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Comment:
I find your site comforting and I enjoy browsing through your lovely store. You also emit a beautiful essence through cyber space. The first item I bought from you was the black amethyst pendulum and it was lovely...ty. I'm looking forward to my new items!
Question:
Hello Calya, I have a question about the Greek god of nature called "Pan." You've heard of him before I'm sure. He has many different names. The god of the woodlands and of wild places and fertility. My qustion is..."Is he just a representation of nature or is he a real spirit?" I guess to the Christian church they say he is Satan who goes by many different names. Also Greenman. Thank you R
Answer:
Our Ancestors lived in close relationship with nature... they felt the spirit of each tree and pant and stone... much as gem-sensitivces and Witches and Wizards do today. If it exists, it vibrates, it has life, it has signature, it has personality and therefore spirit...
Read my Pendulorum Book for the full Formula Dulra (Principle of Nature); and see here for more on spirit...
When a child feels the presence of spirit, and is told there is nothing there - they know differently. Because the presence is dissmissed as nothing when it is something, the child then believes he is being singled out and perhaps is in danger because this is an unknown... but the presence is real - it is spirit and is there to be known.
We call these spiritual presences gods, goddesses, faeries, angels, and Pan is the Lord of the Green Woods!
He is the combination of the spirits of the trees, earth, stones, animals, water all elementals - all gathered togther into one very knowable spirit.
That is my belief...
Many Blessings,
Question:
Calya, the new "diffusers" that I received do you place the TeaLight candle in the bowl and put the drops of oil in the bowl and do you put any water in that same bowl? I just want to make sure I'm using it correctly. Do you have any suggestions?
Answer:
Thank you for your excellent question and I see now that I really need to show a picture with the diffuser set up and burning!!!
The tea lite goes in the bottom bowl and the oils go in the top bulb.
You can add water to the bulb and not use as much oil; the aroma will not be quite as strong or add just the oil for a more intense affect.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
If adding the oils without water the oil will evaporate faster and so the diffuser must not be let unattended in case the bulb would over heat.
Joy!
Calya
Question:
I have a question. I have a crystal tea light candle holder made out of Smokey Quartz. I was told that when I put the tea light in there and light it; the light and the heat from the flame illuminates and disperses the energy from the crystal out into the auric field around me filling the air with it's energy, is that true and does it really work? I would imagine so but sometimes I don't feel it working, I guess even though I may not feel it working it probably is for sure, right? I read about Smokey Quartz and it's one of my favorite crystals. Take care. R
Answer:
Here is how I believe things work.......
Stones, crystals, herbs, oils, colors, thoughts - all have vibrational frequency - they vibrate at specific rates to give them their specific attributes.
When we need a specific attribute (say: clearing) we use the frequency which transmits that specific to us so that we may receive it ~ using stones, oils, colors, etc.
Our own THOUGHTS are where we receive - we must align our thoughts with the changes we want to see manifest - we need to change our minds in order to change our Core an radiate the change in our Aura.
We must align our thoughts with the vibration we need and desire to increase in our life; our Aura and our Core.
If we do not align our thoughts and Core to the change we are making, it is the same as spraying water on a window ~ surface gets wet but nothing changes inside.
Lighting the Smokey Quartz candlestone - which must be beautiful! - sprays a dose of Black energy on your Aura - clears it a bit but makes no permanent inner change. We must do the releasing Meditations to help facilitate the complete work - that is Journey-Work and that is my Calya Journey-Wise System...
Hope this is a help to you,
Joy!
Calya
Question:
Just a question for you. If using a multicolour gemstone or crystal, ie watermelon tourmaline or ametrine, (or even something like a crystal point with a smokey and amethyst phantom with harlequin spots) do you concentrate on the colour that you need that day. EG with ametrine but are in yellow, do you ask for the yellow ray and not the purple?
Also on Amazon I saw a book review written by an American Indian with a point of view on how crystals are misused and should not be placed on Chakras. That they can aggravate a condition?
I wouldn't have thought crystals would work like that although I do understand that it comes from the intent of the user.
Would love your thoughts.
Thanks
JP
Answer:
We know that if my Purple is high and excessive and I add more Purple or say Amethyst or even say Charoite which is lighter - it will aggravate the Chakra or Realm and distort it even more.
That is exactly why I devised my system the way I did.
Too many people were just skipping the balance message.
I found too many people just guessing what should be done, too many people deciding for others what they need to do now...
People are too extremely complicated and need to be allowed to run their own life and taught the means to do so, You are in a position to help others take control and participate in the energy flow of their own life by being a practitioner of the Calya Journey-Wise System.
Many years ago when Reiki first started to hit the US scene, a practitioner and I traded services. She told me my heart Chakra was closed and she was going to open it....
I said absolutely not! She had no idea what I had been through or when my heart Chakra was ready to be balanced and healed enough to relax or open, or what other steps needed to happen first in order for me to heal in the proper order for me...
She had no right whatsoever to make that determination and I decided to address that in my system.
Each individual needs to be allowed to Journey their own path... We guide, we teach the system, and we help all we can when they ask for help. No one should presume to determine when another needs to face issues or how they should deal with them. Holding a Master Level Attunement in Reiki is not a cart blanch to mess with someone else's Chakras!
So from the intent can come misuse (guessing wrongly) and from the lack of respect of the individual and from the healers ego can come misuse (I know what you need...), and from not checking the balance line can come misuse (Ah! - Purple - add Purple!!!).
If we believe that stones, oils, and thought intentions can cause effects all through vibrational therapy - then they can cause helpful and hindering effects.
Question:
Hi,
I was just wondering if I could ask a question about the "what tree are you" quiz that you have on your web site. I'm only asking because I have been asked myself and don't know the answer. This is the question that was put to me about this quiz
"has this tree quiz been changed to suit Southern Hemisphere Kimberley ? Otherwise it's out of character with the seasons here in Australia"
I'm not to sure if you can help, but any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
K
Answer:
Greetings,
I really think that the Northern European tree meanings would apply to trees wherever you are ~ Northern or Southern Hemisphere.
Now, the dates might be reversed for you down under folks... but I would think that the Trees would correspond with Zodiac signs and be the same.
I would ask you to please run a little experiment on this matter; ask a few questions and let me know your results.
I find that the Trees for the birth dates are spot on here in USA and Europe. How do they line up with personalities for you and your friends?
I have also attached an e-mail from one of my students who lives in New Zealand.
(I fall in the dates of the Rowan tree. Most of the characteristics I can relate to other than likes to draw attention to as I am not comfortable when spotlight is on me.
I think it is not so much northern/southern hemisphere debate here other than the fact that the trees in this system relate to the trees that are native to that particular area. Our trees here have similar properties but obviously are different.
A little like a zodiac sign. Those don't change depending on where you are in the world.
What does make a difference is how energy flows and generally you will find that it is reversed down under. Water flows in the opposite direction. North relates to fire whereas south is earth. The moon appears upside down to how you would see her, and here you definitely see a pussy cat face when she is full.
All our sabbats are opposite to yours as the seasons are opposite so a good guide to all is mother nature and how she travels through her cycle.
I will look into it further for you. A good way to see how energy moves is if you take a sphere and look down on it. You are looking down on the northern hemisphere. Rotate is slowly clockwise, then if you look at it from underneath it is moving anticlockwise (southern hemisphere.) Also our deosil is anticlockwise.
This is just one opinion. I have friends who still use clockwise to raise energy and anticlockwise to banish, but my thoughts are it goes against how energy flows down here.
I'm still experimenting with certain spells to see where I get the best result so if I find anything else will let you know.
Bless
AF
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Thanks for the question hope this helps. I will put your question on my FAQ page.
Joy!
Calya of Thistledown
Question:
Can you tell me step by step how to do my Journey-Work?
Answer:
You want to Journey each day. You will change a little bit at a time because we can't do it all at once--- so we do it one step at a time.
- First, determine your color message - use the CD or the Audio Meditation right here on the site...Audio Meditation
Let's say your color for today is Black...
To do the Black energy work and any color energy work:
- Go to the Black Chapter and find yourself on the Black balance line.
Here is the Black Chapter LINK
OR
(You could start from the find your color by Magick Picture page...
and click on the Black picture... then the Black Chapter LINK to find where you are on the balance line.)
If you are balanced or depleted, as it tells you there, use Black - if you are on the excessive side use the opposite color work or White, as it says.
- Read the entire chapter. Pay attention to the words and information that is there.
See how it relates to your life right at that moment.
Answer the questions and it is a good idea to write out your answers.
- Gather the Magickal items. Click on the color square that says
Select here to gather the Magickal Items you Need...
It will take you to the Color Realm page where the support items are displayed.
- Purchase something that catches your eye...
You need to collect some items from each Color Realm to have on hand each time you enter Black or any other color.
The oil is good, a gemstone, a crystal, a piece of jewelry...
- Do the Releasing Meditation. Click on the Black Chakra Meditation picture half way down the page on the right- the picture of the Black Castle gate. It will take you to the Black Meditation pagel
click on the castle to enter the Realm...
You will have to read it as you meditate if you do not have my Magickal Meditations CD. With your issues and question answers in mind, do the releasing meditation.........
That is it for the day...
On the next day do your next color....
YOU MUST DO THE WORK>>> READ AND LOOK INWARD< ANSWER THE QUESTIONS AND DO THE RELEASE IN THE MEDITATION WITH THE COLOR SUPPORT ITEMS>
and you must do this every day being very honest with your self when you answer the questions.....
Joy!
Calya
Question:
Is there a Magickal phrase you could tell me to help with distractions when I meditate and ongoing pain?
Answer:
Here is a Magick word phrase used to help such cases... may it bring you ease and Comfort and Joy...
"Alimpan... Aeldran... Astigan... Aweccan..."
pronounced {al-eem-paan... Eyel-draan... Az-ti-gaan...A-vui-caan}
It means (Come to pass... Elder Ancestors... I ascend... I awaken)
Question:
PENDULUMS SHOW OUR SOUL'S DEEPEST DESIRES, AND WE CAN SURELY TRUST ON THAT....DOES THIS MEAN THAT PENDULUMS REVEAL TO YOU, WHAT IN OTHER WORDS COULD BE SPOKEN OF AS ONE'S "WISHFUL THINKING," AND THAT THE THINGS YOU ASK ABOUT TO THE PENDULUM WON'T REALLY HAPPEN THE WAY IT SAYS BECAUSE THE PENDULUM TELLS YOU HOW YOU WOULD LIKE (HOW YOU DEEPLY WISH) A CERTAIN THING (OR SITUATION) TO PLAY OUT FOR YOU?
Answer: One should never give oneself over to be directed by an unseen, unknown force, now should they?
But we can trust our true Deep Inner nature to steer us straight.
Now, I do understand what you are asking....
If I ask "Does he love me?" and my pendulum answers 'Yes...', then is it because he really does or is it because
I wish it and my inner self wants the answer to be 'yes'?
But pendulums, which show us our deepest desires, give us OUR truth. They are tools that tell us exactly what we want...
which is often a difficult thing to discern and understand. Pendulums are tools to help us discover answers. but our Motives and Intentions must be of a high integrity.
Once we know that, then we can act accordingly.
Using a pendulum or any other Divination tool, presupposes that we are in accord with the Magickal Principals - (Harm None) and fully aware that Magick conforms us to the highest good and NOT the other way around.
Magickal Powers are tools to govern the self and never used to rule others.
So, yes, the pendulum tells you what you want to know... what you already really know in your heart ...what you want the answer to be.
All great works of spirituality will agree, we must know what and how to ask in order to get an answer.
Instead of asking, "Does he love me?" I should ask "Do I love him enough to respect his wishes and his right to choose for his own life?"
That is the higher, more loving question.
The tool must be used for its purpose and the purpose of a Pendulum is to see what the energy is surrounding a person, place thing or idea... because we are dowsing NOW for a future outcome, many intricate things are involved and any one could change the outcome. "Does he love me?" "Yes, he does... that is one of the outcomes that could happen at this time... if you walk that particular path and nothing changes..."
Question:
I want to buy something, that can draw the right man to me.
I’m trying this because, well, It can’t hurt me anymore then what I spend at the therapist. I have to trust again.
Answer:
You could use the Soul Mates Love Spell to draw in Mr Right - it also helps you to focus on what it is you truly are looking for in a partner.
You might try some Journey-work with a Love Quest Reading that will help you to take the next best steps to find a love; learn to trust and love.
OR
For a simple first step, you could use the Love Bind Rune - just set it in your space and let the spell start to work for you... it will prepare your spirit for love.
When you are ready to dig deeper into your Journey-work, I suggest the Aura Magick Package .
Question:
I'm curious to find out what is the best, most resonant pendulum in in the world that we know of?
What would you recommend as a high caliber, super high frequency reading crystal pendulum?
For instance seeking out sacred grounds, seeking gems and stones, and finding high vibrational frequencies etc.
Answer:
My favorite high caliber pendulum is the one I use in most of my work... especially when I read for several people one after the other... Quartz tip with Copper barrel and Amethyst top.
I call it my Copper Wand Pendulum.
Quartz is the most resonant crystal structure - please read my article on Vogel Crystals and also about Quartz here.
Copper is the best metal for seeking EMF and it seems to clear away distracting energies.
Both will intensify the focus of the seeker.
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