Archangel Gabriel

I have been enjoying this blog and am using it not only to speak my thoughts about things I find that are magickal , but I am also using it to research topics I am interested in.

Today I am learning about the Archangel Gabriel.

While I have some knowledge and use my Angel Cards and love them, I found out some interesting things about this Angel’s personality.

GABRIEL

Is the only Archangel that is shown as female throughout the ages. “The Divine is My Strength.” is Gabriel’s motto.

She is the messenger Angel having brought messages to Elizabeth and Mary about the birth of their sons, John the Baptist and also Jesus in the Bible, among others.

It is said in the testimony of Joan of Arc that it was Gabriel who inspired her to go to the King of France and help lead the army to victory.

Gabriel helps with Communication. So if you are having trouble communicating to anyone, call on this special Archangel to help you clear up matters and make speaking and being understood easier for those involved!

I like her a lot because she is also the Angel of Arts and Music and Writers...

and as a performer and a writer, I can see that I will be calling on her a lot more!

She helps give inspiration, courage and limits your procrastination on projects of creativity!

Gabriel can help you find your true calling, your SOUL PURPOSE.

She can help direct you to communicate to yourself to find your own heart’s desire, your reason for being and your RIGHT PATH.

She can help you with detoxing your body of bad toxins, or by helping you detox your life of Negativity! We all need that from time to time, and we should detox now at Eostre/Easter time anyways. It is the cycle of life to do so now. Gabriel governs the bladder and the kidneys, which are our “FILTER”. So it's time to cleanse and detox those kidneys & bladder!

Here is a Detox Fast that is good for 1 day -10 days. I've done it several times over the years. In cleaning out my liver and kidneys (Gods Bless my Liver! :) it has helped me to minimize my Asthma and to not get sick as often with the viruses that everyone else gets.
Click here to get the recipe/directions for the The Master Cleanse.

Hear now Gabriel’s Horn blowing in your ear....make the Judgement Call to LISTEN.

Call on Gabriel to help you with these problems and let this Angel be your guide if you need her.

Now to find the PERFECT angel to call on about disorganized husbands....

PEACE to you my friends~

http://www.mariusfineart.com/Gabriel_info.htm

http://www.angelfocus.com/archangels.htm#Gabriel

http://www.inlightimes.com/archives/2007/03/doreen-virtue.htm

Eclectic Spirituality

This week I shall write about "Eclectic Spirituality".

Having been baptized and raised to my adolescence as Catholic...
then accompanying my mom on her spiritual journey thru many faiths...
(Baptist/Presbyterian/Seventh Day Adventist/Pentecostal/Episcopalian)
to my own search (Dutch Reformed/Methodist/United Methodist/Wicca-Pagan path)
Having friends that were Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Taoist....
till I found that I was None...and yet All of these.

My affiliation with the Unitarian Universalist Church seemed like the place for me with all my eclectic beliefs.
(Their motto is: "Room for different beliefs...YOURS." :)

I find Peace and Tolerance to many faiths thru this Eclectic Spiritual Journey.

For instance: I love and accept and admire totally-

Jesus with his kindness and total love for others. Even the untouchables and the unloveable.
Mary- with her faith as a Mother Goddess
Mary Magdalene- with her unconditional love and her sensual past, and her total devotion.
I SO much IDENTIFY with her.
I also accept the wisdom of the Greek Gods especially:

Zeus (Jupiter)- All Powerful and Patriarch. Big Daddy with a temper sometimes. He can fix things! Or break them.

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Hera- The Goddess of Marriage and Home (who also has a temper, like most wives :)

Aphrodite (Venus)- Goddess of Love and Beauty...with her Feminine beauty and wiles. She's no prude. She teaches us to be at ONE with our sexuality...which is a GIFT of the Gods. This is something which we women all need to be reminded of from time to time.
Poseidon (Neptune) - God of the Sea ...especially when I travel by water! He can be calm, wild, deep, shallow...he controls all the life within it. And WE are 98% water, remember?
Pan (Faunas)-God of Mischief! Music! Sex! Playfulness! Raaaaowwr!!! :)

Dionysus (Bacchus) - God of Libations! I do worship a delicious goblet of wine, mead or tankard of ale from time to time too. I sometimes even dribble a bit on the ground to honor him.

And then there is:

Ganesh- Remover of Obstacles! With lots of strong arms to take problems AWAY! Sometimes I really need Ganesh to help me move MOUNTAINS!

Buddha- for his calm, thoughtful Zen wisdom. How can you not like this Guy?
When you meditate..."smile with your liver" to bring happiness into your being! I feel in touch with Buddha and Ganesh when I do my Yoga...


Pele- Fiery Goddess of Power, for purging endings clean and making new beginnings fresh!
She can sterilize it and let new things and creativity grow again.

Kwan Yin- For her most loving heart of Compassion, she offers it to All. She is wise, and it's good for us to find this sensitivity within and without.

Then there are the Archangels that I admire and lean on:
Michael- my friend and who can carry all burdens, protector and advice giver. Ask him to help you at anytime, anywhere. He will be there for you.

Gabriel-Rebirth, Creativity, Purification

Ariel- for Healing, Angel of animals

Raphael- Angel of Love, Laughter and Joy


Personally, I find that "cherry picking" has best suited my understanding of the World and its cultures and helps to heal me and to stabilize my Spiritual Quest and it has answered many of my Theological questions in one way or another!

Maybe this Eclectic thing was originally created in me by the Catholic religion and all it's lovely Saints and Angels, Bishops and Priests and stained glass window to look up to and admire. Who knows?

What I do know is that in my heart there is a God/Goddess/Angel for every situation.

I mean, what Catholic hasn't prayed to St. Christopher for safe travels?

Or to Saint Anthony to find something lost?
(BTW~ I still have a fob, which I found one day...that has a St. Anthony medal on it. I was amused! I will always keep it in a special place to remind me.)

Some folks would say that this kind of belief is sacrilege or blasphemy.

But I think it actually Honors our World, the Universe, the Universal Spirit (whatever it really is, it may be hard to describe, name or label) and it makes us understand our diverse populations and historic culture better.

I find Peace when I can pray to those who are in Charge of such things.

It's like the saying: "The right tool for the right job."

That's the ticket!

While you can use a universal tool....
sometimes it's best to specialize.

Case in point:
I could go to my Family Doctor for a toothache...
but a Dentist may be the better call....
Even then...
he may refer me to an Endodontist.

So that's the way I feel about it.

Specialized Faith.

Eclectic Spirituality=

The right God or Goddess or Angel for any particular situation.

Seems logical to me.

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