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MEET & WORK WITH SPIRIT GUIDES

As this work involves meditation some of this has already been covered

in Meditation Techniques. However since this pathway does vary frommeditation in as much that you are developing a psychic link for a

specific purpose we need to look at the following

Understanding the Spiritual Realm

Perceiving the unseen

Beginning to Approach the Spiritual Realm

Channelling and techniques

Meeting your Spirit Guides and Guardian Angels

Working with Nature Spirits

Honouring our Spirit Totems

Important Precautions.


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UNDERSTANDING THE SPIRITUAL REALM

From ancient times man has always had the concept of a higher spiritual

being who they would pray to and connect with. All the ancient

civilisations from the Romans, Egyptians, Greeks, Hebrews, Native

Americans, Africans, Celtics, in fact all indigenous tribes and cultures

had and still have their own concepts of Great Spirit and how to connectwith their individual spirit guides. Through proper contact with our spirit

guides we may also make contact with loved ones who are now in spirit.

We will be guided in all our activities, inspired to be more creative,

exhilarated by the diversity of life and amazed by the spirit power of the

animal and plant world and how they bring medicine to our lives.

This is all possible when we take our first steps beyond this physical

world of ours and it will awaken new understanding, eliminate our fears

and empower our lives. Remember, nothing in the spirit world can harm

you so long as you remain in control of your life. You are the master or

mistress of your own destiny and always will be. It is true to say thatpeople will come into your life and help to shape that destiny with you,

but not for you.

Spirit beings are as interested in forming relationships with us, as we are

with them. They take many forms and perform many functions. They

provide insight, intuition, creativity, information, or just simply stay with

us as companions so we are never truly alone in this world. We can allbenefit from our contact with them, and many people do without even

realizing it. Unnoticed assistance comes throughout our life but the more

we become aware of it, the stronger their assistance becomes.

To help you become more spiritually aware think of the spirit world ashaving seven levels, and each level has its own unique life form. We have

access to these higher beings and the purpose of this workshop is to help

you to link in with them.

These are the seven levels:-

DIVINE Great Spirit who is referred to as G-d &

The Goddess

MONADIC The Great Planetary spirits ( from the word


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Monad meaning the philosophy of a

Fundamental unit of one IE the oneness of a

Supreme entity who we know as God

ATMIC The Devic Lords & Masters

(The Atmospheric ones who dwell in the

Earths atmosphere)

BUDDHIC/INTUITIVE Avatars & Adepts (Avatars, the Hindu

Reincarnations returned to fight evil.

These can be in animal or human form.

Adepts, the highly skilled or well trained

ones, in the communications with spirit.Both are of the Earth Plane).

MENTAL Archangels

ASTRAL Great Divas & Angels

ETHERIC (Physical) Nature Spirits & Elementals

These subtle beings working through the planes represent the sevenplanes of existence and the great light beings operate from them. As you

were once a spiritual being yourself when you incarnated into your earth

form your spiritual essence built up these seven bands of energy around

itself then moulded and aligned with the developing foetus throughout

pregnancy so when you were born you were born with spirit alreadywithin you. You would have maintained this link up to about the ages 5

or 7 and then through peer pressure would have begun to let them fade

into the back of your memory so that you would no longer have your

direct link open. What we are going to do now, by connecting you with

your spirit guides is to re-learn how to make your connections, and re-

open the links that you already have.


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PERCEIVING THE UNSEEN

The types of spirit guides we encounter may be as varied as the type ofhumans or other life forms we encounter. When connecting with these

beings we will find human and non-human spirit beings coming through

to us. You may wonder why, if our spirit guides can assist us in every

thing why cant we see them? Why arent they more noticeable?

The answer is that as you begin to explore the psychic realms you will

find them more noticeable. The ways that we link in with the spiritual

realms are to be Clairvoyant:- We see the Spirits. Clairsentient:- We

receive aromas from spirit. And Clairaudient:- We hear the Spirits. You

will perceive just one or all three links, depending on how your guides

want to work with you. Your earliest psychic links came to you as a child,but because the adults around you dismissed your contact as imaginary

playmates or childhood fantasy you closed down your perceptive

ability. Now you have to re-tune and re-open those links. You may also

get a sense of feel whereby you mentally feel that there is a spiritual

presence around you.

Another reason why we dont readily perceive our links is that our spirit

guides may not always be with us. We need to establish specific timesand ways of communication to open our mind to greater contact. The

degree of perception will vary from person to person and the amount of

persistence you have to establish those links. Working with spirit guides

is a creative process and involves learning to tap into your subconsciousmind in a consciously controlled manner. It is the source of all our subtle

perceptions and registers everything we encounter both physical and

spiritual. A creative person is one who can process this information in

new ways.

We do this through meditation, which in itself is not a difficult process

but does involve an altered state of consciousness in a controlled manner.

Creative imagination, or imaginative cognition, is the key to opening the

doors to true spiritual awareness. One method is to think of it as having a

double brain with two ways of knowing. The different characteristics of

the two hemispheres have an important role in our being able to use analtered state of consciousness for spirit contact. Each hemisphere gathers

in the same information, but the handle it differently. The dominant left

analyses, plans, views logically, verbalises, draws conclusions and is


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sequential (ie: Puts things in order) and linear in its approach to life. The

right brain activity is our

second way of knowing and through this we see things that seemimaginary existing only in the minds eye or remember things that may

be real. We see how things exist in space and how the parts go together to

make a whole. Through it we understand symbols, music, fantasy, art,

metaphors, dreams, create new combinations, ideas, tap into the

subconscious mind, which gives us insight.

Your greatest asset is your imagination. Through this you link with your

future and spirit guides. Taking a line of meditation through your

imagination will link you with your spirit guides on an active path. By

taking a symbol, or image as a trigger it releases the correct type of

energy for you to make the connection.

BEGINNING TO APPROACH THE SPIRITUAL REALM

If we are serious about connecting with our spirit guides we mustapproach it with a common sense attitude in order to succeed. If we fear

it, it can block or hinder or even distort the connection. We must only use

this power for ourselves, and not for monetary gain if we get tooegotistical about our powers we are likely to encounter problems, so it is

advisable to work from a path of humility, remain humble and your

guides are more likely to come to you and give you accurate information.

Contact with the non-physical also has a tendency to draw us away from

our physical life focus, so it is important to stay grounded and centered.

We use contact with spiritual guides to enhance our physical life, not

escape from it.

Learn to perform rhythmic breathing in through the nose to the count of 4

and out through the mouth to the count of 4. This enables you to breathe

in relaxation and breathe out tension.

Perform visualisation exercises to raise your vibrations. Keep your focus

on the spiritual and see yourself as a being of light. When you finish yourmeditation eat or drink something, which will help to bring the

consciousness back to the physical world. It is recommended that you eat

something light and drink water.


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While meditating notice the vibrations around you. Learn to identify the

source, ask mental questions about what you are feeling or experiencing:-Is your guide male or female? Name? Ethnic origin? Learn to trust your

first impressions and any mental pictures, images or symbols and

thoughts that come to mind.

It is also important to tune in your aura for spirit contact. The strongerand more vibrant your aura field is, the more sensitive you will become.

Do this by visualising your aura field being alive and vibrant and full of

colour radiating out towards your spirit guides.

As you begin to make greater contact with your guides test and develop

your insight by asking for special messages for yourself and first and thenfor family and friends. This should always be information that you can

use and should be within a relatively short time scale. In this way the

information will be much easier to verify and you can establish trust more

quickly. When asking for messages for friends see if they are true. This

will help you develop trust. Dont be afraid to ask for favours from yourguides. But make sure they are reasonable requests and remember that

they are here to assist us in changing our lives, not do it for us.

One technique I use is to ask them to find me a parking place and it

always works. Just visualise the place you want to park and when you get

there a space will be nearby. I rarely have to search for a parking place,

and I refer to this guides as my parking Angel.

Ask for assistance during times of stress or change. Your guides will help

you to help yourself, not do it for you. But they will help to iron out

problems and eliminate possible drawbacks.

Ask your guides to send you dreams that will help you to work out your

problems, or what to say during an important interview. Some guides will

work only through dreams and can help you in learning to control your

dreams.

Ask your guides to place things in your path for you. These can beopportunities, people or opening new avenues of discovery.

Take an occasional walk with your guides. Arrange through meditation atime in which you can walk together and continue your mental


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conversations with your guides during this walk. Use this walk as a form

of inspirational meditation. Walking through a forest or woodland is goodand if you live in a town or city a walk in the park or along the riverbank

is good.

CHANNELLING AND TECHNIQUES

Channelling involves sensitivity to the spiritual realm, but it has become a

catch-all term for most forms of phenomena of the psychic and creative

realms of life. Hopefully at the end of this lesson you will have a truer

idea of channelling and trance.

One who is intuitive is channelling perceptions from the higher self, soul

or spirit. One who discovers a new form of healing, a new thought, a new

perception, a solution to a problem or a new invention can be considered

to be channelling. This channelling can be an actual spirit guide or the

image of a spirit guide contact through your own imagination, intuition,or the higher self. It rather depends on the definition and the source of the

channelled material and proving its legitimacy.

Medium-ship and channelling are all the same forms of extra dimensional

communication, which can also involve telepathy, trance or any variety of

altered states. What is important is the message, and the communication

which will determine the value of what you receive from your spiritguides. If the messages you get reveal discontentment and lack creativity,

then this reflects on you and your outlook on life. If they reveal hope and

optimism then it is like a mirror image and reflects you as being hopeful

and optimistic.

When you meditate or go into a trance like state you are simply setting

aside one level of consciousness to allow another level to come through.

Your spirit guides may take the shape or form of a deity, angel, or a

famous person from history, this does not mean that you have actually

contacted those beings, only that their essence is helping you to transmit

your own spiritual energy into the ethereal world, and turn it over to aspirit guide to communicate through. It is also important to concentrate to

hold the image in your mind so that it does not waver. With practice you

will be able to hold onto an image to the exclusion of all other thoughts orfeelings. You are also teaching your soul to pick up ideas, images and


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symbols all calculated to tune you in to the soul-spiritual realm. You are

moving from passive awareness to conscious interaction when you workand exercise in this way and open doors for direct spiritual perceptions.

MEETING OUR SPIRIT GUIDES & GUARDIAN ANGELS

There is a line of life evolving side by side with us. They have bodies of a

lighter substance, which are invisible to our heavier earth bound bodies,

but they embody the creative intellect and the energy of the universe.

They are the Angelic beings and spirit guides.

We do not have to be aware of their presence to receive their benefits,

just as we do not have to be constantly aware of the air we breathe. Yet

they are as nourishing to us and as essential to our lives as that air. They

signify enlightenment and are capable of spreading their divine light into

all religions and all lives. Within the realms of the seven spiritual planesthere are billions and billions of Angels, messengers, spirit guides, nature

spirits, seraphim, cherubs and archangels. Whether we experience their

love through spirit guides or nature spirits, through our religion, orthrough direct contact, it should strengthen and encourage us to know that

those above us desire to lift us gently to higher realms.

We are now going into a meditation exercise to link you in with yourspirit guide-

THE BUMBLE BEE

1/ Make sure you will not be disturbed

2/ Light incense or use a fragrance oil burner3/ Breathe rhythmically. In through the nose to the count of 4, hold to the

count of 4, then out through the mouth to the count of 4.

Imagine that all the thoughts in your head are like busy bumblebees

buzzing around inside your head and that you have to return them to the

hive one by one. So how do you shut up your bumblebees?

Sit comfortably on a chair or floor, loosen off any tight clothing and

begin your rhythmic breathing returning some bumblebees to the hive asyou breath in through the nose and out through the mouth.


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Feb 19 Mar 20 PISCES

Angel/s ROCHEL & URIEL. Element WATER. Animal COUGAR.

Crystal TURQUOISE. Plant PLANTAIN a healing herb.

MAR 21 APR 20 ARIES

Angel JELIEL. Element FIRE. Animal RED HAWK. Crystal FIRE

OPAL. Plant DANDELION when dried & powered used for healing &

coffee substitute.

Apr 21 May 21 TAURUS

Angel ACHAIAH. Element EARTH. Animal HORSE. Crystal

CHRYSOCOLLA. Plant BLUE CAMAS a type of Lily.

May 22 Jun 21 GEMINIAngel CALIEL. Element AIR. Animal DEER. Crystal MOSS AGATE.

Plant YARROW used as a herbal tonic

Jun 22 Jul 22 CANCER

Angel GABRIEL. Element WATER. Animal BEAR. CrystalCARNELIAN. Plant WILD ROSE.

JUL 23 Aug 23 LEOAngel/s VERCHIEL & YERATEL. Element FIRE. Animal WOLF.

Crystal GARNET. Plant RASPBERRY.

Aug 24 Sep 22 VIRGOAngel/s VASAIRIAH & YEHUDIAH. Elelment EARTH. Animal

BUFFALO. Crystal AMETHYST. Plant VIOLET.

Sep 23 Oct 23 LIBRA.

Angel HAAMIAH. Element AIR. Animal RAVEN. Crystal JASPER.Plant MULLION also known as Velvet Leaf.

Oct 24 Nov 22 SCORPIO

Angel ARIEL. Element WATER. Animal SNAKE. Crystal

MALACHITE. Plant THISTLE.

Nov 23 Dec 23 SAGITTARIUS

Angel RAPHAEL. Element FIRE. Animal ELK. Crystal OBSIDIAN.

Plant SPRUCE TREE.


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Dec 24 Jan 20 CAPRICORN

Angel NEMAMIAH. Element EARTH. Animal EAGLE. Crystal

QUARTZ. Plant BIRCH TREE.

Working within the angelic realm should always be joyful and creative

and will always help you to link in with your own personal spirit guides.

As with all forms of meditation you will adapt to suit yourself and thespiritual forces you are working with. Working with angels in addition to

your spirit guides will help you to find new and previously un-thought of

ways to communicate not just with the spirit world but also with the earth

bound people, animals and plants around you.

To help you make these connections use the following guidelines:-

1/ Read books and literature which refer to your interest in ethereal

matters. Become familiar with them at every opportunity.

2/ Use prayer and meditation to contact your guides and to be drawn intocontact with others who may be working on the same path as yourself to

see and understand them.

3/ Spend some time with nature through walks in parks or woodlands,

hills or mountains. Listening to birdsong, animal sounds and how the

leaves rustle in the trees will help you understand more about your natural

world and help connect you with your inner self.

4/ Become involved in anything artistic or creative. You dont have to be

good at it to enjoy it, and it will help you to tune in to your sub-

conscience thoughts and help you to have a more creative imagination.

5/ Use drumming or music to help you to open up and connect with the

spirit world. They always respond to musical vibrations, candlelight and

pleasant aromas.

6/ Remember that angels and spirit guides are always drawn to anyone

who is working towards self-mastery. If you persevere and remain opento them you will expand your awareness.


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WORKING WITH N TURE SPIRITS

Myths and tales of mysterious realms and lands have fascinated mankindsince the dawn of time. Many of our legends and myths are based on fact,

which is why they still intrigue us. As you open your awareness that life

can exist on other levels it will draw you towards contact with your spirit

guides and quite possibly other ethereal beings. As you begin your questfor contact with all spiritual realms of life, you will also follow in the

footsteps of those whose paths have been recorded in our myths and

legends.

The call to this quest is a call to adventure and excitement and it will

become a time of maturity and growth no matter how old you are. Tales

of Arthurian legends, Atlantis, Avalon, Eden, all will take on more

meaning and significance and you may find yourself re-reading these

tales of old with much greater insight than before. One of the goals of any

quest is the entering into a state of new and higher perception, and your

quest into the spiritual realms of life will also bring you contact with

those beings of nature that stir and fire your imagination. I would not goso far as to say that the Elves, Fairies, Pixies or Trolls of lore ever existed

in real life as we perceive them, but I have to acknowledge that the

awareness of these folk tales serves a vital and creative function as we

expand our perceptions. People all over the world do believe in rarecreatures and beings, Bigfoot, Yeti, the Loch Ness Monster, Unicorns,

Pegasus and U.F.Os to name but a few. They believe in beings that are

superior or inferior to humans. All these sources help us to realise the

existence of angels and Angelic beings.

There is in fact, much information about them, although almost none of it

can be verified. Literature, songs, mystics and clairvoyants have always

been traditional sources of information, but the truth though, is that their

world is only as far away as you will allow it to be!

Nature spirits are Mother Earths children. They are as many sided as

nature itself. They come in many shapes and sizes. Because their energy

is not as physical as ours, they have the ability to work on many

dimensions. Although we should avoid classifying the nature spirits,many people do. But the nature spirits are as diverse as the earth itself

and as you work with your spirit guides you will come to realise that you

have more in common with them than you ever dreamt.


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Almost all nature spirits require some contact with humans. Many require

the direct assistance of humanity to live and evolve. They affect us as

much as we affect them. Unfortunately, our civilisation has abused natureand this appals and affects them. It means that they have to withdraw

from contact with us. However, not all are able to withdraw and suffer the

consequences of human behaviour, an example of this are the tree spirits

in the rain forests. Therefore, as we become more enlightened through

our contact with spirit guides we may discover as way to establish agreater understanding of these nature spirits and help them.

Nature spirits can also be found in caves, rivers, rocks and plants. They

are found in all manifestations of nature. You may at some time have

seen a fairy ring for example, or noticed a rock with a distinctive pattern

on it. For you these pathways of the nature spirits may again becomerecognisable as you expand your perceptions. You must remember

though, that they are usually distrustful of us due to what mankind has

done to Mother Earth and will not reveal themselves unless you spend as

much time with nature as possible. When you first begin to see them it is

often as a glimmer or hint just at the edge of your vision. They may blendand shape-shift themselves into different forms. But with a keen eye and

persistence you will begin to recognise them in their natural habitats.

HONOURING OUR SPIRIT TOTEMS

A totem is any natural object, being or animal, who you spiritually feel

closely associated with. Spirit guides will sometimes reflect their energies

through totem spirits in order to give you a symbolic interpretation of

what it is they want you to know, and leave you to solve the riddle orpuzzle yourself. This is their way of giving you the power to decide for

yourself, rather than have them dictate to you what you should do.

We can use animal imagery and other totem images to learn about

ourselves and the invisible world. When we honour the totem spirit weare honouring the essence that lies behind it and are opening ourselves

and tuning in to that essence. We then share its power or its medicine in

our life. To discover who your totem spirits are you may refer to your star

sign where your astrological animal, plant and rock spirits are listed. Youmay not necessarily feel drawn to these and feel that you have other


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animal spirits to work with for example. But it is a good starting point.

My medicine man gave me the name Grey Wolf because he saw that I

work with the wolf spirits, but I also work with the bear, buffalo andeagle, and at different times will call upon the spiritual energies of these

animals according to my needs at the time. My crystal is the amethyst,

but as a crystal healer I work with the energies of all crystals and rocks.

My plant is the violet, but again I use all different plant aromas for

therapy. And so it is with you, that once you begin to recognise yourspirit totems you will increase your knowledge of them and vary your

work with different totems at different times.

There was a time when man recognised itself as part of nature and nature

as part of him. Dreaming and waking were inseparable realities where the

natural and super-natural blended and merged interacting with each other.People used the images of nature to express this unity hence the wearing

of skins and feathers in many Native American and Aboriginal societies.

Adopting the guise of animals through the wearing of skins, feathers, and

masks symbolised a re-awakening and endowment with those energies.

The animal becomes the spirit guide, and helps bridge the gap betweenour natural world and the super-natural world. It awakens the realities of

both. Animals have always had strong symbols associated with them.

They have represented the emotional life of humanity, reflecting qualitiesthat must be overcome, controlled or re-expressed. They symbolise the

powers of the invisible realms which, through our meditation we learn to

work with and make them visible to us.

Birds were often seen as symbols of the soul. There ability to fly reflects

the ability within us to rise to new awareness.

Aquatic life was seen as the creative element of life with water being a

symbol of the astral plane.

Insects from the busy industrious ant, the bee of fertility in Egyptian

myths to the mantis of the African bushmen and the spider woman of the

Native American Indian who is said to have created the universe. All are

seen as much working with spirit as the spirit guides themselves. An ant

may not seem as glamorous as the bear, but it is industrious and itsstrength in proportion to its size far outweighs the bears strength.

Chief Dan George in honouring these totems said


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If you talk to the animals

They will talk with you

And you will know each other.

If you do not talk to them,

You will not know them,

And what you do not know

You will fear.

What one fears

One destroys.

Part of the process of working with our totems involves honouring them

so learn as much about your spirit totem as possible.

IMPORTANT PRECAUTIONS

There is a responsibility in working with spirits. You can open up your

psychic channels but they are not always easy to close down. Keep in

mind that any psychic or clairvoyant ability does not always include highmoral character. There are ignorant people who will use these entities for

selfish reasons or to attract the dark side. A teacher, psychic or medium

may introduce you to some of your spirit guides, but should not be the

sole intermediary. You will need to develop enough confidence to workon your own with your own guides who are unique to you and may not be

happy working with somebody other than you.

Be careful. There are ways of determining whether or not what you are

impressed with is just fancy or reality. If valid and real then theinformation will be verified at some time and confirmation will come to

you through various sources or events which will support what you have

been told by spirit.

Avoid people or groups that want you to change your way of living or

lifestyle.Do not be pushed into making important decisions without being given

time to think about them.

Avoid any group, cult or individual that claims to have special divineknowledge.


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Avoid any person or group that want to alienate you from your friends or

family.

Beware of sessions that leave you feeling exhausted or drained of energy.Always ask questions, no matter how trivial you may think they are. A

genuine individual or group will always be prepared to answer them if

they have nothing to hide.

Always keep contact with the everyday world and work.

Remember that you have the right to say NO! to anything that makesyou feel uncomfortable.

Remember too, that opening up to the spiritual world is not a party game!

You can enjoy the development process, but you must learn to respect it.

Get used to meditating at regular intervals, but do not become too reliant

on spirit for every decision. Remember the old maxim that anything inmoderation is o.k.

There are many people who develop their spiritual awareness by doing

psychic readings for other people. There is nothing at all wrong with this,

so long as you remember that it is a great responsibility. People will oftencome to you with real problems, not necessarily because they want

psychic information, so a course in counselling would be advisable if you

want to do professional readings. Dont use your spirit guides as a lifesupport so that you cant do anything without consulting them, or become

superstitious about them, and dont allow people to consult you too

frequently. You must always empower them to make their own decisions

but do not make decisions for them. By empowering them you are givingthem the freedom of choice FREE WILL that must always be open to

them. Remember that we are all either master or mistress of our own

destiny so you must leave the power of deciding what to do with them.

Spirit will often show two distinct pathways but will not tell you which

pathway to take, but will always support you in your chosen pathway.

If you are told something in confidence by a person who comes to you for

a reading, then it must be regarded as SACRED KNOWLEDGE and

you will not be allowed to pass this information on to anyone else.

OPENING UP AND CLOSING DOWN.Rub your hands together to generate heat and then place both hands over

your head and shoulders three times to put a ring of spiritual light

around yourself and to tell your spirit guides that you want to open upyour psychic channels and ask for their blessings.


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When closing down put the same halo of spiritual light around yourself,

thank your spirit guides and tell them that you are now closing down thepsychic channels. When I do this I visualise a band of white and gold

energy going horizontally and vertically around myself. You may use

these colours or any other colours you feel spiritually drawn to. If you

have a smudge stick and feather then use the smudging ceremony for

opening up and closing down.

Copyright Rev. Dr. Francis Grey Wolf Billington.

Acknowledgements.

Ted Andrews whose book Meet & Work with Spirit Guides has been a major source of inspiration toformat the words of this workshop manual.

Pushican Lightning Bear who gave me inspiration through his own workshop manual, which helped me

to know that I was on the right path.

Little Crow who gave me the title The Bumble Bee for my meditation workshop manual.

To all my students, because every time I teach you something, I learn something myself.


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