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recommended by NFSH Regional members.
Coming
Events.
Continuing Professional Development
Click here for all the courses being offered
for CPD
Workshop including Dowsing, Crystals, Self healing
& Past lives.
January 28th 2012 at Colchester
Contact: Dawn Morgan on: 07958472011 for details.
'SPIRIT of SPRING Reunion'
April 1st 2012
‘Spirit of Spring’
– ‘Specialist Workshops’
Venue: Gt. Barton Village
Hall, Suffolk
Time: 10.00am – 4.30pm
The East Anglian Green Goddess
Body & Soul Festival
Friday 27th, - Saturday 28th
April 2012
Venue: Forum Norwich
Millenium Centre
Time: 10am - 5pm.
Why not vistit us on the NFSH healing stand?
A.G.M.
May
6th 2012
'Annual General Meeting
& After Lunch Talk'
Venue: Gt.
Barton Village Hall, Suffolk
Time: 10.30 am Light Refreshments
11.30 – 01.00 AGM 01.0 02.30 ‘Shared’
Lunch 02.30- 3.30 Illustrated
Talk by Michelle Bernard ‘Journey to Mt Kailis, Tibet
– the most sacred mountain in the world’
CD
Reviews
Seven Stones
by Nigel Shaw
Seventh Wave Music
Reflecting aspects of the sacred landscapes of Dartmoor.
the seven movements are each a key for entry into each circle
of life and each represents a foundation stone of our nature
Another inspired and melodic CD by Nigel Shaw
Review Diana Bylett MNFSH
Light From Orion
by Kevin Kendle
Eventide Music Ltd.
Inspired by the constellation of Orion, this album takes
the listener on a journey in space.The tracks merge to give
a continuous stream of music.
Can be used as an accompaniment to therapy, where appropriate,
visualisation for other worldly atmospheres, or just to listen
to and let the mind wander.
Review Diana Bylett MNFSH
Silver Wings
by Mike Rowland
New World Company
Meditative and healing, this recording is one of the most
beautiful relaxation soundtracks I have heard. From the first
few bars it brings with it a glow of angelic sensation, hinting
at the Fairy and Nature Kingdoms in a pure and magical way.
The gentle quality of the music slides through the consciousness,
taking its listeners on a journey of self-discovery and peace,
making a person feel wrapped up in love. I would say this
music is ideal for anyone who needs to bring harmony and balance
back into their lives, and certainly for anyone wishing to
reach a small piece of musical heaven.
Review from Chantelle Coupland MNFSH
Requiem – Well of Souls
by Nigel Shaw
Seventh Wave Music
I first heard this hauntingly powerful composition on ‘The
Journey of a Lifetime’ week’s retreat at the beautiful convent
of ‘Son Bono’ overlooking the turquoise Mediterranean in Majorca.
The CD was played on the ‘Healing with Sound’ workshop facilitated
by fellow NFSH tutor and healer Diana Bylett. Somehow, the
setting and location heightened the intensity of the music
and I believe I am correct in stating that everyone who attended
that workshop sat in silent wonder, spellbound by the deeply
moving majesty of the essence of the music.
‘The Well of Souls’ is based in part on the classical form
of Mass for the Dead yet the work is not dedicated to any
religion but embodies a passion and magnificence to embrace
a universal audience as it leads us into an awareness of honouring
spirit. As the information on the CD informs us, Nigel Shaw’s
‘Well of Souls’ is a personal interpretation of the journey
through death and yet this music is clearly as much a celebration
of life as a song for the dead.
The composition evolves and takes the listener on a journey
-beginning with the Eagle’s Gift that is the gift of life,
where the Requiem unfolds. Then, like water, the spirit is
drawn from the ‘Well of Souls’ to experience life filled with
both ecstasy and despair. A Prayer is offered up that all
may live and die with dignity and may honour the Hallowed
Earth. The journey continues and the fragile being desires
Sanctuary, calling out for a place of safety until, at death,
the soul tenderly whispers unto itself. Rest Gentle Heart.
Compassion, forgiveness and Mercy are the graces, which we
can bestow upon ourselves. Together, all living beings face
the infinite and Eternal, moving beyond light and dark. Finally,
Open and released, the soul takes flight on the everlasting
quest for the Spirit of Eden.
Note: ‘Requiem - Well of Souls’ is not background music to
play while meditating or giving a therapy. This inspired mystical,
musical journey deserves your undivided attention to allow
it to lift you gently and profoundly into that inner sanctum
where you may experience your heart’s gentle rest.
‘Requiem - Well of Souls’ is performed on piano and keyboards,
wooden flutes, traditional whistles and gentle percussion.
Vocals are by Caroline Hillyer. The album runs for 65minutes
and is available on CD and Cassette.
Reviewed by Pamela A. Lyons MNFSH
HEALING VIBRATIONS
by Martin Brofman
Healing Vibrations contains two healing meditations created
by Martin Brofman (author of Anything Can Be Healed). The
first one, called Attunement, is intended as a self-healing
and re-balancing meditation on the vibrations of colours and
sounds associated with the chakras. The musical accompaniment
is by sitar master Roop Verma, who is also a master of Nada
Yoga, the ancient Indian science of the effect of musical
vibrations on the human organism. In the second meditation,
called Love and Energy, you imagine yourself surrounded by
those who love you, and you feel this love entering you for
your healing, while you are experiencing the intense transcendent
vibrations of Roop Vermas sitar.
ICONS OF THE FIELD
Lynne McTaggart - A Living the Field DVD
This DVD presents the proceedings of a two-day conference,
which featured six eminent speakers representing various disciplines
in the extensive field of quantum physics - the Zero Point
Field. The conference was hosted by Lynne McTaggart (What
Doctors Don't Tell You - WDDTY - organisation) and follows
on from 'The Field' the book that is being considered a landmark
Work in the presentation of Quantum Physics.
The six eminent Icons are:
Gary Schwartz: the psychologist who pioneered the famous
Afterlife Experiments on mediums and gave evidence that
transplant surgery also appears to transplant the donor's
personality.
Pim Van Lommel: a charismatic cardiologist, whose study
of Near Death Experiences published in The Lancet, showed
that memories and thought processes occur outside the physical
body.
Karl Pribram: -the eminent neurosurgeon who first developed
the holographic universe concept sometimes referred to as,
- or Holism versus Wholism.
Hal Puthoff: considered by many as the world's leading
physicist researching Remote Viewing, and the Zero Point
Field. Quoted as proving - Science facts outstrips science
fiction.
William Tiller: the scientist whose experiment with an
extraordinary 'Black Box' proves thought is an energy that
can be captured and that it changes physical reality around
it.
Konstantin Korotkov: the Russian physicist who developed
'real-time' computerised Kirlian-style photography and has
studied the human energy with bio-electrography. Korotkov's
research shows that energy emanating from a human being
may be read, like a graph, to determine a person's state
of health.
Icons of the Field needs to be watched and digested more
than once because, as with many leaders in their field, not
all are able to impart their vast and important knowledge
in an easy to absorb style for the layman. But don't let this
put you off obtaining the DVD because like a treasure chest,
the more you dip into it, the greater array of the gifts reveal
themselves to the enquiring, receptive mind.
'Icons of the Field' DVD is available through the WDDTY website.
Cards
'Crystal Oracle' card
set from Tony Carmine Salerno
The set of cards I use on a regular basis is 'Crystal Oracle'
from Tony Carmine Salerno
They are amazing! I call them my crystal of the day cards.
I use them after healing some times, every time someone picks
a card I read them the message that goes with that particular
card and it is always so accurate, people are amazed.
They are such lovely cards with beautiful crystals on they
are a guidance from the heart of the earth.
Review from Dawn Morgan
Book
Reviews
THE WIGAPOM QUEST
by Penny Gillman
It is with great excitement that I tell you that my first
book is due for publication in February 2011.
It has an allegorical spiritual adventure set in a magical
world that encompasses much of the spiritual teaching that
we, as healers, are familiar with. It is a search for Self,
focusing on the discovery of seven stones that will re-open
the book of true Magic and bring light back to the world.
Published by Matador at £8.99, it has been positively
reviewed already by two highly distinguished healers from
our region, Sir Tom Lucas, ("absolutely gripping
an inspirational page turner") and Valerie Hall, FMNFSH
("a thought- provoking novel of great insight")
and I hope you will also read it and enjoy it. It will be
available from Amazon.
Reviews:
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Cleverly crafted journey that takes the reader on the Quest
with Wigapom and his friends which parallels and reflects
life’s problems and challenges.
Penny descriptively paints a picture of another time and world
that sweeps you along with your own imagination, which will
be different and personal to each reader.
Reviewed by Kerry Wilson CO
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I was lucky enough to be the first person to purchase this
book directly from the author. I have never before read a
spiritual fantasy adventure book but I LOVED this one!
The first chapter sets out the history of the characters and
their world, and from therein the story grabs you and never
lets you go. I didn't want to put the book down!
Lessons can be learnt from this story even though it is set
in a fantasy land; the morals are specific to our everyday
life.
I would highly recommend this book and I can't wait for Penny
to write her next one!
Reviewed by Michelle, Colchester.
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This book will appeal to all Healers - it is a novel with
a special message, 'The Wigapom Quest' has an exciting story,
on a par with The Celestine Prophecy by Author James Redfield.
I found I did not want to put this book down. Within ten days
I had read it cover to cover! The story helps readers delve
deeper into their own feelings about love, life, energy, magical
illusion and our spiritual selves. Personally, I would recommend
you make The Wigapom Quest part of your life's journey learning.
Reviewed by Sir Thomas Lucas . Scientist & Healer.
Valerie A. Hall Fellow of The Healing Trust
The Scole Experiment
by Grant & Jane Solomon
(in association with The Scole Experimental Group)
Published by Champion Books ISBN 0-9546338-4-9
At a time when a never-ending stream of channelled work finds
its way into the High Street bookstores it is refreshing to
discover a book which is based on hard scientific evidence
for Life after Death. Excellent though many of the channelled
works may be there is nothing quite as remarkable as a volume
which present solidly researched and endorsed facts for our
continuing survival as chronicled in 'The Scole Experiment.'
To obtain an overview of how this evidence came into being
we need to go back to 1993 when four psychic researchers embarked
on a series of experiments in the Norfolk village of Scole.
They dedicated five years to the experiment and what transpired
was so groundbreaking that senior members of the renowned
'Society for Psychical Research' were invited to observe,
test and record what took place. Those who did attend the
Scole sessions were left in no doubt that discarnate intelligences
were making direct contact. Evidence witnessed included objects,
intelligent spirit lights and solid beings which materialised
before previously sceptical observers: handwriting, symbols
and messages appeared on sealed photographic film. Spirits
communicated instructions for building complex instruments
and communication devices and factual personal information
concerning those present was given to the sitters by the discarnate
intelligences.
On Page 211 of the new updated edition there is timely advice
for healers concerning the need to be 'mindful of our thoughts
and feelings and to approach their work with a happy attitude
of mind. The more harmonious you are, the easier it is to
blend, balance and attune the energies of our work. You are
all a part of all that lives and breathes, a part of the planet
itself. When you raise your consciousness, you raise others,
for there is a spiritual link that binds us all together.
Your consciousness can reach out and give hope to many.'
So teaches Manu, one of the guides.. This wisdom was given
nearly 15 years ago - today Quantum Psychics is presenting
scientific proof of this oneness.
Illustrated with some amazing and mind-provoking photographs,
'The Scole Experiment' deserves to have a place on all our
bookshelves.
For more information visit the website : click
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paste it into your browser.
Reviewed by Pamela A. Lyons MNFSH
HOT OFF THE PRESS
A fantastic book by Ian Lawton (an extremely inspirational
speaker missed by most of you at the AGM two years ago!) -
a total rewrite of his 'Book of the Soul' now entitled 'The
Big Book of the Soul'.
Buy through Amazon or from www.ianlawton.com
An extremely readable, well-written, interesting and thought-provoking
book.
Reincarnation, past-life regression, the interlife - it's
all here.
Price £12.99 free p&p. If you buy one book this year this
should be it!
The Disappearance of the Universe
by Gary R. Renard
Published by Hay House - ISBN: 1-4019-0566-8
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE UNIVERSE is an interesting account
of 17 conversations between the author and two ascended masters
named Arten and Pursah, who appeared to him over a period
of nine years. This book is a wealth of spiritual information
that is an important book on its own, but is also a major
clarification of the modern spiritual Guide called "A Course
in Miracles". Because the themes here are universal, it is
not necessary to be a student of A Course in Miracles in order
to get a lot of help from this book. It takes advanced spiritual
teachings and puts them in everyday conversational language
that anyone can accept, understand, and apply in their lives.
This book has something very important to say and does a
fantastic job saying it, but it has taken me some time to
actually absorb the message it had to give. To quote from
the book: PURSAH "The important point we want to leave you
with is this. The book you are writing isn't about you, and
it's not about us. We came here to give people a spiritual
message, a message that not everyone is ready for yet, and
this is it: When you are ready to accept that the only thing
that really matters in your illusory lifetime is the successful
completion of your lessons of true forgiveness, then you will
be truly wise indeed".
It manages to completely explain the universe in a way that
I've never seen done before. Topics include illusions, past
lives, religion, sex, politics and the Miracles of forgiveness
and a whole chapter on healing.
This book has completely changed my whole outlook on life,
and in my opinion, is one of the best spiritual titles around.
I am a lot happier, and I smile a lot more.
Review by Tracy Munn
If the Spirit Moves You
by Justine Picardie
Published by Picador
This is a book that makes an important contribution to our
understanding of bereavement and the rage, terror and loss
that leads some of us to search for contact with those who
have passed. For healers in particular, it reveals a very
intimate picture of the despair of deep grief which we may
well encounter in clients coming to us for support at a time
of crisis and spiritual exploration.
Justine Picardie was exceptionally close to her sister Ruth,
who died from breast cancer. Before Ruth’s death the sisters
agree to continue to support each other, to keep contact,
but in the first period of bereavement, Justine cannot hear
her sister’s voice. She begins a search, charted in the book
as the journal of a desperate quest, to mediums, channellers,
and anyone she comes across who believe they have a means
of interacting with those in the spirit realm. Justine examines
herself and her longing, clearly and honestly, and considers
the nature of life and love, as well as death, and carries
the reader compellingly to the ‘outcome’ of her year’s seeking.
If you have lived through your own critical and life-shattering
experiences of loss and bereavement, you will empathise with
the sorrows and depth of longing described. If not, be guided
and prepared, ultimately uplifted by a woman’s redoubtable
courage in her struggle to find meaning in the age of reason,
the material, materialistic world where the voices of spirit
are so very hard to hear.
Reviewed by Kate Ackerley
Choose Your Thoughts – Change Your
Life
by Jane Duncan
Published by Living Well Publications ISBN 0-9531380-0-3
Jane Duncan has written a brilliant book that will help you
turn your life around’ writes Louise L. Hay (author of the
universal bestseller ‘You Can Heal Your Life’) as a forward
on Ms Duncan’s book. The praise is well earned. This slim
volume – just 126 pages - offers a simple, down-to-earth,
practical and effective guide to harness the power of the
mind, offering keys to help the reader unlock their potential
by using creative thought.
Most of us have heard of affirmations but the perennial question
is invariably, do they work? How does one practise them, and
what is the right way to use them? This book sets out to demystify
the gray area around affirmations and, step-by-step, the author
leads the reader from the definition and principles of positive
affirmations through to understanding how they work.
Ms Duncan examines the challenges most people face which
can block thinking positively: she highlights the negative
beliefs most of us unwittingly harbour, and explains how we
innocently adopt other people’s life scripts, then offers
ways to identify our own storylines, dramas and themes.
The book offers guidelines to help the reader create compelling
personal affirmations, and suggests ways to use them for the
greatest effect by applying what Ms Duncan describes as the
three P’s – Practise, Persistence, Patience.
The last chapter - ‘What you feel, you can heal’ - leads
the reader through the minefield of emotions and gives positive
suggestions on how to be in charge of feelings, to separate
past feelings from present ones, and how to embrace and connect
with your younger self.
If you are not satisfied with your life, would like more
from your relationships, or wish to realise and achieve your
dreams, Jane Duncan offers a practical, effective guide to
successfully addressing these areas and turning negative patterns
into positive ones.
‘Choose Your Thoughts, Change Your Life’ is an easy, enjoyable
read, a great resource, and offers the reader a powerful tool
to help realise their potential.
Reviewed by Pamela A. Lyons
Living with Joy
by Sanaya Roman
Published by H J Kramer – ISBN 0-915811-03-0
This is an inspirational, self transformational book, which
is full of spiritual insight and positivity.
The spirit energy, Orin, from where these words were inspired,
is a healing teacher of Light whose wisdom resonates at soul
level. The gentle quality of his lessons radiate throughout
these pages of ‘Living with Joy’ in a loving way, touching
the heart with very simple truths.
This book is a beneficial read for any soul-seeker with a
wish to learn more about themselves in a spiritual sense.
There are also useful activities at the end of each chapter
which are good for group working, and which aid the process
of positive thinking. I would recommend this book to anyone
who feels they need a little light in their life!
Review from Chantelle Coupland MNFSH
Many Facets of Love
by Heather Lealan
Published by Athena Press ISBN 1-84401-254-9
This book was written by a NFSH member and is dedicated to
the late Pamela Plummer, also a member, who sadly passed over
in 1996. Pamela Plummer was Heather’s spiritual leader, and
friend. The book is written in an easy and understandable
language and tells a story that suggests that, when the time
is right, our spiritual journey unfolds and beckons us.
Heather’s journey opens with her training to become a therapist
and her experiencing heat being felt in her hands. One day,
while queuing for a loaf of bread, a poster caught her eye
- a Healing Centre was being advertised. Heather calls the
number and her life changes forever. On meeting Pam, her spiritual
journey begins.
The book is full of information and experiences. Heather’s
spiritual journey has its bleak and high times just as most
of us, who are on the spiritual path, experience. The book
is written from the heart, is informative for those just beginning
their quest and a gentle reminder for those already travelling.
Having the pleasure of knowing Heather, I found the book
a pleasure to read and one that reflects the author’s straightforward
and honest personality. ‘Many Facets of Love’ covers a wide
range of subjects – from who or what is God, to reincarnation,
what spiritual guides look like, and other related subjects.
The book is a little gem for anyone’s spiritual bookshelf.
Review from June Keeble MNFSH
The Game of Life and How to Play It
by Florence Scovel-Shinn
Published by L.N.Fowler & Company ISBN 0-852443-069-8
The copy on the back of the jacket of this slim volume states,
‘Many thousands of people owe a great deal to this little
book because it has taught them that life is not a battle
but a game…it is a game of giving and receiving…'
Perhaps it is testimony enough to explain that this book
was first published in 1925 and that today, 80 years later,
it is still being reprinted! Since I first received a copy
of this book as a gift, over twenty-five years ago, I have
happily recommended it to friends, acquaintances and students.
I have read and re-read ‘The Game of Life and How to Play
It’ many times and today it still brings me fresh insights
and continues to deepen my understanding of Universal Laws.
In less than a hundred pages the book offers a brimming cornucopia
of simple truths as found in the Old and New Testaments. Yet
these are Universal Truths covering everything from the law
of prosperity, the power of the word’, the law of non-resistance,
of karma, and the law of forgiveness. There are teachings
about casting the burden, of impressing the subconscious,
of the power of Love, perfect self-expression and the Divine
design. Also included is an understanding of denial and affirmations.
Ms Scovel-Shinn’s book is, I would suggest, the forerunner
of the plethora of self-help books, which abound in bookshops
today. Perhaps its very simple approach to such an intensive
field of study keeps it in the forefront of these titles.
The author was a widely known artist and illustrator for many
years before stepping across into metaphysics and through
her great work of healing and assisting others to solve their
problems she helped thousands. Her popularity as a teacher
was attributed to the fact that she was always colloquial,
informal, friendly and humorous and these qualities shine
through the pages of her books as she writes of the familiar,
the practical and everyday happenings.
‘The Game of Life and How to Play It’ was followed by, ‘Your
Word is Your Wand’, ‘Secret Door to Success’ and ‘Power of
the Spoken Word' making up the quartet of Works penned by
a gifted teacher of spiritual truths who had insight and understanding
ahead of her time. Yet her work is timeless and the wisdom
the author shares is as fresh and profound today as it was
eighty years ago.
Review from Pamela A. Lyons MNFSH
Straight from the horse's mouth
by Amelia Kinkade
Published by Thorsons. Price £9.99 ISBN 0-00-712349-3
This delightful book was recommended by the International
animal communicator, Wynter Worsthorne. Foreword by Bernie
Siegel who met Amelia and through her traced a missing pet.
Filled with wonderful stories and giving readers the skills
to communicate with animals and hear them talk back. You can
recognise what your pet is feeling, soothe their anxiety,
or tackle a behaviour problem. This book will help you develop
a more fulfilling relationship with your animal companions.
The Biology of Belief
by Bruce Lipton PhD
published by Cygnus Books
The Biology of Belief is hailed as a book that it will change
forever the way we think about the connection between Mind
and Matter. It has been described as a major breakthrough
presenting scientific evidence showing without doubt that
genes and DNA do not control our biology. Dr Lipton shows
that genes are turned on and off by signals from outside the
cell - and this includes energetic messages emanating from
our positive and negative thoughts.
There have been many books written concerning the subject
of Mind over Matter and how powerful creative visualisation
- coupled with the power of belief - has brought a turnaround
in a person's health and affairs. Professor William Tiller's
extraordinary 'Black Box' experiments show that thought is
indeed an energy that can be captured and that it changes
the physical reality around it. Today, it seems Science is
providing evidence and proving ancient philosophy.
What is so reassuring about Dr Lipton's discoveries is that
his research shatters the old myth that we are victims of
inherited biological chemical machines that are controlled
by our genes. Instead, he gives sound scientific support to
the understanding that we are in fact powerful creators of
our lives and the world in which we live. Dr Lipton illustrates
how beliefs - true or false - positive or negative - affect
genetic activity and actually alter our genetic code. This
is indeed groundbreaking work! It is also hugely supportive
of the fact that we can retrain our consciousness to create
healthy beliefs and in so doing, create lasting, positive
results in our bodies and in our lives.
The Biology of Belief is available in softback from Cygnus
Books priced £7.65. It is also available in a set of three
CDs - either would make a thoughtful gift for the holiday
season.
Listening to the Silences
by Roy Vincent
A free eBook
From the quiet backwaters of self-publishing there occasionally
emerges a work that should be flagged up on every booklist
- particularly those that feature autobiography, voice-hearing,
spirituality and mental health.
All four are bound together by the Author as he describes
and explores his more than twenty-seven years experience as
a voice-hearer that are encapsulated in this book - experience
that is continuous and continuing. But not just 'hearing voices',
for the same phenomenon can include physical presence, mood
creation, dominance and oppression, compulsion, addiction
and paranoia. Surprisingly, he has never been ill from this
cause nor sought medical intervention, because he knew from
the outset that he was experiencing a form of spiritual intrusion
into his mind and his person.
Correspondence from voice-hearers and carers demonstrates
the truth of what he writes, and one recent unsolicited comment
on 'StumbleUpon.com' concluded "…he pours water over unhelpful
myths, and writes clearly in a way that could probably save
someone's life."
Throughout, he emphasises most strongly that the converse
of unwelcome intrusion exists - namely spiritual presence
of the most benevolent kind - and he describes numerous instances
in which he has had considerable help and encouragement.
I urge anyone who wants to understand voice hearing from
the inside to read this book and to judge for themselves.
And the good news is that you do not have to go to Amazon
or any major publishers or booksellers, for so concerned is
the Author that you should find and read his book that he
has published his text free as an eBook. Go to www.royvincent.net
and you will discover this gem that is entitled "Listening
to the Silences". You will find that it is written with the
observation and clarity that come from the mind of an engineer,
but with the use and love of language that undoubtedly originate
in his native Wales. Then read and study it, and, as the Author
begs, put his knowledge and experience to work in a new understanding
of the mind problems that beset so many individuals. Problems
about which there are so many theories, as they pour out on
an almost weekly basis; theories that do not come from within
the heart and mind of the voice-hearer, as this first hand
account does. And then tell others about this website.
