Welcome to the Etheric Realm! Or as Captain Picard would say, "Engage!"
     Why do I say "engage"? The definition of "engage" is loosely held as "to occupy the attention or efforts of; also to attract". Is that not what you are wishing to do when you express a desire to work with spirits, guides or angels in non-physical realms? Your ultimate wish is to occupy the attention of or attract a guide that will assist you in unraveling the puzzle that is commonly known as "earth life".
     Isn't this communication? Communication is usually defined as an "interchange of thoughts, feelings or ideas". You might wish to ask yourself if you are desiring communication with the etheric or are you really wishing for a depth of engagement. Within the framework of these definitions will you allow yourself to become evermore present to the true nature of the calling that you are wishing to put forth within your soul.

     Fortunately, most people desiring to experience spiritual (read that "etheric") interaction are requesting engagement thus opening themselves to hearing rather than exchanging earth ideas regarding etheric guidance. When the interplay is more in the line of communication, it can result in a breakdown of the reciprocity between earth and the spirit realm with the listener becoming the speaker, instead.
     So having defined what you really desire to do (at least what I believe you are wanting), let us set forth a few guidelines for opening the doors of engagement:
     First, and foremost, extend an invitation that is without judgment on your part since the ability you have to discern what you are really wanting is always superseded by what you are needing. Since what you are needing is much more important than what you believe you want, accessing information that will tell you what is going to really assist you in your life is of the utmost importance.
     Second, set aside all judgment about what you are going to receive, whom you are going to meet, what you believe you want or need in this moment (since on a soul level you really do not know) and let the connection be made through your heart rather than your mind. Inasmuch as the heart is the master organ within the body with 5,000 times more electromagnetic energy than any other organ including the brain, entraining all of your faculties with the energy of the heart (the voice of the soul) opens the doorway to the transmission(s) you are requesting to receive.
     Third, having extended the invitation for engagement, opened your heart and turned off the logical tendencies of your cerebral cortex, allow the streaming, precious and gracious energy of your spirit guide(s) or angel(s) to fill you completely. Release the need to know how it is happening. Relax into the framework of the vibratory frequency that is the being that you are connecting with and allow their interchange with you to be accepted into the very fiber of your being. Surrender to it.
    

    Now is a good time to begin the second part of the exchange - the communication. It is appropriate to ask questions; request further explanation to resolve any confusion you might be experiencing and allow the pieces of the counsel and enlightenment that you have requested to come through.      
     As a personal example of how this can work, I will tell a short story that I recently experience:
     During a soul reading for a client (I do them alone, in quiet and solitude), an unexpected person knocked on my door. I was deeply aligned with my client's soul and it took several seconds for me to recognize the fact that someone was attempting to come in the room.
     When I looked up and saw the visitor, I said, "I am in the middle of doing a soul reading." Apologizing, the visitor left.
     I turned my attention to the process at hand and found that I could not make the same connection in the same manner I had left only moments before. As I sat quietly recognizing this fact, one of my client's guides came into my inner vision. It introduced itself by name and told me it wanted to show me something. It then proceeded to show me, in detail, how it works energetically with my client and asked me to put it into words for her.
     I explained that I was not really understanding what this being was *doing* (or more correctly, what I was *seeing*) and would it clarify its actions for me. As it continued to fill me with information and its relativity to my client's frame of reference, I began to understand. At one point, I played back to the guide what it was attempting to impart to me.
     "You've got it," it said. "Now you understand. I really wanted to show you how I work with her. You were so imbedded within the framework of her soul that I could not get your attention. I sent someone to break your rhythm so I could make connection with you."
     With those words, the guide left and I was, once again, in the space that I had left when the knock one the door "interrupted" me. It had wanted to engage me.
     Trust is an enormous part of the process. Reliance upon the integrity of the being conveying information to and through you aligns you inside and out with the realm of non-physicality. Doubt turns it off. Ambiguity or apprehension stops the flow of information to you and starts the mental process of attempting to "make sense" of that which is beyond the physical senses. Allowing, receiving and letting go are the integral steps to engaging with the etheric. Remember you are always in charge (see sidebar).

Toni Elizabeth Sar'h Petrinovich, Ph.D. is a visionary, weaver of grace, quantum physicist and multidimensional traveler. Born with memory of the etheric worlds intact, Toni uses her gifts to expand the same remembrance within the consciousness of other beings. She is owner of Sacred Spaces in the beautiful San Juan Islands off the coast of Washington State where she conducts personal sessions, retreats and etheric readings for all those drawn to the authentic Self. She is the author of The Call - Awakening the Angelic Human and its accompanying CD, DNA Reawakening. Toni is also a direct channel for the Light Orbs who are the Guardians of the Soul. She offers long distance healing, spiritual counseling, soul readings, light orb readings and chakra readings by appointment. for more information regarding Toni's work or to contact her by telephone or email, please see her websites:
www.sacredspaceswa.com
www.angelichuman.com

THORPE ABBOTS HAUNTED AIRFIELD

By Margaret Broughton as dictated to Angie Christie

     The story I am about to tell you happened on Sunday, September 9, 2007. In the morning, my husband John asked me if I would like to visit Thorpe Abbots, a museum which once housed The Bloody Hundredth Bomb Group in WWII. This airfield is open to the public and is reputed to be heavily haunted.
     The Control Tower is a very eerie place and although having been to Thorpe Abbotts before, it is a very nostalgic place to return to. We climbed to the top of the Tower and looked out at the countryside, just as so long ago, the personnel stationed there would look out for the B-17 bombers returning from their missions to Europe, all praying that there would be no casualties that day and that all would return with the brave men that manned the aircraft.
     John and I decided to visit the Nissen Hut which housed the cafeteria and were greeted very cordially by a lady and gentleman who were working there that day. A young woman also was present in the Hut.
     Now, I will go back to June when my friend, Angie Christie, and myself, welcomed a dear friend from Michigan who had come to stay with Angie. Her name is Lynne Judd and she is a nurse at the Foote Hospital in Jackson, Michigan.
     Angie visited another airfield whilst Lynne was over here and she always wanted to find out where her uncle was stationed before becoming a prisoner of war during WWII. To our astonishment, after Angie had looked him up on the computer, we found he had been at Thorpe Abbotts and his bomber had been called "Squarking Hawk". If only we had had the time to take Lynne there before she returned to the United States, but time was short and we could not go.
     Whilst John and I were in the cafeteria, we mentioned Lynne's uncle to the lady and gentleman who then were very helpful and showed us a book with all the names of the airmen from WWII in it. I was wracking my brains to remember his name, but there it was, Francis G. Dolsen - Lynne's uncle.
     The lady then called her husband and he brought out a photograph album of the airmen and there was Francis Dolsen as a young man. We saw one taken on his own, one with his friend who was killed during WWII and the third was with his bomb group. He looked a very nice young man in the pictures. The lady said she had actually met him when he visited not too many years ago and said how pleasant he was.
     After we had finished drinking our tea, we decided to buy two mats as souvenirs, one for Lynne and one for her uncle Francis. By this time, the

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By Annie Mayo