Dolphins & Angels

It has been some time now since we have written a blog and yet it feels as if it was yesterday. We were at the Mind Body Spirit Exhibition and it was really lovely to meet some of you.

I am very pleased to let you know that we will be receiving the new Gilbert Williams calendar for 2009 in August and next year it will be the Year of Celebration!!

Looking at the news these days with all the violence and crime, the worldwide credit crunch, the cost of fuel and all other negatives that dominate the newspapers and television, it is very hard to believe that next year can be a year of Celebration and yet we have chosen to come here at a very special time and perhaps there is a letting go of all the negativity and rubbish from the past so that a new beginning can be birthed!

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Our delightful fascination with angels grows daily. Ordinary people speak openly about how angels have assisted them, stories of angelic intervention and inspirational artwork is everywhere.
Interest in angels transcends language, culture and boundaries. Why are so many people inviting angels into their lives? It seems the angelic realms are set to guide us more than ever before, this is due to the vast planetary changes as Mother earth and humanity undergo this spiritual evolution which will awaken our ‘higher’ heart chakra ready to manifest the foretold ‘New Golden Age’ when angels will walk once more with men.

About the Angel Essences

This wonderful essences range was made just like our other angel ranges ‘Archangel’ and ‘Children of the Angels’ at the request of the angels. We take great care in making our extraordinarily beautiful essences. They are natural and handmade with love and in a calm focused meditative state of mind. They are created in a clear quartz crystal singing bowl which is harmonically tuned to the crown chakra note of B. The base of each angel essence is distilled activated healing water. By attuning to the crystals and invoking the angels to imprint the pure distilled water each sacred angel essences captures via the crystal kingdom the positive spirit of the angelic crystal devas. The information on each essences comes directly from a Soul-engaged perspective. Each of the Angel essences is a magical catalyst for change and transformation. Each Angel essences has a consciousness of its own which creates when used an auspicious field of emerging-light. The Angel essences are significant ‘tools of light’ which have been specifically designed for therapists, kinesiologists, reflexologists, Reiki healers, dowsers, and integrated medicine practitioners and those who wish to simply work more closely with the angelic realm.
The Angel essences aid spiritual evolution and ‘Light Body Activation’ by releasing and transmuting with love karmic, ancestral and emotional imbalances at a deep cellular level.
Focused intent is the most powerful way of familiarising yourself with each essence. Affirmation on the desired outcome of the angel essence is always beneficial. As is using the essence over a longer period of time whilst affirming the energy to be with you all day. To immerse yourself in the healing energy of the angels simply use the essence every day. You can use two or three essences together but it is more powerful to use one essence at a time.

Angel Essence - Grounding into the Earth

This angelic essences clears undesirable outside energies and influences. It teaches us the importance of grounding our spirit into the rhythms of Mother nature to harmonise, balance and energise our bio-field. Use when you feel disconnected from the earth.

Crystals: Black Tourmaline, Clear Quartz, Garnet, Ruby

Essential oils: Vetiver, Lavender, Helichrysum, Ylang Ylang

Angel Essence - Creative Fire

This angelic essence helps you to trust your own feelings which ignites your creativity, curiosity and originality. It lifts your spirits by banishing negativity and self-doubt. Eases past trauma by aiding your self-nurturing ability.

Crystals: Carnelian, Citrine, Clear Quartz, Garnet, Zincite

Essential oils: Sweet Orange, Cinnamon, Pachouli, Petitgrain, Vertiver, Helichrysum

Angel Essence - Lustrous Gem

This angelic essence harmonises the solar plexus chakra with a fusion of many different energies.
This brings personal power, spontaneity, positive mental attitudes, joy, hope and freedom from emotional hang-ups and inhibitions. Instill enthusiasm, expansion and self-confidence.

Crystals: Clear, Orange and Red Calcite, Citrine, Clear Quartz, Rhodocrosite, Imperial Topaz, Turquoise

Essential oils: Atlas Cedarwood, Lemon, Vertiver, Ylang Ylang, Helichrysum

Angel Essence - Tranquil Heart

This feminine angelic essences relates to love, empathy, harmony compassion and joy in all our relationships. Emotional blocks that have prevented us from relating to others are dissolved.
Balance and release from old patterns.

Crystals: Clear Quartz, Hiddenite, Kunzite, Morganite, Rhodocrosite, Rhodonite, Rose quartz

Essential oil: Cedarwood, Frankincense, Geranium, Rose Otto, Helichrysum

Angel Essence - Healing Calm

This angelic essence takes us on an inner journey of recovery and integration as we access the Divine feminine within. It soothes the emotional body, releasing undesirable attachments and relieving stress. Manifesting your hearts desire.

Crystals: Clear Quartz, Larimar, Lepidolite, Moonstone, Rose Quartz, Sugilite

Essential oils: Geranium, Rosemary, Helichrysum, Cedarwood

Angel Essence - Sacred Sounds

This angelic essence contains intense etheric vibrations designed to bring courage and release fear. It aids discrimination of wisdom; it is very penetrating and encourages you to reach for the stars.

Crystals: Aquamarine, Blue Apatite, Clear Quartz, Iolite, Lapis, Yellow Apatite Essential oils: Myrrh, Petitgrain, Lavender, Bachu, Helichrysum,

Angel Essence - Inner Vision

This mystical high vibrational angelic essence is used for spiritual protection and purification.
It aids clairvoyance by activating the third eye chakra which deepens meditation practice bringing illumination and integration of the higher functions of human consciousness.

Crystals: Amethyst, Charoite, Clear Quartz, Iolite, Lepidolite, Sugilite, Tanzanite

Essential oils: Lavender and Frankincense, Helichrysum

Angel Essence - Pleiadean Star

This angelic essence awakens your connection to the Pleiadean star system.
These seven mystical
stars have been revered throughout antiquity as the dwelling place of the Divine, the centre of the Universe and the seat of immortality.

Crystals: Clear Quartz, Moldavite, Phenacite

Essential oils: Helichrysum, Anis Star, Angelica, Neroli

Angel Essence - Earth Star Connection

This angelic essence is particularly useful for those of us who are sensitive! Construct a powerful force-field of protection by merging with your ‘Earth Star’ and ‘Earth Gateway chakras. This activates your inner light clearing disharmonious energies. Assists you in reclaiming your sacred space.

Crystals: Aragonite, Clear Quartz, Dioptase, Haematite, Labradorite, Obsidian, Smoky quartz

Essential oils: Cajeput, Amyris, Yarrow, Cananga

Angel Essence - Ascension into Cosmic Consciousness

This angelic essence supports enhanced states of cosmic awareness, Soul Star activation and integration of the twelve chakras. The ten ‘etheric’ strands of DNA are activated to regain the full twelve strands of DNA. Reconnecting of genetic codes.

Crystals: Amblygonite, Angelite, Clear Quartz, Danburite, Moldavite, Petalite, Phenacite

Essential oils: Frankincense, Jasmine, Spikenard, Lavender, Ylang Ylang, Neroli

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Specials for the month of April:

We are very excited about the specials for this month. There are three new specials available:-

There is a 5% discount on the Beamer Light Pen bringing its price to £180.37.

We are offering a 15% discount on all the Pocket Rescue bottles excluding the Pocket Etheric Rescue and the price is now £8.34. This is because we have managed to secure a bulk amount of the Rescue bottles at a special discount which we would like to pass on to you.

The last offer is that for every order over £75 we will be including a free Pocket Rescue Bottle - please do let us know if you have a preference although it may not be possible for us to send it if it is out of stock.

This bottle is one which mystified me for quite some time - more by it’s name - The Ostrich rather than the colours of the bottle.

The Violet in the base fraction lies in the unconscious mind and is really about a deep process of transformation which leads us into a different way of being and thinking. It helps us to come to a place of wholeness within ourselves and has the possibility of bringing peace when we feel a sense of loss.

The combination of the Orange with the the Violet has the possibility of regaining a sense of wholeness not just from this lifetime but also beyond this lifetime.

Violet also relates to wanting to be of service in the world and wanting to help to point others in the direction of their own personal wholeness.

With Orange combinations we talk about healing the time-line and Orange is able to stretch deeper into time in order to reconnect and re-balance difficult situations of the past.

It brings in deep insight and where violet relates to intuition, the Orange relates to gut feelings and instincts which means that we may experience our intuition deep within the body.

The myth of The Ostrich is that it buries it’s head in the sand when sensing danger and people have often assumed that the Ostrich is afraid. This would be assumed to be a good coping mechanism in dealing with fear if it were true.

Perhaps the idea of burying one’s head in the sand is more to help us to centre and to be in the moment to enable us to come from the best place in ourselves to respond to whatever life offers us.

I used this bottle just after finishing a chapter in my life where I made the decision to work for myself and to do Aura-Soma full-time. It was also just before 9/11 and I felt

that it really helped to keep me together in all situations. I was able to find that point of stillness inside where I knew that I had the strength to deal with all circumstances.

One of our practitioners John had the following wonderful input on his experiences:-

“For me, B79 has been one of the most intense bottles at both extremes. Both representing a joyous, blissful fulfilled spirituality and then on the other hand a confronting realisation that I am avoiding issues that are really in the way for me.

Having used the bottle several times my experience is that each journey with the bottle of B79 has had a bias towards one of those poles, with a view that the other is also there.

I always think that we really know when we are avoiding issues but can become complacent and at home with the easy life. It can be easy to leave the difficult truths aside so as to have a smooth ride. Problem with that being, that we also really know we cannot be fully alive and at peace until these problematic, confronting situations are dealt with. A reason for choosing confusion in the un-enlightened mind and a reason for choosing laziness and stress in the mind more awakened.

These unfinished or incomplete situations always bring more light and the possibility of a truly fulfilled journey once they surface and the shocking truth is acknowledged and accepted and ultimately healed.

Once we are aligned with our own truth, accepting of our nature, loving and aligned with our life as an unfolding then I think that B79 can reflect the complete bliss and intense joy that may arise from such a state. Such a yummy, joyous feeling that there are no buried problems keeping us from feeling anxious just below the surface, but that instead we can look into our inner world knowing that there is a depth of insight and acceptance; that we are in it for spiritual fulfilment.”
John B

Love & Light

Simone

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The focus of the Archangel course is the exploration of the Equilibrium bottles from 94 through to 104. The Archangel’s, like the Masters before them, excite a special interest. Unlike other sets within Equilibrium such as the Rescue set, the Chakra set and the New Aeon Child set, the Archangels and Masters imply not just a process or objects but subjects that exist in their own right, levels of consciousness to which we can access. Archangels have been figuring in history for millennia, in the Jewish tradition, and subsequently the Christian and Islamic traditions. They are seen as greater beings, bridges between God above and the angels and human consciousness beneath.

This course explores how we may understand the Archangels from the perspective of the Aura-Soma system. Our focus is the Archangel sequence within the Equilibrium range, the colour combinations from 94 to 104. To develop our understanding we shall be drawing on the language of colour, the language of number, the Tree of Life and the historical context into which the Archangel bottles have been born.

The course begins with a general introduction to the Archangels and the understanding of their role and capabilities form the Aura-Soma perspective. This section also includes an introduction to the Archangeloi sprays, their use and application. This introduction is the prelude to three distinct avenues of exploration.

The first theme concerns the Archangels of the Four Directions and with them we explore a fascinating process of consciousness that they describe. A cycle that takes in beginnings and completions, birth and death, sunrise to sunset; but which also comprises light and dark, day and night, outer and inner, the lights that guide our worldly activity and our spiritual existence.

The central theme of the course is the consideration of the entire Archangel sequence as an unfolding sequence within Equilibrium. We set each Archangel in the context of its time of birth and consider how each Archangel plays its part in the whole picture. This section reveals the bigger picture of which the Archangels are a part. Beginning with Archangel Michael where the presence of the Divine Will (Pale Blue) is reintroduced to our world and set above our separate smaller will (Pale Yellow) the Archangel sequence marks an intensifying of the process of consciousness growth. Each Archangel marks a step along this journey of growth. For example Sandalphon which from one linguistic interpretation means co - brother (syn delphos) was introduced as a collaboration between Mike Booth and Erik Pelham. Furthermore it appeared in 1997 at the time of the launch of the Aura-Soma Practitioner system, a system that asked that we stand together in our Aura-Soma work. The coral under the lilac, the energy for cooperation. This is the kind of information that we explore and develop in this stage of the course.

The third theme takes our view to another level. It presents the Archangels in their traditional Tree of Life placements. This process produces a creative tension as we seek to connect our previous knowledge with new attributes and possibilities for the Archangels. Taking Sandalphon again as an example its traditional placement in the Tree of Life is in the sphere of Malkuth at the foot of the Tree. We can note that this is the sphere in which the Christ is also placed through the Aura-Soma system. It was Christ who reminded us of our common humanity, that we should love each other as we love ourselves. It is a message that Sandalphon, (with (his) co-brother association resonates very well. Furthermore the coral in the base fraction of the Sandalphon bottle resonates with another aspect of the Aura-Soma understanding of the Christ energy, that the second coming of the Christ energy will be as a coral experience in our auric field.

Running alongside these three principal themes of study there is a further very important feature of the course. Throughout the course we will be sharing Archangeloi sprays and experiencing their gifts and effects. Though they are a recent product within Aura- Soma they have come to occupy a central role within the system. The Archangeloi sprays are directly connected to the first 8 Archangel bottles from Michael to Jophiel. On completion of the course you will be more confident and experienced with this valuable tool within the Aura-Soma range, more willing to use them on yourself and also more confident to recommend them to others.

The presentation style in subject matter of this course will be similar to the other “Exploring” courses (Masters, Number and Tree of Life) that Dominic presents. The subject of the Archangels will be approached with an open mind, drawing on many different levels of information in order to access and interpret the information that is uncovered. The course will be a journey through a landscape, a journey that we will make as a group exploring together the features of this archangelic world, becoming more familiar with their gifts, their qualities and their resonances.
It is said that behind each person is an angel, and behind each angel is an Archangel. During this course there will also be a space that we may connect a little more closely through our angel to the Archangel with which we are associated, to our purpose and mission in this life.

Course Dates: 7th, 8th & 9th September
Cost: £180

We have managed to source a limited number of audio cassettes and will giving these out free to anyone ordering over £50 (excl. P&P) off our website, whilst stocks last.

There are a limited amount available and are offered on a first come, first serve basis. There are three different categories available: Music, Meditation and Teaching Cassettes. In the comments section of your order, please let us know which cassette you would be most interested in and we will endeavour to send it to you if it is available or alternatively email us prior to ordering to see if your preferred cassette is still available. If so we can hold it for you for up to hrs before placing an order.

Music

1. Feet in the Soil by James Asher - Feet in the Soil is an uplifting celebration of dance-able energies centred in the earth. Rhythms of an infectious, hypnotic and tribal quality provide the frameworks for the music, which draws much inspiration from Aboriginal and African lifestyles.
2. Dance of the Light by James Asher - 72 minutes of music specially composed for guided meditations given by Mike Booth. The music is ideally suited to accompany healing massage and meditation.

Meditation

1. Peace To All Beings - Peace To All Beings is a guided meditation given by Mike Booth that is a universal prayer of peace to all beings- past, present and future. It invokes a great sense of serenity, and by connecting us with a universal truth, brings us into a light at the centre of our being.

   Dawn at Dev Aura (side 2) Dawn at Dev Aura is a musical composition by James Asher, designed as a form of duet between the dawn chorus and himself. It was conceived and recorded during his stay, at Dev Aura, one midsummer’s weekend. An abundance of nature flows and unfolds to music sprinkled with the energies of an approaching dawn. James dedicates this piece as a musical tribute to Vicky Wall.

2. The Red Square/The Ancient City Meditations

   The Red Square takes you up through different layers of consciousness and the Ancient City is an inner journey that takes you deep within yourself to the many rooms of your temple.

Teaching Cassettes

1. The Seven Levels of the Vortex by Vicky Wall (founder of Aura-Soma) - this was recorded in the Glastonbury Miracles Room in March 1987

2. An Introduction to the Master Sequence - Tape 1 - Please note that this is half of the recording as there is a second cassette recorded too. This cassette was recorded in Summer 1997 at an Advanced Class at Dev Aura, the home of Aura-Soma by Mike Booth Principal of ASIACT.

   The cassettes cover the Master Sequence relating to Equilibrium bottle numbers 50 through to 64 and the Quintessences of the Aura-Soma system. Mike gives insight into colour in relation to this sequence and brings clarity to a difficult subject.

   What is described is the relationship between the symbolism of colour and its relevance to the journey toward ourselves. Here we are given a concise understanding of the way colours flow from one to another as a developmental process of consciousness unfolding.

   Using analogies from different traditions he gives understanding of ‘The Master’ am dots relevance conceptually to the Aura-Soma system. Through these tapes each of us will surely be able to ride the rainbow.

One of the most life changing experiences I had was visiting the Timbavati in South Africa last year in September. We went on a Sacred Journey and the highlight of the Journey was that each member of the Journey was able to see Marah and her sub-adult cubs up close in a Land Rover.

I found out last week that Marah had recently died and the first emotion that I experienced was grief but as I adjust to this sense of loss, I remember that prior to being released back to the Timbavati with her 3 cubs, Regeus, Zaira and Letaba, she was born into captivity in a White Lion camp and then was in a zoo.

Despite being brought up in captivity, the hunting instinct was very strong and she did a fantastic job at teaching Regeus, Letaba and Zaira how to hunt. She became an expert at hunting warthogs and she would dig into their underground burrows to catch them. Sadly after, the recent rains she became trapped in the burrow and this was how she lost her life.

After the sadness my realisation was that the Queen of the White Lions had died an honourable death and that her legacy was done - she had died hunting for the pride in the wild. Queen Marah, you will be sorely missed, but your Spirit and Dignity will live on forever.

Dear All,

Very often, when receiving orders, I notice that there is a certain trend for most popular product and over the last two weeks B59 has proved to be very popular. It would be interesting then, if we looked at this bottle in greater detail.

Lady Portia is one of the Ascended Master Bottles and Lady Portia appears as a character in the play ‘The Merchant of Venice’ by Shakespeare. In Aura-Soma philosophy we see a link between St Germain and Lady Portia as it has been said that St Germain can be associated to Sir Francis Bacon and Shakespeare.

The motto behind the quintessence and bottle is ‘Judge not lest ye be judged’ and very often we do not judge others in such a critical way as we judge ourselves. The principle behind this is that if we judge ourselves harshly, then we attract an energy of being judged by others towards us.

From a colour perspective, the pale yellow in the top fraction opens us to the possibility of joy. Yellow also offers us courage to face what lies within us and also in external situations. Through courage we open the door to empowerment and as we empower ourselves we can be an example as to how people can empower themselves.

Pale pink relates to warmth, compassion and unconditional love and Lady Portia is helpful in bringing this energy towards us so that we can see ourselves through the space of warmth and unconditional love.

The Pale colours of the Yellow/Pink also have a direct colour association to Yellow/Red (B5 - base chakra bottle) and Yellow Pink (B22 - The Rebirthers Bottle) as the B59 is a tint of both these bottles.

Pink is also to do with a process of awakening that starts in the red. Red is about grounding and the material side of life as well as passion and energy. When we shine the light into the red we find the pink and the awakening in the pink teaches us how to be grounded and how to walk lightly on the Earth.

As we shine the light into the material side of life, perhaps we come to an understanding of abundance - there is more than enough for everyone and if we love ourselves enough we will know that we are worth all the wonderful and positive opportunities that are waiting to come towards us. A key to the concept of abundance and the pink experience is that the Universe waits to provide our needs in each moment, however, we only receive what we think we deserve!

Through the pink the passion becomes compassion and as we bring this towards ourselves, we find it easier to share with the rest of the world. Lady Portia teaches us how to discern what is right for us in each moment by being kind to ourselves.

B59 shakes to Pale Coral and this is to do with Love Wisdom - we balance the love and the wisdom to do what is right for us in each moment. It helps us to let go of situations that have not been appropriate for us and helps us to find a new way of being within.

The colour of the quintessence is Gold and this also helps us to discern clearly what is right for us. It also helps to release tension around the Solar Plexus Area.

Love and Light

Simone

I am writing today, filled with inspiration and joy. We are officially in the season of Spring. A time for new beginnings and even though the weather is still a little cold, this can be forgiven as we see the blossoms on the trees and the daffodils growing abundantly.

The light somehow has a different quality to it and it feels as if it brings a hope into our lives that can be experienced through the breath and also as it touches our skin.

We went out to Rye on Easter Monday and it was lovely to see all the lambs frolicking around in the sunshine. Their light heartedness and innocence was beautiful to embrace.

It is important to remind ourselves to feel happy and sometimes it is difficult for us to remember when the last time was that we actually felt this. We often try to find experiences or other people to help us to feel happy but really this feeling can only be something that can be cultivated and felt within ourselves.

The yellow pomander can be helpful in helping us to experience joy once again if we are finding it difficult to find within our lives.

I hope that you had a fantastic Easter Weekend and that you managed to find the time to pamper yourself and to relax.

Sending you Love, Light and Joy

Simone

We will shortly be adding some new ranges to our product line. Firstly we will be expanding our music range and we will shortly be uploading a whole host of new CD’s. Our featured artist this month is Steve Skudler (see his earlier blog). His CD’s are absolutely wonderful.

In addition look out for the new Hazel Raven range of essences, new books, sections aimed at children and much much more.

Love & Light

Dolphins & Angels

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My name is Steve, and this is my first time blogging. I love composing music and want to tell you a little bit about myself and how I got started.

At age 16, I was in my school auditorium watching a Guess Who music video. I was mesmerised watching Burton Cummings play the piano. I told my buddy sitting next to me “I am going to learn to play the piano and I will be playing on that stage in a year.” The following year, I was on stage, playing boogie for a vaudeville program. That was my start in music, and my passion for creating and playing piano continues to this day, 33 years later.

For the last 12 years I have worked as a massage therapist. I would use my own musical creations during massage sessions. Clients would ask if they could purchase the music and I always said that someday I would make it to sell.

That day has finally arrived. I retired from my massage practise, moved with my sweet Sharon to a rural setting in the country close to the mountains that we love, and spend my days creating music.

Sharon and I have daily talks about how we can put our talents to work to offer something of value that could help others. During this time, we had begun our Aura Soma journey. From the first moment I smelled the El Morya Quintessence, I was drawn to Aura Soma. The use of the Equilibrium bottles, Quintessences and Pomanders have had a profound affect on us.

I was putting the finishing touches on a piece of music that I loved, when it became crystal clear to me that my music is the “something of value” that I have to offer. The intent was (and is) simple - beautiful music that could possibly help the listener slow down, breathe, and gain a sense of peace.

I gave the finished music to Sharon to “test drive” during her Healing Touch sessions. The feedback from her clients brought joy to my heart. Once again, clients were asking where they could buy this music. This finished music became the Crystal Clear CD.

I have now had feedback on Crystal Clear from many people, including energy workers, massage therapists, a meditation instructor, an artist who uses it when she is teaching her painting classes, a woman who is using it to become more mindful while eating, and another who uses it for her children when she puts them to bed at night. The main theme of their sweet comments is that the music seems to quickly facilitate a sense of inner peace and centeredness. To quote a friend of mine, “It is like a bed of angel wings I can just lie down in. I listen to it at night during my time of reflection, and each time, the gentle flowing melodies take me deeper - like the music is a comforter I can wrap myself in.”

Twilight Ceremony is the second CD that I am very proud to be releasing. It takes on a different flavor, a flavor that is perfect for many different occasions. The feedback I have received is from people who have used it during a wedding reception, dinner parties, an art class, as well as massage therapists who have used it for clients. The comments have really touched my heart - hearing that the joy I felt while making it is coming through the music.

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This morning I had a beautiful meditation and sense of peace when using the Royal Blue Pomander. I have used this pomander on several occasions before but this kind of experience usually happens to me when I use the Deep Magenta Pomander.

I meditate every morning and use a pomander first. I have the selection in front of me and intuitively feel for the one that will benefit me the most that morning. Sometimes I am surprised by what I pick and other times I have an understanding of the selection.

When using the Royal Blue Pomander this morning, I experienced a deep stillness that pervaded not only in myself but also in the room. When putting it on, I could sense the silence and peacefulness of the room and I realised that this is what deep peace felt like.

Sitting down to meditate, the peacefulness and stillness continued and I could sense a sound that was a silent sound. It felt as if it was the sound of creation when it first begun. It has been rather windy and blustery here, and on top of the silent sound I could hear the howling of the wind and the world outside and yet it felt very far away. It felt as if it was just a mask for the silent sound.

In Aura-soma we link Lady Nada to the Royal Blue and Nada means sound or Sacred Sound. After the meditation I realised that two of the bottles of my lifetime soul selection has Royal Blue in the top fraction. This means that as a soul incarnating on the Earth I chose to learn life experiences through the Royal Blue. As it appears in the top fraction of my second bottle it also means that it is a deep lesson to learn which can become a gift and pearl of wisdom.

If we associated one of the colours to the zodiac signs then the Royal Blue would relate to Capricorn which is my sun sign. Through this experience I feel that I have come a little closer to understanding the Royal Blue.

With Love

Simone

We are now the other side of Christmas and into 2007 and we would like to wish you a peaceful and happy New Year. We hope that all of your most positive dreams and wishes come true for you this year.

Tomorrow, we will be picking our four winners at random from the Prize Draw for all orders that were placed in December so good luck to everyone that ordered online last month. We will need to notify the winners first and then we’ll publish the winners in a blog shortly after.

With a new year brings changes and exciting developments and we would like to share just a few of them with you. We are looking for volunteers to share their experiences with the Aura-Soma bottles. The idea is that you record your feelings and experiences with a particular bottle or set of bottles and we will post these in a regular blog. You can even write the blog entry if you wish. As an incentive, we will be offering an additional discount on the bottle(s) you wish to review/share experiences of. If you think this is something that you would be interested in please let us know.

We are continually updating our website and making enhancements. If you have a suggestion for something you feel our website is missing or can be improved on, please let us know. Later in the year, we will be offering a B2B area for Aura-Soma Teachers and Practitioners where they can purchase products at their wholesale discounts. In addition we are working on a system to make our drop shipping services available online.

One of our skills is making up gift baskets and we are hoping to put this service online and in place for Valentine’s day & Mother’s day although we are sure that this is something that you are certainly not thinking about right now with the taste of turkey, bread sauce and Christmas pudding still very fresh on your taste buds!

We have managed to source some new products which we will be adding to our store shortly. Look out for the new sizes in our popular range of candles together with the new candle called Prosperity.

Lastly, thank you so much for the Christmas cards and warm wishes, they are always appreciated.

Love and Light

Simone

I have been thinking about the colours of Christmas and the messages that they have to offer for this time of the year. Traditionally the colours are Red, Green and Gold.

Red is about being grounded. What does this really mean? To be grounded we are able to be practical and connected to the Earth. This is an important step as it helps us to get in touch with our Mission and Purpose and what we have come to do in this lifetime.

More and more I see the Red as being focused and present and it is when we are truly present that we can give the best of ourselves. When we always look back at the past we find regrets and recriminations and when we look into the future we wish to create something different. If we can put the roots down in the present and start laying the foundation, we can create that future now instead of longing for it.

The past is there as a reminder of the lessons that we have learnt and they can be used as an understanding of what we would like to place in the foundation but we should not get too tied down to how things were or where they went wrong.

At Christmas time we give presents and perhaps it is a reminder to be fully present when we create a joyous New Year. All things are possible if we allow it to be.

Green is to do with the feelings of the heart and Christmas can often bring about some of the most beautiful of human emotions. There are smiles to people we don’t know as we develop a compassionate understanding for others. It must really appear as if there is an abundance of earthly angels at this time!

Green is also to do with growth and perhaps it is a reminder that although we are in Winter the Spring is only a few months away! The evergreen presence of the Holly leaves continue to grow in defiance to the coldness of the winter. In the deepest time of hibernation we too can grow through love and caring!

Gold is about the Incarnational Star - the star that lies two fingers above the belly button and about two fingers depth inside. Like the three wise men followed the Star to Bethlehem to find Baby Jesus so it is that if we follow our own star that lies in the depths of our being so we will find the gifts within. To acknowledge the Star of ourselves is to recognise the point of Alchemy within us -we all have the potential to turn the raw materials into something of great worth.

Although it may be cold outside, may the warmth within you reach out and touch others that we may all share our warmth in the world.

Wishing you a season of love, light, joy and peace and a 2007 that brings the promise of fulfilment of all your most beautiful dreams.

Love and light

The Dolphins & Angels Team

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The end of the year is nearly upon us and we are looking forward to the Christmas break and some time with friends and family as I’m sure many of you are. We will be closing on the evening of the 22nd December and will re-open on the 2nd January 2007.

Please remember the Aura-Soma price increase will come into effect on the 1st January and any orders placed between the 22nd December and 31st December will be processed at the old (current) prices. We will however only post out the orders after we return on the 2nd January.

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Items sent by Royal Mail Special Delivery can be delivered before the 25th December if posted by the 21st December. Royal Mail states on their website that items sent before or on the 19th December will be received by 25th December but please remember that this is a very busy time of year and unless using a service like Special Delivery, nothing is guaranteed.

International deliveries to Australasia, South/Central America, Caribbean and the Middle East were recommended to be posted by the 8th December to ensure Christmas Delivery and airmail to USA, Canada, Japan and Eastern Europe are suggested to post by 11th December. Airmail to Western Europe is slightly later on the 13th December.

We would like to take this opportunity to extend love, light, peace and joy to you and may 2007 bring all your most positive dreams into being.

Love and Light

The Dolphins & Angels Team

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We have been informed by Aura-Soma Products Limited (ASPL) that they will be increasing their prices of the core products by around 20% from 1st January 2007. The last price increase was about four years ago and since then ASPL has continued to research new ingredients & products and to refine those already available to ensure that you are purchasing an excellent product whilst keeping the prices the same.

We in turn will be revising our pricing as of 1st January in line with ASPL’s recommended retail prices. As always we will be running regular specials on our website and are busy reviewing various other options with all our suppliers so that we can provide further specials, discounts and/or other value add services to our clients which has made Dolphins & Angels the leading Aura-Soma supplier on the internet.

It is our hope that we can continue to offer you the exceptional fast, friendly service you have come to expect from us.

Love & Light

Simone

This day was a day of mixed feelings for me as I was going to miss three of close friends that were leaving the next day, although I was really pleased to know that I was going to still be at Kubu Lodge for five more days, participating in The Listening to the Star Within Course and the Final Day of the Sacred Journey.

We went to Linda’s farm as a large group for the last time and we walked down to a sacred amphi-theatre on her land where we shared our experiences of the last six days with love and gratitude.

Linda said that when she first realised that she had the task of taking a group of sixty people on outings, she thought it was rather daunting and she initially felt that it would be best to split the group into smaller groups of ten. When she met our group, however, she realised that we could not split up and she said that our group was like the lions. We thought with our hearts and felt with our minds.

I, myself, noticed how the group never complained or created any difficulties for anyone wherever we went. There was no tension in the group and it created a beautiful and loving unified experience.

When we were sitting and speaking as a a group, people had so many beautiful things to say and it was clear that we were all touched very deeply by our White Lion Experience. Someone spoke about the loss of there white cat just before the Sacred Journey, and someone else spoke about how the saw Zahira more as a Pink Lion rather than a White Lion because of all the love she had to give.

The baboons that had left signs of their presence all through the week decided that on this morning they would watch us from the trees above. It started off where we heard their calls from the distance and then the rustle in the trees. They came swinging from branch to branch, watching us, adults and babies alike.

We had a lovely lunch at Kubu Lodge and went through to a Xhosa village where we were welcomed by traditional drumming and dancing. We were shown firsthand village life and it started off for me as a really lovely experience.

All through the day after my experience at Kaapse Hoop Mike asked me if I was feeling ok and I thought that I was fine. As night set in and there was no electricity in the village I started to feel strange. I felt as if I was looking at people through other eyes that were not my own and I felt quite cut off from myself.

Dinner was served around a fire but I did not feel that I was able to eat. I went for a walk and kept seeing faces coming out of walls, trees and other structures! After dinner we went through to the kraal where there was traditional dancing and drumming around the fire. This would have been a fantastic experience, I am sure, if I was in my body!

People were dancing in the centre of the circle and it became a beautiful sharing of songs around the world. Afterwards a medicine woman through the bones to offer a message from the Lion Ancestors although admittedly I do not remember much at this point.

On the way back on the bus, I started crying uncontrollably although I still felt numb. Mike said that the tears were releasing something that had been frozen in my past. I think that I also felt the loss quite deeply of my three close friends leaving the next day.

So for me Day 6 was as much of a beginning as it was an ending ….

Our little group of five was due to see the white lions on the fifth day of the Sacred Journey in the afternoon. We went out to Kaapse Hoop that day which turned out to be a really long drive there and we were only due to leave at around 3pm. This would have meant that we would not be able to see the lions in our slotted time.

I felt quite disappointed as each group had come back with some incredible feedback and you could see how the White lions had touched each person very deeply. My feelings during the day varied from anger, sadness and then to resentment but then the most amazing thing of all happened to me …. I let go of any expectations of seeing them. It wasn’t just a mental letting go that would help me feel better but it was a true letting go.

We eventually left Kaapse Hoop at around 4pm and on the bus back we were told that we were going to be the first group that was allowed into the 300 hectare enclosure at night as this was when the lions hunted and ideally Jason did not like to disturb them.

The feeling of excitement and relief was palpable in our group and when we reached Kubu at 8pm we scoffed our food down and we were ready for our journey. We were recommended by Mike to use the Gold Pomander to draw the lions towards us and we felt that it was really important to use the Lady Nada quintessence too so that they could feel the unconditional love from us.

Andy took us outside to Linda’s property and we waited for Jason Turner to take us in the Landrover to our wonderful experience. We used the pomander and quintessence in the dark under the African night sky which was filled with stars.

When Jason arrived he explained that he was able to track the lions as there was a solar powered collar on Marah and another on Letaba and depending where they were in the 300 hectares he would be able to see a reading on his handset. The further away they were would be two or three and the closer they were would give him a six or seven reading.

He established that they were near the river bed which was there favourite hunting place and so we made our way there where we received a seven reading. He didn’t want to crowd them so we waited in a clearing with the lights switched off. It was completely dark and it was amazing to think about the lion’s eyesight that they were able to hunt in the dark.

The pride was not coming any closer although we still had a seven reading and Jason decided to do some bundu bashing to find them. It is really difficult to explain the feeling that you have inside you when you have only heard beeping on a handset to suddenly have them appear in front of you in a clearing without any fences between you.

They were close to the perimeter fence they had the scent of wildebeest the night before and of course Regeus was lying down comfortably while the rest of the pride looked quite alert. Jason used a red bulb to view them so my experience of the lions were more as a dull red rather than a white but their beauty was able to shine through any possible way that you could view them!

Marah was scratching against a tree and apparently this was a territorial movement. Jason commented that they were in typical hunting mode and one of the girls said that it felt like the lions were just ignoring us.

The lions are used to the Landrover and to Jason but of course they could sense the different people in each group. Jason said the fact that they were ignoring us was because they felt comfortable with us and they were accepting of us otherwise they would disappear and they can be very hard to sight if they choose to be.

A few minutes after he said that they did disappear and I honestly thought that we wouldn’t see them again. We asked Jason many questions about their hunting and feeding patterns and I was under the impression that because they had not been in their enclosure for very long that they were only eating warthog and porcupine.

Imagine my surprise when he said that they had been successfully hunting and eating wildebeest for some time now. Even Regeus, the lazy hunter had managed to take down a wildebeest all by himself and of course he chose to eat it himself too.

Jason decided that we would try and find the lions again as they had not returned and we came upon them in a clearing where they were very alert for hunting. They kept walking further and we felt like the fifth lion of the pride as we slowly followed Regeus.

Marah came back and circled the jeep and she was only a few inches away from us. We felt no danger and Jason said not to make any sudden movements. In fact Jason still had his window open. She was so quiet when we passed and her sense of grace and beauty was such an honour to sense. A little later Zihra chose to circle the jeep after her mother too and this was also such a wonderful feeling.

After trailing behind the lions, Marah decided that it was time to double back and go into the bush to pursue their quarry. Zihra had been hiding in the bushes and decided to jump out at Letaba and Regeus - how wonderful to see the playfulness in something as serious as hunting.

So we got to see each of their faces in close proximity too and words cannot express the beauty and dignity that was portrayed in each of their faces! After two hours in the bush Jason asked if we were happy to head back and give the lions the space to carry on hunting. We couldn’t see how this experience could have been more special and we agreed that it was time to go.

On the way out we saw a little fleet footed Duiker, the eyes of the wildebeest hiding behind bushes and some other buck.

This experience is one that I will treasure for the rest of my life, particularly that this is not open to the public and it really was a very special occasion that we were able to spend these moments out in time with them.

This day for me was probably the most challenging day of the whole journey and without realising it, I already had some resistances to going a few days before. On Day 5 we went to Kaapse Hoop to see the wild horses which also linked to the Unicorn energy.

Kaapse Hoop is a Sacred Site in direct alignment with the Golden Nile Meridian and it overlooks Barberton valley where the first gold was found. The rock formations have fossil records of the first life forms on earth and the outing was to include a two hour walk along the plateau in search of the 400 Wild Horses who were Guardians of the Unicorn Energy.

The previous evening we were told that if we did not want to do the two hour walk we could wait in the town and somehow this felt like the right thing to do. When I woke up in the morning my stomach was very bloated and uncomfortable and my ankles were very swollen. I tend to find that this happens when something energetic is working through me. As I had no intention of doing the two hour walk I decided to put on casual shoes that were not appropriate walking shoes.

The fifth day of the journey was a bank holiday in South Africa and this is known as Heritage Day and with this in mind we were going to have a traditional lunch in Kaapse Hoop. Our journey was very long and it we travelled through some beautiful landscapes within the Drakensberg but then it felt as if the landscape changed abruptly.

All around us were large rock formations that looked as if they had been thrown around by a giant having a tantrum. There was no structure or form to these formations and I felt very uncomfortable. I found out that we had reached our destination and it felt very different from the energy of the Wild Horses.

Kaapse Hoop is a little town which is built in a very unusual way. Some of the houses and structures were made of tin and I wasn’t certain where I would wait with my friend Ursula while the others went on their walk. The time passed very quickly and after lunch it was already 2pm and I didn’t see how the two hour walk would be possible.

Ursula and I went to speak to Mike Booth to let him know that we were not going on the walk and that we would wait in the village. He said that we were going to do a brief walk and that it was really important that they whole group go on the walk. Needless to say that Ursula and I were far from impressed and we had to clamber up different rock structures in not entirely suitable footwear to reach where we were going.

When we reached the top, there was a plateau and the rest of the group had made a final scramble to the top where the view was very beautiful. I somehow felt that I could not reach the top and found that I had to stay where I was.

Mike spoke about the journey of The Fool in the Tarot Cards where with trust and faith we stood at the edge of the cliff and in that moment I felt this inexplicable need to jump. Fortunately I was able to stop myself from doing this and the rest of the group went into meditation which I felt that I just could not do.

Linda spoke about the Unicorn energy and to call this toward us we should whisper Shen. I tried doing this but just found that this innocent and pure energy was very difficult to connect to in the environment that I was in.

The group then used the Holy Grail and Solar Logos quintessence and although I did not use it I could smell it and feel it in my aura. Very swiftly the energy became softer and I knew that the work that we had come to do as a group had been done.

Later on I asked Mike why I was so resistant to this place and he told me that I did not like places of sacrifice. It felt important to ask if I was the one that had sacrificed but he said that I was the sacrifice. This then made sense to me why I felt so resistant to the energies of the place.

As soon as we left Kaapse Hoop I started feeling better although I didn’t realise that this was only the beginning of me releasing the past. It was interesting to see that the South African people in the group all seemed to feel a resistant to this place so I f think that it was also something in our collective consciousness that we chose to clear at that point in time.

When we got back to Kubu Lodge it was already dark and late and we ate a candlelit dinner in the boma. We had a braai (barbeque) which was something that our group of five rushed through as we were off to see the White Lions.

This was a lovely day as we went out to the Drakensberg mountains and spent some time in Graskop. The mountains appeared ahead of us and the landscape changed as the vegetation became more luscious. Linda said that Dragon Mountain (Drakensberg) was the spinal column and tail of the Great Dragon mountain which is also Africa’s primary ley-line. This ley-line is presided over by Archangel Michael and it was of special significance for those people that had attended the Glastonbury tour in August.

Linda pointed out to us that you could see the outline of a lion in the mountain and it was if interest to watch the Blyde River below us snaking its way through the valley. It felt to me as if it was the possibility of getting in touch with the kundalini and helping it to rise through the body.

Bly in Afrikaans means joy so the Blyde River is also the River of Joy which also connects to yellow and gold. So to allow the kundalini to rise and to get in touch with our Incarnational Star was the possibility of getting in touch with a deep joy within.

We stopped at a very beautiful reserve where you are able to look out at a breathtaking view of an expanse of water below you surrounded by mountains around you. Another famous land mark in these mountains are the three outcrops which are called the Three Sisters.

The atmosphere was peaceful and as a group we did a silent meditation using the ArchAngeloi Michael and connecting with his presence at this particular point of the ley-line.

While I had my eyes closed I saw the image of a beating heart with a sword in front it surrounded by fluffy wings. I had connected very strongly with Archangel Michael and it felt that this was all that I needed to do.

Outside where the bus was parked there were some market stalls where African jewellery, tablecloths, carvings and musical instruments were available to buy. James Asher bought some drums, xylophones and other wonderful things. That evening we had a party using the instruments that he had bought. The staff of the lodge joined in and it really felt as if our family had expanded.

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