Hell Notes

Spiritual Spending from the Bank of Hell

As well as ensuring their deceased were buried according to the edicts as set out in Yin House Feng Shui, The Chinese saw hell notes as an important part of the tradition of ensuring one’s ancestors were well cared for when they entered the afterlife.

It was considered that by the burning of these money notes, one could express symbolically the love and respect one had for one’s loved ones. Although commonly referred to as Hell Notes, this money was also referred to as spiritual or chien money, and some are very beautifully designed.

It is believed that the name Hell notes is derived from a lingual misunderstanding between the missionaries visiting China at the time, whom believed that anyone who did not convert to Christianity was doomed to Hell, and that of the Chinese belief in their concept of the afterlife. Although these are not considered legal tender in the proper sense of the word, they are believed to be very valuable when used in ‘Hell.’ As Hell did not have the same significance to the Chinese as it does to those folks that are devout Christians, the Chinese felt no concern whatsoever with regard to referring to this money by this particular name.

In the Buddhist belief system the afterlife, or hell as we refer to it, is an in-between place of learning, where your spirit waits patiently until it is time to experience rebirth into the next life. And although it can also be considered a place where we may be punished, unlike our perception of hell, it is not considered to be ruled by evil demons such as Satan or Beelzebub.

For thousands of years legal tender to spend in Hell has been produced in many different colours and in several designs. Primarily it was brought to the attention of the western world via GI forces from the United States, when they returned from their tours of duty. The Buddhist theory is that in hell there were two gods. The God of Hell, who is the Keeper of the Gate and whom holds the ultimate power over all the spirits under his rule. Then there is the God of Money, he runs the bank of Hell (sounds much like Gordon Brown & Alistair Darling to me… ahem, sorry I just couldn’t resist that.. lol)

These money notes would be burned at the grave site in honour of one's dead, ensuring that they had enough funds to keep them happy for their time in Hell. Furthermore, this allowed the deceased to purchase anything that they may need in the afterlife, objects such as food, bicycles or clothes. In addition to these notes it was also considered fortuitous to provide one’s dead with other objects of prosperity, in order to see them through their time in Hell. This has, in recent years, become very big business, more particularly in Taiwan, where one company has successfully dedicated all of its profit purely from the production of paper mobile phones, villas, fancy cars, jewellery and even designer clothes and handbags. All burned in honour of the dead.

However the giving of such gifts to a person who is still living is understood to be highly offensive, as it is considered to be wishing them dead. As such these notes are kept hidden in the household, away from prying eyes and they are also treated very much as we would treat our own cash. At the time of ceremony, this money is often kept in bundles much as banks keep real money. They are even burnt in a way that depicts respect as opposed to being casually flung upon the flames. By providing and presenting these gifts to their deceased, it was believed that they ensured their happiness, health and well being in the afterlife, hence ensuring their ancestors support for their descendents in this life.

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Yin House Feng Shui: Burial Rituals

Most of us today will have heard of, used or read about the subject of Feng Shui. And many of us are, at the very least, aware that in Feng Shui philosophy, it is believed that the position of one’s front door, or the placement of one’s furniture may enhance future prosperity.

However what most of us are unaware of is that the Feng Shui we are most familiar with today, is more correctly known as ‘Yang House Feng Shui. The implementation and practise of Yin House FS was explicitly devised for the divination of burial sites, and is where all modern Feng Shui originated. This was based upon the principle that all souls are interconnected, and more particularly that families share karma.

This school of thought originated from the deep need of the eastern asian community to find the most propitious locations in which to bury their dead, so strong was their belief that the happiness of the deceased could affect that of future generations. Such was the belief in the efficacy of this system that, in much the same way that we today would expect to spend a small fortune upon our wedding day, they would often almost bankrupt themselves in order to ensure their loved one was buried in the most auspicious location money could buy.

As it was understood that souls within a family were all inter-connected via their DNA, and that their bones could still absorb the positive and negative influences of the landscape, even after death. The whole process of locating the correct burial site was taken very seriously indeed. If a body was inauspiciously placed after death, the effects upon the descendants could be very catastrophic indeed, and as such, they went to great pains to ensure everything was done correctly, right down to the minutest detail. By burying their dead in this way, they believed that they could establish a more secure and prosperous future for their descendents.

All Feng Shui concedes that in order to prosper, the chosen landscape has to possess the correct flow of chi, and where Yin House Feng Shui is concerned the concept is no different. However in regard to Yin House Feng Shui, it is more correct to locate an environment where the flow of chi is more Yin like, as opposed to Yang, which is more fortuitous in regard to the living. This is because Yin energy is more conducive to the breaking down of physical matter, therefore the decay and decomposition of the physical body.

Historically Yin House FS could be quite subjective, particularly in relation to the reading of the surrounding mountain-scape, which often differed depending upon which consultant one spoke to. The yin or yang aspect of each and every mountain surrounding the potential burial site had to be individually considered, and then also any inner mountain ranges which may have existed within that range.

However in an age when urbanization and planning regulation reduces the possibility of picking out your own specific mountain range, and locating a burial site as and where you wish, it is still possible to implement the more important aspects of this philosophy whilst keeping in line with the limitations placed upon us by modern day living.

Traditionally any funeral arrangements to be made were usually pre-planned, and there were several stages involved within the process of a Yin House consultation. Land selection, sleeping & facing direction, the Bhai Zai readings etc. The most important being the Form School landscape arrangements, alongside the casket and tombstone alignments, which are dictated by the astrological influences, and most propitious compass directions.

In some cases it was not unusual for the Chinese to wait several years for the right conditions in which to bury their dead. In the case of Mao Tse Tung’s grandfather, they actually delayed burial for approximately 7 years after his death, in order to activate the most auspicious Feng Shui formations that surrounded the site selected for burial.

However, such drastic measures would not be welcomed by most people today, and it is still possible to lock into that all important beneficial chi, regardless of the modern day restrictions, and to incorporate all the benefits associated with Yin House Feng Shui without going to such lengths.

Yin House Feng Shui may, today, seem like a somewhat macabre and morbid concept, but we would all agree that we only want the best future for our children, and our children’s children. Yin House Feng Shui was seen as a way of ensuring the long term future of a family’s future descendents, and ensuring the best future possible for them. By implementing the recommendations as set out by Yin House FS, future descendents were guaranteed a prosperous and blessed future, through consideration of the correct burial of their predecessors.

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Premonitions

There has always a lot of question over the validity or even existence of premonitions. But much evidence would seem to suggest that they do indeed exist, and also that we would do well to heed them. Most of us would never even consider ourselves in the least bit clairvoyant or even psychic , but at the same time many of us will have had 'gut' reactions to situations in our life, or 'sensed' an atmosphere around us, or even have 'picked up' that somethng was not really right about a situation or something our child or friend was telling us. All of which would suggest that that we are indeed sensitive to the energetic environment that surrounds us.

Animals have never forgotten their instincts, nor how to use them. My dog Pippa always knew when my ex was due home, and he never came home at the same time each evening, so it was never about the timing. The animals all knew when the Tsunami was coming, as they all cleared out just days/hours prior to it hitting. They knew because they 'sensed it', and why we can accept that animals can sense things, while we can't is beyond me. Is it because we do not want to admit to what we may term our 'animal instinct?'

Even the type of vocabulary that we use is telling us something about our sensitivity and our ability to tune in. We have a 'gut reaction' - a most interesting term to use, particularly in regard to the fact that the gut is exactly where our solar plexus is located.

Generally the solar plexus is the chakra that works the hardest on a more physical level, tuning into and sensing our immediate environments. Because of this, it tends to be our most vulnerable chakra, mainly because it's job is to link in with those around us, and whom we communicate and interact with on a daily basis. This is often why we sometimes create a protective layer of fat around this area. Almost like we are trying to defend ourselves against 'feeling' too much.

If asked had we ever had a hunch about something, most of us would certainly have had at least one experience or another that we could share. But most of us regard an actual premonition as some sort of 'vision' or altered state of consciousness, when in fact it can be just a 'knowing' or a 'feeling' that something is about to happen. That absolute certainty some has happened to your child, your friend or your father.

Many years ago, before I even knew that I had this gift, I remember just blurting things out of the blue, not really knowing what I was doing. One particular time, I was sat in a pub with my friends, when a pregnant lady walked past, I looked at my friend Sue and said 'that could be you in 6 months'. She looked at me and laughed, saying 'no way!' Six months later she was very, very pregnant. Another time my sister in law was told she would not be able to have children. Quick as a flash I said, 'yes you will, you will have two.' She now has two, very healthy boys, and neither via IVF or somesuch technique.

The weirdest encounter was when I went to the greyhounds one evening. I had never been before, nor have I been since, but that night was amazing. You see, I won 11 races, one after the other! Each time I could see who the winner was going to be, and I was right. But I had never experienced this before, so I never trusted my intuition that evening. Nor did my 6 companions, who although astounded at my constant luck, and whom continously asked how I was doing it, never followed my lead, and betting on the same dog. I realise now what I was being shown, my ability to see the future, and no, I have not been able to repeat that particular trick!

I have, though, had many other experiences, too many to list. I also know of friends that have had premonitionary dreams, some of them only personally relevant to them, and some more relevant to us all as a whole. One friend told me she dreamt of being on an aeroplane that crashed over Scotland, she thought it was connected to her personally, so, as she had no plans to travel by air to Scotland, she dismissed it from her thoughts. 2 weeks later Lockerbie happened. She later told me that every detail was correct, except her being on board, the very reason she had discounted it from her mind.

There have been many well known cases where premonitions have played a devastating part of our lives on a macro level, some of which have been well publicised. In particular the one involving David Icke, and his humiliating experience at the hands of Terry Wogan. Regardless of what we think of him and what he has written, that was a shameful interview by Mr Wogan, and was completely unnecessary. David was initially ridiculed by the press in regard to his book, where he claimed there would be a massive air disaster aimed at the United States, and involving some tall buiildings. After the devasting impact of 9/11 took place, people had to stand back and take stock of what he had in fact written many, many months prior to the incident actually occurring.

Maybe a little less known is the fact that President Lincoln actually had a premonitionary dream involving his own death. He apparently dreamt one night that upon walking into a room at the Whitehouse, he came upon a Guard of Honour stood to attention over a corpse, wrapped in funeral vestments. When he asked the guard who it was that had died, he was told that it was the President of America, and that he had been assasinated!

The stories are endless, and while some are wild goose chases or just plain fanciful thinking, there should be a place in our world for premonitions. There is more than enough factual evidence to support them and their authenticity, enough evidence for us to 'know' that they are real, and that they could play a really important part of our lives.

The Secret Life Of Flowers....

The Language of Flowers is often thought to be something that originated from the Victorian era. However, whilst it was definitely a popular form of communication at this time, it is actually believed to have originated from Turkey in the 17th /18th Century. Known as a 'Persian Selam', lovers exchanged floral bouquets with each other, conveying their deepest, most innermost feelings via these floral displays. These secret exchanges were a deliberate form of expressing their love for one another, the giving and receiving of flowers, secretly revealing underlying meanings in a way that only the sender or receiver would understand. Subtle, and often secret messages were passed back and forth in this way, lovers exchanging floral messages with each other, declaring the true nature of their feelings via the different blooms and colours. And I would imagine that this played an enormous part in the strong link we have today in regard to flowers & romance.

Initially starting out in Turkey, and later introduced into Europe, the Turkish secret language of flowers became a very popular way to communicate your feelings of attraction, affection or love. In particular, the Victorians became very enarmoured by this new and adventurous form of communication - a secretly coded boquet - and possibly seen it as a welcome escape from the more formal mode of communication that was expected of society during the reign of Queen Victoria. Such was their interest in this subject, and such was it's popularity at this time, that it was often mistakenly believed that they were indeed the creators of such a language. I would imagine the true reason for this misconception was in great part due to their intense interest in it.

Different flowers became associated with different feelings and emotions, and this eventually developed into a specific language, later termed as Florigraphy, literally meaning 'the language of flowers.' Actually considered a science in itself, Florigrapy was embraced fully by the Victorian people, who found this a new and very romantic method of communication, and a gentleman of the time had to be very careful indeed in regard to what flowers he gave a lady, for fear of sending the wrong message entirely.

'Le Language des Fleurs', it is believed was the first book published upon the subject in 1818, and this was written by a French woman by the name of 'Mme Charlotte de la Tour. However, it was a Victorian woman by the name of Miss Corruthers of Inverness, so taken by the whole subject matter, who felt compelled to write her own book, and it was her book on floral communication , published in 1879, that actually became the standard in it's field.

It was around and about this time, that the people of England found themselves reigned by a Queen in deep mourning after the loss of her husband, Prince Albert, (one whom, in our modern day would most likely be considered to be in a deep state of depression), and in a society less and less capable of expressing themselves freely and openly. Left with little option with regard to self expression, particularly in regard to emotional expression, they turned to flowers to satisfy their need to connect with one another

There were also incredibly strict restraints in regard to courtship at this time, so lovers became very conversant in the language of flowers and, as such, chose their flowers very carefully indeed. And it was not only in the shape of posies that they expressed themselves.

Florigraphy gave them a means of expressing themselves, despite society’s restrictions, and whilst the variety and supply of flowers was much more limited back then, the Victorians became very adept at how they used flowers in regard to communication. Indeed, the need to express themselves in this way became so strong that the language of flowers became a very complex thing, and, as such, over time, many books & dictionaries were produced and dedicated purely to provide detailed explanations of the meaning behind posies, nosegays or a single stem.

The giving of flowers, and their associated meanings became highly fashionable during this time, hence flowers became the common mode of communication. So it was primarily the Victorians who took advantage of this new way to communicate their feelings for each other. As a result the whole concept became very complicated, and one had to be very knowledgeable in order to ensure the proper message was put forward when giving such a gift. It is a very different story today, and in our modern world, the giving of flowers is seen in a very different light. The giving or receipt of a bouquet is always considered a positive message, as flowers are more often than not used to celebrate, as opposed to commiserate.

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Case History - My Son's Nightmares Have All Gone

I was contacted by a couple suffering greatly since they had moved into their beautiful new house. They had been really looking forward to the move, but it seemed that almost as soon as they had settled in, it all began going wrong. In particular their young son, whom had previously been quite content to sleep in his own room, was now suffering regular nightmares, and now refusing to even comtemplate stopping in his own room of a night. I receive the contact through a colleague, and attended the consult armed with only the knowledge that there was a sleeping problem. The wife was at the end of her tether by this time, and I was her last resort. If this failed they were selling up and moving out, as far as she was concerned.

Upon speaking to them briefly over the telephone, I felt quite nauseated and heavy. I could feel something was not right, reflected in the sickliness that I was feeling. I also got an image of an elderly man which I drew and dated. I had not mentioned this man to the client, as sometimes this upsets them, and is better presented whilst in their presence, when I can do something to change it.

Upon the day of the consultation, I went about the usual process of checking the space out for geopathic etc, and then as I sat with the client I informed her of what I had picked up within the space. I showed her my drawing and explained that I felt the very strong presence of an elderly man. He was thin, and small in build, with a hooked nose, and balding head. I felt very strongly that this was originally his home, and even though he had died, he had not passed on, for whatever reason.

I said he was very angry that you and your family had moved into 'his' home, and in particular, your son, whom had taken over what he perceived as his bedroom. She was quite taken aback with what I said, as her son had continuously complained about the angry man that would not let him go to sleep. This was the nightmares he was having.

I set about clearing the space and removing any geopathic, ghost and entities, finishing up with a specially devised meditation.

Below I have detailed her email, received two years later....

A Testimonial:

.............After moving into our new home, I realized immediately that all was not well. The energy of the house was very negative and we discovered the previous occupants had also been burgled. I knew instinctively that this "energy" had been left by the previous owners and also wondered about a stream that ran near us and possibly under the house as I had heard of "black streams" before. My husband and I were unable to sleep and our son was constantly having nightmares about "ghosties". Anyway the long and the short of it was that something needed to change, as after 4 weeks of lots of problems I wanted the house back on the market and we were moving out. Fortunately I decided to try and see if a Feng Shui consultation would help before taking drastic action. Since having it done the change has been quite dramatic. The energy in our home once you had finished was that of the Angels and nearly two years on we are still here.

Thank you Eileen........

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A Case History: The Doctor's Wife

I attended a consultation for a lady that had been trying to sell her house for nearly a year. This was long before the recession and houses were selling like hot cakes at the time. She lived in a very picturesque part of England, just outside London, in the Surrey area. Her husband and her were divorcing, which is why they were selling up. She was a healer and he a General Practitioner.

When I entered her house, we both headed for her kitchen for a cup of tea and a chat about what had been happening. There was a view of a very large garden, from the kitchen window to the rear of the property, and I could see two children playing under a large tree near the bottom. They were picking up what seemed to be large apples and placing them in their pinafores, which they held out like baskets in which to hold the fruit. They were laughing and giggling with each other, oblivious to the attention they were getting.

They caught my attention in particular because they were dressed from a very different era to that of today. In fact the clothing that they were wearing was reminiscent to that of the girls in the series 'The Railway Children'. I immediately told the client what I could see, to which she replied that there was definitely some history that suggested that two children had indeed been buried beneath that apple tree.

After we had talked a little, she gave me a tour of the property, and as we entered her healing room I was quite taken aback by the heaviness and the energetic darkness of the room there. But more than that, I was shown a vision of a pathway of some sort, but it was as if I was hovering above it. It seemed as if it was set below the ground level , maybe several feet lower. Along this path/dirt track walked several people, hundreds even. They looked world weary and tired, there was a look of fear or dread upon their faces, and some held a sheer look of despair and hopelessness.

Again their attire was not of our day, but this time their clothes were stained, tattered and torn, and many wore no shoes, as opposed to the children earlier who were well dressed. They seemed to falter in their steps, as they moved forward, all going in the same direction, which was diagonally from right to left.

It seemed to lead out across the rear garden and passed that huge apple tree right at the bottom. When I described what I was being shown to the client, she then explained that there was much evidence to suggest that there was, in fact, a yardham in that general direction, long gone now of course, where people were routinely hanged. To me, it seemed that they still walked that miserable path to their own death, trapped in the memory of their own trauma.

I had also noticed that the house was full of entities. They seemed to be tumbling out of every room. Everywhere I went they were. In every nook and crannie of the house, and all they time they chanted "that's not going to make us go"

I did what I always did when challenged by these troublesome creatures, and acted as if I saw and heard nothing. The Doctor and his wife slept in different rooms, but were still amicable with each other. When I entered his room I found it full of these beings, far worse than any other room in the house.

This did not really surprise me,particularly when it later transpired that he was an alcoholic, which was one of the main reasons they were separating. These spirits are very much attracted to anyone who is into self abuse such as drug, solvent or alchohol abuse. So when there is this type of issue going on within a space, one is always likely to find these types of creatures loitering close by. They feed off of the energy it generates, the sadness, the depression and the suicidal thoughts. Oftentimes they can aggravate the situation, particularly where possession is occurring.

I went about my usual process of breaking down the mucus-like energy of the space, using bells, incense and clapping, and all the while in the background their mantra ringing in my ear, "that's not going to make us go".

Towards the end of the clearing, and as I prepared to do my final meditation, I informed the client of what they had been saying to me. She stopped in her tracks, and looking straight at me she said, "but that is what I have been hearing in my head all week!"

As I prepared to go, her phone began to ring and it was the estate agents wanting to arrange a viewing. In fact it rang 4 times with bookings before I managed to leave. She was very pleased, as she said she had heard nothing from them for so long.

Below I have detailed an email she sent to me, regarding a friend of hers, whose house I had cleared prior to her booking. In fact it was the reason she booked a consult in the first place.

A Testimonial: Sparkling, Clear & Sacred....

I visited Richard's house after you had been there, and am totally blown away by the change in energy. It feels like a clean slate, sparkling and clear and sacred. I had been aware of the entities there but had no idea that it could affect the energy so much. I too have been involved in entity clearing for a long time, though rather as a sideline, so could learn a lot from you.

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The Sacred Spirit of Place

Because we are beings of energy and light, we are affected by the energetic environments that surrounds us. Everything we experience in our lives is recorded and kept in place by the homes we inhabit. In dream mythology the home is a representation of self, with each room a different aspect of the whole. In feng shui philosophy the home is seen as a reflection of our lives. To most of us the home is an extension of self and contained within it is all our thoughts, our feelings and all our passions. We fill it with our tastes, our style and our beliefs, our happiness. It is a place where we can find shelter, time out of the rat race, our own space, ‘me time’.

But what happens when home creates sickness and despair? According to experts vast amounts of money is lost to business due to time off work, and the main factor for this is stress related illness. Stress usually occurs when we are out of balance with life, and anyone familiar with feng shui, knows that the key to harmony is strong, balanced life force. Oftentimes it is the space that we are living in that can be the cause of all our problems, particularly if it has resident problems such as negative or geopathic stress. It could have a history of past trauma creating problems, or a spirit or entity infestation due to it’s troubled past. And then we move into such a space, unknowingly taking on the burden of problems.

One good example of this is a place in Morristown, New Jersey in a place aptly called ‘Jimmy’s Haunt’. This is where a brutal and savage murder occurred in the early 19th century. Originally built in 1749, in 1833 it was the home to Judge Samuel Sayres and his family, who were soon to be the victims of a young man from France called Antoine Le Blanc. An immigrant named Antoine Le Blanc came to America to find his fortune like many others of his time. Due to his inability to speak English he had problems finding work and eventually found work with a Judge Samuel Sayres and his family, in return for some food and a roof over his head. But Antoine was not happy with this, and upon realising he even had to taken orders from their lowly servant girl, Peggy, he finally lost control and murdered the entire household including their servant.

He then stole all their valuables and made a run for it, but he was quickly apprehended by the townsfolk, who meted out a grisly and gruesome sentence. He was then skinned and made into purses and lampshades which were sold to those attending his execution. Ever since the building was said to have been the subject of hauntings and sightings of, what most believe to be, Peggy the servant girl. Visitors and staff would complain of hearing whispers and voices, being touched, feeling cold areas, and some even heard noises much like a party taking place when the room was obviously empty. This led to the place having continous problem. It changed hands often and also led to staffing problems within the place. After years of problems, Jimmy’s Haunt has now shut down and been demolished with a new bank in it’s place.

Just as in Psychometry, where thoughts and emotions can be recorded within an object to be extracted by a sensitive, our homes can record everthing experienced within their walls. Thoughts and feelings manifest outside of the physical world, creating a miasma of emotions within our living and working spaces, constantly changing, constantly moving, constantly creating. Disease, emotion or trauma leave an energetic imprint in space, matter and time. And as beings of energy ourselves, we are subject to and affected by this energy that surrounds us, and, as such, factors such as these will have a direct impact upon our state of mind and physical well being.

So, when energy becomes stuck, or stagnates, it can and will cause all sorts of problems. When trauma or disease has occurred within a space, a deep energetic imprint results, the ramifications of which are that any occupants of such a space will suffer as a result of the negative stress build up. However whatever the initial reasons for the problem, there will inevitably be a subsequent build up of trauma within a space where the only way forward is a space clearing. In some buildings there are problems that have built up over a number of generations, and a space clearing will never have taken place.

In the past we would bless our houses before moving in, an exercise that has largely been forgotten in the modern age in which we live. But even so, in the most serious instances a simple blessing may not be enough to move on a troubled spirit or entity, where a more detailed clearing is needed.

A Testimonial: Sparkling, Clear & Sacred....

I visited Richard's house after you had been there, and am totally blown away by the change in energy. It feels like a clean slate, sparkling and clear and sacred. I had been aware of the entities there but had no idea that it could affect the energy so much. I too have been involved in entity clearing for a long time, though rather as a sideline, so could learn a lot from you.

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