ANGEL ASTROLOGY 101 ~ A Review ~

Author: Doreen Virtue and Yasmin Boland

Pages: 288 pages
Published: March 4th 2014, Hay House
Form: E-book (from NetGalley for an honest review)
Genre: Spiritual, New Age, Astrology
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"Discover the Angels connected with your Birth Chart.

You can learn about the archangels who work with your birth chart in Doreen Virtue’s Angel Astrology 101. Co-authored by the widely published astrologer and Angel Therapist Yasmin Boland, this is the first book to combine angelology and astrology.

The 12 beautifully illustrated and easy-to-understand chapters describe the personality characteristics of each of the sun, moon and rising signs, plus your Mercury, Venus and Mars, as well as which archangels to call upon in association with them. Angel Astrology 101 is perfect for anyone who is new to these subjects – but it also offers plenty of fresh insights and material for those who have long worked with either astrology or the angels."  ~ Official blurb

I loved this book, its a fresh and new take on Archangels and Astrology, combining the two to a thoroughly entertaining and educational read. The book is so beautiful to read; colorful, soothing and powerfully symbolic, one of the reason why just having a review copy on my iPhone was not enough, so I pre-ordered the hardback, I have to have this as a tangible, can wrap my hands around it and hug it, copy. ;)

I was a Doreen Virtue virgin before reading this - of course everyone in the new age realm has heard of her, just as I had, but before this I mainly knew her as the Angel Oracle Cards lady - now I can't wait to pick up another book of hers, her writing style is effortless and she has a fun side, a positivity that shines through the text. And after reading the book I spent a whole afternoon just looking through Yasmin Boland's website.

It's interesting to know which Archangel is connected with each sun sign, and the parchment with all the areas the Archangel can help you with is something I want to be able to pull off the shelf and look through whenever I'm feeling like I need help or guidance. I've always felt a special connection to Metatron, so I've sort of used him for everything, lol! ( ;) not really though ) but in all seriousness and reverence - knowing which Archangel can help with, what seem at first glance like each Sun signs personal tribulations, what troubles is a valuable tool - and getting to know few Archangels I hadn't previously known of was definitely another plus.

Of course you must know your Moon and Rising Signs, and Mercury, Venus and Mars to get the best possible effect of the book, but worry not these are easily found out here: Free Natal Chart. Now that you have them reading Angel Astrology 101 is an even larger chunk of fun!

Top three likes : Archangels for each Sign + Beautiful Illustrations + Details on what each Archangel can help you with

Top three dislikes : I had none

Rating :

ORGANIC BODY AND MIND + FINNISH CHRONICLE FROM 1620'S

I would like to talk about recent changes in my attitudes, thoughts and actions towards the moral and soul consciouness of Nature and our home Planet. And little about a recent find of books. :)

I was walking back from meeting my mom after work thinking I really wanted organic shampoo and conditioner. I have been using Loréal and Herbina before, and wanted to change because I wanted organic clean products plus I wanted to stop using Loréal because of their evil agenda in using animals in testing their products.
So I walk into Grass Roots Ecological Market/Ruohonjuuri Ekomarket in Itäkeskus, end up buying finnish organic honey, organic potatoes and seed n' grain veggies patty materials, as well as Cranberry-Rooibos-Ginger Shampoo and Aloe Vera and Xylitol Conditioner. Best thing about the hair products is that you can go and re-fill the bottles instead of cause more plastic trash. :) Plus they smell heavenly! And I feel I am doing my part for the environment and keeping my body chemical free. Also I'm using the Lumene Natural Code for make-up these days. :)

It feels great to give in to my soul and eat and use products that are the current best for the earth and for the body. :)

Earlier that day I went to get a drink with mom, now that bar terrace season is on full power, but as I was there early I decided to visit the Minä Olen Store right next to the Restaurant, I was happy to find they had a book sale! I found the first finnish chronicle written in 1620's by a priest who was doing time in Kajaani fortress, "Finnish Chronicle" by Johannes Messenius, and it was only 1€ ( check these entries to know why I was so excited to find the chronicle ) . Then I found "Starlight Elixirs & Cosmic Vibrational Healing" by Smulkis & Rubenfield for 5€.
As I was about to pay I saw Maria Zavou walk in to do a angel course upstrais I saw her lecture in Minä Olen-Fair in beginning 2011, I recall leaving the lecture quite early.

Anyway I met my mother on the terrace next, as you know by my intro I don't drink alcohol, so I had some Cranberry & Ginger Ale. The funny thing about this hour was that while we were talking about Reiki, Past lives and Channeling the neighbouring tables were afwul quiet and listening, sometimes you can tell when people listen, and they had their ears wiggling our way.

That was my day yesterday, today on the other hand has been all about my 6th ( Iron ) Wedding Anniversary with my husband. :) Might post a picture entry of it after I finish watching Juno.

Love, Light and Joy!

Niina

FINLAND'S DEVA & MY PAST LIFE IN 900'S FINLAND

I am reading a Finnish book online at the moment, it was written in 1913 by Pekka Ervast, a Rosicrucian and Theosophian who wrote wonders about the Finnish nation, our History and Culture in spiritual light.

This Book is called Newly Born Finland ( Uudesti Syntyvä Suomi ) it discusses the Deva, the Protective Spirit, the National Spirit of Finland.

I've reached Chapter 3. Where he writes that old Finnish souls from our Golden Age begun to reincarnate back to Finland around 1900. Before this they had traveled the world, being born in India, China, Italy, France and Germany learning from other Cultures. And Being born back to Finland at the time when Finland ( though writing this he didn't know just how right he was ) was raising its head from being oppressed for quite many years, generations. He writes how Finnish people had to hold on to their nature, Finnish nature during this oppressive time and that took a lot of energy, hence the quiet era where not a lot of Finnish Culture was known in Europe and beyond. But as 1900 begun and old Finnish souls from the golden age returned we begun to see such people as Sibelius where he in 1900-1902 breaks through to International Stage.

Why I find this interesting is that have intuitive knowledge of having other lives in Finland, knowledge that I come back from time to time check up on Finland. This is interesting as I just recently had Clearing done on my Akashic Record, two lives to be exact, and one of them was in 900th Finland, the woman who did this Clearing told me I lived in the Oulu area in 900's and I was the Shaman of the tribe.

I channeled my Higher Self this morning ( I'm going to use the term "her" as I am a woman in this life time, but in Finnish him and her are represented by one word "hän" which means both genders ) considering my earlier life in Finland. I asked her if I had an earlier life in Finland, she answered yes. I asked if I had been a Shaman, she answered yes. I asked if I had lived in 900's, she answered yes. I asked if I had lived in Oulu area, she answered yes. I asked if I had been a man or a woman, she answered man. I asked her to show me an image of myself from that time, and saw immediately a man sitting on a rock seat fire in front of him and early night, he had longer hair that had natural dreads mixed in his hair from time to time, he had a short beard, and he was thin, I got the mental image he didn't, I didn't eat a lot. But I saw muscles in his legs so he wasn't sickly thin. I asked her what happened in that life time that had lingered with me before the Akashic record was cleared, she told me the earth changed, I tried to see but she told me it wasn't a catastrophe, but subtle change in the earth, crops didn't grow as they use to. I had tried my best with the knowledge that I had to make the ground fertile, she told me I did what I could but something’s are meant to happen.
I then asked her is there something she'd like me to know, she showed me kissing the forehead of a young girl, platonic kiss and she told me I passed on my knowledge to the girl, what I knew of incantations and medicines.

This self-exploration was brought on by the Ervast book, and I am thinking there are many more to read on the matter of Finns and our Golden Age, The Kalevala and Finnish Spirituality. But these are my thoughts for now.

Love, Light and Joy!
Niina

P.S: For more Finnish Spirituality click on some of the Tags for this entry below.

THE MAGIC SPELLS/INCANTATIONS OF THE FINNS

Are you interested in the Esoteric and Magical history of the Finns?

The Vikings, according to Viking Sagas, also made some raids into Tavastia. Here is an account of Olav the Holy raiding the coast. This may be either in Tavastian or "Finnish" territory:

"Then he (Olav) sailed to Finland, landed and pillaged there, but all of the locals escaped into the forests and took all their possessions with them away from the area/region. The king ventured far inland and through some woods; there were valley regions called Herdalarna. They took some property, but no men (Slaves? Prisoners?). When evening drew near, the King began his way back to his ships. But when they returned to the woods, they were confronted by men from all sides, and harrassed and shot at fiercely. The King told his men to take cover/protect themselves. But before they could get out of the woods, he had lost many men and several were wounded. He arrived at the ships in the evening. In the night, the Finns created a great storm with their witch-craft. But the king ordered to lift up the anchor and raise the sails, and they travelled along the coast during the night. The King's good luck was then, like so often, more effective than the witch-craft of the Finns. They managed to sail along the coast of Balegard and then out to sea. But a band of Finnish warriors followed them on land as the king sailed along the coast." ~http://www.allempires.com/article/index.php?q=Viking_Age_Finland

The Finns have been known for their ability to raise fog, stop blood flow in wounds and singing people to sleep.
With magical time in mind you might want to check out this book: The Magic Songs of the Finns. Link update 08/23 1/2 https://sacred-texts.com/neu/ms1/index.htm

2/2 https://sacred-texts.com/neu/ms2/ms201.htm

"Since the time immemorial the Finns have used incantations, or Magic Songs. It’s unknown when or how this tradition of magic first came to be, but already in pre-historical times they were widely used in all areas of life. The 639 spells and charms contained in this book were collected in the 19th century from the rural areas of Finland and Karelia, shortly after which this old esoteric tradition became extinct. They were first published in year 1880, and translated into English in 1896 as a part of larger folkloristic study, but have never before been published as an independent work."

THE MAGIC SONGS OF THE FINNS.
1. Preliminary Formula
2. Defensive Measures
3. Against Envy
4. Vengeance Formula
5. To Discover the Cause
6. Reparation for Harm
7. Against Inflammation and Angry Symptoms
8. Expulsion Formula
9. Posting Formula
10. Pain or Sickness Formula
11. Reproaching Formula
12. Falling into Ecstasy
13. In Distress
14. Boasting Formula
15. To Still Violence
16. Menacing Formula
17. Exorcisms
18. To Make Fast

♠ WORDS OF HEALING POWER.
19. For Stings of Wasps, Gadflies and other Insects
20. For Sickness caused by Elf-shots, sudden Strokes, etc.
21. For the Toothache
22. For Wounds caused by Hiisi
23. For Whooping Cough
24. For Injuries caused by Kalma
25. When torn by a Bear or a Wolf
26. For Contusions from a Stone
27. For Syphilis
28. To remove Tumours, Abscesses, Boils
29. For Snake Bites
30. For Gout or Heartburn
31. For cutting off Excrescences
32. For Contusions or Lesions
33. For the Hiccough
34. For Sprains
35. Against Nightmare
36. For Frostbite
37. For Stitch or Pleurisy
38. For Contusions from Trees
39. For Cancer or Whitlow
40. For Injuries from Iron
41. For Rickets, Atrophy
42. For Injuries caused by Spells
43. Against the Plague
44. For Thrush
45. For Pain in the Eye from Particles of Chaff
46. For Disease in the Eye
47. For a Lizard’s Bite
48. For Laceration by a Wolf
49. For the Pains of Child-birth
50. For the Itch
51. For Skin Eruption
52. For Burns
53. For Scalds
54. For Injuries from Copper
55. For Hemorrhage
56. For Dropsy
57. For Cough
58. For Colic

♠ FORMULÆ.
59. Divination Formula
60. For a Bite from a Horse
61. To make a Horse stand still
62. Against Mice
63. Against Spiders
64. For a Cross-bow Man
65. For a Best Man
66. Against Grubs, Slugs, etc.
67. For catching Hares
68. For Fishing
69. Against Bears
70. To protect Cattle
71. A Spear Charm
72. For Dogs
73. For taking Ermines
74. To make Yeast rise
75. To charm Snakes
76. Court of Justice Charm
77. For Sheep
78. For Bathing Children
79. To quiet a Child
80. To excite Love
81. To alienate Love
82. To take Redstarts
83. For Fowling
84. For making an Artificial Decoy Bird
85. Against Bugs
86. Against the Cowhouse Snake
87. For making Vapour
88. A Milk—charm
89. Hunting Charm
90. Against Forest Fires
91. An Ale Charm
92. For catching Squirrels
93. Against Sharp Frost (Pakkanen)
94. A Snake Charm
95. Against Rust in Corn
96. Gelding Charm
97. Frog Charm
98. To drive away Rain
99. On going to the Wars
100. To exorcise Wolves
101. Charm to recite over Salt
102. For Health
103. Against Cockroaches
104. To lay the Wind
105. To lay a Whirlwind
106. To be recited over Water
107. For a Journey by Water
108. Trap Charm
109. Ointments

♠ PRAYERS.
110. In the Morning
111. Treasure Seeking
112. Against Elf-shots
113. Against Wasps
114. Against Toothach
115. For Horses
116. When Gored by an Ox
117. At a Bridal Procession
118. For catching Hares
119. Against Cabbage Grubs
120. For Fishing
121. Bear Hunting
122. Against a Bear
123. To Benefit Cattle
124. At the Assizes
125. To incite a Dog
126. To silence a Dog
127. When Shooting Rapids
128. When in Great Pain
129. To Charm away Strumous Swellings on the Neck
130. While Sowing
131. To Stupefy a Snake
132. To Increase the Yield of Milk from Cows
133. To excite Love
134. To Wean a Heart from Another’s Love
135. When Excising Superfluous Flesh
136. For Catching Birds
137. On Gering to Bed
138. Starting on a Journey
139. Hunting in the Forest
140. For Sprains, Injuries of the Bone or Sinews
141. When Butted by a Ram or a He-goat
142. Brewing Ale
143. For Good Luck
144. Squirrel-Hunting
145. Against Nightmare
146. Against Swellings and Scab
147. Against very Sharp Frost
148. For Catching Reindeer
149. For Pleurisy or Stitch
150. To Throw a Spell over a Gun
151. Setting Traps
152. For a Good Sleighing Road
153. For Catching Foxes
154. Against Injuries from Spells
155. For Trapping Sea—otters
156. To Drive away Rain
157. When Charming the Sick
158. Castration
159. Preparing a Bandage
160. Against Bits of Chaff, etc., in the Eye
161. For the Pigs
162. In War Time
163. Preparing for War
164. To Make Snow-skates
165. Against Incantations
166. For the Pains of Child-birth
167. Setting Up House
168. For Skin Eruptions
169. For a Healing Bath
170. For Making Edged Tools
171. Against Damage from Fire
172. To Bewitch Fire
173. In Making an Offering
174. To Recover Stolen Property
175. To Guard against Thieves
176. When on the Look-out
177. To Staunch Blood
178. When Travelling by Water
179. To Fortify Water
180. Against an Enemy at Sea
181. When Using Salves
182. For a Good Crop

♠ ORIGINS OR BIRTHS.
183. The Origin of Wasps
184. Of Snails
185. Of the Tooth-worm
186. Of the Pike
187. Of the Horse
188. Of the Elk
189. Of Ague
190. Of the Seal
191. Of Men
192. Of the Cabbage-worm
193. Of the Bear
194. Of Courts of Law
195. Of the Cat
196. Of Stone
197. Of Cancer or Whitlow
198. Of the Dog
199. Of the Birch
200. Of the Raven
201. Of Swelling on the Neck
202. Of the Viper
203. Of the Snake
204. Of Flax
205. Of the Cowhouse Snake
206. Of the Earth-elf or Skin Eruption
207. Of the Sorcerer (noita)
208. Of Arrows
209. Of Ale
210. Of Sharp Frost
211. Of Stitch or Pleurisy
212. Of Trees
213. Of Cancer
214. Of Iron
215. Of Rickets, Atrophy
216. Of Injuries caused by Spells
217. Of Rust in Corn
218. Of Scab
219. Of the Pig
220. Of Particles of Chaff in the Eye
221. Of the Lizard
222. Of the Wolf
223. Of Salt
224. Of the Oak
225. Of the Titmouse
226. Of Fire
227. Of Copper
228. Of Water
229. Of a Boat
230. Of a Net
231. Of Brandy
232. Of Salves
233. Of Gripes, Colic, Constipation

http://www.paganarchive.com/magic-songs-of-the-finns.html

Love, Light and Joy!

Niina

SPIRITUAL WRITERS AND CELEBRITY IDOLIZATION

I have met some top names on the spiritual writer/teachers circle on the Spiritual Expos/Fairs. It still amazes me to meet stuck up spiritual writers. What's going on there?
I approach no one differently, stranger or friend, I act as if there is no difference between us. Brothers or Sisters, same family, same bodies, same ultimate goal of Unity.
It's probably due to this view that I find it so odd that some people build a quick brick walls between us at first meeting, especially after writing such grand ideas on books, ideas they don't seem to be following.

Is it due to celebrity idolization of our time?

If you write a great book, people buy it, take it to heart and praise you, you can easy lift your nose a little right. Sneaks up on you.

Finland is a small country, but we have our share of "celebrities", and I see few of them once in a while living in the capital - and I still get the 'nose up, look away' treatment if I smile at them. Well I am odd for smiling at strangers I know, but they don't give me the cold shoulder quite like 'famous' people.

So are our spiritual writers and teachers getting snobbish? Well some are, even my favourite angel lady has this lesson to learn on her list. I expected a different feeling from her few years ago, and was so to say disappointed.

Why am I writing about this? Well I suppose I still don't understand how some people can view themselves better than others. Seriously can someone give me one good, kind, constructive reason for thinking some people are better than others?
How does this fit to us all being sisters and brothers, all divine by origin, all here to learn to find our way back to divine love? How?

One of the things that puzzle me about humanity, but explains our current state of discord.

Love, Light and Joy!

Niina

Dialogue @ http://lightworkers.org/blog/125267/spiritual-writers-and-celebrity-idolization

I AM FAIR TODAY + BOOK FINDS AND HISTORY

Like I blogged before, today is the day. The Minä Olen Fair, the I Am Fair in Espoo!
It's only 5:40 am so I still slightly sleepy but I should be awake nicely by ten.

Doors open at 10, but I'll head for 11 so I have few things I get to see before the first lecture I'm going to starts at noon, the "Healing Powers of Light and Vibration" by Cosme Castanieto, followed by "Healing Energies of Angels" by Maria Zavou, and then  "Introduction to Astrology for Enlightenment" by Michelle Karén.
 
I love the energy of this place, and the people, I mostly go just to see the lectures but I usually end up spending about fifty euros there everytime, small amount, but then again I don't need that much.

I do need some real Sandalwood Incense as it is hard to find the shops near me. As well as the new book on the Forgotten Kingdom of Finland. :) I hope there is copies of that left!
 
I have been obsessing over this book series lately, unable to set the books down, The Oulander Series. All seven books are luckily over thousand page bricks. I read book three of the series first and am now over haldway through book one. I would not get them if I were you unless you like romance and medieval history, and well-- time travel.
If I have vices it might be historical novels, I absolutely love them, I miss the period somehow I imagine, the simplicity of it, not so much the grimy parts - bit romantic view isn't it. ;) Taking into consideration I know very well how hard the other side of the time was, well we all have our little escapes, mine is reading.

Now having picked up the next book on the series from the library I also picked up three other items.
The Keys to the Universe which I haven't even had a change to skim through yet but by few exceprt my husband read to me when he picked it up it seem the Cooper standars. "Isn't Megatron a Transformer?" He quizzed me. "What?" "I'm sure of it Megatrons a Transformer!" He repeated. "Gimme that." I read sentance. "It says Metatron... not Megatron." "Oh." "That's the voice of god not a transformer...."

I also picked up 2010 collection of Rumi's poems... now these I really enjoyed my husband quoting me, I told him to finds a love poem and read that one.

"Intellectuals try not to drown,

while the whole purpose of love is drowning."

His poems are something else, I've only read them online so it'll be a pleasure to read them from a book without squinting at the bright computer screen.
Perhaps it will inspire me to write a poem again.
I very rarely write poems but perhaps there will be an occasion now.

And the last but not the least a DVD of Deepak Chopra's called Happiness Perscription - I watched the first chapter, What is Happiness? and I really liked it. I haven't seen him lecture, speak before so it was a nice suprise to see him walk about instead of just sitting put.
I'm sure when I have a moment I'll watch all of them in a row but as mentioned above I am all booked for today with Fair!

I'll hope to see you there!

Love, Light and Joy!

Niina

WOMEN, FOOD AND GOD (BOOK)

I just visited a really good scandinavian "amazon.com" called Adlibris which has a genuinly great amount of english language books for us who don't like to wait for translations on interesting titles that may never arrive.

I first heard of "Women, Food and God" by Geneen Roth when she opened as quest when the teleseries ( free by the way ;) ) Women on the Edge of Evolution started again.
Then another e-mail to her 150$ online retreat arrived - it sounded really good, but as on a forever budget I have no way to participate I decided to look up her book instead ( 13€ vs. 150$  - and we had a clear winner ). From the first paragraph on her prologue and I wanted the book and ordered the book! Have look yourself and see if you order it as well.

Geneen Roth's pioneering books were among the first to link compulsive eating and perpetual dieting with deeply personal and spiritual issues that go far beyond food, weight and body image.

She believes that we eat the way we live, and that our relationship to food, money and love is an exact reflection of our deepest held beliefs about ourselves and the amount of joy, abundance, pain or scarcity we believe we have (or are allowed to have) in our lives.

Rather than pushing away the "crazy" things we do, Geneen's work proceeds with the conviction that our actions and beliefs make exquisite sense, and that the way to transform our relationship with food is to be open, curious and kind with ourselves--instead of punishing, impatient and harsh.

In the past thirty years, she has worked with hundreds of thousands of people using meditation, inquiry, and a set of seven eating guidelines that are the foundation of natural eating.

This and more at Amazon.com Preview!

Love, Light and Joy!

Niina connecting with Food

MOM'S GIFT CARD

My mother - an absolutely amazing angel, though slightly rebelling - is turning 55 in few days.
I've been wondering what to get her, and decided to follow last year where I got her a book "Witch of Portobello" and spiritual gift card for Ethereal Crystal Reiki session with me.

So this year I feel stronger in the adversity and depth of my gifts so I am offering her a gift card of either, Ethereal Crystal Reiki session, Tarot Reading or a Past Life Lessons Channelling session by me.
And I have to go get her a cool book as well!

I made the Gift Card this morning. It's titled; A Spiritual Moment.

Click for a bigger Picture - text in Finnish

If you want one of the above then print the gift card and knock on my door. :)
Or if you don't know me personally, e-mail me. :)

A Gift given from the Heart has tremendiuos value, it's needs no money in return, but always accepts another Gift from the Heart (an hour for hour principle).

With Love, Light and Joy!

Rakkaudella, Valolla ja Ilolla!

Niina

THE VALKYRIES

http://browseinside.harpercollins.com/index.aspx?isbn13=9780062513342

You can read Paulo Coelho's book "The Valkyries" An Encounter With Angels, online at the link above.

Synopsis

This is a modern-day adventure story featuring Paulo's supernatural encounter with angels -- who appear as warrior women and travel through the Mojave desert on their motorbikes. Haunted by a devastating curse, Paulo is instructed by his mysterious spiritual master to embark upon a journey -- to find and speak to his guardian angel in an attempt to confront and overcome his dark past. The Valkyries is a compelling account of this forty day quest into the searing heat of the Mojave Desert, where Paulo and his wife, Chris, encounter the Valkyries -- warrior women who travel the desert on motorcycles, spreading the word of angels. This exotic spiritual odyssey is a rare combination of truth, myth, imagination and inspiration. Ultimately it is a story about being able to forgive our past and believe in our future.

BOOKS AND DVDS OF NOW

I took a trip to the East Centres Library and this is what got caught in my bag.

"The Book of Secrets" - Deepak Chopra (I am Really waiting to sink my teeth into this!)
"Your Erroneous Zones" - Wayne W. Dyer (Accept yourself and dare to live)
"The Michael Teachings: The Structures of the Local Universe" - José Stevens
"Tao Te Ching" - Laotse (this will be the source of my daily posts starting tomorrow)
"Life After Death" -Deepak Chopra (another must read to all who will die)

also DVDs

"Religion of the World: Native Religions of Americas" - Narr. Ben Kingsley
"Naked Sciense: The Pyramids" - Bonnier Publications
"New World" - NewLine Cinema (Colin Farrell & Q'orianka Kilcher)
"Kundun" - Dir. Martin Scorsese

I have the Pyramids in the player right now. I will share what these bring up.