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Atham Z - Psychic News - June 2003
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Hello and welcome to the Psychic News.
In this edition we discuss the following:
1. The Dreaded Doppleganger
2. Humour Offering
3. The FAQ
4. Just for Fun
5. Trivial Tidbit
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OWLS,
DOPPLEGANGERS and YOU!
In
an anthropomorphic fashion the face of an owl
resembles
ours. The large blinking eyes seem almost
capable
of human expression. The upright stance,
round
head, high brow, and short "nose" mimic us. Our
fascination
with this bird dates back to the dawn of history
when
primitive man with poor night vision longed to hunt
quietly
in the dark as owls did. Many cultures attributed
the
owl's hunting prowess to powers, and felt since
our
eyes resemble theirs, we could be transformed into
spirit
owls.
Lilith,
the Mesopotamian goddess of death and Athena the
Greek
goddess of war, were both depicted as accompanied
by
owls. This led to the superstition that owls foretell death,
a
belief the Romans inherited. Horace, a Latin scholar of
the
first century B.C., associated these "funeral birds" with
.
So great was their fear of owls that Romans
killed
the birds on sight, cremated the remains and then threw
the
ashes into the Tiber River. When Swedish taxonomist
Carl
Linnaeus named the boreal owl in 1758 he chose the
Latin
term funereus, or funeral owl. The Roman word
"striges",
plural "strix", referred to both witches and owls.
Early
Anglo-Saxons referred to both witches and owls as
"hags".
Owl comes from the Old English word "ule",
onomatopoetically
referring to its witchlike cries. If an owl
perched
on a castle a family member was doomed. The
barn
owl was called the "death owl" in medieval Britain.
Edmund
Spenser, the 26th century poet, dubbed the bird
"death's
dread messenger". Shakespeare wrote in A
Midsummer
Night's Dream:
The screech owl, screeching loud,
Puts the wretch that lies in woe
In remembrance of a shroud.
Interestingly
parallel myths developed with some of the
North
American native peoples, about owls being
harbingers
of death. Early Christian churches seized upon
the
owl as a perfect symbol for demonic possession.
Religious
illustrations combined owls and apes, for apes
represented
the Devil himself. Just as the Devil cunningly
trapped
human souls so the ape sent the owl to possess
the
unwary. In darker rituals still performed on Witches'
Sabbaths,
'sending the fetch', the fetch being an owl, is
supposedly
how demoniacs perform astral projection. The
owl
is the sorcerer's Doppelganger.
Doppelganger
means "double walker", a shadow or
second
self that accompanies every human or counterpart
of
a living person. Some believe only the owner of this
precise
image can see it, otherwise it is invisible to human
eyes.
Dogs and cats have been reported to have seen
doppelgangers.
A
doppelganger almost always stands behind a person,
and
they cast no reflection in mirrors. They are prepared to
listen
and give advice to humans, either by implanting ideas
in
their heads, or by way of a sort of osmosis. It is said to
be
bad luck to see one, and rarely will a doppelganger make
itself
visible to friends or family, often causing great
confusion.
Doppelgangers can be mischievous and
malicious.
Another
very ancient belief is that each person has an
identical
"twin" somewhere, although they are probably
unrelated.
Sometimes this Doppelganger is the direct
opposite
personality of the real person. Legend says that
if
the two should ever meet they will both die.
Other
interpretations describe the Doppelganger as the
soul,
embodied as an astral projection or aura. This
double
most often presents itself as a warning. According
to
an old superstition, anyone who wants to know who will
pass
away in the coming year has only to stand vigil near
a
church door on April 24th, the eve of the feast of St.
Mark.
At midnight the airy doubles of all who will die, file
in
a solemn processional into the church. If the watcher
is
unlucky enough to see his or her own image there, their
time
is not far off.
Some
feel that the double is a second passionate self,
haunting
the real self or even feel that the double is some
overlooked
aspect of their self that is important to the
rational
self. Fictional examples of the doppelganger are:
Dr.
Frankenstein and the monster; Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde;
and
Marlow and Kurtz (Heart of Darkness).
Madame
Blavatsky of the Theosophical Society
presumptuously
tried to define doppelgangers at the turn
of
the last century. She claimed there were three kinds
of
"doubles" and she tried to rationalize spirit mediumship
through
the first two parts of her definition.
"First, man has his original "double", a personal
essence of self around which the physical body
of the fetus is built. The imagination of the mother,
or an accident which affects the unborn child, will
also affect this astral body. The astral and the
physical both exist before the mind has developed.
This "double" is born with man, dies with him, and
can never completely separate itself far from the
body during life, and though surviving the body for
a short time, it disintegrates, with the corpse. It is
this double that is sometimes seen over graves like
a luminous figure of the man that was. This double
can be found in many forms including the
manifestations generated by mediums. These
manifestations, when appearing long after a death,
are projections and adjustments of the mediums'
own astral bodies to represent the person in question.
The second is the "Thought" body. During life this
body is the vehicle both of intellectual thought and of
the animal passions and desires, drawing from the
lowest parts of the mind's desires. It is dual in its
potentiality and after death it forms what is called the
"Spook." This is what supposedly affects the
appearance and actions of apparitions called up by a
medium. (Thus a trance or being possessed when the
living person joins his or her own astral body with
someone else's spook.) This double remains in the
ether until the person completes their transition to a
different world.
The third "double" is the "Karmic body." Karma, or
action, is the cause that produces incessant rebirths
or "reincarnations." Similar to the Christian and other
Trinities with "three Gods," there are three doubles.
But in truth there is only one body under three aspects
or phases: the most material portion disappearing with
the physical body; the middle one surviving both as an
independent but temporary entity in the land of
shadows; the third, immortal unless Nirvana puts an
end to it."
Every
country in the world believes more or less in the
"double"
or doppelganger. The simplest form of this is the
appearance
of a man's phantom the moment after his death,
or
at the instant of death, to his dearest friend. It is a double;
because
it was produced by the thought of the dying man.
The
dying man does not generally do it knowingly; nor is he
aware
that he so appears. What happens is as follows: If
he
thinks very intently at the moment of death of the person
he
either is very anxious to see, or loves best, he may appear
to
that person. The thought becomes objective; the double,
or
shadow of a man, being nothing but the faithful
reproduction
of him, like a reflection in a mirror. This is why
the
phantoms are often seen in such cases in the clothes
they
wore at the particular moment of their death, and the
image
reproduces even the expression on the dying man's
face.
When the dying man longs to see someone; his thought
telegraphs
to his friend, consciously or unconsciously along
the
wire of sympathy, and becomes recognizable. The double
can
appear in several places almost simultaneously. But it
must
be understood that not the entirety of even the astral
body
is present in each appearance.
From
my perspective, my image in the mirror is quite
enough
of a double for me and owls are merely wise and
old,
not omens of death and definitely not someone's
double
trying to astrally spy on me!
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The Humour Offering
An
old man goes to the Wizard to ask him if he can
remove
a "Curse" he has been living with for the last
40
years. The Wizard says "Maybe, but you will have
to
tell me the exact words that were used to put the
curse
on you."
The
old man says without hesitation, "I now pronounce
you
man and wife."
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My FAQ
Dear
Atham,
I
hope you can answer a question for me. Recently, I
started
attempting to get out and meet and mingle with
people.
I started going to a very small metaphysical
church.
Sunday I went to church, and while there I felt
like
a zombie unable to interact with anyone. Almost as
if
I had fallen into a deep trance. I'm not sure what was
going
on. I did notice that my anxiety level was reduced
while
I was there, and I'm not sure whether that is just
the
vibes in the air or what does that?
Thank
you for looking into this for me.
Mary
Hello,
Feeling
like a zombie with reduced anxiety isn't exactly
conducive
to meeting and interacting with new people.
Your
question rings alarm bells for me. Any such
"church"
assembly that reduces the congregation's
thinking
and acting capacity is obviously being run or
directed
by a very controlling or hypnotic as opposed to
soothing
and encouraging person. I would avoid situations
that
disempower a person in this fashion. I certainly don't
believe
that simply "vibes" would be reducing your tension
in
that environment. Reduced anxiety is a state that needs
to
come from within, rather than from an external group
or
organization affiliation. If you are so susceptible to
mood
alterations, I suggest instead that you invest in some
economical
white noise or natural sound relaxation audio
tapes
for your home. Get your anxiety levels down safely
at
home.
My
best advice is to find a different group with whom to
interact,
where there is a lively and easily understood
exchange
and mood within the group. It is normal to be a
bit
tense when actively getting to know new people at first,
and
any group that sets such a gentle stultifying atmosphere
for
its members is not encouraging them to interact
autonomously
and get to know one another.
I
hope this answer has helped you in some way.
Bests
- Atham Z
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:::Just for Fun:::
Do You Know Your Life Purpose?
by Brett Simpson
Do
you know your own life purpose? In this modern age,
that
is not such a simple question. Hey, let's face it, I'm
over
40 myself, and though I think In know now what
mine
is, I didn't just a few years ago!
The
life purpose I will show you how to calculate is
based
on numerology: a science that predates astrology,
and
frankly is easier to understand than such things as
planets
and angles. Now, before giving up on this article,
have
an open mind, and go through with this simple
calculation.
What you find will amaze you, I promise!
This
number is based on your birth date. Here's how
you
make the simple calculation. Write down your date of
birth
as numbers only, for example, October 15, 1972,
you
would write 10 15 1972, now add up all of these
numbers
like this (use a calculator if you need to):
1
+ 0 + 1 + 5 + 1 + 9 + 7 + 2 = 26. Now, if this number
is
greater than 9, add the single digits of this number
together,
which would be 2 + 6 = 8 (in this example).
In
this example 8 is your life purpose.
Look
up your life purpose number in the brief
interpretations
below to understand your life purpose and
how
to follow it.
1
=
Individuality
is most important to you. Being a pioneer,
a
leader and making decisions for yourself is when you're
most
comfortable. Your originality, ambition and
unconventional
nature tell you to work as a manager,
director,
lawyer, musician or as a business owner.
2
=
Cooperation
with others is the key to your life purpose.
You
work best in partnership or small groups. Your
sensitivity
to others and desire to be diplomatic and a
caring
companion mean that you should seek out a career
as
a counselor, host, consultant or teacher.
3
=
Expression
and communication is your true life purpose
and
direction. Your gift for expression, with words,
speaking,
writing, acting, or through any creative art are
what
drive you. You enjoy mental work which lets you
express
your inner joy such as a writer, artist, creative
advertising
executive, librarian or publisher.
4
=
Practicality
for yourself and others is your calling. You
have
an organized and responsible nature that let others
know
they can depend on you no matter what. You like
working
on things intellectually and with your hands and
are
a hard worker. Careers that suit you best include
organizer,
engineer, doctor, accountant, shop owner, or
chemist.
5
=
Freedom
is the quality you desire most. You are active,
impatient,
a lover of variety and charming to others.
Routine
is boring to you and you love trying new things,
and
making new friends. Your personality makes you a
hit
when working with others especially in fields such as
sales,
travel, advertising, government, investigation or
entertainment.
6
=
Responsibility
and service to others is the focus of your
career.
You are driven to do good for others beyond
your
own interests. Your desire for a happy family, a
comfortable
and beautiful work environment in which
to
work with others suit you best to work such as interior
decorator,
cook, hospitality, health care or as a farmer
or
zoologist.
7
=
Creativity
and Wisdom are the keys to your life purpose.
You
are intuitive, and a seeker always searching for
answers
to the great mysteries of life. You enjoy
exploration
and analytical thinking, especially when you
are
alone. Your self-confidence and inner awareness
and
creative powers make you valuable as a professor,
scientist,
technician, film producer, or biologist.
8
=
Achievement
and success are what drive you on.Your
deep
sense of ambition, determination and will-power
make
you a persistent and powerful leader who likes to
direct,
manage, supervise and organize. You enjoy
business
and executive work or educating others in
positions
such as coaching, reporter, judge, superintendent,
or
architect.
9
=
Compassion
and selfless attention to others are the focus
of
your life purpose. You seek to understand all of
humankind
by giving of yourself. Your high ideals and
intense
intellectual, generous and inspired ways may
create
emotional experiences beyond your own
comprehension.
Seek out work that lets you adapt to
others
needs such as charity, nursing home, non-profit,
human
resources, or in social work.
COPYRIGHT
(C) 2003 Brett A. Simpson
<brett@thedreamtime.com>
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Trivial Tidbit!
What are the Tarot Cards?
Tarot
cards are believed to have originated in Italy
about
700 years ago. These cards are traditionally
the
tools of the fortune teller and are used to understand
the
past, decipher the present and foretell the future
through
the personal significance of each individual card,
its
orientation (whether the card is right side up or upside
down)
as well as its location with respect to other cards.
Tarot
decks consist of 78 cards containing 56 cards
known
as the Minor Arcana (similar to regular playing
cards)
and 22 cards known as the Major Arcana (similar
to
"trump" cards).
The
22 Major Arcana consist of 21 cards numbered in
Roman
numbers from I to XXI. Often times the Fool is
numbered
as zero. These trumps adequately tell the story
of
every attitude and situation that can possibly be met in
life.
The
Minor Arcana consists of 56 cards (sometimes called
pips)
consisting of four suits. Each suit contains Ace
through
King with an extra court card, the page/valet
and
the knave/knight instead of simply a Jack.. The four
suits
in a Tarot deck are referred to by many names.
Sometimes
called Swords, Wands, Shields, and Cups or
Sabers,
Sticks, Coins and Chalices or even Swords, Rods,
Pentacles
and Cups. The four suits are thought to have
represented
the common professions of the Middle Ages.
The
Swords were associated with nobles and military rank.
The
peasants represented by the Wands, the clergy
represented
by the cups and tradesmen represented by the
coins.
The suits can also represent ethnicity, seasons and
directions
as well as elements such as earth, air, fire and
water.
Today's modern deck of playing cards is believed to
have
descended from the Tarot deck.
There
is no magic or special power associated with Tarot
cards.
Tarot cards are supposed to be used as a mirror of
oneself.
That is to say, the Tarot cards aid in sifting through
one's
own ideas to reach a solution. It is up to each individual
to
find personal meaning in the cards, to use the cards as a
medium
of creativity and focus, and to finally arrive at a well
thought
out solution
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