Lesley’s Blog

Happy Hollows Eve or as the Celtic call it Hollows Ene. It is said to be the night that the dead walk the Earth looking for a live body to inhabit. People dressed up as ghouls to discourage the dead from coming to them. Tomorrow will be All Saints Day a catholic day to honor the saints. I dressed up earlier this week as vintage Madonna with long blonde hair, black glittering in gold top hat complete with fish net stockings and gloves. It was to pay honor to our spinning exercise teacher who has been teaching at the gym for 10 years. She is a BIG Madonna fan so we all dressed in different versions of the rock star. What fun! Although it was too hot to exercise in a wig, fish net stockings and gloves. There are many times in the Shamanic tradition I dress up to honor those guides and animals who work with me. I work with them in non ordinary reality so to bring those aspects of their teachings into my life I make ceremonial attire from what I dress in to the jewelry/headdress I wear. Tonight, I will be dressed not to honor a guide but to help pass over any spirits who are stuck on the Earth plane, human as well as animals. The last time I worked as a medium with this intention I helped many cats and dogs that suddenly drowned or die by other means during a hurricane. My intent is to stay open, to help shift the energies that are ready to go into the light and on to the next phase. I will be sitting in nature working with Earth, Air, Water and Fire as I drum with others in the night. You do not need to be in ceremony to help dieing animals or humans pass on. Open your heart, sending out love and reassurance that it is time for them to depart. I know for many this is not easy. People often tell me that they weren’t ready to let go of their beloved pet. I have even had a person ask me to tell their cat not to pass over until after they did, both were in the midst of dieing. Often this holding on leads to guilt, did I do the right thing by having them live so long or did I impede their passing with my own desires. Sometimes yes and sometimes no, each case is different and unique. This advice is to help you think differently. If you are in fear you will be holding them back from what is their time to pass. If you can transcend your own feelings and think only of their best and highest good you will help them pass on. Ask for a loved one who has already passed over to greet them on the other side. If no loved one comes to mind ask for an angel to come and help. The fear we feel in our bodies or minds is only of the unknown. There has been so much written about death that we think of death as something to be fearful of. There are as many ways to die as there are to live. Rejoice in the living of everyday, be grateful and stay in the now, the present moment so as not to miss the everyday miracles. My work tonight is more about being one with all energy that surrounds each and every one of us. I see energy that surrounds animals and people, I help them to release, transmute and feel more of their own inner self to live a fuller life for the purpose they were meant to live. However you celebrate or look at the holidays tonight or tomorrow that are over 2000 years old steeped in tradition and folklore have fun.