Some of you know that I recently moved last month from North Charleston to Summerville, SC.  It’s something that I would never have predicted because I just moved to the Charleston area three years ago from Virginia.  But Spirit has a big way of pushing me when I need it.

Early this year, my earth sign husband brought up moving.  There were many practical reasons to move but the sheer amount of work it involves resulted in my answer of a hard “no.”  I consulted neighbors and friends about the schools in particular and they calmed my fears and decided moving wasn’t necessary.

Around the 1st of May my neck started hurting.  This is not unusual since I have been having stiff neck problems since high school. I tried all my natural remedies with no results.  I was really befuddled on why my neck was feeling this way.  One of my energy healing teachers offered a mini-reading and I jumped on the opportunity to find out why my neck was hurting (hint for all of you, if it’s not a medical cause, then there’s a spiritual, mental or emotional cause).  The first card she pulled was the Ace of Fire (also Wands) which means the beginning of action and taking initiative.  Then her next question was, “Are you thinking of moving?”

Talk about nailing it!

I said yes we talked about it and decided not to.  She said neck pain describes someone who is not looking at all the options.  In my case, I refused to look at one option: moving.  She pulled five more cards on the question and she said they all pointed to moving, like a big yes.  She said it would be good for me financially and personally.  She said it would be hard work for eight months and then I would be able to enjoy the result of my efforts.  Well in that case, I decided to make plans for a move.

The next day the neck pain eased.

The following day it came back and I had a nice rash that accompanied it.  A rash showed up on the back of my neck and weaved a trail down my left arm.  What was disturbing about this was the rash followed the neck pain and radiating down my arm too.  I immediately saw a doctor and she diagnosed me with shingles.  It took another week of anti-viral medication before the pain went away.

I always like to examine the deeper meaning of why things need to happen, like this move.  I know that I had to do it and it would be good for me.  But since moving I have discovered the following reasons:

1. I have been “put here” by spirit
2. There’s a lot of paranormal activity here
3. The energies of the land, and especially the forested areas around my neighborhood, are very strong
4. The energies are a mixed bag: negative and positive
5. The energies have been heavily guarded for a long time. 

All of these reasons are either my area of expertise or interests so I look forward to learning more or understanding the area more! 

Have you ever had a physical symptom that encouraged you to take a specific action?  Comment below!

There’s two ways to approach life: the belief that the universe has your back or that the world is out to get you.  Believe it or not, it’s your choice what kind of world you choose to live in.

I grew up around people who would think of the worst case scenario and felt they were being cautious and smart about their decisions.  As long as you thought of the worst case scenario, you are prepared for anything right? However, I have learned that this type of thinking is a slippery slope.  I now know that words are “spells” and whatever you say and think the universe hears as request.  Given this universal rule, is thinking of the worst case scenario smart or are you just sabotaging yourself?

As a Reiki Master Teacher and practitioner of several energy healing modalities, my clients are not always people.  Sometimes I travel to destinations in order to offer energy healing to the land.  I do not get paid for this (unless a client asks me to come to their home to clear and bless it), yet I feel it is my calling to do this work because it helps the planet and all the living beings on it. 

And I receive plenty of thanks and validation from Spirit for doing this work.

When I was in France two years ago I visited a fascinating little church called Cubieres Sur Noble in the Languedoc region.  It once was attached to a monastery but only the church remained.  Interesting side note is Jesus' family had traveled to France and lived near Mount Bacharach not too far away.  They established an Essenes monastery in the area…could this have been the same monastery?

We visited this church twice.  It felt quite mysterious.  The altar was a powerful spot but as you looked from the altar to the back of the church, it angled to the left at the last minute, a curious alignment.  The Knights of Templar and Cathar energies here were very strong.  I saw visions of them meeting here, strategizing and protecting the Magdalene teachings and sacred artifacts. 
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My tourmates, who were gifted healers themselves, and I decided to perform a ceremony in this church to wake up and align its energies.  After we were done, the sun suddenly came out and shined through the stain glass window to the floor.

​A “sign” of thank you for the work that we did.

After 10 days of lots of high energetic work in France, we were driving to our last destination when we saw a rainbow next to Mount Bacharach.  Another sign, since a rainbow is a thank you for doing good work. 

In December I did some clearing work at a local haunted jail and as we were wrapping up the work a large hawk sat on a telephone pole in front of the jail the whole time we were there.  One of my power animals is a hawk so a fortuitous sign of gratitude from the spirit realm.  

​I had a particularly powerful mediumship session with a couple and it started raining before they left.  In a matter of minutes a beautiful rainbow appeared.  Another sign from spirit that “good work” was accomplished. 

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So in the end, no I don’t get paid for this work, but as you know, it’s not about the money…it’s about the good karma and energy put out into the world that you receive several times over in return. 

One week from today I will traveling to Mexico to ancient sites. I look forward to doing some energy healing work in those places and seeing the “signs” that will appear afterwards in support of this endeavor. 

Have you received any encouraging signs from spirit? Comment below.  I would love to hear them! 

Yup I’ve been silent on my blog lately.  I still continue to work and learn but I have been doing big stuff: working, clearing and attuning energy lines and sacred places.

Some of you are thinking, what?  And others will read what I just wrote and say yes, I know what this means.

So I haven’t been writing about that particular line of work but I will someday when I feel compelled to share and do so.

In the meantime, I want to share with you my experiences on my latest trip to New Orleans (NOLA). It’s one of my favorite cities and this is actually my 4th visit and the 1st after Hurricane Katrina. We stayed in French Quarter across from the Louis Armstrong Park (this is significant and will mention again later). 

The French Quarter seems to be stuck in time and I really like that about New Orleans. In fact, I like any city that seems stuck in time, like Florence, Italy.  There are parts of French Quarter that are rowdy and full of partiers, like on Bourbon Street, and other parts that are really quiet like the area we stayed in.

New Orleans has the air of realness to it, unlike the other party city Las Vegas.  There’s lot going on in New Orleans, a lot of buzz and activity and yes, if you are wondering, paranormal activity.  There are a ton of ghost tours and even a vampire tour.

You know I didn’t partake in any of that because I had some encounters myself!
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The day before I left for New Orleans, I thought, hmmm maybe I should get a guidebook.  It has been 14 years since I last visited! As I was reading it through, I read about Marie Laveau, the voodoo queen of New Orleans. I didn’t know much about her but she combined some Catholic rituals with voodoo.  She was also part of an all women congregation.  

As we were taking a cab to the hotel, I got this overwhelming feeling someone or some being wanted to communicate with me.  It was Marie Laveau.  She knew that I was planning to clear the city of wayward spirits (I do this everywhere I go) and she wanted to support me in this endeavor.  I accepted her help and planned to have her present later when I conducted the ceremony. 

If there was ever an embodiment of feminine goddess power it would be Marie.  In fact she holds that that energy for the city of New Orleans.

I stayed in a hotel across the street from Louis Armstrong Park.  We didn’t explore the park right away and when did, it was a wee bit disappointing.  There were many buildings and not a lot of green space. 

But I stumbled upon an unexpected gem in there.
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We found the Congo Square located in the park!  According to the official website, “Formerly known as Place de Negres, it took its name from the tradition of slaves who gathered there on Sundays, their day off, to sing, beat drums, sell home-made goods, and celebrate.”  But even before it was a gathering place for slaves, this spot was chosen for ceremony by the local Native American tribes.

​Well, well, well I just stumbled upon a sacred spot in New Orleans.  Every sacred place has one or more energy portals within it.  I decided to find the center of it and luckily for me, the designers had created a swirl design of pavers on the ground, and the center was clearly marked. 

A little side note here, as I typed the previous sentence one of my herbal tincture bottles full of Echinacea exploded all over my shelf.  It scared me enough to jump and I had to stop writing this blog post to clean it all up.  I chuck it up to the ancestors trying to get my attention and then of course I burned Palo Santo incense and cleared and blessed my office space.  Later I connected with a voodoo  priest that actually squeezed the bottle so it exploded.  He didn’t want me writing about Congo Square but it’s not like it’s a secret, the plaque clearly states what went on it in there.  Of course I sent him into the light as well.

I know that this may trigger some fear in my readers, since voodoo has gotten a bad rap.  Just know that I have taken my full power as a human being and shaman when dealing with the spirit world and know how to handle such wayward spirits.
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As I was saying…I located the center of the Congo Square and stood right there.  When you stand in a vortex, keep your body very relaxed and loose.  Close your eyes and keep your arms to your side.  The vortex of energy will pull you, sometimes forward, sometimes backward.  That’s how you know you found it.  I plan on doing such activities in my future sacred journey and retreats, the first I am planning in the Yucatan Mexico next year.  If you would like to know when that will happen and sign up for updates special to my subscribers, click here. 

We did a lot of walking around the French Quarter and happened upon an adorable art shop.  I had forgotten how Catholic NOLA was and there were mini paintings of Catholic saints, many of them women.

This caught my attention.
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I saw that someone had purchased a mini painting of Joan of Arc and started to pick up each piece, looking on the back for an identification of which saint it was. And to my surprise and delight, I found a painting of Mary Magdalene.  And of course I had to bring it home.

When I visited France last year, I saw many statues and souvenirs of Saint Mary Magdalene but hardly ever seen anything in the United States. 

I ended up doing the clearing and blessing of the city from my hotel room (in retrospect, should have carved out time at the Congo Square).  Alas, I was pretty tired from all the walking and sightseeing so the hotel room it was!
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One night we made a reservation at the restaurant Muriel’s.  Before we left for NOLA, I had made several reservations at a few restaurants since one goes to NOLA to eat.  It is located in a beautiful building in the French Quarter with a lot of history and serves as the inspiration for the restaurant in Princess and the Frog.  In another serendipitous moment, I learned the restaurant was rumored to be haunted by the previous building owner Pierre Antoine Lepardi Jourdan who committed suicide. To this day the restaurant sets a table for him that is located in a back room near the stairs and anyone can view it. 

When I connected with him he was already in the light but liked to visit.  This made sense because people have seen a sparkly white light in the restaurant and that was him.  Others have seen dark shadows and those are most likely wayward spirits.

I asked the waiter about the ghosts.  He said there was one a few years back that used to throw glasses across the bar.  Although I had not walked around the restaurant, I intuitively felt that the bar was located in the back to my left.  Later while I looked for the restrooms I found out that I was right. 

Whatever it was, this wayward spirit was not a nice one.  I quickly led it into the light on the other side. 
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After dinner, I asked the host where the ghost table was.  He said that it was in the back, by the stairs.  He also said we were welcome to go to the 2nd floor and look around.  The 2nd floor was extremely cold and it’s where they used to hold séances.  I didn’t pick up on anything there as I was ready to leave and just exploring. 

So all this occurred in just a four day trip to New Orleans.  If you ever visit, make sure you stop by Congo Square and Muriel’s.  It’s a beautiful place to explore, eat wonderful food and interact with the paranormal if you so choose.
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If you have paranormal activity in your home or property and want to find out exactly who it is, contact me.  I do clearings and blessings of property.  For more information on what this process entails click here.

Lately I have been doing a lot of Clearing and Blessings of Property and I wanted to explain what this is and exactly how it can help change the feel of your home and affect your family’s behavior.  Clearing a property removes old energy or spirit beings that have refused to leave the property.  Blessing the property enforces the clearing and lays an energetic boundary so that only positive energy can cross the property line.  It all comes down to energy…

You are Affected by Energy

Everything is made up of energy.  You, me and even the chair you’re sitting on.  Everything has a different vibration.  The chair vibrates slowly and you vibrate at a higher level because you have movement.  And there are many things, rather beings, which vibrate at an even higher level.  They vibrate so high that they appear invisible to you, but for someone who can see quite well with my third eye, I see, feel, and hear them too. 

Your emotions are energy.  Strong emotions, like happiness or hatred, can be left behind in a location.  This is why places like battlefields, old homes and asylums have a lot of leftover energy, whether it is emotional energy or actual people who lived there and never went home into the light (aka Heaven, the Source, the Creator, the afterlife etc.)

You Feel It but You Don’t Know What It Is

How can you tell the difference between leftover energy and a spirit being(s)?  It’s very difficult for someone who isn’t already a psychic medium to decipher what is going on.  A psychic will be able to feel and pick up on the energy.  A medium will be able to communicate with a spirit being and find out who they are and why they remain.  A shaman will be able to guide those beings back home into the light.

I can do all three. 

A Real Case Study

A woman named Anya recently contacted me about the activity in her town home.  She said that she saw shadows in her house, her husband was very angry lately and her son refused to leave the home.  She is sensitive enough to feel that the energy of her home was not right.  She suspected that a local battlefield had something to do with it.  And when her family leaves their home, they all feel better. 
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This was really the key piece of evidence…the family felt and acted better when they were outside their home.  This made me sad because we all should feel safe and love to be in our home.  Luckily she was willing to try a clearing and blessing to improve the situation.  

When I conduct a clearing, I try to connect with a spirit being that can give me information about what’s going on, a helper so to speak.  I call on the guardians of the land.  In this case, a female stepped forward who felt like an elemental goddess and protector of the land in question.  She revealed to me that there were energetic ley lines running under the home which would explain the paranormal activity.  The solution was to send love and compassion into the land beneath the home.  All this takes is intention on the homeowner’s part, nothing fancy. 

My Son Sees an Old Man

Anya said that her youngest son told her he had been seeing an old man in the home as well.  I already felt that this was a ghost, a man who had lived and died and did not go home into the light.  I was right, and he told me that he was a farmer that had lived in the area.  I explained to him that he had passed and now had to go home.  Whenever I encounter a lost soul like this, I also call on any other lost souls in the area who are ready to go home.  The old man’s wife and son appeared, as well as three Confederate officers sitting on their horses. I guided them all into the light. 

Spirits Can Intensify Negative Feelings

Lastly, I scanned the energetic fields of everyone in the home.  All was clear except for the husband, who had been having anger management problems.  He had a spirit attachment, a spirit who was attached to him as a source of energy.  Many times ghosts attach themselves to living people because it can be a source of energy for them.  They would never do this if they had already gone home into the light, which has an endless source of energy. 

The spirit attachment was feeding off his anger.  In turn the husband felt even more anger.  And this becomes a vicious loop.  I removed the attachment and sent it to the light as well.  Note that simply banishing a negative being just sends it away (in Catholicism they call this an exorcism).  It doesn’t solve the problem and that spirit can attach itself to someone else.  This is why it’s extremely important to have someone guide them into the light.  This is the loving and compassionate thing to do because we all come from the same source, whether benevolent or negative. 
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After conducting the clearing, I bless the home and property and seal the edges so that only loving energy will be welcome.  

The Energy Shifts
Oftentimes people can feel the difference right away after a clearing and blessing. Others will see a difference in a few days.  It will FEEL better overall.  Luckily, Anya updated me on how her family was doing recently,

“Things are so much better for my son, it’s incredible. He has been happy, spending lots of time outside (which he hasn’t wanted to do in over a year), and is just generally more of a typical kid. My husband seems better too.  I’m so glad we connected, I feel like things are really turning in a good direction all around!"

I have to commend Anya for taking the proactive step of clearing and blessing her home.  What would have been the alternative?  Living with energy that was disruptive to her family, causing anger and isolation? 

Take Control of How You Feel in Your Home

Have you ever experienced weird energy in your home?  Click reply and let me know!
If you know someone who needs a clearing and blessing, please forward this email or my contact information to them! 

For more information on the Clearing and Blessing ceremony, click here.