Posts Tagged ‘out of body experiences’

Out of Body Experience by Heather Ifversen.

Does the world of astral travel and out of body experiences (OBE) originate with the divine feminine? I think so. Men (and all people) can have these experiences, too, but I believe they originate from the feminine side of consciousness.

I had some interesting astral travel dreams last night. I visited every apartment and home I ever lived in and they were all meshed into one giant place. Here I was able to wander from room to room and casually eat whatever occurred to my hungry self that I wanted to eat in my ‘home.’

I was surprised when I walked downstairs and saw a male and female couple living in this part of the dwelling. It was like an apartment beneath me and the stairs joined the units. But the man in the dream did not want to speak to me so I held my tongue. Instead I walked back upstairs to my space and wandered around some more.

I wandered around my rooms, which were extensive, and I found my two cats I used to have together. They are both deceased now, but I reached down to pet one and I felt his winter coat and his hind claws as they dug into my arm, like he used to do to show his affection for me. Cats use claws in a variety of ways, but this cat, MoMo, used his to show his love to me when I petted him by pushing his hid claws into my wrists. I woke up so thankful I had seen my cats. I had to rush into the bathroom and brush my teeth to convince myself the dream was not real.

When I returned to bed I was still traveling in my dreams to apartments and this time I met a woman. She was a little older than me and said her name was Rose. I was so pleased she lived in the apartment with me. She was cooking and talking to me like an old friend. I am convinced we knew each other though she was a stranger to me in life.   Rose told me many stories as I continued to wander through these rooms.

In real life, some of these travels are memories I cherish that live inside my mind.   I was able to wander through them with the help and guidance of my feminine side. When I approached my male side, it was mum. Simply put, this side of me does not help me to travel out of body (OBE), it keeps me enmeshed in the mundane world, which is needed sometimes (a lot actually).

I love to journey like this in my dreams and am able to mainly because I am sober when I sleep. This frame of mind helps me to experience the astral world more clearly then when I imbibed substances like alcohol and cannabis. It’s not that I feel these substances are wrong – they are just wrong for me at this point in my life. When I’m sober I feel a strong urge to travel astrally and visit places I cannot go in real life right now or ever. How could one put together a montage of former residences and visit them all in one night? Impossible! Yet the dreaming mind makes it quite possible indeed.

As the surrealist painters and poets knew, the dreaming mind offers a variety of experiences that are just not available to the waking mind. The landscape of dreams can change quite suddenly and the action changes, too. I find a comfort in embracing my OBEs when awake. I can contemplate them and feel a sense of familiarity or sometimes strangeness that is welcome. All of the feelings dreams bring are important to me and always have been.

I have been a student of my dreams since my 20s. I used to keep dream journals. The blog is my dream journal now. It’s a way of recording these important experiences. I’ve opened up my dream journal to the public, so others can peer into it easily.

Now my dreams are no longer private. It’s true I still am selective about sharing and writing about them. It’s not necessary to write about all of my dreams. I concentrate on those I find most interesting.   The dreams where color is bold and it is apparent I am traveling outside my body are what Carl Jung called the ‘big dreams.’ These are the dreams I strive to share with the public.

— Elizabeth Kirwin

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I Can See in the Dark by Heather Ifversen.

Right now I am exploring the idea of the rise of the divine feminine.   This is an ancient pagan dictum, to embrace the goddess all around you and within self. Certainly, the goddess rises in a number of ways. The most profound way is in a shift in consciousness. This is what the mind knows to be true. It is not always a truth reflected in 3D reality but rather what the mind and heart know to be truths about self in all dimensional realities.

I have been in direct contact with a friend from South Carolina. I reached out to her first but now we are on the same tangential plane. Her name is Heather Ifversen and she is a visual artist who submits her work for inclusion on the FairiesInAmerica blog. She feels the magical shift, too. It’s coming around through lots of women I know. The rise of the divine feminine is a shift in consciousness that reveals the inner truths about our own divine power. Many pagans believe in these magical shifts. They come about organically and can be seen by the dreaming mind.

In this blog post, she has painted a self-portrait. I love when women artists paint themselves because it always reveals their true inner and outer nature. In this piece she is set squarely by the river where she spends her time fishing and camping.   These favorite activities bring her closer to herself and the natural world. Lately, she has had car problems so visiting her spot is not practical. So she goes there in her mind and with her art instead. The divine feminine is a spirit that’s a driving force in her life.

Switchback Trail by Heather Ifversen

I have been dreaming about old friends and old friends are dreaming about me. Having deep knowledge about another when you haven’t seen them in ages is a magical shift. Dreams, though less concrete than waking life, are no less important. Dreams point to patterns of behavior and help us analyze the self. I have been a student of my own dreams for well over 30 years. I started with a deep study of Jungian analysis of dreams in my 20s. This provided a good foundation for the work I do now. In an effort to understand my dreams I am sharing them with Heather Ifversen. Then she sends me work that helps explain the dream. The work is already painted in many cases and comes from her vast archive of visual art. Sometimes she will paint for the writing, too. It just depends on the mood and subject matter of the piece.

I am drawn the Heather’s work because it details a very busy unconscious mind. My dream life is quite busy, too. Heather once suffered a fall and a brain injury that opened up a huge creative reservoir of work for her. It essentially let loose a most powerful energy in her mind that in turn inspired so many strange paintings. I love her bold use of color and the mind mapping that goes on in her work. Her mind is surreal, and she is constantly grasping for – and achieving – more of other dimensional realities. My work is so similar that we decided to collaborate to invoke the spirit of the work together. The dream work is deep and exhilarating. It has an energy all its own. Heather is a part of my phantastical world and dream life realities. It’s an honor to work with an artist who is so accomplished and committed to her own work everyday.

Learning about another’s struggles is also a form of listening. This helps us to understand our own struggles. Self-help can come from another’s struggles. We identify and have empathy. Heather struggles with her old car, the death of a beloved dog, and the ending of a partnership of almost four years. I struggle with caring for my father and feeling a bit isolated from other artists. I also fight with addiction issues that have been with me throughout life until recently. I suffer from anxiety and panic disorders which are present in my life. By reaching out to each other we help one another heal.

Night Traveler by Heather Ifversen

The divine feminine is a merging of souls, coming together for the greater good. It’s like a gathering on the 5D plane of existence, which is why dreams and daytime intuitions are so important. This gathering of souls drawing together is a strengthening of the bond we have for one another.   Whether someone is going through illness or financial hardship, artistic struggle or damage to one’s property, we can reach out and connect in the 5D. Sharing art makes things better, not worse.

Healing can occur through togetherness.   The healing begins when one is alone but is transformed through togetherness. Collective healing is a sign that the divine feminine is at work. Learn to pay attention to the needs of others and you can heal yourself.

Collective sensations are felt in groups. If one person is ecstatically happy this mood can spread to others. If one person is depressed in a group this too can spread. But there is always a chance to change the mood and help the person depressed – collectively. This is what I hope to achieve through this collaboration. Through space and time, this collaboration will help each one of us who participates or reads these messages. It is my hope that by communicating we will help one another on the healing journey.

— Elizabeth Kirwin

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