Angels - can anyone help?
I've got two new non-fiction books coming out in early October. One
is about angels and the other is about unicorns. My publisher's
publicity director would like me to write a magazine feature,
focusing on various people's experiences with angels.
If anyone reading this has had an experience with angels that they'd like to share with me and don't mind me including in the magazine article (with your name changed if you wish), please could you let me know, either here or by sending me a message?
Here is a link to the books on the publisher's website so you can see that this is a genuine request:
http://www.summersdale.com/authors/228/jane-struthers
Thanks, gang!
If anyone reading this has had an experience with angels that they'd like to share with me and don't mind me including in the magazine article (with your name changed if you wish), please could you let me know, either here or by sending me a message?
Here is a link to the books on the publisher's website so you can see that this is a genuine request:
http://www.summersdale.com/authors/228/jane-struthers
Thanks, gang!
27 Comments
Marion, that's a fabulous story. And the singing gives it all the hallmarks of being angelic intervention.
What an amazing experience, Gerry. I think angelic voices can be very clear, so it could easily have been an angel's voice instead of the radio. It makes me wonder, though, if the voice was really receiving your grandmother Upstairs (wouldn't she already have arrived, or was she hanging around to make sure the funeral went OK?) or if it was greeting you.
Jill, Gerilyn and Gels, I've messaged you all.
You're all lovely!
Spangles xxxx
PS If anyone else wants to join in, you are more than welcome.
You start with this comment: "I've got two new non-fiction books coming out in early October. One is about angels and the other is about unicorns." How can the books be non-fiction when both Angels and Unicorns are fictional beings?
Perhaps I am mis-reading this or taking it out of context. Perhaps you have written these books to reference what others have written about them, in which case I can see the non-fictional aspect. I'll shut up now, I'm tying myself in knots.
AW.
AW, I knew someone would ask this question! Actually, as I typed the words 'non-fiction' yesterday afternoon I could hear someone disputing that and saying 'it's fiction'! But angels and unicorns are completely real to some people, and I've had quite a lot of experience with angels myself. Is it all in my imagination? I don't think so, so to me they do come under the category of non-fiction. Yes, my two books do refer to other writings about angels and unicorns (especially in the case of angels, with the three major world religions all believing in them and describing them) as well as references to them in art, literature, etc. I also describe how to make contact with them, and that's obviously one area where you and I completely differ!
All joking aside, I could perhaps accept that certain people may believe in angels from a religious aspect (after all, I am a Jedi master) but Unicorns? Non-fiction? Hmm?
My own angels book is fiction but I did a tremendous amount of research for it. Most of my own research often came back to the Jewish faith as they have such a strong belief in angels, Seraphim etc. I could have done with your book when I was researching!!
I'm sorry, as far as I know, I have had no personal experience with Angels (even when I was at my most ill), though a friend of mine did tell me that I am watched over always by Michael and I was never to lie on my back when resting, as Michael heals me through my spine. Freaked me out as she didn't really know anything about my condition!! Same woman also informed me that I have so much positive energy that I actually energise others, and could become a target of psychic vampires!! I laughed. (i'd never even heard of psychic vampires!) She thought that I had a career as some form of healer but at the time I was a therapeutic parent for sexually abused children (again, freaky!). Not seen her since. :)
This sounds like an amazing book and I look forward to reading it. Do you need people to dress up as Angels or Unicorns for the launch?? teehee xx Good luck with this :)
I'm intrigued by your friend mentioning that MIchael heals you through your spine and so you shouldn't lie on your back. I expect he does heal you through your spine, but I'm pretty sure that his energies are able to penetrate the mattress and bedding! I'm in two minds about the existence of psychic vampires. I know of people who see them everywhere or think that every unfortunate thing that happens to them is the result of psychic attack - in other words, nothing to do with them or their behaviour!
An interesting and neat point, Tony!
Yes, very strange about the Michael thing but she made a big thing of me not lying on my back, which is odd considering I don't anyway. I sleep on my side as it's too uncomfortable on my back. But I went with the flow. She did know about my spine and kept touching her neck. I never thought about penetrating matress and bedding - good point lol. I'm sceptic about angel readings anyway, especially after my research.
What is it about angel readings that makes you sceptical?
As for religion, I try to separate the fundamental truths/philosophies of each religion from the organizations that represent them, as I think these sometimes seem to run completely counter to what their religion teaches. So much of religion seems to be about power and control. But I don't consider myself belonging to any religion any longer. I do believe in God, though.
Like you, I am utterly convinced that 'there is something out there', as you put it. Lots and lots of things. Angels, fairies, elves, ghosts, the lot! xx
How do I know if the sensations?warnings I get are angels?
Can tell you them and you decide if I can get my speech rec to work. Or I will come back to it tomorrow. x Bren with no picture at moment
Bren, apparently there are techhie angels. So perhaps you should ask for one with some IT experience? It sounds crazy, I know, but why not? After all, I'm sure they adapt themselves to the current state of the world, otherwise they wouldn't be able to help us.
As for where they are when terrible things happen… I've mulled this over for years and I have to return to the ideas I had when I was a child - that we are all helped by angels when we die, and that there is always someone watching over us. I don't see how it can be any other way. I don't believe that sometimes an angel is with me and then they knock off for a tea break. I think they're there all the time. I recently read that New York was full of angels on 11 September 2001, ready and waiting for what they knew was going to happen. It may not be true but, again, I don't see why it can't be.
My philosophy is that everyone agrees how their life is going to be before they incarnate into their current lifetime. They agree the lovely bits and the tricky bits. And there have to be tricky bits to teach them the lessons they still need to learn. By 'teaching lessons' I don't mean finger-wagging and you-must-stand-in-the-corner or disabilities as punishments or anything like that. Instead, I think each of us agrees to deal with particular situations in our next lifetime, such as an illness or relationship problems or poverty or being a lottery winner or a tycoon or whatever else it is we've chosen, because they contain experiences that will help us to grow and to understand various spiritual lessons that we still need to grasp. I also think that sometimes we act out a role in our lives in order to help someone else to grow. I think that's why some people are born with terrible disabilities. They may have agreed to be like that in order to encourage the people around them to experience compassion, love, and so on.
Which brings us to the terrible experiences. Again, this is only my philosophy and I can quite see that other people may strongly disagree with it. But I believe that we all agree to undergo those 'terrible experiences' long before we incarnate. I don't think there are any accidents. So I don't think someone who was 'supposed' to keel over at the age of 98 is 'accidentally' killed by a runaway train at the age of 20. We agree to undergo those experiences as part of our spiritual development - we might say that we agree to be blown up by a bomb because the results of that will bring the world one step closer to peace. Or we agree to be bashed over the head in the first day of the Harrods sale by someone who is determined to have the teapot we're holding, simply to help that person progress in their own development. (And when we get back to heaven, we will undoubtedly recognize that person as being someone very close to us throughout many lives.) Of course, we forget all these arrangements when we incarnate, because that is part of the deal of being on Earth. So if something ghastly happens to us, we have lots of angelic help. They can't stop it happening because it's already been arranged. Whether we are aware of this help is another matter. But that doesn't mean it isn't being freely given.
Recently I heard of a nurse in a nursing home who was talking about death. The person she was talking to said they were concerned about people who die alone. The nurse smiled, and said that in her experience no one ever dies alone. Even if they are in a room by themselves, they don't die alone.
I'll just tell you about one experience and I won't bore you, I promise. It's quite upsetting but it's topical and poignant. My cousin and I, Denzil were virtually the same age (he was almost one year older) and we were bought up together. He was born with two terrible illnesses and suffered all of his life: Addisons desease and chronic asthma. He was not a very nice person but I put this down to steroids and jealousy for my healthy body (he'll be laughing now!). He lost his Mom to Cystic Fibrosis at the age of 15yrs, it was a terrible loss to the family but my Aunt is now watching over me. Denzil died on New Years Eve four years ago and he knew when he was going to die. He said goodbye to everyone and apologised to me the day before for all of the things he had done to me; I told him I forgave him and that I loved him no matter what. I was not at the hospital when he passed but all of my family were. As he died he reached out his arms and smiled. My family became hysterical so I am glad I wasn't there though my Nan said that she felt a wonderful sensation run through her and she knew that My Aunty was there. My nan was psychic. So, as you can see, I know that there is something out there. :)
By the way, I don't see how you could bore me! This is one of my favourite topics (as you may have gathered!)
My maternal grandmother lost her only son when he was eight. She never spoke about him - it was too painful, even forty years later. But when she lay dying, apparently she told my mother that 'her boy' kept coming to visit her. Quite a few years ago now my mother had a serious operation with horrible side-effects while she was recovering. She was very ill and told me that my father (who was long since dead) had been keeping vigil beside her bed. She later denied all knowledge of this, but she knew it at the time. This didn't come as a surprise to me because I had already seen him there in my mind's eye during a meditation.
Life is very strange and very beautiful, I think!
Your stories are amazing. Life and death are pretty fantastic; so fantastic that I don't think that you need to throw religion into the mix.
You know, you should write a book about peoples experiences :)
Jill, I completely agree with you, especially about the soul choices. And I agree that it makes all the difference if you remind yourself that this is something you chose - the difficult experiences but also the easier ones. And also about the people with whom we have unfinished business. I also think that sometimes we only have fleeting meetings with people who are part of our soul family, because that's all we need for our current incarnation. I once had an intense and moving conversation with a complete stranger on the Tube. I've never forgotten it and I now wonder if he was someone I've known in previous incarnations. The last Christmases with your parents and mother-in-law sound as though they were gifts for all of you.
I'm really enjoying this thread! xxx
In contrast to your enjoyable experience, I think some of the most difficult people in our lives are often people we love but who are playing out a role in a particular lifetime. A few years ago we lived in a little village where we completely fell in love with all the residents, with the exception of four. They were our immediate neighbours! One of them was especially difficult (no one liked her!) but I felt a strong bond with her even though she was utterly poisonous to me. I wouldn't be at all surprised to discover that she was someone I've spent many lifetimes with.
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