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TTrriibbuuttee ttoo JJoohhnn MMuuiirr CONTENTS Species Link The Journal of Interspecies Telepathic Communica - Department tion 3 Publisher’s Compass Issue 98 Spring 2017 (January-March)

Founding Editor : Penelope Smith Features Editor-in-Chief : Phyllis Galde 4 Rocks to the Rescus Guest Editor: Zoh Hieronimus Layout Design: Stephanie Kraft by Zoh Hieronimus Publisher : Galde Press, Inc.

Our motto, “Kinship, Inspiration, Transformation” sum - 6 Communicating with Sasquatch marizes the purpose of our magazine. For those on the by Kewaunee Lapseratis path of developing and using interspecies communication in their daily lives or professions, Species Link provides a 8 Wolf Connection forum and network to share experiences, helpful hints, insights, humor, and the joy of deep understanding and Julie Bloomer heightened awareness with all beings. 12 Voice of Experience #1 Send articles, stories, reviews, artwork, photos, listings, and ads two months before publication (the 1st of Feb., May, Aug., Nov.). We Talking to Rocks may edit submissions for length and clarity. All authors retain copyright to their work. Laurie Moore, Cyndie Lepori, Boe Glasschild, Lori Spagna, Cindi McGrath, Betty Lewis, Jane Summers Subscriptions $25/year U.S. Canada & Mexico $43/year; International $50/year. 18 Voice of Experience #2 Back issues: $5 U.S., $15 Canada & Mexico, $20 Int’l. E-subscriptions $20/year; Back E-issues $5 How I Got Started Communicating

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E-mail to [email protected] 22 A Pug and a Whitetail Buck Published quarterly (Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn) since October 1990. Copyright ©2017 Galde Press, Inc. by Candy Mullen 22 Tribute to John Muir Front Cover: Ayers Rock, Australia by C. Christian 24 Top Ten Spiritual Places 26 Life as a Rock by Rosemary Ellen Guiley Upcoming Species Link Journal Features: 28 Amazing Stories from FATE magazine Vanishing Animals and Extinct Species 29 The Little Red Hen

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Publisher’s Compass Phyllis Galde

Our Important Rocks on dusting and fancy cleaning, but have never used toxic chemicals In this issue of Species Link Journal we inside or outside on the yard). It has been a happy, safe house with honor the rocks in our world. They are the many fond happenings, and much good energy by family and friends. anchor of our existence, and our planet. Next, it said that I would get a fair price for the house (I was going Without their solidity, our world would to lowball the estimated selling price), and thirdly, it said it wanted to not have any form. choose the new owner. If I wouldn’t have been driving, I would have totally freaked out. I John Muir wasn’t scared, but it sure was attention getting! After watching a Ken Burns special on By the next issue, we should have a new owner, and will share that Phyllis Galde our National Parks, I was fascinated to with you. learn of the importance of John Muir in protecting and working for the preservation of our national Parks. The next day I was downstairs in front of my computer, and felt a presence standing behind me. It didn’t go away. Finally I realized it was none other than John Muir. I was amazed. Why would he appear to me? After contacting the excellent medium Janice Carl - son, she shed some light on his appearance. She said he was making his rounds to environmental people He was making himself known to people who care. The dramatic storm crises are just the tip of the iceberg. He wants us to write about him and his cause. He is careful who he lets into his circle. He is concerned My home in Lakeville Minnesota with wildlife, because they are the first to suffer in natural castroites. What happens to them will happen to us: no food, no water. People must understand that we are next. If there is no water, there is no native Twenty-six years ago when I was considering buying this house, I habitat. The year 2017 wil be a turning point. The poles are melting. had a first visitation from this being. I was working downtown St. Paul, There is so much carbon backloaded into the sun. Now presents the at Llewellyn, a metaphysical publishing company, and talking to a co- last doorway to work on climate change. He mentioned Venice, Italy, worker, Nancy Mostad, who was very intuitive. I felt some wispy ten - their bad piazza underwater, since 1900 and industrialization. He felt drils surrounding me, like ectoplasm, and wondered what it was. Nancy that this form is one where we can get the word out. That’s why he said, “It’s that darn house monster checking you out!” appeared to me. He said if we put all our little voices together, we can Guess I had to pass muster before that sale went through too! make this work. Our environment is changing, the ocean is coming I think that all buildings/homes have some kind of resident ener - in. We are so ill prepared for natural disasters, and lots of them are gy or consciousness in them. Some haunted houses feel like they have manmade. negative energy (think the Amityville house), and some sacred build - ings feel restful and peaceful. I wonder if we can change that energy by My House Is Alive! either violence or peace and harmony. As some of you may know, my house in Lakeville is up for sale, Think about your own abode. How are you treating it? Are you and Species Link is being relocated to Asheville, North Carolina. It is respectful and grateful? Do you take your home or apartment for a stressful time, with not knowing what is going to happen, and when granted? Does it feel safe and happy? it will occur. Recently I was driving down the highway, with the windows open. Self-Reliance Beautiful day. My two big dogs were riding along in the back seat, enjoy - When I was a little girl, my mother would often tell me fairy tales ing the warm wind on their faces. I was thinking about everything and and parables. One that has stuck in my mind and has been very help - nothing. Suddenly I heard a very definite and powerful voice in my ful is the story of the Little Red Hen. head. Preparing for the move to another state, I have found myself alone It was the spirit of my house! I couldn’t believe it was talking to both for packing up and for help with the publishing of two maga - me, and more so that I could hear it. zines and books. I have been less than successful finding help. The wise It thanked me for being a good steward of the house (I’m not big and strong Little Red Hen has proved to be an inspiration to continue

3 Species Link/Spring 2017 Rocks to the Rescue J. Zohara Meyerhoff Hieronimus, DHL

core. Using radiometric dating, we can create a timeline for Earth’s geological history. Changing over millions and millions of years, our soil is the result of interactions between the various layers and pressures of the earth’s strata, altering the composition and type of rock in any given area. Ancient formation’s mineral content informs glaciers, mountains, and all of our soil. From a spiritual perspec - tive, it is accurate to call prehistoric rock matter, the most ancient recorders on earth and the stories they share, the subject of some of the discussions in this issue of Species Link . They are also life- savers.

Saving the Earth From Hunger What is called “Glacial Milk” or metallic colloidal minerals enrich the waters of the places on earth with the longest-lived humans: Vilicabambas in Ecuador, the Soviet Caucasus, the Hun - zas of Pakistan, the Tibetans in Northwest China, and the Titicacas of the Peruvian Andes. What glacial rock has done for these peo - ple’s longevity, glacial rock dust can do for our entire planet. When glacial rock dust was added to the soil of the dying Black Forests in Germany, the soil and then the trees were successfully Zohara Hieronimus restored. Ecologist Donald Weaver, geologist John Hamaker (1914- 1994) and glacialologist Joanna Campe of Remineralize the Earth , have been teaching this successful restoration and preservation tool around the world. Remineralizing the soil by the addition of vari - Humans have relied on rocks for shelter, burial, roadways, build - ous rock dusts is not only life enhancing, it is climate changing ing, ritual, heating, and time keeping among other things, includ - because it stimulates plant growth, alleviating excess carbon dioxide ing the enrichment of the soil. Earth life overall depends on the and methane gas from being released into the atmosphere. In other quality of the soil but our soil’s health has been seriously under - words, it is carbon reducing. This is why remineralizing the soil and mined by the use of large-scale chemical agriculture since WWII. forests worldwide with pulverized glacial rock dust, volcanic ash The Poisoning of Earth’s meta systems, the air, water and soil has and other rich elemental source materials is such a logical and sim - deleterious impacts on human, animal and ecological health, but ple step that can be taken everywhere. there are numerous options available to use today to lessen climate Countries such as China, Brazil, and Cuba are beginning to changes, enrich our farmland worldwide, and make all systems more include soil remineralization as part of their agricultural practices. resilient and healthy. In fact we could say, “ROCKS TO THE RES - Farms ranging in size from several hundred to several thousand CUE.” acres have put this restorative soil practice into place. Campe explains The rocks on earth date back 4.5 billion years and travel as much that “a lot of the farmland in China is so contaminated, that recent as 124 miles down to temperatures in which anything is melted. laws prescribe eco friendly methods in lieu of more synthetic chem - Basically, there are three types of rocks made under different con - ical agriculture.” Ecologist Don Weaver, who co-authored with John ditions: igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary. There are also Hamaker, The Survival of Civilization , has been telling this story as three basic layers of which our earth is made, the crust, mantle and shared in their book since the 1980s. As he stated in a late summer

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est canopies, and understory and forest floors as one example of how to think about perennial farming. “It’s not flat” Shepard explained, “its multi-dimensional.” And all of it relies on the health of the soil. Together we can make the earth healthier by calling upon the rocks.

Learn how you can restore the soil in your garden or communi - ty and make a difference today with rock dust. Indeed “Rocks Rock.”

Ecuador radio Broadcast interview with me [ www.21stcenturyradio.com ] in 2016, “If we want to regenerate, we regenerate from the soil up… for the forest, for the crop land, for human health at the same time. Human health is not separate from soil health and planetary health and they all go together.” Weaver pointed out that while we figure out all the particulars of what to do in all the various impacted meta- systems, we can “plant billions of trees which will reduce the carbon dioxide load earth wide and help us put nutrients back into the soil.” His point, like Campes, is that the science has been done. Some basic solutions are clear.

Nurturing the Biome and Restoring the Soil Another perspective I find compelling and elegant is the exam - ple Mark Shepard, an expert practitioner of Permaculture and owner of his 106-acre New Forest Farm in Wisconsin has proven. Peren - nial crop farming rather than monoculture seed annuals is the wis - (Some of this material is excerpted from the Author’s upcoming est use of water, land, and sun. Shepard reminds us that farmers are release, The White Spirit Animals , Bear&Co. 2017) actually solar collectors. Perennial farming that focuses on fruit and nut trees, berry bushes, and fruit growing vines among other peren - nial species, not only support humans without the destructive impact on our soil, but it also reduces the farm labor required to plant seeds http://www.Acresusa.Com and support the farm’s ecosystem and its animal members as well. It’s not to say local farmers shouldn’t grow food crops derived from annual seed planting, but as we derive food from fewer and fewer http:/www.remineralize. Org resources, it makes much more sense to grow more foods that replen - ish themselves naturally every year: our fruits, nuts and berries, http://rockdustlocal.com mushrooms, and such. In contrast, “annual agriculture, which applies billions of tons of pesticides a year…has overall only been used in the last 10,000 years,” Shepard said. “Every culture in which this prac - http://www.zoharaonline.com tice of annual seed crop dominance has been utilized, has disap - peared.” Restoration agriculture, which includes the ethical princi - http://www.21stcenturyradio.com pals and practices of Permaculture, follows the natural course of nature, which is to nurture the biome in layers, as for instance, for -

5 Species Link/Spring 2017 Communicating with Sasquatch By Kewaunee Lapseritis, MS, MH

sentient nature people are actually interdimensional. I have seen them dematerialize three times while they were in their physical body. All these years, the Sasquatch People have been interacting with me while we help each other. They asked me to write two books, The Psychic Sasquatch and their UFO Connection and The Sasquatch Peo - ple and their Interdimensional Connection , and to speak on their behalf at conferences and spiritual gatherings so the public understands that the hairy giants are really an evolved nature-people and not animals or monsters. It’s difficult to stop the aggression toward the Sasquatch from ignorant hunters whose lives are often surrounded by violence themselves. There are no monsters here. The only monsters are the people who are trying to kill them. Humans have a tendency to use violence to try to resolve issues, rather than using love and compas - sion. We are not learning from our own history. On several occasions, the empathetic Sasquatch People have saved my life and that of my wife, Kelly. Out of the 369 percipients that I have documented, seven of them said that they were healed of serious ail - ments by the psychic Sasquatch, and that includes this author on dif - ferent occasions. When I had a ruptured disk and was in a wheelchair experiencing horrible pain and with experimental surgery being my only option, I was literally healed overnight by friendly extraterrestri - als who work with the Sasquatch People. A week later, I met the physi - cian who couldn’t treat me. He was on the sidewalk in town one late afternoon as I was “jogging” down the street to get to the bank that was ready to close. Completely stunned by my physical agility, the doc - tor stared wide-eyed at my legs while pointing and moving his lips while nothing came out. I glanced at him and said, “Have a nice day!” as I gingerly ran across the street to the bank. Sasquatch as seen and drawn by Shirley McDaniel After being confronted with evolved interdimensional beings, I immediately noticed that I had developed psychic ability overnight. I “Friend, I am the sasquatch and have been watching you for some began leaving my physical body to astral project, could hear other peo - time…longer than you know or understand,” the voice in my head ple’s thoughts clearly, and would blurt out a prophetic statement only firmly stated. It was the first time I had experienced mental telepathy or to discover that the event happened the next day. mind-to-mind communication. At the time, I was an administrator While on a two-week expedition into the Mount Hood Wilderness in a social service agency, was working part-time as a hypno-therapist, Area, a hawk suddenly “spoke” to me. I was standing on an outcrop - and had been lecturing at the Medical College of Wisconsin, leaving ping boulder, scanning the mountainside, when a voice in my head me ill-equipped for the start of a 37-year friendship with the psychic said, “Look up here.” When I raised my head, the bird was hovering Sasquatch People! stationary while staring at me with piercing eyes. Six years later, anoth - After initial contact, I was startled but never afraid when the er hawk briefly telepathed to me as well. Sasquatch began appearing in my room nightly, talking to me. They When I was on another expedition (always alone and never with a revealed themselves in an astral-body of a living apparition since these gun), hiking in Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge, I encountered a black

6 Species Link/Spring 2017 bear. It was about 60-70 feet away from me. Upon noticing my pres - As Comanche grew older, friends would comment, “He sure is well ence, it said, “If you don’t leave right now, I’ll attack and kill you.” My feet trained.” I never told them that, from the beginning, he was reading quickly moved down the trail away from the imposing danger. my mind. Comanche and I telepathically communicated with each A few months later, I was above 4,500 feet in the Oregon Cascades other for the next thirteen years. I actually thought of him as my son camping at Fish Lake. One morning after breakfast, I stood on a knoll since we were so spiritually bonded. He was a faithful companion and looking up at a flock of geese heading south for the winter. When I teacher who I still miss dearly. slowly moved my foot to step ahead, a strange squeaky voice said, I can recall one day as I was driving in a semi-rural area of Tucson “Don’t step on me. I’m a snake.” Then the snake repeated itself. Look - with Comanche sticking his head out the window, when suddenly ing at the ground, there was a three-foot snake barely moving along. without warning, I strangely had an intense cramping and burning This absolutely amazed me! Back then, I began to feel like an actor in sensation in my stomach. Within seconds, it intensified to a point that a Dr. Doolittle movie. I felt myself blacking out at the wheel. At that same moment, just as I One day, I was invited to visit a new friend who lived in Orgeon’s semi-consciously leaned over the steering wheel, a paw was laid on my Kalmiopsis Wilderness. His cabin was partially on stilts, the other half right thigh. Then a vibrating healing energy instantly shimmied up to against a steep portion of a hill. To my delight, he showed me his pet my stomach. It was just in time to take control of my vehicle that missed wolf. It was wild and appeared at his cabin one day, injured and in hitting the sidewalk curb by a couple of feet. He healed me instantly. need of food. My friend provided this for him and named the 130- Looking up, Comanche was back at the window staring directly at me pound wolf “Timber,” and allowed it to roam free, although it slept asking, “You okay, Daddy?” What a magnificent gift from God he was. on a rug underneath the house. I was warned that Timber was still On camping trips, I watched Comanche telepath with the Sasquatch wild and never approaches strangers. If a person visited two or three People right after I did. If I called his name, he would not respond as times, the wolf would cautiously allow them to pet him. he usually would. He would instead be frozen in place while looking to When we walked outside to the back of the house, Timber was the woods. This happened several times, as the Sasquatch are with me peeking at us from under the cabin. My friend called to him several 24/7. After Comanche’s passing, the Sasquatch told me that they sent times but the wolf never moved. The semi-wild canine was staring him to me knowing that I would need a companion while going straight at me. All of a sudden, a rush of psychic energy entered my through emotional challenges during that time in my life. With his mind. Timber was connecting with me. “Timber, come here now,” I super-intelligence, I often thought that Comanche’s evolved soul was blurted. In a flash, he was cuddling with me in my arms. It was like really that of a Sasquatch. Because the forest giants are more spiritual - reuniting with an old friend. I visited for two hours and Timber would ly evolved than us, I now believe that my hunch is true. The Sasquatch not leave my side. This stunned my host. When I walked onto the said that Comanche has not moved on in the spirit dimension because porch, Timber followed and sat close beside me, something he had he has chosen to wait and greet me when the time comes for me to never done before. Without truly understanding the psychic dynam - cross the Great Divide on the Wheel of Life. ics of what occurred, the fact is, we both instantly loved and accepted each other unconditionally. As I was leaving, Timber followed me to my car. I hugged him and said goodbye. Just as I turned to walk a few more feet to the car, I felt a sharp pinch on my buttocks that made me jump. Timber had gen - tly nipped me, which was his way of saying goodbye. Laughter from the host family on the porch echoed through the forest. “Kewaunee, he only does that to people he really likes!” shouted my friend with still more laughter. Since my friend lived 150 miles from my home, I never saw Timber again. Since childhood, I have always been an animal person and had a few dogs growing up. Then after 25 years of living a busy life, I acquired a two-month-old black Labrador that I named Comanche. From the first day, the cute rascal obeyed every soft command. I was astonished. This little shrimp of a pup would look me directly in my eyes and then do as I asked. This was not normal. People began saying that he was more human than dog. Kewaunee and Comanche

7 Species Link/Spring 2017 Wolf Connection Changing Lives Through the Eyes of Wolves TM By Julie Bloomer Author of Gracie’s Tail: Conversations with DoG

(especially teens) suffering from addiction and emotional issues, through use of it unique “wolf therapy” programs. Like many of the youth involved in the Wolf Connection pro - grams, some of the wolf pack members were abused, neglected, aban - doned, misunderstood or unloved. Wolf Connection Founder, Teo Alfero, has designed his programs based on wolf principles -- wolves are always ok with who they are, wolves are into being rather than doing, they give 100% to everything they do, they work together to succeed, and they let go of the past and make room for new things in their lives, all traits Teo tries to foster in the humans who arrive at the Wolf Connection gates often feeling defeated, isolated and hopeless. The clients are on a healing journey, sometimes quite parallel to the healing journey of some of the wolves. It may be the wolf who assists the human in making a deeper connection to self. Other times it may be the human that assists the wolf’s healing. Often it turns out to be a collaboration of both. Teo comes from a family of educators and legislators in Argenti - na, who have supported youth and human enrichment programs for years. Teo’s passion has always been to reach out to young people in need of mentoring and guidance. He began his career by teaching at wilderness schools and continued as a life coach for at-risk youth, but he knew he needed more of a “hook” to really reach kids in trouble. And then a wolf pup, named Tala, landed unexpectedly in his life. As so often happens when one tunes into the flow of the universe, soon Maya after that, Teo was faced with 16 wolves in desperate need of homes and care. In Native American traditions, the wolf is the symbol of wis - Be kind whenever possible...It is always possible. dom, pure love and heart. Teo followed his heart that day and Wolf —The Dalai Lama Connection was born, with Tala leading the way...Teo had found his teachers and his wolf connection. When I walked onto the Wolf Connection property in Acton, The wolves, combined with Teo’s boundless energy and enthu - California, I could feel the magic in the air. And then the wolves began siasm, guided him to create the experiential curriculum that is used to howl, and for some reason, that sound resonated at a deep primal at Wolf Connection today. level and I wanted to know more about this innovative organization Wolf Connection provides a physically safe and supportive envi - that rescues and rehabilitates wolves and wolfdogs to become therapy ronment that allows participants to build self-esteem and discover program animals for at-risk youth populations. Wolf Connection, their connection with nature, the environment, the animals and them - with its current pack of 26 wolves, serves children in foster care, gang selves. Wolf Connection educates and integrates wolf principles into members, military veterans with PTSD and people of all ages and character and skill-building workshops, and provides a variety of expe - backgrounds undergoing alcohol and drug rehabilitation. The staff riences to the participants, including meditation, ceremony and activ - and volunteers at this non-profit organization radiate love, kindness ities that foster a deep nature connection and awareness. and compassion for the magnificent animals who are living out their purpose as animal ambassadors and for the individuals who come to The Animals at Wolf Connection heal. All of the animals at Wolf Connection were bred in captivity and Wolf Connection is currently the only known charitable organ - sold as house pets, many to unsuspecting individuals, who were ization which rescues wolfdogs and uses them to rehabilitate humans enthralled with the idea of an exotic pet, but were not prepared for

8 Species Link/Spring 2017 the challenges. After bonding with their human pack, wolves can get Lessons from the Wolves extremely anxious when left alone and may resort to destructive activ - Wolves organize their social structure to best utilize the strengths ities. Wolves are also known to be great escape artists, sometimes cre - of each individual member of the pack, so that the pack as a whole ating conflicts with neighbors while roaming outside. When the wolves can survive. Wolves understand that they are part of everything around don’t live up to the unrealistic human expectations for a “pet”, aban - them. They understand their connection with the ecosystem in which donment and neglect often occurs. they live and their effects on it. They intuitively know the need for bal - Other wolves were sold to individuals who merely sought to ance in order to survive and are known to only take what they need exploit the mystique of the wolf for profit, providing little or no care, in the wild. Each pack member is given the job for which they are nat - or outright abuse. For example, Chance and his brother Koda, both urally suited. All lessons humans should learn from the wolves. (There high content wolfdogs, joined Wolf Connection after being rescued is an amazing video on You Tube called How Wolves Change Rivers, from a roadside attraction in Alaska. The State of Alaska condemned which documents the changes in Yellowstone Park after the wolves the attraction, criminally charged the owner, and ordered the twen - were reintroduced.) ty-six wolves to be euthanized. Wolf Connection was able to provide Also, scientists have observed an astonishing reproductive bal - sanctuary for two of those rescued wolves. ancing act in packs of wild wolves. When prey is scarce, a pack may Chance suffered with anxiety after enduring years tied to a post have a smaller litter of pups or may choose not to reproduce that sea - with a chain around his neck so that people could pay money to drive son. When prey is plentiful, however, the litter may be larger, non- by and throw treats. The chain froze in winter into his fur and eventu - alpha females may be allowed to reproduce or sub-packs of related ally grew into the skin of his neck, sentencing him to walk in one direc - wolves may share territory with the main pack. This sensitivity and tion to prevent ripping the chain through his skin. Despite all he knowledge of how to balance the pack’s size and needs with the endured and his fear of man-made objects, he learned to walk on leash resources available, is a powerful lesson in sustainability for all. and was affectionately known as the Linebacker of Love. He would Because of fear and misunderstanding, it has not always been an tackle staff with playful kisses and boss around his younger sibling, easy relationship between humans and wolves. Contrary to many mis - Koda, as big brothers do. Chance recently made his transition after a conceptions, wolves are loyal, incredibly intelligent, social, loving and heroic battle with cancer. He beat the prognosis and the odds by more evolved. It is natural for them to bond for life, whether with humans than a year with the love, attention and medical care provided by the or other wolves. Once they have bonded with a human pack, howev - staff at Wolf Connection. (You can read more about the individual er, they can be shy and mistrustful of other humans, requiring patience wolves at www.wolfconnection.org.) to build trust and create new bonds. For example, Kenai is a majestic As illegal pets, wolfdogs are not eligible to be adopted out. Unless forever homes can be found in sanctuaries, the law in many states demands that wolfdogs be euthanized soon after being abandoned or confiscated. Because most sanctuaries are at capacity, it has been report - ed that more than 200,000 wolfdogs are euthanized every year and more than 70 percent of the wolfdogs bred in captivity are euthanized before the age of three. Wolf Connection alone is forced to turn down two or three requests for placement each week due to space require - ments. These animals cannot be re-introduced into the wild because they never learned to hunt and are too accustomed to humans. Soon after coming to live at Wolf Connection the animals are physically and emotionally rehabilitated and trained to become ambas - sadors in service for at-risk populations. Animal Behavior Specialist, Renee Alfero, analyses every animal and develops a plan for rehabili - tation along with the many devoted volunteers. Wolf Connection guar - antees the wolves a safe, deeply enriching and nurturing environment for life and provides at-risk youth with the opportunity to learn from the wolves. Every member of the Wolf Connection Pack has a story to tell … most of them have been rescued, victims of a wide variety of situa - tions, from abuse and neglect, to owners going through hardship and life changes, to conflict in animal regulations and law. Whatever the case, these magnificent and special beings come to Wolf Connection to find and embody a new purpose … a life of service, changing the Wolf Connection lives of countless young men and women from all walks of life.

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has been referred to as nature deficit disorder. Wolf Connection seeks to tap into the ancient bond between wolves and humans to help the healing begin. The Native Americans have always known the Wolf as a teacher. “Wolves teach us how to connect to the earth and how to connect to ourselves,” a staff member told me. “They are the perfect mirrors of the energy that we put out. You always know where you are when you are with a wolf. And if you listen, they remind you to slow down and center yourself. They teach you to just ‘be’... The passion and enthusi - asm for wolves fills every conversation with individuals at Wolf Con - nection. As Albert Einstein said, “Look deep into nature, then you will understand everything better.” I think Wolf Connection would say, “Look deep into the eyes of a wolf, and you will understand yourself better.”

Willow and Renee A New Home and Expanded Vision for Wolf Connection animal, who was deeply loved by his humans, but could not be left In just five years, Wolf Connection’s programs became so success - alone without destroying his surroundings and so his owners found ful, that the organization out grew its original location. Due to the gen - him a home at Wolf Connection. erosity of an angel supporter and many big-hearted donors, Wolf Con - The Wolf Connection staff worked patiently, with an open heart, nection was able to purchase a perfect new ranch—165 beautiful acres for more than two years to try and help Kenai gain trust in new peo - in the mountains of Acton, California, surrounded by national forest, ple, but nothing was working. Giulia Cappelli, Lead of Programs and just 45 minutes North of Los Angeles. There is a year-round stream, Human Services, reports that eventually it was a shy client who made two working wells and endless potential to develop an educational and a difference, by making a choice to sit patiently by Kenai’s kennel week therapeutic center that will inspire all who visit to learn how to live after week, just watching him with patience, compassion and love. sustainably with the land, the animals and each other. Wolf Connection Kenai began to sit closer and closer to her and the healing began. Kenai intends to create a facility where youth and families from all walks of can now go on walks with small groups of people he does not know life can find healing and hope. At the new ranch Wolf Connection as he begins to transform his fear into confidence. At the same time, seeks to expand to help even more kids and rescue more wolves. Giulia reports that this young woman blossomed as she saw herself https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/wolfconnectionfund through the eyes of Kenai, as a person filled with love, compassion and The first phase involved construction of much larger and expan - patience. sive habitats for the wolves. All of the existing pack members were suc - cessfully moved to their new homes on the ranch in May 2016. And The Ancient Bond between programs are up and running at the new facility. Wolves and Humans The future includes more expansive habitats and enrichment fields Humans and wolves have been collaborating, bonding and co- for the animals, extensive hiking trails, which are essential to Wolf Con - evolving from the time of the Neanderthals. Humans owe wolves, nection programs, the ability to expand programs and services to hun - among other things, the concept of a dwelling, tracking and love and dreds of at-risk persons per month, on-site residential facilities that care for family. All domestic dogs in our lives are descendants of wolves. will allow for more long-term programs, such as summer camps and Regardless how you feel about wolves, these animals have fascinated continuation schools, housing for those transitioning to independent man throughout the ages. living, and residential facilities for volunteers who wish to work mul - The wolf became venerated as a magical spiritual animal by ancient tiple days in succession. The wish list goes on, including an organic cultures around the world. Regarded as one of the most intuitive and garden and a facility for corporate retreats to help defer ongoing fund - telepathic animals, some native cultures believe the wolf formerly was ing needs. in constant communication with man to teach and give advice about Wolf Connection believes we must find new individual and col - living in a sustainable way on this planet. But as humans lost their con - lective ways to think, feel, and behave if we are to survive as a species. nection with animals and the environment, the wolves stopped talking. The deep and conscious understanding of our relationship with Balance and cooperation with nature has disappeared in the name of animals and the environment is pivotal to this survival and our devel - “progress”, and many individuals in our society are experiencing what opment as strong individuals, productive societies, and as a sustain -

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able civilization on this planet. The Wolf Connection Ranch is the real- time, real-space lab where that belief is explored and tested. Wolf Connection needs financial help to make this vision a real - ity. If this vision is compelling and you want to be part of it, please see how you can become involved at the Wolf Connection website, www.wolfconnection.org . Or contact Cate Salansky, Lead of Donor Rela - tions, at [email protected] .“The clearest way into the Uni - verse is through a forest wilderness.”

Ranger and Ken

Kenai walk by

Teo

Hiking with Wolves

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Voice of Experience #1 Veteran animal communicators share wise words in this Q&A section to support everyone in the growing community of animal communicators. We welcome your questions!

Rocks

Do you talk to rocks? We are interested in hearing what the basic, grounding rocks found on our Earth have to say. We want to know what our regular rocks (granite, shale, igneous, sandstone, etc.) are communicating. What do they want us to know? What are their gifts if we hear/understand what they have to say? They seem to be underappreciated, but they are so important to the structure of our world.

frequencies. For me, each one carried a beautiful message. How I Feel Rock When I tuned into granite I was told that there is a reason that s granite countertops are so popular now days. People need solidness and grounding that granite provides, and when the countertops are Dr. Laurie Moore used they put in a steady frequency of protection into the food and www.animiracles.com water that is shared by the people eating the food and drinking the water. he consciousness of granite is very strong and powerful. It I feel their presence and sit in meditation with them. What I love acts as one of the structures of the earth for stabilization. The gift is about rocks is their deep vibrational flavor. Each group of rocks has that it can do this for you too. a very specific way. Within each group are individuals. They would I then went to a big pile of flint that I had purchased for floor - like our respect. They have held our planet together forever. They ing for the new room I hope someday to build. When I tuned into would like us to consider the possibility that their ancient wisdom is the beings of flint I was told that these stones were very glad to be as valuable and necessary as humans' different type of wisdom. They here. They would provide solidness to people as they walked on can teach us to meditate and approach world situations in much high - them, especially if they were barefoot. Flint was used to create tools er and happier ways of peace! and arrowheads for the Native Americans, and when broken could be used as a weapon, axe, scraper, and other useful objects for survival of the tribes. When I asked the spirit of flint how they felt about that Do You Talk to Rocks? they said that they loved being in service to mankind. Each use spread them throughout the country and added their vibration to the earth Cyndie Lepori www.dolphinhugs4u2.net

Yes I talk to rocks, but more importantly I listen to what they have to say. Ever since I can remember I have picked up the rock people everywhere I have gone. I grew up in Arkansas in the mid - dle of the origin of the Quartz Crystal, drinking the water, living in their frequencies, sleeping in their divine energies. As I got older we moved very near to Stone Mountain where I connected very deeply to granite. I went to Stone Mountain every chance I had and lay on the smooth surfaces to soothe my heart and soul. Everywhere I have traveled I have picked up river rocks, sandstone, flint, and carried them to my home to communicate, be with them and share their

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where they were. The structure of flint is very solid, and they ine. No one type of stone is better than the other, all will work to explained that the smoothness of their surface allowed things to share their innate vibrations and powers to the heart ready to receive simply roll off. They did not ever hold onto negative or positive the awakening. vibrations. They were neutral in every situation and enjoyed being Yokoke , “thank you” in Choctaw. I am a member of the great the solid tools and structures for the greater good of the earth and the Choctaw nation of Oklahoma, and also a holhkunna (native heal - humans on it. er). There was a message from the sandstone I had purchased in Arizona. It is colorful and beautiful, looks painted with the colors Communicating Telepathically of the sunset with reds, yellows and browns. When I tuned into this sandstone it told me “Thank you.” Mr Sandstone then told me that Lori Spagna the layers of color and sediment were there to represent all the col - www.lorispagna.com ors and beauty of the world for all of us. It has every combination of silica, and other minerals that have joined together in this mis - I communicate telepathically with all of life, including plants, sion. It also conveyed that the pressure and cohesion of the sand minerals (which of course includes rocks and crystals) and animals compression to create the rock solid appearance of this piece rep - (of course.) resented and held the vibration of unity, and how the smaller grains The Mineral Kingdom, which includes all rocks, stones, gems, of sand can come together to create a stronger more beautiful world crystals and minerals, have much divine intelligence and energy for for all of us. healing, awakening and evolution available for us. Each unique variety of rock has something particular and unique to share on both on a personal level (that rock’s individualized expe - Boe Glasschild rience and the consciousness that it holds) as well as on the collec - www.naturesownwisdom.com tive level (that is for the entire of earth and all of humanity). The classifications of rocks that you are specifically referring Yes, I communicate with the Stone People. They are blessed to, including the shales, granites, slates, igneous and sandstones, are with a voice like all living things. Their vibrational patterns are not record keepers for earth as well as for many of the nature spirits. very different for ours as all life comes through the Spirit provided Indeed, many of these particular rocks typically hold insights by Creator. They move, hold energy, and even transition like all tran - and awareness regarding Mother Earth’s past, present and future sient beings. realities, including how she has been and would like to be treated, Stone People use intent to manifest energy on their level of as well as her desires and intentions for humanity. being. This is easily demonstrated in nature yet totally overlooked Often, many of them act as guides and guardians to many because of physical appearances. We gaze at the beautiful creation shamanic beings who learn the lessons from the rocks and miner - patterns in crystals and diamonds and hematite in awe. On the als, and then in turn act as translators of that information and then other hand we do not give a second thought to ores, granite, coal, share those insights and lessons with humanity. and sand because we are somewhat programmed to limiting pre - There are a very small percentage of these rocks who sometimes cepts of beauty. The most powerful stones emit vibrations that can snuff out our lives instantly. Radiation from uranium will wipe out all life, is that not powerful? And the only protection the Universe offers is lead, another element. Is this not equal to powers attributed to heal - ing stones such as crystals and gemstones? Conversations with the Stone People occurs when the seeking spirit is wishing to be awakened to higher levels. Stones call out to us through their vibrations. They will grab our attention and we can - not take our eyes away. Intuition is their language without words. They implant thought vibrations as ideas that we have a reference point with. So in reality, we are listening more than talking because they hold our energy and have already picked up our requests and desires before we can verbalize these things. All stones can do this. The awak - ened spirit can do more with a handful of sand than one could imag -

13 Species Link/Spring 2017 carry the remembrancers of human, animal and/or ancestors (those the past seven years or more, this very heavy black iron ore guides particular rocks will have a fossilized imprint of some kind or anoth - much of my work; my writing; my animal communication; com - er). munication with the other inhabitants of Earth, night sky, and In those cases, one can learn to connect with and communicate beyond; and assists me when I am asked to hold space for work being telepathically not only with the rock itself, but also with the unique done at a distance. It is a very grounding, wise, and powerful guide. soul of the human, animal or plant whose consciousness is imbed - The rocks and minerals of our Earth are here to guide us, ground ded into the rock; in this way, there is a soul’s lineage linked into the us, and protect us. The next time you notice a stone that catches rock itself. your eye, know that it is calling you, “Pick me up, carry me with We all have the capacity to communicate with other living and you!” Namaste, Cindi non living beings, without exception. The greatest challenge to doing so is in getting the human ego and personal interpretations out of the way so that a clear and authentic channel for communication, ener - gy and information exchange can be established and maintained. In addition, the translation of this energy and information also requires significant dedication to practice and commitment to serve the highest and best of all beings concerned. As I always say: under - take to do it joyfully and with an open heart.

Cindi McGrath www.ThisWayCanines.org

As I prepared to sit in meditation today, with the intention of listening to the rocks, I wandered from windowsill to windowsill to fireplace hearth greeting the many rocks that have asked me, or my husband Chris, to pick them up (or dig them up!) and bring them Betty Lewis home; from just outside our doorstep to places far from home. Curi - www.your animalspeaks.com ously, I have never really given much thought to the fact that near - ly every windowsill in our home is now home to many, many rocks. All matter is energy. It is possible to communicate with all ener - Funny what is sometimes right under our nose for so long, and then gy. Therefore, yes, I talk to rocks, and anything else. The following the meaning or reason becomes crystal clear. two messages are my personal, specific answers to my reaching out From the rocks: to the rocks today. They are not necessarily “truths” about rocks. We’ve asked that you pick us up, and you do hear us. We sit now Message from the rocks I just left behind in New Hampshire: “Hello, as sentinels at the openings to your hearth space; guardians keep - we are granite. We speak of the illusion of permanence, and stabil - ing watch over the energies wishing to approach you. We ask that ity. Humans need to believe in both permanence ad stability, so we others acknowledge us when we cry out to them… “Pick us up, carry provide that feeling. So much of the New England year, humans us with you, we wish to work with you—guide you, protect you!” We know you notice us when we call, yet you walk right past. It is not by chance that you see just one of us on a beach littered with stones or a creek bed shimmering with endless pebbles. We have chosen you, so please listen; even if you pretend you cannot hear. You, the one receiving these words now, you know the power of your special rock guides. Especially the one that could barely be seen above the earth when it shouted out to you, “Dig me up and bring me home! Tell them about me. Tell them about me so that they might listen to their guiding stone as you listened to me. If not, we will wait. You will leave and come back as something new. We will still be here, the same, for millenniums.” Pictured below is the Magnetite that literally screamed at me, telling me I must dig it up and bring it home. Only about a pea- sized piece of this mineral stone was visible to me. Today, and for

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don’t walk barefoot on the earth. But, on a winter’s day, we are warm. describe your purpose in being a rock physicality?” A human sitting on a granite rock absorbs the energy of the earth, [My purpose] is to indeed ground the many energies of planet Earth. something very precious, especially during this time of the earth’s As the ground, we, I...am the ground, the very source of base existence. sleep.” All else, as such, arises from my source. Message from the new rocks in my North Carolina back yard: “Thank you. Please describe how you feel energetically in general “Thank you for talking to us. All the rocks you see here in the yard being a rock in physicality?” have come from someplace else. We were imported because we are As myself. How would you describe yourself in such terms? loved, because we enhance the aesthetics of the space. Thank you “I guess, if to answer energetically, I would have to respond as and for noticing our different sizes, and colors. We represent beauty, how I feel, or felt, at the time of the question.” love, and symmetry.” The rock smiled. And yes. Energetically, I would say too, that, I as rock, indeed resonate similarly. Yet, I know your initial question was with A Communication with Sarsen Rock intent to generalize. Stonehenge England I could feel the kindness conveyed, with emphasis on the concept that my question was thrown back to me. And further, a sense of mir - Jane Summers, Interspecies Communicator roring, in that, what I give out is indeed, by rock, likely to be reflected www.talktotheanimals.co.uk back to me for my own consideration. “Thank you. That is an interesting line of thought. Can you explain Intrigued by the Voice of Experience’s communication with rock, to me, more, of how, I, as a person, and you, as rock, interact as such?” I felt drawn to investigate doing so myself. After composing a list of It depends upon your energy at the time. The source, a sense of ground - questions, I printed off a clear image of a singular Sarsen rock and edness, is, indeed [one] of a bringing one back to a base-solid level, from commenced communication. which to reflect and contemplate in the most clearest of ways, as you, in Upon opening the session, I felt a sense of an air-like essence con - your consciousness can deem to manage. vey a continuum and an all pervasive sense of connection, by way of being. I introduced myself and the nature of my connection. A voice greeted me in response and agreed to communicate, as if there were an individual in the rock itself. Yet in my perception, it was shrouded by a mass of gray, like this particular rock formation. “Thank you. Is it possible for me to connect with you as the indi - vidual, singular, rock formation that you present in this photograph?” Yes, of course. I had a sense the intent was to respond exactly to my inquiry, and literally, to my very words, and nothing more. “Can you also speak for all rock of your same geological forma - tion?” No, [only] in terms of personal experience. [I am part of] a species, as you, as a person, speak of human understanding. It is similar. “Okay. Thank you. Can you please describe how you perceive your individuality, as the rock formation, in terms I would understand?” Yes. I am formed of the many energies my existence has encountered and incorporated, both weather-wise and interaction with that which is also of physical existence and next to me. I cannot say that my existence is exhibiting such energies itself. It is, as if [I were] a sponge, as you would Yes, therefore, to ground oneself, is, indeed to bring oneself back to a term, in that, I absorb and resound with atmosphere, but not as you place of neutrality. A place between sky and sea and land, if you like. And, humans “vocalize” or “cry out” expression of such energies. from there...whatever is of contemplation or of question, can be addressed “Thank you. However, how is it possible that we are communicat - by oneself in clarity and impartiality. And too, from your own enquiring ing now, if you are not able to vocalize?” of another, you are able to firstly address yourself with such a question. I could sense the rock smiling, conveying a kindly resonance, yet To ask yourself, “How would I answer this?” The rock smiled. [Do] you see? also swift incredulity to my questioning this. You know that! You are I, as rock, do this. interpreting my energies into vocabulary. “Well, thank you, Rock. I will however continue with my ques - “Thank you. I understand. Aside from your beauty and size, please tions.”

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The rock smiled, and I felt a real sense of gentleness, steadiness, in They, then, have not projected to connect. Think of a human inter - a very comforting way. The energy was reminiscent of the feeling in action, but which the approaching energy does not interact or speak as childhood, when all felt to be safe, okay and well. All felt still and steady such to the other. The other does not actually respond, unless energy is in the most regular way. I felt a surety, as if the rock would always be exchanged with intent in some way. there for me; a steady sort of energy. I felt an instant understanding of “Okay. Thank you. But surely even if no intent is put forth to the expression “my rock,” as people like to say. connect, then the person’s energy will still have an influence on the “Thank you. How does your consciousness, as a rock, differ from rock anyway?” that of a person’s consciousness?” It will. Yet you are inquiring of communication and responding My consciousness as you describe, is, as we have touched upon, formed and acknowledging energy. And, unless one is silent in themselves, by interacting energies. Therefore, I would say, it is not as you, as a phys - grounded, and ready in neutrality, the responses of another, no mat - ical person acts and reacts and is driven by your consciousness in spirit. I, as this rock, summon up the energies to reflect those which call upon me to present a source of balance, comfort and response to any thing, ques - tion, imbalance, or to assist another find their own balance. A rock labelled “this,” or “that” incorporates the energy with which it is loaded. There - fore, as with grounding, if I were to have my own consciousness, then, I would be less than impartial. Then, my individuality would itself require balancing. [Do] you see? “Okay. Though, of the energies you describe as being loaded with, do these affect you as a rock, by way of consciousness of sorts, so that you can respond individually? The rock smiled. I [understand] your line of thinking. My respond - ing energetically, is, as you know though, not just of my rock physicality but is a combination of all-as-one that has incorporated itself upon my rock being. I then, therefore, speak from a collective consciousness and not as one singularity. ter the species, may well go unnoticed. “Okay, thank you. Then, it seems that you are very much of an “Thank you. Do you believe that rocks are the same as stones?” essence as the All as One? Differing degrees of energy absorption is determined by the make- I would say that is correct. up in formation of the crystalline structures. If of differing formation, “Thank you. Can you explain how you, upon our opening to this they differ as to how much they reflect and of the propulsion of differ - communication said I could convey with you as the individual rock, ing elements and emotions [as] felt in consequence. yet now I understand, that in fact you are not really of individuality?” “Thank you. How is a rock formation affected upon sharing The rock smiled gently. You asked if you may connect with me as a close energetic space or upon physical contact with a person?” single, individual rock and yes, you can. That is not to say that just because, As we have said, the intention energies put out will resonate against, by analogy, by communicating with one person, that you are not then and/or be absorbed by our being. connecting with the human race. You can still communicate with one, I had a sense as if one were communicating with a deeply trust - but that one is of the bigger inference too. It is just how one looks at it in ed friend. As if it were someone who were classified as a rock of terms of singular or plural. friendship; a friend who will absorb a question or dilemma and “Thank you. My understanding is that rocks and stones may remain throw it back in a way so you become better able to address the sit - as they are in formation for an infinite number of years. Does the con - uation more easily by yourself. It occurred to me a rock in many sciousness of each rock or stone also remain the same during such ways, can be a sounding board in the same way. time?” “Thank you. What would you like us, as people, to know about I think we have answered this question. And, yes, in that the ability your existence as the rock formation you are?” for collective consciousness to be exhibited outwardly remains. It will, We, I, would simply like to remind each and every one of you, of the however, differ depending upon such energies it incorporates or encoun - importance of grounding [and] groundedness. And, that in and of such ters over time. a place of stillness, all answers are and can be found and a ccessed by “Thank you. Many people in physicality upon approaching or oneself. Those which seek out our formation, those which have long ago touching a rock formation such as yourself, do not notice any partic - celebrated our formation, are of that understanding. That we, as rocks, ular energy or change of energy as they do so. What can you tell me present and represent connection and a surety, and a continuum of about this?” everything. And that such reflection upon such reality is of the essence

16 Species Link/Spring 2017 and an answer to any perceived singularity in physical expression. considered split uncomfortably? “Thank you. How can we, as people, most clearly hear what “No, not necessarily. I see...” you, as rock, have to communicate?” The rock clarified further: And depending on which formation Be as clear and as grounded in yourself as is humanly possible. is consulted, physical respective response may be determined accord - When all is one, one is with all faculties alert or in place. However, ingly. Yet that rock, in its way of being, is still akin to us in that, upon ironically, it is when all is in place, that it is not so much required that our shedding or clipping hair or nail, the piece of us that was fractured you need to be heard, or to hear of what another thinks; it all just is. off, when viewed by a microscope, remains of our D.N.A. and same And so, such a place you seek, or speak of any one energy as being your make up. And yet, there is no sense of loss from our core being. rock, this energy will then take on such importance in your physical “Thank you. I understand. Do you, as rock formation, always existence. And a sense is felt [that it is impossible to] go on without absorb the energy of close interaction?” such a rock. Yet, in truth, rocks are everywhere. Yes, everywhere. As We do. As you, in human form, do too. Yet it may be said [it is] with inferring to another as “my only rock,” it is of a perception and only of note if one is forced from a place of neutrality; if such an ener - an intent or desire to label their energies to be so. Yet rocks are every - gy throws off the balance innately achievable by the place of grounded - where. ness, the central point of all…the heart of the rock. “Thank you. As rocks are considered to be, in linear years, as And with this, I tuned into the word “note.” I had the sense that old as physical existence itself, what can you tell me about how new whatever is “of note” is the same as when one is of stillness, “rock rocks can come into being?” still” and of balance. Likewise, when one’s mind is at peace, there is A coming together of energies is how anything is formed. Sedi - nothing to note. Nothing is of concern. No thing. And therefore, all ment, time, weather, intent and physical interaction in physically per - is as one, and not separate. ceived ways. It is a common occurrence, is it not? “Thank you.” “Of course. Thank you. How does the energy of your forma - The rock smiled. You thank yourself. tion alter, if part of you is chipped and is thus physically separate from your main physical bulk form?” A note about this transcript: The nature of telepathic commu - How do you feel, when a hair falls from your head or a nail is nication is that it is conveyed as intuitive messages. Information being clipped? received may therefore be interpreted in many varying ways; as mes - “Okay. Yet sometimes, a rock can be drastically altered it seems. sages, images, emotions, feelings, or analogies. It should be remem - And if, by analogy, as a person, one wouldn't exist if such drastic bered that interspecies telepathic communication is an art and not alteration occurred.” a science. Any intuitive information conveyed in the course of a con - It might, or it might not. It is all about intent. And, if, as you say, sultation is therefore just for your personal consideration. of the soul, you loved a dozen people, would the love you gave out be

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How did you get started communicating with other sentient beings? What was your first experience? How did it come about? Who did you communicate with? Do you remember what precipitated it? How old were you? By sharing your expe - riences, you can pave the way for other readers to begin.

Dr. Laurie Moore While I was training with dogs in the fields, I would literally www.animiracles.com hear the dogs and their voices in my mind...they would say: “You don’t have to pinch me, push me, poke me, pull me and over-correct me, nor do you have to dominate me, to get me to do Kitties reached out to me when I was a young child as did the what you want me to do. You just have to listen to me and I will grass, souls I recalled from other life times, and light-being helpers teach you how to be the best dog trainer so you can help other ani - from the non embodied. It was all love so I experienced this as a big mals.” collage of love. I assumed this was normal. I learned to think of that Needless to say, I got very good at listening, ie, receiving messages as my imagination as I got older. However, after praying to return from the animals, before I got good at sending the animals messages to Heaven on Earth, as an adult, my cat reincarnated. At that time from me, which took a bit more practice and learning. both the oneness and reality of all life forms became obvious. I trust - As my desire to serve and contribute grew, so did my gifts, tal - ed the communication very deeply from then on. The more I have ents and abilities as an animal communicator (as well as my gifts, trusted the more expansive the gifts given. Veils between the worlds talents and abilities as a healer and intuitive). It wasn’t long before have erased themselves often. I also learned to send messages with a clear and deliberate know - ing that the messages I was sending were indeed received by the ani - mals I was sending them to. Candy Mullen One of my earliest communications was with a horse on Oahu,. www.earthwayfarms.com I was living in Maui at the time and I never met the horse in per - son, nor his human. We only exchanged information via email. I have worked with animals for 28 years at Earthway Farm. So, The human had been looking for an animal communicator to it was only natural for me to move into animal communication. connect with a foal. She sent me a photo of the foal. I only saw him My gift is to feel and experience the message that the animal is from the head up and did not even see his whole body, nor was I attempting to get across to their person. My methods of commu - given any other information about this foal. nication are gentle and respectful to the animal. I am grateful for After a few minutes, I kept hearing the words, “Go below the the grounding that I receive from the earth energies which guide knee.” and “I’m stumped.” me in my intuitive abilities. believe all animals come to us for a I didn’t understand and I just figured that it was my mind that purpose, which is to help us move forward on our spiritual path. kept repeating the words “I’m stumped” as if I was telling myself that I was blocked or confused. I went back to the human via email and told her what I got and Lori Spagna profusely apologized for having wasted her time. www.lorispagna.com Then she wrote back and said, “Lori, you are onto something big. Please go further and ask for more information.” She also told Long before I began communicating with animals telepathi - me, “We had to amputate below the knee of this horse. Please do cally, I had a deep desire to help and serve animals worldwide. In more and get back to me right away.” fact, I had a mantra in my mind while working in Corporate Amer - With that, I went back to the foal. He said, “There are bad peo - ica. I used to say, “I want to be of service to animals globally.” ple around me. They want to kill me. Tell them to go away. I want to I had no idea what I was asking for. I honestly just thought I live…and please, tell them to bring more carrots.” would one day become a great dog trainer, which at that time, was As it turns out, that was all true. The woman was trying to deter - a dream I had envisioned for myself. mine if they should euthanize this horse after an accident had dam - My first experiences communicating telepathically took place aged his lower leg and in the state of emergency, they had to ampu - quite unintentionally when I was being trained as a professional dog tate. She wrote that as a result of my reading, they decided to fit this trainer by a gentleman who trained service dogs for the military. foal with a prosthetic device so he could live out his life in a lovely

18 Species Link/Spring 2017 pasture with his mother. sitioned. This event was the catalyst that allowed me see beneath the And so it was to be. It was at that moment, that my life changed veil that later revealed how active the unseen world is. That hap - forever and I knew that animal communication was a huge and mag - pened 51 years ago, nificent way to help animals, and humans too. Since then, I have had the fortune to receive dialog from ani - I can tell you for certain, when you desire to become part of the mals, plants, stones, spirits, and beings outside of these descriptions. solution to problems in the world, and you sincerely desire to help This information has fueled many healings and is always on loan as and serve and contribute, rather than be part of the problems world, a gift from Creator. We own nothing and serve only as the vehicle channels open up very quickly and quite miraculously. for this moment of enlightenment .

Communications with Sentient Beings Cyndie Lepori Boe Glasschild www.dolphinhugs4u2.net www.naturesownwisdom.com When I was growing up I spent most of my time outdoors in nature, first in Arkansas, and then in Atlanta. My safety depended The shamanic practitioner swims, the psychopath sinks. upon my abilities to read and understand what I needed to do well Before we can address conversations with sentient beings, we in advance to stay alive. In spending so much time outdoors and have to come to an understanding regarding certain metaphysical near the streams and forests I often sat in my safe places and just principles. For starters, everything is alive and expressive of its indi - listened and watched. I talked to the trees, I saw fairies and played vidual consciousness. Next, everything exists as an independent “I am with them. I had friends that were ETs that would help me to heal Unit.” And finally, life is an arbitrary existence for both transient injuries that would have been fatal or disabling if I didn’t have their and non-transient beings. assistance. I can’t remember ever not being able to talk to water, The Universe is filled with energy that both expands and con - trees, stones, animals and all my relations in the forests. It started tracts in all directions. Everything is in constant motion. Everything as soon as I could walk. I would sit in the yard and play with the is capable of self-expression. The human being is atop the list on grass people. life as the highest vibration for this Earth physical level. The bless - My best friends were ETs, one was a Blue Lady that I write about ing of this position is also a blindfold for our existence. in my book Bubbles and Billy Sandwalker and the Sun Lion being Unless we are awakened and sensitive to where we are, we inter - that always showed up with her. The Praying Mantis people always pret the world around us as asleep and only capable of aesthetic took my pain away. There are stories about how I disappeared at offerings. This is a limitation of our mindset. random for every yard I ever lived in and would appear across six- Communication is nothing more than matching the vibration lane highways a few minutes later, no matter how high a fence my of our surroundings as well and the object of our focus. We do this parents put up or how many locks were on the gate. It always scared on an instantaneous level in our human interactions. By matching my mom to death. I finally had to tell them not to do that anymore energy and vibrations, we create a common language.With sentient because of the distress it caused my parents and the trouble I got in. relations, however, we must make the adjustment. As the sentient But I continued to meet with them up in the woods until my teenage energy is more or less fixed on its current level, we “dial in” akin to years. a radio operator selecting a station. This is done through the use of I am sure life with me was an adventure for my parents to as I our body equipment. would give them messages from the rocks, crystals, trees, and try to As no two individuals will have the same medicine or spiritual point out the beings that I saw. It didn’t take long to realize that they gift this incarnation, dialing in can be accomplished a number of could not talk to the earth, stones or trees, and so I quit telling them ways. For awakened humans, this processed has been a life staple about it, but it has been a beautiful experience to live in this beau - and communications happen simply by stilling the mind and being tiful world of magic for me—and the journey is still unfolding. receptive to listening. This individual has been experiencing this phenomena for so long that no first experience may be recalled. For aspiring shamanic practitioners, the chakras are body tools Cindi McGrath that allow communications to happen. The practitioner clears the www.ThisWayCanines.org mental chatter and focuses from the third body wheel for soul con - nections and from the sixth body wheel for insight and interpreta - I am just an ordinary person. I have also received by person- tions. It should be noted, however, that these wheels have to be cal - to-person transmission the nine sacred rites of the Munay-Ki; rites ibrated through shamanic training for sincere dialog. gifted to the West by the high shamans of the Amazon and Andes. As My first experience occurred on the day my grandmother tran -

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a Munay-Ki practitioner, my role is that of an instrument of peace and agent of change and transformation. Jeannie Lindheim At an early age, I began ‘listening’ to the animals; espe cial - www.your animalspeaks.com ly dogs. For various reasons, I spent much of my childhood and ado - lescent years living somewhat outside of myself Those formative About fifteen years ago, I went to an animal communicator years have left me with quite a gift; I am clairaudient, and am also for two private sessions and she taught me some techniques. She able to be connected to Universal Wisdom. asked me many questions about her horses, which I answered cor - On September of 2014, I had an accident that would change rectly. She said, “You are doing it.” t felt good, but when I left her the course of my work and my life. Falling from a horse and striking house, I didn’t want to do animal communication. I didn’t have my forehead on the ground, I lost all sense of who I was and what it any grounding after I finished the sessions and knew I needed more meant to be human. I had no memory—no past, no present, no training. future. I somehow recognized the brilliant sunlight glinting off of Then I saw that Penelope Smith, the pioneer in animal com - the early autumn birch leaves; and I somehow recognized the mag - munication, was offering a training at Kripalu in Lenox, Massachu - nificent animal from whose back I had fallen, a horse who has been setts. I signed up for the beginning and advanced class. At the end one of my greatest teachers. I had also somehow lost what it meant of the beginning weekend, after learning many techniques, we had to be me. a partner. My profound amnesia resolved, and as my memory returned it We were told to ask our partner about an animal we have or had. became clear that my accident also bore a gift, an opening that allows My partner said to me, “I had a cat. Why didn’t she like her food?” me to not only hear, but now also see from another dimension. A I closed my eyes and her cat said to me, “The food was too hard. sixth sensory perception—a remembering of sorts—of Universal But tell her I loved sitting by her knee.” So I told my partner, “Your cat Energy and its Divine Source. My role in this work is based on Love, said the food was too hard. But she wants you to know that she loved and my intention is to assist people, animals, and all beings offering sitting by your knee.” guidance, communication, and healing energy as we travel this path My partner said, “Oh, that was her favorite place to sit!” I was together. amazed. That was the beginning for me. From that day onward, it all I am a student of Nancy Rebecca and Yvonne Kilcup of Intu - opened up for me. itive Mind, and Daphne Michaels of the Daphne Michaels Institute; I had used intuition for thirty years in my career as an acting both located in Tacoma Washington. For the past eight years, these teacher, so it had always been there. After taking Penelope’s course at incredible teachers have guided and assisted me in my own journey Kripalu, I decided to apply for her Counselor Course in Arizona. of personal growth, healing and transformation as an intuitive work - But you had to have many testimonials so I went back to Boston er; teaching me ancient techniques to be used as I assist others on and emailed everyone I knew, asking if I could talk to their animals. their path toward balance and wholeness. I was accepted to her class and thus began my career as an animal I live in northwest Wisconsin with my husband Chris and our communicator. four amazing dogs. We are surrounded by the woods, water, and I communicate with dogs, cats, horses, bearded dragon lizards, wildlife of the Chequamegon National Forest. In 2011 I left a suc - loons, pigs, etc. I love this work so much. It touches my heart. cessful career in business to follow my passion of working with animals.

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20 Species Link/Spring 2017 AC Adventures by Candy Mullen

Pug and a Whitetail Buck I directed Petra to run toward the house. Then I took a few steps in the direction of the buck and put my hands up and told Let me start by intro - him “Stop, it’s okay, it’s okay, everything is fine, Stop.” He kept com - ducing you to our main ing and I repeated, “Stop, it’s okay, everything is fine.” Suddenly he characters of this story. The stopped and looked at me and again I told him “everything is fine, pug’s name is Petra, a fawn it’s okay.” He looked at me for a second or two and then ran to the pug who we’d had for only side into the woods. four months. She was a I then coaxed Petra through the orchard and into the house. rescue, 20 months old Inside, I sat down and realized what had just happened. I held Petra when we got her. Being on and told her how dangerous that was. I told her she could have a farm, she loves to run gotten hurt or even killed by that buck chasing her. I told her, “You (supervised of course) and don’t chase the deer.” I hugged her and gave her a kiss and she discover all the sights, looked at me like she understood, and knew that it had been scary smells, sounds and move - for me. ment outside. She also I had a picture of that buck, and when he came to eat a week loves to eat and get treats. later, I took that picture out later that evening and connected with She has an older sister, him for a conversation. Sophie, a ten-year-old When I connected with him, this powerful energy came through black pug. that I never had experienced with any domestic animal I’ve ever Now, the buck is one of the many deer that come up to eat the talked with before. It almost took my breath away. I was in awe. corn I put out for them in view of the house, so I can enjoy their I thanked him for not hurting my dog and he said, “We don’t presence and beauty and energy. like to be chased, we are always chased and we don’t like it. Teach One December evening, about 4:30, almost time for the pugs to him not to chase.” eat their supper, I took Sophie and Petra out to go potty. They were I said I would and asked if he would hurt the dog if it happened in the back of the house and they did their business and I said, again and he responded, “I will watch him, but teach him not to “Okay let’s go in. Are you hungry? Come on let’s go.” They start - chase.” I talked some more with the buck and then he said, “Oh, ed toward the back door of the garage and suddenly Petra got a thanks for feeding us, I have to go now.” scent and started running toward the back hay field. I hurried and What an experience! A les - put Sophie in the garage as I kept an eye on where Petra was head - son for us to respect the wild ed. I was worried because it was getting close to dusk. and be aware of the powerful Petra went past our small orchard headed into the back 15 acre energy they have. They are hay field and I could see the white tails of the deer running ahead true energy balancers for the of her. I thought to myself, oh no she’s chasing the deer . When I earth. finally got to the back field, there was no sign of her or the deer. From now on Petra is on She is fawn colored, and the hay/grass had turned its winter-brown a leash when it is time to go color. I said Lord Jesus, Archangel Michael, help me find her . outside. Especially in the win - With my hands cuffed by my mouth I yelled her name a few ter when the deer are around times and searched the landscape for a direction she might have the farm more and coming up gone, or any movement or sign. Then I saw the grass move. It was to eat the corn. The buck still Petra running toward me from the back corner of the field over a comes up to eat with the other hill. I called her to come to me. I looked up and saw behind her, deer, looking so majestic. coming over the hill, the 20-point buck running after her. I said “Oh Lord.”

21 Species Link/Spring 2017 A Tribute to John Muir

by C. Christian

1849. Muir’s passion for the environment was there practical - ly since birth but it was majorly fueled by his time in Wiscon - sin, particularly when he attended the University of Wiscon - sin–Madison. There he was an erratic yet passionate student: never actually graduating but instead jumping from subject to subject, whatever interested him at the time. In 1867 Muir began the first of his amazing wilderness treks. Beginning in Kentucky and concluding in Florida, he walked over 1,00 miles. His goal was a simple one: to go via the “wildest, leafiest, and least trodden way I could find.” Eventually ending up on the West Coast, Muir’s life was forever changed when he came to Yosemite. About the experi - ence he wrote that he was : “…overwhelmed by the landscape, scrambling down steep cliff faces to get a closer look at the waterfalls, whooping and howling at the vistas, jumping tire - lessly from flower to flower.” A trained scientist—who correctly surmised that glacial action sculpted much of the Yosemite region—Muir neverthe - less always perceived the magic within his beloved wilderness. Writing in Mountains of California (1984), he says: “Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn.” For Muir, God existed in the smallest part of the untamed, unsoiled earth: “No Sierra landscape that I have seen holds any - For many, John Muir is synonymous with having a passionate thing truly dead or dull … everything is perfectly clean and pure and love for unspoiled nature: his advocacy having been instrumental in full of divine lessons. This quick, inevitable interest attaching to every - the preservation of large areas of wilderness in California and Nevada. thing seems marvelous until the hand of God becomes visible; then it If you live in California, like I do, his name is everywhere: from seems reasonable that what interests Him may well interest us. When the 211 mile trail through the Sierra Nevadas bearing his name to we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything parks and natural features like Muir Woods National Monument, else in the universe.” Muir Beach, Muir Glacier—basically everywhere verdant, pristine, Reading Muir’s books and journals it becomes clear that he and beautifully wild. wasn’t being metaphorical: he truly was able to see not just the Yet few realize that the Scottish author, naturalist and philoso - wilderness he loved but a powerful mystic—or perhaps even psy - pher—and founder of the Sierra Club—saw more in nature than chic—interconnectivity. something to be preserved. In many ways Muir life and work is a earlier, though much more Muir was also clearly, and profoundly connected to the mystical directly spiritual, version of Rupert Sheldrake’s morphic resonance power of the wilderness. hypothesis: that the earth, and everything living in and on it, is part of Born in 1838, Muir’s family emigrated to the United States in a balanced and self-regulating whole connected by a telepathic field.

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the white water’s song. Precious night, pre - cious day to abide in me forever. Thanks be to God for this immortal gift.” Altars aren’t the only mysti - cal tools that appears in Muir’s journals. Also in “My First Summer in the Sierra” is use of another type: ”The waving of a pine tree on the top of a mountain, a magic wand in Nature's hand, every devout mountaineer knows its power; but the marvelous beauty value of what the Scotch call a breck - en in a still dell, what poet has sung this ? It would seem impossible that any one, however encrusted with care, could escape the Godful influ - ence of these sacred fern forests. Yet this very day I saw a shepherd pass through one of the finest of them without betraying more feel - ing than his sheep.” Yosemite National Park The loss of his physical body appears to have been no impedi - ment to Muir’s connection to the wilds. After his passing in 1914 (at Writing in The World’s Work (1909), he says: “Every motion of the age of 76), his spirit has appeared to countless people—especial - the constantly shifting bodies in the world is timed to the occasion ly those with a fondness for wild places. for some definite, foreordered end. The flowers blossom in obedience In his Ghost Hunter’s Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area , Jeff to the same law that marks the course of constellations, and the song Dwyer points out that Muir’s home in Martinez, California, though of a bird is the echo of a universal symphony. Nature is one, and to is remarkably clean of Muir’s presence, but that the legendary envi - me the greatest delight of observation and study is to discover new ronmentalist is no doubt “likely somewhere in the Sierra Nevada, per - unities in this all-embracing and eternal harmony.” haps perched on a rocky outcropping where he can watch over his There’s even a possibility that Muir practiced a direct form of beloved Yosemite Valley.” magic, channeling the immense power he experienced in his travels Even if he’s not directly sensed, Muir’s passion for nature has through the wilderness. As he writes in “My First Summer in the Sier - become a powerful inspirational force. Those with a similar connec - ra” (1911): “The place seemed holy, where one might hope to see God. tion to the divine power residing in trees, stones, sky, brooks, rain, After dark, when the camp was at rest, I groped my way back to the and all that is free and natural frequently call on Muir as a Patron altar boulder and passed the night on it, above the water, beneath the Saint of the earth: thankful for his work in preserving unsoiled lands leaves and stars, everything still more impressive than by day, the fall but also as a mystical guide to exploring the underlying divine connec - seen dimly white, singing Nature's old love song with solemn enthu - tion between all living things. siasm, while the stars peering through the leaf-roof seemed to join in

I live not in myself, but I become portion of that around me; and to me. High mountains are a feeling, but the hum of human cities torture. — Lord Byron, 1788-1824

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Ten Spiritual Places Said to Emit the Strongest Energy Fields taken from Gostica.com If you can’t visit these places, enjoy meditating on them to uplift your outlook and create energy.

Socotra near the Horn of Africa

Machu Picchu in Peru

Uluhu in Australia

Rila Lakes in Bulgaria

Kailash in Tibet

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Belintash in Bulgaria

Easter Island Statues

Berat in Albania

Bosnian Sun Pyramid

Stonehenge in England

25 Species Link/Spring 2017 Life As a Rock

by Rosemary Ellen Guiley, Ph.D.

Spirit of Courthouse Rock, Sedona, Arizona. Photo by RE Guiley. Ben G. remembers a time when he spent a life as a rock. “Do you know how long you lasted?” “It sounds crazy, but I knew without any doubt that I was a Ben shook his head. “I think I had been there for hundreds of rock,” he said, describing a past-life regression in which he had years, maybe more. It might have been in some primordial time. intended to explore a meaningful lifetime. Instead of finding him - There were no people around.” self as a human in another lifetime, he realized—with a shock— “Were you surprised to find yourself as a rock?” that he was a large mass of stone. Ben nodded. “It was the last thing I expected when I started the “I was on a beach,” he said. “I don’t know where it was, or when regression. There was no doubt in my mind about it, though. I’ve in history. I was huge and dark, almost black. I was embedded in done some other regressions where I wasn’t a human. I know I’ve the sand. I think I had been there a long time.” had animal lives. Why not a rock?” I asked Ben to describe his consciousness as a rock. “Did you “Since you intended to explore a meaningful past life, what did have thoughts or awareness?” you learn from your awareness as a rock?” I asked. “Not like a person,” he replied. “I didn’t think, if you know what Ben looked thoughtful for a few moments. “Consciousness isn’t I mean. I was aware of the elements, like the sun beating down on limited to certain life forms. Everything has its own form of it. It’s me. I was aware of wind, and the tide. Sometimes I was deep in weird, but as a rock I felt more a part of everything than I some - water, and other times I just had sand around me. This awareness times do in this life. Thinking, personalities, ego—they all get in the was not like the feelings that people have. It’s hard to describe. There way of realizing how much we are connected to everything that is. was a sense of timelessness. I was simply there, a part of everything. I really experienced that as a rock.” I existed.” Ben did not feel that spending a lifetime as a rock was any form

26 Species Link/Spring 2017 of karmic punishment, such as being sent into a “lower” life form riences all these states of being. to compensate for transgressions as a human. “It wasn’t lower,” he I believe that rocks do more than sleep and contemplate, how - said. “It was different, but not necessarily lower.” ever. It is possible to capture the spirit and even personality of rocks Ben’s experience is unusual, but not unique. For years, I have in photographs—the rocks reveal subtle faces. Critics contend this collected past-life regressions of nonhuman forms. Most involve ani - phenomenon is an illusion called “pareidolia,” in which the brain mals and birds, followed by trees, plants, and flowers. Some involve sees meaningful patterns where none are supposed to exist. I believe faeries, land spirits, and even extraterrestrials. Some of these life - that the spirit or soul that animates such things as rocks is subtle, time revelations are unexpected, such as Ben’s experience. In other and it reveals itself to those who tune in and ask to become aware. cases, the individuals asked to see nonhuman lifetimes. Several years ago, I attended a dowsers convention and took a I embarked on this project over the course of the regression workshop on the consciousness of the natural world. Inspired, I work that I do for clients. Every now and then, nonhuman lifetimes started asking to see and know spirit whenever I went out into nature, surface, and the clients feel they are genuine recollections, not fan - and I started taking photographs. I found that rocks are particular - tasy. It made sense to me. I believe that consciousness is multidi - ly expressive. On a trip to Sedona, my husband Joe and I hiked mensional and not limited. The soul is eternal. If we are indeed con - around Bell Rock and stopped for a while to meditate on the vista nected to everything in creation, we would then experience all aspects of the huge Courthouse Rock nearby. Suddenly I became aware of of everything in the unfoldment of our soul development. I was curi - the “Spirit of Courthouse Rock” in a face that emerged high up on ous to find out how often nonhuman past-life recalls occur, and one side. It was a guardian spirit. I have seen other rocks exhibit starting collecting data. The project is still going. cheerful, playful, proud, and watchful energy. Ultimately, we may have to redefine what is “animate” versus Panpsychism “inanimate.” In a fully consciousness universe, there is no such thing The concept that all things, including what we call inanimate as “inanimate.” matter, has its own consciousness is called “panpsychism.” Panpsy - chism holds that consciousness, mind, soul or psyche is a funda - Rosemary Ellen Guiley is Executive Editor of FATE, and is author mental and primordial feature of everything in existence, including of more than 60 books on paranormal and metaphysical topics. She photons. This is not a new concept—it appears in the writings of hosts Strange Dimensions Radio on KGRA. Her website is vision - early Greek philosophers dating to the sixth century BCE —and it is aryliving.com found in Eastern mysticism. From a scientific perspective, panpsy - chism is enjoying a renaissance of attention as physics has revealed more about the underlying quantum field that connects all things. A scientific case can be made that consciousness has existed in the cos - mos from the beginning of time, and it imbues everything. Some - thing does not need to “think” and “feel” in human terms to have consciousness. We know that animals are highly intelligent and sensitive, and exhibit emotions. In the 1960s, researcher Cleve Backster demon - strated that plants have consciousness, reacting to music and human thoughts and intentions, He also demonstrated the same for such things as eggs and yogurt. As for rocks, they, do not “think” like humans or even animals, but at the microlevel, their atoms move with deliberation to “see” reality in relation to gravitational and electromagnetic energy. Rocks do not procreate or exert themselves, but instead are contemplative intelligences. Thus, soul experiences as rocks might be just as enlight - ening and educational as lives as humans and similar forms. Happy rock on the ground of James Gilliland’s ECETI Ranch, Trout Lake Washington. Photo by RE Guiley. Tuning in to Rocks According to a Sufi saying, “God sleeps in the rock, dreams in the plant, stirs in the animal, and awakens in man.” The soul expe -

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Amazing Stories From the Files of FATE magazine

Collie Saves Two Dogs Trapped In Mine Dog Returns From Grave After 13 Days

Mrs. Irene Hughes, who lived outside Melbourne, Australia, had This is the story of Stray, a 4-year-old cocker spaniel who was “put three beautiful collies. She reported that at one time two of her valu - to sleep” by a veterinarian and buried 30 miles from its home in Hous - able collies disappeared, and had been gone for two weeks. She thought ton, Texas. they were lost or had been stolen. Thirteen days later the crippled dog returned home. “I almost fainted but managed to run to a neighbor’s home,” Mrs. Then one day she noticed her third collie trotting away from the Billie Smith said. house with a piece of meat in his mouth. She followed and saw the She called the veterinarian. dog drop the food down a 15-foot-deep abandoned mine shaft. She “I trembled all over,” the vet said. “It was Stray, all right, only instead peered down and there were her missing dogs! The third collie had of his usual red hair he was covered from head to tail with dirt, a dirty kept the other two dogs alive by carrying food to them each day and bandage dangling from the hind leg.” dropping it down the shaft. The leg had been injured by an automobile two weeks earlier. After a conference between Mrs. Smith and the veterinarian, it was decid - Rescued, the dogs were fit and well. ed the dog should be put to death and buried. “I buried him myself out on Chocolate Bayou road and there was - n’t a sign of life in him,” the vet said. Saturday, “Stray” was eating a blue plate special at the vet’s dog hos - pital, with plenty of vitamins, mineral supplement, milk and first grade meat. The amazed vet said he’d treat Stray free of charge.

28 Species Link/Spring 2017 The Little Red Hen A Story of Self-Reliance

“Oh very well, I’ll do it myself,” said the little red hen —and so she did!

“Who will help me carry the wheat to the mill?” said the little red hen. “Not I,” said the horse. “Not I,” said the cow. “Not I,” said the dog. “Not I,” said the dog. “Oh very well, I’ll do it myself,” said the little red hen —and so she did!

“Who will help me grind the wheat?” said the little red hen. “Not I,” said the horse. “Not I,” said the cow. “Not I,” said the dog. Once upon a time there was a little red hen who lived on “Oh very well, I’ll do it myself,” said the little red hen a farm. —and so she did! Early one morning she woke up and went outside. There she found some wheat. “Who will help me knead the bread?” said the little red hen. “Not I,” said the horse. “Who will help me plant the wheat?” said the little red hen. “Not I,” said the cow. “Not I,” said the horse. “Not I,” said the dog. “Not I,” said the cow. “Oh very well, I’ll do it myself,” said the little red hen “Not I,” said the dog. —and so she did! “Oh very well, I’ll do it myself,” said the little red hen —and so she did! “Who will help me bake the bread?” said the little red hen. “Not I,” said the horse. “Who will help me water the wheat?” said the little red hen. “Not I,” said the cow. “Not I,” said the horse. “Not I,” said the dog. “Not I,” said the cow. “Oh very well, I’ll do it myself,” said the little red hen “Not I,” said the dog. —and so she did! “Oh very well, I’ll do it myself,” said the little red hen —and so she did! “Who will help me eat the bread?” said the little red hen. “I will,” said the horse. “Who will help me cut the wheat?” said the little red hen. “I will,” said the cow. “Not I,” said the horse. “I will,” said the dog. “Not I,” said the cow. “Oh no you won’t I’ll eat it myself,” said the little red hen “Not I,” said the dog. —and so she did!

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Reverse Zoo

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30 Species Link/Spring 2017 Desert Dream 2017 from Penelope Smith

Desert Dream Events This year, there will be two kinds of retreats available with me at Desert Dream. Private retreats for individuals in a serene and beautiful Sonoran desert setting and two scheduled shamanic retreats for those interested in shamanic healing practices.

Private Retreats Desert Dream Garden of Contemplation provides a spacious, natural desert environment, combined with the artistry of human/Nature collaboration. Connection and communication with plant, animal, and mineral helpers and all the elements present on the land invites connection with Spirit moving in us all. Spiritual centering and revitalization is the focus. I have planted in my garden a variety of benches and “tush-tested” rock seats. As I sit in these places on plant level, I feel the aliveness and beauty of the plants surrounding me and their loving interaction with me, insects, animals, nature spirits, rocks, and all around in an interwoven web of communication. It is thrilling, and I look forward to sharing the possibilities of that awareness with others who create their own retreat here. For more details on private retreats and photos of Desert Dream, visit http://animaltalk.net/PenelopeSmithRetreats.htm

Ancient Grandmother Shamanic Healing Retreats March 17-19 (just before Spring Equinox) & November 3-5, (full moon) 2017 Mother Earth’s wise ancestral guardians, the Ancient Grandmothers and Grandfathers, conduct us deeper into our true source of inner divine power. This removes obstacles to living in peace and loving kindness amidst the apparent chaos of human existence. Learn the healing ways of the Elder Spirits and how to be a continual source of healing energy for yourself, others, and the Earth Penelope was initiated into the circle of the Ancient Grandmother Spirits in 1996. Since then, while also teaching cours - es in interspecies communication, she has worked with these powerful, kind, loving, and delightful elder spirits in many drum healing circles and retreats. For more details for the shamanic retreats, visit: http://animaltalk.net/PenelopeSmithRetreats.htm To express your inter - est in a retreat for 2017, contact me at [email protected] . Animal Communication Training

The Desert Dream retreats are not focused on animal communication training. Here are links that may help you open to your own ability to communicate with animals: Books, audio, video by Penelope Smith with a program on how to use my publications for study of animal communica - tion http://animaltalk.net/booksaudiovideo.htm Articles with pointers to improve communication with animals http://animaltalk.net/aboutanimalcomm.htm Animal communicator directory for consultations and learning animal communication with online or in-person cours - es given by animal communicators in many countries http://animaltalk.net/animalcommunicatordirectory.htm Consultation information to learn how telepathic counseling with animals works http://animaltalk.net/consultinfo.htm Blessings on your journey with all species, all life, — Penelope

31 Species Link/Spring 2017 True Stories from the Files of FATE Magazine Are some animals psychic? Do animals have spirits that survive death? Do bonds exist between people and animals that are beyond our comprehension?

These 36 stories from the files of FATE Magazine provide real-life experiences of ordinary people and a variety of unusual animals, including:

• Lady, the psychic horse who could spell

• Skitty, the kitten, who delivered messages from a dead boy to his family

• Felix, the cat, who ran away from his adopted home and was found pacing on his former master’s grave ten miles away

• A talking mongoose named Gef

• Foxy, the ghost dog who wanders the Kiamichi Mountains

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