Just Being

Jane and I sat high up on the cliff top, the sea blue with white horses dancing on it below. We were on Gozo island… We sat cross legged opposite one another and chanted the seven main chakra energy centres in the body… After the echoes of the crown chakra sound had faded away, we…

The Guiltaholic In Us All

Virtually everyone is plagued by guilt at times in their life, including the kind that can seem crippling if we let it. In talks I have given to parents of special needs children, invariably there would be someone in the audience who brings up the word “guilt” or “guilty” as a way of signaling how…

Addiction, Dreams, Healing and the Brain

I read Daniel Pinchbeck’s book: Breaking Open the Head a while back.  Its subtitle is psychedelic shamanism.  It is a very informed and informative book that draws both on empirical data about a range of plants and psychedelic agents, as well as personal anecdotal information that work together to create and convey very detailed information…

Eternal Friendship

Anadi and I headed out of Eastbourne just after 5.30 yesterday afternoon… We were excited to be on our way to meet my nephew Jamie who had already arrived at Gatwick and checked into the Premier Inn… I texted him to let him know we on our way and then turned to Anadi ‘What an…

A Lesson in Gratitude

I have been through a turbulent time in terms of my moods and emotions. I have an idea of the cause, and it is in part due to domestic circumstances and my own ‘tortured’ creative mind (I say that very loosely, as I really have nothing to complain about). Anyway, I feel compelled to write…

Real-life Learning, Living “Connection” and Environmental Balance

I’ve been coming across a lot of things lately about connected-ness. A lot of spiritual based “messages” to remind us how much we are intricately connected, to our higher Selves, to our angels, to God.. to the Universe around us.  All of these messages, from different denominational directions:  all worded slightly different, as befits the…

Ghost Hunter Diaries – Bodelwydden Castle, Wales

On a radio show I talked about my experiences as a ghost hunter with North West Spirit Seekers. Here is one report of an extremely lively event, where our team contacted a whole castle full of ghosts… Wow!  This was one epic and exciting ghost hunt!  The castle itself is beautifully kept and a fantastic…