The Spirit Shop

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

A Few Up-Dates

I received an e-mail from the publisher informing
me that my book is going to the printing process. I should be receiving the first copy some time over the next week. Then will come the final approval and within a few weeks the book will be available. Over the next few days I will be contacting distribution companies so we can get the book into major books stores. I will also be contacting a few smaller book stores in the area to see if they would like to carry the book. The book will also be available on my web site, Target.com and Amazon.com. We will begin taking pre-orders some time within the next week.

Over the next few days we will also be making preparations for the October 28Th Breast Cancer Awareness Event at the Buck's County Sheraton. I did contact the Susan G. Komen Foundation for their support and as the charity where the money will be donated. Someone did get back to me and I returned her call over a week ago and have not heard back. Hopefully I will touch base with them some time this week.

I will be up-dating both web sites with more information on the event and making tickets available as well. There will also be a link placed on the site to pre-order your copy of "Messages From The Other Side". We will also be doing a gallery again at the Ashes To Ashes Cigar Shop in Bordentown NJ on September 16. Ashes To Ashes has such a nice peaceful atmosphere. I have to also mention that it does not at all smell like cigars. There is no smoking in the shop during my events and you can not even smell a lingering cigar. I love doing events at Ashes to Ashes and the owners Joe and Stacy Salera are great people. Events there are limited to 30 people and there is a coffee bar along with snacks during the break.

I was fortunate enough to get a phone call from a producers in California. They told me more about filming and set up an interview with me for the following day. I had to set up a video camera and a speaker phone for the interview. The interview went well from what I can tell. There were some off the guard questions but nothing that was difficult in any way. I just remained myself during the entire interview process. I mailed the video tape to them next day air the following day. Today I received an e-mail from one of the producers asking for an on line picture of myself. I have a positive vibe on everything and believe if it is meant to be it will happen.

Monday, July 30, 2007

King Tut Exhibit, Ancient Egypt & Past Lives

I have quite an obsession with ancient Egyptian history and artifacts. I'm completely fascinated and intrigued by the entire subject. I love watching the shows on Discovery about Egypt and its history. I have never had the opportunity to visit Egypt yet, at least not in this life. However, I did get a chance to go see the King Tut Exhibit at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. The exhibit was enjoyable and disappointing at the same time. I had in my mind that I was going to see king Tut and his mask. It was a huge disappointment to me that King Tuts mummy, mask and everything else that I thought I would see was not there. The way they advertise the exhibit they have you thinking that's what your going to see and that is not the case at all.
The exhibit was something to see for sure, unless your planning a trip to Egypt in the near future. I looked into going to Egypt and its quite expensive. I was told you should go with a tour group for safety concerns. Most group trips are 10 to 14 days long. Another museum that I enjoyed even more then the Tut exhibit was at the University Of Penn in Philadelphia. They have a wonderful Egyptian exhibit in their museum that you can see all year round. They have pieces that are more then 12 feet tall. Definitely something to see if you have any interest in historic relics.

About a year ago I was fortunate enough to come across some rare ancient Egyptian artifacts at an auction. I have some really unbelievable Egyptian pieces dating back more then 2000 years. Some still have the original paint and the dirt from excavation. There are also a few Egyptian Pendants within my collection. Recently we redesigned our bedroom to an Egyptian theme. There you will find about a dozen ancient Egyptian pieces along with some modern Egyptian decor.


It is believed that things that we are attracted to in this life are sometimes carried over from a past life. This includes fears of things such as water. Beings I'm so infatuated with Egypt, there is a chance I was there in a past life. Being certified in hypnosis and past life regression I have had the opportunity to see some of my past lives. As you can already assume, I did live in Egypt in a past life. I once lived as a great Pharaoh in very early Egypt.

The ancient Egyptians worked their entire lives to basically prepare for their after life. The Egyptians would conduct magical rituals in honor of the Gods and Goddess' that they would meet in their after life. They prayed to more then one hundred different Gods and Goddess over the thousands of years. Each God would represent different aspects of life and the afterlife. One example would be my favorite of all the gods "Anubis". Anubis ruled over death and the mummification ritual and looked like the jackal all in black. The Priest would wear a costume and a head shaped like the jackal to over see the funeral and mummification ceremonies. We have a black lab who was named Anubis after the Egyptian god. We shorten his name from Anubis to Nubis and finally Newbie.

The Egyptian were inventors of so many things that we use in our every day life. Some of their inventions include Make-up, writing, paper, beer and so much more. The modern day Easter Egg was also most likely taken from ancient Egypt. The Egyptians would color eggs and decorate them to place in the tombs of the dead. This was believed to represent rebirth and guarantee life after death. Another interesting fact about the Egyptians was their deep worship of the female deities such as mother Isis. She was greatly adored by the Egyptians as the all loving mother and giver of life.
So remember you were hear before the next time you are pulled toward a different time, nation, or fear.




Sunday, July 29, 2007

More Messages

Another long weekend of bringing messages of hope and validation to dozens of people. The galleries I did this weekend went extremely well. Saturday I had a group that included several men. Honestly there are not many men that attend private galleries. The men are usually the ones that hold the most skepticism. I have nothing against skeptics at all. Sometimes it is actually good to be skeptical with many things in our lives. Unfortunately there are more bad psychics out there then good ones. Many are frauds and it should be easy to spot them. One sign is if they try to get any more money from you for whatever reason, then you should just walk away.

When I began Saturdays gallery I had an instant connection with a young father figure that had passed. He told me his name was Jim and with that came more validating information. One of the gentlemen in the gallery was named Jim and his deceased father was Jim. Jim was very open with the messages he was receiving and even began to show emotion to the messages. I don't think he was at all skeptic before we started and definitely not any more. The gentlemen sitting next to me I would say was very skeptical and most likely is not any longer.
It was not until the end of the gallery that I would begin getting a connection that would set aside all of his skepticism. I visually saw a police officer in uniform standing behind one of the girls in the gallery. I began describing the police officer, his name and significant dates. He mentioned another police officer that has passed and the one who was present in the gallery. I was pulled to the gentlemen next to me with the name Frank. Frank was a police officer who had passed and the gentlemen next to me is currently a police officer. So many details and validating information would have him leaving the gallery a complete believer.
There were actually several very skeptical people at this particular gallery on Saturday. One person I believe blocked the information the best she could leaving the gallery with little fulfilment. There was also a woman that wanted to block out me and the messages, but her deceased sister would not give up. Her sister passed from breast cancer and was very persistent on letting her know that she was communicating with me. There was not one thing I said to her that did not hit home hard. Every detail she could ask for plus some. She also needed to hear her sister confirm that she is doing a great job raising the children for her. Most of the time the skeptics get the best readings. If a spirit wants to get a message through their going to do whatever it takes for the skeptic to get it. I don't think anyone left Saturday's gallery feeling at all skeptical.
Sunday was a fun group of 13 woman and one gentlemen. When I arrive at a gallery I like to ask how they have heard about me and if they have seen me previously. There is always at least one person in the group that has been to me in the past. Usually there are actually several in the group that have seen me at some point. I was surprised to find that not one person out of the 14 have ever seen me before. I honestly have never been to a group where not even one person has been to me before.



This gallery went very well and we all had many laughs throughout my time there. I think everyone there had a very strong connection and many validating messages. I'm sure I will see many of them again in the future. One thing that sticks in my mind from this gallery was one of the visions I would see of someones passing. I had a several firefighters come through during this session. I believe there were actually three firefighters connecting with me. If I remember correctly one passed from a major heart attack. He came through as a father figure and was in deed one of the woman's father. He brought through another firefighter who had a younger energy. I would say he passed in his mid thirties. He showed me how he passed. It was in a fire and he was coming down steps or right near the steps. The ceiling above him fell in and something hit him on his head knocking him out completely. It looked like a board or stud that hit him in the back of the neck knocking him down. The smoke and carbon monoxide took over his lungs and caused him to perish. A very clear vision and a bit scary I must say.


Smoke Detectors Save Lives! Make sure you have one in every room and they have fresh batteries.

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

More Messages & The Vegatable Garden


It has been what feels like a pretty long week to me. I'm glad to have off today and actually have time to write in this blog. This weekend a client at one of my private gallery's told me she loved the blog and is hooked on it. I'm so glad that you are all enjoying it. I had a call from my Aunt Fran the other day, she's the best. I mentioned the blog to her and she said she would go on and check it out. Later that day she called back and said she had a real problem getting her house work done for the day. Why I asked? She responded that she was completely hooked on this blog and could not stop reading it. She also mention some of my grammar mistakes. Sorry, I was not an English major. I assure you all that my book has been very well edited.

Monday I had a couple come together for a reading with me. I assumed they understood my work and that was probably why they were here. I introduced myself and told them that I felt that one of them had a father that had passed. They were completely puzzled and honestly had no idea what I was talking about. The young lady turned and said "you mean a dad who is dead?" Well yes, I'm getting a father figure who has passed and wants to communicate with one of you. I still don't think either of them really knew where I was going with this information. So I turned to the young lady and said Is you dad passed and again she relied "Yes". Then I asked her to come with me into the room for her reading.

As we sat there she had still seemed a bit clueless to why I wanted to know if her father was deceased. I asked her if she was at all familiar with my work. She explained that she though I was just a basic psychic who would just sit and tell her the future. Well I can do that but it seems to me that your father wants to communicate with you. Are you familiar with John Edwards? No. How about James Van Pragg? No Sylvia Brown? No. Do you know what a psychic medium is? No. Oh boy, your in for quite a little surprise. I went on to explain exactly what I do as far as communication with deceased relatives. I told her she could have me focus on her future or with those who have passed. She smiled and said "Just do what you do best". So off I went into the reading.

The connection with her father was a strong one in deed, with all the details of his passing. This was not at all what she was expecting today. She especially did not expect to come to me and actually communicate with her deceased father. I could see the overwhelming expression and emotion with each detail I gave to her. Then the reading toke and unexpected turn for both of us. A young man, maybe about 22, stepped forth to bring through messages. His name was Billy and he began to mention the woman's son by name. Then he went into this detailed story of his death. I do not remember all the details, so I will do my best here. The woman's son was driving with his friend Billy in the passenger seat. A car came across the medial strip hit them and their car spun head on into a tree. The car was actually split in half and the passenger Billy was killed instantly.

This message was very important for the woman to pass to her son. Billy was not there just to give me details of this accident, but more to bring the validation that it was him. Then in turn he would be able to bring a more comforting message. I explained to her that he was telling me that her son feels responsible for the accident and still mourns over his friends passing. Billy kept insisting that it was just an accident and was meant to be. He wanted to let his friend know that he was at peace and happy and that he should move on and know that it was not his fault. What a wonderful message of healing for a mother to take home to her son. Someone who was only looking for future advice walked out with so much more.

So I thought I would share a little Hobie of ours here at home. We love to to keep the outside looking good with flowers and so on, but more then that we love the vegetable garden. I had my first vegetable garden when I was just four years old. My grandfather on my mothers side grew up on a farm and loved to do gardening. My father had a big vegetable garden in the back yard when we were kids and I would sit and watch him play in the garden. I remember saying to my pop "Daddy can I have my own garden?" So my Pop dug me a little section along the fence for my to grow a few things. My first plants were pumpkins and also cucumbers. That was my first garden. When I was 13 we moved to Levittown where I would begin my own big garden.
My Grandfather gave me all kinds of seeds and growing tips. He even let me borrow his roto-tiller to make the digging a little easier. When my grandfather passed of course I got the tiller. I used it all the way up to this summer when it finally broke. I was so into my garden growing up that I even entered the grange fair competitions. I won dozens of ribbons for the largest vegetables. When I was fifteen I was in the newspaper for having a 80 pound pumpkin in the month of August.

This year we made the garden a little smaller then we had it last year. We decided not to grow corn because the squirrels ate more then we did. Although we have less this year, the garden is still about 10 feet by 30 feet. We have a great selection of things growing in the garden. Almost everything is doing extremely well except for two things. For some reason the pepper plants look like they are dying even though there are some nice peppers on there. The cantaloupe plants did horrible. 1 of the six plants is doing well, the others dies. The pumpkins are doing great and are growing over into the neighbors yard. There are about 8 pumpkins so far and two are already about 15 pounds each.


I put strawberries in last year understanding that I would not get any berries for another year. We had one row of strawberries that stretched out into two and a half rows now. We only got one good batch of berries and nothing since. If that's the case we may did them up at the end of the season. Last year our pumpkins died and cantaloupe did great. We also replanted some watermelon again this year, Well that just took over the garden with the pumpkins. There are at least 6 watermelon going strong. Three are absolutely huge and weigh at least 15 pounds. There is also some honey dew that is hanging in there with a few dews. Then come the cucumbers which are my favorite vege. They are doing well with some larger then 12 inches.


We also put in zucchini which we really don't eat. The reason I like to grow it is for this awesome zucchini bread that I make. It sounds disgusting but it is honestly really good. The recipe came from a neighbor when I was a kid. She has passed since. It was her grandmothers recipe. We can't forget the tomatoes. They didn't do excellent last year but they did go good. I only eat them in my salads and end up giving bags of them away. Last year I decided to try and make my own home made tomato sauce or gravy if your Italian. I had never attempted such a thing and had no idea what to do. I bought a pressure cooker and found a good recipe on line. Well let me tell you, it was the best sauce I even ate in my life. No exaggeration. We canned a few jars and they were gone rather quickly. This year I plan to make a couple dozen jars of sauce. I just need the tomatoes to get ripe. I found the first one turning red today, but I need more then that...


I tried making pickles last year and canned them. I though they turned out soggy, but my 13 year old niece loves them. This year I even attempted planting pine apples. Did you know if you cut off the top of a pine apple and place it in water, it will grow. You wait about a month for lots of roots to appear and then place it in soil. I just found out that it takes two years to get a pine apple. So I will have to bring them inside this fall. There is also some fresh basil and oregano growing for that delicious tomato sauce.