Female Water Snake. Year of Transformation by Mary Shurtleff

Female Water Snake

Year of Transformation

Not everything you see is what you see it as.  It is only how you see it at the moment.

Milton Erickson

'Nothing is as it seems' could possibly be a theme for the year of the Female Water Snake—2013, as she mesmerizes and hypnotizes the masses into believing that which is not really there. As she creates illusions of grandeur, leaving questions of what is real and what is not, it becomes difficult to know what is illusion and what is reality. But then on the other hand---what is the difference between illusion and reality? Doesn't the illusion become our reality? This year could get very tricky!!

The word illusion is an erroneous perception of reality, concept, or belief. The word reality means a state of being actual or true, the totality of all things possessing actuality, existence, or essence.

Simply saying something is a reality doesn’t make it so. Sometimes the reality of a situation is only an illusion of our perception at the time of the incident occurred. We all have different illusions of what reality really is. 
 

Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly"

- Morticia Addams.

This year the Female Water Snake will bring you illusions of what your future can be. As she winds and spins herself higher and higher transforming the world and mesmerizing the belief systems of many, we will see a new consciousness emerge. 
 

World Serpent from the Soulscapes Tarot

The Winter Solstice (December 21, 2012) and the day of doom in the Mayan Calendar, we finally start saying our good byes in Chinese Astrology to the Madman Water Dragon 2012 and our hellos to the Female Water Snake of 2013. The winter solstice begins the transition from the Yang Water Dragon to the smaller dragon known as the Female Water Snake. Between February 4^ththe solar Chinese New Year and February 10^th, 2013, the lunar Chinese New Year, we will see the beginning of spring and the arrival of the beautiful Female Water Snake with her mesmerizing and charismatic aura.

The Female Water Snake is know for her incredibly deep and beautiful eyes that denotes wisdom and is synonymous with the 3rd eye or pineal gland, the seat of spiritual wisdom. The Female water snake is very sexual, sensual, and has many lovers thus making it a year of promiscuous affairs. Prepare yourself to see a world of beauty and splendor as seen through the eyes of the Female Water Snake. These eyes can hypnotize you. This year could prove to be a very illusional or delusional year with lots of mystery and surprises.

The WATER SNAKE of 2013, paves the path for re-birth, new beginnings and transformation as she sheds her skin. Water is the womb of life and seeds being planted for the future. By the year of the HORSE in 2014, when the elements finally line up amicably--wood for growth and creativity and fire for passion –the world will feel right again. The Water Snake year will plant the embryo to bear fruit in 2014. This is a time to set your ship on course to manifest your wildest dreams.

This year let go of all attachments—emotional, mental, physical, financial, and spiritual- that may be holding you back. Transform them, like the Water Snake, into something of value that will help you move ahead to the next level of your be-ing. As with anything, you must research your past to detect patterns and behaviors that no longer work for you in order to change the course of the future.

For more information or your copy of the Female Water Snake 2013: The Year of Transformation visit www.maryshurtleff.com.

Orbs; vehicles of consciousness? Communication devices? by Jade Ashcroft

Having had a keen interest in ufology and esoteric matters for years inevitably I have found myself drawing parallels between the Science of Magick and the "activity" of anomalous phenomena.

The subject of consciousness has been the philosophers concern for centuries, its multifaceted and mutable form evading description and definition. That which is unknown to one mind, is perfectly understood by another via their level of cognition and perception. A difficulty arises when one persons experience, or memory, of an event doesn't fit within a generally understood or socially accepted framework.

Ufology, Metaphysics? Metapsychology? Pseudoscience? How far down the rabbit hole do you want to go?

You could share the experiences which you know to be true to you, and face public humiliation, (stoning, or execution) at the hands of those less perceptive, or accept what you know and enter into the shadowy realm within your own conscious experience and begin the personal quest for discovery of Truths in these matters.

During Altered States of Consciousness the perception of things not previously recognised by the normal waking state, becomes possible. But also the functions of perception and awareness are open to manipulation into other "states of being" without our consent or knowledge through the use certain resonant (high and low) frequencies.

Imagine yourself in a place where there are no radio waves, satellite signals, magnetic fields or other broadcasts. Turning attention inward away from the physical world and all its "attractions", deep within the core of ones own conscious awareness or knowing. The faculty of imagination should not be discarded as some childish thing to be restricted or kept on a leash. For where else can you discover hidden worlds and other beings?

Brian Ruhe defines some UFO's as “devas from the god realm who have the power to manifest themselves as unidentified flying objects, when and where they choose.” Perhaps the "God realm" is simply the resonant field within which particular frequencies perform instant information transfer.

Telepathic communication between human minds is possible, and demonstrable, so consider the channel on which we broadcast our thoughts being open to direct communication with other forms of intelligence... not native to our physical bodies?

The late Dr John Mack lectured extensively on subtle realms and the abduction phenomena, to the detriment of his career some may say. You don't have to agree with any of it but merely consider the implications in relation to other dimensional beings. Authors on this subject range between theorising such communication as the work of demons/angels to the "experiencer" suffering from delusions or schizophrenia.

Religion has long sought to control humanity through suppression of information and guarding us in locked cages of predetermined thought. The faculty of belief precedes religion and if the threads of human experiences are carefully linked together, and followed throughout history, it becomes clear that there are lines of communication that are outside our normal states of awareness. But could they be responsible for the evolution of consciousness?

Psychic, religious and mystical experiences that of subjective "visions" experienced during deep meditation are found to be similar in content regardless of which areas of the globe the information issues from. Some may argue that these are collective hallucinations, but perhaps they are ghostly impressions from rites of passage which have been torn from our conscious awareness b those seeking to thwart expansion of awareness or discover knowledge of our true selves. Multi dimensional beings!

In the words of Bill Hicks "we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, life is but a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves."

If beings from another dimension contact us through the veil of our understanding... they don't have that far to travel, except through the "
Maya" or projection that we call reality.

The journey back to the self is one fraught with pitfalls and dangers, and from a reference point without conditioning it then becomes possible to begin travelling, dissecting and recording experiences as we follow our individual map. But to get to the point of perception of ones own opinions, thoughts or theories may be harder to reach than you realise. First you have to sift through everything that has been "taught" since birth and literally begin again from a point of knowing nothing.

That which one has experienced directly should be the foundation to begin understanding the nature of reality, rather than that being "spoon fed" to us through mainstream media and our education systems. Defining the nature of ones experiences however becomes tricky like trying to build a castle on shifting sands, and often spawns into a pseudo-science or fringe subjects of their own.

Floating balls of light have been hypothesised as marsh gas, optical illusions, dust motes, alien space craft etc etc. Beings, intelligent entities, communicating through higher/lower (than normal human perception) frequencies, via non verbal communication. For years i have witnessed "orbs" of varying size, colour and duration in both the inner and outer spheres of reality. While their origin is considered by the masses to be outside of the current understanding of the collective it makes them alien (by definition as non human or having no physical body); when absorbed by the consciousness of humanity their function could be described as that of messengers or vehicles of transmission for transfer of consciousness, and information.

The perception of the passage of time in relation to this subject is an important factor. We live in the present moment yet we have memory of the past and the ability to think about possible futures. If we consider the mind theoretically as a trinity of past, present and future where three parts result in a whole "being" and the function of intelligence as a Mercurial glue that holds these functions together, Time travel becomes a matter of a shift in perception or projection.

At the moment there is a great deal of attention being directed towards the 21st of December 2012, with a multitude of prophesied outcomes... none of which can be anything but speculation until the event. There is however a matter that does concern me leading up to this event which has been largely ignored. It relates to what some describe as the "war on consciousness"

If you are informed about psychic self defence and are working on your "Self" then you may stand a chance of escaping some of the traps laid by those seeking to control the mind of humanity. If you are not aware of the pitfalls and are content to be led into A New World Order, and dictated to by the system then they have won the war for your right to BE YOU.

Jade Ashcroft 2012
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Programming Yourself for Success in the New Year

Every year, people tell themselves, "this year will be significant, I will resolve to pursue --- goal(s)." Unfortunately, due to a number of potential variables & excuses people manufacture that aren't for their own good, their resolution ends up by the wayside. Why is this? Could there be a reason why their goals for the new year end up sinking like the Titanic? Let's review what it takes to make a goal manifest & soar into reality..

The first step towards setting a goal is to be realistic, but not so realistic that you're beating around the bush. For instance, let's say you are trying to lose some pounds for the new year. Instead of stating bluntly "I want to lose 50 lbs. this year" we will attack the root culprit. So let's rephrase our goal as "I want to reduce my carbohydrate consumption this year so that I can lose weight & become a better father/mother/etc." It is also important to be very specific when stating your goal so you can refine it to where it sticks in your mind and the mind becomes a laser to etch this goal of yours into reality.

The next step towards accomplishing your goal lays in the power of association. So you want to lose weight right? You know that becoming leaner will not only allow you to live a longer and healthier life, but that you will become a better person in general. By the way, as a side note, we are not inferring that everyone should be a specific weight or look like an anorexic Hollywood model, what we are talking about is cases of obesity that can offset good health. So here is where it gets into the science of manifestation...

When we associate with people, images, environments that support our goal, guess what happens? It comes a lot faster than we expected and puts us on cruise control. Are we going to accomplish our goal of losing weight by hanging around people who love eating at buffets? Most likely not. We know that these people will only hinder our goal & make it harder to accomplish.

People don't only have a huge influence on individuals with weaker auras, but images, environment, even music all play a huge role in what goes on in the higher realms. People that are interested in wealth for example, know & understand this concept very well & apply it by hanging up pictures of expensive cars, hundred/thousand/even million dollar bills, big fancy houses, yachts, whatever floats your boat! We need to create an environment that will make our goal a success, so much as to literally create a "shrine" for our idea to manifest. This is literally the process of downloading a simple thought from the mental plane into 3d. Human beings are vices for such an intricate science.

Above all, keep an attitude that allows our feelings to allow us to know that our goal has already been accomplished. Out of all the tips that one can develop for success, this may be the most powerful yet. It allows us not to worry about when, where, or how it will occur and opens up the doors for the universe to bring it to us once we are ready. Opening your heart & soul for success is very important too. The people with the most success are those who program their minds for it.

May this coming year flood you with joy & prosperity,

~M

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