The Magick Of Naz & Her Crystals

I had the pleasure of interviewing a lovely friend of mine who is passionate about crystals and so much so that in September she will see her first book published on the subject close to her heart.  Please do visit her page on Facebook as there are lovely daily quotes and messages.  I want you to meet Naz and read her story.......

When did your love for crystals first begin? 

My love affair with crystals began when I watched Breakfast at Tiffanys as a little girl and saw my first diamond. I was instantly mesmerised by its beauty, and vowed there and then to own my own one day. One day, while I was visiting my favourite childhood spiritual shop, I picked up a crystal, and prayed I’d get a book published and necklace from Tiffanys before I was 30. And this year, one week before my 30thbirthday, I got both. 

By that point, I’d been writing a monthly crystal column for Soul&Spirit magazine for three years, and was utterly mesmerised by their captivating beauty, magical powers and enchanting mythologies. I no longer merely loved crystals – I’d fallen madly in love with them.

First crystal you ever bought?  

Would you believe I’ve never bought myself a crystal? Although my little flat’s full of them, I’ve never bought one for myself. They’ve always been sent, or bought for me by others, and always at the right time for the right purpose. That’s the great thing about crystals; we don’t choose them, they choose us, and the right ones always come along at the right time. They send us signs too, and can touch our lives from afar even if we can’t touch them.  

Your top 5 must have crystals?  

Gosh – that’s a difficult one; I love them all, and truly believe every crystal – like every person – has its own exquisite beauty and power. But if I had to narrow it down, I’d pick a rose quartz to help me (and everyone in the world) open their hearts to each other – like the petals on the beautiful flower it’s named after – an amethyst to prevent us all from feeding ourselves toxic thoughts, relationships and habits sabotaging our happiness and a ruby (one of my personal favourites) to remind us that – like Dorothy with her ruby slippers in The Wizard of Oz – we all hold the power within us (as Ghandi said) to be the change we wish to see in the world. I’d also pick a diamond to encourage us all to shine our light as bright as one, and a jade to remind us to see the best in each other. 

You've written a book on crystals which is out soon, could you tell us about your book and the journey you have taken while writing it?  

Absolutely! Although I’d wanted to write a crystal book for some time, it wasn’t until I had a past-life regression last year that I realised it was something I was destined to do. During the session, I’d seen myself as a little girl in Paris, where I worked on my poor father’s market stall. Each day, I’d watch a gem trader nearby setting up his stall, and pray I’d own my own one day. One day, he dropped one, and was so touched by my honesty when I returned it to him that he let me keep it. I slept with the gem under my pillow every night, and would talk to it – like a doll – every night. The last thing I remember is the little girl’s voice telling me to write a crystal book. I sent my proposal off the next day.
The book – The Essential Guide to Crystals – is a modern-day guide to crystals, written by a true crystal lover for true and new crystal lovers everywhere. 

What do you have planned for future projects? 

Crystals, crystals and more crystals!!! There are so many wonderful things I’d like to do, and writing this book has healed, liberated and empowered me in so many ways. When I first started writing this book, I just wanted it to warm people’s heart and make them smile, and if it does that for at least one person, and helps them believe in themselves and magic for even a moment, that’s enough for me.

About the author: 

Golnaz Alibagi was the deputy editor of Soul&Spirit magazine for three years. She has written for a range of publications, including Chat It’s Fate, and interviewed some of the leading figures in spirituality, including Wayne Dyer, Louise Hay and Marianne Williamson. She currently gives psychic/crystal readings at Psychic Sisters in Selfridges. The Essential Guide to Crystals is available to pre-order from http://www.amazon.co.uk/Essential-Guide-Crystals-Golnaz-Alibagi/dp/178249166X

Publicly Judging

No one is perfect but most of us try to be as good a person as we can with the odd mistake thrown in, this mistake is something we usually learn from and then we move onwards but we have to be careful what we say about other people and moreso when it is public and online.

Most situations are best sorted out between the people involved rather than posting on a social media site for the world to read, some personal goings on are not for everyone to know about and it saddens me when people rant online knowing the other person involved cannot even have their say.

This rant opens the door for everyone who has read the post to then judge one side of the story because let's face it all they are reading is one side of the story.  I always feel that it is best to communicate with the person involved, sit down and chat or speak on the phone and sort it out, that might involve agreeing to walk away from each other or even to be polite to each other if both parties do not wish to be friends any more but think about the words you are writing for all to see, what does it say about you that you are willing to slate someone publicly and how would you feel if it was your name being ripped to pieces.

Be a good person that has kindness and love within your heart enough to keep personal situations private and just between the people involved.

Have a wonderful day my friends and may you be blessed with love, laughter and the kindness of special friends.

Rachel x

The Magick Of Old Photos

A couple of years ago I visited a beautiful grand house where Lord and Lady someone had lived, I love the history of the house and especially love the furniture and nik naks.  While walking into the round sitting room (yep it was round) there in the fire place something caught my eye so over I went to investigate and that's where my passion started.

The fire guard that covers the fire place so that it looks tidy was decorated with old Victorian photos, there were women, men and children and it was so unusual that I went away with the intention of creating one for our home but I had no idea where to buy the photos from so it got put on the back burner.

My husband and I like to visit antique fairs so a few years after visiting the grand house we took off for the day and to the antique fair, soon my heart began to thump with excitement because there on the table was a pile of Victorian photos and the rest is history.

I now have a wonderful collection which is still growing, my collection consists of Victorian albums as well as loose photos.  I love to connect with the people looking back at me and do wonder what kind of a life they had, where they lived and in particular I love the clothes the women wore.  It is quite sad to think that some of these people had a hard life and with a lot of the photos it shows.

I like to give the photos a loving home where they will be cherished by me and looked after, it is hobby that connects me with the past and since I love tracing my ancestry it gives me an insight into how my ancestors lived.  I get excited when names are written on the back or a postcard type of message, the very thought that I'm reading a message that was written all those years ago by someone who might have been in service, who was happy or were trying to better their life makes me wonder what became of them.

It is a hobby, a passion and one I will continue because these old photos have a sprinkling of magick within them.

The last two photos are of the same couple, I bought the photos at different antique fairs, one was in Wales and the other in England, what were the chances of that!.....this is a very small part of my collection and soon I'll add more photos.

Rachel x

The Joys Of Being An Earthie

I'm sat here in my living room looking out onto my back garden and to the woodlands which are directly behind me and it makes my heart flutter a little and even though it is raining I want to go barefoot out into those woods and converse with the energy that is there.

I've been a Earth spirit since a baby, I've loved crawling on the grass and picking daisies to roaming the mountain that surrounded my childhood home.  I've always felt a deep connection to Mother Earth and am at my most content when walking through woods as I can pick up on the trees energies, the smell of moss that lingers in the air and watching for the little woodland creatures as they scurry away with their food finds.

I feel so blessed to live where I do because in any direction and in no time at all I am able to walk through wooded areas, along a beautiful and secluded canal where I can watch dragonflies, spot pretty flowers pushing their way up through the earth, collect nuts from the tress and elderflowers.  This gives me so much joy and I feel as one with my surroundings, it is as though Mother Earth shares her energy with me as I immerse myself in her greenery.

For some of you, you might feel a deep connection with water, being up in the air or around fire....which are you connected to......

Rachel x

The Magick Of Summer Holidays

I'm talking about the summer school holidays which I know there are parents who love em or hate em and I'm in the love em category.

There are only 2 weeks left for the kids in school and by this time of the year I am shattered, I can feel my energy drooping and the longing to stay under the duvet get stronger and stronger to the point where I dangle my legs over the side of the bed while laying down still and hope that is enough...alas not lol, so not a fan of the alarm clock when it goes off at 6.20am.

I have 3 children and as much as I do love doing the school run it seems to be going on forever and I have quite a few more years left (I am counting down) plus I work shifts which can mean no lay in on a weekend for a few weeks and I do appreciate a lay in but the school holidays have always had a magick sparkle to them even when I was a kid, they seemed to last forever and I loved that because I was an outdoor kid.

The summer holidays for me means no routine yay, spending time with the kids although being kids they have their own interests eg tablets, mobile phones so I don't get much of a look in unless there is food and a family dvd involved.....oh yes and a shopping spree but even though I still have to work through the holidays it just means we aren't living dangerously to a dead line with time, no stress first thing in the morning with "Have you brushed your teeth" and "Have you had breakfast" to "Where's your coat, you'll need it" and trust me this lasts until they are well into their teens!

You'd swear it was me breaking up from school and I guess in a way it is because some days I still feel like that child that has the magick of the summer holidays around the corner.

Rachel x

How To Meet Your Guides (Angel, Faery, Elemental etc)

We all have a guide or two that work with us and sometimes we are aware of them and sometimes we are not.  You might know the signs that someone is with you such as the hairs on your neck or arm raising, a popping in the ear, a coldness, a fragrance in the air but this is how far it goes and you want to know more.

Whether it is a new guide in the shape of a soul who used to walk this Earth, an angel, faery, elemental, animal etc you can use the same technique to connect, see, converse with them and it is so simple too.  Meditation is wonderful for many reasons and what better way to connect.

I like to play some music in the background, any music that you feel has meaning for you is good, not too loud though and then get yourself comfortable on the bed and relax.

In my mind I always ask first for the company of my guide and I then proceed to picture a place where I want to be so you could picture a beach, woodlands, mountain, cave, sea etc and just imagine you are walking there, take in the surroundings, the smells, the weather......then find yourself somewhere to sit comfortably and ask your guide to come forward and sit with you.

Do not rush or push yourself, your guide will come to you when you are ready and it may take a few tries over a few weeks before it will fall into place and that is ok.  When the time is right and your guide steps forward ask them to sit with you, talk to them and ask whatever questions you feel you want to know.  I like to ask them about their journey, about their life, their name....take in their looks, clothes, smile, their voice......

When you feel you have to leave just thank them, ask them to meet you here again soon and also ask them to connect to you when you need them.  One of two things will then happen, either you will awaken from the meditation and carry on with the day or you'll fall asleep, there's no danger in meditation after all when we go to bed to sleep we tend to relax and play out scenarios and eventually we drift off to sleep.

Keep a journal if you want to and record all your experiences, looking back over them in a year or so can be quite interesting but most of all enjoy the time spent in a magikal place with those who are special to you of another world.

Rachel x

Dryads & Fauns

**Many of us have an affinity with trees, they call to us as we pass them by and their soul has breathed in the many secrets of Mother Earth. I would place them as Earth Elementals as their roots take firm hold within the soil and they are known as Dryads. Each tree has a Faun attached to it and to tell you more about them both I've written a little piece about each one 

The beautiful Dryads are tree faeries. Should you find yourself close to a tree you will undoubtedly feel the energy oozing out from every part of the tree including the roots. Being this close allows you to be on the cusp of the otherworld where the elementals reside. Try sitting beside a tree and jot down your emotions etc. It will be magical 

A Faun is a nature spirit known as a tree spirit. They help trees to grow and in a way they nurture them, the Faun will offer his consciousness to help a tree grow in love and to be connected to their place of growth. In return the tree provides an opportunity to experience connection, love, a feeling of belonging etc. A faun is tied to his tree for all his life and is therefore dedicated.

© The Faery Enchantress

Changing Times

Hi everyone,

It's been a few months since I last posted and that's because I decided last September to make some changes to my life and took the plunge by going back to night school college.  I took Psychology and although the course is by far not an easy one I decided to concentrate my efforts in learning and revising which hopefully pays off.

I've always been interested in the mind and how humans develop but didn't realize just how much we would be learning within this course but sometimes we have to make changes whether it be to better our chances of a new career or to keep our mind stimulated, staying stale is not an option for a healthy life and getting out there enables you to builds confidence as well as making new friends.

Now that my exams are over I can breathe easy for a few months until I enrol in another course but for now it's concentrating on having some fun with my writing, and hobbies and look out for some new blogs coming soon.

Rachel x