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So today I want to talk about ghosts or spirits. Specifically, spirits who “live” in old buildings. There is a difference between ghost and sprits and I’ll go into that in a bit.
As many of you know, I live in a small town and near a larger city that both have a mining history. Most of the buildings occupied by businesses were built in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Most have been renovated, while some are vacant. There have been several mine disasters nearby where people perished. There is the famous Hillcrest Mine Disaster in 1926, about an hour or so away. 189 men died, leaving 130 widows and about 400 children. In 1902 in the same area another disaster where methane exploded and killed 128. And in the town I live in, Coalhurst, in 1935, 16 men perished and left behind 11 wives and 34 children. So energetically speaking, this area has a lot of spirits wandering around. If you are a regular listener, you may recall that I’ve already spoken about the spirits in my house in my third podcast, The Visits. It is not unusual for me to catch movement out of the corner of my eye on the street and see nothing there. This is called clairvoyance, the ability to see spirits. The Merriam Webster dictionary describes clairvoyance as the power or faculty of discerning objects not present to the senses. Some of the ways this can manifest are: Seeing flashes, sparkles or bubbles of light Seeing shadows out of the corner of your eyes You’ve seen movement past doorways and hallways You can see colored light or images when you close your eyes or meditate You notice orbs and smoke in photographs, video, bathwater, or on other reflective surfaces There are many others however these are the most common. Most people probably don’t realize that this is what they are experiencing. And if you do, know that you aren’t seeing things or imagining them. It is real and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Believe in yourself. There are a few differences between ghosts and spirits. Ghosts have a strong emotional tie to a place. Could be unfinished business or a person. Like the young boy at the store. If you feel sudden chills or smell a strange odor in the room, you may have a ghost lurking near. You might also have the sensation of being watched, you might hear strange voices or noises, and you might notice things moving in your peripheral. I have had most of these happen. The hanger that kept moving, the cigarette smells when one is near, the movement out of the corner of my eye. There are different kinds of ghosts but I’m not going to go into those. You can do some research and find out for yourself. Spirits on the other hand are able to travel and aren’t tied to one particular place. Spirits are more about the soul of the person. Like my grandmother visiting me in the hospital or my sister in my home. Spirits tend to be more peaceful and positive in their communication with us. This is why they tend to appear in butterflies, dragonflies or cardinals. Spirits are also strongly connected to coins. They will leave a coin for you to see. I once had a penny left in a room that had never had coins in it. I held it close to my heart and asked who had sent it. I heard my Dad’s voice say, “Dad”. There are different kinds of spirits; guardian angels, arch angels, spirit guides, ascended masters, loved ones, elemental spirits like fairies, gnomes and elves. All of which assist me in my animal communication sessions. So, getting back to my story, one such business I go to frequently is in one of those old buildings. The business owner had informed me that there were ghosts or spirits in the store. She would see them when she opened in the morning. She would say hello and go about her day. Only when the store was empty of customers would she see or hear them. One in particular was a young boy. He never bothered anyone, moved things or tried to scare people. He was just “there”. I imagine him looking like a Huck Finn character. One with a newsboy cap and suspenders. Around 8 or 10 years of age. The business owner has a board where people can leave their business cards and I had left some as well. One morning she came in and one of my business cards was on the floor. Just one. She picked it up and put it where it belonged. The next morning the same thing, just one card on the floor. This continued until she mentioned it to me the next time I came in. I got curious and delved into it. Turns out it was the young boy, whom the owner had seen upon occasion. This young boy wanted a dog. And who better to attract attention to but an animal communicator. Someone who may be able to help him out in getting his dog. I had a meditation session where I contacted the Universe to send a dog to this young boy who so obviously wanted one. I had no confirmation my message was received or followed through on. I just had to believe. The next time I went into the store I received my confirmation. The owner informed me that the young boy was still coming in however now she is hearing a chain rattle like ones that are used for dog leashes and collars. So he got his dog and I was happy to have been able to assist him in getting the dog he so desperately wanted. The business owner still hears and sees him occasionally and nothing else has happened with my cards since she told me about it. Update: I checked with the store owner recently and the young boy no longer visits. Originally published as a podcast on Substack. substack.com/@julieanhorn
If you have listened to any of my previous blog posts you will know that I am able to connect to animals. I did not realize my abilities also extended to humans who have crossed over. I had taken class after class about connecting to spirit guides, my higher self, getting intuitive messages and the likes. I always had difficulty connecting for people that were on the phone or in person with me. I always believed I was only able to connect with animals, or so I thought, and I was happy with that. Then my animal communicator facilitator, Linda, passed away. I went to an intuitive counsellor who informed me that Linda wanted to talk to me but only to me, not through someone else. I still held that limiting belief that I was only able to connect to animals, so I was hesitant to try and connect with her. I didn’t think it was something I had the gift for. But she insisted. And thank goodness she did. It took me several days to build up the nerve to make the attempt to connect with her. I had her photo sitting in front of me while I was at the computer ready to type. I heard her voice. It was the same voice I was used to hearing. I missed that voice. She was a dear friend of mine, and I really missed her. And she was still teaching me from the ethers. Showing me that I am far more capable than I thought. I don’t remember what we talked about. I’m not even sure where that file went. But I do remember the lesson. We are far more capable than we believe we are. That we can accomplish so much more if we think we can than if we think we can’t. That we are far more powerful than we are led to believe. That we need to believe in ourselves and if we can’t; trust our friends that believe we can. I’m not even certain why I believed I wasn’t able to. When I connect to an animal I am connecting to their soul, whether they are alive or not. I just believed that I wasn’t able to connect to humans that way. The soul is a part of us that never dies. It is the part that reincarnates. As the saying goes, "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience." - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin So then began my Soul to Soul Connections (now known as Afterlife Sessions). It works the same way for humans as it does for animals. You receive a transcript of the session. It’s yours to keep and read as many times as you like. If you have any questions for them they can get answered. It can give great comfort for those who weren’t able to see their people before they passed. During the pandemic, so many passed away in the hospital with no allowance for family visitors. One of my clients was one of those that lost a loved one and were not able to see them before they transitioned. They were my first Soul to Soul human Connection client. I was able to pass on the messages their relative had for them and to reassure them their relative was safe. It gave them great comfort and closure. I felt blessed to be able to give them some peace. I have been able to assist a woman cross over that was afraid to do so because her abusive husband had passed away before her and she didn’t want to meet him there. I have learned that once we transition, we are met with a guide who takes us through the ropes. Helps us see our lives and to show us the lessons. That there are different stages that one goes through. I was able to reassure her that things are different on the other side. That there is nothing but unconditional love there. She finally left her fears behind and completed her transition. I have also learned that there is no time there as we know it on earth. Once one crossed over, there is no concept of time passing. For us on earth time is measured by seconds, minutes, hours or days. Once on the other side, there are moments from one to the next. For those that have left us they do not know that it’s been 6 years or what have you. There just is no concept for it.One of my favorite sessions to do is with animals that have crossed over. They speak of nothing but love for their people. Sometimes that love is so strong I can feel it. And like the touch of a spirit that is stronger than they realize, so too are the feelings they have for their humans. I have spent many sessions being so overwhelmed by those feelings that I am crying throughout the whole session. It is unconditional love, and it is the greatest feeling in the world. Many times they also have messages for their humans. They know how great their human can be and want to see them be the best human they can be. They want to see them succeed and be successful by being who they truly are. Who they are at the heart level. We all have free will, so we can take the messages to heart and follow through or we can decide not to. Our animals will still love us no matter what we decide. I am not aware of any client that was disappointed in their Soul to Soul session with either human or animal with me. I do get messages of gratitude that they booked a session. When I first set out to draft this, it was not with the intent of selling my services. That is not what this is about. I feel great joy and gratitude that I am able to use my skills to help others heal. That’s what this is about. I love what I do and the fact that it helps others is the icing on the cake. Originally published as a podcast on Substack. substack.com/@julieanhorn
In the previous podcast I mentioned that animal communication has opened myself and my house to spirit beings. Let me tell you, it got VERY busy for a long time. Thank goodness I had a couple of mentors that were able to assist me in learning how to cope with all this activity. I’d like to start by saying this will ask you to open your minds and accept that there are things we cannot always explain. Things that happen that there just is no other explanation except for what I’m about to talk about. You can choose to believe it or not and either one is okay. First, I’ll explain why opening myself to animal communication did this. As I mentioned in the previous podcast, opening myself to my telepathic abilities also opened myself and home to spirit beings. When we are open to other possibilities and realms, we emit light. The spirit beings are able to see the bright lights in humans who are open to these energies and naturally gravitate to them. So, it’s not me specifically they are attracted to, it’s the energy. One thing I learned that there is definitely a “life” after death. Not the same as you and I of course. That, sometimes spirits get earthbound and that they aren’t always happy about it. That some are looking for answers. That some need assistance to cross over. I had to learn how to protect myself and my home. I learned to do a salt cleanse in my house. All the windows have to be open for that one. It sure seems that activity increases when it is winter and snowy and cold. I learned that spirits have portals they travel through and I had 2 of them attached to the house and combined with the highway ley line, no wonder it was so busy here! Through a mentor, I learned how to ask the spirits to close the portal. They chose to move it instead. The other was a collapsed tunnel and one that was no longer being used. I learned that I receive certain smells when there is a visit. It is my first indication that something is different. Usually I smell cigarette smoke, occasionally it is different. Family comes to visit too. Shortly after my sister passed, I was standing in my kitchen with all the windows and doors closed and I felt a cold breeze pass by my face. Once I smelled my grandmother. She also came to visit me in my hospital room when I was admitted for an aneurysm rupture. I felt her hand on my arm and the first thought was “Oh Grandma is here”. After my Dad passed away he came to visit and didn’t realize how strong a touch would be to people on earth. He touched me and it was a hard shove for me and I fell, breaking my wrist. This was in no way on purpose and simply an accident. After a cousin passed away I would hear doors slamming. He was angry about something he learned after he crossed over. I have seen a hanger on a rod swing back and forth for an inordinate amount of time. I, to this day, have pictures that get moved in places there is no possible way they can do that even by accident. It is up to me to determine who did it and why. Usually they want me to connect to them and again, it is completely up to me whether I want to do that or not. Strangers come by more than I’d like however they have been harmless. As I mentioned previously that there is a highway going past my town with a lay line that the spirits travel on. They seem to like to have a stop at my house. There was an indigenous fella with his dog came for a rest. There was a miner who was looking for his wife and child that hit the pillow as I was sleeping. He wanted to get my attention and find out where they were. He definitely got my attention lol I did not know where they were though. There was the time a smoke alarm went off at 2:30 in the morning. When this alarm is set off it talks but this time it didn’t. It was just the extremely loud beeping. I’ve been woken in the middle of the night more times than I’d like to admit. I discovered an old roommate had passed away several years before. Days later a photo with the cat I had at the same time was moved. I asked who moved it and heard her name. There are two children that come by and like to play with a light in the basement. It comes on when they are around. Just this one light. Never consistent. It’s getting less and less so they must be moving on. They once meowed like a kitten in the middle of the night. This drove me to check outside because it was winter and way too cold for a kitten to be outside. I never found one or even saw footprints in the snow and determined it was of a more spirit driven sound. I get visits from animals too. One was a dog that I had years ago. He moved a photo of a cat I had at the same time as him. My previous cats come to visit all the time as well. I see them out of the corner of my eye. They are here watching over me. All this activity usually happens after the sun goes down. The more I learn how to protect myself and my house the quieter it is getting. Are they still here? I’m sure some stop in however they must leave when told to do so. At least I’m getting sleep at nights again. Originally published as a podcast on Substack. substack.com/@julieanhorn
Originally published as a podcast on Substack. substack.com/@julieanhorn
I’d like to start my first blog post introducing myself. We are all born with the ability to be telepathic. So many of us have these abilities repressed. This can happen for many reasons, fear, wanting to fit in, peer pressure, family pressure. I too had this ability repressed for most of my life. It was several years after leaving an extremely unsatisfying job that I discovered it again. I was raised on a farm in Central Alberta, Canada and it was there that I developed my special connection and love for animals. As a young child I would visit with a white weasel that had made his home in a rock pile. I was always warned that weasels bite, but I just knew that this one would never harm me. And it was there that I made a friendship with a feral cat that roamed from farm to farm. Unfortunately, this one did harm me through no fault of his own, and never returned after that. I still bear the scars from that encounter. It was there that I had a rabbit, pigeon and horses, along with several dogs and cats as friends. I loved living on the farm and the connection to the land. It was there I felt most at home among the animals and land. I would often play with an old crank phone that was disconnected but displayed on the wall. Many times I would hear other voices with the receiver pressed close to my ear. I never got to hear what they were saying. The voices weren’t loud enough for that. I had told a family member and as told I was being silly and sadly, I never heard the voices again. Another incident happened where my dog’s puppies disappeared one day, and I just knew a family member had done something with them. I even accused this person of it. They denied it but I knew in my heart what I said was true. As I grew older, I never seemed to fit in with most of the other kids in school. I couldn’t connect to others like most could. And growing older, I didn’t understand why others seemed to not care about animals as much as I did. Why there wasn’t the same love for the land that I had. Yet I never made the connection until I was in my 50’s. Once I discovered I am a highly sensitive empath, things started to make more sense. I was in an extremely unsatisfactory job and things came to a head and I wanted out. I left and started exploring where I wanted my life to take me. I took courses to complete my biofeedback training, yet this still didn’t quiet the voice in my soul that there was something that would be better for me. An intuitive counsellor suggested I look for work connected to animals and I set out that evening and did a search for animals, animal health. Animal communication kept coming up over and over. I decided to look into it and was fascinated. I discovered there was someone doing animal communication training in Calgary, Alberta the next month only 2 hours from me. Surely this was meant to be. I registered for the weekend Level 1 training course. What I discovered that weekend blew my mind. It was there I learned that all the voices and thoughts I had were not mine. I was hearing thoughts and sounds from others around me as well as plants and animals. I wasn’t crazy after all. I felt like I had finally found what I was meant to be doing. The workshop helped me become aware of, and definitely enhanced and fine-tuned what are, my natural abilities. I later completed Level 2 of the training with the same facilitator. In addition to completing the animal communication workshops, I am a Biofeedback Specialist, a Certified Coach Practitioner and a Reiki Practitioner. I also completed a weekend workshop for Eden Energy Medicine for Pets. I combine my telepathic abilities with coaching and Reiki to assist healing in animal and human relationships. At one time I lived with 6 cats, however I am now down to one. His name is Stash and he is the love of my life. I do distance one on one sessions between myself and the animal. I have found this most effective when doing consultations. It gives the animal the ability to relax without feeling like their person is listening in and to be able to be completely honest and forthcoming. During a consultation I may hear what the animal is saying, feel their emotions or physical sensations and see what they see. One on one sessions can be for a variety of reasons. Animal fears, anxiety, moving, veterinarian visits and others. This can lead to a greater understanding between the animal and human. Many times I will receive special messages meant for their person to help them grow and learn. -0p[I have been told by an animal that “There are only a certain amount of people that can be trusted to do the hard stuff. You are one of them.” And I am honored to do so. I have worked with dogs, cats, horses, goats and birds as well as many wild creatures. I also have the ability to receive and deliver messages to the plant kingdom. Animal Communication is my calling. The one thing I can’t imagine not being able to do. My life would be a shell of what it is now. Animal Communication has brought joy to my life and a richness I can’t explain. There is no better feeling than knowing I am able to assist animals and humans to have a greater understanding of each other and to help facilitate a compromise, if needed, between the two. |
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