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Summer Solstice is a three-day celebration of the apex of the Sun’s journey bringing light to the Earth. Though the heat of Summer is just beginning, this date actually begins the ‘metaphorical’ decline of the Sun as it embarks on its journey to the Underworld, which will culminate on December 21st,( the darkest day of the year).

This cycle also represents the stages of life that each person goes through in the physical, the spring of our youth, the summer peak of our adult years, the reaping of wisdom in our golden years of autumn and the return to spirit world in winter.

Ancient cultures including the Egyptians and Druids marked the passage of time in nature and the spirit world. They used the concepts of the Divine Masculine and Divine Feminine principles found on the earth plane and the higher planes to teach about the circle of life. The story of the Oak King and the Holly King in the Druid lore or the Egyptian gods Isis and Osiris are both examples of how the seasons and cycles change.

This celebration is also known as Midsummer, the longest day of the year and the first official day of Summer. On this day, it is said that the Goddess manifests as Mother Earth and the God as the Sun King. In Celtic lore, it regarded as the best time to see fairies.

How Summer Solstice Is Celebrated

Summer Solstice is a time to celebrate and revel in the light and lighter side of life. In ancient times, most marriages were held during the month of June and the tradition called the ‘Honey Moon’ is a pagan tradition. The word honeymoon, came from the drinking of mead (made of fermented honey), which was used in wedding ceremonies held during MidSummer.

Ancient Celts lit huge bonfires in clearings and on roads to give strength to the sun and keep evil spirits at bay. People wore amulets made with herbs to protect themselves, while others leaped through bonfires for purification, good health and love.

The evening before, during and after the Summer Solstice is the most important time of the year to pay attention to your dreams. It is reported that during this three day period, that what is dreamed of, will come to fruition. It is also the time that the ‘fae’ (faries) bestow good luck upon the people and is considered to be the best day of the year to see a fairy. This magic was best popularized in Shakespeare’s ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’.

Legends state that in order to see a fairy on MidSummer’s eve, sit quietly outside with your eyes half open and gaze at a spot under a big tree. Fair/Fairy warning: if you meet a fairy, don’t eat their food or you’ll have to remain with them for seven years, (which could be a lot of fun, but will seriously wreck any plans you have made).

A Wisdom Teaching Ritual for Summer Solstice:

In my work as a wisdom teacher, I share rituals that were used in the ancient temples, while bringing them into modern day practices. The Summer Solstice is a powerful time to visualize any negative thoughts and energy burning away to nothingness.

Here is a Purification/Cleansing ritual for the Summer Solstice:

The first step is to remove any negative thoughts you are holding on to. Write down your negative feelings on paper and then release them by burning them to ash in a safe container.

The second step is to remove negative energy from the home. In order to do this, bundle rosemary and white sage together with white thread and dip the tips into a bowl of spring water and sprinkle about the house to remove negativity and cleanse and purify.

The third step is to purify and cleanse your body and energy fields. Take a shower and while doing so, visualize the water washing your negative energy away and cleansing you. Here is the ritual to say while the water is on you in the shower. Begin by taking three deep breathes, breathing deeply to inhale and removing any stagnant energy when exhaling.

Then say aloud:

Mother Earth grounds me (earth)
This deep breath restores me (air)
The rays of Father Sun nourish me. (fire)
This pure water renews me. (water)
I am filled with Pure Light as I journey forward. (spirit)

Touch your forehead and say…
Let my mind open to the truth. (divine wisdom)

Touch your lips and say….
Let my lips speak the truth. (divine communication)

Touch your heart area and say:
Let my heart seek the ways of pure love, now and always. (divine love)

Touch each palm and say:
Let my hands be gifted to work in healing ways. (divine touch)

Touch the sole of each foot and say:
Let my feet ever walk upon the sacred path. (divine journey)

Exit the shower, wrap yourself up in a robe and find a comfortable place to sit. Light a candle and drink some spring water. When comfortable, begin a 15 minute meditation, asking for your guides to join you and share with you a message they have for you this night.

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‘If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. I would go to more dances. I would ride more merry-go-rounds. I would pick more daisies’. – Nadine Stair

The mere mention of spring reminds me of a chance to begin everything in life anew. On a deeper level, I remember past lives as a Celtic maiden, playing hide and seek in the woods with friends, and delighting in the discovery of a meadow of flowers, plucking a handful of them to make herbal concoctions and a potion or two for safekeeping.

Times have changed and I like most of us, live in an overly domesticated suburban world, with only small patches and parks to remind me of my natural roots. Yet, at the first hint of spring, my shoes go flying off and I have to sink my toes deep into the green grass, to connect my auric fields back into the earth.

One evening, while I was out doing just this very thing, along with a bit of stargazing, I was greeted by the sweetest little bunny in my yard. As I stood there in the quiet of my backyard, I felt a stirring from deep within me, heralding the return of my creativity, fertility and sense of adventure. Above me the stars of my ancestors surrounded me with their love, reminding me that I never walk alone and here next to me, represented here in the form of this beautiful bunny, stood the goddess Ostara, inviting me to embrace the divine feminine and take a walk on the wild side. Never one to turn down an invitation, I opened mind, heart, body and soul and joined in on nature’s dance for a few hours, reveling in the silver light of the moon.

The next morning, I reflected on the ritual known as ‘spring break’, and how the word break means to end one thing and begin something new. Breakfast for example, means to ‘break the fast’, from being asleep and not eating, to awakening and eating, thus “breaking the fast”. In the same way, we follow a similar ritual with spring break, as we stir from the deep slumber of winter and emerge from hibernation and the cave of the home. We in this sense, like our ancestors, are breaking from the cold bonds of winter and entering a new cycle. This is why rituals were created, to mark the passage of time and the movement from one season to another or to memorialize a special event or ceremony.

Spring is the most powerful time of the year to raise the vibration of all of the auric fields. The Spring Equinox is the most optimum time of the year to raise the energy in the fields and chakras and open the heart chakra. The heart chakra and astral field open when the lower bodies are clear and the energy is ready to rise. Like the flowers of spring, all good things bloom in time.  Spring represents joy, hope, adventure and love. It is a time to play. We are emerging from the restorative period of winter and are full of energy to express. If you have planted the seeds of thought and affirmation in the fall, you will now be prompted from within on how best to take action at this time. Enjoy, for all of nature is with you at this time, bursting with color and vibrant energy. The world is a virtual feast of energy and your auric fields will soak it up every day. Throw open the windows, go on long walks, surround yourself with fresh flowers and best of all, go play.

Let Nature Be Your Guide…
The elements of nature provide tremendous resources to assist in healing and restoring energy to the auric fields. The uplifting sights, vibrational sounds and revitalizing scents of nature’s finest, renew the mind, body and spirit on multiple levels. In addition, the seasonal cycles connect us to the energetic earth based transformations.When we understand how to connect with nature, we can draw upon this energy to enhance our auric bodies. When we focus our energy in conjunction with elements, we can create forces of powerful healing energy. These forces are the most powerful during special seasonal cycles on the earth and when we harness this energy and draw it into our fields, the energy magnifies three-fold. The cycles represent the stages of life each person goes through in the physical; the spring of our youth, the summer peak of our adult years, the reaping of wisdom in our golden years of autumn, and our introspective return to spirit world in winter.

Each area of the world has its own unique energy and auric field. Mountainous areas give off one type of energy, which varies significantly from the energy of the beaches. As I travel, I can’t help but notice the aura of each area. Some areas radiate with the color so intensely that it fills the sky. One example that has always stayed with me was that I used to notice landscapes and seascapes painted by artists who portrayed an overwhelming shade of pink throughout the canvas. These seascapes were always connected with Florida and I never really understood why the artist would choose to use so much pink in their painting of a blue ocean and beige sand. I surmised that they must have been trying to capture the glow of a sunset at that brief moment when the sky turns pink. Years later, while moving to Florida I experienced what they were seeing. When driving into the state, there’s a certain demarcation line where the auric field in the land and sky connect and turn pink! I was so overcome by the beauty of it and realized why so many people are drawn to live in Florida for the healing heart energy they receive while there. It truly is a wonderful place to heal and enhance the heart chakra area. Though I no longer live in Florida, I drive there often. When I do, I can now almost calculate to the exact mile where the energy changes and the pink glow begins. It is as thrilling to me each time I see the pink hue, as it was the very first time.

Another extremely powerful area with a strong auric energy is the Hawaiian Islands. There are parts of Hawaii where the energy is so pure that you soak up the auric field through all of your five senses and even the sixth. Hawaii exudes the energy of “creative fire” and when you visit the islands, your creative energy will rise. It is rare to meet anyone who has spent time there, who has not found that they return energetically uplifted and inspired. Their auric field is recharged and full of light and vitality and is ready to create and manifest something new and exciting from the time they spent in the islands. If you are looking to make a change in your life and want to connect with your creativity and reignite that spark, a visit to Hawaii should be on your list of things to do.

Few things excite my energy fields more than a good breeze when it picks up and I feel the wind swirling around me. A gentle breeze brings much more than cooling relief to the body, it stimulates the energy fields and removes residual energy. A strong breeze, such as during a storm, electrifies this energy and after blowing away stagnant energy, it stimulates the vibration of the fields. This is why many people become excited during a storm, it stirs something deep within and calls them into action.

When you are in need of removing residual energy from your auric fields and want a quick recharge, going somewhere with strong breezes will do the trick. A mountain area with strong breezes will work as well as on an island which receives the Trade Winds. Traveling on a cruise ship also connects you with the ocean breeze. During the cruise, stand at the front of the ship and lets the breeze blow over you. Doing this activity for a few minutes a day on a cruise ship will literally blow your cares away.

There are some occasions where the wind is not helpful to removing energy from the auric fields. Dry desert winds are not beneficial. An example of how dry wind affects people is the Santa Ana winds, which blow in Southern California. When the Santa Ana winds arrive, people report feeling nervous, uptight, on edge and have strong mood swings and irritability. These winds carry a large number of positive ions. Negative ions provide a peaceful and calming effect to the human auric fields. The opposite occurs with positive ions, as they make people feel upset and uncomfortable. The overabundance of positive ions in the Santa Ana wind also disrupts the auric energy fields rather than enhancing them.

Take a Breath of Fresh Air this Spring!
To clear energy from the auric fields, spend some time in an area with a strong breeze. To restore energy to the auric fields using the element of air, refer to the deep breathing and meditative exercises throughout the Awakened Aura book. Pull in clear fresh air and pure energy into the auric fields using three deep breaths. Deep breathing exercises are beneficial to the physical body and with each exhale you removes negative energy from the body and auric fields. In addition, to add air energy in or around your home, a wind chime will move the energy around your home. Place it near a window where a breeze will blow the chime around or near an air register where it will chime when the a/c unit blows. If you prefer not to have it near a window or vent, ring the wind chime once a day to circulate air energy.

*excerpts from Kala Ambrose’s book, The Awakened Aura: Experiencing the Evolution of Your Energy Body

Kala Ambrose teaching about Auras at Edgar Cayce’s ARE

In this column feature “Ask Kala”,  intuitive and ancient wisdom teacher Kala Ambrose invites you to email your probing metaphysical, esoteric and paranormal questions. Due to the volume of email she receives, she won’t be able to answer back individual e-mails. Instead, she’ll choose interesting questions and answer them here on Kala’s Bohemian Blog.  This question is from Kelley.

Kelley writes – “Hello Kala, I have a digital alarm clock that I used to have to reset every 5 days or so because it gained time. I’ve had this clock a few years and its always been this way. My mother’s room was adjacent to mine. She recently died and since then I haven’t had to reset my clock!! Could she have affected the clock’s mechanism? It sounds weird but a few years ago she went to see a psychic who I had seen as well as other members of my family. He knew the names of deceased relatives, etc. There was no problem reading me or other members of my family. And no, we didn’t volunteer information as we were somewhat skeptical and didn’t want to give him any clues he could work from. Anyway, my mother went to see him and he was stumped. He tried and tried but he couldn’t read her. Are there people who can affect clocks, etc without knowing it? Thank you”.

Hi Kelley,

Thanks for writing with a most intriguing question. You ask – “Are there people who can affect clocks, etc without knowing it”?

The short answer is Yes and it has been studied, researched and discussed by people in both the spiritual and scientific realms.

The Aura Body and Energy

As an intuitive, I’ve seen auras since childhood. Over the years, I began to study what I saw in the aura, observing the energetic patterns and shapes as well as short energy bursts that I would see erupting from the body, similar to what occurs when the sun emits a solar flare. These energetic bursts are capable of disrupting electronics and are felt by other people who have intuitive ability and are sensitive to energy. Some people are aware of the energy they can build and for others it is a complete surprise when it occurs.

In some cases, it is not a burst of energy that is created, but rather energy residue that has built up and is trapped within the aura and energy bodies and is not able to be released properly. To imagine what this looks like in the field surrounding the body, visualize a thunder storm right before the rain is released from the clouds. The clouds are heavy and full, the energy gathers and the air feels pregnant, ready for a release. If the conditions are not right and the rain is not able to gently fall, tumultuous weather patterns can occur with lightning and high winds. Energy blocked in the fields can cause similar disruptions as it seeks to be released. When there is a blockage which stops the release of energy, it builds like a thunderstorm and can create havoc.

There are also people who have learned consciously with their spiritual practice, and sometimes subconsciously carrying over information from previous lifetimes, to balance and harness this energy. They are able to take this energy to creative positive effects in the world including healing abilities in many forms, such as physical healing, soul healing, working with nature and raising the energy vibration of people and places wherever they are.

What About the Clocks

Each of the three energy types listed above can have an effect on the electronics near their energy field. I receive reports each year from people who have experiences including turning street lights on and off as they pass by them. Others affect the performance of radios, clocks, computers and televisions or cause lights, security alarms and other electronics in their home to turn off and on repeatedly. For many years, I was not able to wear a watch, as invariably, when I did, the watch would malfunction or stop completely. I’ve also had a similar effect on clocks, including the clock that I kept in the library where I taught the esoteric teachings for years. The clock would never keep the time and would randomly change the time often and then stop working completely. The clock was looked at to see if it was in need of repair and it was found to be in good working order. The batteries would be replaced with new batteries only to run down again quickly.

There are a variety of physical, emotional and spiritual reasons for why this happens. For some people, it occurs only when their emotions are running very high and for others it was a random event occurring only when they were going through puberty. Some of these people are tapping into what is described in parapsychology as psychokinesis/telekinesis (PK/TK). While there are skeptics who will say that the human body is not capable of affecting these fields, those who have experienced doing so first hand see the results.

Scientific Study

There has been some scientific parapsychological research on this effect, including what is referred to as the Pauli effect. Further research needs to be continued on psychokinesis, expanded consciousness and expanded energy fields so that it can be further understood. Unfortunately, there has not been enough support with funding for many institutes to continue these studies at the level needed to provide the deeper research needed. Some of the most notable researchers in this field of study include J.B. Rhine (Rhine Research Center), Professor Bill Roll (University of West Georgia), Dean Radin (Institute of Noetic Sciences) and Robert Jahn and Roger Nelson (PEAR laboratory at Princeton).

A form of psychokinesis/telekinesis was recently featured in the film with George Clooney entitled The Men Who Stare at Goats, which focused on the US Army’s research into psi abilities. Another example would be the fictional book and film by Stephen King entitled Carrie, which displayed an extreme and negative show of psi ability with PK/TK force.

More information about auras and energy fields can be found in Kala’s book, The Awakened Aura: Experiencing the Evolution of Your Energy Body.

I love birds, many of them are my totem animals and I’ve always resonated with their energy. A wonderful variety of our feathered friends surround our home here and every year at the holidays, a Wren nests in our front door.  Nothing feels sweeter than seeing that wee Wren sleeping each night on the wreath hanging on our door.

One of the aspects that I adore about all birds is that they are tenacious by nature and determined to do what they do best. This brings me to the story at hand… A couple of days ago, a Woodpecker in our area attracted a mate and he is now “drumming”, to establish his territory.

Drumming is the knocking/drilling percussion sound that Woodpeckers make when pecking on wood and this particular Woodpecker has chosen our home to drum. It’s a misnomer that Woodpeckers drum on a home to eat insects, ornithologists have explained that this occurs less than ten percent of the time when the bird is pecking on the home and that even in those cases, they are in search of an insect that they saw crawling between the boards. For most Woodpeckers, they have a better source of food available in the dead trees and limbs around them in the forest.  This is certainly the case for our visiting Woodpecker as we live next to a lake and nature park with lots of trees and insects for the taking. It’s not unusual through the course of the year around our home to find deer in the front and back yard as well as rabbits, geese and more species of birds than I can identify.

For the past several days the Woodpecker has been drumming on our home and if you haven’t had this experience, you’ll know when you do. It literally sounds like someone is knocking on your home or playing a drum.  My biggest surprise with this encounter has been to observe our little dog, who is extremely vigilant and barks at every noise near our home.  Our pup barks at car doors closing, voices, knocks on the door, you name it. We have nicknamed him, Chief of Security, as no one in the neighborhood can make a move without him checking on their progress and updating us on the situation.  To my surprise, when the Woodpecker drums quite loudly on our home, our pup goes completely quiet. He actually stops what he is doing and listens to the sound and appears to be attempting to understand the communication.  It’s been fascinating to observe and I find myself having the same reaction when I hear the drumming, both pup and I stop what we’re doing and tune in to the sound, connecting to the beat of the drumming and of nature’s voice.

screen opened by visiting Woodpecker

As a wisdom teacher of Celtic origin, I know well enough that when one of nature’s creatures attempts contact so directly, that there is a message from Spirit to be delivered. Yet I must confess that for the past month I have been so busy and caught up in the demands of my work, that I paid him little attention. In response to my lack of response, the Universe in its divine wisdom turned up the interaction between the Woodpecker and I in order to get my attention and deliver the message.

With full commitment to deliver his message to me, two days ago the Woodpecker attempted to enter the window in my office where I write. He decided that he’d like to make a nest for his new mate here in my window and the only thing stopping him from this progress was the screen in front of the window.  I came in to the office to find him having done swift work on the screen, making an entry to begin building the nest.  This isn’t the first time that birds have built a nest at our home, several years ago we discovered a nest with blue eggs in our dryer vent with the mother and eggs inside. As someone who works with the spiritual planes and the earth planes, I’ve always surrounded our home with a loving energy and explained to all of nature that they are welcome here at our home, which is why many nights my husband and I venture out on the deck out back to find several deer waiting to commune with us in the most gentle and peaceful manner.

When each of Mother Nature’s creatures honor me with such a visit, I know they have taken the time to deliver their totem wisdom to me and that it is important that I pay attention to the message they bring. In this case, the Woodpecker, with his shaman like drumming, continued to visit and I knew that I must stop what I was doing and take the time to focus on his totem wisdom.

When a Woodpecker visits you, he brings his “medicine”, his energy and the message from spirit. Woodpecker medicine reminds us to pay attention to rhythm and patterns and announces that opportunity is coming swiftly and one must be ready to take advantage of the opportunity when it arrives.  The Woodpecker is known as nature’s “drummer” and like drums used in rituals, it is said that his medicine can allow one to move between the spirit and earth planes.  The Woodpecker connects us with our root chakra and reminds us to ground to our roots and step out of our traditional routines and open up to the creative energy surrounding us at all times. It is a reminder to shake off the old energy that has taken hold and become routine and to shake things up with new rhythm in order to embrace new dimensions and understanding of space and time.

The Woodpecker came to visit me at the perfect time, shaking me from several months here where I have been working very hard in the traditional sense non-stop and reminding me that when I use my creative talents and non-traditional spiritual forms of communication that things always flow more smoothly for me.  Yesterday I thanked him for his message and spoke to Spirit, letting them know that I had received the message and had adjusted my energy flow accordingly.  During my communication with Spirit I sat facing the trees and sky and my pup crawled into my lap to take part in the moment. The Woodpecker flew back to my window and drummed once again in sympatico as I sent my communication and gratitude outward to him and to Spirit.

I haven’t seen him here today at our home and I’m not sure if he will return to finish his work on the screen to build his nest or if now that his message has been received, if he will be guided to move on elsewhere.

Either way I am grateful for the message he delivered and the always helpful guidance from the animal kingdom.  Animal messengers enter our lives in many ways, the next time one draws your attention, take the time to stop and receive the message and gift.

Happy Beltane!

*~Kala~*

Author Kala Ambrose in New Orleans

Ask me now about the first time I read Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice and you’ll still see the warm grin rise from my lips along with a mischievous gleam appearing in my eye as I explain how her writing touched me and lured me into her world of vampires and their chronicles.

I grew up in Louisiana and when I discovered Ms. Rice’s books, I had moved away from my homeland.  When reading her books, I was not only touched by her stories, but by the vivid description and details of New Orleans.  She has the magnificent ability to allow one to taste, touch, smell and experience all six senses while reading her books, a feat not easily accomplished.

If you’ve followed me this far, you’ve figured out that I am a big fan of Anne Rice’s body of work. Maybe I connect with her writing so well because I also grew up Catholic in Louisiana, with a deep love of all things supernatural and paranormal. This could be part of why I enjoy her work so deeply, but truly moving beyond that parallel, I consider her ability to weave compelling story lines while immersing the reader into the story with history and sensory detail to be in the clearest sense of the word, masterful.

Years later, I was able to return to my beloved New Orleans, to write my book, Spirits of New Orleans: Voodoo Curses, Vampire Legends and Cities of the Dead. This book is part of a non-fiction series by the publisher entitled America’s Haunted Road Trip. Described as paranormal travel guides, they delve into the haunted history, legends and lore in the area.  I had previously written a book for this publisher entitled Ghosthunting North Carolina and when the call came to write about New Orleans, I was thrilled to return to my roots and reveal the stories about a city that I love with all of my being. It’s a pleasure to share this book with those who hear the siren song of New Orleans calling their name to visit her as often as possible.

This brings me to my exciting news about the book, as this October, I will be returning to New Orleans.  Each year the Anne Rice Vampire Lestat Fan Club (ARVLFC) holds the UnDead Conference and Vampire Ball in the city. This year, from October 24th through October 27th, 2013, people will gather to hear a panel of authors speak about their books on New Orleans and Vampires. The authors speaking this year at the conference include Anne Rice and her son Christopher and I’m pleased to announce that yours truly, Kala Ambrose will be speaking this year as well about Spirits of New Orleans as well as attending the Vampire Ball.

I hope that you’ll join me for this unique event and experience. During this conference, I’ll share the haunted history of the city including the stories of those who decided to make New Orleans their eternal home, as a resting place for some and a point of revenge for others. Prepare to embark on an enticing journey into the haunted history, paranormal activities, magical ceremonies and supernatural rituals and practices in order to fully understand and embrace the cultural significance of the variety of beliefs, superstitions, legends and lore.

In Spirits of New Orleans, I invite you to visit the resting place of Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau, have a drink at some of the most haunted bars in the city and spend the night in your choice of haunted hotels. Join me as your guide, as we tread carefully through haunted Pirates Alley and down the streets of the French Quarter where ghosts, vampires and other supernatural beings lurk around every corner.

Explore Spirits of New Orleans: Voodoo Curses, Vampire Legends and Cities of the Dead with Kala Ambrose and prepare to be supernaturally and eternally charmed by the city of New Orleans.

See you there! Here’s the details!

Anne Rice Vampire Lestat Fan Club

UnDead Conference and Vampire Ball

October 24th – 27th, 2013

Kala Ambrose teaching about Auras at Edgar Cayce’s ARE

I had such a great time teaching about The Awakened Aura at Edgar Cayce’s ARE in Virginia Beach, in a beautiful room where the portrait of Cayce represented his presence and spirit throughout the building.

I’ve visited the ARE in the past and it was a joy to be there again, this time to teach and share.  If you haven’t been before, it’s well worth your time to visit, attend a workshop and explore the library and beautiful meditation room.

During my workshop an attendee mentioned that she had read in my book how I can see the aura of places, not just people. She remarked on the chapter where I share what I see in the aura of Florida when driving down to visit. She asked what I saw and sensed about the aura in Virginia Beach.

My reply was that I had spent some time earlier that day tuning into the energy of the area in order to discern the auric energy surrounding Virginia Beach. I found it to be similar to an open portal, a void if you will, similar in effect to a clear quartz crystal.

In this type of portal energy, the area pulsates with energy. It waits for people to enter the energy and then to manifest what they will, directing the energy towards positive or negative means of their choosing.

It also had me thinking about the proximity to Virginia Beach in regard to the Bermuda Triangle and that it may very well be on one of the ley lines, further enhancing the energy.

Virginia Beach

I invite you to explore this energy yourself when you visit there and if possible, spend time on the beach, where you can tap into this energy and make a wish that will connect with this vibration and ripple outward.

Virginia Beach is a place to set an intention, make a wish and then allow the energy to ripple in waves outward as it goes to work manifesting the intention.  Enjoy the journey!

Equestrian statue of Joan of Arc (Jeanne d’Arc), by Paul Dubois, in front of the Church of St. Augustine (Église Saint-Augustin de Paris) in Paris, France. Source: Big Stock Photo

It is always amazing to me how outdated un-truths remain in the global consciousness, where people continue to believe and defend them as “facts”.  One example that comes to mind is the myth of Mary Magdalene.  Ask many Catholics and non-Catholics today who is Mary Magdalene and they will tell you that she was a prostitute who Jesus forgave, yet this is completely untrue.

In the 6th Century, Pope Gregory lumped together the stories of three women including the story of a prostitute and declared that this was the story of Mary Magdalene in order to make his point in a sermon. This lie became a “fact” endorsed by the Catholic Church for centuries, until 1969 when the Catholic Church officially stated that this information was not true and that Mary Magdalene has been misrepresented for centuries. Reportedly under pressure to reveal the truth about Mary Magdalene, they shared that what is actually stated about Mary Magdalene in scripture is that she was present at the empty tomb of Jesus and the person who witnessed the resurrection. This has always been problematic for the Church, which endeavors to downplay the role of women, while also having to acknowledge that the only person who witnessed the resurrection of Christ was a woman.

Many scholars believe that Mary’s presence was a sign of a spiritual movement that was working to establish women as equals in spiritual roles. This challenged patriarchal control and as was the custom during previous centuries until today, it was easy to discount the role and power of women by condemning them as prostitutes and dismissing them.  In the 20th Century, the truth was revealed about Mary Magdalene by the Church, yet here now in the 21st Century, ask yourself, which story is still most stated as fact about Mary Magdalene?

With this in mind, do you wonder if the Divine Feminine is really manifesting and making evolutionary and revolutionary changes at this time?  Will we see a change in religion, dogma, and spirituality in regards to the treatment of women?

In the ancient wisdom teachings, it is said that change comes first from within and then ripples outward. It is described as… “As Within, So Without”.   Can the changes come from within the churches themselves for women?

Consider this modern day story, which has all the makings of becoming an important marker in history… American Nuns are currently challenging the Catholic Church with its medieval patriarchal dominated rules. The “Sisters” are doing it for themselves, rising up and saying that women deserve equal standing in the Church, which has caused an vehement reaction from the Vatican.

A CBS 60 Minutes segment recently interviewed these Nuns to see what they are doing and why it is angering the Vatican. According to the report, it is being described as … “the Vatican is creating a new Inquisition”. It is indeed the same office targeting these women that once ran the Inquisition, only this time the target is against women who dare to stand up against the Church.

The Vatican has called the situation a “crisis” and has accused the Sisters of “insubordination, undermining the Church and radical feminist themes” and has refused to even discuss the idea of women playing a more equal and prominent role in the Catholic Church.

Women around the world are supporting these Sisters as they fight for women to be respected and acknowledged in the Church. One of the most popular support groups is Nuns on a Bus. NETWORK’s first Nuns on the Bus tour traveled in the summer of 2012 through nine states to highlight the work of Catholic Sisters. Since that initial tour, there have been many others, visiting states from Colorado to New York – and even including a “Nuns on the Ferry” trip on the Staten Island Ferry.

The Vatican has singled this group out and assigned an American arch-bishop to crack down on them. Will Pope Francis handle this situation differently? It remains to be seen.  Two years ago, in a Church riddled with controversy over priests and pedophellia, the Vatican put out a directive that said that the worst crimes that can be committed are pedophellia and…. are you ready for this…. ordaining women! It is shocking to think that those two things could be compared and criminalized in the same sentence and very telling as to why people are leaving Churches in droves and not looking back.

From Mary Magdalene to Joan of Arc, from the torture and killing of thousands of wise women during the Inquisition to the treatment of the daughters of Fatima, the castigation of women must be stopped.

The role of The Divine Feminine energy grows stronger each day and these antiquated and Misogynist views of women will no longer be accepted. I have the greatest respect and admiration for these Nuns who are working from the inside out to change how women are viewed and respected and hope that it inspires women from all walks of life and religions to do the same in their communities.

The interview with the Catholic Nuns on CBS 60 Minutes can be watched here on CBS.

Have you ever had a feeling about someone that you couldn’t explain, but the feeling was so strong that it affected how you felt about that person? When at a loss to explain how we feel, we might describe this person as dark and foreboding or the opposite, such as having a sunny disposition or being a ray of sunshine in our lives.  For thousands of years, artists in ancient Egypt and later in Rome and other parts of Europe attempted to paint the energy they felt around a person, such as a halo around an enlightened being and dark shadowing around someone who is consumed with sadness and guilt.  What these artists depict and others describe, is what I have seen around people my entire life. Since my earliest memories of childhood, I have seen colors and rays of light around people. I came back this lifetime with memories of my past lives where I was a wisdom teacher, sharing what is known as the esoteric mystery teachings.  I’ve lived and taught these teachings in ancient Egypt, Greece, India and Celtic times along with many other places and I continue to teach them again in this lifetime.

As a wisdom teacher, teaching how to see the aura in its many expressions around the energy bodies is one of the most valuable exercises I can share as it can lead to self-actualization in the body, mind and spirit fields.  When we have conscious awareness of who we are as spirit beings, it opens doors to new levels of existence on the earth plane and the higher realms.  Not only are we able to understand ourselves on a deeper level and develop further into super-natural beings of light, we are also able to understand our fellow men, women and children on a profound connective soul level.

I’ve spent this lifetime dedicated to pulling all the knowledge and wisdom from all of my previous lifetimes into my conscious fields so that I could access them freely and share them with others who wished to study the ancient mystery teachings.  I came back this time with psychic abilities including: seeing the aura, being intuitive, seeing ghosts and beings from other planes, the ability to astral travel, having prophetic and teaching dreams, connecting and working with spirit guides and the elders, possessing empathic and psychometric abilities and most importantly, a heart chakra field that is wide open to compassion and love for humanity.

Over the years, I’ve studied the metaphysical sciences in this lifetime and in others including astrology, tarot, traditional feng shui, magic, and with master teachers who share the ancient esoteric teachings from various orders around the world.  Along with my esoteric inner work, I’ve dedicated my life to teaching these skills to others with my school of the mysteries, the Temple of Stella Maris and lecturing and holding workshops around the U.S. In my exoteric outer work, I share as an author writing books and as a national columnist, and in creating The Explore Your Spirit with Kala Show, where I’ve conducted hundreds of interviews speaking with world-renowned authors, artists, teachers and researchers in the metaphysical, spiritual, paranormal and scientific realms. I’ve discussed our ancient past, worked to reveal the lost history and shared what is to come for our future.  Most importantly, I’ve worked to maintain and hold the vision that… “Spirit does not exist in just one location; rather it is all encompassing, living within and amongst us in each moment, thought and action. I believe that Spirit is raised to its highest level, when individuals gather with wisdom, compassion and a discerning desire to provide service to humanity.”  I believe that through sharing and teaching the gifts that each of us have received through this lifetime and others, great healing and awareness will come to this planet which will lead to the evolution of humanity as super-powered beings.

I believe that one of the most important factors for this evolution to accelerate is the ability to see and sense the auric fields.  When you can see the aura and the energy bodies surrounding the aura, you can see how a person is truly feeling, regardless of what they are saying vocally. You can see their state of mind, their state of health and their state of being. The various fields also show karmic ties they bring with them, guides who are surrounding them and the destined path on which they are heading.  The aura fields are like open books describing who we are on all levels.  As open books, we do not have to shield who we are, for it is on display for all the world to see. This provides a great freedom to be ourselves and live in the moment, with the conscious awareness that who we are is a constant process of change and evolution. The end result is more incredulous and exciting than many of us have ever imagined.

Can You Feel The Love

Many people say to me that they are not able to see auras or wonder if they truly exist. Seeing the first layer of the aura is relatively easy to accomplish. In the workshops I teach, typically 90% of the people I work with are able to see the first layer of the aura by the first or second exercise. While it is fairly easy to see the outline of an aura, (the etheric body is first viewed as a white border around the body) understanding what the colors inside the auric fields represent can be more challenging.

Are you wondering if you are sensitive to energy fields? Consider these situations in which you were aware of energy that you could not see with your physical eyes:

• Have you ever walked into a room and felt the mood of the room coming from the people inside, without knowing what the conversation is about?
• Have you ever walked into a building and felt uncomfortable with no apparent reason as to why you are feeling this way, but wanted to get out as soon as possible?
• Have you ever met someone for the first time and immediately felt uncomfortable and preferred not to be around them or on the opposite end of the spectrum, warmed up to someone immediately and found yourself wanting to spend as much time as possible in their company?
• Have you ever played the game where you are blindfolded and you rely on sensing energy to see where someone else is located in the room and how close you can get to them?
• If you have ever taken a tai chi or other type of martial arts class, one of the first exercises you learn is to sense your personal chi/energy field. Students are taught how to feel the energy radiating off the body and how to harness the energy between their hands, forming it into a ball. They are also taught deep breathing exercises in order to raise the energy field and expand it. These lessons connect directly into the auric field and are a great way to connect with your personal energy.

• If you haven’t explored any of these options before, another example of sensing something in your auric field, is when you are deep in thought and not paying attention to your surroundings and suddenly, you “feel” that someone is staring at you and you turn to look. The person staring at you is causing a ripple effect that is being felt from their energy being directed at you and your energy field through the aura responding to this energy wave. The auric body reacts to the energy ripple and sends a message to your conscious mind to pay attention. It is being protective in this response, so that the mind can take the next step to discern whether the person is friend or foe and how to react accordingly.

In these situations and many others, you have felt the energetic auric field around a person. There are hundreds of examples regarding the auric fields and their energy and one of the most profound stories come from the sleeping psychic, Edgar Cayce.

During the last year of his life, Edgar Cayce began work with his friend Thomas Sugrue to write a book about his work with auras. This book was intended to reveal a full discourse on auras and colors, including Cayce’s notes on how he learned via observation with his clients, the meanings of specific colors and shapes in the aura. Unfortunately, his health took a turn for the worse and he died early that year in 1945. Due to Cayce’s untimely demise, the compilation of his work and study of the auras was complied into a twenty-page pamphlet entitled Auras: An Essay on the Meaning of Colors.  To this day, Auras is a popular reference guide containing helpful information including how the colors in the aura are connected with the planets and musical notes.

As a psychic who saw auras, Edgar shared his most traumatic experience in regards to seeing auric fields. One day Edgar was in a high-rise office building, up on a high floor and pushed the button for the elevator in order to return to the first floor. When the elevator opened in front of him, he was completely caught off guard, as he could not see the aura of any person on the elevator. This surprised him, as he was used to seeing the auric field around people wherever he went. Puzzled by what he saw, he continued to stare in surprise and did not enter into the elevator. The elevator doors closed and the cable of the elevator snapped, plummeting all of the people on the elevator to their death.

The auric field was absent around the people on the elevator as it was preparing the physical body for death. Rather than its normal state of extending outward, the aura begins to pull inward into the body to gather the essence and soul of the person as the death process nears. This act assists the consciousness in the shift from the physical plane of existence of the body  into the higher realms of the spirit.

Seeing Auras – From A Psychic’s Viewpoint

From my experiences in reading auras, I’ve found that the auric body typically maintains a basic form, which resembles an egg like oval shape around the body. Emanating from this body is a beautiful white light along with a wide variety of colors, shapes and at times, swirls and patterns. While it is fairly easy to learn to see an aura, understanding what the colors and images surrounding the aura represent, requires intuition, practice and an understanding of the spiritual planes and fields around the body.

Each individual creates a distinctive pattern in their auric field comprised of the individual’s thoughts, emotions, energetic manifestations and thought forms. The aura has an electromagnetic frequency, which is sensed by others and radiates at different levels. When people resonate at a similar auric frequency level, they naturally feel more comfortable around each other and find it easier to connect on the physical, emotional and mental levels. On the flip side, people whose auric vibrations differ greatly in frequency, tend to experience more conflict with each other and find it more difficult to communicate. In some ways, because they are coming from such different energetic standpoints, it’s almost as if they are speaking two different languages. In short, birds of a feather flock together and while opposites attract, the opposing energy fields can create conflict and difficulty with communication.

As human beings, we are essentially made of light and energy. As we come into contact with another person, our auras engage and intermingle with each other. This can lead to many positive experiences, which stimulate and enhance the aura. It can also generate negative experiences, which can draw too much energy away from the auric field and leave the person feeling depleted. With a greater understanding of how the aura functions, it’s easier to recharge the aura to keep it running at an optimum level.

There are seven main layers to the aura, which are also referred to as bodies or fields. There are many people who can see the auric fields. For some intuitives, they see them with their physical eye. Others see the fields through their third eye and some only sense the auric fields. A small number of people are able to see all seven auric fields, while the majority of people see one or two fields only. Some psychics are more attuned to see physical dis-ease before it enters the physical body, while others see the energy in motion around the person, which reflects their general wellbeing.

They may also see emotional distress in the auric field, or glimpses of the akashic records being worked through in this lifetime. The akashic records are an ancient Sanskrit term, which refer to a database of records, a library of sorts, which records all actions in the universe. While each person is here on the earth plane in a physical body, part of their essence and soul remains in the higher planes. A meta-physical energetic cord connects from the higher planes down to the earth plane and attaches to the soul of each person as it resides inside the physical body. These cords move energy back and forth from the physical plane to the higher planes. Also contained in these fields of energy are the records of each thought, word, action and deed that we generate while in the physical body. These records are transported back to the akashic library where they are stored and when we pass on from the earth plane and return to the spiritual realms, we visit the hall of akashic records to review our lifetime. From this review, we can see if we generated more karma and what we created from our action.

In my work as a wisdom teacher, I teach students how to see and read auras. We discuss the types of auras, their condition and how to heal an aura that has become damaged due to shock, stress or other harmful situations. In this line of work, I continue to experience new revelations when giving aura readings for people.

What has been most astounding and exciting in my work is that in the past ten years, I’ve seen new structures forming around the auras, which I have never seen before in the auric fields.

My theory on this new design in the auric field is that we are in a quickening. We are evolving on an energetic level and our auric bodies are being recreated right before our very eyes. What I see happening in many fields now is that the energy bodies around us are being reconstructed and are opening up to allow more light and energy to flow through our bodies now, more than ever before. In addition, the grid around the auric body is expanding and the structures are more crystalline in appearance. From my research, there has been only one other time in history where there were references to the energy around the human body changing and this was in the time of ancient Egypt when the high priestesses prepared to communicate with their gods and goddesses. As we draw near to the astrological age of Aquarius, which is symbolized by the water bearer in the heavens, pouring the wisdom of the gods back down to earth, I am struck by the correlation in what I see manifesting in our auric bodies. I believe the energy fields around our body are being prepared to receive higher and stronger vibrations of energy. The effects will allow for more energy to come into our physical bodies, allowing us to live longer and with greater vitality. It will also allow for greater mental capacity as well as increasing psychic ability.

Author Kala Ambrose in New Orleans

Come join me, Kala Ambrose,
as I share how to see and work with your
Aura and Evolving Energy Body

Your Energy Body: The Awakened Aura and Your Spiritual Evolution
with Kala Ambrose
March 22-24, 2013
Edgar Cayce’s A.R.E.
Virginia Beach, VA
Conference admission is $318
REGISTER:  at 800-333-4499
online at EdgarCayce.org/conferences

I’ve seen auras around people, nature and buildings since I was a litle girl. For years I’ve been teaching about the aura and the energy bodies and how seeing them and actively engaging with them can change your life.

Over the past decade, I’ve noticed the most interesting thing when I would see the aura around each person. The auras are evolving!

I am seeing the energy body around auras change and grow, cords are expanding and like tendrils on plants, they are reaching out to connect within the body to the organs and chakras in new directions as well as reaching further outside the body to connect and harness the energy on an expanded scale. Over the past decade, what I have been seeing in the auric fields is changing dramatically.  They are creating new energy bodies around the physical body, connecting in new patterns and forming crystalline structures to enhance our conscious evolution, including our connectivity to each other, the world, and higher planes of existence. These structures are creating powerful crystalline receivers, which allow psychic abilities to be enhanced and provide regenerative energetic force fields to heal energy from within at the cellular level. We are truly evolving into super-powered human beings and it’s happening first in the aura!

This holds such promise for the future of humanity and how we are going to connect with each other on a deeper level. Once I understood what was occuring, I knew it was time to share this information with the world, to TEACH about it, to do Aura READINGS and let people know what was happening with their aura and energy bodies and to write a BOOK about the Aura Evolution, so that each person could learn how to connect and work with their expanding energy bodies.

The time is now to share this information on how we are evolving. We are evolving into Super-Powered Human Beings! Join me, Kala Ambrose as I share how your aura and energy bodies are evolving and what this means for the future of the world and for humanity.

Read on here about The Awakened Aura to see how you can connect with me this year to learn about the Aura Evolution. I look forward to sharing this power filled information with you. My next teaching location is Edgar Cayce’s ARE. The information about this very special Weekend Workshop can be found here in the press release from the ARE, along with more information about the event!

Virginia Beach, Va. – Top psychic trainers, Kala Ambrose and Carol Ann Liaros, together with extraordinarily gifted teacher, Dr. George Brainard, and internationally renowned speaker John Van Auken, bring practical insights and techniques to detect, interpret, and balance the auric energy field at the Your Energy Body: The Awakened Aura and Your Spiritual Evolution conference hosted at the Association for Research and Enlightenment (A.R.E.), March 22-24, 2013. Auras, as seen by intuitives and psychics for centuries, are bands of light and color that surround the body. Each color possesses a vibration, and that vibration is associated with individual experiences and emotions that mirror the mental, emotional, and physical states of the body. In this conference, participants learn the unique characteristics in auras; techniques to interpret the symbolic messages found within themselves, children, animals, and buildings; how auras were depicted historically; and, how they are changing in the twenty-first century.

What does your aura reveal about you? Find out at this insightful 3-day conference–register today!

Your Energy Body: The Awakened Aura and Your Spiritual Evolution
with Kala Ambrose
March 22-24, 2013
Edgar Cayce’s A.R.E.
Virginia Beach, VA
Conference admission is $318
REGISTER:  at 800-333-4499
online at EdgarCayce.org/conferences

Edgar Cayce founded the non-profit Association for Research and Enlightenment (A.R.E.) in 1931, to explore spirituality, holistic health, intuition, dream interpretation, psychic development, reincarnation, and ancient mysteries—all subjects that frequently came up in the more than 14,000 documented psychic readings given by Cayce, who died in 1945. The mission of A.R.E. is simply to help people around the world change their lives for the better through the ideas and information found in the readings. The Virginia Beach headquarters is a popular site for locals and tourists with free daily lectures, a Health Center & Spa, the Cayce/Reilly® School of Massotherapy, an extensive metaphysical library, a meditation garden, a stone labyrinth, and a bookstore and gift shop. Visitors from around the world come to our conferences to hear expert speakers on subjects like ancient mysteries, holistic health, and spiritual development. A.R.E. also maintains an affiliation with Atlantic University. Through its many programs, services, publications, and membership outreach, Edgar Cayce’s A.R.E. provides individuals from all walks of life and a variety of religious backgrounds with tools for personal transformation and healing at all levels—body, mind, and spirit. For more information, please visit EdgarCayce.org.