Mata Hari had Thousands of Lovers – But Never Got Cancer!
I have always had a fascination about the story of Mata Hari, otherwise known as Lady McLoed, but she was not a Scot she was Dutch. Her maiden name was Marguerite Gertrude Zelle. In her fascinating book, Julia Keay reveals all about this enigmatic lady who used her body to achieve fame, fortune, poverty and…
Living My Dream
All my life I have wanted to run and write, preferably in the sun… I was born in West Africa and the first few years of my life were spent running free, mainly naked… We returned to England when I was four years old, and in effect it has taken me fifty years to return…
Vampires and Werewolves
There are many conflicting and similar accounts of vampires and werewolves in history and folklore. My personal belief is that these mysterious creatures reflect humanity’s greatest desires and their greatest fears all at the same time. For a start, wherever there is a vampire there is usually a werewolf close by and vice versa. And…
Your Life Story
“Our Life stories are at one and the same time part reality, part fallacy and part fantasy” – Rasheed Ogunlaru, Coach – Speaker – Author Your life story is at one and the same time part reality, part fallacy and part fantasy. What exactly do I mean by that? How can it be that your life…
5 Steps to Conquer Doubt, Fear and Limiting Beliefs
When you set your intentions to manifest a goal, it’s really important to recognize when doubt, fear and limiting beliefs crop up because that means there’s a misalignment between your thoughts and feelings, and the Universe hears what you FEEL, not what you say. That’s why, even though you’re consciously focusing your thoughts on your goals…
Kindness Matters
Just recently I saw something online that really upset me. I am sure many other people saw it too. It was the video of a homeless man in Paris, France being separated from his dog. I have to admit that I have become a bit desensitised due to the myriad images that are flying around…
Divine Ecstasy
It is interesting that most people reach a point in their lives where they accept the feeling of being alive, but not quite to the extent that they wish this aliveness to be. Divine ecstasy is the ecstasy one feels that is beyond the joy and happiness that comes from the mundane aspects of life…
Not a Good Leg to Stand On
How would you think I started this drawing, and what was the direction that I worked? You’d think that I started from the lower left, where there seems to be some kind of a ground or a base, and maybe from this I started to grow that plant-like thing first to the right, then to…
What Proof Is There of Reincarnation?
In the secular west, we have been living in a society that for 2,000 years has denied the phenomenon of reincarnation. It began with the church, which as the Bible was being collated, decided to omit any reference to reincarnation, as a method of controlling the population by fear. The church used fear to keep…
Resolving The Forgiveness Dilemma
Having addressed many cases in which past emotional trauma was a main cause of disease, I have been faced many times with what I call “The Forgiveness Dilemma”. Transformational approaches, as well as healing and spiritual practices, value forgiveness as a means of cleansing the inner environment of negative emotional sediments and, as such, an…
Power, Balance and Walking the Sacred Path
Fear is a great tool for manipulating individuals and groups into desired behaviour. In schools, kids are teased, harassed or bullied into conformity, or as a punishment for not conforming to a social norm. This is a way of stealing someone’s vital essence, killing their inner fire, and stealing or damping that sacred spark of…
Creation of Light and Dark
Inuit Story A long, long time ago the people up north said that their world was created by the Raven. He is a being with a human looking face, but a raven’s beak. It is said that when a little bit of ground came up out of the water, it was brought up by the…