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I’ve always been fascinated with the Old Ways – how Britain used to be before even the Romans came along. I love reading about pagan festivals and traditions that have somehow managed to survive into this day and age, so integrated into our culture t

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The 17th century Mexican nun Sor Juana Ines was such a brilliant writer that the Catholic Church concluded that she must be a witch. As a woman, she wasn’t allowed to go to university, so she educated herself, studied medicine so she could cure the s

The beauty spot of Cannock Chase in Staffordshire is famous (or infamous) for its black-eyed ghost children. The little girl, with coal-black pits for eyes, was spotted in the in 2014 – 30 years after the sighting of her. And of course, she hasn’t ag

I find quite often that if I ask for a sign, I see double numbers whenever I look at the clock – 12:12 or 14:44 for example – but we all know 11:11 is one of the most important ‘angel numbers’. I was so surprised when I did a quick top-up shop at my

Dear Sally Recently, two family members passed on the same day. On Sunday, I felt that I needed to walk in the local park. I took some photos – and I was amazed when I got home and looked at them. Pauline Curwen, Ashington, Northumberland Dear Pa

Scarlett Johansson has only just received her first Oscar nomination, which given her pedigree is strange – or is it? In a past life as a Japanese woman, she was never allowed her own opinion, had to agree with what she was told. Now, released, she’s

An archangel is an angel of high rank – for example, Michael guards the gates to Heaven. Indeed, Michael is the only archangel described as such in the Bible – Gabriel has a large role in the New Testament but it never explicitly states that he’s an

The only legitimate daughter of poet Lord Byron, Countess Ada Lovelace was a brilliant mathematician. Working on the first ‘computer’ systems, she became a leading light in 19th century society. She never knew her father, who died when she was eigh

The ability to move objects through the power of your mind is known as psychokinesis. It’s a popular trope in films – in the X Menfranchise, for example, Jean Grey has this ability – but the science supporting its existence in real life is sketchy. T

For the month of May, the message from spirit is all about harmony. This is the month for making those personal changes and looking at new ways of supporting people without it affecting your own personal life and pathway. Watch around the 15th of the

Dear Barrie Have you got a message for me from my mum or my maternal grandma? Mandie Walton, Scotland Dear Mandie You’ve soldiered on with your own personal circumstances and have tried to put difficult matters to the back of your mind. You’ve cha

The custom of blowing out candles on a birthday cake was thought to have originated in Ancient Greece. The lit candle represents the glow of the moon, and was believed to be a way to connect with the goddess Artemis. When the candle was blown out, th

Dear Katie I’m struggling a bit right now. What can I do to best support myself? Claire, 35, Attleborough, Norfolk Dear Claire Your spirit guide is a Swiss woman called Elizabeth who lived at the beginning of the 20th century. Her father wanted he

How do you cope on days when nothing is going right – from the moment you get up! When that happens, take a moment to breathe deeply and ask your guardian angel to reset your day. I’m having one of those days today, I trod on a wet hairball left by m

Serial killer Dennis Nilsen’s Cricklewood flat was sold in 2016 for £493,000 – around 10% less than similar properties in the same sought-after area of London. Its owners claim they got a bargain, but many people would not be happy living in the flat

The Rider-Waite tarot deck, originally published 1910, is one of the most popular tarot decks in use for divination in the English-speaking world. The cards were drawn by illustrator Pamela Colman Smith from the instructions of academic and mystic A.

Stories about mysterious, huge, ape-like humanoids crop up all over the world. In the USA and Canada, they’re known as the Sasquatch or Bigfoot, and among the most common places for sightings are Fraser Valley in the Pacific Northwest and Vancouver I

Every month, I draw a card for all of the four astrological elements. Think of it as advice for you from the heavens. FIRE (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius). Adjustments are required. This card is saying that you can get whatever it is that you want, but t

Be honest. Are you holding a grudge against someone? The truth is that bearing grudges is a) human and b) toxic! This month’s Full Moon in grudge-bearing Scorpio (we all have Scorpio somewhere in our chart) is actually the perfect time to release any

Dear Roi I keep dreaming that my smartphone is broken and I’m having to use an old Nokia 3210! Sometimes it’s even the phone I had as a teenager. My phone is my source to the outside world at times because I have agoraphobia. So I do rely on it, alt

The Russian 1975 arthouse film Mirror by Andrei Tarkovsky shows key moments in a dying poet’s life, with a non-linear narrative that many found to be near incomprehensible – much like our actual dreams. Clever combinations of black and white, sepia,

THE VENUE: Antwerp Mansion, Manchester THE HAUNTING: Ravers in Manchester will be familiar with Antwerp Mansion – tucked away down the backstreets, this was a popular venue with clubbers until it shut its doors in 2018. This grand, if dilapidated,

To go forward, sometimes you have to go back. That’s the theme for May, starting with the Full Moon in Scorpio on the 7th. Scorpio is connected with digging deep beneath the surface, looking at old patterns and sorting them out. Then Saturn in Aquari

What an amazing place! I don’t think I’ve ever been somewhere with such a varied history, it really did leave an impression on me, so much so that I can’t wait to go back in there. Maybe a future visit will get to the bottom of what is going on in th

1st Communications planet Mercury fuses with Uranus in Taurus – something surprising is about to be said! 7th The Full Moon sizzles in Scorpio and Mercury in steady Taurus makes an imaginative link to dreamy Neptune in Pisces, bringing intriguing p

Spring is here – and don’t you know it! Of course, if only life was completely straightforward. There may be a misstep on the 4th where you get the wrong end of the stick about a romantic entanglement. Spend the next few days having heart to hearts a

In 1972, a Lockheed L-1011-1 Tristar passenger flight from New York to Miami crashed into the Florida everglades, killing 101 people. It was a tragic event – made more even haunting by the fact that the dead crew members, captain Robert Loft and seco

Are you being ghosted by a mate but you don’t know why? Is your current relationship going to last the distance? Maybe you’ve recently met someone and want to know if you are truly compatible? The I Ching, an ancient Chinese divination  system, can h

Another old Beltane tradition is ‘jumping the broomstick’. In the past, couples who couldn’t afford a wedding would be accepted into the community as a married couple if they jumped over a broomstick laid on the floor. The broom represented the chang

Life-giving Rhea is the Greek mother goddess associated with Heaven and Earth. This fertile goddess gave birth to most of the Olympians, a race of Greek deities that came after the Titans. Clever Rhea tricked her husband Kronus. Paranoid that one o

In 2015, several hundred Staffordshire residents reported seeing a UFO spaceship hovering overhead. In the US, alien abduction is so feared that more than 40,000 Americans have insurance against being abducted by aliens. There are about six repor

Don’t feed cooked bones to a dog – they can be hard for them to digest and cause gut impaction. Large raw bones are natural, slow to chew and good for their teeth, and the soft marrow is beneficial too. If your dog has passed away and you’ve got ano

The Gayatri Mantra is said to offer a direct path to enlightenment. All you have to do is to repeat the following mantra at least three times each, at sunrise, noon and sunset. OM BHUR BHUVAH SUVAHA (Om Bhoor Bhoo-va Su-va-ha) TAT SAVITUR VARENYA

Gypsies are famous for their association with horses, which historically pulled their wagons as they travelled from town to town, doing odd jobs and seasonal work. During the First World War, the British army commandeered all dark horses – blacks and

If you’ve been to Knaresborough, in North Yorkshire, you may have visited Mother Shipton’s Cave. Said to be Britain’s oldest tourist attraction, it’s famous for its petrifying well which gradually turns anything placed in it to stone. Mother Shipton

• Celebrate Beltane at 4am on 1 May at the Lost Village of Dode in Gravesend, Kent – the beautiful Norman church that’s all that remains of a village lost to the Black Death – with a silent walk to their stone circle. Places are limited, find out mor

Now for the practical. Despite being an extraordinary tool for world transformation, practicing ho’oponopono is incredibly easy. Here’s how: 1. LEARN THE MANTRA OFF BY HEART: ‘I’m sorry, please forgive me, thank you, I love you.’ 2. UNDERSTAND T