Review – How To Manifest Money Effortlessly

How To Manifest Money Effortlessly

Techniques To Be More Prosperous

Author: Dr. Bruno Cignacco PhD
O-Books
2012
ISBN #978-1-78279-082-2

How To Manifest Money Effortlessly

Like water money is a carrier. It can carry blessed energy, possibility

or intention, or it can carry control, domination and guilt.

Lynne Twist

“How To Manifest Money Effortlessly” is focused on the myriad  techniques that anyone can use to manifest money in their life. Dr. Cignacco  is a university professor of business in the UK  (on  both the undergraduate and post-graduate levels), and is an international speaker and advisor on  business topics. He has studied metaphysics for over fifteen years, giving him a solid background in both the business of money and how money operates energetically in our life.

Money – and how to manifest it into our lives – is of concern to all of us. In discussing the purpose of this book, Dr. Cignacco notes that money has no intrinsic value of its own – it is a tool that may be used in either positive or negative ways. The strategies presented in this book are meant to be put to work in the reader’s life, with the added benefit of expanding their belief system.

Section 1 begins with a discussions about the wrong assumptions we may have about money (such as “money is the root of all evil”, and “it takes time ti make money”), and how we can replace them with right assumptions. Dr. Cignacco notes that we accept these wrong assumptions because of a principle of social proof, which states “we determine what is correct by finding out what other people think is correct.” These assumptions are deeply rooted in our subconscious mind.

To replace these wrong assumptions with correct assumptions, the reader is offered several assumptions to consider (such as “money is a symbol”, and “money is a living spiritual substance”.  It certainly gives one something to think about! As an exercise, the reader is asked to answer the following questions: “How do each of the positive meanings resonate in your mind?”, “Are those connotations challenging your longstanding beliefs? If so, explain how. If not, explain why not.” “What are the benefits of incorporating these affirmative meanings to your current belief system?”  In this way we each face our own internal belief system, and are able to change our way of thinking.

Dr. Cignacco goes on to discuss the Law of Attraction, and how our thoughts draw things to us. Positive or negative – what we are thinking manifests into our life. For this reason he encourages readers to take responsibility for their thinking in all areas of their life. He suggests that the vibration of our thoughts will attract things of equivalent vibration. What do we need to take responsibility for our thoughts? We need self-confidence and patience.

In Section II Dr. Ciganno discusses strategies to manifest more money. These strategies become our “toolbox” for manifesting money. Amongst these strategies are visualization, generosity of attitude, gratitude, de-cluttering, meditation, positive thinking, setting goals, chakra cleansing, feng shui, intuitive insights, affirmations, emotional release techniques, playfulness, contact with nature, energy management, money as a friend, the Golden Key,

In his appendices, Dr, Cignacco adds a dew other tips to use in attracting money, such as silence, flow, co-operation, thinking about new ways to make money, and money education.

Each technique that is described in this book is covered as to its general energy, as well as specific ways to use it in your life. The book is filled with exercises and just plain common sense. There is a world of usable information contained within these pages, making it an excellent reference book when studying how to manifest money.

© 2000 – 2013 Bonnie Cehovet

Reproduction in any venue prohibited without the written consent of the author.

Pagan Portals – Zen Druidry

Pagan Portals – Zen Druidry

Living A Natural Life With Full Awareness

Author: Joanna van der Hoeven
Moon Books
2013
ISBN #978-1-78099-390-4′

Pagan Portals - Zen Druidry cover

“May we live our lives fully – not simply going with the flow,

but by being the flow itself.”

from the book

I found this to be an incredible book! Combining the modalities of Zen and Druidry, we find ourselves with a very peaceful life path, devoted to nature and mother earth, and to consciously living in the present. The first half of the book is devoted to understanding the basic tenets of both Zen and Druidry.

In the section on Zen, van der Hoeven presents the basic concepts of:

The Three Treasures: (1) Everyone has a Buddha nature, (2) Follow the Dharma, (3) We are all one.

The Four Noble Truths: (1) All living things experience suffering, or dukkha. (2) Suffering  is caused by desire, or attachment. (3) Getting rid of desire shows us that we already have everything we need. (4) All things in moderation.

The Five Noble Precepts: (1)The destruction of life causes suffering, so we learn compassion for all things and protect all that we can, whether it be the lives of people, plants or animals. We refuse to kill, or to condone any acts of killing. (2) Injustice exists in the world, and we vow to learn loving kindness so that we may work for the well-being of all, whether they be a person, a plant or an animal. We learn the value of sharing, of helping the community, and refuse to steal or harm in any way. (3)Sexual relationships must be treated with full respect, and we must not engage in any sexual misconduct, for this causes suffering. We must protect ourselves and others from sexual abuse and any other sexual misconduct. (4) Speech is a powerful thing – words have power. We must speak with attention to what we are saying, with loving kindness and working to resolve conflict. We must also listen with full attention to what others are saying. (5) Seek out the Middle Way – unmindful consumption causes suffering. We vow to create good physical health in ourselves

The Eightfold Path:

Right View

Right Intention

Right Speech

Right Action

Right Livelihood

Right Effort

Right Mindfulness

Right Concentration

Van der Hoeven continues on to discuss the Zen approach to the nature of suffering, and its association with attachment. She notes that Zen teaches us perception. In this section she shares the Serenity Prayer:

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I can’t change,

courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know

the difference.

One of the major thoughts expressed in this section is than in giving up the illusion of control we

Still retain responsibility for ourselves.

In her overview of the Celts (which begins the section on Druidry) van der Hoeven talks about their Indo-European roots, and their migration to France, Britain, and Ireland. The Celts followed an oral tradition, meaning that there is no written record in their own voice. Van der Hoever states that the Druids are thought to be the priestly caste of the Celts, and were of service to the gods and to their people. It is interesting to see how the Druids fared when Christianity came along.

Van der Hoeven notes that the Druid approach to life is centered in “awen” – loosely translated as flowing spirit, or inspiration. Awen is experienced through the senses. The Druid approach to life is to live in peace, to honor all things, and to live responsibly.

In combining the modalities of Zen and Druidry, van der Hoeven notes that the concept of Zen is compatible with all religions. It is all about living in the here and now. There is a section on associating the Five Noble Precepts with Druidry that I found to be quite interesting.

Meditation becomes the starting point for practicing Zen Druidry, as it functions as a reference point for remaining fully aware in the present moment.  Zen teaches us all about non-attachment. Druidry teaches us about relationship. Together they allow us to flow with life.

The tone of this book is friendly … one of presenting and discussing concepts in a non-judgmental manner. It is told through the presentation of facts, as well as the presentation of story. It is a humble book, packed with a great deal of wisdom.

© May 2013 Bonnie Cehovet

Reproduction in any format prohibited without written permission of the author.

Stealing Into Winter

Stealing Into Winter

Being the First Adventure From the Chronicles of Jeniche of Antar

Author: Graeme K. Talboys
Roundfire Books
2012
ISBN-13: 978-1780996257

Stealing Into WInter

I am absolutely thrilled that this is going to be a series! There is no way that I could put this book down – so many interesting characters, so much activity going on, a clear tone for the politics, and for the environment. Right from the start we have a fairly good idea that everything that is going on is not strictly on the physical or earth plane. Through the interactions of the various characters we find that many of them have special skills, and a special “knowing”.

The story revolves around a young girl named Jeniche, who supports herself by being a thief. Yes, she has a conscious, and yes, she has developed her own boundaries, including respect for herself as well as respect for others.

In the opening moments we find Jeniche alone in her jail cell, having been woken by the sound of one of the walls of her cell collapsing. This was good news … of a sort. The initial collapse was not enough to make room for her to get out, but the second one did. She was able to move into the hallway, where a violent rapist in the next cell wanted her to unlock his cell and let him out. She thought better of that, and kept on moving.

She found herself outside, in a city that was mass chaos. (Perhaps this is the place to note that the setting for this novel is ancient times.) Jeniche is dodging the city police, who will want her back in jail, as well as the soldiers who are invading. She also realizes that part of her confusion is the landscape – a significant structure in her life has been badly, and is crumbling down. She races over, climbs the stones, and begins clearing the area as fast as she can. She finds what she is looking for – the body of a learned woman friend. Her friend is dead … now there is no one to teach Jeniche.

Her journey continues, with the help of her friend Trag. Jeniche wants to leave the city, while Trag is bound by personal obligation to tend the horses in the stable he works in. Life takes some very strange turns – Jeniche runs head on into the lady of a house that she is robbing … only to have the lady gift her with a beautiful amulet. Then she encounters a group of monks and nuns, who want her to help them escape the city (the soldiers will not allow them to leave), and lead them across the dessert back to their homeland.

The enemy here is the aggressive Occassan soldiers, who will stop at nothing to win. And they are after Jeniche!  Not even she knows why. Do they want something she has? Or do they want to make use of her skills?

Jeniche, Trag, and their little tribe of monks and nuns manage to escape the city, and begin their journey through the desert into the mountains. Oh, yes … they have added another partner, a big man by the name of Alltud, who isn’t the drunk that he once seemed to be as he kept reappearing in Jeniche’s life.

The people and things that are encountered on this journey are mind boggling … rooms filled with treasure, intricate swords, calligraphy on stone walls that Jeniche thinks she has seen before, but she is not sure where, dead bodies … and airships! Where do Jeniche and Alltud come from … what is their history, and why were they brought together? At the end of the journey, are the Occassan going to win, or do they have a surprise in store for them?  And what part does the amulet play in this saga?

Well written, fast paced, with a complex background and story line. I certainly look forward to the next book in this series!

© May 2013 Bonnie Cehovet

Prescient Remembrance – Infinite Moments, Love Beyond Death Volume 6: The Vampire’s Offspring

Prescient Remembrance

Infinite Moments, Love Beyond Death

Volume 6:  The Vampire’s Offspring

Author: Jordan Hoggard
Artist: Jordan Hoggard
Independently Published
2002, 2013
ASIN: B00CFBSA2M

Vampire's Offspring cover
“The Vampire’s Offspring” is the sixth volume in a proposed series of ten volumes, recounting the story of a love that was found, lost, then searched for through the centuries. This undying love made the man immortal. His story is recounted in an ancient journal that we read as the series progresses. This is epic poetry!

Prologue

“Hell hath no fury like a woman  scorned”

pales in comparison

to immortals as parents when children are stolen.”

 

“The Vampire’s Offspring” begins with a rant from the immortals to those that are mortal – those that have cruelly enslaved their Gargoyle children. We hear talk of angels and double-agents, and storied portals of which humankind has no idea who carved them.  We hear of delusions, and of false faith. We hear the whisper of memory-stone prisons. We read of cathedrals seen as prison-shoes of stone.

Young that are not allowed to find their own history, their own ancestry. Blind to their own strengths. Humankind – your fears carry magic! Gaze into the eyes of an immortal, and see your own inner universe. Immortals are the magical twilight for humankind that bridges their day and night.

Eternal grace is never stone still.

What a lovely journey this epic poem is becoming! A strong, diabolical journey.  Stay tuned for Volume 7: Magnetic Love.

Instructions for purchasing “Prescient Remembrance – Volume 6: The Vampire’s Offspring” – can be found here.

Also coming soon …mp3 audio versions for iPod.

© 2000 – 2013 Bonnie Cehovet

Review – Decoding the Pendulum

Decoding the Pendulum

Author: Nicole Guillaume
Foreword by Dusty White
Guiding Echoes
2013
ASIN #B00C265TLU

Cover Decoding the Pendulum

There is a great deal of territory covered in this book,  presented in a very light and breezy manner. Guillaume begins by defining what a pendulum is – essentially, according to her, anything that hangs on a chain or a piece of string. I agree with her here – any small weight attached to a string or light chain can be used as a pendulum. She talks about making pendulums yourself, with anything that is available, and I agree with that too. Her feeling on using plastic material is that it should be tossed out after a few uses, as the answers become unreliable. My feeling it hat any material can be cleared, as well as charged, and that this should not be a problem. There is a specific individual recommended if the reader wishes to purchase a pendulum, as they are made to the specifications of the client. Guillaune also suggests using another divination method to help determine whether a specific pendulum is for you if you are not sure.

Sunlight, moonlight, Reiki, sage, pyramids and sea salt are recommended as ways to cleanse a pendulum.  After cleansing the pendulum, the next step is to dedicate it to the light. Suggestions are made on how to dedicate your pendulum, with the thought that the intention is to create a bond between the user, their pendulum, and the energies they will be working with. To this end, the manner in which the pendulum is dedicated needs to feel comfortable to the practitioner.

Now the fun begins, with instructions on how to interpret the manner in which your pendulum is answering you. Basically, the process is to determine how the pendulum will respond with yes or no answers, and how to recognize when the pendulum is “indeterminate”. There is a link included to a video demonstration on You Tube. Guillaune then suggests testing your pendulum by asking it a series of questions that you already know the answer to.

Guillaume also talks about the spirits, or energies, that we are communicating with through the pendulum. This needs to be determined before a session begins. Ther could be a need to communicate with a specific energy (such as an angel or ascended master), with someone who has crossed over, (This is one of the reasons that pendulums, and pendulum work, is dedicated to the light.)

Moving beyond yes and no answers is an interesting section There are all kinds of methods to use here, such as making lists, using the phone book, using charts, and more. Pendulums can also be used in identifying areas of the body that need healing, and chakras that need clearing and balancing.

At times the responses (answers) that we get from our pendulums are simply wrong. Guillaune explains that this may be for many reasons: the pendulum may be overworked, it isn’t really clear, your personal energy is low, the question is not clear, or you yourself influenced the pendulum. Once you understand the reason why, you can prevent it from happening again.

At the end of the book is an appendix on crystals, what energy specific crystals  carry, and the chakra and element they are associated with.

As I noted in the beginning of this review, this book was written in a very light and breezy manner. As with anything, take what you will, and leave the rest behind. There is a wealth of material here, and personal stories that help to put it into perspective.

© 2000 – 2013 Bonnie Cehovet

All material is copyright Bonnie Cehovet, and may not be reproduced in any format without written permission.

Review – Prescient Remembrance – Volume 5: The One Night Stand

Prescient Remembrance

Infinite Moments, Love Beyond Death

Volume 5:  The One Night Stand

Author: Jordan Hoggard
Artist: Jordan Hoggard
Independently Published
2002, 2013
ASIN: B00C0D1Z40

PR One Night Stand

“The One Night Stand” is the fifth volume in a proposed series of ten volumes, recounting the story of a love that was found, lost, then searched for through the centuries. This undying love made the man immortal. His story is recounted in an ancient journal that we read as the series progresses. This is epic poetry!

Prologue

“As I grew weary Chitra painted our lives immortal with our love,

to find again our love.

Centuries of infinite moments without us,

each century itself just a moment,

another infinite moment.

Eternally. Always. We find …”

In “The One Night Stand”, our Seeker begins to open bits of consciousness in his sleep.  He is haunted by slow dancing shadows in his dreaming trance. Here the darkness of eternity consumes infinity. Heaven morphing into hell … and back. She was there in his slumber. Was this false? Was she there? Her hand moved over him, bringing back memories. Here we have a dual dance – the Seeker and She. She spoke to him of her Heroine’s journey. She is his immortal of the lit day, he is her dark night.

What a lovely journey this epic poem is becoming! Stay tuned for Volume 6: The Vampire’s Offspring.

“Prescient Remembrance – Volume 5: The One Night Stand”  - can be purchased here.

Also coming soon …mp3 audio versions for iPod.

(c) 2002 – 2013 Bonnie Cehovet

Review – Pendulums

Pendulums

The Bit of Study Series

Author: Ramona McKee
Editor: Heath D. Alberts
Independently Published
2013
ASIN #B00BYG4BJA

Pendulums

“Pendulums” is the first book in “The Bit of Study Series” from Ramona McKee. Coming releases are “Madame Lenormand and Her Cards”, and “Past Lives: Have you been here before?”. There is an interesting back story to this work: McKee was involved in a serious auto accident, with an unexpected result – she found out she had a brain tumor. Not a recent event – she was told that it had been there for approximately 14 years. It was in the center of her brain, near the brain stem. Non-invasive therapy did not work – two years later the tumor was visibly growing. Surgery was performed, with resulting nerve damage in the area of communication between the brain and areas of her body.

Learning to read the Tarot cards helped McKee with the communication between her right brain and left brain. Learning to read the cards lead to study in other areas, such as pendulum reading. At this time, McKee cannot work. Her husband lost his job, and they faced serious financial difficulties. To pay the bills, McKee and her husband liquidated their retirement savings. Unfortunately, now the taxes are due, and there is no money. She turned to her God, had an editor brought her way, and this series was born.

“Pendulums” is a work of wisdom and integrity. It begins with a story, in a place not far away, where a woman was expecting a child. Not long before the child’s birth a senior member of the community arrived at the woman’s house. She held up a needle, suspended by a thread, over the woman’s stomach.  The wise woman addressed the needle, asking whether the baby would be a boy or a girl. The baby was to be born a boy. This is one version of how McKee knew that she was to have a baby brother! This is a lovely story, and it remains one way in which a pendulum is used.

McKee begins by defining what a pendulum is. To my surprise, she also indicates that plastics can be used as the bob, or weight, of the pendulum. My first thought was – “No, I don’t think so.” Her thought is that at their core, all things are made of energy. And so it is.

The pendulum is presented in this book as a physical extension of the user. It is through the energetic connection to the user that the answers are divined – especially those that can be answered with a simple “yes/no” response.

One of the first topics covered is that of focus – both the conscious and  the sub-conscious minds need to be turned off. What McKee terms the “super sub-conscious” mind is what needs to be focused on the task at hand. It is up to the practitioner to make sure that they are focused. The focus is totally on the question at hand, and the desire for the truth of the response.

In looking for a pendulum to work with, McKee notes that while we can certainly buy one, we can also make one from materials that we have at home. For those purchasing a pendulum, she suggests doing so in person. Her reasoning is that a pendulum purchased through mail order may be attuned to someone else’s energy. My thought on that is that wherever you purchase your pendulum, you will need to clear, charge, and dedicate it. I would say the same for materials that you find within your own home to make a pendulum – put it together, then clear, charge, and dedicate it.

Instructions given for making and using your pendulum are very clear, and very concise. Anyone who wants to work with a pendulum can do so with consistent, reliable results. The process of connecting with your pendulum, and understanding it’s responses, are clear and “magical”. Respect your pendulum, and it will respect you.

I love the section on charging your pendulum, as it is written with a tongue in cheek sense of humor. You will learn how to define yes/no responses, how to check your pendulum by asking questions that you already know the answer to, and more. McKee goes into an interesting process for determining where something is located that has been lost. This section is worth its weight in gold! It also opens the practitioner up to the various ways in which a pendulum can be used. You really need to read the section on finding hidden utility lines – it really is amusing!

McKee goes on to discuss using pendulum boards, spirit boards, and charts. All of these items can be hand made by the practitioner, and all of them open up the information that is allowed to come through. However you choose to set these items up defines how they can be used. Imagination has its place here!

Important note: the pendulum will answer the question that is asked! As with other venues, such as the Tarot, make sure that you have defined your question well, and that you hold it firmly in your mind.

I enjoyed this material – if you have an interest in pendulums, you will enjoy it too!

© 2000-2013 Bonnie Cehovet