then, just as I was about to go back inside, I saw a flash again, somewhere deep in the woods. I made way towards the woods, feeling my way with my feet.
Just as I entered the woods, the moon came out from behind the cloud, and I could see well enough to avoid running into a tree. I knew I shouldn’t be out here, and if my parents found out I would be punished. That thought seemed to add a little extra spice to the adventure, and I decided to push on deeper into the woods.
That light – it seemed closer now, but it didn’t seem to be moving. I moved carefully, not wanting to scare away whatever was out there. I just wanted to see. I was scared of what could be out there, but I was also curious.
A few more steps, and I could see a glow on the ground, like a lighted mist. I walked on through the hot and steamy night, to where the light seemed to have landed.
I was about to give up and go back home, when I saw that there was a pool of water, glowing in the moonlight, vapors rising in the night. I laughed at myself for being frightened. The pool of water was a little bigger than a child’s swimming pool, and the water seemed to be rising from the ground, naturally occurring.
First, I dipped my feet in. It was wonderfully cool on such a hot night. Then I remove my t-shirt and sat in the pool, leaning all the way back so that the water surrounded me. It was delightful! I was really enjoying this adventure and thinking that I might bring my brother here tomorrow, and let him play in the water.
The moon seemed to be directly overhead, and the light illuminated the small grove of trees that the pool was in. Beyond the edge of the trees, however, it was very dark. As I splashed in the pool, letting the water cool me, I thought I saw something move at the edge of my vision. There was a sound, like a tinkling laughter.
I jumped up, and demanded, “Who is there? Go away!” I thought I heard another faint laugh, and decided I was the one who had better go away! I started running for the house. For a moment, the light seemed to follow me, but it was quickly extinguished, and I ran on in the dark, towards the house. There might be something out there, and I was scared to find out what.
I crawled back in through the window, pushed the screen back into place, and looked back out into the dark. Nothing. I stood there for a few moments, waiting. Nothing. I washed quickly in the bathroom, and pulling on a pajama top, went to bed. As my eyes began to close, once more I thought I heard laughter, this time, just outside of my window. The light flashed again and then was gone.
The next morning – not very early – I went back into the forest to see if I could find the pool. I found my footprints, where I had went towards the forest, and where I had ran from the forest. However, in the duff of the forest, I couldn’t find a trace of my path. I searched and searched, that day and every day after that for a week. I lay awake at night, lights out, hoping/fearing the lights would return. I would have believed it was all a dream, if it hadn’t been for that wet, soon to be moldy t-shirt hidden in my closet.
I never did find the pool in the forest, although when I started school that fall, I did find out that the area where we lived had many small springs that came and went. And the light flashing, probably came from the moon’s reflection, with the clouds moving across it, causing it to seem to go on and off. However, none of this explained the laughter. And I know I heard laughter!
Back to the Present…
Sometimes now I awake in the middle of the night. I know there is a light out there – but sometimes it’s scary. But still, I feel that I must follow it. It’s scary, to leave my home base of the last 11 years and move 1400 miles away to a new place. It’s scary to leave my job in Seattle, come to San Diego and begin A Voice for Spirit with no visible means of support. I know I am now answering the call of the Spirits and that I am following and sharing the light they bring. And I thank them daily for the support they have provided in the form of the wonderfully kind and generous donations from some of my Friends of the Spirit.
Yet, as a new
month begins and August’s bills arrive, it’s scary. And when I explain this to
Thoth, he laughs and tells me to trust in the light – it will be safe, I
will be o.k., that there are many people who are helped by this work and this
work must go on. Then that famous line from the Blues Brothers movie floats
through my head, “Sister, I’m on a mission from God.”
As I think back about being a kid, I’m amazed at the childlike feeling of “scary” which was only an occasional occurrence but has now permeated our contemporary culture. Our government uses it as an instrument of control and as an excuse to go to war. Our media uses it as a form of entertainment under the motto, “If it bleeds, it leads.” It requires constant awareness to choose to live in a different space, to create Heaven on Earth, to remember that we are always safe and loved. Join with the other members of our spiritual family in a wonderful way to maintain this awareness.
Ask your beloveds – your dear friends and family – to join us at A Voice for Spirit.
Blessings on your journey,
Gloria Taylor Brown
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