Happy New Year

I would like to wish our students and readers a very Happy New Year which is peaceful, healthy, full of abundance and blessings.  We are really looking forward to putting into operation our latest plans and especially facilitating some new workshops.  Most I am sure will agree that 2018 has not been one of the most fruitful years and many people have had problems including health issues and finance.  I am thank the universe for the lessons learnt and waving goodbye with a few good memories.  We have no bookings until the middle of February 2019 as I am very aware that the weather can be difficult to predict and we had cancelling bookings. Nevertheless I know my record on icy stretches isn't good.  We have however got our circles starting on the 8th January at Woodford Spiritualist Church (www.woodforchurch.com) so hopefully Frau Holda will let us at least start the New Year on an ice free note (see website for full details). I believe that week John Jenkin, Brenda Hodgson and Sharon Law recommence their circles.

I would also like to draw your a attention to an event at Wicca Moon in Eltham with Jack Gale (http://www.wiccamoon.co.uk). We are now looking forward to Jack's evening on the 10th January  and  you can let your imagination take you where you will as the title of the evening is " Dark Tales for the Dark Nights with the Dark Lord".  If you have never been to a talk with Jack then I can assure you that you have a treat in store as he is a very knowledgeable man (including the fairy realms Sharon Law).  It starts at 7 pm until 8.30 pm.  Cost just £5 which includes refreshments. 

As I have already said we have a number of new ideas for workshops and we are looking forward to bringing them to fruition. 

We are also available for readings, services and workshops.  I am still knitting and crocheting for spirit and you can see one of our new gnomes below.  A lovely nisse tomte gnome pattern which I got from http,://littletotzdesigns.etsy.com plus of course our poppets.  Please contact me for details on any of these on 07927 288904 or rainbowhealingsanctuary@outlook.com

Dark Tales for the Dark Nights

We hope you all had a nice Christmas and an enjoyable Boxing Day.  We have we blessed so far with not having snow.  Although I admit it is quite magical if you are in a nice country setting, but in London or the fringes as it  turns to slush and then becomes an ice rink.  Quite dangerous too.  We have no bookings until the middle of February 2019 as I am very careful when there is ice about.  We have however got our circles starting on the 8th January at Woodford Spiritualist Church (www.woodforchurch.com) so hopefully Frau Holda will let us at least start the New Year on an ice free note (see website for full details).  We would like to draw your attention to an event at Wicca Moon in Eltham with Jack Gale (http://www.wiccamoon.org.uk). We are now looking forward to Jack's evening on the 10th January  and  you can let your imagination take you where you will as the title of the evening is " Dark Tales for the Dark Nights with the Dark Lord".  If you have never been to a talk with Jack then I can assure you that you have a treat in store as he is a very knowledgeable man (including the fairy realms Sharon Law).  It starts at 7 pm until 8.30 pm.  Cost just £5 which includes refreshments and maybe some mulled wine which would go down a treat speaking on behalf of myself.  I would also like to recommend an interesting visualisation, which can be found on Lucya Starza's blog  http://www.badwitch.co.uk.  She is also responsible for the poppet pattern I have been knitting recently and if you want one they are only £10 plus postage (see pictures below).  Early in the New Year watch out for naughty nisse and tomte gnomes, which I am in the process of knitting at this present time.  All profits go to helping us run the Rainbow Healing Sanctuary and please remember we are available for services, readings as well as workshops.  For more information please contact us on 07927 288904 as well as our email rainbowhealingsanctuary@outlook.com

Welcome Solstice and the light to come

Whatever and wherever you celebrating whether it be Solstice or Christmas or some other festival it is the season of light and we are celebrating a birth if of nothing else a new year coming.  We hope the new year will bring you many blessings and your path will be lit leading you onwards. we had a lovely trip last week searching for last minute goodies.  Especially for my brother and also to make a trip to Wicca Moon in Eltham (www.wiccamoon.org.uk).  Thank you all the witches in attendance especially Shirlee Moon and Kim Towler. The glass of mulled wine went down a treat and our lovely candle was opened today blessed be.  We are now looking forward to Jack Gale's evening on the 10th January 2019.  I will be giving more details in our next post and for the moment you can let your imagination take you where you will as the title of the evening is " Dark Tales for the Dark Nights with the Dark Lord".  Meanwhile back to other things and more offerings from the students with our group as the inspirational pieces that were received at our last workshop.  Incidentally there maybe an opportunity to continue in this vein and run an afternoon event on a Tuesday.  Please message me if you are interested on 07927 288904 or email the rainbowhealingsanctuary@outlook.com.

 

"We all come in different shapes and hues,

  What colour are you?

  Is your Shade one of Service

  Or are you flushed in loyalty, integrity and commitment
  Do you have the drive and patience to deal with everyone you confront
  Know that you do
  Know that you will
  Because your intrinsic beliefs sure that your spiritual service is constant and true
  It maybe alien for some that such different character personify the same attributes
  But this is always made possible, but our very strong spiritual faith."


 

 

 

 

We really enjoyed serving Woodford Spiritual Church last Monday and it was so nice to see John Rooney.  We would also like to thank him for transporting us through Blackwall Tunnel saving us from the chaos of the rush hour.  It was a very uplifting service even if we do say so ourselves and we look forward to be there next year.  There are some very interesting workshops coming up and they are kept at a reasonable price, which is unusual in this modern world.  The church follows old traditions and keeps the process accessible for all.  If you are in the locality please come and visit the church where I can guarantee you will be given the warmest of welcomes.  Our workshop yesterday we feel went very well and we had some lovely inspirational pieces, which I will share with you in the next few posts and I am sure you will agree (www.woodfordchurch.com). 

The Positive Way 

In order to get through life we need to have an understanding of other people and ourselves.  When we are able to be humorous and creative we open up our universal self and allow our soul to grow. The world around us is a colourful place and there is a need to be positive, helpful and friendly.  Lets develop our qualities so that we are calm, kind, good natured and cool.  As we become observant we can be artistic and assertive to show the beautiful world we live in and share this light and life together. 

 

Here is another one:-

 

"Do not dwell on the past year.  To recover, use the wisdom of possibility and contentment to regain balance and move forward in the New Year ahead."

 

And yet another

 

"We are a committed group who respect nature and its inhabitants. We're helpful, enthusiastic, passionate open minded.  Empathic and loyal to our spirituality"

 

A  couple of last things firstly don't forget there is another charity event to raise money for the brain tumour trust tomorrow afternoon at Woodford Church and I know Susan Watson will make you very welcome. 

Lastly don't forget all our knitted items are for sale and all profits go our fund in order to keep our sanctuary afloat and with the hope in the future to have a place that is permanently our to do our work as well as having somewhere for healing including animals and also a small friendship café where people can met and make friends. 

 

 

 

 



Yesterday I was very busy making angels and fairies for friends and members of our circle.  I must admit I am quite pleased with them.  Thank you so much Lucya Starza for the brilliant idea and if you guys are interested you will find it on her blog as well as a list once a month of the spiritual, pagan, goddess and wiccan events going on.  Here is the link to her blog, which I also hasten to add is worth reading.  Take a look for yourselves and she was also responsible for the original poppet pattern, which I have been knitting very successfully.  (http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2018/12/craft-easy-to-make-angel-or-fairy-yule.html).

Don't forget tomorrow we are serving Woodford Spiritualist Church and we would love to see some of you there.  It is the last service of the year.  Although I hasten to add on Thursday afternoon there is a charity event and the medium that afternoon is Paul Bathgate and I know Susan Watson will give you a warm welcome (Entrance only £3).   Don't forget also that on  Tuesday afternoon that is the 18th December we are running our last workshop of the year followed by the circle.  Everyone welcome (www.woodfordchurch.com).   

Yuletide Blessings

I hope all of you are managing to keep warm.  Especially now we are being threatened with a big freeze including icy rain and snow.  We will go to ground as apart from circle we have no more commitments until February 2019.  There certainly has been a drop in temperature and one can feel Winter approaching rapidly.  We have had one interesting piece from our six word challenge from Robin Jez who lives in Kalamazoo (across the pond)  and I will be interested to see more.  Although I understand both Angie Macleod and Dawn Tomsett are having problems posting in the blog comment box and I have no idea why.  I am endeavouring to find out what the problem is I have agreed with Angie that I will add hers to the post, which I will do towards the end of this particular post.  The picture on the left is one some of you have probably seen before as it was taken many moons ago in Sunny Leigh in Weston Super Mare, but I thought it would interest Nicholas and Diana.   No trick photography here and one can see the pink light etc.  The lady who ran my mother care home had an affinity with cats and my favourite cat there was spooky.  So named as he was not too keen on all humans and was very easily spooked.  As I said our first event will be at Epping with Alan Albiston and we will also have a day of readings and short workshops.  The date has yet to be fixed so keep an eye on this blog for news.  Now to Angie Macleod's offering with the words, which are as you may remember blessings, regeneration, on, move, participation and fearless.

May this Christmas bring you blessings
That will allow regeneration in the year ahead
May you move on leaving the year behind 
With a clear conscious head
May spirits light surround you
So you are fearless as you follow your souls way
Knowing that participation will be fruitful
And you will enjoy every day

We are the mediums serving Woodford Church next Monday at their afternoon service and our lovely President Iris Klein will be chairing for us (no doubt with her Santa Claus hat).  Its going to be a lovely service.  So please come and join us.  You will be made very welcome as no doubt there will be cake and a nice cup of tea (www.woodfordchurch.com).    

Last nights circle was very interesting and we did an exercise where between pairs they composed an inspiration piece and we had some amazing results which I will share with you.  I would like to say well done all you who attended.  Sharon Law who runs the open circle was having her last circle for this year as unfortunately the evening of the 18th December has now been taken by various celebrations.  So not only did students have the delights of the circle and all it held, but also a seasonal celebration, which by the sounds of the laughter we heard was enjoyed by all.  We will be having our celebration next week and I believe Sharon will be joining us during the early part of the day. This is going to start around 2.30 pm and continue with a few breaks until around 8.30 to 9 in the evening.  We will be calling a lunch break around 5.30 for an hour and then continuing.  Do be prepared to work as although we will be celebrating the end of this year with a seasonal celebration, we do intend to be working as well.  Lots of lovely surprises.  Please come and join us.  Its going to be fun. Before this on the Monday 17th December we are the mediums serving Woodford Church (www.woodfordchurch.com),  It is the last service of the year and I know out lovely President Iris Klein has a few surprises in store.   The service starts at 2 pm.  Lastly I will share one of the inspiration pieces produced by Susan and Alex. 

"The coming year is a time for regeneration.  Use this lasts year as a learning curve to enable you to move on and be fearless. Listen to others and participate in different aspects of spiritual life.  By doing so you will learn to communicate more with spirit and in time will receive many blessings". Well done both.  Well done the rest of the group and we hope to be posting further of these soon.  Meanwhile for a little bit of fun I will post you the words they choose from their cards and suggest you have a go at this and post the results in the comment box below.  Here they are blessings, regeneration, on, move, participation and fearless.  Maybe get together with a friend or even a group.  Lets see what comes up.  Something inspirational for the year ahead.
 

I am still recovering from my fall and my toes I hasten to add in parts are a deep purple to black.  At least now my feet themselves are not painful.  On a more positive note I would like to thank those of you who came to our "Yuletide Angel Plus" workshop last Saturday at Epping.  The energy as always was fantastic and we all enjoyed a small repast which included cakes, which John had kindly donated to the proceedings.  Even though not expensive items all of the group had received by way of the raffle a secret santa gift and we will be doing something similar for our first event of the year in February with Alan Albiston on 23rd February, but back to this year and our last events of 2018.

We will be at Woodford as usual on the 11th and 18th of December.  On the 11th we have a normal circle starting at 7.30 pm (arrival from 7 pm).  Then on the 18th December (weather permitting) we will be there all day from 2.30 pm until 8.30 to 9 pm (a break around 5.30 to 6.30 pm).  It will be a mix workshop with one or two surprises.  Obviously a small Yuletide Celebration too. We are also the mediums for the last Monday service at Woodford on the 17th December, which starts at 2 pm and as you probably all know by now Iris Klein was voted  the President of the Church will as always be chairing (www.woodfordchurch.com).  The last service of the year will be a charity event on the 20th December at 2 pm with Paul Bathgate as medium. The church will then close until the first week in January.  One quick note and this also applies to Epping any ice and snow the church will be closed and the same with our venue in Epping as I am not looking forward to any chance of a fall and we would hate anybody else to have one. 

Lastly I will make comment on our magical poppets (see details in Lucya Starza's book on poppets.  We are pleased to say 36 of the wee poppets have sped their ways to other climes including some across the pond.  All money made from the sale of these as well as our other  knitted items goes to swelling our fund to start our own sanctuary.  The cost is just £10 plus postage and they have crystals as well as herbs inside.  Look out for our naughty New Year Gnomes.  Don't forget also if you wish to make your own Christmas Angel or Fairy there is easy to follow instruction of Lucya Starza's blog http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2018/12/craft-easy-to-make-angel-or-fairy-yule.html

Weekend and things to come

The workshop we went on in Coventry at Broadgate National Spiritualist Church with Mark Brandist was excellent as I am sure John, Daniel and Irene will agree. I would also like to thank Derek and Rita Jones for the welcome we received.  My trip on the mat did leave me with sum what  of a problem on my arrival back in London. Being   on warfarin one has to be aware of not only the benefits, but the side effects and as I had bang my head thought it a wise precaution to take myself to hospital, which in this case was the University College Hospital in London.  I  cannot praise them enough as not only did the do an observation but also a CT scan plus an ECG but every details was taken into consideration including getting us home in the early hours of the morning.  My thanks to all the staff from the reception desk upwards.  We are as you might expect still recovering as losing sleep for whatever reason is mayhem for me.  We are now getting towards the end of 2018 and no doubt like many others are glad it is almost at a close.  We have two more workshops plus a service before the end of the year and will not recommence our circle until the  7th January 2019 when we will be missing one of our circle members Alex who will be going into hospital for a knee replacement.  We would like to wish her good luck and we know it will be a great success moving her forward in 2019.  One blessing this year is our little man's little brother who we met for the first time at Barbara Barnes's wee sanctuary at the Island of Light in docklands. 

Our next workshop is on the 8th December  at Epping at our usual venue in Hemnall Street and it starts at 1.30 pm (doors open as usual at 1 pm for tea, coffee, herbals or even a cup a soup in such cold weather. The workshop is entitled "Yuletide Angels Plus" and we will be working with the Archangels Metatron, Gabriel, Rafael and Michael.  This will be to move everyone forward into 2019 in a creative and practical way.  Unfortunately we will now not be at docklands on the 9th December as Barbara Barnes cannot have the hall, which is sad.  We will however be at Woodford Spiritual Church (www.woodfordchurch.com) on the 17th December for their last service of the year.  We then have one more workshop and circle on the 18th December before he church closes after the charity event with Paul Bathgate on the 20th December, but more of that in my next post.  Last for those of you interested Lucya Starza has posted an article on how to make angels and fairies.  Here is the link http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2018/12/craft-easy-to-make-angel-or-fairy-yule.html