Ancestral Walk

                                          Ancestral Walk

We all walk this plane, our spirits wander these lands.

We are the protectors, for our knowledge and wisdom can be shared with those that seek this knowledge.

Learning to understand ones self is a starting point which takes time and patience.

We don't possess all the answers, this land were the water meets the shore, The trees highest point and the highest mountain peaks that sit above the clouds and the beautiful reflection of the moon shining on a still lake.

Answers don't always seem as clear as one may think, Answers come in many forms and ways that one can connect with.

For anons we search for knowledge, we seek wisdom and understanding.

Allow yourself to be open and messages will be received, Sometimes we need to engross ourselves with nature to hear the whispers of our ancestors, Let their voice be carried through the wind, let the rain purify our soul and let the earth connect with us to this place you call home.

We hear your prayer, We see your pain and we know you are trying with a pure heart.

As the sunsets and the moon rises and the waves rattle our shores, we call upon our ancestors to walk with us in perfect love, perfect trust and may your memories forever shine upon our souls.

So Mote It Be

Love and Light

Many Blessings 

Michael Barnett 

Spiritual Message

BE YOURSELF

So how do you define yourself? Do you believe what other people say about you?

Are interesting questions, do we really know ourselves or is just mirage added by todays confusion.

Everyone is unique, we see the world differently, so would that change if you decided to go deep within yourself and be honest with your spirit.

Challenges of today are more difficult, so hard it can leave your own image of you as a person deeply lost.

It doesn’t matter what your job title, race, sexuality, is or if you live on the street homeless, sometimes people who have reached the darkness point in one’s life.

Can gradually begin to climb up from the bottom, sometimes we fall over before we can learn to walk again.

Unless we can stop the negativity and harm we bring to ourselves, Things happen for a reason, sometimes they are painful, emotional and can cause great lost to one’s spirit.

People spend so long searching for answers or explanation’s on why this happened to me, what have I done to deserve this? Is all common effect of things such as death, relationship ending, money issues, health and family concerns.

We focus so much on the negativity then we begin to only see and attract negativity.

Few things we can’t change that are enviable are death, tax and weather.

We are the only species on earth that knows we are eventually going to die sometime; no one knows when or how just that it’s going to happen.

If we worried about that everyday nothing would get done.

We add extra stress on ourselves and we lose connection with your inner spirit.

Being alive is a far greater gift, given to us. So why don’t we start looking deep within yourself and working on a change.

A change only needs to be small, and gradually other people begin to follow, we live in a small world.

It’s amazing how we meet people in our lives at different stages in our life and they seem to come just at the right time. To lend that support and shoulder to cry on if needed or a stranger says something out of the blue and its exactly what you needed to hear at that time, Some call it consciences but is really or a way of your inner spirit connecting with the right people?

So why don’t you find the time to relax and connect with your inner spirit, don’t allow the time to fly pass as our time on this earth is relatively short.

Ways You Can Connect With Inner Spirit

1.   Slow Down, Don’t Rush, Be Still

2.   Go for a walk, Connect with nature its beautiful

3.   Instead of watching TV, Put on a relaxing CD and close your eyes

4.   Have a nice warm bath

5.   Take some time off work, give a yourself break

6.   Make a Nice meal and share with family

7.   Read a Book in bed

8.   Catch up with friends, who know they might need you or might need them.

These are just a few ways to connect with your inner spirit; it’s all very simple if you make the effort to establish the connection with yourself.

Everyday our family’s members who have passed over they watch over you giving you the spiritual hug that you might need when you are thinking about them, they might have passed over, but they have only left their physical shell behind, their spiritual essences remain and lives on.

Hold the memories of our loved ones close to your heart, but don’t be afraid to share their memories with others as well.

You might not be able to see them, or touch them, but their love always remains strong.

I hope you all have enjoyed reading this quote from spirit, I wish everyone a blissful and beautiful spiritual journey whatever you want to do in life I know that the ancestors, spirits, gods, goddess and family in spirit remain close to you and may they guide you onto your own path.

Many Blessings, Love and Light

By Michael F Barnett

Understanding Herbal Empowering

UNDERSTANDING HERBAL EMPOWERMENTS

Roots

Elemental Magic to use: Air & Earth

Planet: Saturn

Empower when moon moves into Capricorn or Aquarius

Sap

Elemental Magic to use: Fire

Sun

Empower when is moon moves into Aries Or Leo, Can also empower it when the moon is your sun sign – your sun sign defines your personality depending on zodiac sign

Leaves

Elemental Magic to use: Water

Moon

Empower when moon moves into Cancer, Can also do it if moon is in your natal moon sign (Meaning where Moon was at the moment of your actual birth)

Bark

Elemental Magic to use: Air & Earth

Planet: Mercury

Empower when moon is in Gemini or Virgo

Fruit

Elemental Magic to use: Fire & Water

Planet: Venus

Empower when moon moves into Sagittarius or Pisces

Seeds and Peels

Elemental magic to use Air & Earth

Planet: Mercury

Empower when moon moves into Gemini or Virgo

Flowers

Elemental Magic to use: Air & Earth

Planet: Venus

Empower when moon moves into Taurus or Libra

Herbal Empowerment's are used for several methods all have different properties

Ways you can use your herbs once gathered or brought from shop, remember if u take an herb from a plant or tree in the wild make sure u leave something in replace as a sacrifice and always ask gods and goddesses for permission before removing herb.

The following things you can use to create your own bit of magic.

Incenses

Making your own incense with herbs is great fun and there is no right or wrong way to make incense as long your intentions are pure, you will still need to make sure you use the correct incense magical properties’ to enable the spell to work.  The best way to make incense is by using a mortar and pestle, that can easily be attained in most kitchen shops or new age/occult stores with in your area. Once you have got the herbs you wish to use mash them up in the mortar and pestle and put your own energy into mixing the herbs together, once they finely mashed the aroma should be quite strong. You can store the mixture in jar in cool and dark environment , make sure you label it, so u know what u put into it and double check before mixing herbs that it’s what u require. We all learn as we go along and let the gods, goddesses and ancestor’s guides you. Incenses are used mostly for rituals and can be sprinkled if u have made a fire during the ritual or u can find a heat proof jar u can find them at new age shops as well and make sure u grab yourself some charcoal tablets from the store as well, so u can sprinkle it on charcoal tablet. Please don’t use normal bbq charcoal as its dangerous and doesn’t work and can lead to severe burns, Even the charcoal tablets are very hot so always put your safety first. Love and Light.

Sachets

Herbal sachet bags are commonly used to hang in the house for example to expel evil from the house you would use combination of small crystals and herbs such as Onyx and Magnetite, adding herbs such as (Lavender, Rosemary and Sage) to this aids in empowerment. You can create any type of sachets to put in car, place in your handbag, under your pillow it’s a very versatile why of introducing magic in convenient ways and can made up pretty fast and easy.

Tea Brews

Most people enjoy a nice cuppa tea; it’s refreshing and can make a variety of flavours to suit the individual’s needs.

When attempting to make tea brews and u wish to drink or give to someone else you need to make sure what you are adding as some herbs are poisonous and can interact with some medications so always consult a Naturopath or Doctor before sipping a home brewed tea.

We all know the basic tea brew of Chamomile and honey in warm water to sooth our nerves and help with rest. Just some points to follow and understand.

1.   Make sure you understand what the herbs you are putting in the tea.

2.   Consult Naturopath or Doctor if concerned or on medications

3.   If you are using herbs from herb shop, make sure u drain the herbs with a strainer so your tea isn’t full of herbs on the bottom of cup

4.   I usually make my tea on stove top with tea pot that is specially used to make your tea and heat up.

5.   Let the herbs soak, bring to boil and use strainer to remove leaves.

6.   Let it cool down a little bit and then enjoy your home brewed tea. You can let it cool down and have Iced Tea is refreshing as well.

7.   You can get the same effect from the aroma of the tea. So you don’t always have to drink the actual tea.

Making a Tea brew is pretty easy as long as you follow the basic guidelines.

OILS

Making oils is pretty straight forward as well, you can use a variety oils depending on what oils you are making whether that is consecrated oils, Aroma Oils or Massage oil for your body.

Depending on the oil can be quite expensive, so shop around when looking for the ideal oil to use.

Making oils can take a little bit of time and some versions of oil require it to sit for a while to gain full effect.

For Aroma Oils I use strong fresh flowers such as Lavender, Jasmine or Canola Flower. I usually get the small vials that aromatherapy oils came in; once it’s used it still has the scent of the aromatherapy oil which enhances the scent. So basically u grab the required herbs and use your mortar and pestle to grinded the herbs place them in vial or jar (The Jar must have a tight lid on top) otherwise the oil can degrade. The longer you leave the aroma type oils the stronger the scent becomes over time as long its keep in cool place and you can use the moon to recharge the oil, I don’t usually recommend to leave it in the sun for too long as it can damage the oil. To get the aroma scent u need to warm to room temperature by rolling it in your hands if you are using the vials

Place the correct oil in the vial you might need to do a bit of research as there is lots of information out there. I personally use Olive Oil, Canola Oil or Grape seed oil it varies depending what country u live in as well regarding price.

Common body massage oil is Sweet Almond Oil you can add your herbs that don’t effect the skin again you need to check on the herbs you are using, Sweet almond oil is a little bit oily but your skin does absorb it fairly fast and its natural.

SMOKING

In the old traditions such as druidry and shamanic they used the effect of smoking herbs for therapeutic healing as well as ways to connect with the ancestors ,dream walking and connecting with your inner most spiritual self. Sometime smoking herbs was also used for divination and prophecy.

Again unless you know what the herbs are used for, I don’t recommend inhaling the herbs.

The only herb that I tend to inhale if required is mugwort, which is seldom and only use for specific purposes.

Safety is the up most importance along with a solid based knowledge of herbs.

BATH OR BODY WASHES

This is a common practise to maximise the effects of the herbs that you place in your bath.

Generally you use mixture of fresh and dried herbs to assist with what you are trying to achieve, for example to attract self-love I would use a combination of rose petals variety of colours and lavender.

So basically you run a nice warm bath place the rose petals and lavender in the bath and let them soak in the water, you then slip into bath, and you can say an affirmation of empowerment and just lay down close your eyes and relax it’s very soothing and private.

You might want to light a candle either scented or plain and play some music in background and let the magic happen.

Again I sound like broken record, but it’s important to understand what herbs you are placing in bath as certain herbs can irritate the skin and have adverse effects.

So you wouldn’t be putting hot herbs like chilli, pepper, poisonous herbs or stinging herbs that hurt when mixed or touched, so do your research well, if you are unsure, feel free to ask me or send an email and I’ll be happy to help you out.

Herbs can be broken down as

Hot Herbs – Generally speaking Pepper, Poisonous, Chilli, Sting Herbs, those types that can interact with your body.

Cool/Gentle herbs these herbs are generally ok, just double check they could be herbs such as Jasmine, Lavender, Rose Petals, Meadowsweet, Sage, Basil, Rosemary to name a few

I Hope this is helpful, the above information has come from my experiences, and knowledge as well as a mixture of resources.

Wishing you all the best on your spiritual path I hope it is full of enlightenment and enjoyable.

May the Ancestors walk along side you and share their wisdom and knowledge and touch your very heart.

Love and Light, Many Blessings

Michael Barnett 

Celestial World Australia

Reflections

                                 Reflections -

Everyday we tend to judge a book by its cover before we read the introduction, Sometimes we became so rapped up in our life we tend to let the world fly past. Spirit tells us our body , mind and spirit are a complete temple. But sometimes we break down, either mentally, spiritually or become ill. Sometimes it is our own doing other times we become sick or ill, spirit sends their love and healing out to all those that are in need.

Let us stop just for a minute, step in front of a mirror and look, and ask yourself is this the person i want to become or how can i change to connect with my inner temple.

Say something positive to yourself, and actually mean it, i can tell u it wont be as easy as it sounds, because as well as we judge other people we tend to judge ourselves worse,

Everyone is made different, brought up in different families, religious backgrounds, jobs, friends and even our enemy which proves to be ourselves.

We tend to reflect our negativity onto other people rather then loving ourselves and loving other people for being different.

Give yourself to spirit, walk along side them so they can show u the beauty u have within yourself, and perhaps then u can see the love and beauty in other people.

For what ever our purpose is on our spiritual path its important to be true to yourself and respect yourself, allow spirit to show us all the deeper connection.

May Our Ancestors teach us new lessons everyday :) Bless It Be

Love and Light - Many Blessings
Michael Barnett