by Chrissie Astell | May 15, 2015 | Blog
As I sit by the window under a grey sky with rain pouring to write my blog this week I’m having a little chuckle to myself. It’s Thursday and I’m thinking of the traditional communion with the Angel of Water. I was going to write about my narrow boat...
by Chrissie Astell | May 1, 2015 | Blog
A message with mixed emotions this week. Firstly it’s May Day! Happy Beltane! I remember watching May Day parades with girls dressed in white, flowers in their hair, dancing around a Maypole with brightly coloured ribbons. But I don’t really ever remember...
by Chrissie Astell | Apr 24, 2015 | Blog
Working with angels and becoming more compassionate doesn’t have to turn you into a doormat! There is nothing ‘soft’ about angels. Take a look at the representation (throughout history) of magnificent power portrayed in the many pictures of Archangel...
by Chrissie Astell | Apr 9, 2015 | Blog
There is a great universal spiritual teaching that has been passed along through many different religions and belief systems. It was inscribed on the Temple of Apollo, in Delphi, and we are often told that it was first established in Greek philosophy and attributed to...
by Chrissie Astell | Apr 3, 2015 | Blog
Do you ever feel too busy to meditate, to preoccupied to pray, and then feel guilty if your spiritual practice is being neglected? I woke this morning with a sense of urgency as usual. So many people I know I ‘feeling’ a speeding up of time. Sometimes I...